ACROSS
1 - Insect attracting bird and fish (9) - {COCK}{ROACH} COCKROACH
6 - Shrewd copper's note (4) - {CU}{TE} CUTE
8 - Who inspired poetry from Fuller at Oxford? (5) - ERATO [T]
9 - Worker after strong cloth, one with stripes (8) - {SERGE}{ANT} SERGEANT
11 - Society types? (9) - TAHITIANS [CD]
12 - Some spinach on a small piece of tortilla (5) - NACHO [T]
13 - She, girly with frock on, crushed an insect in Alice Through the Looking-Glass (7-5-3) - ROCKING-HORSE-FLY*
17 - What can it mean? (7,8) - ITALIAN VERMOUTH {ITALIAN} {VERMOUTH} Guessed this from the crossings
18 - Look initially at child lock (5) - {L}{AT}{CH} LATCH
20 - A uniform colour (5,4) - OLIVE DRAB [E]
23 - Short foreign side greeted with respect (8) - {CURT}{SIED*} CURTSIED
24 - Leading Greek character (5) - ALPHA [CD]
25 - Dog food (4) - CHOW [DD]
26 - Encouraged US readers abroad (9) - REASSURED*
DOWN
1 - Held fiercest criminal in Derbyshire town (12) - CHESTERFIELD*
2 - A short talk about a church after church dance (3-3-3) - {CH}{A}-{CH{A}-{CH}At} My COD CHA-CHA-CHA
3 - Rubbish round very large hen house (5) - {RO{OS}T} ROOST
4 - Confused sailors often are (2,3) - AT SEA [DD]
5 - Such a prediction may involve one's own house (9) - HOROSCOPE [CD]
6 - Silk dress in mag Hon. Sec. ordered (9) - CHEONGSAM
7 - Medicine to take endlessly (5) - {TO}{NICk} TONIC
10 - Obey top management or be ignored (2,2,3,5) - GO BY THE BOARD [DD]
14 - Girl's eating hot and extremely toothsome western dish (5,4) - {IRIS{H} 'S}{T)(E}{W} IRISH STEW
15 - Boatman, out of work, receives one in Greece (9) - {G{ON DOL{I}E}R} GONDOLIER
16 - Mineral in favourite parlour's fizzy (9) - {F}{LUORSPAR*} FLUORSPAR
19 - Feel better (5) - TOUCH [DD]? Touch up can be better, but just touch?
21 - Home help raised in Asian country (5) - {IN}{DIA<-} INDIA
22 - Archaeologist, knight, brought in ornate vase (5) - {EVA{N}S*} EVANS
1 - Insect attracting bird and fish (9) - {COCK}{ROACH} COCKROACH
6 - Shrewd copper's note (4) - {CU}{TE} CUTE
8 - Who inspired poetry from Fuller at Oxford? (5) - ERATO [T]
9 - Worker after strong cloth, one with stripes (8) - {SERGE}{ANT} SERGEANT
11 - Society types? (9) - TAHITIANS [CD]
12 - Some spinach on a small piece of tortilla (5) - NACHO [T]
13 - She, girly with frock on, crushed an insect in Alice Through the Looking-Glass (7-5-3) - ROCKING-HORSE-FLY*
17 - What can it mean? (7,8) - ITALIAN VERMOUTH {ITALIAN} {VERMOUTH} Guessed this from the crossings
18 - Look initially at child lock (5) - {L}{AT}{CH} LATCH
20 - A uniform colour (5,4) - OLIVE DRAB [E]
23 - Short foreign side greeted with respect (8) - {CURT}{SIED*} CURTSIED
24 - Leading Greek character (5) - ALPHA [CD]
25 - Dog food (4) - CHOW [DD]
26 - Encouraged US readers abroad (9) - REASSURED*
DOWN
1 - Held fiercest criminal in Derbyshire town (12) - CHESTERFIELD*
2 - A short talk about a church after church dance (3-3-3) - {CH}{A}-{CH{A}-{CH}A
3 - Rubbish round very large hen house (5) - {RO{OS}T} ROOST
4 - Confused sailors often are (2,3) - AT SEA [DD]
5 - Such a prediction may involve one's own house (9) - HOROSCOPE [CD]
6 - Silk dress in mag Hon. Sec. ordered (9) - CHEONGSAM
10 - Obey top management or be ignored (2,2,3,5) - GO BY THE BOARD [DD]
14 - Girl's eating hot and extremely toothsome western dish (5,4) - {IRIS{H} 'S}{T)(E}{W} IRISH STEW
15 - Boatman, out of work, receives one in Greece (9) - {G{ON DOL{I}E}R} GONDOLIER
16 - Mineral in favourite parlour's fizzy (9) - {F}{LUORSPAR*} FLUORSPAR
19 - Feel better (5) - TOUCH [DD]? Touch up can be better, but just touch?
21 - Home help raised in Asian country (5) - {IN}{DIA<-} INDIA
22 - Archaeologist, knight, brought in ornate vase (5) - {EVA{N}S*} EVANS
Italian Vermouth - What can it mean? Really I do not understand.
ReplyDeleteDoes Tahitians mean society types? Or what?
Agree. Both 11A and 17A are vague. Is it some
ReplyDeletecocktail or bartender terminology?
Suresh,
ReplyDeleteSee the link provided in the main post for Tahitians, they come from the Society Islands group.
Also see the link provided over the word 'Vermouth' to clarify your first doubt.
Mathi,
ReplyDelete17A might be slightly vague which is not so in the case of 11A
Agree. May be vermouth usually means the Italian type.
ReplyDeleteThere is another vermouth cocktail 'Leave-It-to-me'!
ReplyDelete'It' is short for Italian vermouth.
ReplyDeleteWhen they order the drink, they just say 'it'.
This has been discussed here or in the Orkut community before.
The Sun THC has had this on occasions.
The word within the clue in this crossword is not capitalised. Whether that is OK is arguable.
Seems like a little bit of bar or fun theme? Tonic, nacho, Olive, fly, rocking, board, at sea?
ReplyDeleteAlso Tahiti.
ReplyDeleteCockroach is another cocktail! So the theme is
ReplyDeleteabout having fun!
Chesterfield is a cigarette. Now 'it' is making sense!
ReplyDelete