Sankalak's goody bags continue. Trying out the table format one last time.
| ACROSS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By the seacoast, I turned up an accomplice (9) | ASSOCIATE | ASSOCIATE* |
| 5 | More depraved bachelors about to return (5) | BASER | {BAS}{ER<=} |
| 8 | I leave the stormy Caspian with two knights to get a bag (8) | KNAPSACK | {K{CASP |
| 9 | Confront retired accountant with a charge (6) | ACCOST | {AC<=}{COST} |
| 11 | The antenna, say, of a gazelle (5) | ARIEL | (~aerial) |
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| 12 | The meaning of the position taken under a U-boat perhaps (9) | SUBSTANCE | {SUB}{STANCE} |
| 13 | Relish disturbing guest after dinner starts (6) | DEGUST | {D}{GUEST*} |
| 14 | A certain dip in the Mediterranean that is deliberate (8) | MEASURED | {ME{A}{SURE}D} |
| 16 | Kind of colour given to a blunder about a quarrel, new (8) | BROWNISH | {B{ROW}{N}ISH} |
| 18 | Inn with permit clipped by the people (6) | PUBLIC | {PUB}{LIC |
| 22 | Broadcaster of a disembodied voice? (9) | AKASHVANI | [DD] |
| 23 | A right taken off in the advent of a competitor (5) | RIVAL | |
| 24 | Officer carrying travel permit in a brood pouch! (6) | OVISAC | {O{VISA}C} |
| 25 | Sponge, could be, a robber’s undoing (8) | ABSORBER | * |
| 26 | Indian gold? Right, for a sound system (5) | SONAR | {SONA}{R} |
| 27 | What the arbiter reportedly intended to say in his decision (9) | JUDGEMENT | {JUDGE}{MENT}(~meant) |
| DOWN | |||
| 1 | A protégé accepting work foregoing gold — that is embarrassing (7) | AWKWARD | {A}{W |
| 2 | Shutting up a marine fish? (7) | SEALING | {SEA}{LING} |
| 3 | Daydreams (7,2,3,3) | CASTLES IN THE AIR | [E] |
| 4 | A measure to exploit and make a charge (6) | ACCUSE | {A}{CC}{USE} |
| 5 | A banqueter’s cook, let loose, is again where he started, with no progress (4,2,6,3) | BACK TO SQUARE ONE | * |
| 6 | He said “the kinquering Congs their titles take”! (7) | SPOONER | [CD] A not so young man having heard the daylight saving message on radio 'Time to turn your clock back' went straight to the shoe cupboard and picked up the black shoe polish before retiring to the loo |
| 7 | Give new life to the old tyre (7) | RETREAD | E |
| 10 | English baby dressed for church (5) | ABBEY | {E+BABY}* |
| 15 | A small, pale city in Africa (5) | ASWAN | {A}{S}{WAN} |
| 16 | Could the warning lights be a cheater’s? (7) | BEACONS | {BE}{A}{CONS} |
| 17 | Too vain, working for applause (7) | OVATION | * |
| 19 | On the rise, Melba, voluptuous, was somewhat worthy of affection (7) | LOVABLE | [T<=] |
| 20 | Priest, one housed by a sect, was the one at fault (7) | CULPRIT | {CUL{PR}{1}T} |
| 21 | Arab sailor who found wrongdoing wicked (6) | SINBAD | {SIN}{BAD} |
IMO this format is not too bad except for blue patches.But font is too big.
ReplyDeleteThis will work well if I stop my clap-trap
ReplyDeletebecause in 6d the obiter dicta is overwhelming the miniscule CD
DeleteWithout your comments the post will be incomplete.Do keep it coming.
Delete(It is up to you to decide about the format,whether old or new. I have just given my suggestion.)