ACROSS
1 - Joke heard by a runner about secret service organisation (7) - GESTAPO (~jest?){GEST}{A}{PO}
5 - Say aloud: engineer's has sound platform (6) - RECITE {RE}{CITE}(~site)
9 - Overdraft, yours and mine, causes stink (5) - ODOUR {OD}{OUR}
10 - Dismiss fool primarily hoisting coarse material (9) - SACKCLOTH {SACK}{CLOT}{H}
12 - Soft — Listener mixes no tea but beer (7) - PILSNER {P}{{LIStENeR*} Deletion of one 'E' forgotten.
13 - League's change of gear is considerable (5) - LARGE {L}{GEAR*}
14 - Good evening to Italians on a bus touring for a period (5,4) - BUONA SERA {BUONA S*}{ERA}
16 - Ponder o'er a kind of military termination (4,5) - OPEN ORDER*
19 - Corrupt leader's craving for accumulation (5) - CACHE {C}{ACHE}
21 - Layer of star's troublesome abdomen (7) - STRATUM {STAR*}{TUM}
23 - Such a batsman is difficult to be bowled out (4-3) - WELL-SET [CD]
24 - After one extremely lean month, overseas head's spirit shows coarseness (9) - INDECORUM {I}{N}{DEC}{O}{RUM}
25 - One learner's primarily ingenious account of the pelvic bone (5) - ILIAC{IL}{I}{AC}
26 - Iconic happiness? (6) - SMILEY [CD] :-)
27 - Nearly upset after no good man gives a breather (7) - NOSTRIL {NO}{ST}{RILe}
DOWN
1 - Well-behaved man on board exhibits camaraderie (4-10) - GOOD FELLOWSHIP {GOOD FELLOW}{SHIP}
2 - Stand for special partners in underprivileged surroundings (7) - SPONSOR {S}{PO{NS}OR}
3 - First-class merit displayed when something is broadcast (7) - AIRTIME {AI}{MERIT*}
4 - Story breaks about Oriental beginner coming back to bluepoint source (6,3) - OYSTER BED {OYST{E}R*} {BED<-} 'bluepoint' or 'Blue Point' ?
5 - Summary on international cricket player (5) - RECAP {RE}{CAP}
6 - Heartless trainer inserts bullets endlessly in part of the ear (7) - COCHLEA {COaCH}{LEAd}
7 - Follow the course as champion leaves spot to beat severely (7) - TROUNCE Anno pending (Addendum - {TRace}{OUNCE} - See comments}
8 - This industry is for the well-being of people (14) - PHARMACEUTICAL [CD]
15 - Lasses in a row? (9) - OARSWOMEN [CD]
17 - A roar at last breaks — model on the move in a nobleman's region (7) - EARLDOM {A+R+MODEL}*
18 - A sort of illusion affecting the eye (7) - OPTICAL [CD]
19 - Meets head-on without many dogs (7) - COLLIES COLLIdES
20 - Bank employee — accountant — is more timid (7) - CASHIER {CA}{SHIER}
7 - Follow the course as champion leaves spot to beat severely (7) - TROUNCE Anno pending
ReplyDeleteFollow the course= TRace
as champion leaves=-ace
spot = ounce, a little bit
to beat severely (7) - TR OUNCE
It was amusing to see Pilsner followed by LAGER*
On the occassion of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of Goa, a snippet from the Time magazine of 1961:
ReplyDelete"India's Jawaharlal Nehru is like a man who is simultaneously being trampled by an elephant and needled by a mosquito—and goes for the mosquito. While doing his best to ignore Communist China's latest incursions in a vast (50,000 sq. mi.), disputed area of northeastern India, Nehru declared recently that Portugal's lush, Rhode Island-sized colony of Goa on India's west coast was becoming increasingly "intolerable"."
The elephant could not be trampled and continues trampling. The mosquito has metamorphosis-ed.
spot = ounce, a little bit
ReplyDeletespot in the sense of a little bit has been used in:
'tea with a spot of milk' both in PGW books and in Asterix in Britain.
This is more like it from Gridman. Best of the offerings so far this run. Except for a couple of oversights (the 's in 5A and the missing E or A in 12A) this is a good puzzle.
ReplyDelete... GESTAPO (~jest?){GEST}{A}
yes, as a standalone word gest is pronounced like jest (but not as part of the word gestapo)
... {OYST{E}R*} {BED<-} 'bluepoint' or 'Blue Point' ?
Both are acceptable and synonyms according to WordWeb
Best of the offerings so far this run.
ReplyDeleteWholeheartedly agree, Bhavan.
Yes, made one stretch a little bit extra.
ReplyDelete4D-beginner coming back-deb? debut derives from this?
Kishore@08.38- Because it was coming after pilsner,lager was confused?
deb is short for debutante, a beginner, which comes from the same route at debut.
ReplyDelete15 - GLasses in a row?
ReplyDeletePilsner, Lager, Lassi ..
Apologies for the oversights. Couldn't do the last-minute check the previous day.
ReplyDelete1018, CV: Just jesting, not jousting.
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