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ACROSS
1 Slogan, essentially Russian, about initiation of transparency (8)
5 Wants good husband, reliable and sound (6)
10 Rumours of gangster concealed in lodge going around (5)
11 Splashing rum, one scoundrel interrupts - it's over the line (9)
12 Image in phone card, easy to store (9)
13 Give cry of pain after result (5)
14 Love website taking new shape (6)
15 No energy? Eat sushi perhaps - it’s Japanese therapy (7)
18 French officer in flat, consuming ecstasy with endless excitement (7)
20 Precious safe contains a bit of treasure and money (6)
22 Runner smuggling ecstasy by ferry ultimately becomes rich (5)
24 Cricket stroke lacks a bit of control - work very hard (9)
25 Start to evaluate a boy crushed by defeat and come to a logical conclusion (6, 3)
26 Soldiers complain about device (5)
27 Risk accepting petition for case (6)
28 Uses no strong ointments (8)
DOWN
1 Escape punishment say, backed by upper class person (3, 3)
2 Avoid hot greeting on line - can be distributed (9)
3 I don't want a rhinoplasty! Doesn’t bother me (2, 4, 3, 2, 4)
4 Vice supremo is going downhill (7)
6 Retired group abroad gets ransacked (6, 6, 3)
7 Worried about cold, daughter took measures (5)
8 One laid on the floor in hard fight right aboard boat (5, 3)
9 Forces brats to take English and Latin (6)
16 Student stops liking lecture (7-2)
17 One becoming First Lady, originally sultry barmaid perhaps (5, 3)
19 Lad consumes marijuana? That's right (4-2)
20 Be unfaithful to husband and wear away, overwhelmed by deception (5, 2)
21 Craves to be around fashionable persons (6)
23 Nursemaids start to act embarrassed about concealing a little accident (5)
Enjoy.
16d TA (L) KING TO
ReplyDelete15A.Shiatsu..sushi (e)at
ReplyDelete9D IMP (E L) S
ReplyDelete14A O BLO (N)G
ReplyDelete26A..Gismo?. GIs( soldiers).????unable to go further😥
ReplyDeleteIncorrect
Delete19D..Spot on. Lad= son. Marijuana= Pot
ReplyDelete20a: Costly {cos(t)(l)y}
ReplyDelete15a: shiatsu {eat+sushi-e}*
5a STRAIT {STRAI(-GH)T}
ReplyDelete25A : REASON OUT {R{E}{A}{SON}OUT}
ReplyDelete25A REASON OUT- Each, A SON in ROUT come to a logical conclusion
ReplyDelete3D NO SKIN OFF MY NOSE (DD)
ReplyDelete20D : CHEAT ON {C{H}{EAT}ON}
ReplyDeleteReplacement for repeat
ReplyDelete23a: AYAHS {A(-ct)}{SH(A)Y<--}
10A TALES: AL (gangster) *SET (lodge), defn: rumours
ReplyDelete12A phone card SIM, easy to store FACILE Defn: Image FACSIMILE -
ReplyDelete1D say, backed EG<+ by upper class person TOFF Defn: Escape punishment GE<=(T OFF)
2D Avoid hot greeting -hALLO on line CABLE Defn: can be distributed -hALLO/CABLE
My third
ReplyDelete17D : ADAM'S RIB {S(-ultry) + BARMAID}*
1A GLASNOST SLOGAN* around S +T, &LIT
ReplyDelete10A: TALES SET< around AL
24A: (c)OVERDRIVE
Lovely crossword Doc!
:)
Delete1 Ac GLASNOST (a word, along with prestroika, that appeared frequently in newspapers at the time of Gorbachev),
ReplyDeleteanagram of SLOGAN and S from essentially Russian, t from Transparent. Transparent doing double duty.
12 Ac FACSIMILE = SIM ( a card in cell phone) in FACILE (easy); a word that is almost forgotten now after technology brought in FAX.
14 OBLONG (shape) = BLOG (website) taking N(ew) and O (love)
Hi.1A is &lit clue. The whole sentence defines Glasnost. Glasnost was a Russian slogan for initiation of transparency. There is no double duty.
Delete(Slogan + S)* + T(-ransparency) &lit.
6D Retired group abroad gets ransacked (6, 6, 3)
ReplyDeleteTurned Inside Out meaning ransacked
Turned In is Retired
Side is a group
and Out is abroad.
28A Uses no strong ointments (8)
ReplyDeleteUnctions are Ointments
Functions are uses
Remove F ( no strong)
18A French officer in flat, consuming ecstasy with endless excitement (7)
ReplyDeleteDreyfus (a French artillery officer of Jewish faith and ancestry whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the most controversial and polarizing political dramas in modern French history-Wiki)
E ecstasy inside Dry (flat)
add Fus Endless Excitement Fuss without its end.
27A B{ASK}ET
ReplyDelete13A ENDOW ; Give, cry of pain(OW) after result(END)
ReplyDeleteYET TO BE SOLVED
ReplyDeleteAcross : 11, 22, 26
Down : 4, 7, 8, 21
Among those unsolved ones my favorites were 11A, 26A, 4D, 7D. Overall a super puzzle with smooth surface readings. Thanks Doc.
ReplyDeleteThanks MB!
Delete6 PM folks and 7 clues unsolved! A couple of regulars are conspicuous by their absence.
ReplyDelete11A:NUMERATOR Rat inside (Rum One)*. Nice definition!
26A OR+ NAG<
4d SIN KING
7d A(C)TE D
21d BE(IN)GS
Not sure of the annos of 8d and 22A.
ReplyDeleteAnybody can gobble these.
8D THROW RUG {T{H}{ROW}{R}UG}
ReplyDelete22A MEATY {M{E}AT}{ferrY}
ReplyDeleteMat=runner?
DeleteYes Red Mat laid out for VIPs are known as runners
DeleteYes Vasant runner also means mat/rug/carpet.
Deletehttps://www.thefreedictionary.com/mat
Thanks Col and Doc.
Delete21d. Beings= persons.begs=craves+fashionable= in .
ReplyDeleteAs usual, master of phrases. .NO SKIN OFF MY NOSE has a nonchalance. I like to use this phrase often. Kiska baapka kya jaata hai ? Naak kat gayee . Then rhinoplasty is required.
TURNED IN RETIRED - SIDE OUT . ran with the sack.after the place was turned inside out !GLASNOST = Gorbachev. God bachao . Good brain work, Doc.My admiration goes up a notch further !
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DeleteEntertaining comment as always :) Thanks Raju!
DeleteVery busy since yesterday with visit of relatives. Got time only now.
ReplyDeleteThe grid was difficult even for the stage finalists it seemed. Most of these were passed on. I think each clue required more time than normally allowed on stage.
Matter of fact, all the clues were solved onstage but for these six which remained unsolved- 5A,12A,20A,22A,26A,28A.
DeleteI thought RUNNERS are mats or rugs used on staircases?
ReplyDeleteThe moment I saw ecstasy and husband I saw the signature of Dr. Naber
Ha ha Rajugaru
DeleteLovely grid! Just had the opportunity to sit down and solve. Couldn't get 22A and 23D.
ReplyDelete