ACROSS
1 - Like staff serving drinks inside? (6,4) - BEHIND BARS [DD]
6 - Ring up about singular musical composition (4) - OPUS {O}{PU<-}{S}
9 - Strong admiral in hold (4,6) - FULL NELSON {FULL} {NELSON}
10 - Principal boy appearing in theatre-in-the-round (4) - HERO [T]
12 - Books one consultation, primarily about the ear (4) - OTIC {OT}{I}{C}
13 - Really showing skill penning two articles (2,5) - AT HEART {A{T HE}{A}RT}
16 - For a change all then see grand opera (6,3,6) - HANSEL AND GRETEL*
18 - Rarely alone? No, I'm one cub that's been abandoned (4,2,1,4,4) - ONCE IN A BLUE MOON*
19 - A danger to shipping, one key diver recalled (7) - ICEBERG {I}{C}{EBERG<-}
21 - Snake by front of gazebo makes one breathe in sharply (4) - GASP {G}{ASP}
24 - Yobbo left unconscious (4) - LOUT {L}{OUT}
25 - Style of decoration our aunt Eva used (3,7) - ART NOUVEAU*
26 - Fix a ragout (4) - STEW [DD]
27 - An opportunist, a doctor accepting dare (10) - ADVENTURER {A}{D{VENTURE}R}
DOWN
1 - Polish comic opera singer having love spurned (4) - BUFF BUFFo
2 - Hard on everybody in auditorium (4) - HALL {H}{ALL}
3 - Their new one's surprisingly still in ignorance (4,3,5) - NONE THE WISER*
4 - Hood's battle (9) - BALACLAVA [DD]
5 - Port? Jack's on a Spanish wine (5) - RIOJA {RIO}{J}{A}
7 - Safeguard a picture on shifts (10) - PRECAUTION*
8 - Gun down a crocodile to show off (5,1,4) - SHOOT A LINE [SHOOT} {A} {LINE}
11 - Company out of County Clare has distributed a farce (8,4) - CHARLEY'S AUNT {coUNTY+CLARE+HAS}*
14 - Dreadful, the French records (10) - CHRONICLES {CHRONIC}{LES}
15 - Clued 'shone' cryptically, as planned (2,8) - ON SCHEDULE*
17 - Coach's dedication (9) - DILIGENCE [DD]
20 - Pierced with a horn, former vice president died (5) - GORED {GORE}{D}
22 - Stand in pub drinking last of wine (4) - BEAR {B{E}AR}
23 - Rotary file's whirring sound (4) - BURR [CD]
1 - Like staff serving drinks inside? (6,4) - BEHIND BARS [DD]
6 - Ring up about singular musical composition (4) - OPUS {O}{PU<-}{S}
9 - Strong admiral in hold (4,6) - FULL NELSON {FULL} {NELSON}
12 - Books one consultation, primarily about the ear (4) - OTIC {OT}{I}{C}
13 - Really showing skill penning two articles (2,5) - AT HEART {A{T HE}{A}RT}
16 - For a change all then see grand opera (6,3,6) - HANSEL AND GRETEL*
18 - Rarely alone? No, I'm one cub that's been abandoned (4,2,1,4,4) - ONCE IN A BLUE MOON*
19 - A danger to shipping, one key diver recalled (7) - ICEBERG {I}{C}{EBERG<-}
21 - Snake by front of gazebo makes one breathe in sharply (4) - GASP {G}{ASP}
24 - Yobbo left unconscious (4) - LOUT {L}{OUT}
25 - Style of decoration our aunt Eva used (3,7) - ART NOUVEAU*
27 - An opportunist, a doctor accepting dare (10) - ADVENTURER {A}{D{VENTURE}R}
DOWN
1 - Polish comic opera singer having love spurned (4) - BUFF BUFF
2 - Hard on everybody in auditorium (4) - HALL {H}{ALL}
3 - Their new one's surprisingly still in ignorance (4,3,5) - NONE THE WISER*
4 - Hood's battle (9) - BALACLAVA [DD]
7 - Safeguard a picture on shifts (10) - PRECAUTION*
8 - Gun down a crocodile to show off (5,1,4) - SHOOT A LINE [SHOOT} {A} {LINE}
11 - Company out of County Clare has distributed a farce (8,4) - CHARLEY'S AUNT {
14 - Dreadful, the French records (10) - CHRONICLES {CHRONIC}{LES}
15 - Clued 'shone' cryptically, as planned (2,8) - ON SCHEDULE*
17 - Coach's dedication (9) - DILIGENCE [DD]
20 - Pierced with a horn, former vice president died (5) - GORED {GORE}{D}
22 - Stand in pub drinking last of wine (4) - BEAR {B{E}AR}
23 - Rotary file's whirring sound (4) - BURR [CD]
Hats off to Col. for getting Art Nouveau, Full Nelson, Charley's aunt. Totally out of our range! (at least mine)
ReplyDeleteToday's "The Hindu" - third page headline - "Headless body found in trunk on G.T. Express" - prompted a word-play. " Trunk found in trunk on grand Trunk express".
ReplyDeleteIf the report had said in a later para that "the trunk was clad in a white T-shirt", would you be wondering at least for a moment?
DeleteEnjoyable fare whilst returning to CBE from Bombay, amidst the clickety clacks ,jerks, jolts and the sudden lurches of the train. In particular,liked the CHARLEY"S AUNT< ART NOUVEAU and FULL NELSON. Had heard of HALF NELSON before, never a FULL NELSON !!
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