ACROSS
1 Work stops, take off to capital city (6) TOPEKA {T{OP}EKA*}
4 Pick on the boy, it's negative (8) ELECTRON {ELECT}{RON}
9 Greek God — he left alehouse all sozzled (6) AEOLUS ALEhOUSe*
10 Scientific method to solve crime, used in forces (8) FORENSIC*
12 It's scandalous to see Carol drinking wine (8) SHOCKING {S{HOCK}ING}
13 Aim for a peak (6) ASPIRE {A}{SPIRE}
15 Reason before church, rebel free to make it a public debate (5,7) CAUSE CELEBRE {CAUSE} {CE}{REBEL*}
18 What it takes to create a loop? Earn enough (4,4,4) MAKE ENDS MEET [DD]
21 State involvement in drug and alcohol cases (6) UGANDA [T]
22 Play in a test, final outcome shows cordial spirit (8) ANISETTE {IN+A+TEST}*{o...mE}
24 Song called "Crazy like a King" (8) MADRIGAL {MAD}{RIGAL}(~regal)
25 Hallowed ground inside, that is neglected (6) SACRED {Si{ACRE}De}
26 Ready to turn over barrel for something to eat (8) DOUGHNUT {DOUGH}{TUN<=}
27 Place to make movies by American academic (6) STUDIO STUDIOus Reverse deletion
DOWN
1 Coaches do lose interest, deal with them (8) TRANSACT {TRAiNS}{ACT}
2 Put off for a criminal (8) PROROGUE {PRO}{ROGUE}
3 Hand over clubhouse, say, and get a punch (7,8) KNUCKLE SANDWICH {KNUCKLE}{SANDWICH} What's the role of 'house'?
5 John Preston's first circuit (4) LOOP {LOO}{Pr...n}
6 There is no pressing need for this material (6-9) CREASE-RESISTANT [CD]
7 Sign of wastage, essentially hick, yes (6) RUSTIC {RUST}{hICk} Hick on double duty?
8 Great to have cocktail, left with some money (6) NICKEL {NIC{cocK}E}{L}
11 One could be entering incognito, it's possible (7) INTEGER EnTERING*
14 Sign, a number gets animal looks (7) LEONINE {LEO}{NINE}
16 Bullied and changed the decor (8) HECTORED*
17 One will mind featuring in Times, only wait on (6,2) ATTEND TO {A}{T{TEND}T}{O}
19 Added up to a few months in a year when the date was right (6) SUMMED SUMME(-r+d)D
20 Carriage or country comes first? (6) LANDAU {AU}<=>{LAND}
23 Touch from bottom to top, it's forbidden (4) TABU (+t)TABU(-t)
GRID
1 Work stops, take off to capital city (6) TOPEKA {T{OP}EKA*}
4 Pick on the boy, it's negative (8) ELECTRON {ELECT}{RON}
9 Greek God — he left alehouse all sozzled (6) AEOLUS ALE
10 Scientific method to solve crime, used in forces (8) FORENSIC*
12 It's scandalous to see Carol drinking wine (8) SHOCKING {S{HOCK}ING}
13 Aim for a peak (6) ASPIRE {A}{SPIRE}
15 Reason before church, rebel free to make it a public debate (5,7) CAUSE CELEBRE {CAUSE} {CE}{REBEL*}
18 What it takes to create a loop? Earn enough (4,4,4) MAKE ENDS MEET [DD]
21 State involvement in drug and alcohol cases (6) UGANDA [T]
24 Song called "Crazy like a King" (8) MADRIGAL {MAD}{RIGAL}(~regal)
25 Hallowed ground inside, that is neglected (6) SACRED {S
26 Ready to turn over barrel for something to eat (8) DOUGHNUT {DOUGH}{TUN<=}
DOWN
1 Coaches do lose interest, deal with them (8) TRANSACT {TRA
2 Put off for a criminal (8) PROROGUE {PRO}{ROGUE}
3 Hand over clubhouse, say, and get a punch (7,8) KNUCKLE SANDWICH {KNUCKLE}{SANDWICH} What's the role of 'house'?
5 John Preston's first circuit (4) LOOP {LOO}{P
6 There is no pressing need for this material (6-9) CREASE-RESISTANT [CD]
7 Sign of wastage, essentially hick, yes (6) RUSTIC {RUST}{
8 Great to have cocktail, left with some money (6) NICKEL {NIC{
11 One could be entering incognito, it's possible (7) INTEGER E
14 Sign, a number gets animal looks (7) LEONINE {LEO}{NINE}
16 Bullied and changed the decor (8) HECTORED*
17 One will mind featuring in Times, only wait on (6,2) ATTEND TO {A}{T{TEND}T}{O}
19 Added up to a few months in a year when the date was right (6) SUMMED SUMME(-r+d)D
20 Carriage or country comes first? (6) LANDAU {AU}<=>{LAND}
Bhargav's Talepiece
RUK RUK RUK ARE BABA RUK....
One could see the ANISETTE and DOUGHNUT untouched. The CREASE RESISTANT shirt lying crumpled.
The SHOCKING incident of the previous night - Paul receiving a KNUCKLE SANDWICH in the brawl will soon become the day's CAUSE CELEBRE.
Paul found it difficult to ATTEND TO his morning duties....
What exactly happened in TABU'S STUDIO?
What exactly happened in TABU'S STUDIO?
3d club sandwich aka clubhouse
ReplyDeleteLast sentence in the talepiece:
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly happened in TABU'S STUDIO?
Chitorgarh! The historic Palace made famous recently in the movie Padmavat.
ReplyDeleteAt the sprawling campus of UTTC, an early morning solve of a typical Arden puzzle.
Took longer than usual to complete but found all the clues very interesting and cleverly worded. SACRED was my favourite. Could not parse studio, the blog enlightened me. Many thanks to Arden and Col.
ReplyDelete+1 on 7DN hick is also rustic. Probably the "yes" in the clue is intended to affirm this
ReplyDeleteIs yes/yahoo in this case?
DeleteVERY INTERESTING PUZZLE. ESP. 4A AND 10A.....THE WAY AREDN BROUGHT ELECTRON AND FORENSIC.
ReplyDelete18 Ac. "Make ends meet" to make a loop is the way circle is consstructed from a line in topology (a branch of mathematics sometimes called "rubber-sheet-geometry"). So I am thrilled to see this today. Thanks Arden
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