Monday 5 December 2011

No 10326, Monday 05 Dec 11, Mover

ACROSS
6   - Religious attitude is meekly showing belief in God (5) - DEISM [T]
7   - Marine steamship adrift, narrowly avoided collision (4,4) - NEAR MISS {MARINE+SS}*
10 - A U.S. soldier joins Territorial Army to play music in a hurried style (7) - AGITATO {A}{GI}{TA}{TO}
11 - Small boat Carol capsized in Church (7) - CORACLE {C{CAROL*}E}
12 - Or I repeatedly get back magazine for folding paper (7) - ORIGAMI {OR}{I}{GAM<-}{I}
13 - Those emptying the boat start to blame those who are sick? (7) - BAILERS {B}{AILERS}
14 - Drunk like a bird in the sky? (4,2,1,4) - HIGH AS A KITE [DD]
19 - Not for saint pursuing a profit (7) - AGAINST {A}{GAIN}{ST}
21 - Charity for Titanic steamship? (7) - LARGESS {LARGE}{SS}
23 - Probably observe in a talkative manner (7) - VERBOSE*


25 - Save about right quotation (7) - EXCERPT {EXCE{R}PT}
26 - Long running battle? (8) - MARATHON [DD]
27 - A little wood work in a British examination (5) - COPSE {C{OP}SE}
DOWN
1   - Reduce short skirt wrapped by attractive person (8) - DIMINISH {DI{MINI}SH}
2   - Antelope spotted in Blenheim Palace (6) - IMPALA [T]
3   - In poisonous worker, a heady brew (10) - INTOXICANT {IN}{TOXIC}{ANT}
4   - Is this powder used in dental care? (4) - TALC [T]
5   - Intimidate Eastern spirit (6) - PSYCHE {PSYCH}{E}
6   - Swap vitamins in warning light for a cleric (6) - DEACON (-b+d)DEACON
8   - Swallow one drink! (7) - MARTINI {MARTIN}{I}
9   - Hire broken easel (5) - LEASE*
13 - Certainly labels many differently (2,3,5) - BY ALL MEANS*
15 - Airship's hanger-on plying in Venice (7) - GONDOLA [DD]
16 - Tears prescription given by an ophthalmologist? (8) - EYEDROPS [DD]
17 - Soothe fifty in rescue (5) - SALVE {SA{L}VE}
18 - Fly repeatedly set buzzing (6) - TSETSE {SET+SET}*
20 - Companion left chairman for the aviator (6) - AIRMAN (-ch)AIRMAN
22 - Maybe Chanel's ornate style? (6) - ROCOCO [CD]
24 - Reverberation in speech often heard (4) - ECHO [T]



8 comments:

  1. Deepak, CV:

    Our respective respected missuses hide in 10a...

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  2. While some of the clues were good, overall I'm not very satisfied with this puzzle. Surface readings seem bizarre in a few clues (11A, 14A, 3D, 6D)

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  4. @Kishore 8:34

    As far as I am concerned, it causes enough of agitation.

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  5. CV: A headless nation engulfs the wife?

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  6. Another good one today I felt, maybe not too challenging. Quite a few words from recent puzzles figure here again, wonder if this can be sheer co-incidence?

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  7. Kishore 0834 - American soldier, thanks.
    and 0905 - You were there for sometime, right?

    CV 0846 - and enough of cogitation too?

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  8. Richard,

    Yes, I was in Entebbe on 11/9. Luckily, for such a short time that they could not marinade me.

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