Afterdark's quite devious today.
ACROSS
1 Clearly Exa caught leaving precisely after money is put in plate (10) DISTINCTLY {DIS{TIN}C}{
6 Discharge contents of glass pitcher (4) SPIT [T]
10 Cops confine opposition leader having lime juice with cocaine inside (9) POLICEMEN {P{O
11 Lloyd breaks toy (5) DOLLY*
12 Consuming a bottle, ten men dance with cheer (13) ENCOURAGEMENT {TEN+MEN}* around COURAGE
14 Drop first slip's cap on point (5) SLIDE {S
15 Install broken tables first in Salvation Hospital (9) ESTABLISH {TABLES}*{I
17 Men text (consuming a gin cocktail) with cells (9) ORGANISMS {OR}{A+GIN}*{SMS}
21 Constructing a flat can be disastrous (5) FATAL*
22 Circus master left son, broke free once without love. That's the limits (13) CIRCUMFERENCE {CIRCU
24 Idea of denim aged somewhat (5) IMAGE [T]
25 Creating genetic User Experience is killing (9) EXECUTING {GENETIC+UX}* How does
26 Town leaders caught intimidating touring youth (4) CITY Acrostic
27 As per report, studied about electronic screen and regulated (10) RESTRAINED {(~read)RED} aroundt {E}{STRAIN}
DOWN
1 Player down before media faction released information about low spirits (10) DEPRESSION {D}{E}{PRESS}{
2 Favouring self-catering arrangement's far off... (9) SELECTING SEL
3 ... rope in one cook uncle, to get noodles essentially (7) INCLUDE {1}{NCLU{
4 Be as good as a close friend, without a shred of difference (7) COMPARE COMPA
5 In case being around group's not good, it will be most protracted (7) LONGEST {L{O}{NG}EST}
7 Religious group’s on trial (5) PILOT {PI}{LOT}
8 Ethoxyls often used in making dolls (4) TOYS
9 Die in brave stunt perhaps often (6) ADVERB D in {BRAVE}*
13 Dared Allen to undress during shift on top of desk (10) CHALLENGED {CHA{
16 Goal in X-Note is to get Anon's article discarded (9) INTENTION {IN}{TEN}{TI}{
18 Never place rook in the middle, player gets butterflies in stomach (6) NERVES {NE(+r)RVE(-r)}{S}
19 Look after son's home and sleep (4-3) SHUT-EYE {S}{HUT}-{EYE}
20 Staff Officer's first fitness examination is the most lenient (7) SOFTEST {SO}{F
21 A bit of atta and maida flour mixed for recipe (7) FORMULA {A
22 Tea with right temperature on table (5) CHART {CHA}{R}{T}
23 +7 is its atomic number (4) ZINC {23+7=30} [GK]
GRID
Nice one from Afterdark. Enjoyed solving it.
ReplyDelete9Dn Definition 'PERHAPS OFTEN' means 'often' by example is an Adverb, I think.
Last meaning in the Free Dictionary link given by Col.
ReplyDeleteGot caught in the NW corner.
12A- How do we get courage?
Bottle - one of the meanings is courage
DeleteBottle (N) : (One of the meanings given in Free Dic) : 5. Brit nerve; courage (esp in the phrase lose one's bottle)
Delete2D is nice. Never realised it is a case of deletion.
ReplyDelete25a UX is short for 'User Experience'. A slightly indirect anagram, though.
ReplyDelete1a made me laugh. Wonder what Exa thought of it :-)
As we speak Exa is on a flight to the USA. Vacation.. So what I said about leaving is right, the money part I don't know
Delete23+7 for Zinc is just fantastic. Filled in thanks to crossing without realising until I saw the blog. My COD.
ReplyDeleteThank you AD for your samosas. Feeling elated!
ReplyDeleteThoroughly enjoyable crossword - thank you, Afterdark. Very nice surfaces overall, and some entertaining wordplay - especially the skillful use of Exa and Anon!
ReplyDeleteI share DG's question about the source of D in 1d. Also, the reciprocal definitions [dolls for toy and toy for doll(y)] in 8a and 11a, which have a crossing letter in common, were a bit surprising - or is it part of a theme I am missing?
Thanks to DG for the blog.
It was an oversight regarding dolly & toys .. :(
DeleteAbout 1 D - well your statement has the answer .. D is from Down. Before , indicates placement of D before E
Ah! That makes sense - I missed that completely.
DeleteFurther to 'bottle' - the nerve obtained after hitting the bottle is called 'Dutch courage'... ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnything pseudo is called either Dutch or French by the British!
ReplyDeleteWow! Samosa day for me. Thanks AfterDark :-) :-)
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