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ACROSS
1 He may tell the referee (7-6) WHISTLE-BLOWER [C&DD]
10 Reading about allowing bill to pass — it's all gas (5) RADON {R}{AD}{ON}
11 Can I act it out as a strategist? (9) TACTICIAN*
12 It's hard thing to mutate a man's gene (9) MANGANESE*
13 Difficult time without right joint (5) MITRE {MIT{R}E*}
14 Reference books have no sign of enunciation (7) DICTION DICTIONACROSS
1 He may tell the referee (7-6) WHISTLE-BLOWER [C&DD]
10 Reading about allowing bill to pass — it's all gas (5) RADON {R}{AD}{ON}
11 Can I act it out as a strategist? (9) TACTICIAN*
12 It's hard thing to mutate a man's gene (9) MANGANESE*
13 Difficult time without right joint (5) MITRE {MIT{R}E*}
Public Domain, Link
16 Perhaps the bug has swallowed a drop of poison, check (7) INSPECT {INS{P
18 Openness, resolve and courage, are timeless (7) CANDOUR {AND+COUR
20 Sea creature had hair all over (7) MANATEE {MAN{ATE}E}
By U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey - Photo from U.S. Geological Fact Sheet 010-99; FS-010-99, Public Domain, Link
24 Bitter shock, almost breaks down (9) ANGOSTURA {ANGO{STU
By Didier Descouens - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
26 Material to be kept in pub party is set up (5,4) OLIVE DRAB {LIVE} in {BAR|{DO}<=27 Stand to lose your head, Kolinsky! (5) EASEL
28 This time, cards are different for festive season (13) CHRISTMASTIDE*
DOWN
2 Man's nice at heart, without dress, devoted to pleasure (7) HEDONIC {HE}{DON|}{
3 Crazy Romans in a principality (3,6) SAN MARINO*
5 Germ in cream, but I use (9) BACTERIUM*
6 Drug rise becomes imperious (5) OPIUM IMP
7 I slept off after the last missive (7) EPISTLE {
8 Drugs given before surgery — intent is to send Charlie for initial test (13) PREMEDICATION PREMEDI(-t+c)CATION
9 Halt debenture, refuse in a clandestine manner (5-3-5) UNDER-THE-TABLE*
15 Deserter from country living in sewers (6,3) NORWAY RAT {NORWAY} {RAT}
By AnemoneProjectors (talk) - Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) Uploaded by Snowmanradio, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link
17 Growing old, making sense of change (9) SENESCENT {SENSE*}{CENT}19 Sustain sharpness, flip the top (7) NOURISH (-s+n)NOURISH
21 Bound to use dusters (7) TRUSSED*
23 Some time left to bring up the gum (5) ELEMI [T<=]
25 Leading girl of the band at a sporting venue (5) GABBA {G
11a tactician anagram of can I act it
ReplyDelete14a diction reference books dictionaries minus aries(sun sign)
27a easel kolinsky is a weasel, losing the first letter
3d San Marino anagram of Romans in
a
7d epistle e ( last letter of tbe) + I slept
Attempted a few.
ReplyDelete1 across: He may tell// the referee (7-6)
Whistle-Blower DD. Very nice clue!
8 Down: Drugs given before surgery — intent is to send Charlie for initial test (13)
Premedication
Intent is Premeditation remove t(initial Test) and put C(Charlie) for it
14 across:Reference books have no sign of enunciation (7)
Diction
Reference books are Dictionaries. Remove aries(no sign)
My two more:
ReplyDelete18 across: Openness, resolve and courage, are timeless (7)
Candour
Anagram(resolve) and courage, remove age(timeless)
26 across:Material to be kept in pub party is set up (5,4)
Olive drab . Did not know this word; had to look it up.
Live is IS. Put it inside reversal of(set up) Bar which is inn and party which is Do. Tough Clue.
I pointed out to Srinidhi that the anno of 26A is not entirely correct.
DeleteDid you tell her that LIVE is coming from be and not IS?
DeleteYes that is what I told her
Delete16ac inspect - p(drop of poison) in insect
ReplyDelete20ac manatee
23dn Elemi reverse T
9dn under the table (halt debenture) anagram
21dn trussed (dusters) anagram
Jayalakshmi, Anno for Manatee?
Delete12a- MANGANESE = hard thing
ReplyDeletea man's gene anagram
2828a- CHRISTMASTIDE= festive season
this time cards anagram
Today seems to be Ladies day :-)
ReplyDelete:-)
Delete4d = LATHE
ReplyDeleteH(husband) in late(dead)
19 d- NOURISH = Sustain
Sourish= sharpness..- S+ N
LATHE= turning machine
Delete17d- SENESCENT= growing old
ReplyDeleteSense anagram + cent (change)
20ac manatee - ate(had) in mane(hair)
ReplyDelete25dn gabba G(girl)+ ABBA(music band)
ReplyDelete5d (cream+but+I)* BACTERIUM
ReplyDelete2d he don ic
ReplyDelete28a Christmastide
ReplyDelete15d NORWAY (country) RAT (deserter) - found in sewers
ReplyDelete9a under the table Clandestine manner .From Halt debenture
ReplyDelete10A RADON Reading-R about allowing bill-AD to pass-ON — it's all gas (5)
ReplyDelete13A MITRE Difficult time without right joint (5) (time)* + r(ight)
22 TRUCE About- (C ) to mediate — yes - (true,) no fighting (5) C in true.
On is not from Pass
DeleteAbout - ON allowing is the indicator to place it before AD
DeleteYes
Delete6D OPIUM Drug rise becomes imperious (5) (imperious - rise )*
ReplyDeleteIt is a composite anagram (OPIUM+RISE)*=IMPERIOUS
DeleteLast one 24A
ReplyDelete27 easel (-w).from weasel a type of serbian weasel found in Pkolinsky
ReplyDeleteLooks like people are struggling with the anno for 24A. It was the last one in for me as well.
ReplyDelete24A Angostura; Angora-down(wool) containing stu (almost shock-stun)
ReplyDeleteB N Acharya
Wow!
DeleteGood work!
Delete24A Meaning bitter
ReplyDeleteAngostura is actually 'bitters' and not 'bitter'
DeletePlease see the following link
DeleteAngostura Bitters
Angostura is BARK with a bitter taste.
DeleteKKR it's not a bark. See this copy paste from the link I gave above
DeleteThe bitters were first produced in the town of Angostura (Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela) (hence the name), but do not contain angostura bark. The bottle is easily recognisable by its distinctive oversized label. 'Angostura' is Spanish for 'narrowing', the town of Angostura having been located at the first narrowing of the Orinoco River.
Yes Col. I agree it comes from the proprietary name.
DeleteBut the dictionaries define ANGOSTURA as bitter aromatic bark from certain trees. I felt bitter/aromatic are just adjectives.
Am I missing something?
If it's there in the dictionaries then that is right then. I always thought it is only bitters as I regularly add a few drops of it with my Gin
Deletebitter (n,british) is "alcohol flavoured with bitter plant extracts, used as an additive in cocktails or as a medicinal substance to promote appetite or digestion". angostura here is a bitter, in my understanding.
DeleteYou have defined Bitter. Look up Angostura
Deleteangostura bitters noun, trademark a blend of gentian and herbs, used as a flavouring in cocktails and other alcoholic drinks, and some fruit juices.
DeleteETYMOLOGY: 1870s: named after Angostura, now called Ciudad Bolivar, a town in Venezuela where it was first made.
Angostura bitters is a bitter
http://www.alcademics.com/2011/03/the-history-and-production-of-angostura-bitters.html
Delete14a: diction - {(dictionaries-aries(sign)}
ReplyDelete20a: manatee - {man(ate)e}
27a: easel - (w)easel
28a: christhmastide - (this time cards)*
8d: premedication- pre+medi(-t+c)ation
26ac OLIVE DRAB
ReplyDeleteLive (be) in
Bar (pub) + do (party)reversed (set up)
7dn EPISTLE
ReplyDeleteLast of the E+PISTLE (I slept)
Missive is a letter
Betty bought a bit of butter but the butter was bitter so she bought some more butter to make the bitter butter better!!!
ReplyDeleteare the bitters better bitter or bitter better (with) bitters. bitters bitter better or better bitters bitter.
DeleteI am totally bitter about this bitter feud..better make it better 😀😀
DeleteBitte schon!
ReplyDeleteone amendment to CGB-
ReplyDeleteIn stead ob 'some more butter',it is 'some better butter. Does it sound better?
Prasad is making it bitter or bitier?!
The original tongue twister which we used to recite as kids( the other one being She sells sea shells on the sea shore) is as given by CGB Sir.
Delete... and the shells that she sells are not real sea shells
Delete