ACROSS
5 Throw out scarf in show of gratitude (5,3) THANK YOU {HANKY} in {OUT*}
9 Head of Grammar getting lost in variants of “Though” and “About” — essentially, it is all-round confusion (4,4) TOHU BOHU {THOUgH+aBOUt*}
11 Architects of the Constitution? (4-8) BODY BUILDERS (CD)
13 Far Eastern housing quarter (4) AREA (T)
14 Taxpayer — sucker! wrongly sees rebate at the end (8) ASSESSEE {ASS}{SEES*}{rebatE}
17 Time travel could be cool in the beginning (8) INTERVAL {IN}{TRAVEL*}
18 What is served in high teas (4) EATS {TEAS*} &lit
20 Vehicle starting to accelerate during a universal magic trick show (12) AUTORICKSHAW {A}{U}{TRICK+SHOW*} around {Accelerate}
23 Bill returned to meet cousin without appointment (4-2) WALK-IN {LAW<=}{KIN}
24 Article about local river having sulphur, naphtha, turpentine etc (8) THINNERS {TH{INN}E}{R}{S}
25 It doesn’t change form of fresh promo — simply goes around (8) ISOMORPH (T<=)
26 Teacher: “According to Newton’s second law, force affects rest” (6) MASTER {MA}{REST*}
DOWN
2 Rigid seaweed is pulled up (4) IRON {NORI<=}
3 A dense figure cast a shadow (9) ADUMBRATE {A}{DUMB}{RATE}
4 Empty large boxes for eggs (6) OVOIDS {O{VOID}S}
5 Profile new hit albums played on sailing vessel (9,6) THUMBNAIL SKETCH {N+HIT+ALBUMS*}{KETCH}
6 Coordinate review of classics, basically (8) ABSCISSA (T<=)
7 Flustered Queen stripped completely and followed King for massage (5) KNEAD {K}{quEen+AND*}
8 Doctor sent robust medicines to block passages (10) OBSTRUENTS {SENT+ROBUST*}Are obstruents medicines? See comments
12 Some of our predecessors called out without getting answer (10) ORANGUTANS {O{RANG}UT}{ANS}
15 Pen about the lady’s long coats (9) SHERWANIS {S{HER}WAN}{IS}
3 A dense figure cast a shadow (9) ADUMBRATE {A}{DUMB}{RATE}
4 Empty large boxes for eggs (6) OVOIDS {O{VOID}S}
5 Profile new hit albums played on sailing vessel (9,6) THUMBNAIL SKETCH {N+HIT+ALBUMS*}{KETCH}
6 Coordinate review of classics, basically (8) ABSCISSA (T<=)
7 Flustered Queen stripped completely and followed King for massage (5) KNEAD {K}{
8 Doctor sent robust medicines to block passages (10) OBSTRUENTS {SENT+ROBUST*}
12 Some of our predecessors called out without getting answer (10) ORANGUTANS {O{RANG}UT}{ANS}
15 Pen about the lady’s long coats (9) SHERWANIS {S{HER}WAN}{IS}
16 One coming out of fancy drive-in restaurant at East End around noon, for a ready-to-eat meal (2,6) TV-DINNER {DR
19 Indian spiritual leader entranced by those girls — divine faith (6) THEISM {THE{I}{S
21 Strand of rope obtained from tree on the foothills of Kathmandu and Sikkim (5) OAKUM {OAK}{
22 Disengage charge-carrying conductor’s base (4) FREE {F{
Reference List
Love=O, Universal=U, Article=The, Local=Inn, River=R, Sulphur=S
Large=OS, King=K, One=I, Noon=N, Indian=I
Large=OS, King=K, One=I, Noon=N, Indian=I
Colour/Font Scheme
Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word, Reference list word, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Opposite indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous
8d Loparamide is an example.
ReplyDeleteI am not a medical person. Here is the dictionary reference
Deletehttps://www.dictionary.com/browse/obstruent
Lovely puzzle. A few new words, some unique ones. My COD Master.
ReplyDeleteThank you Avtaar.
Could you please explain MA in master
DeleteForce= mass*acceleration
DeleteYes, Sree sree. Force = ma as per Newton's second law
DeleteThanks a ton, Vasant, for the feedback
DeleteThank you Avtaar for a lovely puzzles. I had many favourites today lie Body Builders, Thumbnail Sketch, autorickshaw, oakum, obstruents, isomorph etc. I got them all except TV dinner. I guessed dinner but not TV. Enjoyed thoroughly.
ReplyDeleteThank you AJ
DeleteCorrection: read lie as like and puzzles as puzzle.
ReplyDeleteThere once lived two brothers, twins in fact, going by the fancy names of TOHU and BOHU.
ReplyDeleteThey were BODY BUILDERS. When ever they went out, they wore fancy SHERWANIS.
A READY-TO-EAT MEAL? FREE? They would just say THANK YOU and gobble it up.
Their EATS went on without not many INTERVALS!
The amassed wealth from their shows displaying their bodies...
But their MASTER who was an auditor insisted that they in their THUMB NAIL SKETCHES declare themselves as Actors!!!
Good one.
DeleteReminds me of curious case of Tendulkar, actor or cricketer!
That is the reference...
DeleteSuper Bhargavji
DeleteInteresting. any elaboration? I don't remember reading about this.
ReplyDeletehttps://taxguru.in/income-tax/sachin-tendulkar-actor-cricketer.html?amp
DeleteThank you CGB. Interesting. I missed reading about it earlier. We always get here lots of interesting titbits away from CW as well. Hail the blog. And thanks of course to Sree- I would not have got it but for his pointing out.
DeleteGem of a puzzle. Many lovely clues. Had to take on-line help for GITANO, TOHUBOHU, SHEESH, OAKUM, and for verification of TV DINNER and OBSTRUENTS, all new words to me. Thanks Avtar.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jacob for the feedback 🙏
DeleteThe e-paper has the enumeration for 9A as (8)
ReplyDeleteLet's see if we get a regret note tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteCan you pls explain 'time travel can be cool in the beginning' and answer 'interval'?
ReplyDeleteTime = interval
DeleteCool = in
Travel could be is anagram indicator
IN(cool)+anagram of TRAVEL
DeleteCan u parse Sherwanis? I did not get it.
ReplyDeleteAlso i TV DINNER I took it as drive -i + inn (restaurant) + t (east end). Did not know what to do with noon. 😊
See the annotations in the main post. In case you still can't get it then let me know
DeleteI have already seen that. I still did not get pen vs swan & how do u get is @ the end?
DeleteA Pen is a female swan
Delete's can be read as IS
Thank you Col
DeleteThank you Col. Didnt know that.
DeleteIn TV DINNER*
ReplyDelete