I assume lots of samosas will be eaten by Doc today.
ACROSS
1 It may bear a cross on the election day (6,5) BALLOT PAPER [CD]
9 Doubly firm, abstainer begins eating dish (7) COCOTTE {CO}{CO}{TT}{E}
10 General around to amplify (7) ENLARGE*
11 Lady from western sultanate (5) WOMAN {W}{OMAN}
12 Kitchen item child shot to pieces (9) DISHCLOTH*
13 Man for more love, excitedly (5) ROMEO {MORE+O}*
15 Scheming for drawing? (9) DESIGNING [DD]
18 What a roadside dweller can’t do in personal comfort (3,2,4) SIT AT HOME [CD]
21 Redundant in next race (5) EXTRA [T]
22 What overalls aren’t, obviously (9) UNDERWEAR [CD]
24 Went fast to road, having served ideally (5) RACED {R{ACE}D}
26 First hop to tree-shaded area in sanctuary (7) HARBOUR {H}{ARBOUR}
27 ’50s bride modelled as badly reared (3-4) ILL BRED {I{LL}-BRED*}
28 Notably, Mira flew off the handle: something unusual (11) ABNORMALITY*
DOWN
1 Support hospital sections with order reversed (9) BACKWARDS {BACK}{WARDS}
2 Look at copper —head of Mounties –– a substitute (5) LOCUM {LO}{CU}{M}
3 Definitely dismissed twice (3-3-3) OUT-AND-OUT {OUT}-{AND}-{OUT}
4 Pastor, with helpful information to a journalist, appealed
(7) PLEADED {P}{LEAD}{ED}
5 Gives gratification –– kindly begin enjoying song! (7) PLEASES {PLEASE}{S} Anno not clear
6 Cleric losing head and getting flustered is a thing of the past
(5) RELIC cLERIC*
7 He has an itch for lighting up (8) ARSONIST [CD]
8 Positive reply by you of old gets exclamation (4) YEAH{YE}{AH}
14 She fights in the ring, enacting drama to a variation (8) MATADORA*
16 He is not a regular fighter (9) GUERRILLA [CD]
17 Ladder guy dismantled in a circumspect manner (9) GUARDEDLY*
19 Go beyond a couple of cricketing terms (7) OVERRUN {OVER}{RUN}
20 When the events in flashbacks took place (7) EARLIER [CD]
22 Two consecutive letters held by under-secretary cause grrunts
(4) UGHS {U{G}{H}S}
23 Wine –– one featured in a Mani Ratnam film (5) RIOJA {R{1}OJA}
25 Dog my soldier (5) CORGI {COR}{GI}
I completed before your solution appeared. Feeling great although I think it was a bit too easy.
ReplyDeleteYes,samosa day. But where is doc? Unusual to complete before the blog is up! Nevertheless interesting.
ReplyDeleteMatadora was new but a logical extension.
Easy one.
ReplyDeleteAt the risk of inviting comments and therefore eternally damaging the 'goodness' of today's crossword, I am presenting today's
ABCDE
Perhaps shady, dry Autumn day to remember the Last Supper (6,8)
Monty Panesar's form today(Thursday) :-P
Delete:)
DeleteDeepak
ReplyDeleteRe your query at 5d.
You've discovered a mistake.
G broke PLEASES as PLEASE S. However, in the clue as written ES comes from "begins enjoying song", leaving only PLEAS to be accounted for. "Kindly" gives PLEASE, not PLEA.
Thus, "enjoying" shouldn't have been in the clue.
Apologies for the error. This crossword was checked yet again prior to publication, but the slip-up went undetected.
CV seems to have taken note that I had put on weight when we met in Chennai recently and is setting 15-20 minute crosswords.
ReplyDeleteThank you. CV
At that threesome meeting we had excellent companionship from Bhala.
DeleteI daresay I would prefer 'trio' to 'threesome'! Yes, was nice, as was the puzzle today. Didn't even notice the 5d glitch, the eye just passed over without registering.
Deletemenage a trois?
Delete25D : howz "my" related to [COR]?
ReplyDeleteGood question. Corgi fitted in, so I filled it without thinking too much. From what I can gather Cor ( the exclamation ) is a corruption of God. Not sure if there is any other meaning for it. Eagerly waiting for others to pitch in to clarify
Deletemy, cor, god, Christ, blimey, by George, gracious me, heck and a truck load of others are all used as an expression of surprise, so they are synonyms.
DeleteCor blimey is an exclamation that I have seen before. Thanks to Gridman & nizarperuvad I found out that it stands for "God blind me"
Deleteyes, u guessed it right. i did gun them down. :D
ReplyDeletecol. so sorry to read about cellulitis and i hope u are ok.
missed writing here and interacting but life does get hectic . i am determined to spend an hour on cw and give my useless inputs here, come what may.
Thanks Doc, yes all's well now
Delete23Ac.Only the wine "RIOJA" stopped from hitting cent percent completion.I wondered whether there could be any other word like"grrunts"(22Dn).Thanks Gridman.
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