ACROSS
1 - Unicorn roaming over moors once (9) - MONOCEROS*
6 - Saw notice on time (5) - ADAGE {AD}{AGE}
9 - Number seen by five (5) - SEVEN {SE{V}EN}
10 - Island where people are accommodated without charge (9) - INNISFREE {INN}{IS}{FREE}
11 - A sin to make pass at Lois that has violent impacts (10) - COLLISIONS {SIN+COL+LOIS}*
12 - Parties that get together for a common cause (4) - BLOC [E]
14 - Brief proceedings of a meeting (7) - MINUTES [DD]
15 - Breakfast cereals (7) - MUESLIS [E]
17 - American Indian tribes (7) - NATIONS [E]
19 - Games made out in riddles (7) - ENIGMAS {GAMES+IN}*
20 - Otherwise there are eels wriggling around (4) - ELSE*
22 - Bring out in the end to offer congratulations (10) - FELICITATE {F{ELICIT}ATE}
25 - It would appear better without one's ad-lib (9) - IMPROVISE {IMPROV{I'S}E}
26 - Recorded becomes famous (5) - NOTED [DD]
27 - Value of some home rituals? (5) - MERIT [T]
28 - Stout boss is a fool (9) - FATHEADED {FAT}{HEADED}
DOWN
1 - Money back when one starts to collect notes together (5) - MUSIC {MUS<-}{I}{C}
2 - Something Jack gets attached to (5,4) - NAVAL KNOT [CD]
3 - Guilty of strong belief (10) - CONVICTION [DD]
4 - Fruits for the artist's home (7) - RAISINS {RA{IS}{IN}'S}
5 - My nosy partner finds a word having same meaning as another (7) - SYNONYM {MY+NOSY+N}*
6 - Peas rolling about in church recess (4) - APSE*
7 - Heard about Laura (5) - AURAL*
8 - Applies taxes without hesitation (9) - EXERCISES {EX{ER}CISES}
13 - Flexibility is shown about one put inside still (10) - RESILIENCE {RE}{SIL{I}ENCE}
14 - Characteristic of art movement? (9) - MANNERISM [DD]
16 - Roasted meat with pureed dates (9) - LAMBASTED {LAMB}{DATES*}
18 - Lawman finds the lady if in San Francisco originally (7) - SHERIFF {S{HER}{IF}F}
19 - It's obvious Ned has time for six English (7) - EVIDENT {NED+T+VI+E}*
21 - It is delightful to have a purse of exceptionally good quality (5) - SUPER*
23 - Finally closed the program (5) - ENDED [CD]
24 - Blockhead who was left in a spot (4) - DOLT {DO{L}T}
14D reminded of John Mannering, John Creasey's Baron.
ReplyDeleteThe Quick CW today is Big Easy...
2D - I solved as NAVAL UNIT.
ReplyDeleteThanks Vijay,
ReplyDeleteNaval Unit sounds better
I thought 17A would be NATIVES and 3D CONVICTIVE.
ReplyDeleteFirst time, I'm seeing MUESLI in plural? OK,is it?
ReplyDeleteI'm not quite with the annotation of RESILIENCE
NAVAL KNOT or NAVAL UNIT reminded me of the good old RMDC crosswords where the clues could be: He stared at the ?ALL -- HALL or WALL!! We'll have to wait to see what Manna meant.
One of the worst crosswords I have come across ever!! UGH
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SURESH:
It can't be CONVICTIVE but CONVICTION is right although how NATIONS is correct as opposed to NATIVES beats me.
We'll live through this for yet another day.