ACROSS
1 Comedian’s repertoire — showing butt (8,5) LAUGHING STOCK (DD?)
8 Backs staff on the contrary, leaving director unhappy (5) DORSA {ROD<=}{SAd}
9 Mischievous rogue, one finding spot primarily arousing sexual desire (9) EROGENOUS {ROGUE+ONE+Spot*}
11 Unattractive, frightfully pale — developing suntan outside (10) UNPLEASANT {SUNTAN*} around {PALE*}
12 Row in river behind moor (4) TIER {TIE}{R}
14 Drunkard in hole, staggering in African country (7) LESOTHO {HOLE*} around {SOT}
16 One getting fired in England, overwhelmed by shock (4,3) STEN GUN {ST{EN G}UN}
17 Extremely floral spot in spring (7) FLOUNCE {FL}{OUNCE}
19 Beastly youngster, ultimately blotto in club, tottering (4,3) LION CUB {blottO+IN+CLUB*}
22 Broad is oddly sick after swilling lager beer (5-5) LARGE SCALE {LAGER*}{SiCk}{ALE}
25 Train crashed, crushing old actor specialising in sad roles (9) TRAGEDIAN {TRAIN*} around {AGED}
26 Hit the bottle hard finally, disgusting (5) DRANK {harD}{RANK}
27 Reach London slyly to meet Queen in secret (4,3,6) HOLE AND CORNER {REACH+LONDON*}{ER}
DOWN
2 Advanced brace reviewed, very suitable (7) APROPOS {A}{PROP}{SO<=}
3 Finished going round wonderful saint’s memorial (10) GRAVESTONE {G{RAVE}{ST}ONE}
5 High on LSD, urge to get weed (9) GROUNDSEL {ON+LSD+URGE*}
7 Preparing to talk amorously, seeking relations with girl (7) COOKING {COO}{KIN}{G}
8 Disbelief about foul ale served — leaving over bad service again (6,5) DOUBLE FAULT {DOUB{FoUL+ALE*}T}
10 Tell about group getting case of beer for Easter holiday (6,5) SPRING BREAK {SP{RING}{BeeR}EAK}
13 Review board, right to catch fraud (10) RECONSIDER {RE{CON}SIDE}{R}
15 Choice includes reconstructing ear in surgery (9) OPERATION {OPT{EAR*}ION}
18 Aromatic herb and eggs over cooking range (7) OREGANO {O{RANGE*}O}
20 Fake created by artist in African country, close to immaculate (7) CHARADE {CHA{RA}D}{immaculatE}
23 Good film in retrospect, relating to units of heredity (5) GENIC {G}{CINE<=}
24 Join girl leaving lake (4) MERE {MERgE}
Reference List
Director=D, River=R, Drunkard=Sot, England=Eng, Queen=ER
Advanced=A, Very=So, Saint=St, Woman=W, T-Shirt=Tee, Girl=G, Over=O, Right=R, Eggs=OO, Artist=Ra, Good=G, Girl=G
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
1a C&DD. Butt:laughing stock direct def.
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ReplyDeleteVery enjoyable puzzle by dr X today inspired me to write a small piece.
ReplyDeleteI endorse.
DeleteTaking a SPRING BREAK to a visit to a safari at LESOTHO, David got excited by the sight of LION CUBS. Leaving his STEN GUN and closing in for a better view, he failed to see the mother Lion that FLOUNCED on him. That was the end of it. Getting his body back turned out a LARGE SCALE OPERATION for his mate Peter.
ReplyDeleteIn this trip David was sadly handicapped by the absence of his team mate Peter then held up at UGEP on a charge of drug trafficking! All Peter did was to collect some OREGANO and GROUNDSEL seed samples. It was however considered a DOUBLE FAULT of peddling and unauthorized use of local produce. Peter had to resort to a HOLE AND CORNER OPERATION arranging some EROGENOUS activity and COOKING up a story for local officials to buy his release.
Hearing the news and overcome by grief like a TRAGEDIAN Peter rushed to Durban en-route LESOTHO. Covered by a worn out TWEED jacket, with balding (result of ILEUS) head, bent countenance and partially tanned appearance rendered him not very photoGENIC, in fact made him the LAUGHING STOCK of on lookers. Unmindful he set out to seek the release of his brave mentor David. He had to cross several TIERs of red tape but eventually managed to get the body to Durban and set up a GRAVESTONE for his mentor.
ReplyDeleteRecalling the UNPLEASANT experience as he DRANK a much needed W&S, Peter sad decided never to travel on a safari again. Hopefully he would RECONSIDER this after a while.
Nicely written tale piece. I hope that this is a MERE beginning and LARGE SCALE production of tale pieces from Ramesh may follow.
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DeleteBravo Ramesh! 2 Ramesh's in operation- one for blogging and yourself for the sad story of a Safari man turned hunter- befitting a splendid CW by Doc.
ReplyDeleteHeartfelt Thanks to all of you a bright start to the day.
Beautiful tale piece!
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