ACROSS
1 Justification given by one interrupting singer (5) BASIS {BAS{1}S}
4 Listless learner, I gather, suffering with cold (9) LETHARGIC {L}{I+GATHER}*{C}
9 Accidentally popular number, latest from vocalist in association with partner (15) UNINTENTIONALLY {UN{IN}{TEN}{
10 Revolutionary book that is full of verse arousing intense feeling (7) EMOTIVE {TOME<=}{I{V}E}
11 Face religious group, ignoring singular form of language (7) DIALECT {DIAL}{
12 Cross after anarchic act in capital leads to disappointment (10) ANTICLIMAX {ACT+IN}*{LIMA}{X}
14 Completion of filming western followed by strike (4) WRAP {W}{RAP}
17 Proper time for performance by two (4) DUET {DUE}{T}
18 Fly down by trunk keeping dry (10) BLUEBOTTLE {BLUE}{BO{TT}LE}
21 Get around parking strip (7) DEPRIVE {DE{P}RIVE}
22 Are young viewers prepared for film star? (9,6) SIGOURNEY WEAVER*
23 Without fixed limits, start over (4-5) OPEN-ENDED {OPEN}{ENDED}
24 Scrap with Romeo dividing cast (5) SHRED {SH{R}ED}
DOWN
1 Composer, upper-class, turned up in person in street (9) BOULEVARD {RAVEL}{U}<= in {BOD}
2 Insolence in smooth and villainous tone, huge error in speech (4,2,3,6) SLIP OF THE TONGUE {S{LIP}OFT}{HUGE+TONE}*
3 Solid part in rehearsed manoeuvre (3,5) SET PIECE {SET}{PIECE}
4 Weapon, look, no good (5) LANCE
5 Inferior article about one on road with informer (5-4) THIRD-RATE {TH{1}{RD}{RAT}E}
6 Awning usable at regular intervals yearly (6) ANNUAL {A
7 Dog, familiar in type, leapt finally with energy into stream (6,9) GOLDEN RETRIEVER {G{OLD}ENRE}{
8 Exclamation over platinum in vault (5) CRYPT {CRY}{PT}
13 Unlucky guys taken in by silly old lie (3-6) ILL-OMENED {MEN} in {OLD+LIE}*
15 Favoured arbiter made a mistake under pressure (9) PREFERRED {P}{REF}{ERRED}
16 Politician breaking hearts with start of spending squeeze (8) COMPRESS {CO{MP}RES}{S
19 Reason to accept large part of contract (6) CLAUSE {C{L}AUSE}
20 Sauce essential to recipe stockpiled (5) PESTO [T]
21 Nymph not interesting flier? (5) DRYAD {DRY}{AD}
GRID
Found it tough going.
ReplyDeleteLeader board is up. Great going Ramki!
ReplyDeleteKKR & Vasant- you are in it. Keep moving up.
IXL Round 5: Another toughie!
ReplyDeleteIt took me 84 solid minutes!
ReplyDelete+1 MORE OR LESS. bu left with a doubtful anno.
DeleteNot minutes! Hours two!!
DeleteJust started. I am going to take my own sweet time and do it in installments.
ReplyDeleteBar is set def. higher this time.
Thanks Paddy for the encouragement.
DeleteYes, it is tough one today and bar is high! But keep your bar within reach!
Took 50 minutes . Submitted at around 12.50 .
ReplyDeleteOh, that's a good time LV! You could be in top 10.
DeleteBest of luck!
+1
Delete+2
DeleteThanks :) But I don’t think so. It’s 1 hour 50 minutes in total :(
DeleteIXL_ Round 5
ReplyDeleteAfter seeing the comments of the other solvers here, I braced myself for a cerebral ordeal.
PFOOOF ! What a brain-fogger ! I made so many silly entries and got sent on a wild-goose chase ! So many annotations undesirably convoluted ! who could be the ''SADIST'' compiler ? I managed to crack it in less than two hours, mainly because of a few red herrings to be corrected. Finally, felt good for myself to look and re-look at the grid and now get, set, ready and SUBMIT ! Which I am doing now. Good luck to all those who struggled like me .