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ACROSS
1 Bill gets free bitter (5)
4 Supporter concealing piece of malicious chatter (9)
9 Revolutionary led island to overwhelming victory (9)
10 Substitute chocoholics are really outraged by, initially (5)
11 It's allowable, but shocking, when laid on the line (6)
12 Stable with one acceptable horse (8)
14 A number impair the efficiency of probation (9)
16 Belief in sacred objects (5)
17 Seaman returning to deck, sort of (5)
19 Identified tune with help, backing by newspaperman (9)
21 Someone questioned when an explosive device is found in river (8)
22 One leaving home before catching plane (6)
25 I had quickly found island, in a manner of speaking (5)
26 Celandine flourished every so many years (9)
27 Observes way in which advertisement's introduced make-up (9)
28 Give a termination to pain? (5)
DOWN
1 Where you can see washing at every point (3,5,3,4)
2 Restore Frenchman to wife (5)
3 Annoyance expressed by "Hell" and "Blast" (7)
4 Gathering to cook (4)
5 Beanstalk wouldn't indulge in gossip (4,3,3)
6 Rustic with a lot of objection in pain (7)
7 Sailor Head contains the Princess for unpunctuality (9)
8 Fairy's dressing of wool led to change (5,10)
13 Without regard to the consequences, like an American preying bird ? (4-6)
15 Adaptable relatives adapted. (9)
18 Victory (with valuable card I held) over Helen ( 7)
20 He may hold shares in pit, in one that's fraudulent (7)
23 Beaver skin after completion of dressing (5)
24 Almost lower boat (4)
Across Lite version can be accessed at RAJU U 17
Enjoy.
1A AC RID
ReplyDelete9A LANSSLIDE (LED ISLAND)*
2D RENE W
Typo, Jaya .LANDSLIDE
DeleteTypo Raju. VASANT
Delete16ac credo (T)
ReplyDelete16ac credo (T)
ReplyDelete7dn tardiness tar(di)ness
ReplyDelete10ac carob (acrostic)
ReplyDelete15d VERSATILE*
ReplyDelete15D: VERSATILE FROM RELATIVES*
ReplyDelete26A: DECENNIAL from Celandine*
ReplyDelete19A DIAGNOSED DIA<< GNOS<< ED
ReplyDeleteSongaid<= ed.
Delete1D ALL ALONG THE LINE CD
ReplyDelete14A NO+VITIATE
11A L+AWFUL
NO= nitrous oxide (a numbing agent/number)
DeleteNice cracking Doc!
DeleteUnless Raju only intends abbrev of number as 'no'. But then 'a' number would not be required?
DeleteThanks Raju for a nice Sunday fare :)
You are right. Thanks. Doc.
Delete20D NOMINEE {NO{MINE}E*} i.e Mine in One*
ReplyDeleteMy third
ReplyDelete17A TAROT {TAR}{TO<<}
This was put together manually by me in a hurry , using a graph paper, on Thursday after seeing the +Col ‘s call. So any omissions and commission may please be pardoned.
ReplyDeleteThanks for torch bearing.
Delete3D: DISGUST {DIS}{GUST}
ReplyDelete2D: RENEW {RENE}{W}
4D: BOIL (DD)
19a- Diagnosed- Identified
ReplyDeleteDia gnos ed- (Aid=<)(Song=<)ed
13D- Hard headed- DD
ReplyDeleteRelook. Not right!
DeleteSorry It is
DeleteBald Headed
Take a second look. raft is not skin.
ReplyDeleteMy third-
ReplyDelete22A- E(MIG)RE- one leaving the country
Plane- MIG
19a has been done already.
DeleteReplacement? Thank you. Here it is.
Delete8D- Robin Goodfellow- Fairy
Dressing- Robing
(Robing of wool led)*
https://www.google.com/search?q=robin+goodfellow&oq=Robin+Goodfellow&aqs=chrome.0.0l6.12728j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
DeleteThis link leads to the Fairy.
Thank you Raju. It does not look like one assembled at short notice.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyable. Thank you.
No. It is (Scowl-L) leading to Scow,a boat.
ReplyDeleteScowl is to wrinkle/ contract/lower
27 AC :EYES + H{AD}OW
ReplyDelete= EYESHADOW (=makeup)
4AC : BACK(supporter) + BIT (piece) + ER (malicious chatter) ????
ReplyDelete21 AC: EX{ A MINE}E = EXAMINEE (=Someone questioned)
ReplyDelete(Exe is a river in England)
4A) Defn: malicious chatter; Soln: BACKBITER; Anno: {BACK{BIT}ER}; BACKER from supporter & BIT from piece
ReplyDelete12A) Defn: horse; Soln: STALLION; Anno: {STALL{I}{ON}}; STALL from stable, I from one & ON from acceptable
25A) Defn: manner of speaking; Soln: IDIOM; Anno: {ID}{IOM}; ID from I had & IOM from island
28ac endow end(termination)ow (expression of pain)
ReplyDelete23dn grind (dressin)g rind(skin)
Thank you for the special, Raju
ReplyDelete6D- Bucolic- Rustic
ReplyDeleteLot of objection- BU (BUT-T)
Pain= colic
That completes it. Thank you Col. & Raju.
Thanks every one. Glad that ye-all enjoyed. Thanks Col for posting this. I thought you will have difficulty in reading on a graph paper done manually.
ReplyDeleteSorry Raju, missed all the entertainment as I was away on family function.
ReplyDeleteSolved it leisurely now. Many good clues.
Good show!