Monday 25 March 2019

No 12582, Monday 25 Mar 2019, Anon


ACROSS
1   Wishes for direction in tales (6) YEARNS {Y{E}ARNS}
4   Rest with wine embracing record (6) REPOSE {R{EP}OSE}
9   Starts hustling and just joins pilgrimage (4) HAJJ Acrostic
10 Join friend after Malaga revolution (10) AMALGAMATE {MALAGA*}{MATE}
11 Illustration of personality (6) FIGURE [DD]
12 Angry bee buzzing in US city (5,3) GREEN BAY*
13 Got into chaotic cities in vain (9) EGOTISTIC {E{GOT}ISTIC*}
15 Converses with bowler, say, in campus limits (5) CHATS {Cam{HAT}puS}
16 Accept notice from US University (5) ADMIT {AD}{MIT}
18 Baseball fielder takes acid bath? (9) SHORTSTOP [DD]
22 Has scratch, unhappy with shave (4,4) MARK DOWN {MARK}{DOWN}
23 Ruin European language, remove trace of nativity (6) FINISH FINnISH
25 Men who pause ripped up their seats (10) HESITATERS*
26 Crawl back to rendezvous (4) MEET<=
27 Chased at beginning of time the elderly protecting girl (6) TAGGED {Time}{AG{G}ED}
28 Counselling for Bill’s defect (6) ADVICE {AD}{VICE}

DOWN
1   Losing source of respiration, panting while giving birth (8) YEANING YEArNING New word for me
2   Pear found in Afghan journey (5) ANJOU [T]
3   Straightens out new, disorderly senate (7) NEATENS {N}{SENATE*}
5   Birds, nearly ageless, confused (6) EAGLES AGELESs*
6   Thus returns man, to broken huts with flowering plant species (9) OSMANTHUS {SO<=}{MAN}{HUTS*}
 Pull out regular tarp in demand (7) EXTRACT {EX{TaRp}ACT}
8   Thrift shopper ransacks turbine hangar (7,6) BARGAIN HUNTER*
14 Swindling around final jail, running slowly (9) TRICKLING {TRICK{jaiL}ING}
17 Call alien without initial clue of language (7) DIALECT {DIAL}{E{Clue}T}
19 Said no to garbage dumpster’s lid (7) REFUSED {REFUSE}{Du...r}
20 Shocking regular bomb at spot (7) OBSCENE {bOmB}{SCENE}
21 Remove bit of scrap from stamp with thick soup (6) POTAGE POsTAGE
25 Naomi wandering in Australian  river (5) NAMOI*

GRID

8 comments:

  1. +1 for 1DN
    Interestingly, yean is also used in Telugu for giving birth, notably for cows/buffaloes

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    1. Telugu, all animals (domesticated). I think, Even english usage is same.

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  2. In Tamil the time of birth is "Eendra pozhuthu" (as Thiruvalluar has it in a Kural).

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  3. ஈன்று புறந்தருதல் என் தலைக்கடனே...

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  4. Can u explain 18ac & 22ac? Please..

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  5. 18A is a double definition highlighted in orange and underlinef
    22A Scratch=Mark
    Unhappy=Down
    Def, Shave

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