ACROSS
1 Red borders in fleece (7) CRIMSON {C{RIMS}ON}
5 Airman with uncertainty in film, not aggressive (7) PACIFIC {P{AC}{IF}IC}
9 Rare object, endlessly old, sorted then crushed (4,2,3,6) THIN ON THE GROUND {THIN
10 Domain covered by clear enactment (5) ARENA [T]
11 Alien, quite altered alien back in good form (9) ETIQUETTE {ET}{QUITE*}{TE<=}
12 English spies in division with unknown strength (10) SPECIALITY {SP{E}{CIA}LIT}{Y}
14 Price? Not even shilling (4) ODDS {ODD}{S}
16 Endured weary drill (4) BORE [MD]
17 Record retreat involving me in denial (10) DISCLAIMER {DISC}{LAI{ME}R}
20 Dispatched to guard area with stuff for ritual (9) SACRAMENT {S{A}{CRAM}ENT}
22 Extracted opinion in hearing (5) MINED (~mind)
23 Regardless of circumstances in romance, hero is prepared (4,4,2,5) COME RAIN OR SHINE*
24 Bad snag ruined element of flood protection (7) SANDBAG*
25 Licences, tons ending in pile in rubbish (7) PATENTS {PA{T}{
DOWN
1 Kind of sword characters regularly seen in court always use (7) CUTLASS {C
2 Song from one with nice whim, far out of order, grabbing attention (2,1,4,1,4,3) IF I WERE A RICH MAN {1}{F I WER{E A R}ICH MAN*}
3 Fresh crop said to be scattered (8) SPORADIC*
4 Fool about with ingredient of gunpowder (5) NITRE {NIT}{RE}
5 Sanctimonious tips I cite after conversion (9) PIETISTIC*
6 Relax initially during cruise at sea, ignoring eastern cloud (6) CIRRUS {R
8 Chapter on start of disco set in American clubs (7) CUDGELS {C}{U{D
13 Lingering, having injured leg in riot (9) LOITERING*
15 Spoil second series of games, being a monkey (8) MARMOSET {MAR}{MO}{SET}
18 Put clothes on again? Correct (7) REDRESS [DD]
19 Capital city some remember, gazing northward (6) ZAGREB [T<=]
21 Bad time coming up for military unit (5) TROOP {T}{ROOP}<=
GRID
phew.. wow for parsing 9a and 7d. thanks. pls help with 25a PATENTS - is pants supposed to be rubbish? overall a rather smart xword today .. is there a sunday special happening??
ReplyDeleteSrividya,
DeleteFor pants = rubbish, read
http://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-pan4.htm
That's right; see the link given
DeleteSpecial at 10:30 by new setter Sridhar Krishnan
ReplyDeleteDidn't do the puzzle; just went through the post; appears to be a classic puzzle.
ReplyDeleteSunday mornings are devoted to the Cryptic Master, Rufus( Sunday Times, Mumbai edition)
I believe you should be doing that puzzle interactively after doing necessary efforts prior to solving.
DeleteEvery Sunday I look at the puzzle as printed in ToI, I say "Thoo..."
The same puzzle in the main section and the supplement in tiny font.
Why they can't print cryptic in one place and Quick in another by using bigger font, I cannot divine... Why, I can, they don't even look at what they are printing when using material received from agency.
Numbers of letters sent to Editor have gone to pants, I mean dirty, dirty underpants.
If I were a rich man...
ReplyDeleteI would try to become richer and richer by hook or crook so I am among top ten in India's wealthy people list.
https://cluesoup.wordpress.com/
ReplyDeleteCould not get cudgels, thin on the ground and fourth dimension. Otherwise easier one.
ReplyDeleteCould not get cudgels, thin on the ground and fourth dimension. Otherwise easier one.
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