ACROSS
1 At the end of the day, a lovable rogue (5,3) ABOVE ALL*
5 German army unit (1-5) G-FORCE {G}{FORCE}
10 Strike a pose, fabulous figure? (5) AESOP*
11 Composition of quiet soul (5,4) STILL LIFE {STILL}{LIFE}
12 50 admitted to pious golf club in California suburb (9) HOLLYWOOD {HO{L}LY}{WOOD}
13 Enormous honour's meeting earl (5) OBESE {OBE'S}{E}
14 Face of donkey kissed noisily (6) ASPECT (~ ass pecked)
15 Vociferously against taking pudding through to bedroom (2,5) EN SUITE (~ on sweet)
18 Waster, poet, communist (7) SPENDER [DD]
20 Is concerned about son, gives show of affection (6) CARESS {CARE{S}S}
22 Had put robe on (not grand) (5) OWNED
24 Bigot at heart, host's without skill, dignity? (9) PARTRIDGE {P{ART}RID{
25 Wasting time in Tate Modern, busy tourist spot (5-4) NOTRE-DAME {
26 Early on, state administered by old New Zealander? (5) SAMOA {S
27 'Savage'!? Sorry, it's 'unruly' (6) SADIST {SAD}{ITS*}
28 What toffs shoot, short-of-height bumpkins (8) PEASANTS P
DOWN
1 Flatness of a route's variable (6) APATHY {A}{PATH}{Y}
2 Old boy, solitary and square, extremely chaste date (9) OBSOLESCE {OB}{SOLE}{S}{C
3 Folly to have run into deserted cape (5-10) EMPTY HEADEDNESS {EMPTY}{HEADED}{NESS}
4 The French bay is severely run down (4,3) LASH OUT {LA}{SHOUT}
6 Tricky to anticipate surplus of rifles in mess (4,2,9) FULL OF SURPRISES*
7 In her novel, there's a valley (5) RHINE*
8 Breeze drifts over Tyneside, making someone cold (8) EBENEZER {EBE{NE}ZER*}
9 Even the old hippies do this (3-3) TIE-DYE {TIED}{YE}
16 Composed of sane mind, I will be a mole (6,3) INSIDE MAN*
17 Once snared by lasso on a sierra (2,4,2) AS SOON AS [T]
19 Parrot in old TV show (6) REPEAT [DD]
20 Train company greet stranger (7) CORTEGE {CO}{GREET*}
21 City's bankrupt financiers, hard to ignore (2,4) LE MANS LE
23 Celebrated being ruggedly toned (5) NOTED*
GRID
Special at 10:30 by Raju. Someone to please monitor as I am busy packing for my trip
ReplyDeleteI will be there Col!
Deleteand presume Prasad too is available?