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ACROSS
1 Bovine gets a square to lose a T-square for this defence (6)
2 Plain bee makes up for a cattle class? (8)
10 Fresh selling place for this town (9)
11 Binged after returning the store-----. (5)
12 Tight about 12pm -- what a twit! (5)
13 Channel of communication beyond the senses for which they leapt. (9)
14 An aim for a quick darts player? (2,3,6)
16 Dark and blue! (3)
18 God backs down for a shut-eye (3)
20 It could be Albert's or Ted's or a jawan's outfit. (11)
22 A game point for a protagonist. (9)
25 Shammi Kapoor was a lout to yell so? (5)
24 Was Sonu Nigam permitted to to hear the Azaan so? (5)
25 Sick, say, unable to read the Bible , not first. (9)
26 Helium and Oxygen involved in the experiments? mere conjectures! (8)
27 Pet disorganized in animal's place? (6)
DOWN
1 Coerce Prisoners with chain (9)
2 Made sure to get clean wood (7)
3 Minimum to get a point in the end. (5)
5 Eequated monthly Instalments=EMI payments are thus settled! (6,2,6)
6 Cover when it gets not used and spared (9)
7 An incentive for Brat getting set up without peace. (7)
8 Dapper Nathaniel's nickname? (5)
9 You are in tricky situation when you you play this in winter (5,2,4,3)
15 I am bored and hesitate to improve the yarn. (9)
17 Circle around an unknown invention (9)
19 Demonstrate embracing good and stimulate (7)
21 Flash former with a greeting part. (7)
22 Look forward to a load, so to say (5)
23 Karma yogi can show an incredible feat. (5)
Across Lite version can be accesses at RAJU 9
Enjoy.
9Dn You are in tricky situation when you you play this in winter (5,2,4,3) SKATE ON THIN ICE [CD]
ReplyDelete23Dn Karma yogi can show an incredible feat. (5) YOGIC [T]
25Ac Sick, say, unable to read the Bible , not first. (9) ILLEGIBLE {ILL}{EG}{(-b)IBLE}
25Ac : Definition in the middle...For a change, I believe!
Delete10A:(NEW) (MARKET)
ReplyDelete3D:L(E)AST
1D:(CONS)(TRAIN)?
18A - NAP<=
ReplyDelete23A - YAHOO [DD]
21D - EXHIBIT {EX}{HI}{BIT}
13A- Telepathy- (They leapt)*
ReplyDelete26A- Theories-T(He O)ries- conjectures
My third-
ReplyDelete5D- Little by little- EMI in instalments.
Is it classified as Easy?
Perhaps DBE? Definition By Example
DeleteA topsy-turvy puzzle! Some extremely good clues-some iffy ones(25A, 27A where definitions are not at start or end). 24A was topical!
ReplyDeleteWhy do some clues have fullstops?(11A,13A,20A,22A,etc.)
That is typically Raju!
DeleteI am punctured for my punctiliousness with punctuations !
DeleteAnd complimented for being consistently inconsistent
Delete:-)
Delete5D LITTLE BY LITTLE (CD)
ReplyDelete20A BATTLEDRESS (ALBERTSTEDS)*
17d DISCOVERY (DISC + OVER + Y)
Compensating for 5D,
ReplyDelete15D EMBROIDER (IMBORED)* + ER
ACROSS
ReplyDelete14 An aim for a quick darts player? (2,3,6) AT THE DOUBLE (CD)
22 A game point for a protagonist. (9) A/POLO/GIST
DOWN
2 Made sure to get clean wood (7) SAW/DUST
4a PLEBEIAN* (anagram of PLAIN BEE)
ReplyDelete12a TAU(N)T ?12PM is N(oon).
24a ~allowed ALOUD
Good to see Raju graduating to setting on a symmetric grid.
DeleteMy mind is a bit dyslexic and asymmetric !
Delete1A castle Ca(+s-t)tle
ReplyDelete27A scatty s(cat)ty .. Defn in the middle
7d impetus imp+(set+up-p*)
The word DEFENCE mainly refers to the game of chess also.
Delete8D natty
ReplyDelete19D PROV(OK)E
22 AWAIT (A WEIGHT)
Last 3
ReplyDeleteAcross - 11, 16
Down - 6
11a DEPOT (Toped <)
ReplyDelete16A SAD (DD)
6D Already solved earlier
Suresh, 6D is not yet solved so go ahead and solve it
DeleteThat completes it. Thank you Raju- would be more thankful if definitions are put at either end to make things easier,at least for amateurs like me.
ReplyDelete6D:BEDSPREAD; BED+(SPARED)*
ReplyDeleteBed from? Was it meant to be RA?
When the bed is not used, one drapes it with the bedspread.
DeleteThanks everyone for your forbearance with my cryptially ungrammatical effort ( Cv's views- not mine !). Thanks to the Col for publishing the crossie.
I also had the pleasure of a visit from the Col & his wife followed by CV , the latter for a lesser time as he arrived late. After his arrival, we had a lively
and animated discussion when I mentioned that our Indian compilers are miles ahead of the British ones. CV and the Col disagreed with me , saying that English is , after all our second language ! I rebutted it commenting that though English is our second language we are second to none , in comparison ! In the process, Geetaji's and my wife's presence in the room was forgotten, much to their chagrin !
Perhaps not quite miles ahead Raju... but unquestionably on par...!
DeleteAgree Dr....Clues by xChequer are as good as any on The Times..Buzzer's are at par with Dean Mayer's...of course..the English Crossword scenerio is more professional with crossword editors & of course the advantage of being first & having English as first language
DeleteThanks for the special Raju
ReplyDeleteVasant: Whilst I agree with your first comment, on the question of English as the 'first 'or 'second' language, I beg to differ. I have seen, know and interacted with many Britishers, Scots and Irish friends with their so-called knowledge of the 'first' language to be nothing to write home about. At best, they were 'pretenders' and at worst , 'tool- monkies'putting on a snobbish and toffee-nosed attitude to cover up their ignorance towards what they used to term us as 'natives'. I still maintain, that the quality of our compilers is second to none.Knowledge knows no race or colour and we have certainly excelled in our skill insofar as compiling in concerned.
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