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5 Treat tachycardia to save associate (6) ATTACH [T]
24 Able to translate and speak Polish (9) ELABORATE {ABLE*}{ORATE}
26 Italian boy penning one epic poem (5) ILIAD {I}{L{1}AD}
How time flies. It's been exactly two months to the day since Raju left us for a better place above. Missing his comment today about Husband, Wife and Son in a Dr. X crossword.
ACROSS
1 One making furniture in a corner, surrounded by heaps (8) MAHOGANY {M{A}{HOG}ANY}
10 Asian city, Tokyo perhaps (5) KYOTO*
11 Gorgeous girl, extremely passionate (9) GLAMOROUS {GirL}{AMOROUS}
12 Latest score around start of football bulletin (4,5) NEWS FLASH {NEW}{S{Fo...lL}LASH}
13 Cry of student overwhelmed by stress (5) BLEAT {B{L}EAT}
14 One regretted going topless after consuming dope (6) UNITED {rU{NIT}ED}
15 Screen actors gathering to perform again (7) REENACT [T]
18 Degenerate stealing traditional oriental flower-shaped decoration (7) ROSETTE {RO{SET}T}{E}
20 Son, unenthusiastic about hard tutor (6) SCHOOL {S}{C{H}OOL}
22 Criminal eating a soft fattened fowl (5) CAPON {C{A}{P}ON}
25 Catholic Union involved in organising immense movement for Christian unity (9) ECUMENISM {E{C}{U}MENISM}
27 Desperate haste by husband for condom (6) SHEATH {HASTE*}{H}
28 Vocal after consuming one alcoholic drink in opening (8) ORIGINAL {OR{1}{GIN}AL}
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2 Gangster prevails, conducting many swindles (9) HOODWINKS {HOOD}{WIN{K}S}
3 Blunder by big broker wielding clout to talk irrelevantly (2,3,2,1,7) GO OFF AT A TANGENT {GOOF}{FAT}{A{TAN}GENT}
4 Miser hauling a bit of gold away on retirement (7) NIGGARD DRAGGINg<=
6 Solving problem that a nervous cameraman might have? (7-8) TROUBLE-SHOOTING [DD]
7 Enthralled by alcoholic drink, performing solo (5) ALONE {AL{ON}E}
8 Wait in hospital area outside front of ICU (8) HESITATE {H}{ES{Icu}TATE}
9 A little anxiety after Right topples Left (6) RATHER (-l+r)RATHER
16 Praise a king for new grant (9) ADORATION {A}{DO(-n+r)RATION)
17 Stupidly wrecks car! Wife goes bonkers (8) CRACKERS {wRECKS+CAR}*
19 Mention about tackling case of migraine causing vomiting (6) EMETIC {E{Mi...nE}TIC<=}
20 Receiving wallop, ignores a slur in prison (7) SLAMMER {S{LAM}MEaR}
21 Fellows escorted revolutionary Austrian scientist (6) MENDEL {MEN}{LED<=}
23 Go into gym to become trim (5) PRUNE {P{RUN}E}
Reference List
Student = L, Oriental = E, Son = S, Hard = H, Soft = P, Catholic = C, Union = U, Italian = I, Husband = H, Grand = G, Many = K, Hospital = H, Right = R, Left = L, King = R, New = N, Wife = W, Gym = PE
1D. MEKONG Anagram of MONKEY - {Y} + {G}
ReplyDelete10A. KYOTO Anagram of TOKYO
1D Annotation is incomplete
Delete17D. CRACKERS - WRECKS CAR - {W} (of wife)
ReplyDeleteAnnotation incomplete. WRECKS CAR - W = RECKSCAR
Delete15A. REENACT {T}
ReplyDelete6D TROUBLE SHOOTING : Solving problems (meaning), or a nervous cameraman might have trouble shooting (nice play!).
ReplyDelete21D MENDEL - {MEN}{LED}<= : Fellows = MEN, escorted = LED, revolutionary (read backwards) = DEL. Austrian Scientist (meaning).
27AC SHEATH - {HASTE}*H - Desperate(anagram of) haste + H from Husband = condom (meaning).
25a (C)atholic (U)nion IMMENSE
ReplyDeleteanagram of C U IMMENSE ECUMENISM
19A Degenerate ROT tradition SET Oriental E ROT SET E anagram ROSETTE Flower shaped
Relook anno's.
DeleteMendel is not an Austrian scientist though born in Moravia. He is recognised as a Czech scientist plesse
Delete25A def CHRISTIAN UNITY
ReplyDelete22a. Capon Criminal = CON, P for soft, so C{A}{P}ON
ReplyDelete1A. {M{A}{HOG}ANY}
ReplyDelete11A. GLAMOROUS. {G ir L]{AMOROUS}
12A. {NEW}{S{F}LASH}
20A. {S}{C{H}OOL}
28A. {OR{I}{GIN}AL}
5.ac.attach at from treat and tach from tachycardia
ReplyDelete10.ac. Kyoto rearranging letters from Tokyo
1.dn. Mekong monkey minus y and g from grand
17.dn.crackers wreckers car minus w and rearranging
Anno for 1D is incomplete
DeleteGreat crossword. I got 3D slightly wrong (should've tried harder to parse the cryptic clue instead of relying on the definition alone), making 14A also unsolvable.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mr Biswas 🙏
Delete4D- Niggard; retirement of Dragging and bit of golf- g away; meaning - miser.
ReplyDelete11A- Glamorous meaning gorgeous; g(ir)l extremely; amorous- passionate.
8D- Hesitate; H- hospital; area- estate; I- front of ICU
8D annotation is incomplete
DeleteWait - hesitate; hes(i) tate
DeleteReally great crossword. Looked easy as most of the squares could be filled up on a little reflection. From 9.15 onwards I struggled with just two clues, but a sudden flash helped solve it, indicating how stupid I was in parsing one of them.Thamk you for anice treat.
ReplyDeleteGlad you could crack all AJ👍
Delete21D- Mendel - Austrian scientist; fellows- men; escorted- led revolutionary- del.
ReplyDelete15D- Adoration; A plus dor(n) action- r - king replaces n- new. Thanks
Praise- Adoration
ReplyDelete2dn HOODWINKS. {HOOD}{WIN{K}S}
ReplyDelete4dn NIGGARD . { DRAGGIN (-Gold)<=}
3dn GO OFF AT A TANGENT. {GOOF}{FAT} {A{TAN}GENT}
8dn HESITATE. {H}{ES{Icu}TATE}
7dn ALONE . {AL{ON}E}
I got the answer but couldn't get Anno for K alone. Gangster = hood, prevails = wins. K from?
DeleteK - thousand - many
Delete'Many' can be C,K,D,L,M.
DeleteHow many!
Delete26A. Italian boy penning one EPIC POEM. ILIAD. {I}{L{I}AD}.
ReplyDelete14A UNITED; one; {rU{NIT}ED}
ReplyDelete24a
ReplyDeleteELABORATE: polish
ELAB( able*) ORATE( speak)
To translate is anagram indicator
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ReplyDeleteAJ Madam beat me to the draw
DeleteYou still have 19 D and 13A
Delete9D.A LITTLE anxiety after Right topples Left.RATHER. LATHER -L+R
ReplyDeleteAnno can be fine tuned.
Delete13A yet to be solved.
ReplyDelete13A.Cry of student overwhelmed by stress. BLEAT. {B{L}EAT}
ReplyDelete23 D go(RUN) into gym(PE) to become
ReplyDeletetrim(PRUNE)
19D Mention = cite, about - cite becomes etic
ReplyDeleteCase of M(igrain)e = me
E(me)tic = causing vomitting
23D go = run, gym = pe
ReplyDeleteP(run)e = trim
20D wallop = lam
ReplyDeleteSlur = smear, ignores a = smer
S(lam)mer = prison
25A Catholic union = cu
ReplyDeleteCu involved in organising immense
E(cu)menism (from organising immense) = movement for catholic unity
Only correct 18A annotation is pending
ReplyDelete18Ac Anno:{RO{SET}T}{E}
ReplyDelete18A (RO(SET)T)E
ReplyDeleteAll done. I will be updating the main post at 2 PM today as I have to go out.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your comments on our beloved friend, Rajugaru.
ReplyDeleteI used to get a call from him every fortnight and I miss those times forever now.
Yes, I very much miss Raju's comments. Time flies by indeed...
DeleteExactly what I think whenever we get husband/wife in Dr.X CW.
DeleteMiss you Raju.
Delete9D (R) (-lATHER) imu. lather after R, top-Less left (deletion indicator)
ReplyDeleteHi Prasad. The anno given by Col is the correct one. (Anxiety=)Lather after R topples L becomes Rather.
DeleteAlso the word is 'topples' not 'topless' so I dont see how that can work.
Sorry, must have misread while solving in IA version.
Deleteoutstanding puzzles by Dr.X. usually i need more practice to solve Dr. puzzles. Today harly I attempted . but only 5 were right. 23D....took too long time such an easy puzzle. I got PE. but struggled for @RUN'.....thanks to Dr. missing KKR comments now-a-days.
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