ACROSS
1 - Snub former US president suppressing right of female (5-3) - BRUSH-OFF {B{R}USH}-{OF}{F}
5 - Virginia Lake and Greek character dance (6) - VALETA {VA}{L}{ETA}
9 - Cleaner circumspect about boy (8) - CHARLADY {CHAR{LAD}Y}
10 - Craft's required to catch small crows (6) - BOASTS {BOA{S}TS}
12 - Disease may make one feel very low (6,5) - YELLOW FEVER* &lit
15 - Page clergyman shortly (5) - RECTO RECTOr
16 - Training college and sanatorium close to old wood (9) - SANDHURST {SAN}{D}{HURST}
18 - Refuse to abandon one's opinion of partnerhip at company (5,4) - STAND FIRM {STAND} {FIRM}
19 - Right about crops, primarily barley (5) - TRUCE {TRU{C}E}
20 - Knight, leading small number in rear, controlled fire in battle (11) - BANNOCKBURN {BA{N}{NO}CK}{BURN}
24 - Want the Parisian to give a pointer (6) - NEEDLE {NEED}{LE}
25 - Former PM departs, joining one from Haifa maybe (8) - DISRAELI {D}{ISRAELI}
26 - Dog in street, barking (6) - SETTER*
27 - Mean to eat mostly raw fish (8) - STINGRAY {STING{RAw}Y}
DOWN
1 - Reverse taxi over top of kerb (4) - BACK {BAC<-}{K}
2 - State without a highway? Not all of it (4) - UTAH [T]
3 - Buddy attached to golf club in LA? (9) - HOLLYWOOD {HOLLY}{WOOD}
4 - Bilge in bows? (12) - FIDDLESTICKS [DD]
6 - Apart from a cold dessert served up (5) - ALOOF {A}{LOOF<-}
7 - Austere, Ivy cast in play (4,6) - EASY VIRTUE*
8 - Returns hat lost in Scottish resort (10) - ANSTRUTHER*
11 - One out and about after retiring? (12) - SOMNAMBULIST [CD]
13 - Groups of musicians may bring money belts (5,5) - BRASS BANDS {BRASS} {BANDS}
14 - Skinniest wins crates (bubbly) (10) - SCRAWNIEST*
17 - Type of road accident caused by him, initially, Italian with ladder (3-3-3) - HIT-AND-RUN {H}{IT}-{AND}-{RUN}
21 - Hardy dog with no lead? (5) - OLLIEcOLLIE
22 - Expensive honey (4) - DEAR [DD]
23 - Feel sorry for mine and yours at first (4) - PITY {PIT}{Y}
1 - Snub former US president suppressing right of female (5-3) - BRUSH-OFF {B{R}USH}-{OF}{F}
5 - Virginia Lake and Greek character dance (6) - VALETA {VA}{L}{ETA}
9 - Cleaner circumspect about boy (8) - CHARLADY {CHAR{LAD}Y}
10 - Craft's required to catch small crows (6) - BOASTS {BOA{S}TS}
12 - Disease may make one feel very low (6,5) - YELLOW FEVER* &lit
15 - Page clergyman shortly (5) - RECTO RECTO
16 - Training college and sanatorium close to old wood (9) - SANDHURST {SAN}{D}{HURST}
18 - Refuse to abandon one's opinion of partnerhip at company (5,4) - STAND FIRM {STAND} {FIRM}
19 - Right about crops, primarily barley (5) - TRUCE {TRU{C}E}
20 - Knight, leading small number in rear, controlled fire in battle (11) - BANNOCKBURN {BA{N}{NO}CK}{BURN}
24 - Want the Parisian to give a pointer (6) - NEEDLE {NEED}{LE}
25 - Former PM departs, joining one from Haifa maybe (8) - DISRAELI {D}{ISRAELI}
26 - Dog in street, barking (6) - SETTER*
27 - Mean to eat mostly raw fish (8) - STINGRAY {STING{RA
DOWN
1 - Reverse taxi over top of kerb (4) - BACK {BAC<-}{K}
2 - State without a highway? Not all of it (4) - UTAH [T]
3 - Buddy attached to golf club in LA? (9) - HOLLYWOOD {HOLLY}{WOOD}
4 - Bilge in bows? (12) - FIDDLESTICKS [DD]
6 - Apart from a cold dessert served up (5) - ALOOF {A}{LOOF<-}
7 - Austere, Ivy cast in play (4,6) - EASY VIRTUE*
8 - Returns hat lost in Scottish resort (10) - ANSTRUTHER*
11 - One out and about after retiring? (12) - SOMNAMBULIST [CD]
13 - Groups of musicians may bring money belts (5,5) - BRASS BANDS {BRASS} {BANDS}
17 - Type of road accident caused by him, initially, Italian with ladder (3-3-3) - HIT-AND-RUN {H}{IT}-{AND}-{RUN}
21 - Hardy dog with no lead? (5) - OLLIE
23 - Feel sorry for mine and yours at first (4) - PITY {PIT}{Y}
Hello there
ReplyDeleteManaged to negotiate sides and corners. Could not get to the heart of the grid. Gave up and decided to wait for the blog.
BRUSH-OFF, VALETA, NEEDLE were good.
26A - The compiler's way of self-humiliation, what with 'dog', 'in street' and 'barking'. :-)
Specially liked DISRAELI, HIT-AND-RUN, DEAR and PITY.
EASY VIRTUE was not that easy. SCRAWNIEST was excruciating.
Missed out SOMNAMBULIST. Excellent clue.
DeleteBar has been raised today compared to the last fe weeks. Happy to have got somnambulist & Disraeli (after googling about Haifa)Difficult to get Scottish resorts & training colleges. We are at a disadvantage. Blog comes to our rescue to learn a few things.
ReplyDeleteHardy made me think of Thomas Hardy and took me nowhere. Never thought of Oliver,though one of our favourites during college days.
Nice one today. Needed the net for Bannockburn & Anstruther. Lots of clues to like. My CoD was 4d
ReplyDeleteSee Kishore's experience with a Tenglish CW in the latest post on Crossword Unclued. Link in the panel on the left.
ReplyDeleteHaving used a saponificated fat on my exterior walls and fake doggie-doo on my roof, I started my morning in the true American way by being a cereal killer and having a corny breakfast. A long walk in the early morn in a light drizzle had me spouting Frost. I had to forget metric and go fps as the locals did, so that I did not quote 'Kilometers to go before I sleep'.
ReplyDeleteYes, I got Shuchi's mail and was aghast to read about Kishore's tireless efforts and his enthusiasm. Great.
ReplyDeleteAghast?
DeleteProbably not the right word. what I meant to say was that there is no limit to what he can do. His repertoire is limitless.
ReplyDeleteAghastya!
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DeleteWelcome back !!
ReplyDeleteDid not expect you so soon- reached U.S.?
Excellent work with multilingual CW !
I had prepared the following message and was to post it on Monday Oct 1 morning:
ReplyDeletePaging 'the spice of the blog'...
The number of daily posts are down. In case the 'pond' has been crossed, pls buzz...
Any takers to support my proposal to float another corner for The HINDU SUDOKU?Of course,not as easy as in Crossword solution to explain,but ways can be improvised to do explaining,given the talents of communications here.As for me,going by my experience,I have imposed strict time limits for solving the Sudoku correctly under strict examination conditions.For e.g.,the time limits are like as for each star,maximum 5 minutes time limit.Thus for single star,it is 5 ms,for 2 stars,10 ms,for 3 stars,15ms,for 4 stars,it is 20 ms and finally for a 5 star one,no time limit since it is quite tough.If it is solved before the next comes up,as good as quite successful.
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