ACROSS
1 Just about to slam furiously (6) ALMOST*
4 With which tours are devised? (8) EUROSTAR* &lit
9 Firm finally junks junk food (6) CRISPS {CRISP}{
10 Without alterations? Derelict, oddly deficient (in my opinion) (2,1,3,2) AS I SEE IT {AS IS}{
12 Ditches; gets ready for new partner (4) RUTS [DD]
13 Bugs inspected sneakily, implicating East (10) CENTIPEDES {INSPECTED}* over {E}
15 'I'll get my revenge,' as one international lawyer said to another (4,5,3) THIS MEANS WAR [CD]
18 'It's finished,' as one auctioneer said to another (5,4,3) THATS YOUR LOT [CD]
21 Seed-spiller gets back to back in a trice (10) NANOSECOND {ONAN<=}{SECOND}
22 Berry that's apparently complex antioxidant import – for starters (4) ACAI Acrostic
25 Revealed by radar: a rather historic landing site (6) ARARAT [T]
26 Sagas recalled in songs? Yes, Syd: ornately (8) ODYSSEYS [T<=]
27 Duck heard, weirdly – that's a worry (2,4) OH DEAR {0}{HEARD*}
DOWN
1 A cold clergyman is strict (8) ACCURATE {A}{C}{CURATE}
2 State isn't casually taken over by chief (8) MAINTAIN {M{AINT}AIN}
3 Has a taste of course in León: pimentos without stuffing (4) SIPS {SI}{P
5 Lacking content: fully sustaining? That's wrong! (12) UNSATISFYING {F
6 A soup goes here initially to be digested? (10) OESOPHAGUS {A+SOUP+GOES+H
7 Precious, extremely dainty – but ready for the outdoors? (6) TWEEDY {TWEE}{D
8 Make a further assessment of High Street (6) RETEST*
11 'Sailor not a jerk': friend with sense under discussion (12) SEMANTICALLY {SE
14 European politician experiences no credit crises or stresses (10) EMPHASISES {E}{MP}{HAS}{
16 Learner joins motorists' club before getting vehicle, with energy and freedom to choose (1,2,5) A LA CARTE {A{L}A}{CART}{E}
17 Noisy America, Trump's chosen conduit (8) ATWITTER {A}{TWITTER}
19 India (Goa): wanting articles to supply bit of colour (6) INDIGO {INDI
20 Stylish, special item of clothing for the young (6) SNAPPY {S}{NAPPY}
23 Principal pollarded tree (4) ARCH
Reference List
East = E, Duck = 0, Cold = C, European = E, Credit = CR, Learner = L, Motorist Club = AA(Automobile Association), Energy = E, America = A, Special = S
GRID
Special at 10:30 by Raju
ReplyDelete19D- Indigo- Is it a compound anagram?
ReplyDelete6d was good.
11D was nicely assembled.
19d No not a CA. Deletion of articles(a) from India and Goa and anagram(supply)
DeleteIn the blog on the present Everyman crossword in 15sqd, the writer mentions the use of what he calls "a neat pair of parallel phrases on the perimeter".
ReplyDeleteNow, from a time before this I as Gridman have been using parallel phrases in longer 13- 14- or 15-letter slots.
Not sure if this was noticed or commented upon.
Does anyone remember?
I do remember a few puzzles that had parallel phrases in the long slots just like today's 15A and 18A.
DeleteWould have to dig into Archives to exactly pick out the puzzles and the entries.
I also remember a puzzle that had thematic entries in the same row that were antonyms of one another. And a puzzle that had pairs of anagrams. Gridman puzzles that is.