ACROSS
1 Look by model stifling cheeky smile is most fetching (9) SEEMLIEST {SEE}{SMILE*}{T}
6 First off, lift cloth for cleaning (4) WIPE
8 Fastener patched up natural opening (8) FENESTRA*
9 British change linguine, anelloni ingredients (6) GUINEA [T]
11 Disreputable, 'tis pity! (5) SEEDY From Seed/Pit
13 Canines still in pursuit of thee dissipated initial energy (8) EYETEETH {E}{YET}{THEE*}
15 Spooner's merchandise was knocked down, so mind how you go (8) FAREWELL {(-w+f)FARE}{(-f+w)WELL}
18 Differently-abled dashing youth (5) BLADE*
20 Skeptic very torn, suspicious of the penniless (7-8) POVERTY-STRICKEN*
23 Passing through in train bogie, got choice food (6) CAVIAR {CA{VIA}R}
25 Allocate what's suitable to the audience (4) METE (~meet)
26 Shiva's vessel (9) DESTROYER [DD]
DOWN
1 Offensive doctor fired for an episode (5) SCENE
2 Put effort into exercise, lifted, lost gut (7) EXERTED {EXER
3 Pretend to be upset in hotel after cancelling starters (3,2) LET ON {
4 Erstwhile lover plus-size model (7) EXAMPLE {EX}{AMPLE}
5 United's got three unstable characters (8) TOGETHER*
6 Catcall or birdsong (7) WHISTLE [DD]
7 Thwarted mole defecting from Redevelopment Organisation (9) PREVENTED REDEV
12 Develop complex (9) ELABORATE [DD]
14 Got rid of member playing tune on damaged reed (8) NEUTERED {TUNE*}{REED*}
16 Brought up the time Reza boxed a loner (7) EREMITE [T<=]
17 What an auditor does (7) LISTENS [CD]
19 Pull flower heads off by chance (7) LUCKILY {
21 More bloody, less dense (5) RARER [DD?]
22 Keen to tell tales about striking lecturer (5) EAGER REGA
GRID
Nice puzzle. Challenging.
ReplyDelete21D Rare 1st def: cooked so as to retain redness
22D: couldnt find L=lecturer. My Chambers(it is not the BRB) doesnt list it
ReplyDeleteIts there in my Chambers XWD Dictionary. Kindred & Knight
DeleteTough CW.
ReplyDelete2D- How does 'Gut' indicate the removal of letters?
'Lost gut' indicates removal of the middle portion
DeleteOh! Both words combined together lost their middle? Quite confusing.
DeleteThank you Col.
its not the middle, they lost.
DeleteI took exercise->exert, lifted->eased lost gut ED.
DeletePrasad: I thought the Anno given by Col was perfect. I parsed it the same way
DeletePrasad 'Lifted lost gut' would mean losing something from the middle of LIFTED and not losing 'lift'
DeleteIt is a different matter though to decide how much of the middle will constitute the gut :-)
DeleteOne has to go by his gut feeling?!
DeleteCol EaseD lost gut.
DeleteLifted->Eased possible. In that case it can also be Lifted->ElevateD lost gut
DeleteGut by itself can mean empty. Clean out. Gutted is used normally. But as meaning empty, without lost also it can work
DeleteBut 'eased' itself is a synonym of lifted and is it not a stretch?
ReplyDeleteDidn't get the anno for EARNINGS - how does "But why fancy" parse?
ReplyDeleteIs it
DeleteFancy = YEARNING
but why -> remove Y?
Looks like that only, probably meaning of but as without.
DeleteWhy = Y, You = U and Ease = EE, seem to be accepted in crosswords
DeleteBut no indication for taking Y from why.
ReplyDeleteSkulldugger gave me spondulitis today with this cranium
ReplyDelete-cracker !! Took me all of 45+minutes. Why is he not featured oftener ? DESTROYER as Shiva is very imaginative ! Thanks, Col.
I thought "But" (meaning "except") was used as the deletion ind.
ReplyDeleteCAVIAR, NEUTERED, LET ON were my favourites! Thanks, Skulldugger
ReplyDelete