ACROSS
1 Animal to control backrush (8) REINDEER {REIN}{REED<=}
5 A hollow factor she replaced once again (6) AFRESH {A}{F
9 Seen at the base of nail — lice cut into bits (7) CUTICLE*
10 Question the boy extremely firmly to fulfil the requirement (7) QUALIFY {QU}{ALI}{F
11 Plant fairy host in an unconventional way (9) FORSYTHIA*
12 Small fruit in thin glutinous mud (5) SLIME {S}{LIME}
13 Fat person out to group together (4) LUMP
14 Rise in setter accepting bit of reward (9) INCREMENT {IN}{C{R
17 Film exposes old slog taking it easy in social group (5,4) FOOLS GOLD {FO{O}{SLOG*}LD}
19 Chase away model from photo-taking session (4) SHOO SHOO
23 Heading for deed of conveyance (5) TITLE [DD]
24 OK, get up to go around Union Territory house (9) AUTHORISE {A{UT}{HO}RISE}
25 Head of Government permits hangman's structure (7) GALLOWS {G
26 Chatter about garage tool (7) RATCHET*
27 A sailing vessel turning south forever (6) ALWAYS {A}{YAWL<=}{S}
28 It's a shining example of an insect (8) GLOWWORM [CD]
DOWN
1 Scottish island receiving fine bits from cliff (8) ROCKFALL {ROCK{F}ALL}
2 Meanwhile bury the man from East London (7) INTERIM {INTER}{'IM}
3 Daughter's work on youth's left foot (6) DACTYL {D}{ACT}{Y}{L}
4 Halt passenger destroying plant (8,5) ELEPHANT GRASS*
7 A kind of shortening by the priest at Mumbai suburb (7) ELISION {ELI}{SION}
8 Boisterous girl's hold over boy come back with yen (6)
10 Shape of campus area subsequently protected by rail installation (13) QUADRILATERAL {QUAD}{RI{LATER}AL*}
15 Really go to rip apart a fable (8) ALLEGORY*
16 Mother has men and workers in drive (8) MOMENTUM {MO{MEN}{TU}M}
18 Bout, if slow, would lead to heads rolling over and discharge (7) OUTFLOW {
20 Joyous shout from man getting high somehow over nothing (5-2) HEIGH-HO {HE}{HIGH*}{O}
21 Disgrace from short agitation by good scholar (6) STIGMA {STI
22 Bow and knock out with two blows (6) KOWTOW {KO}{W}{TWO*}
GRID
8d H O Y NED<- hoyden:boisterous girl(women!)
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DeleteYou get only Y from yen? H&O from Hold Over?
ReplyDeleteInternet chat language (slang hohl)
Delete2D- 'im for him is East London accent?
ReplyDeleteYes. East End or cockney accents where aitches are dropped
DeleteThank you Vasant.
DeleteFool's gold is a metal or rather an ore which looks like gold. I did not know about the film. Thanks to Col.
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ReplyDelete24A- U of Union Territory also to be coloured.
'Quad' for campus area is again an abbreviation for Quadrilateral?
ReplyDeleteQquandragle(courtyard) is an architecture component of most campuses(University/college).
DeleteThank you Prasad. I got a little confused over that.
DeleteSuppose the powers that be turn FEARSOME?
ReplyDeleteWould a person selling FOOL'S GOLD or one shooting a REINDEER QUALIFY to be ALWAYS sent to the GALLOWS? (Such deeds should only serve as examples for ALLEGORY.) Of course it would be very harsh if someone were to AUTHORISE such a move.
We have to think AFRESH and try to remove the SLIME from public conduct, much of what we see around us. An OUTFLOW of good thoughts and deeds should gain MOMENTUM!!
We are given a treat on good morals. Thank you CGB.
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DeleteQuite an interesting grid with unusual long words , rather unusal from Gridman. Enjoyed solving.
ReplyDeleteUnusual?Gridman since 2001 has been working with 6 types of grids(4 new have been created this year)-these grids have 10, 11,12,13,14 & 15 letter words as the longest ones. Gridman started with 6 crosswords per run which he voluntarily cut down to 4 a couple of years back. These 6 types of grids are in circulation since a good 16 years back
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