Solution to 24D 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 Exhaust all resources to make the room secure? (5,4,4) SHOOT ONES BOLT [DD]
8 Backing curate to masterfully conduct a choral composition (5) MOTET [T<=]
9 Primarily boisterous saying, knocking back drink (7,2) BOTTOMS UP {Bo...s}{MOTTO<=}{SUP} &lit
12 A kid going back for jelly (4) AGAR {A}{RAG<=}
16 Girl cuddling rascal on ecstasy in university (7) ACADEMY {A{CAD}{E}MY}
17 Shall he also pick up herbal plant regarded as panacea? (7) ALLHEAL [T]
19 Found duke leaving to get hold of new cloak (7) ENVELOP {dE{N}VELOP}
21 Unpunctual son ignored reprimand (4) LATE sLATE
22 Preparing dosa and sambar for envoy (10) AMBASSADOR*
25 Anxiously argue about Republican lazily tackling onset of epidemic (9) WORRIEDLY {ROW<=}{R}{I{Ep...c}DLY}
26 Ball covered by dew becoming wet (5) MOIST {M{O}IST}
27 Praise clothing salesmen liberally for uprightness (13) BLAMELESSNESS {BL{SALESMEN*}ESS}
DOWN
2 The flu spreading around area is nasty (7) HATEFUL {THE+FLU}* over {A}
3 Very rebellious actress, single, going wild in bars (10) OSTRACISES {SO<=}{ACTRESS+1}*
4 Book penned by apprentice about revolution (5) ORBIT {TI{B}RO}<=
5 Remove old bug climbing in drain (9) EXTIRPATE {EX}{TIR{TAP<=}E}
6 Lout in raid about to steal ring (4) BOOR {RO{O}B<=}
7 Rising flatulence, tucking into street food (7) LASAGNE {LA{GAS<=}NE}
10 Character gets tipsy at last on liquor in festive atmosphere (5,6) PARTY SPIRIT {PART}{t..sY}{SPIRIT}
13 Suffering after picking up undergarment with an arachnid (10) HARVESTMAN {HAR{VEST}M}{AN}
18 Drunk, real smashed to be precise (7) LITERAL {LIT}{REAL*}
20 Young men and women drinking vodka heartily (7) LADDIES {LAD{voDka}IES}
23 Mule crossing extremely bumpy canyon (5) ABYSS {A{BumpY}SS}
24 Endless feud over money causing concern (4) ?I?M (Addendum - FIRM {RIFt<=}{M} - See comments)
Reference List
Drink = SUP, Engineers = RE, Many = L, Ecstasy = E, Duke = D, New = N, Son = S, Republican = R, Area = A, Book = B, Old = EX, Man = M, Money = M
Surprisingly none of the Novices/non-regulars are attempting 24D
ReplyDeleteGot the answer. Struggling with the anno
Delete24D FIRM {FIRE-E}{M} is a concern, Feud is Fire , M from money
ReplyDeleteParsing is not correct. Please recheck.
Delete24d. FIRM( concern _ business). Fued fire - e FIR + M for money
ReplyDeleteIncorrect parsing. Kindly recheck.
DeleteAppetising CW from Doc.,what with Lasagne,marshmallow,Ambassador.
ReplyDeleteI meant dosa- sambar!!
DeleteEnjoy the dosa and sambar Paddy. Bon appetit! ๐
Delete24D feud = rift, endless = rif(-e), over => fir, money = m, fir+m = firm = concern.
ReplyDeleteRIF(-t) <= + M.
DeleteWell done Sujatha ๐
But Sujatha is a seasoned player , not a novice.Thomphil
Deletegood solve. Ms sujatha...
Delete@Unknown. Seasoned? Thank you but I am undeserving of that praise. I still struggle on a daily basis and look up to this blog to learn more. I managed to get this one right, today.
DeleteThanks all the same.
All of us took 'over'as on top of in stead of reversal indicator. Good thinking- both setter and solver.
ReplyDeleteWhen I opened the online paper, the grid has no enus at all. I took it to solve. 5DN was the last to fall.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dr. for the challenge
Yes, the enum was missing. It was corrected around 7am.
DeleteDr X back to his entertaining BEST in today's crossword. Loved the exercise. Many CODs today for me.. 9ac, 14ac, 16 ac, 19 ac, 3dn, 5dn, 7dn & 10 dn. 13 down was new to me.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Mr Prasad ๐. Nice to know what you liked. 13D is perhaps more popularly known as Daddy Longlegs.
DeleteEntertaining? Not exactly.It was frustrating.Thomphil
DeleteThomphil, the grapes are always sour for you!!
DeleteExcept for extirpate and refractory, the rest was a breeze. I think the doctor will make me eat my words by setting a real humdinger next :-)
ReplyDeleteNot at all. Glad it was a breeze for you Maya. But of course, you are a good solver. So that is hardly unexpected ๐
DeleteDoc - i solved all but didn't parse many including FIRM, EXTIRPATE, BOTTOMS UP & ORBIT. So actually tough. ๐
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