Across
7 Cast off top of silo — see, it’s disgusting (6) SLOUGH {Silo}{LO}{UGH}
8 Omit // to jump too much? (8) OVERSKIP (DD)
9 Without being seen, a French ped’s collapsed over one (8) UNESPIED {UNE}{PEDS*} over {I}
10 Country is for real revolutionary (6) ISRAEL {IS}{REAL*}
11 Pass by old girl leaning back — really large (8) COLOSSAL {COL}{O}{LASS<=}
13 Calm down everybody at the far limits of bay (5) ALLAY {ALL}{bAY}
14 Every consignment, given credit at first, will pass fully (4,3,3,5) TICK ALL THE BOXES {TICK}{ALL}{THE BOXES}
17 Superhuman boy leaves a Greek order (5) IONIC {bIONIC}
19 Disappear after pocketing a diamond in an adventure (8) ESCAPADE {ESCAP{A}{D}E}
21 Apprehended for the bed, say (6) CAUGHT {~COT}
22 Rats! Game’s spoilt by big celebrity (8) MEGASTAR {RATS+GAME*}
24 Bread’s in pieces — have to press on! (4,4) BEAR DOWN {BREAD*}{OWN}
25 Demand fellows, leaving out first of them, to follow (6) ENTAIL {mEN}{TAIL}
2 Good to remove part of rifle (8) GUNSTOCK {G}{UNSTOCK}
3 In which presidents of meetings sit, no doubt (6) CHAIRS (CD)
4 Fine food shop with choice bit of old (8) DELICATE {DELI}{CATE} Anno thanks to Col.
5 Of the stars in a past rally (6) ASTRAL (T)
6 S u s t a i n e d? (6,4) WIDELY HELD (Rebus type clue, Sustained=Held, with extra spacing=>Widely Held)
8 Might he relate a rags-to-riches story later? (3,7,3) OLD CLOTHES MAN (CD)
12 Begins a rite — go in happily with saint (10) ORIGINATES {A+RITE+GO+IN*}{S}
15 See action unfolding in place (8) LOCATION {LO}{ACTION*}
16 Against work at river area (8) OPPOSITE {OP}{PO}{SITE}
18 One newspaper with a piece of news is up in Andhra Pradesh town (6) NAGARI {I}{RAG}{A}{News}<=
20 Fancy benign, sweet conclusions by bird (6) CYGNET {fanCY}{beniGN}{sweET}
8 Omit // to jump too much? (8) OVERSKIP (DD)
9 Without being seen, a French ped’s collapsed over one (8) UNESPIED {UNE}{PEDS*} over {I}
10 Country is for real revolutionary (6) ISRAEL {IS}{REAL*}
11 Pass by old girl leaning back — really large (8) COLOSSAL {COL}{O}{LASS<=}
13 Calm down everybody at the far limits of bay (5) ALLAY {ALL}{
14 Every consignment, given credit at first, will pass fully (4,3,3,5) TICK ALL THE BOXES {TICK}{ALL}{THE BOXES}
17 Superhuman boy leaves a Greek order (5) IONIC {
19 Disappear after pocketing a diamond in an adventure (8) ESCAPADE {ESCAP{A}{D}E}
21 Apprehended for the bed, say (6) CAUGHT {~COT}
22 Rats! Game’s spoilt by big celebrity (8) MEGASTAR {RATS+GAME*}
24 Bread’s in pieces — have to press on! (4,4) BEAR DOWN {BREAD*}{OWN}
25 Demand fellows, leaving out first of them, to follow (6) ENTAIL {
Down
1 Style borrowed from Melania (4) ELAN (T)2 Good to remove part of rifle (8) GUNSTOCK {G}{UNSTOCK}
3 In which presidents of meetings sit, no doubt (6) CHAIRS (CD)
4 Fine food shop with choice bit of old (8) DELICATE {DELI}{CATE} Anno thanks to Col.
5 Of the stars in a past rally (6) ASTRAL (T)
6 S u s t a i n e d? (6,4) WIDELY HELD (Rebus type clue, Sustained=Held, with extra spacing=>Widely Held)
8 Might he relate a rags-to-riches story later? (3,7,3) OLD CLOTHES MAN (CD)
12 Begins a rite — go in happily with saint (10) ORIGINATES {A+RITE+GO+IN*}{S}
15 See action unfolding in place (8) LOCATION {LO}{ACTION*}
16 Against work at river area (8) OPPOSITE {OP}{PO}{SITE}
18 One newspaper with a piece of news is up in Andhra Pradesh town (6) NAGARI {I}{RAG}{A}{N
20 Fancy benign, sweet conclusions by bird (6) CYGNET {
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23 A cricket team’s turning point (4) AXIS {A}{XI}{S}
Reference List
See=Lo, A French=Une, One=I, Pass=Col, Old=O, Boy=B, Diamond=D
Good=G, Saint=S, See=Lo, Work=Op, River=Po, One=I, Newspaper=Rag, Cricket team=XI
Good=G, Saint=S, See=Lo, Work=Op, River=Po, One=I, Newspaper=Rag, Cricket team=XI
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
Nice puzzle! Widely held was nicely done.
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DeleteLiked his visit to AP town too.
Very nice puzzle. My favourites are widely held and tick all the boxes.
ReplyDeleteA doubt. 19A without 'after' and 3D without 'no doubt', won't the clues still make sense?
ReplyDeleteYes. But what the setter thought at that time,only he can tell
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