Welcome to our new setter 'The Esoteric Two'
Brickbats and Bouquets welcome.
Three answers per commenter as usual till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment.
ACROSS
7 Group from distressed regions around America’s capital (8)
9 Banish plastic trashcan (6)
10 Kinky slut's desire (4)
11 Napkins arranged in neat circles, bell shaped (10)
12 India enters into a military alliance with North and South Korea, perhaps (6)
14 Accidentally, I type a "G" before "N" to make "Tongue" (8)
15 Contents of Häagen-Dazs' menu (6)
16 Sibling has no right to irritate (6)
19 I took part in campaign organised to remove Trump finally - he deceives people (8)
21 Repercussion of mischief/sham? (6)
23 He talks about climate change and the warm winds across eastern borders of Afghanistan (10)
24 Join a broken tub (4)
25 Remarkable gesture (6)
26 Jumble sale having flat 50% off on tops in every shade, but not green (8)
DOWN
1 Physical injury leads to trouble running and upsets many athletes (6)
2 Script of Spartacus (4)
3 Observed, but enlisted wrongly (8)
4 Sex with foreigner, say without protection (6)
5 Daily, wearing new shirt to work's getting hard - I store mostly old clothes (10)
6 Rent clothes for Spooner's cat (8)
8 Heartlessly blame confused and upset setter having an image (6)
13 Missing hot, old girlfriend's shelter (10)
15 Teacher is a chartered accountant and trained medic (8)
17 Putting one in school to learn Chinese, maybe (8)
18 Creature from Manila (6)
20 Principles upheld by Tesla, Edison (6)
22 Order food (6)
24 Guy gives up cocaine for good (4)
Enjoy.
20d Principles upheld by Tesla, Edison (6)IDEALS<-(T)
ReplyDelete18D Creature from Manila (6)ANIMAL*
15D Teacher is a chartered accountant and trained medic (8)A CA DEMIC*
7A : ORGANISE from Regions and A ANAGRAM
ReplyDelete10A : LUST from SLUT
15A: AGENDA T
10a Lust
ReplyDelete15a AGENDA (T)
16A B(-r)OTHER
2d Script of Spartacus (4) PART [T]
ReplyDelete8d Heartlessly blame confused and upset setter having an image (6) EMBLEM {BL{-a)ME*}{EM<=}
12a India enters into a military alliance with North and South Korea, perhaps (6) NATION {NAT[I]O}{N}
19A: MAGICIAN (I in CAMPAIGN -P)*, def = he deceives people
ReplyDelete17D: ORIENTAL (I in TOLEARN*) with school as anagrind, def = Chinese perhaps
11A: TABLELINEN (INNEAT* around BELL*)
Superb crossword with very smooth surfaces :) Keep them coming, Esoteric_two!
23 across: WEATHERMAN- anagram of THE WARM and A&N from ends of Afghanistan
ReplyDelete21 across: IMPACT-- Mischief=IMP +sham= ACT + repercussions
25 across: SIGNAL= Remarkable= Signal and Gesture = signal
Small change in the anno Raju for WEATHERMAN
Delete[(THE WARM)* around E] + AN
Good debut by The Esoteric Two. Will complete the rest by and by. Where have these new compilers been hiding? Lets have more of them as we get to learn new tricks. Welcome aboard .
ReplyDelete9A - ASHBIN*
ReplyDelete24A - ABUT*
13D - INEXISTENT {IN}{EX}{IS}{TENT}
12A NAT(I)O + N (def is "South Korea, perhaps")
ReplyDelete5D THRI(FT)S* + (H)OP (shirt anag.; FT = Financial Times = daily; OP = opus = work)
26A LEA(FLat + E S)S* (sale anag.)
16a Sibling has no right // to irritate (6) B[-r]OTHER
ReplyDelete3d Observed, // but enlisted wrongly (8) LISTENED*
15d Teacher // is a chartered accountant and trained medic (8)A/CA/DEMIC*
3D- Listened-(Enlisted)*
ReplyDelete1D- Trauma- Acronym- Trouble Running And Upsets Many Athletes
ReplyDeleteYet to be solved
ReplyDeleteAcross- 14
Down- 4,6,22,24
Col. always says 'Bouquets & Brickbats' welcome. Getting curious as to how they are to be shared when there are 2! As far as I can see, it's all bouquets only. So no problem.
My third- 24D
ReplyDeleteAble- Def. Good
Guy=Cable
Gives up Cocaine=> Cable-C=Able
Nice one.
Smart work, Paddy!
DeleteThank you MB. Stumbled on it!
DeleteSince NATION was already done, here's my third:
ReplyDelete6D WIREHAIR (hire wear spoonerism)
Good solve!
DeleteWhere did Spooner bring in the CAT from?
DeleteLovely grid. Remarkable use of anagram indicators. A couple of them were new to me.
ReplyDeleteAll in all an excellent debut puzzle. Looking forward to many more from The Esoteric Two.
14a EGYPTIAN i+type+n+g
ReplyDelete4 SAFETY f+et+say
Doesn't ring true ! Parsing is a bit iffy iffy !
DeleteHi :)
DeleteEGYPTIAN => (I TYPE A G)* before N
SAFETY => SAY without (F+ET)
Lovely CW ET :)
ReplyDelete12A- loved the misleading North & South Korea. Lovely enjoyable CW. Thank you for this and more that is certainly expected.
ReplyDeleteSome really nice clues with good surface.
ReplyDelete10A doesn't read well at all. The S-word is derogatory and disrespectful. Could have been clued differently.
Last one yet to be solved 22D
ReplyDelete22D can be answered by anyone
ReplyDelete22d : COURSE- DC or CC? Fare and order
ReplyDeleteDouble definition
DeleteA minor barb only but not a brickbat , on some clues being a bit offbeat oin parsing. Otherwise, the setter(s?) could have also done with a lesser number of anagrams too !
ReplyDeleteThat completes a nice and enjoyable Sunday fare. Thank you ET & Col.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the special The Esoteric Two, hope to see some more
ReplyDeleteThank you Sir, for hosting the grid :)
DeleteThank you sir, for hosting it!
DeleteVery good crossword
ReplyDeleteVery enjoyable puzzle,Kaustav & Vignesh.
ReplyDeleteCould get to it only today.
Keep 'em coming!