ACROSS
1 - Drink — hesitation in it gives freedom (8) - LIBATION LIBerATION
5 - Turkish chief, getting stone, is horror-struck (6) - AGHAST {AGHA}{ST}
9 - Family man — no mean personal assistant (7) - GRANDPA {GRAND}{PA}
10 - Homeless woman glad by a relocation (3,4) - BAG LADY*
11 - Chennai's leader greeting — Chinese leader after Chinese leader bringing dog (9) - CHIHUAHUA {C}{HI}{HUA}{HUA}
12 - Norse god's new point (5) - THORN {THOR}{N}
13 - Scum on the pond in a botanical garden (4) - ALGA [T]
14 - Pitiful, pitiful deer, deserted, went here and there (9) - MEANDERED {MEAN}{DEER*}{D}
17 - Indian spirit's condition for raid (9) - DEVASTATE {DEVA}{STATE}
19 - Nettle former President? (4) - BUSH [DD]
23 - A sin boomerangs in play (5) - ALIVE {A}{LIVE<-}
24 - Riga ruler tortured? Not quite right! (9) - IRREGULAR*
25 - Base dance? (7) - FOOTING [DD] Dance?
26 - Provokes police officer on informal evenings (7) - IGNITES {IG}{NITES}
27 - General to colour, having looked suggestively (6) - LEERED {LEE}{RED}
28 - Agha, pair suffering loss of power to write (8) - AGRAPHIA*
DOWN
1 - Pro in sound reasoning puts ailing co. in order (8) - LOGICIAN*
2 - Bingo! a team leader squelched in lake activity (7) - BOATING {BINGO+A+T}*
3 - Lodged one deputy inside to clean the house (4,2) - TIDY UP {T{I}{DY} UP<-} No reversal indicator for PUT ? See comments
4 - Budgeting thus is no big deal (2,1,10) - ON A SHOESTRING [CD]
8 - Having a go is causing strain (6) - TRYING [DD]
10 - Thinking about supporter in rough weather in Gujarat's capital (13) - BRAINSTORMING {BRA}{IN}{STORM}{IN}{G}
15 - Point from where to serve in court (8) - BASELINE [E]
16 - Domestic maid's daughter separated and shifted for personal appeal (8) - CHARISMA {CHAR}{MAIdS*}
18 - Essence of record one made on bulky book (7) - EPITOME {EP}{I}{TOME}
20 - What you may have to do to open a door (7) - UNLATCH [E]
21 - Legal lady's capital terribly impressive (6) - LAWFUL {L}{AWFUL}
22 - Where NTR left grandaunt stranded? (6) - UGANDA GrANDAUnt*
6 - One with drive? Proceed to pick up the woman, we hear (2-6) - GO-GETTER (~go get her)
ReplyDeleteReminded me of the book The Go Giver:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Go-Giver
10 d: Gridman is still using the supporter
OK. Take any word that is of six letters or less but has the letter-string BRA anywhere in it and write a clue that does not use support/supporter in wordplay.
DeleteFight using a British drill (5)
DeleteBritish rodent is a scamp (4)
Delete4 letters
Down clue :
DeleteBorn tailless, reptile grows up here (6)
25 - Base dance? (7) - FOOTING [DD] Dance?
ReplyDeleteFOOTING means dance also[often used with it.[webster]
3 - Lodged one deputy inside to clean the house (4,2) - TIDY UP {T{I}{DY} UP} No reversal indicator for PUT ?
ReplyDeleteThat's a tricky and possibly cheeky but perfectly fair indicator.
Lodged = Put up and hence TUP
Thanks Bhavan, didn't look at it from that angle
DeleteNicely done, if that's the case. In my haste, I somehow assumed it was an anagram of IDEPUTY.
DeleteWe had a similar clue in HT recently:
DeleteGosh — indisposed? Get warm (7) COR/DIAL<-
(indisposed = LAID UP)
Did not look up, but looked down?!
ReplyDeleteCol.
ReplyDeleteA small typo. One 'A' missing in 11A.
Corrected, thanks.
Delete1A- Took freedom as the def.and got stuck.
ReplyDelete