ACROSS
9 - Islamic minister administering mosque, primarily (4) - IMAM {I}{M}{A}{M} Semi&lit
10 - Model deems being ordered around as intrusive (10) - MEDDLESOME*
13 - Jack Brown's dress material (6) - TARTAN {TAR}{TAN}
15 - Animal pen from the east (4) - DEER <-
17 - It may be harmful to have Russia captured by force (5) - VIRUS {VI{RU}S}
18 - Slick nonsense mostly rejected (4) - GLIB eGLIB<-
19 - Guide a meat eating Asian (6) - BEACON {B{E}ACON}
20 - Unruly mob to own recently prosperous place (8) - BOOMTOWN*
23 - Angry to be raised around a ship on vacation (7,3) - BRASSED OFF {BR{A}{SS}ED} {OFF}
26 - Young one of a faltering student (4) - FOAL {FOA*}{L}
27 - A part of the arms race, originally seen in the West, is ending
in Egypt (5) - WRIST {W}{R}{IS}{T}
28 - Charge for dispatching original sound track in a piece of paper
(7) - POSTAGE {P{O}{S}{T}AGE}
DOWN
1 - Irregular crimes may spread with time (10) - ASYMMETRIC {CRIMES+MAY*}{T}
2 - Minute — a time taken by comedian starting late (6) - ATOMIC {A}T}{cOMIC}
3 - Water body starts to produce other new diatoms (4) - POND {P}{O}{N}{D}
4 - Even America pursues a strong stimulus (8) - AFFLATUS {A}{F}{FLAT}{US}
5 - It houses one pupil and one regressive gentleman (4) - IRIS {I}{RIS<-}
6 - Funny graduate ball dance (5) - RUMBA {RUM}{BA}
8 - Drums turning up in a quiet American institute of repute (7) - TIMPANI {TIM}{P}{A}{NI}<-
14 - Freely go far with unknown vehicle permit (5,2,3) - RIGHT OF WAY {RIGHT OF WA*}{Y}
16 - You may raise one in disapproval (7) - EYEBROW [CD]
21 - Love a bait to be clumsy (6) - OAFISH {O}{A}{FISH}
22 - Creature that's initially weak, then healthy (5) - WHALE {W}{HALE}
24 - Vessel to drink a drop of hooch in (4) - SHIP {S{H}IP}
25 - Alas, left out of rings (4) - OOPS hOOPS
6 - Distribute rotis before a rice dish (7) - RISOTTO {ROTIS*}TO 'To' from?
ReplyDeleteTo = before as in time:
the time is now five minutes to one
25 - Alas, left out of rings (4) - OOPS hOOPS
The rings might be loops for L to be out
I took it as 'left portion' out of 'hoops'
DeleteIn a Kamalahasan-Madhavan starrer 'Anbe Sivam', when asked for the time of the next train, the stationmaster replies 22222 (two to two to two-two) i.e., 1:58 to 2:02.
ReplyDeleteThe Timpani disappeared.
ReplyDeleteIt's back
DeleteLove the 'eyebrow' image!
ReplyDeleteMixed bag today I thought, but still good.
How is Jack = Tar?
ReplyDeleteJack, Tar, Salt are various words used to mean a sailor
DeleteIt is said that even a donlkey looks good when it is young. It appears to be very true !
ReplyDelete6a - Today's Express has the following clue - 9 Stew one has to stir round perhaps (7)
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