ACROSS
1 - Face endless people giving a stream of abuse (8) - DIATRIBE {DIAl}{TRIBE}
5 - Locksmith? (6) - BARBER [CD]
9 - Request to see Italian and invite trouble (3,3,2) - ASK FOR IT {ASK FOR} {IT}
10 - Plot to strike causes a state of uproar (6) - BEDLAM {BED}{LAM}
12 - Drink after Foreign Office meeting (5) - FORUM {FO}{RUM}
13 - Try to land (9) - TOUCHDOWN [DD]
14 - High tea - treat a lad, but not now (2,1,5,4) - AT A LATER DATE*
18 - Appropriate newspapers found in a hotel room, perhaps (7,5) - TROUSER PRESS {TROUSER} {PRESS}
21 - Level with complete stick-in-the-mud (3,6) - ALL SQUARE {ALL} {SQUARE}
23 - Take it on before performance (5) - REACT {RE}{ACT}
24 - I'd gone out for a Bible (6) - GIDEON*
25 - Small ballistic missile, shrill (8) - STRIDENT {S}{TRIDENT}
26 - Drunkard clutching soft hat (6) - TOPPER {TO{P}PER}
27 - Batting posture is a case in point (8) - INSTANCE {IN}{STANCE}
DOWN
1 - Overshadows front of dry docks, we hear (6) - DWARFS {D}{WARFS}(~wharfs)
2 - Canadian showman and artist in capital (6) - ANKARA {ANKA}{RA}
3 - Fellow lodgers are most fussy about order (9) - ROOMMATES {RO{OM}MATES*}
4 - Sherry and port, the best (7,5) - BRISTOL CREAM {BRISTOL} {CREAM}
6 - A help in translation of a letter in Hebrew (5) - ALEPH*
7 - Bonnet and boot (8) - BALMORAL [DD]
8 - Aide-memoire concerning bodyguard (8) - REMINDER {RE}{MINDER}
11 - US actor/director's 1988 British film Kate worked on (6,6) - BUSTER KEATON {BUSTER} {KEAT*}{ON}
15 - Self-control shown by others surrounding coach (9) - RESTRAINT {RES{TRAIN}T}
16 - Frank's flat (8) - STRAIGHT [DD]
17 - Carrying a gun as well, was first in court (6,2) - TOOLED UP {TOO}{LED} {UP}
19 - Wear nothing in port (4,2) - HAVE ON {HAVE {O}N}
20 - Figure country must import uranium (6) - STATUE {STAT{U}E}
22 - Refer to short cut taken by tortoise at the end (5) - QUOTE {QUOTa}{E}
1 - Face endless people giving a stream of abuse (8) - DIATRIBE {DIA
5 - Locksmith? (6) - BARBER [CD]
9 - Request to see Italian and invite trouble (3,3,2) - ASK FOR IT {ASK FOR} {IT}
10 - Plot to strike causes a state of uproar (6) - BEDLAM {BED}{LAM}
12 - Drink after Foreign Office meeting (5) - FORUM {FO}{RUM}
13 - Try to land (9) - TOUCHDOWN [DD]
14 - High tea - treat a lad, but not now (2,1,5,4) - AT A LATER DATE*
18 - Appropriate newspapers found in a hotel room, perhaps (7,5) - TROUSER PRESS {TROUSER} {PRESS}
23 - Take it on before performance (5) - REACT {RE}{ACT}
24 - I'd gone out for a Bible (6) - GIDEON*
25 - Small ballistic missile, shrill (8) - STRIDENT {S}{TRIDENT}
26 - Drunkard clutching soft hat (6) - TOPPER {TO{P}PER}
27 - Batting posture is a case in point (8) - INSTANCE {IN}{STANCE}
DOWN
1 - Overshadows front of dry docks, we hear (6) - DWARFS {D}{WARFS}(~wharfs)
2 - Canadian showman and artist in capital (6) - ANKARA {ANKA}{RA}
3 - Fellow lodgers are most fussy about order (9) - ROOMMATES {RO{OM}MATES*}
4 - Sherry and port, the best (7,5) - BRISTOL CREAM {BRISTOL} {CREAM}
6 - A help in translation of a letter in Hebrew (5) - ALEPH*
7 - Bonnet and boot (8) - BALMORAL [DD]
8 - Aide-memoire concerning bodyguard (8) - REMINDER {RE}{MINDER}
11 - US actor/director's 1988 British film Kate worked on (6,6) - BUSTER KEATON {BUSTER} {KEAT*}{ON}
15 - Self-control shown by others surrounding coach (9) - RESTRAINT {RES{TRAIN}T}
16 - Frank's flat (8) - STRAIGHT [DD]
17 - Carrying a gun as well, was first in court (6,2) - TOOLED UP {TOO}{LED} {UP}
19 - Wear nothing in port (4,2) - HAVE ON {HAVE {O}N}
20 - Figure country must import uranium (6) - STATUE {STAT{U}E}
22 - Refer to short cut taken by tortoise at the end (5) - QUOTE {QUOT
Missed 11d. Time to go to the locksmith ;-)
ReplyDeleteSelf-control shown by others surrounding coach (9)
ReplyDeleteUsually I don't have any complaints in Everyman.
But here ho ---
Ah, my doubt is cleared as I was writing this.
coach (v.) = train (v.)
I was wondering how coach, n. can be equal to train, n. I was expecting 'coaches'!
I think it a rare combination of two words in English.
ReplyDeleteCoach and train both related to railways. Both are related to education, almost close in meaning.
Wonder if there are any other examples.
What is the reference to newspapers in 18A?
ReplyDeleteLooking again-it should be "press".Then trouser-appropriate? Is it the appropriate dress?
ReplyDeletePadmanabhan,
ReplyDeleteI haven't got what your doubt is?
Appropriate - v. to pocket, to trouser - TROUSER
ReplyDeletenewspapers - PRESS
{it is] found in a hotel room, perhaps - TROUSER PRESS
Hotels seem to have (or had) the contraption shown in the pic the Col has chosen which is used by the room guest to press/iron his trousers without using the services of a laundryman. Don't know how they press their shirts.
Richard, I have also mused upon the singular (?) coincidence. And the best part is, both the meanings do not seem to have anything in common, at least at first glance.
ReplyDeleteThank you CV.It is clear now.I missed the meaning-"to pocket".
ReplyDeleteCol.,
My doubt was how trouser & appropriate are connected.
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ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/309th_Aerospace_Maintenance_and_Regeneration_Group
TEST PILOT, HOTPLATE,SUB-TENANT.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the rules relating to such clues of compound words or hyphenated ? Shouldn't the setter spell out, in bracket, the split up in terms of number of letters instead of a single digit?
I liked THEANDRIC. Thanks Manna for having added on to my knowledge curve.
Could some explain to me the connection between 'before' and RE in 23 A?
ReplyDelete@Navneeth
ReplyDelete23 - Take it on before performance (5)
Take it = def
on = RE
before = juxtaposition indicator
performance = act
7 ACROSS:Bonnet and boot.(8) I penned in BABYWEAR and then realized my folly. BALMORAL evolved itself from the other adjoining clues.
ReplyDeletePhew!! It disproves my dictum: OPTIMISM IS FILLING IN YOUR CROSSWORDS BY A BALLPOINT PEN. Thank God for whiteout pens.
I didn't like REACT at all.
Thanks Col for the picture of TROUSER PRESS. Has any one seen this in any hotel?
5 Across: Locksmith-- BARBER appeared very recently in one of my crosswords with the same clue but the answer was : COIFFEUR. Must be a favourite amongst the compilers?
Thanks, Bhavan.
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