BAKRID GREETINGS
ACROSS
1 Addled nut wanders into a territorial division (6) COUNTY {NUT}* in {COY}
4 Decrees to write information without sources (6) ENACTS {
9 Head cop to return for a bit (4) SPOT {SP}{TO<=}
10 At this great clue's heart such a mark (10) APOSTROPHE Def by example
11 Involuntarily fast luminary with extreme victory dance (6) STARVE {STAR}{V
12 I'd left discreetly, oddly discreetly (8) SECRETLY
13 Agonisedly explodes after youth massacred by the right, say (9) ALONGSIDE AGONISEDL
15 Currency returned to den (4) LAIR <=
16 Meets the cost of a kind of bowler, say (4) PACE (~pays)
17 Alternative term given to books initially: shelf embellishments (9) ORNAMENTS {OR}{NAME}{NT}{S
21 Coppers turn at junction to look for gold, for instance (8) PROSPECT {COPPERS}*{T}
22 Doctor plagued heartlessly in the preceding period (4-2) LEAD-UP PLA
24 Do they take things up a notch? (10) ESCALATORS [CD]
25 Keen bird of prey has no alternative (4) RAPT RAPT
26 Murder short lecturer with saw (6) SAYING S
27 A powerful faction's feature (6) ASPECT {A}{S{P}ECT}
DOWN
1 Excellent principal (7) CAPITAL [DD]
2 Complete goofball with no name (5) UTTER
3 King beleaguered by dreadful valets on tour (7) TRAVELS {R} in {VALET}*
5 See, it's not going to happen with time for date (6) NOTICE {NO (-d+t)TICE}
6 Band together for group price, obtaining rebate ultimately (9) COOPERATE {COOP}{
7 She learns of the star child in hiding (7) SCHOLAR {S{CH}OLAR}
8 Indicators one faltered for a reason (13) CONSIDERATION*
14 Difficult scene that's creepy, cold, forsaken, but unavoidable (9) NECESSARY {SCENE*}{S
16 Frolicsome seraphs' expressions (7) PHRASES*
18 Arty loans Elsa odd reference books (7) ATLASES {A
19 Blowhard's favourite instrument! (7) TRUMPET
20 Marine at sea to stay put (6) REMAIN*
23 Zorba, Greek, has to say "Yes" (5) AGREE [T]
19 Blowhard's favourite instrument! (7) TRUMPET
ReplyDeleteI took it to be a CD - blow your own trumpet
Blowhard = Boaster.
Delete+1.
ReplyDeleteBoaster's favourite!
Reg 1AC, addled is anagrind here. COY is intended perhaps in territorial, I am not sure.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed Skull's offering. In 16a, I think 'say' is misplaced. So it seems to lead to 'pays' and not 'pace'
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DeleteWithout doubt, I filled in pace and was found wanting for 14D.
DeleteLovely one from SD..
ReplyDeleteThe obvious COD, as the clue itself trumpets is apostrophe..
Col. got the apostrophe right this time! I did not, since I had filled in aggregate for 6D.
ReplyDeleteSkulldugger thanks for not making this a boring job :) - simple clues, decent finishes.. but I did have a few reservations .. coy=addled, is it right to say escalators take u up a notch?? level/floor perhaps.. on the whole a nice one
ReplyDeleteApologies for 16ac. I initially had "Meets the cost of say, a kind of bowler" in my notes, but must have been careless when copying it out. For 1ac, I had : "Addled nut wanders into reserved province" in my submitted version, so I have no idea what happened there. Many a slip...
ReplyDeleteOh, ok for 1AC.
DeleteI was breaking my head and trying to justify Territorial = Localised = Reserved, ha ha!
Thank you for clearing up both the points.
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