ACROSS
8 - Deposit essentially lent to be used in festival (6) - GALENA {GAL{lENt}A}
9 - Pirate brewed one fine drink (8) -APERTIF APERITIF {PIRATE*}{I}{F}
10 - Violent tiff surrounding top student's makeover (4-4) - FACE-LIFT {F{ACE}-{L}IFT*}
11 - Germ devours sailor in the bottom of the ocean (6) - SEABED {SE{AB}ED}
12 - Caught one rascal with a bug (6) - CICADA {C}{I}{CAD}{A} They can really make a big racket.
13 - Some chronicler I called for bookkeeping (8) - CLERICAL [T]
14 - Many English passages censored one disease (7) - MEASLES {M}{E}{AiSLES}
16 - Objection for trial (7) - PROTEST {PRO}{TEST}
20 - Drink after fantastic space adventure (8) - ESCAPADE {SPACE*}{ADE}
23 - Tonsured sociopath's head at asylum (6) - SHAVEN {S}{HAVEN}
25 - Rush to provide food around noon (6) - CANTER {CA{N}TER} Can 'cantering' really be equated to 'rushing'
26 - Can dish get an anti-rust coating? (3,5) - TIN PLATE {TIN} {PLATE}
27 - Information: small quote backs study (8) - GENETICS {GEN}{ETIC<-}{S}
28 - One who stitches with the tip of knitting pin (6) - SKEWER {S{K}EWER}
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1 - Privileged to be fashionable in taste (8) - PALATINE {PALAT{IN}E} With some help from Google!!
2 - Officer did not finish class (6) - GENERA GENERAl
3 - Confirm tidal wave's swirling out west (8) - VALIDATE {TIDAL+wAVE}*
4 - Strategy time — do something with our bureaucracy! (7) -TACTICTS TACTICS {T}{ACT}{ICS} Isn't it IAS nowadays?
5 - The French diocese is the one paying the rent (6) -LESEE {LE}{SEE} LESSEE {LES}{SEE}
6 - Potential winner unfortunately fails to get home on time (8) - FINALIST {FAILS+IN+T}*
7 - Detectives captured folks turning up for the movies (6) - CINEMA {CI{NEM<-}A}
15 - One giving clues to describe a duck or a mammal (3-5) - SEA-OTTER {SE{A}-{O}TTER}
17 - Daring king remains head (8) - RASHNESS {R}{ASH}{NESS}
18 - Wild apes take very little time for climbing plant (5,3) - SWEET PEA {S{WEE}{T} PEA*}
19 - One who lives a hand-to-mouth existence? (7) - DENTIST [CD]
21 - Made sinuous movements from pole, without clothes (6) - SNAKED {S}{NAKED}
22 - Scared of a noisy assault (6) - AFRAID {A}{F}{RAID}
24 - Poisonous snake overwhelmed an old general unconscious (6) - ASLEEP {AS{LEE}P}
8 - Deposit essentially lent to be used in festival (6) - GALENA {GAL{
9 - Pirate brewed one fine drink (8) -
10 - Violent tiff surrounding top student's makeover (4-4) - FACE-LIFT {F{ACE}-{L}IFT*}
11 - Germ devours sailor in the bottom of the ocean (6) - SEABED {SE{AB}ED}
12 - Caught one rascal with a bug (6) - CICADA {C}{I}{CAD}{A} They can really make a big racket.
14 - Many English passages censored one disease (7) - MEASLES {M}{E}{A
16 - Objection for trial (7) - PROTEST {PRO}{TEST}
20 - Drink after fantastic space adventure (8) - ESCAPADE {SPACE*}{ADE}
23 - Tonsured sociopath's head at asylum (6) - SHAVEN {S}{HAVEN}
25 - Rush to provide food around noon (6) - CANTER {CA{N}TER} Can 'cantering' really be equated to 'rushing'
26 - Can dish get an anti-rust coating? (3,5) - TIN PLATE {TIN} {PLATE}
27 - Information: small quote backs study (8) - GENETICS {GEN}{ETIC<-}{S}
28 - One who stitches with the tip of knitting pin (6) - SKEWER {S{K}EWER}
1 - Privileged to be fashionable in taste (8) - PALATINE {PALAT{IN}E} With some help from Google!!
2 - Officer did not finish class (6) - GENERA GENERA
3 - Confirm tidal wave's swirling out west (8) - VALIDATE {TIDAL+
4 - Strategy time — do something with our bureaucracy! (7) -
5 - The French diocese is the one paying the rent (6) -
6 - Potential winner unfortunately fails to get home on time (8) - FINALIST {FAILS+IN+T}*
7 - Detectives captured folks turning up for the movies (6) - CINEMA {CI{NEM<-}A}
15 - One giving clues to describe a duck or a mammal (3-5) - SEA-OTTER {SE{A}-{O}TTER}
18 - Wild apes take very little time for climbing plant (5,3) - SWEET PEA {S{WEE}{T} PEA*}
21 - Made sinuous movements from pole, without clothes (6) - SNAKED {S}{NAKED}
22 - Scared of a noisy assault (6) - AFRAID {A}{F}{RAID}
24 - Poisonous snake overwhelmed an old general unconscious (6) - ASLEEP {AS{LEE}P}
12 - Caught one rascal with a bug (6) - CICADA {C}{I}{CAD}{A} They can really make a big racket.
ReplyDeleteLiked Deepak's comment. Only wonder whether it is a TT racket, tennis racket, snowshoe or a Indian politician's racket (arranged in order of size)
9 - Pirate brewed one fine drink (8) - APERTIF {PIRATE*}{I}{F}
ReplyDeleteAPERITIF
19 - One who lives a hand-to-mouth existence? (7) - DENTIST [CD]
ReplyDeleteLiked this clue the best. Wonder how one clues in some other professions, say proctologist:
One who lives by getting to the bottom of things?(12)
Or can we call him the butt of many jokes ;-)
ReplyDeleteA proctologist pulls out a thermometer from his shirt pocket. He looks at it
ReplyDeleteand says, "*hit, some ******* has my pen."
Deepak. Lots of spelling mistakes today in your answers. 9A 4D 5D
ReplyDeleteThanks Rengaswamy & Suresh,
ReplyDeleteHaste makes waste!! Shall correct them
Agree with Col. on ICS/ IAS. could have introduced an 'ex' to make it technically correct.
ReplyDeleteKishore,
ReplyDeleteI did not know whoa 'proctologist'is,but(t) got a clue from you.
One who knocks you out literally (12)
ReplyDeleteOne who has means to see through you (11)
One who can make you a visionary (15)
I was looking to something to do with eating w.r.to "hand to mouth existance",but finally got it thanks to crossings. It,sure,was enjoyable!
ReplyDeleteAnaesthetist (spell check is not agreeing!)
ReplyDeleteRadiologist
and trying to get the third one
Fantastic cartoon for 'face lift' Col. Most enjoyable one. I would say,the best for quite a while!
ReplyDeletePadmanabhan: Ophthalmologist is the third one.
ReplyDeleteOne who can make you a visionary (15) OPHTHALMOLOGIST
ReplyDeleteOPHTHALMOLOGIST is the third one.
ReplyDeleteThank you for helping me out & thank you CV for the nice spot quiz.
ReplyDeleteDextrous Textrous !! An excellent and impeccable compilation that invigorated my mind. Thanks. Though he had used the usual tricks, did find it a bit tricky and took a bit of time in solving.
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