Across
1. One is forgetful to make this error (6,5) MENTAL LAPSE (CD)
9. One is after a fanciful goal when one chases it (7) RAINBOW (CD)
10. Centre refits bar after royal row (7) RHUBARB {R}{HUB}{BAR*}
11. Customers sure about getting prime satisfaction (5) USERS {SURE*}{S
12. Drunk accepts two consecutive characters to raise first auto signal (4,5) REAR LIGHT {REAR}{LI{GH}T}
13. Part of main frame below (5) INFRA (T)
15. Panel to get on after hit (9) DASHBOARD {DASH}{BOARD}
18. Fall back // in support? (3,6) GET BEHIND (DD)
21. Face in relation to the mind, proverbially (5) INDEX (E)
22. In which one is (9) EXISTENCE (CD)
24. Gang to gather as per report (5) HORDE {~HOARD}
26. Fashionable and more confident, he takes risks (7) INSURER {IN}[SURER}
27. One's right to join back with experts (7) MAESTRI {{I}{RT}{SEAM}<=}
28. Intimate narration no foreigner can provide (6,5) INSIDE STORY (CD)
Down
1. Brigandage follows main guard slackening (9) MARAUDING {MAIN+GUARD*}
2. One in part of church is easily duped (5) NAIVE {NA{I}VE}
3. Lie-in-wait for Mother returning on a public transport with bad guy and drug (9) AMBUSCADE {MA<=}{BUS}[CAD}{E}
4. Depressed poor deer brought down (7) LOWERED {LOW}{DEER*}
5. Successfully exploits standard ballads (7) PARLAYS {PAR}{LAYS}
6. The same // peer (5) EQUAL (DD)
7. Joke about new, secure world of mobsters (8) GANGLAND {GA{N}G}{LAND}
8. Touch a container that rears up (4) ABUT {A}{TUB<=}
14. Attest if preparation is most like suet (8) FATTIEST {ATTEST+IF*}
16. Boy attains normal position and perks up (9) BRIGHTENS {B}{RIGHTENS}
17. Adroitness of Ted, head of town, dismissed (9) DEXTERITY {DEXTER}{
19. Guts of head of nation unfortunately drain out by start of session (7) INNARDS {DRAIN*} around {N
20. Imagined fear gripped setter (7) DREAMED {DREA{ME}D}
22. Rex, sit! Money is spent. Way to go! (4) EXIT {
23. Some sculptures dispatched to sir on tour (5) TORSI {TO+SIR*}
25. Having been 'out', it is now 'in' (5) RETRO (CD)
Reference List
Colour/Font Scheme
Royal=R, One=I, Right=Rt
Drug=E, New=N, Boy=B, Setter=Me, Money=Rs
Drug=E, New=N, Boy=B, Setter=Me, Money=Rs
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4d....i perceived as SHALLOW....DEPRESSION = LOW & BROUGHT DOWN FOR A PLACE ...MY ANNO MAY BE WORNG. WEEK END PUZZLE GIVES ENERGITIC. ENJOYED IT... ESP. 22D AND 3D.
ReplyDeletecan any one comment about 27A. MAESTRI. word often used in civil construction in south side. I could not find in dictionary.
ReplyDeleteMaestri is plural of Maestro.
DeleteHow is rhubarb row? New setters r all fine. But am so ....... Happy to see gridman & have my confidence restored. 100% solved after almost a week. 😊
ReplyDeleteRhubarb (informal) a quarrel, fight or row
DeleteOh! Didn't know. Thanx.
Delete+1 Welcome back Gridman
DeleteMy cod is 25dn. So.... Nice.
ReplyDeleteStruggled today to get Brightens, Maestri. But the others went in easily.
ReplyDeleteNo Spinner, No Aspartame this run.
vasant. I thought Maestri is colloquial word and I have not come across. Today Col.revealed as it is simple plural of Maestro. have a gr8 week end.
DeleteI knew this word and have across it many times in CWs.
DeleteBTW How was the experience in Atari border(wrongly called Wagah border.. Wagah is on Pakistan side, Atari on Indian side)
26 jan and aug-15 will be always special. remaining days normal flag event. when Delhi-Lahore bus enters or exit in Attari. people will show their patriotism. we can feel it.
DeleteI have come across RHUBARB in cryptic crosswords in various usages. For the benefit of the uninitiated, can CV use his cctv to list out all of the meanings ?
ReplyDeleteWhy list it here when you can see it in any dictionary?
DeleteThe following is the list from Chambers:
Deleterhubarb /rooˈbärb or -bərb/
noun
Any species of the genus Rheum, of the dock family
The rootstock (chiefly of Rheum officinale) used for its purgative properties
The leaf-stalks (chiefly of Rheum rhaponticum) cooked and used as if fruit
A squabble, row, rumpus (slang)
A word muttered repeatedly to give the impression of indistinct background conversation (theatre)
Nonsense
I always thght it as Hindi/Hyderabad "rhubab mat karna"!!!!?
DeleteThanks, Col & KKR. I wanted the various contexts in the usage of this ubiquitous favorite of the compilers for the benefit of others. I have already looked up in dictionary and hence wanted CV to comment.
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