ACROSS
1 - Awkwardness of the French left, smothering reflected anger (9) - GAUCHERIE {GAUCH{ERI<}E}
5 - Irishman with honour reveals a plot (5) - PATCH {PAT}{CH}
8 - Troops find the government system not heartless (8) - REGIMENT {REGIME}{NoT}
9 - Subsidiary regulations unknown in second grade statutes (2-4) - BY-LAWS {B){Y}-(LAWS}
11 - Rub out what is written in anger as egregious (5) - ERASE [T]
12 - Quality demanded of a subordinate (9) - OBEDIENCE [CD]
14 - The kind of suit suitable for a nudist camp (8) - BIRTHDAY [CD]
16 - Refrains from voting for a sailor with black marks (8) - ABSTAINS {AB}{STAINS}
18 - Retain, somehow, a part of the eye (6) - RETINA*
22 - Not having cover may, in the end, ruin us, sadly (9) - UNINSURED*
23 - Plant in a singular enclosure (5) - ASPEN {A}{S}{PEN}
24 - A bird shot out has the ability (6) - TOUCAN {OUT*}{CAN}
25 - Life arranged with urban area elegance (8) - FELICITY {LIFE*}{CITY}
26 - Threat to royalty on board (5) - CHECK [CD]
27 - Male, overfed, accepted it but showed unwillingness to act (9) - HESITATED {HE}{S{IT}ATED}
DOWN
1 - Socks get held up by them (7) - GARTERS [E]
2 - Promotion to state level (7) - UPGRADE {UP}{GRADE}
3 - Sickle's partner proceeds to listen to fish (10,5) - HAMMERHEAD SHARK {HAMMER}{HEAD S}{HARK}
4 - Cost of rescuing one from Pokhran somehow (6) - RANSOM [T]
5 - History's epitaph re-written by a healer by manipulation (15) - PHYSIOTHERAPIST*
6 - Coached a boy to restrict fall (7) - TRAINED {T{RAIN}ED}
7 - Garments that a horsey one redesigned (7) - HOSIERY {HORSEY+I}*
10 - It shows what is owed by one in the state of a borrower (5) - DEBIT {DEB{I}T}
15 - Coming in to make an effort, following directions (5) - ENTRY {E}{N}{TRY}
16 - Fish is, bull is not (7) - AQUATIC [CD]
17 - Use clip to fashion a sharp pointed thing (7) - SPICULE*
19 - Mark made by public relations in island facility for making money (7) - IMPRINT {I}{M{PR}INT}
20 - Upset by spurious anodyne (7) - ANNOYED*
21 - They are, first to last, more unhappy, venomous creatures (6) - ADDERS (-s)ADDER(+s)S
8 - Troops find the government system not heartless (8) - REGIMENT {REGIMEN}{NoT}
ReplyDeleteSmall typo REGIME not REGIMEN for Govt.
1 - Socks get held up by them (7) - GARTERS [E]
Reminded me of Richmal Crompton's William who used to make catapults out of his garter elastic
Thanks Kishore, typo corrected
DeleteRegime has got an additional N - Kindly correct Sir
ReplyDeleteThanks, since corrected
DeleteIt appears that our fellow-solver Dr. Pankajam has wished the composer of the 13x cryptic crossword in TNIE a Happy Birthday. Rufus is turning 80 shortly.
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Thanks Cvasi Sir for pointing it out. Can you give us newbies a sample of Rufus' clues ?
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Thanks to Chaturvasi of the Hindu Crossword blog for having revealed the identity of Rufus.I have always wondered why the setters adopt pseudonyms! I used to see his name in the Guardian crosswords, amongst others like Araucaria, etc (most enigmatic of the lot !) and have always had him as a much younger person in my mind’s picture and never knew that his cryptic crosswords are the ones syndicated in the New Indian Express. I had known a young bull dog, dubbed Rufus, ( no offence to our good ol’ Rufus!) and hence now that I know that our Rufus is not that rough and ruff , I’d rather dub him as Gentlerus, in keeping with his gentlest of lead-by-the-hand cryptic crosswords ! I saw and solved recently a clue: X: and that’s it! in the New indian Express. How much more cryptic can cryptic be? I’m also glad that his crosswords are the best to initiate the novitiates into the parish.
ReplyDeleteWhilst wishing Rufus-Gentlerus, many happy returns and many more full moons to be seen by him,I also nourish a secret envy and prayer to God that He let me live longer, with all faculties in tact, to keep pace with Rufus- Gentlerus and his crosswords, my insatiable passion.
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