ACROSS
1 Worldwide, company leaders monitor income closely to contain loss at the end (6) COSMIC {CO}{
4 English book procured from handy website (6) PORTAL PORTA
9 It’s a curse to live without a name (4) BANE {B{A}{N}E}
10 Spirited demonstrations to expose dirt of builder (10) STONEMASON
11 After dark, went through entrance of cell, perhaps (6) GAMETE {GA{ME}TE}
12 Revolutionary Guards accept servant as a member of the board, say (8) CHESSMAN {CHE}{SS}{MAN}
13 Electrical cable fixed in circuit to receive transcription (9) RECORDING {R{E}{CORD}ING}
15 Demand action to dismiss democrat and accommodate nationalist (4) NEED (-d+n)NEED
16 Feed from channel lacks substance (4) FUEL FU
17 Assembled CPU hot, yet use the keyboard (5-4) TOUCH-TYPE*
21 Say, communication note received by the French forces (8) TELEGRAM {TE}{LE}{G}{RAM}
22 Ask her to dance with an influential person (6) SHAKER*
24 Buddhist school discloses Vedas as the sources of primary holy text (4,6) ZEND AVESTA {ZEN}{VEDAS+A
25 Great; a six landing on the edge of the stand (4) AVID {A}{VI}{
26 Market, day by day is sunk by tax... (6) SADDLE {SA{D}{D}LE}
27 ...calling accountant about refund of money (6) CAREER {CA}{RE}{RE<=}
DOWN
1 Heard AC broke down; it’s a fake (7) CHARADE*
2 Heard dues were returned to Eastern European (5) SWEDE (~dues<=){SWED}{E} This construction needs discussion.
3 Preferably, team leader should be admitted in a top business school (7) INSTEAD {INS{T
5 Say, No. 1 at work with energy, but not good, has no yen (6) OPENER {OP}{ENER
6 Flying train runs over Stokes, taken to hospital ward (9) TRANSIENT {TRAN{S}I*}{ENT}
7 Sign on road featuring public announcement can be spotted (7) LEOPARD {LEO}{PA}{RD}
8 To start with, need to confirm son has turned out to be an iconoclast (13) NONCONFORMIST {N
14 Start to finish, journalist is not restrained by limits (4-5) OPEN-ENDED {OPEN}-{END}{ED}
16 Supply beer regularly to Siemens branches (7) FEEDERS {FEED}{
18 Fool, drowned in wine is found in a shrub (7) CASSAVA {C{ASS}AVA}
20 Tour party behind time to reach capital of Libya (6) TRAVEL {T}{RAVE}{L
23 Father returned bill by mail without delay (5) APACE {PA<=}{AC}{E} E for E-mail?
GRID
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ReplyDelete2D:Immediate thought was not fair. But having thought over it, it isn't that unfair..hp with reversal.
ReplyDeleteDews is a rarely used word. It's not plural, but freedic says it's a transitive verb, whatever that is.
DeleteWould deuce(as in tennis) been better than dues?
ReplyDelete1A- Will not universal be better than worldwide for 'comos'?
ReplyDeleteYes. It would and should
Delete23D- Agree with Col. e for e mail is not fair.
ReplyDelete11A The space between 'after' and 'dark' is incorrect and made it difficult and unfair to solve.
ReplyDeleteAgree with Deepak on reverse homophone of 2D.I got Swede in the beginning but could not accept it as correct, since to make it a homophone it should be suede.
Also E is okay if the clue read as 'a kind of mail', not just as mail.
Non- conformist: Not hyphenated ? A non-conformist can be a out of line character but not necessarily an iconoclast who takes too rigid stances ?
ReplyDelete10 across: Is 'expose' a deletion indicator from demonstrations? ' Spirited ' serves as anagrind?
I have had a good serving of chinese bheja noodles for one day !