Mover should stick to anagrams :-)
ACROSS
ACROSS
1 - Relapse when fractured spine is put right (7) - SETBACK {SET}{BACK}
5 - But this animal does not come from the end of the world (7) - POLECAT [CD]
9 - Pair going away from the beginning, avoid discovery (5) - ELUDE prELUDE
10 - A very tall glass for a long drink (4,2,3) - YARD OF ALE {YARD OF} {ALE}
12 - Absolutely vertical (5) - SHEER [E]
13 - Delighting, for example, holding a tongue (7) - ELATING {E{LATIN}G}
15 - Toiletry item discomfited a Soho MP (7) - SHAMPOO*
17 - Wild West wear makes English composer hesitate (7) - HOLSTER {HOLST}{ER}
19 - Leaders of top African politicians in old clothes apply starch
(7) - TAPIOCA {T}{A}{P}{I}{O}{C}{A}
21 - King snakes with grating teeth (5) - RASPS {R}{ASPS}
23 - Is this high flier an antenna repairman? (9) - AERIALIST [CD]
25 - Alien camp destroyed bell-tower (9) - CAMPANILE*
26 - Give the go-ahead to a constant beast (5) - OKAPI {OK}{A}{PI}
27 - Whip well-bred fellow for touching (7) - TANGENT {TAN}{GENT}
27 - Whip well-bred fellow for touching (7) - TANGENT {TAN}{GENT}
28 - Crude erection? (3,4) - OIL WELL [CD]
DOWN
1 - Spot youthful attendant for leak (7) - SEEPAGE {SEE}{PAGE}
2 - Riffling thin album yields sketch (9) - THUMBNAIL*
3 - Arab chieftain meets a Muslim leader accompanied by oriental
queen (5) - AMEER {A}{M}{E}{ER}
4 - Spooner smelling something bad in your pocket (3,4) - KEY RING (~reeking)
5 - Irish-American follows popular leader for this Greek hero (7) - PERSEUS {P}{ERSE}{US}
6 - Be quick! Behold special instrument (4,5) - LOOK SHARP {LOOK} {S}{HARP}
7 - Irritate as it is hot in the restaurant (5) - CHAFE {C{H}AFE}
8 - Musical instrument the boor played (7) - THEORBO*
14 - In lab work, at conclusion of experiment, Will is nowhere to be
found (9) - INTESTATE {IN}{TEST}{AT}{E} Conclusion of experiment is 'T'
16 - Nearby bull eaten by man, for one (9) - PROXIMATE {PR{OX}IMATE}
17 - Bean saw ten in crooked chart (7) - HARICOT {CHART+10}*
18 - Standing among others, Ali is a practical person (7) -REALIST {RE{ALI}ST}
19 - Attack flapping pet door (7) - TORPEDO*
20 - Busy community usually home to a queen (7) - ANTHILL [CD]
22 - Disciple who must be followed? (5) - SIMON [CD]
24 - A ring island (5) - ATOLL (A}{TOLL}
Mover should stick to anagrams :-)
ReplyDeleteOh yeah!
12A SHEER would be a DD. Except that it would be better if the clue was Absolute vertical, rather than Absolutely vertical
ReplyDeleteRight now it is absolutely horizontal!
DeleteI meant Sheer = absolute like in sheer negligence and
Deletesheer = vertical or perpendicular.
I understood that
DeleteThen??!!!
DeleteI filled in 'erect' and got into problems in NE corner.
ReplyDelete4D was excellent!
ReplyDeleteCol., the photo of bell tower should come under 'campanile'.
Thanks, corrected.
Delete5D- 'erse' is for?
ReplyDeleteFree dictionary says 'Gaelic' esp.Scot.
Erse is also 'Irish gaelic'
DeleteThank you Col.
ReplyDeletePart of an article seen in today's Deccan Herald
ReplyDelete"Rescuers struggled to reach the jungly site on the face of the mountain, using climbing equipment to ascend the near-vertical slope where bodies and debris were scattered."