Not many links etc as I saw Bhavans maill very late regarding his absence today.
ACROSS
1 Wicked rogue gets debt notices (7) IMPIOUS {IMP}{IOUS}
5 Father in a lost state without a piece of cake (6) PASTRY {PA}{STRaY}
9 Everyone in Paris catching river fish (5) TROUT {T{R}OUT}
10 Island woman taking number after number in a free style (9) CAPRICCIO {CAPRI}{CC}{IO}
11 Free to let out again (7) RELEASE {RE-LEASE}
12 Dance in-charge begins kicking to have fun (7) ROLLICK {ROLL}{IC}{K}
13 Rue abandoning Rex for bird (5) EGRET rEGRET
14 Wet clothes go for a toss here (4,5) SPIN DRYER [CD]
16 Alert Cole put out for a sort of list in constituency (9) ELECTORAL*
19 Hang down as daughter returns deprived of money (5) DROOP {D}{ROOP<=}
21 Nudged slyly around edge of ottoman in resentment (7) DUDGEON {DUDGE{O}N}
23 Boy’s wild noise around noon for blessing (7) BENISON {B}{E{N}ISON*}
24 In fraction, it is over the line (9) NUMERATOR [E]
25 Long note in sombre verse (5) BREVE [T]
26 Consummately made alterations leaving out lean-to. That’s
despicable! (6) SCUMMY ConSUMMatelY
27 Permissive sorts in correspondence? (7) LETTERS [DD]
DOWN
1 Penn tendered it in such a way it’s connected (14) INTERDEPENDENT*
3 Striking form shown by person rejected (7) OUTCAST {OUT}{CAST}
4 Inheritor hit gold (9) SUCCESSOR {SUCCESS}{OR}
5 Father’s each document (5) PAPER {PA}{PER}
6 Able son finished off (7) SKILLED {S}{KILLED}
7 Fix is to attest Charlie and Rex changed places (7) RECTIFY (-c+r)RE(-r+c)CTIFY
8 Bird Ali and Spenser exchanged for dogs (6,8) COCKER SPANIELS {COCK}{ER SPANIELS*}
15 The Italian book real whacky and prejudiced (9) ILLIBERAL {IL}{LIB}{REAL*}
17 Native to kill running mice (7) ENDEMIC {END}{MICE*}
18 The more analysed proposition (7) THEOREM*
19 Eccentric person’s symbol (7) DINGBAT [DD]
20 Bad old boy noticed, we’re told (7) OBSCENE {OB}{SCENE}(~seen)
22 Why you, with TNT, will be mad (5) NUTTY {Y+U+TNT}*
Small typo in 8D.
ReplyDeleteshould be Cocker spaniels
Thanks Ajeesh, I have corrected the main post
DeleteWaiting for Richard to start the ball rolling.
ReplyDeleteHappy to have finished before time except for 19D. Enjoyable fare as is expected from Gridman.
Made the mistake of spelling "spin drier" and struggled for 7D!
Benison is up in Richard's alley.
Yes, benison has come to stay in Konkani as 'besao~'(with a nasal ending) to mean blessing. It is of Portuguese origin from Goa.
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ReplyDeleteHi all
Had problems with posting around 8-30.
CAPRICCIO, RELEASE, ROLLICK, ELECTORAL, DUDGEON, SCUMMY, INTERDEPENDENT (phew!), SUCCESSOR, COCKER SPANIELS, THEOREM, ENDEMIC, NUTTY and some others were good.
Neat one from Gridman.
ReplyDeleteABCDE : What is now past
Ride forth in a storm (7)
Are you referring to the phenomenon that caused nilam ?
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DeleteGrit unknown spells natural disaster (5)
Delete(f)sabulous
DeleteI meant Sand Y
DeleteyeS and whY...
DeleteFairly straightforward today. 18D very nicely presented. But 5D seems to be hanging in the air?
ReplyDeleteNice run from Gridman
But 5D seems to be hanging in the air?
ReplyDeleteReally?
Suppose we interpret 's as has, then we have: Father has each document.
Could be statement by a family member while discussing a property dispute among siblings to the effect that father is in possession of each of the documents that they were looking for.
Is this explanation convincing?
CV sir, thought I might get a comeback on that! Actually I did consider it the way you have parsed. But then logically, wouldn't 'father has' lead to PAS and not just PA?
DeleteIt's no big deal however, I just posted a top of the mind impression, doesn't detract from a good quality CW
similarly IN in 5a
DeleteSurface reading: Father's each document = Father has each document.
ReplyDeleteWordplay: Father's each document = Father has each document = The word 'father' (PA) has, comes to possess, 'each' (PER) document (def).
Cool
DeleteI also lost my way spelling spin DRYER as spin DRIER.Other wise easy.
ReplyDelete10A: {IO} = the goddess('woman')?
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