Friday 19 February 2016

No 11629, Friday 19 Feb 2016, Buzzer


Getting set to drive back to Bangalore.

ACROSS
9   Didn't deny everyone ran up debts (7) ALLOWED {ALL}{OWED}
10 New product bar put out gets cheers (7) OVATION innOVATION
11 Now and then do one's best for a start (5) ONSET {dO}{oNeS}{bEsT}
12 Irritability is true in all at sea (3,6) ILL NATURE*
13 Bit of foul oath, so mean and vile (9) LOATHSOME [T]
14 Talent for trickery (5) CRAFT [DD]
15 Showing indifference a cat perhaps retreated lazily (7) TEPIDLY {TEP<=}{IDLY}
17 Seriously wild or feral (3,4) FOR REAL*
19 Swallow going over river in flood (5) DROWN {R} in {DOWN}
20 Like a popular period drama (4,5) SOAP OPERA {SO}{A}{P OP}{ERA}
22 Slyly manipulates, wanting me for an apostle (5,4) SAINT PAUL {mANIPULATeS}*
24 Currently hip but certain to end in failure (2-3) NO-WIN {NO-W}{IN}
25 A piece of poetry in Old English guide (7) OVERSEE {VERSE} in {OE}
26 Continue to receive support (7) SUSTAIN [DD]

DOWN
1   Giant owl disturbed a sleeper (5-3) WAGON-LIT*
2   Place like Morocco is bloody fluid (6) PLASMA {PL}{AS}{MA}
3   Alert? No (8,2) SWITCHED ON {NO}*
4   Avoids travelling by railway following announcement (8) ADVISORY {AVOIDS}*{RY}
5   Football player to try a stretch (6) GOALIE {GO}{A}{LIE}
6   A Farewell to Arms, tragic account primarily (2-2) TA-TA Acrostic
7   Cheap amulet is fake (8) SIMULATE*
8   Broken a French record held by knight (6) UNKEPT {UN}{K{EP}T}
14 Nothing inside box's first drawer (10) CARTOONIST {CART{O}ON}{1ST}
16 If backing, see behind ultimately (8) PROVIDED {PRO}{VIDE}{b...nD}
17 Female unrestrained? That's perfect (8) FLAWLESS {F}{LAWLESS}
18 Tendency to suppress resistance for education (8) LEARNING {R} in {LEANING}
19 One with absolute power is especially disrupting. (6) DESPOT {ESP} in {DOT}
20 Certain use a ledger has (6) SEALED [T]
21 Sort of new music cover (6) ENWRAP {NEW*}{RAP}
23 Time to remove man from cover-up job (4) TASK {T}{mASK}


6 comments:

  1. Awesome puzzle. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

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  2. sweet and simple puzzle for a friday.. thanks buzzer :)

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  3. 19D . at the end of the clue = DOT.
    This is the container.

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    1. Col has specifically highlighted the dot in pink.

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  4. On cloud nine after solving this extraordinary puzzle...loved all clues especially 19D(the dot nicely hidden at the end)...3D(what ruse!)...16D(If as definition rarely found)...the telescopic clues nicely hidden...Hats off Buzzer

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  5. Missed PROVIDED, DROWN & SEALED and samosas.:((

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