ACROSS
1 Cuisine that’s exciting and lively (12) ENTHUSIASTIC*
10 Police chief said to be heroic (7) MARTIAL (~marshal)
11 Plain obvious, not a roundworm (7) CRAWLER {CLE
12 One from the UK mostly to employ another one from there (6)
13 Moralist checked corruption in project (8) PROTRUDE {P{ROT}RUDE}
15 Abandon and betray a soldier (6,3) DESERT RAT {DESERT}{RAT}
16 Peaceful up to this time (5) STILL [DD]
17 Section of the crowd yelling — what do you call it? (5) ROWDY [T] &lit
19 I run about, nothing ever stopped me (4,5) NILE RIVER {I}{R}<= in {NIL}{EVER} &lit
22 Air conditioning not good in transport, it could be a bug (8) BACILLUS {B{AC}{ILL}US}
24 One about to step over this is going to feel cold (3,3) ICE CAP [CD]
26 Symbols discussed in Physics for instance (7) SCIENCE (~signs)
27 Eye specialist’s clout is slipping (7) OCULIST*
28 Key measures brought about to protect life, primarily for one in need of protection (6,6) ASYLUM SEEKER {KEY+MEASURES}* over {L
DOWN
2 Worried sick over in North America (7) NERVOUS {N}{OVER*}{US}
3 Musical hour with songs on piano by Charles! (4,5)
4 One in city, say (4) SOLE (~seoul)
5 Rightly, Bill to organise an event at the end of fiscal year (10) ACCURATELY {AC}{CURATE}{
6 Liking cut sandwiches over bread that's crisp (5) TOAST {T{O}AST
7 Local culinary stores — finding them is painful (7) CALCULI [T]
8 Entertained a thought (6) AMUSED {A}{MUSED}
9 Vocal about Democrat Pierce’s extreme hardship (6) ORDEAL {OR{D}{
14 Makeover with aunt wearing gold in a certain style (3,7) ART NOUVEAU {OVER+AUNT}*{AU}
16 Criticism after university takes over one building (9) STRUCTURE STR(-1+u}UCTURE
17 To sack the American president eventually is tough (6) ROBUST {ROB}{US}{
18 Native American kid in Wisconsin area (7) WICHITA {WI}{CHIT}{A}
20 A measure adopted by plant manufacturing immunising agent (7) VACCINE {V{A}{CC}INE}
21 Name is right, place is in Eastern European capital (6) REPUTE {R}{E}{PUT}{E
23 Tall and large, clumsy yank (5) LANKY {L}{YANK*}
25 Consignments — huge amount (4) LOTS [DD]
Reference List
Run = R, Air conditioning = AC, North = N, Bill = AC, Year = Y, Over = A, Democrat = D, Gold = AU, University = U, Kid = CHIT, Area = A, Measure = CC, Right = R, Eastern = E, Large = L, Hour = H, Piano =P
12A SCOUSE SCO(-t) + USE; defn= another one from UK (Liverpool)
ReplyDelete3D HAIR SPRAY H + AIRS + P + RAY (Ray Charles); defn= musical
Good ones Doc.
DeleteI too could not get these two.
DeleteJason McDonnell, a LANKY SCOUSEr, was the ENTHUSIASTIC MARTIAL of the 15th Light Infantry of the British Army. He had earned REPUTE as a DESERT RAT, for he was famed for his survival and fighting skills in the North African theatre of WW2. His men had only a few CRAWLERS, slow battle tanks, way inferior to the ROBUST machines of his opponent, Rommel of SS Wehrmacht, celebrated as the desert fox. The men were STILL NERVOUS about the ORDEAL they had to face on the banks of the NILE RIVER. The martial tried to keep them AMUSED by teaching them LOTS of ROWDY bawdy songs like the “Women of WICHITA”, not even minding the pain he had from his CALCULI. McDonnell had put up a defence STRUCTURE at a place where the land PROTRUDEs into the river as he had ACCURATELY predicted that Rommel would strike there. Both the sides had to survive SOLEly on stale TOAST and water from the Nile. When the battle started, there was an outbreak of cholera in both the opposing camps, the BACILLUS having come from the Nile water. What won the war for McConnell was superior British science rather than superior firepower. The British men had received cholera VACCINE developed in London a few months earlier and transported to the front in ICE CAPS. Rommel lost half his regiment and had to retreat. Vibrio cholerae thus prevented McDonnell from becoming an ASYLUM SEEKER, trying to escape the ruthless Nazis.
ReplyDeleteActually, a Liverpudlian is also called a SCOUSER and Scouse must be some dish peculiar to the region
ReplyDeletehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairspray_(musical)
ReplyDeleteThank you for re-living WWII days so very nicely.
ReplyDeleteFound the going a little tough today- maybe it was just for me? 1A falling late could be the reason.
+1
DeleteTough indeed, but good grid. Some aha clues there
Good write-up Doc!
ReplyDelete(I)(C)(ECAP<)
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DeleteWas a bit foggy in the morning about Marshall and martial. Realised my error after posting the tale piece.
ReplyDeleteMarshall and marshal also add to the confusion. While is associated with specific names of persons, the latter is with military or police head
DeleteTrue. I slipped again
DeleteThis clears up the confusion for those in the same boat as me
ReplyDeletehttps://www.dictionary.com/e/marshal-vs-martial/
As far as my knowledge goes, scouse is the dialect of Liverpool
ReplyDeleteRef from Chambers Dictionary (BRB). Hope this clarifies.
DeleteScouse (inf) n a native or inhabitant of Liverpool (also Scouser); the northern English dialect spoken in and around Liverpool; (without cap) a stew or hash, often made with meat scraps.
adj referring or relating to Liverpool, its people or their dialect
[short for lobscouse a vegetable stew, a sea dish]
Btw,one/another can be a person or a language right?
DeleteMay be Colonel could explain it better
ReplyDeleteMARTIAL military. Why heroic ? There could be cowards in the army too ! - MARSHAL- usually a police chief in the wild west. Marshalling one's thought. MARital could be martial at times at home when both the spouses are at daggers drawn. Masha Allah !
ReplyDeleteBACILLUS . took the worm some time to turn in the brain.
ICE CAP . Very clearly stepping over an ice cap may not get one to feel cold. Left me cold figuring out this Step = reversal of pace . Good clue.
Enjoyed Vulcan's robust ordeal for the brains !
Ice cap- I thought of polar ice caps.
ReplyDeleteYes. But any glacier in gen
DeleteA tough one today. I didn't get 4D: SILT, but the rest came in fits and starts. Thanks, Vulcan.
ReplyDelete4D is SOUL (~Seoul) and not Silt.
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