Three answers per commenter as usual till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment.
ACROSS
6 Captain's wicket caught in the middle (5)
7 These kind of flights are a struggle? (4,4)
10 Device to translate texts featuring Mann essentially (7)
11 Chapter with a short story and small poem (7)
12 Make a mess of playing Schubert without introduction (7)
13 Heinous murder without any outside help (7)
14 Cease to be of any consolation? (4,7)
19 In front, doctors check on patients here? (7)
21 Fried meal mostly said to cause a feeling of unease (7)
23 Bill's often tired when traveling a little bit (7)
25 Fight over lead poisoning? It's an outrage! (3,4)
26 Cooked apples without pits essentially for a kind of soup (5,3)
27 Tear off green detail (5)
DOWN
1 Romantic endless banter turns toxic (8)
2 Cover mum having fever (6)
3 Spooner suggests standard trophies as stands (5,5)
4 Stake in Vietnam raised (4)
5 Regular squadron United Kingdom sent back - It’s a puzzle (6)
6 Couple of wannabes, say, bimbos - could be green and hot! (6)
8 Drunk carries drug to head office? Oh, dear! (5,2)
9 Harry abandons society to become the leader of the church (5)
13 One claims note / Currency of yore (10)
15 Lake Erie, essentially cold, turbulent is a danger for boatmen (7)
16 One entered tenantless, vacant property for bathroom items (8)
17 Dungaries over white dotted yellow tops are drab (5)
18 On the rebound, marry friend from the South with a double chin (6)
20 Flexible within, partly hollow? (6)
22 Bonafide first lady's repulsive (6)
24 Site to return items of clothing (4)
Across Lite version can be accessed at AMRITA 7
Enjoy.
5d S U D O (KU)
ReplyDelete4D ANTE <- (T)
13A IN HOUSE*
5d: SUDOKU {SqUaDrOn}{UK<==} = puzzle
ReplyDelete4d: ANTE {(-vi}ETNA(-M)}<-- = stake
12a: BUTCHER {(-S)chubert| * = make a mess off
replacement FOR 5D:
ReplyDelete1D: QUIXOTIC {QUI(-Z)}{TOXIC}* = ROMANTIC
1D QUIXOTIC {QUI-p}{Toxic}*
ReplyDelete10A SEXTANT {mANn}in{Texts}*
replacement for 4d:
ReplyDeleteSEXTANT {TEXTS+{(-M)AN(N)}* = DEVICE
REPLACEMENT FOR 10A:
ReplyDelete17D: DOWDY {ACROSTIC} = DRAB
11A EPISODE {EPI-c}{S}{ODE}
ReplyDelete2D S(HEAT)H
ReplyDelete6D WA+SA+BI
6A W+ -c(AUGH)-t
21A: MALAISE (MEAL + SAI)*, fried as anagrind, def = feeling of unease
ReplyDelete23A: DRIBLET (B-L + TIRED)*, when travelling = anagrind, def = a little bit
18D: DEWLAP (WED<< + PAL<<), two reversal ind (on the rebound, from the South), def = double chin
7AC LONG HAUL CD
ReplyDelete14AC COLD COMFORT CD
25AC RAW<DEAL*
14A is not a CD IMO, there is some more wordplay involved!
DeleteI too thought so Ramki. But expected the first word to be different
DeleteOK, now I correct it:
DeleteC+EASE where C=Cold; Ease=Comfort
To be solved at 12
ReplyDeleteAcross - 14, 19, 26, 27
Down - 3, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 20, 22,24
14A only annotation is to be corrected
Delete27 ac : STRIP DD
ReplyDelete6 d : W + AUGH (CAUGHT - C -T) = WAUGH
Answer to 27A is not correct
DeleteMy third in place of 1D done by P.Venkatesan.
ReplyDelete26A : SPLIT PEA {p'IT's} in {APPLES}*
My 3
ReplyDelete8D - HEIGH HO {H{E}IGH}{HO}
16D - TOILETRY {TO{1}LET}{R(-ealt)Y}
22D - LAWFUL {L(-ady)}{AWFUL}
I6 down. TOILETRY- Bathroom items - tenantless TO LET + I + TRY
ReplyDelete13 down. IIMMEMORIAL - Of yore. IM claim + NOTE = MEMO + RIAL currency,
8down. HEIGH HO . Drunk = HIGH + Drug = E HO = Head Office. Oh dear
Añno for 16D is wrong
Delete27 ac STRIP what i posted seems to be wrong because i feel
ReplyDelete22D = LAWFUL (L + AWFUL)
24D TOPS : Site=SPOT<= (to return) DEF =items of clothing
ReplyDelete15D Lake Erie, essentially cold, turbulent is a danger for boatmen:
ReplyDeleteLORELEI (L+ERIE+COLD-{CD})*
24d: tops(clothing) - (spot<=site)
ReplyDelete27: unrip(tear off) - unripe̷(green de-tailed)
ReplyDelete19a: onwards(dd)
ReplyDelete12a c-ease cold comfort
ReplyDelete20d with-w, in-hip, PartlY WHIPPY:FLEXIBLE
9D PEsTER
not 12a, pls read 14a
DeleteLast one 3D
ReplyDelete3d: plate racks - spoon rest (spooner+st̷a̷n̷d̷a̷r̷d̷+tr̷o̷p̷h̷i̷e̷s̷)*
ReplyDeleteAnnotation is incorrect Doc. It is a spoonerism
Deleteplate racks and spoon rest, both are stands
ReplyDelete3D RATE PLAQUES to PLATE RACKS
ReplyDeleteThanks for the special Amrita
ReplyDeleteThank you, sir for publishing it
DeleteEnjoyed the Sunday Special - thanks Col and Amrita!
ReplyDeletethanks Ramki
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