ACROSS
1 - Wide range available in medium wave (9) - AMPLITUDE [DD]
5 - Get ready to bat (3,2) - PAD UP [E]
8 - British jug for a beer-maker (6) - BREWER {BR}{EWER}
9 - Lama, born challenged, unusual (8) - ABNORMAL*
11 - Sudden movement in a plant (4) - ROSE [DD] (Addendum - RUSH [DD] - See comments)
12 - Claim derived from a proper genesis (9) - BIRTHRIGHT {BIRTH}{RIGHT}
14 - Note — a manuscript needing lots of paper (5) - REAMS {RE}{A}{MS}
15 - Narrow openings in little insular areas, say (7) - EYELETS (~islets)
16 - Passage off an old pamphlet (7) - EXTRACT {EX}{TRACT}
17 - The tribesman to give Red leader a stretch (5) - MAORI {MAO}{RI}
19 - A strange sign in Acre growing in size (10) - INCREASING*
20 - Slog with some flab, a burden (4) - BABU [T]
22 - Standards for conservative ritual over disturbed air (8) - CRITERIA {C}{RITE}{AIR*}
23 - Coating formed on a can carried by personal assistant (6) - PATINA {P{A}{TIN}A}
24 - Admonition for one hesitating to take a seat (2,3) - DO SIT [CD]
25 - Submissiveness of engineers in armed forces (9) - DEFERENCE {DEF{ER}ENCE} (Addendum - {DEFE{RE}NCE} - See comments)
DOWN
1 - The colour of gold set on fire? (6) - AUBURN {AU}{BURN}
2 - Persuasion of an unpleasant kind resulting when ecstatic pursers dance (8,7) - PRESSURE TACTICS*
3 - Chilled by diamonds beginning to dazzle (4) - ICED {ICE}{D}
4 - Aggravation caused when restless, reticent mob met without commanding officer (12) - EMBITTERMENT {RETIcENT+MoB+MET}*
5 - Support, author said, for the owner (10) - PROPRIETOR {PROP}{RIETOR}(~writer)
6 - Removing the pull of metal on metal (15) - DEMAGNETISATION [E]
7 - The abilities to distinguish taste — of a bit of ambrosia in dishes! (7) - PALATES {P{A}LATES}
10 - Not content to see that daughter is pleased (12) - DISSATISFIED {D}{IS}{SATISFIED}
13 - Control that Megan meant to be restructured (10) - MANAGEMENT*
16 - English editor imbibed French wine, cold, as shown (7) - EVINCED {E}{VIN}{C}{ED}
18 - Gas needing a new tube perhaps (6) - BUTANE {A+N+TUBE}*
21 - A musical not for the bald! (4) - HAIR [DD]
25a - Engineers should be translated to ERs. Am I missing something here?
ReplyDeleteSomehow, I find 11a to be incorrect...may be the tense..
ReplyDelete11a - Sudden movement in a plant (4) - ROSE [DD]
11A should be RUSH.
ReplyDeleteAnno for 25A should read as DEFE(RE)NCE.
RE for Royal Engineers ?
Delete@Suresh on 11a - I agree.
DeleteRush -
(v). To make a sudden or swift attack or charge
(n). a sudden surge towards someone or something
SLOG = BABU??
ReplyDeleteHow?
Babus are not known to slog
ReplyDeleteHow do you manage to post the answers by 8:30 AM irrespective of the difficulty level?! :) Amazing.
ReplyDeleteI guess the Sankalaks take you less than 5 mins to complete!
Many of us wondered about this.
Delete'and still the wonder grew,
that one small head could carry all he knew'
Thanks Chandrasekhar,
DeleteHowever haste makes waste also, that's why I make mistakes like in 11A & 25A
20 Ac. It should have been "slogger" and not "slog". My typing error, made in a last minute correction, as I was unhappy with the original clue!
ReplyDeleteSankalak
Tks for the clarification. Whether they do so in practice is a moot point
DeleteAt least, they used to in earlier days!
ReplyDeleteI still keep wondering how Col. used to do that even for (you know who)'s CW's !! That needed more mind reading than clue reading.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the anno. for RI in MAORI?
ReplyDeleteStretch = Rigorous Imprisonment = RI
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