Friday 23 August 2019

No 12712, Friday 23 Aug 2019, Skulldugger


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ACROSS
1   People seeking love online face this singular misrepresentation (9) CATFISHES {FACE+THIS+S}* Thanks to Google
6   Capable of interrupting abrupt outburst (2,2) UP TO [T]
8   Too many words for Spooner's abnormal tissue growth? (8) PLEONASM from (-n+pl)PLEO(-pl+n)NASM
9   She picks nits and distractedly feeds goldfish, perhaps (6) PEDANT {PE{AND*}T}
10 Stay calm when our hip keynoters panic (4,4,5,2) KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON*
11 Discontinue cab (or taxi) shares (5) ABORT [T]
13 Lecturer wearing desi garment cold and derisive (8) SARDONIC {SAR{DON}I}{C}
15 Fruits or vegetables grown here (8) ORCHARDS {OR}{CHARDS} &lit
18 Time for sorcery (5) SPELL [DD]
20 Disabled Iris cannot leave for draft (8,7) NATIONAL SERVICE*
23 Picture house machine gutted and refurbished (6) CINEMA MAChINE*
24 Boffin's naughty nineties (8) EINSTEIN*
25 Shooters' innards mangled by beasts (4) GNUS {G(U<=>N)S}
26 Thaddeus and Bartholomew dropping popular subjects (9) DISCIPLES DISCIPLinES

DOWN
1   Have a cow after labour in underground chamber (5) CALVE {CA{L}VE}
2   Private, uncomplaining, hard-working sort (7) TROOPER [DD]
3   Fully developed insect revolutionary video gaming features (5) IMAGO [T<=]
4   Funny bone! (7) HUMERUS (~humorous)
5   Deep Blue's software program discovered in British county (8) SAPPHIRE {S{APP}HIRE}
6   Endure and overcome? On the contrary! (7) UNDERGO Opposite of {OVER}{COME}
7   Relating to barbers? No. Tailors, perhaps (9) TONSORIAL*
12 Watering hole excluding Scot brute (9) BARBARIAN {BAR}{BAR}{IAN}
14 Doctors from North and South wrapped penniless Indian fan in sponge (8) DRUNKARD {DR}{pUNKA}{DR<=}
16 Young animals the man fries after dressing (7) HEIFERS {HE}{FRIES*}
17 Metal trays for investors hoarding lire (7) SALVERS {SA{L}VERS}
19 Vital operation is complicated but crucial (7) PIVOTAL {VITAL+OP}*
21 Naked bunnies prepared for boredom (5) ENNUI bUNNIEs*
22 Side dish for fish fries (5) CHIPS [GK]

Reference List
Singular = S, Desi garment = SARI, Cold = C, Popular = IN, Labour = L, British county = SHIRE, Scot = IAN, Indian fan = PUNKA, Penny = P, Lire = L

GRID

34 comments:

  1. 13ac sardonic sar(don)i (c)
    23ac Einstein (nineties)*
    18ac spell (DD)
    11ac abort (T)
    10ac keep your shirt on
    (Our hip keynoters)*

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  2. 26 a Disciples. in-popular.subjects-disciplines.discipl(in)es.
    20 a National service-draft.anag of Iris cannot leave.
    3 d Imago videOGAMIng.Last stage if insect.
    4d Humerus-bone.Funny Humourous.
    7 d Tonsorial-Relating to barbers.anag of notailors

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  3. 21D..(B)unnie(s)...unnie anag..ENNUI

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  4. 6a up to from abrUPT Outburst

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  5. 19d pivotal anagram of vital and op from operation

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  6. 20A..draft= conscription= MILITARY SERVICE..Please help me with the anno gentlemen....

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    1. (Iris cannot leave)*
      disabled is anagram indicator
      The answer is NATIONAL SERVICE

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  8. 6 Dn: Undergo (CD)
    7 Dn: Tonsorial (Anagram of No, Tailors)

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  9. 22D..chips..from chips.all recipes.com. googled

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  10. 24 A Einstein,anagram of nineties ;boffin=scientist

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  11. 9A PEDANT. Dan(and anagram)in pet(goldfish)
    5D Sapphire. App in shire

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  12. 12D BARBARIAN bar and bar watering hole and excluding, Ian is a Scot

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  13. 16D HEIFERS he-man then fries anagram
    17D. SALVERS (trays) l(lire) in savers (investors)

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  14. Yet to
    Ac 1,8,18,25
    Dn 1,2,14 &6 anno

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    1. 18AC..already done by Jayalakshmi Arumugam

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  15. 6dn undergo
    Overcome (on the contrary)
    Over-under come-go

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  16. 8ac pleonasm(neoplasm-tissue growth.)
    18ac spell(CD)
    1d calve:l(abour) in cave.

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  17. 8ac pleonasm (using too many words): Spooner's version of neoplasm(tissue growth,).

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  18. 14D. Doctors from North and South wrapped penniless Indian fan inSPONGE. DRUNKARD. {DR}-p{UNKA}{RD}

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  19. 1AC (Face this s)*
    Answer: Catfishes
    def: people seeking love online

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