Solution to 16A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.
ACROSS
1 Alien escaping from petri dishes running like an insect (9) SPIDERISH {PetRI+DISHES}*
6 Muslim leader’s civilian dress (5) MUFTI [DD]
9 About to be blocked by referees, half-back’s starting to jog (7) REFRESH {REF{RE}S}{Ha...k}
10 Yoga — mostly pain that could be delicious (7) YOGHURT {YOGa}{HURT}
11 Dinar hit bottom (5) NADIR*
12 Bring back forces in front of gallery (9) REINSTATE {REINS}{TATE}
13 Mean cat in Delhi turned real weird (9) ILLIBERAL {BILLI<=}{REAL*}
15 Country after getting Western help... (5) INDIA {IN}{AID<=}
16 ... clearing poverty essentially and happy to be advancing (5) G?A?E (Addendum - GLADE {povErty}<=>{GLAD} - See comments)
18 Gum showing XXXs in which history is described...? (4,5) PAST TENSE {PAST{TENS}E}
20 Central air-conditioners blowing to let out nasty A&E ‘odor’ (9) INTRINSIC {aIR+CoNdITIoNerS}*
23 Gypsy would swap village for 1000 bucks, all right! (5) ROGER RO(-v+g)GER
24 Section of lintel is somewhat flexible (7) LISSOME [T]
25 No good megarich, sad monster (7) CHIMERA MEgARICH*
26 Youth’s mainly young and small (5) TEENY {TEEN}{Yo..g}
27 When one’s ticker stops, one expires (9) STOPWATCH [CD]
DOWN
1 Who’s an introvert — Viole.. Viol...Vio ...? (9,6) SHRINKING VIOLET Definition by example
2 Communist leader followed popular athiest (7) INFIDEL {FIDEL}<=>{IN}
4 What flows ethereally within harpsichords (5) ICHOR [T]
5 Dynamic life in shady lively meadow (9) HAYFIELDS {HAY{LIFE*}DS*}
6 Sorcerer’s pictures intriguingly starting to disappear (5) MAGES iMAGES
7 Fabric’s dirty — being on a road (7) FOULARD {FOUL}{A}{RD}
14 Representative’s defeats left out on Senate resume (9) REPOSSESS {REP}{lOSSES}{Se...e}
15 We’re in TV, perhaps one’s engrossed audience (9) INTERVIEW* {WERE+IN+TV}* over {1}
17 Performer’s attires require alteration (7) ARTISTE*
19 Ignore new vote, including Georgia’s primary (7) NEGLECT {N}{E{Ge...a}LECT}
21 White gold stolen by climber (5) IVORY {IV{OR}Y}
Reference List
Alien = ET, About = RE, Gallery = TATE, Cat in Hindi = BILLI, Village = V, 1000$ = G, Good = G, Popular = IN, River = R, Road = RD, Drug = E, Left = L, Senate = S, New = N, Gold = OR, California = CA
Happy Bhogi!
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Delete16a. CLEARING povErty essentially and happy to be advancing. GLADE. {glad}{e}
ReplyDeleteGood puzzle by Bruno. Nice clueing for 1dn. 18a and 21dn were nice clues. I was glad about 16ac. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteIs ivory white or off-white? I hesitated before filling.
ReplyDeleteFilled in Cocoa and had to change after getting crossings.
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Delete15AHow does one get IN for Western
ReplyDeletewestern is reversal indicator. perhaps getting western.
ReplyDeleteBut where did IN come from? Country? what does the ellipsis at the indindicate? Anyone care to clarify?
This is reply to N Sridhar,for 15A
DeleteGetting = Acquiring = In
DeleteIs not 'from the East' a reversal indicator in Ac.clues?
DeleteIn = After
Delete3 after (a period of time) • Come back in an hour • It will be ready in one minute
Enjoyable Puzzle. Shrinking Violet and Past Tense were the two favourites for a newly designed grid from Bruno.
ReplyDeleteShrinking Violet was my COD. Nicely done.
DeleteEnjoyable crossword from Bruno. Loved the cluing for Intrinsic.
ReplyDelete9A. s in referees to appear in colour.
ReplyDeleteFrom referees only re is taken and that is indicated in colour. We get Re from about as given in Ref list below.
ReplyDeleteSorry. S has to be coloured.
ReplyDeletegetting used to the puzzles si
ReplyDeleteShrinking Violet & Past Tense were really nice.
ReplyDeleteI also got stuck with COCOA instead of CACAO.
On top of it i filled HEARTBEAT for 27ac (which looks like a plausible answer) Had to redo the complete SE corner.