ACROSS
1 Illegal salesman chasing pretty girl endlessly? Stop doing that! (3,2,3) CUT IT OUT {CUTIe}{TOUT}
5 Single, hot, enters party bringing back cravings (6) ITCHES {1}{SE{H}CT<=}
10 Stabbed! Left behind weapon (7) CUTLASS {CUT}{L}{ASS}
11 Inamorata sadly abandoned at European country (7) ROMANIA INAMORatA*
12 Republican involved in ridiculous plan (5) DRAFT {D{R}AFT}
13 Pest is tottering, about to fall in a drunken state (9) TIPSINESS {PEST+IN}* over {SIN}
14 Wearing more casual clothes leads to a severe reprimand (8-4) DRESSING-DOWN [DD]
18 Trick to entice a sprinter perhaps (4,1,4,3) PULL A FAST ONE {PULL}{A FAST ONE}
21 Struggle in Fashion Street for dining accessory (9) SERVIETTE {VIE} in {STREET}*
23 Irritate and run after female for a little smooch (5) CHAFE CHA(-s+f)FE
24 Associate lost earliest invented weapon for spearing fish (7) LEISTER EaRLIEST*
25 Unhappily moaned about a little beer belly (7) ABDOMEN {A{Beer}DOMEN*}
26 Character killing wife in fight about an Italian man (6) SIGNOR {SIGN}{ROw<=}
27 Kiddy on vacation breaks small window in roof (8) SKYLIGHT {S{Ki..iY}LIGHT}
DOWN
1 Creepy-crawly bounder trapped by spies (6) CICADA {CI{CAD}A} I have them chirping away in my ear nowadays :-(
2 Person of great importance embraces one Italian painter (6) TITIAN {TIT{1}AN}
3 Scoundrel involved in dreadful riot at restaurant (9) TRATTORIA {RAT} in {RIOT+AT}*
4 Poor plant placed under sun as it withered (14) UNSATISFACTORY {SUN+AS+IT}*{FACTORY}
6 Beats man in bad mood around lunchtime (5) TEMPI {P{M}ET<=}{1}
7 Sweetheart in short admits displeasure for freeloader (6-2) HANGER-ON {H{ANGER}ON}
8 Sickly boy in extremely stirring final performance (4,4) SWAN SONG {WAN}{SON} in {St...nG}
9 What lovers in cinema hall might do to search blindly? (5,2,3,4) GROPE IN THE DARK [DD]
15 Involving large-scale massacre by police in Italian city, capital of Liguria (9) GENOCIDAL {GENO{CID}A}{Li...a}
16 Advocates in office enthralled by alcoholic spirits (8) APOSTLES {A{POST}LES}
17 Dreadful gangster providing weapons (8) ALARMING {AL}{ARMING}
19 Mad gal posing in glossy for young men (3,3) LAD MAG*
20 One curdling milk is extremely naive, gets involved in rift (6) RENNET {REN{NaivE}T}
22 What emcee delivers in PowerPoint routinely (5) INTRO [T]
GRID
1 Illegal salesman chasing pretty girl endlessly? Stop doing that! (3,2,3) CUT IT OUT {CUTI
5 Single, hot, enters party bringing back cravings (6) ITCHES {1}{SE{H}CT<=}
10 Stabbed! Left behind weapon (7) CUTLASS {CUT}{L}{ASS}
11 Inamorata sadly abandoned at European country (7) ROMANIA INAMOR
13 Pest is tottering, about to fall in a drunken state (9) TIPSINESS {PEST+IN}* over {SIN}
14 Wearing more casual clothes leads to a severe reprimand (8-4) DRESSING-DOWN [DD]
18 Trick to entice a sprinter perhaps (4,1,4,3) PULL A FAST ONE {PULL}{A FAST ONE}
21 Struggle in Fashion Street for dining accessory (9) SERVIETTE {VIE} in {STREET}*
23 Irritate and run after female for a little smooch (5) CHAFE CHA(-s+f)FE
24 Associate lost earliest invented weapon for spearing fish (7) LEISTER E
26 Character killing wife in fight about an Italian man (6) SIGNOR {SIGN}{RO
27 Kiddy on vacation breaks small window in roof (8) SKYLIGHT {S{K
DOWN
1 Creepy-crawly bounder trapped by spies (6) CICADA {CI{CAD}A} I have them chirping away in my ear nowadays :-(
2 Person of great importance embraces one Italian painter (6) TITIAN {TIT{1}AN}
3 Scoundrel involved in dreadful riot at restaurant (9) TRATTORIA {RAT} in {RIOT+AT}*
4 Poor plant placed under sun as it withered (14) UNSATISFACTORY {SUN+AS+IT}*{FACTORY}
6 Beats man in bad mood around lunchtime (5) TEMPI {P{M}ET<=}{1}
7 Sweetheart in short admits displeasure for freeloader (6-2) HANGER-ON {H{ANGER}ON}
8 Sickly boy in extremely stirring final performance (4,4) SWAN SONG {WAN}{SON} in {S
9 What lovers in cinema hall might do to search blindly? (5,2,3,4) GROPE IN THE DARK [DD]
15 Involving large-scale massacre by police in Italian city, capital of Liguria (9) GENOCIDAL {GENO{CID}A}{L
16 Advocates in office enthralled by alcoholic spirits (8) APOSTLES {A{POST}LES}
17 Dreadful gangster providing weapons (8) ALARMING {AL}{ARMING}
19 Mad gal posing in glossy for young men (3,3) LAD MAG*
20 One curdling milk is extremely naive, gets involved in rift (6) RENNET {REN{N
22 What emcee delivers in PowerPoint routinely (5) INTRO [T]
GRID
Thanks for the entertainment Doc. 24A was the LOI for me (new word, but solvable through crossings). 25A raised a laugh :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Ramki!
Delete1A please explain chasing. Tout should come first ?
ReplyDeleteIllegal salesman =TOUT
Deletechasing = Indicator for placement
pretty girl endlessly? = CUTI(-e)
Stop doing that! = CUT IT OUT = {TOUT} chasing {CUTI}
If you chase something, you are behind it. As Col Sir points out, it is a placement ind.
DeletePlacement indicator. That explains it. Thank you both .
DeleteExtremely enjoyable puzzle! Favourites were Grope in The Dark and Pull A Fast one.
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DeleteThanks Vasant, Prasad!
Delete20D In local lingo, it is called Jamavna:-)
ReplyDeleteEnjoyable as ever bringing smiles with his surfaces. Thank you doc.
ReplyDeleteThanks Paddy!
DeleteDoc. Back from your vacation ? Did you see my rejoinder tit for tat on Saturday ? Any comments .?
ReplyDeleteYes I did. I completely agree with your point of view Raju, whilst respecting contrary opinions of course.
DeleteDoc. 17 d. ALarming. Dreadful -/gangster Al . Providing weapons. Arming. Simplicity in your clueing is marvelous. Al Capone remembered in many clues, before by compilers ,but not so dreadfully as this!
ReplyDeleteGood one Doc!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed it well.
Thanks KKR! Not as easy as the Saturday puzzle I think :)
DeleteDidn't understand the announcement for 6D. Could someone help explain, please?
ReplyDeletePet is bad mood. It is to be reversed and M from man is to be inserted. Lunch time is taken as 1 in the afternoon.
DeleteThank you. Didn't know about pet before.
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