ACROSS
1 Extended odds studied (6) SPREAD {SP}{READ}
4 Attacked since corruption of ideals (8) ASSAILED {AS}{IDEALS}*
10 Worker perhaps after middle of shift tucked into crusty item from bakery (9) CROISSANT {CRO{
11 Odd parts of tour, wrong, around capital city (5) TUNIS {T
12 Skills shown by airman with observations filled with refinement, missing nothing (15) ACCOMPLISHMENTS {AC}{COM{P
13 United in hope, excited by revolutionary song giving joy (8) EUPHORIA {E{U}OPH*}{AIR<=}
15 Piece of furniture with flap, French article (5) TABLE {TAB}{LE}
18 Sea duck completely ignoring lake (5) OCEAN {O}{C
19 Bring down remote-controlled aircraft outside the ground (8) DETHRONE {D{THE*}RONE}
21 Doctor's work with officer by law in charge (7,8) GENERAL PRACTICE {GENERAL} {PR{ACT}ICE}
24 Part of cargo, necessary element (5) ARGON [T]
25 Note adapted hose, old invention (9) FALSEHOOD {FA}{HOSE+OLD}*
26 Admired English horse covering miles with energy (8) ESTEEMED {E}{STEE{M}{E}D}
27 Lack of interest in course occupying a year (6) APATHY {A}{PATH}{Y}
DOWN
1 Party, cold one, in country going north (6) SOCIAL {SO{C}{1}AL<=}
2 Basic reason to carouse, being tipsy (4,5) ROOT CAUSE*
3 Some tea's sampled? Here's region producing it (5) ASSAM [T]
5 Well, time is element in voyage, unknown (14) SATISFACTORILY {SA{T}{IS}{FACTOR}IL}{Y}
6 Issue raised during change in device measuring height (9) ALTIMETER {AL{EMIT<=}TER}
7 Policy with new material (5) LINEN {LINE}{N}
8 Calamity regarding temperature reported to be rising around south (8) DISASTER {RE}{T}{SA{S}ID}<=
9 Afraid full pace is out of order for long-distance runner (5,9) PAULA RADCLIFFE*
14 Fashionable doctor admitted to risk, disregarding first obstacle (9) HINDRANCE {
16 Marsupial that has outlaw stifling utterance of surprise (9) BANDICOOT {BANDI{COO}T}
17 Fibre witch coated with red powder (8) ROUGHAGE {ROUG{HAG}E}
20 Prime tips for hastily covering a stain up (6) HEYDAY {A}{DYE} in {H
22 Dark time one of King Arthur's men reported (5) NIGHT (~knight)
23 Progress slowly beginning to concern and upset lord (5) CREEP {C
GRID
Special at 10:30 by new setter Karthikeyan
ReplyDeleteWelcome Karthikeyan!
ReplyDelete1a How is odds SP?
ReplyDeleteSP stands for 'Starting Price' which means the odds of the horse at the start of the race. When you place a bet you'll usually be given the choice of the current odds on the selection and the Starting Price.
DeleteOh: A punters term
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