Enjoy the Sunday special for today from a budding new setter. Feel free to give your critiques with your answers.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. 3 answers per commenter in the comments section.
2. Annotations to be provided.
3. Acrosslite version is also given below.
ACROSS
1 - Wheat-y? It's got too many artefacts! (6)
4 - Those boxers keep rising from the grave! (6)
8 - Elizabeth Arden was strict to adhere to this type of
cuisine (7)
9 - For every French Green, you'll find a voyeur (7)
11 - Completely reliable? I'd be envied if it were so. (10)
12 - Nessie's home (4)
13 - Cubes. Unless of course, by Picasso (5)
14 - Stroke iridium, taking care to exclude radiation, and
you'll get a new metal! (8)
16 - The conifers were subjected to investigation, as material
to be used in court (8)
18 - Rent a messy easel (5)
20 - Tea in bed? I owe you (4)
21 - There's a basket for this. The trees won't forgive you
for it though. (5,5)
23 - Affirmative, the fan blades show skill in speaking (7)
24 - Kane for one. Could even be his wristwatch. (7)
25 - Is it Limburger, is it Parmesan? No! It's Edam!. Now
smile for the camera. (6)
26 - The old witch is in this Scottish meatball (6)
DOWN
1 - The gazer wanders around eating all the grass. (5)
2 - A tin hall can be renovated to house the workers (7)
3 - Echo lost herself to him, but he lost himself to himself.
(9)
5 - So I hear your sis' daughter is in ECE.. (5)
6 - Doesn't qualify to be old and disabled (7)
7 - There's a restriction on this structure; rather me than
you in that. (9)
10 - Mr. Comic, so you say it's a little world you've got? (9)
13 - The system of units on your resume are as good as your
fingerprint or retina scans. (9)
15 - Mrs. Brokovich and every sailor could be a dancer (9)
17 - Strangely, that nettle I was stung by is enough to
qualify me for medical privileges (7)
19 - "A thousand bucks in a maze?" "Well not
exactly." "That's still great!" (7)
21 - Add a bit of rosemary and saffron to the wok. It's
effective. (5)
22 - Seven, in any orientation becomes smooth and regular. (5)
Will be able to do this only later in the day, so providing two quick ones which caught my eye
ReplyDelete18A: LEASE {EASEL}*
1D: GRAZE {GAZER}*
4a UNDIES [2]
ReplyDelete9a (PER)(VERT)
25a CHEESE [2]
2D: ANTHILL {A TIN HALL}
ReplyDelete7D: STRICTURE {STRUCTURE (-U + I)}
20: DEBT {BED + T}
18.Ac. Lease . Rent def. anagram of easel
ReplyDelete1.Dn. graze. Def. eat all the grass
22 d. Evens anagram of seven
ReplyDelete8A EASTERN {EA}{STERN}
ReplyDeleteEA = Elizabeth Arden
STERN = Strict
Def: Type of cuisine
16A FORENSIC*
ReplyDeleteAnagram of conifers
Def: material to be used in court
21A WASTE PAPER (DD)
ReplyDeleteIt is a PANGRAM today!SR
ReplyDelete17D- Entitle- Nettle I *
ReplyDelete10D- Microcosm- Mr.comic so*
5D- Niece- in ECE*
In a hurry. Happy solving everybody.
12A LOCH (E)
ReplyDelete5D NIECE (ni ECE)
13 BIOMETRIC {BIO-data & system of units- METRIC}
Still left...
ReplyDeleteAc 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 26
Dn 3, 6, 13, 15, 19, 21
Balance (updated):
DeleteAc 1, 11, 13, 14, 23, 24, 26
Dn 3, 6, 15, 19, 21
substn. for 5D as 3rd entry
ReplyDelete21D WORKS {(R)osmary + (S)affron + WOK}-It's effective
1ac {GRAIN}{Y}
ReplyDelete11Ac DEFINITIVE (envied if it*)
ReplyDelete24A CITIZEN ( DD, Citizen Kane & Watch brand)
ReplyDelete3 - Echo lost herself to him, but he lost himself to himself. (9)
ReplyDeleteNARCISSUS ((Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection)
Delete15D - Ballerina (anagram of Erin+All+Ab ?)
AB from Sailor
Delete14 - Stroke iridium, taking care to exclude radiation, and you'll get a new metal! (8)
ReplyDeleteRUB (-ir)IDIUM
6 - Doesn't qualify to be old and disabled (7)
INVALID (DD)
Does that leave only these?
ReplyDeleteAcross - 12, 13, 23, 26
Down - 15 and 19
Pretty fast, eh?
Further to above, 15down is down, courtesy KS @ 11-47
Delete26A - Haggis (Hag +is ? Anno not too clear!)
ReplyDelete23A: ORATORY (Assume this is YA or AY plus ROTOR)- no anagram indicator??
ReplyDelete26A: HAGGIS (HAG + IS): where's the second G coming from not sure. Def Scottish meatballs
13A: BALES (def= cubes; Piccasso's BALESTRA minus ART??)
Reasonably fine one, but some fine tuning would be good
That leaves only 19Dn.
ReplyDelete19D That's still great- AMAZING {A + MAZ(-E) + IN + G (slang for 1000 dollars)}
ReplyDeleteOk, that completes the grid. I was reminded of 'bark' and 'bite' expression when I spotted the name of the compiler.
ReplyDeleteThe bite apart, it was a nice puzzle to sink one's teeth into.
Thank you, Barker-ji. Aise hi baar baar karte rahiyega.
19D - Nostalgia - Did anyone remember the Gold Spot slogan 'The Zing Thing'?
ReplyDeleteDone and dusted.
ReplyDeleteOther than Bhala, no critiques?
On the +ve side: 4,9,21,24 AC and 6 &7 DN were good clues for a budding setter. Esp. 4.
ReplyDeleteDownside: Some annos for answers are beyond comprehension.
Could do with less use of articles viz. A and THE.
7D my CoD. Nice surface, nice wordplay, good deception
ReplyDelete9A: PERVERT 11A : DEFINITIVE
ReplyDelete16A: FORENSIC