Tuesday, 30 April 2019

No 12613, Tuesday 30 Apr 2019, Anon


ACROSS
1   Unrealistic rogue right, needing no introduction, cunning (11)  IMPRACTICAL {IMP}{R}{tACTICAL}
9   Have party on ship (7) POSSESS {POSSE}{SS}
10 Office of power (6) AGENCY [DD]
11 Maybe after this? (5) APRIL [CD]
12 At first, sea fish for captain (7) SKIPPER {Sea}{KIPPER}
15 Wedge of fruit from end to end (4) LUMP (-p)LUM(+p)P
16 Shuts water, destroys fungi (5,5)  WHEAT RUSTS
18 Unnecessarily annoys? Wily! (10) NEEDLESSLY {NEEDLES}{SLY}
20 Delay returning from a carnival (4) GALA {LAG}<={A}
23 Intolerant large toed doctor (7) BIGOTED {BIG}{TOED*}
24 Glorify alien overwhelming unknown odd owls (5) EXTOL {E{X}T}{OwLs}
26 Italian city resident initially infatuated by Gypsy (6) ROMANI {ROMAN}{In...d}
27 Applause, love for accountant leaving on holiday (7) OVATION {O}{VAcaTION}
28 Bothered by regular Boer’s union with Communist (11) BELEAGUERED {BoEr}{LEAGUE}{RED}

DOWN
2   Mule is devouring breakfast food (6) MUESLI*
3   Trick royal to exercise (4) RUSE {R}{USE}
4   Frankly my dear, he did not give a damn (5,5) CLARK GABLE [GK]

5   Novice constructed next pier (8) INEXPERT*
6   Bowmen decapitated infantrymen (7) ARCHERS mARCHERS
7   Twist back in bandage when spreading out (9) SPRAWLING {WARP<=} in {SLING}
8   Has peculiar sheep at retreat (6) ASHRAM {HAS*}{RAM}
13 Rebuking child’s urging (10) CHASTENING {C}{HASTENING}
14 Criticizing regular bans on gliding (9) ASSAILING {bAnS}{SAILING}
17 Almost everyone has place set aside (8) ALLOCATE {ALl}{LOCATE}
19 Abstract of curtailed grand book (7) EPITOME {EPIc}{TOME}
21 Hit, taint a cook (6) ATTAIN*
22 Censure every other able judge (6) BERATE {aBlE}{RATE}
25 Bother about robe (4) BORE*

Reference List
Party POSSE, Ship = SS, Alien ET, Unknown = X, Accountant = CA, Union = LEAGUE, Sheep = RAM

GRID

18 comments:

  1. As fast as Lightning yesterday.
    Did not know Clark Gable's line in 'Gone with the wind'- Thank you Col. for the link.

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  2. Also, all sheep are not ram! and all salamon are not kipper!

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  3. Normally you are the one who finds a way to justify these!

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  4. Not much beleaguering except 4dn. I liked 11ac.

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  5. It has been easy for the last few days. Enjoying it immensely. Thanks to all the setters.

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  6. I regularly solved this by alternate letters! In exactly less than 9 minutes, ere,& anon.

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  7. 2d.....remembering my surat days...use to have muesli often. thanks to Anon well placed by Mr.col. one of you please clarify me. 8D....I could not get the puzzle definition.

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  8. 11A Can the line be read like this
    ' May be after this '

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  9. Yes,it is supposed to be read like that only.

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