Sunday 26 April 2020

The Sunday Crossword No 3097, Sunday 26 Apr 2020

Day 33 of 40 Stay safe at home

ACROSS
1   With respect to area around Norfolk, Everyman has to be obnoxious (9) OFFENSIVE {OF}{FENS}{I'VE}
10 Laugh abruptly with derisive interjections following excitement (3-4) HOO-HAHS {HOOt}{HAHS}
11 A Rover’s waxed, for starters, when money’s seen around here! (3,4) CAR WASH {A}{Ro...s}{Wa..d} in {CASH} Semi&lit
12 Where you find some heresy? No; dogma! (5) SYNOD [T]
13 Nine getting into pastry, sliced for a do (5,3) PIXIE CUT {P{IX}IE}{CUT}
15 Concert venue, a large place in which to fall asleep entirely (6,4) ALBERT HALL {A}{L}{BERTH}{ALL}
16 A young woman almost flipped somewhere in Latvia (4) RIGA {A}{GIRl}<=
18 They made ‘SOS’ a palindrome (4) ABBA [C&DD]

20 Gaffer isnt swayed by facetious excuse for typo in text (3,7) FAT FINGERS*
22 Release redacted; it’s inevitable (4,4) DEAD CERT*
24 Hush-hush, not about to become public (5) OVERT cOVERT
26 Carelessly malinger without a reason for machine's downtime (7) GREMLIN MaLINGER*
27 Anglesey spending year struggling to become member of African Union (7) SENEGAL ANGLESEy*
28 Where Douglas is breaking flamingoes – not good (4,2,3) ISLE OF MAN FLAMINgOES*

DOWN
2   Serf working across terrain in mediaeval principality (8) FLANDERS {F{LAND}ERS*}
3   Losing head, stop being calm (4) EASE cEASE
4   ‘Clue isFish”.’ ‘Flounders.’ ‘That’s how it goes’ (4,2,4) SUCH IS LIFE*
 Italian scorer, clever dick to some extent (5) VERDI [T]
6   Now – regrettably – Dads eating hay (4,3,3,3) THIS DAY AND AGE*
7   Biscuit mix (6) HOBNOB [DD] HOBNOB is a brand name for a biscuit
8   Exercise and hot drink proposed by Spooner (3,3) TAI CHI (~ chai tea)
9 Revising hastily at last? There’s nothing more to add (4,4,2,3) THAT SAYS IT ALL*
14 One who told tales when cradle rocked (1,1,8) D H LAWRENCE*
17 A minion’s faltering complaint (8) INSOMNIA*
19 Supports British experts (6) BRACES {BR}{ACES}
21 What’s displayed by keener gymnasts, in part? (6) ENERGY [T] Semi&lit
23 What cowboys may carry; what may carry cowboys (5) COLTS [DD]
25 Primarily, announcement showing incredulity flatly! (2,2) AS IF Acrostic &lit

Reference List
Large = L. About = C, Year = Y, Good = G, British = BR

11 comments:

  1. Special at 10:30 by new setter Veeyares

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  2. Maybe the gentleman or lady has much time to indulge in crosswords after accepting the offer from BSNL or some other PSU.

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  3. He is just saying WE ARE US. Crossword solvers and setters in this blog.

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  4. 25d col, could "!" be the def here.

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