ACROSS
1 - Rex entered, however, and finished (7) - THROUGH {TH{R}OUGH}
5 - Word of entreaty in pastor's rental document (6) - PLEASE {P}{LEASE}
9 - High pair on board (5) - KINGS [CD]
10 - “Thy faith hath saved thee; ____ ____ ____” (Luke) (2,2,5) - GO IN PEACE [GK]
11 - Saw good sea cucumber (7) - TREPANG {TREPAN}{G}
12 - Before a bumpy ride, Ram stepped back and joined a union (7) - MARRIED {MAR<-}{RIDE*}
13 - Become accustomed to removing damage from written agreement
(5) - INURE INdentURE
14 - Fixation for a daughter's way of speaking (9) - ADDICTION {A}{D}{DICTION}
16 - Lass raged about what may be worn for a special occasion
(4,5) - GALA DRESS*
19 - Some calling out in specialised language (5) - LINGO [T]
21 - Talk about weight that is lost? (7) - EXPOUND {EX}{POUND}
23 - It guards the ticker (3,4) - RIB CAGE [CD]
24 - How a thief would leave (5,4) - STEAL AWAY [CD]
25 - Faithful in Belgium? (5) - LIEGE [DD]
26 - Journalist tired working to get a bit of opinion in (6) - EDITOR {EDIT{O}R*}
27 - Pile on stage performer? (7) - REACTOR {RE}{ACTOR}
DOWN
1 - A Yankee's tights ripped? Don't be too serious about it
(4,6,4) - TAKE THINGS EASY*
2 - Poem by boy on German and French water (7) - RONDEAU {RON}{D}{EAU}
3 - Steal attention from Goel oddly after stupa falls (7) - UPSTAGE {STUPA*}{GoEl}
4 - Top quality — a student should be gratified with it (4-5) - HIGH-GRADE [DD]
5 - Light bender, teacher leans back in the afternoon (5) - PRISM {P{RIS<-}M}
6 - Derived from observation: boy holds politician at lunchtime
(7) - EMPRIC {E{MP}{1}RIC}
7 - Was somehow greeting on Long Island in a foreign language (7) - SWAHILI {WAS*}{HI}{LI}
8 - Broadening seen perhaps when one's listening to another
(7,4,3) - BENDING ONE'S EAR*
15 - Stored rye haphazardly in tin can? (9) - DESTROYER*
17 - Get communication by the mouthful ? (3-4) - LIP-READ [CD]
18 - Garment for pair (7) - DOUBLET [DD]
19 - Nearly cheeky retort to essayist's plant (7) - LOBELIA {dLOB<-}{ELIA}
20 - Most orderly home has brewed tea (7) - NEATEST {N{TEA*}EST}
17 - Get communication by the mouthful ? (3-4) - LIP-READ
ReplyDeleteReminded me of how I had started to do this when I had gone deaf in both ears.
8D The def leads to LENDING ONES EAR. I do not think this means the same as Bending ones ear. Bending ones ear would mean talking (or boring) for a long time to an unwilling listener. Quite different from lending ones ear.
ReplyDeleteSuresh
DeleteI think the original meaning of the phrase is what is given in the clue as definition. The idea of one talking about something at tedious length is said to have come much later.
Let's say someone says something to us in a noisy environment. Or maybe when we are a little hard of hearing. Don't we 'bend our ear' by taking the side of our hand pointing upwards to the back of our earflap? Aren't we listening then?
I am sure you must have done your homework on this. I had not been able to locate this meaning. I'll take your word for it.
Delete22A- 'dower' seems to be in the news recently in China due to shortage of 'brides-to-be'. Maybe, the day is not far off in India too!
ReplyDeleteIn yesterday's crossword, there was an answer : ARREAR. Is this word not always used in the plural? I wonder. I err.
ReplyDeleteThis is what the BRB says
Deletearrear n that which remains unpaid or undone (usu in pl)
I have known this word used in the singular. Like saying I am in arrear of my instalments of loan.
DeleteDoes this apply to 'quarter(s)' also?
DeleteIf you mean quarter in the sense of a place of residence, the word is quarters even in the singular.
DeleteBut it can be used as a verb to provide housing. You can quarter somebody without dismembering him.
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