ACROSS
8 Rice wine for Munro? (4) SAKI (DD)
9 Opposition in occupied France // retards electrical supply (10) RESISTANCE (DD)
10 A graduate can usually select, at first, a counting machine (6) ABACUS {A}{BA}{Can}{Usually}{Select}
11 Early fighter fires confusedly around mine (8) SPITFIRE {FIRES*} around {PIT}
12 Carriage entrance found on the way to the attic (8) TRAPDOOR {TRAP}{DOOR}
14 Match following a holy book (6) AVESTA {A}{VESTA}
16 Tribe diverted canal after losing initial approval (4) CLAN {CaNAL*}
17 Lions’ self-respect (5) PRIDE (DD)
18 Type of excuse // without a leg to stand on (4) LAME (DD)
19 Some type of people get into an empty tanker to make a sort of bullet (6) TRACER {T{RACE}ankeR}
21 Hopping stag eaten without a stop (8) STAGNATE {STAG+EATeN} E is to be deleted not A as given in the clue
23 Everything consumed by veterinarian? Thanks. Capital! (8) VALLETTA {V{ALL}ET}{TA}
26 Ably managed to include Eastern Wales’ initial governing principle (3-3) BYE-LAW {ABLY*} around {E}+{Wales}
27 Unique selling proposition dispatchers adopted for holding up pants (10) SUSPENDERS {S{USP}ENDERS}
28 Animal found by team returning to surround an engineer (4) IBEX {XI<=} around {BE}
DOWN
1 Feline felon or thief who nicks Tom, perhaps? (10) CATBURGLAR {CAT}{BURGLAR}
2 Locking fastener made by learner, in China, having personal identification number (8) LINCHPIN {L}{IN}{CH}{PIN}
3 Take it easy in a post office and get the magic word (6) PRESTO {P{REST}O}
4 Pakistani intelligence agency’s // terror outfit’s // god (4) ISIS (MD)
5 Guess Tim got into a car without a bit of trouble (8) ESTIMATE {ES{TIM}tATE}
6 Befuddle female in revised fable (6) BAFFLE {F} in {FABLE*}
7 Mufasa's brother was a confused rascal after losing a pound (4) SCAR {RASCal*}
13 Bars protests (5) RAILS (DD)
15 A sci-fi feat one may achieve by going to and fro across the International Date Line (4,6) TIME TRAVEL (CD)
17 Austere people Rita puns about (8) PURITANS {RITA+PUNS*}
18 Inner garments to hang around, that is, unmentionables (8) LINGERIE {LINGER}{IE}
20 Middle-eastern head of state caught a little Indian python here, initially (6) CALIPH (Acrostic)
22 Tigers collectively // hide and attack (6) AMBUSH (DD)
24 Impartial umpire held a chemical compound (4) ALUM (T)
25 Tools // usually seen in graphs (4) AXES (DD)
Colour/Font Scheme
8 Rice wine for Munro? (4) SAKI (DD)
9 Opposition in occupied France // retards electrical supply (10) RESISTANCE (DD)
10 A graduate can usually select, at first, a counting machine (6) ABACUS {A}{BA}{C
11 Early fighter fires confusedly around mine (8) SPITFIRE {FIRES*} around {PIT}
12 Carriage entrance found on the way to the attic (8) TRAPDOOR {TRAP}{DOOR}
14 Match following a holy book (6) AVESTA {A}{VESTA}
16 Tribe diverted canal after losing initial approval (4) CLAN {C
17 Lions’ self-respect (5) PRIDE (DD)
18 Type of excuse // without a leg to stand on (4) LAME (DD)
19 Some type of people get into an empty tanker to make a sort of bullet (6) TRACER {T{RACE}
21 Hopping stag eaten without a stop (8) STAGNATE {STAG+EAT
23 Everything consumed by veterinarian? Thanks. Capital! (8) VALLETTA {V{ALL}ET}{TA}
26 Ably managed to include Eastern Wales’ initial governing principle (3-3) BYE-LAW {ABLY*} around {E}+{W
27 Unique selling proposition dispatchers adopted for holding up pants (10) SUSPENDERS {S{USP}ENDERS}
28 Animal found by team returning to surround an engineer (4) IBEX {XI<=} around {BE}
DOWN
1 Feline felon or thief who nicks Tom, perhaps? (10) CATBURGLAR {CAT}{BURGLAR}
2 Locking fastener made by learner, in China, having personal identification number (8) LINCHPIN {L}{IN}{CH}{PIN}
3 Take it easy in a post office and get the magic word (6) PRESTO {P{REST}O}
4 Pakistani intelligence agency’s // terror outfit’s // god (4) ISIS (MD)
5 Guess Tim got into a car without a bit of trouble (8) ESTIMATE {ES{TIM}
6 Befuddle female in revised fable (6) BAFFLE {F} in {FABLE*}
7 Mufasa's brother was a confused rascal after losing a pound (4) SCAR {RASC
13 Bars protests (5) RAILS (DD)
15 A sci-fi feat one may achieve by going to and fro across the International Date Line (4,6) TIME TRAVEL (CD)
17 Austere people Rita puns about (8) PURITANS {RITA+PUNS*}
18 Inner garments to hang around, that is, unmentionables (8) LINGERIE {LINGER}{IE}
20 Middle-eastern head of state caught a little Indian python here, initially (6) CALIPH (Acrostic)
22 Tigers collectively // hide and attack (6) AMBUSH (DD)
24 Impartial umpire held a chemical compound (4) ALUM (T)
25 Tools // usually seen in graphs (4) AXES (DD)
Reference List
Graduate=BA, Thanks=Ta, Eastern=E, Unique selling proposition=USP, Team=XI, Engineer=BE
Learner=L, China=Ch, Personal Identification Number=PIN, Post office=PO, Pound=L, That is=IE
Learner=L, China=Ch, Personal Identification Number=PIN, Post office=PO, Pound=L, That is=IE
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Thank you Ramesh for the nice blog.
ReplyDelete+1 for 21A. Wasted a lot of time trying to fit in stagnant(stagnent?) which made it difficult to get Time travel.
+1 Ramesh and Paddy.
DeleteIt took some more time to travel around the grid!
Impossible to have an Incognito CW without an aircraft or its component!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTtdp7Yp62yG6AvDK1a41dCNYuxdA%3A1572664785446&ei=0fW8XY72GpLb9QPxgYaoCg&q=munro+saki&oq=Munro+Saki&
ReplyDeleteAbove is the link to Hector Munro alias Saki.
Had to google this.
In my first year college, I was thrilled by reading Saki's short story The Open Window prescribed. For my analysis of that story in exam atmosphere, I got 7 out of 10 with the remark Good.
DeleteRemember reading a number of his stories such as Dusk, Mrs Packletide's Tiger.
DeleteOpen window was my favourite also those college days!
DeleteIs it a theme on CATS?
ReplyDeleteI liked the puzzle today. Ever since the paywall was erected I do not seriously attempt the puzzle in print edition which is mostly faint for my current state of eyesight. I enjoyed Online interactive puzzle which was free whenever I felt that my copy of the paper was too faint and too small to read. Now that the Hindu must be finding publishing of crosswords on line economically viable they could be s little more liberal in pouring ink and increasing the font in the print edition.
ReplyDeleteAttics & trapdoors are more in line with Nancy Drew!
ReplyDeleteMy pick is 17Ac (with) pride
Today Incognito placed more DD puzzles which makes me swing. have a nice week end.
ReplyDeleteIXL, do the top ten guys have super key boards to type?
ReplyDeleteHa ha
DeleteI think the fastest fingers first would have taken 20 minutes as my time was 40+minutes.
DeleteTo that extent, I consider mine as butter fingers!!!
KKR Standing in the same position. Congratulations. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ram.
DeleteAnd thanks to others too who have allowed me to submit early.