ACROSS
1 - Spiritless team in a deplorable state after batting (9) - INANIMATE {IN}{ANIMATE*}
6 - Plutocrat heard turning down Monkhouse's request (5) - NABOB {NA}{BOB}
9 - Out into the open (5) - FORTH [E]
10 - See about this (9) - CATHEDRAL [CD]
11 - Absorb recooked meal as it is (10) - ASSIMILATE*
12 - Some photographers take pictures of military equipment (4) - KEPI [T]
14 - Under instruction for a specific purpose (7) - TRAINEE [CD]
15 - Defame on a point to land queen in trouble (7) - SLANDER {S}{LAND}{ER}
17 - A master for the conductors (7) - MAESTRI [CD]
19 - Changes gears, points and lubricants (7) - GREASES {GEARS*}{ES}
20 - Comes in tea-chest individually (4) - EACH [T]
22 - Doris wants change for the servants generally (10) - DOWNSTAIRS*
25 - Awkward Greek men with English for harmony (9) - AGREEMENT {GR+MEN+AT+E}*
26 - Call the eastern girl (5) - BELLE {BELL}{E}
27 - It happens to be the exact time (5) - EVENT {EVEN}{T}
28 - He who takes over a victory by common soldiers (9) - SUCCESSOR {SUCCESS}{OR}
DOWN
1 - At a point, fair to go lower down the page (5) - INFRA {N+FAIR}*
2 - Atmosphere quickly taking in a minor planet (9) - AEROSPACE {A{EROS}PACE}
3 - Extreme cruelty inherent in all people (10) - INHUMANITY {IN}{HUMANITY}
5 - Residential areas, as the egghead says (7) - ESTATES {E}{STATES}
6 - The French retreat on Christmas (4) - NOEL {NO}{EL}<-
7 - Rudely push into a large pleasure boat (5) - BARGE [DD]
8 - Account awful raids to be just a game (9) - BILLIARDS {BILL}{RAIDS*}
13 - Sad for the Frenchman on board (10) - LAMENTABLE {LA}{MEN}{TABLE}
14 - Consumed by anger — must be restrained! (9) - TEMPERATE {TEMPER}{ATE}
16 - Supporters needed for record piles knocked over (9) - DISCIPLES {DISC}{PILES*}
18 - They press clothes for others (7) - IRONERS [CD]
19 - Somehow call for inside information relating to origin (7) - GENETIC {GEN}{CITE*}
21 - Large number certain to invoke evil (5) - CURSE {C}{SURE*}
23 - A domestic animal will give way always (5) - STEER {ST}{E'ER}
24 - In one's true home (4) - NEST [T]
18d reminded of
ReplyDelete"You can't press your suit and another fellow's trousers simultaneously" P.G. Wodehouse, The Mating Season
KEPI reminded of Charles DeGaulle and of course
ReplyDeleteThe Day of the Jackal
Producer: John Woolf
Actor: Edward Fox
All in the canine family, huh?
How does 'man' become MEN in 18Dn?
ReplyDeleteLA MEN TABLE - 13Dn not 18Dn.
ReplyDeleteCloning ?
ReplyDeleteKishore @08:39
ReplyDeleteGood one. You have an uncanny eye.
Kishore@08.39-
ReplyDeleteThe book by Forsyeth was a classic and comparatively the film was ordinary. Thank you for bringing old memories. The description of the gun,the bullet(S)and of course his crutches...unbeatable,I would say.
10A-
ReplyDeleteHow is it a CD? Col. I need guidance.
25A- Does 'with' give us 'at'?
ReplyDelete4D- 'liberal account' gives 'c'?
Paddy, 1051:
ReplyDeleteA 'see' (noun) is the realm (seat)of a bishop, which contains his chair (cathedra), which is based in a cathedral. So 'see about this' refers to a see being around a cathedral (this, being the def).
Paddy, 1049. However, my favourite FF is The Shepherd.
ReplyDeleteI dont remember to have read it. I don't know how I could have missed. Will try to make up soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the nice way of explaining 'see' of cathedral.
The Shepherd is a novellete timed around Christmas and quite a gripping read.
ReplyDeleteTo see or not to see, that was the question, Paddy. Now you see...
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