Three answers per commenter as usual till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment.
ACROSS
7 Half the street is free from fog (6)
8 Number of spots in butterfish (4-4)
9 48? No, Henry is in confusion! Drop the subject (6,2)
10 Irritable, bad-tempered and so on in your old practice (6)
11 Wait until dark (5)
12 Expression of acceptance. Amen!(6)
14 It’s very stupid to think salsa, a pack dance (2,5,2,1,5)
17 Dismiss final championship games endlessly (3-3)
18 A counterfeit rejected by wet-nurses (5)
22 Custodian’s wife left for good to a pleasant spot (6)
23 Bone container stops vessel for minute recording of a death (8)
24 Many, many, many – He has many tongues with him (8)
25 Blueprint of authentically Asian Group name (6)
DOWN
1 Support group recalled in exact powerless spot (9)
2 Antelope has nothing to add to short way of walking (6)
3 Express surprise without hands (5)
4 Topless hat takes the detested person (8)
5 Support rests entirely on the wagon (8)
6 Engineering colleges brainwash heartlessly on Sunday (5)
8 Interior exterior – It was in power in 1989? (8,5)
13 Duty imposed on article of silver embedded in piece of work (9)
15 Laid off in flatboats and leaves (8)
16 Admit defeat and burst into tears before pawnbroker (3,5)
19 Dessert spoon first taken in second help (6)
20 Disturbance to have a stock to stake out (5)
21 Language prominently spoken from British-India days (5)
Across Lite version can be accessed at KKR 22
Enjoy.
14A As THICK AS A PLANK (Think Salsa A Pack)*
ReplyDelete15D HO(LIDA)*YS
16D CRY UNCLE
Thanks Vasant
Delete21d SH IND (T)
ReplyDelete4D (-P) ANA {THE} MA
3D STA(-R)T(L)E
3D STA(-R)T(-L)E
DeleteRam,
DeleteCheck your answer on 21D
KKR,
DeleteI think it should be Sindh and that is what you meant,but T gives SHIND.
Or, 'spoken'takes care of that? Yes.
Pl see Nagendra Prasad's post @ 10:54 am
Delete25 across; POLYGLOT-- person who can speak in many languages Cryptic
ReplyDelete17A {-p}LAY OOF{-s}
ReplyDelete22A {-W}{+G}ARDEN}
17A Typo {-p}LAY OFF{-s}
Delete5 down: TEETOTAL-- support= tee(golf) entirely= total= means on the wagon
ReplyDelete24A: POLYGLOT from (POLY)(G)(LOT)
ReplyDelete2D : NILGAI from NIL(GAI-T)
21D: HINDI (T)
Nagendra Prasad,
DeleteYou can take one more
22a: GARDEN {(-W)+(G)ARDEN}
ReplyDelete3D: STATE {STA(-R)T(-L)E}
4D: ANATHEMA {(-P)ANA{THE}MA}
Venkatesan,
DeleteYou can take all three afresh.
My third
ReplyDelete20D HAVOC {Have a stock - stake}
Thanks MB
DeleteMy third: 10 across: TETCHY--irritable, bad-tempered-- your=thy (OLD) and so on+ etc
ReplyDeleteThis brain-teaser may cause tetchiness for many solvers!
Thanks KKR gaaru
Thanks Rajugaru
Delete8D- National Front
ReplyDeleteExterior- Front
Interior- Just national? Or is there anything more?
NF Govt. that was in power in India during 1989
Interior=domestic=national
Delete1ST REPLACEMENT
ReplyDelete11A: UNLIT (UNTIL)*
11A is a great clue!
Delete9A 48? No, Henry is in confusion! Drop the subject (6,2)
ReplyDeleteForget It -Drop the subject
48 to be written as Forty Eight anagram it(in Confusion), remove Hy(Henry)
8A Number of spots in butterfish (4-4)
Nine-Eyes-Butterfish
Nine is number and eyes is spots
23A Bone container stops vessel for minute recording of a death (8)
Obituary-Recording of a death
Ossuary is bone container
put Bit(minute) for SS (vessel)
Well done Srinidhi!
Delete+1
DeleteMY 2ND REPLACEMENT:
ReplyDelete18A: AMAHS {A}{SHAM<--}
18A- Ayahs- Wet nurses
ReplyDeleteA- A
Counterfeit- sham Or could it also be shabby?
Anyway,reversal gives SHAY=<
Got my doubt cleared.
Delete24A- Polyglot- Man of many tongues
ReplyDeleteMany- Poly
Mant- G
Many- Lot
How many?!!
My comment in Sunday CW blog went unnoticed. Hence repeating it here-
ReplyDeleteLong since we had one from Doppleganger. Time to remind him.
Hope he is seeing your message.
DeleteHe is busy in one place. He is busier in another place. And when once you hurtle away from the springboard, you land elsewhere
DeleteShall give him a nudge 😆
DeleteWait until dark (5)
ReplyDeleteuntil - anag fodder OK
dark - def ok
Surface is the title of a great film.
What is the anag ind, if I may ask.
Wait=hold-up=hitch/difficulty=anagrind
DeleteFar-fetched. Also, anag ind preceding fodder cannot be a noun.
DeleteI agree with you CV Sir!
DeleteI am a bit fancied to write this clue on the movie.
MY LAST REPLACEMENT:
ReplyDelete13D: ANCHORAGE {AN}{CHOR{AG}E}
Well done, Venkatesan!
DeleteMy 3
ReplyDelete25A - DESIGN {DESI}{G}{N}
6D - TECHS {TE(-s)CH}{S}
19D - MOUSSE {MO}{US{S}E}
Thanks Col!
DeleteTypo in my anno for 6D it should be {TE(-a)CH}{S}
DeleteLast 3
ReplyDeleteAcross - 7, 12
Down - 1
7A DEMIST DEMI + ST
ReplyDelete1D RECOGNISE (-p)RECISE around NGO <--
Is 12A SOBEIT? Amen= So Be It. Not sure.
ReplyDeleteYes Doc, you are right. The def is the expression of acceptance
DeleteOk. Did not know that! Thanks for the entertainment KKR :)
DeleteThanks for your comment, Doctor!
DeleteThat brings it to the end.
ReplyDeleteThanks all for your participation.
Thanks Col!
Thanks for the special KKR
ReplyDelete