No 13436, Friday 24 Dec 2021, Dr. X

Rangoli by Gowri

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ACROSS

1   Loves to bicker about husband getting overwhelmed by drinks (8) WORSHIPS  {ROW<=}{S{H}IPS}

5   Paramour dumps man, one giving trouble (6) STRESS miSTRESS

10 Enthralled by pot, artist set out to create masterpiece (7) PARAGON {PA{RA}{GO}N}

11 Thought of poison in cocktail to get rid of missus finally (7) OPINION {POIsON+IN}*

12 Calculate deposit on retirement, taking no time (3,2) TOT UP {PUT}<= over {0}{T

13 Battery problem in highway (9) ARTILLERY {ART{ILL}ERY}

14 Nonsense continues after fellow gets ultimately sozzled in lounge (12) FIDDLESTICKS {F}{ID{s...eD}LES}{TICKS}

18 Unable to understand complicated new theories about origin of neutrons (4,3,5) NONE THE WISER {NEW+THEORIES}* over {Ne...s}

21 Crew accompanied by director checked range of frequencies (9) BANDWIDTH {BAND}{WI{D}TH}

23 Run out off no-ball results in reversal (1-4) U-TURN {RUN+oUT}*

24 At eastern border of Uri, sniper prepared to fire (7) INSPIRE {urI+SNIPER}*

25 Untie box in pile, cutting cable at centre (7) UNHITCH {bUN{HIT}CH}

26 Harry turns to inspect platform for crane (6) GANTRY {NAG<=}{TRY}

27 Excited by master swimming against the current (8) UPSTREAM {UP}{MASTER*}

DOWN

1   Going around park, halt in front of one large deer (6) WAPITI {WA{P}IT}{1}

2   Find courage to go topless in stream (6) RARITY {RA{gRIT}Y}

3   Intoxicated on beer, consuming pot heartily is the best part (4,5) HIGH POINT {HIGH}{P{pOt}INT}

4   Cutting a boil lessened pain and numbness (4,3,7) PINS AND NEEDLES {LESSENED+PAIN+aND}*

6   Warble in delight after leaving hospital (5) TRILL ThRILL

7   Old and cold, consuming dope in distress (8) EXIGENCY {EX}{I{GEN}CY}

8   Hindu ascetic in New York, welcomed by organisation of Asians (8) SANNYASI {SAN{NY}ASI*}

9   Why one might raise the bar — about to be reprimanded (3,3,4,4) FOR THE HIGH JUMP [DD]

15 Hundred crushed by the brute’s dreadful missile launcher (9) TREBUCHET {C} in {THE+BRUTE}*

16 Helping fisherman essentially to catch fish (8) ENABLING {f..hEr..m}{NAB}{LING}

17 Popular merger brings in latest of technologies together (2,6) IN UNISON {IN}{UNI{t...eS}ON}

19 Wooster essentially saved by Jeeves say, runs away in hurry (6) BUSTLE {BU{wooSter}TLEr}

20 Plan the music to conduct choral composition (6) ANTHEM [T]

22 Author wants conclusion of plot to be more twisted (5) WRIER WRItER

Reference List

Husband = H, Man = M, Arist = RA(Royal academician), Time = T, Fellow = F, Director = D, Park = P, Hospital = H, Dope = GEN, Hundred = C, Runs = R