Way to go, Mr Walker. Long ones done quite nicely. Undertones of a car-ride theme in the clues for: 8,10,14,17,18,25 across and 5 down
23 Lock castle, female’s run off with gold (5) TRESS (f orTRESS)
ACROSS
1 A rejected lottery winning prize? (5) AWARD (A DRAW<)
4 Bound by father, spirit regresses yet advance in large steps (8) LEAPFROG (LEAP FR GO<)
8 Navigator with unsolicited advice for one at the wheel (4,4,6) BACK SEAT DRIVER CD
10 Kinky sex in car; it’d lost appeal at first, being foreign (9) EXTRINSIC (SEX IN CaR IT)*
11 Revelation not ideal in nightclub (5) DISCO (Revelation=DISCLOSURE-RULES. Or is it DISCOURSE-SURE?) Sometimes these lost-wax castings can get you ! (DISCOvery, see comments)
12 Children with problems (6) ISSUES 2
14 Uphill task for wrestler mainly, on mat with broken leg (8) STRUGGLE (wreSTler RUG LEG*)
17 No current and starting torque for vehicle being reversed? Use pulling power (8) TRACTION (NO I Torque CART)<
18 Proof reader travelled back with article (6) EDITOR (RODE < around IT)
20 Egg and muck thrown back engulfs one with revulsion (5) ODIUM (O MUD< around 1)
22 Helpful person from Salvation Army reaches girl, trapped inside island (9) SAMARITAN (SA, isle of MAN around RITA) Reminded of our Delhi blogger who seems to be absent from the last few days
24 Natural curiosity about charge principally for deposit? (6,8) SIMPLE INTEREST 2
25 Terribly saddened in situations without progress (4,4) DEAD ENDS (SADDENED)*
26 No disagreement in questions regarding trials (5) TESTS (conTESTS)
DOWN
1 Sailor boy and kin, left out to take in Virgin Islands in this form? (12) ABBREVIATION (AB B VI replacing L in RELATION, def. by ref. to VI in this form)
2 Popular race course in Nova Scotia? (5) ASCOT (T) What the Devil ! I hear that the Phantom, astride Hero, occasionally races at Ascot in Canada
3 Erstwhile mate leaves later as girl’s camp leads protest marcher (9) DISSIDENT (DI'S SIDE leads NexT)
4 Arbitrate in dispute involving Elias and I (6) LIAISE (ELIAS I)*
5 Presumption of accountant returning in German car on Turkey’s borders (8) AUDACITY (CA< in AUDI TurkeY) The car always reminds me of Ravi Shastri
6 Feasted on shrimp’s heart cooked in fat (5) FRIED (RI in FED) Reference to the Chennai branch of THCC's orgies gorging on samosas. What's up, Doc ? Long time no see.
7 Audible expression of regret in public about unintentional omission (9) OVERSIGHT (SIGH in OVERT)
9 Englishman, say directed foreigner leaving reorganised estate with fruits (12) POMEGRANATES
(POM EG RAN ATESet*) I hope you don't mind the reference, DD!
13 Second flag the Italian is initially eager to support (9) STABILISE (S TAB IL IS E)
15 Experienced travel by tube (9) UNDERWENT CD,DD
16 Vacations! Time to meet European at home with a dairy animal (8) HOLSTEIN (HOLS T E IN)
Reminded me of the hol.s in Enid Blyton books
19 Bill covering workers’ rights, finally yields reforms (6) AMENDS (AD around MEN, S)
21 Cleaning brush used by reporter on small motorised bicycle (5) MOPED (MOP ED) Suvega, my first vehicle, which I sometimes rode, pedalled or pushed and finally peddled away
11A - DISCO(-very)
ReplyDelete11A I think it is DISCO (-very)
ReplyDeleteDeepak stole my thunder
ReplyDeleteIf he took you Thums Up, you can always go for Pepsi or Coca Cola
DeleteA rummy drink.
DeleteThat's on the cards
DeleteDeepak, yesterday I had some interaction with some friends on NJ9842. On a hunch, I looked up your bog archives and saw that 9842 was indeed by NJ. What a coincidence !
ReplyDeleteIs that a Zip Code reference?
DeleteSiachen
Deleteok
Delete18A brings in a different def. of IT, but a simple straight one!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, for 24D it was simple but I did not get the interest!
Holstein was new. And I had intrinsic doubts about extrinsic
Very nice cw. Smooth surfaces; leading clues. To specially mention 15,16d.24a evokes natural curiosity . 16d brings out power to think laterally.Overall a good entertainer.again 13d-for italian we were used to it only; il is new(s).
ReplyDeleteIt's not new Swami
DeleteIT stands for Italian
and IL stands for 'the' in italian
The Ghost who walks has taken us for a nice stroll in the park - this was a very nice puzzle.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the anno for 4A is not clear to me even after seeing the blog post. Father gives us FR, but how about the rest?
Bound = LEAP
Deleteby
father = FR
spirit = GO
regresses = Reversal indicator (so spirit regresses = OG<=)
yet
advance in large steps = Definition = {LEAP}{FR}{OG<=}
IC. Thank u DG
ReplyDeleteThanks much Col. I missed the "leap" meaning of bound -- and was using it as a container indicator...
ReplyDeleteTepid response? Monday morning blues perhaps. Or the puzzle was ho hum.
ReplyDeleteWhat is there to comment upon when the clues have no problems. Enjoyable crossword.
DeleteMostly fair cluing and some smooth surfaces, but I felt some of the other clues were rather long-winded to hold my interest. So, I solved the shorter clues first and then, with enough crossings in hand, attacked the longer ones.
ReplyDelete6D: The on was misleading in the cryptic.
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