ACROSS
8 Open mouth gobbles apple pie enchiladas for starters (4) GAPE Acrostic
9 Guide animal, perhaps (5) STEER [DD]
10 Bank in Fourviere, Lyon (4) RELY [T]
12 Takes on board cruiser cruising around middle of Adriatic Sea (8) RECRUITS {RECRUI{a...aT...a}S*}
15 A college official consumes head of newt from the South American mountain range (6) ANDEAN {A}{Newt}{DEAN}
19 Churchman takes in Victor in place of Mike, a soldier of the lowest rank (7) PRIVATE PRI(-m+v)VATE
22 Reportedly hawks cycle parts (6) PEDALS (~peddles)
24 Fans ride rams excitedly (8) ADMIRERS*
32 Tuna cooked for relative (4) AUNT*
DOWN
1 Bread money (4) CASH [DD]
2 Royal Engineers wrongly repeat quick and witty reply (8) REPARTEE {RE}{REPEAT*}
3 A complicated maths problem, perhaps (6) ASTHMA {A}{MATHS*}
5 Without using tenon, North American assembled a piece of furniture (8) ARMCHAIR {noRtH+AMeRICAn}
6 Powdered girl has cartridge (6) GROUND {G}{ROUND}
7 Site plan (4) PLOT [DD]
14 Support two (5) BRACE [DD]
20 Stoop in Hanover and Ahmedabad (8) VERANDAH [T]
21 Lag capturing rat running with ring? It can be funny! (7) CARTOON {C{RAT*}{O}ON}
23 Indian father in pain (6) APACHE {A{PA}CHE}
29 Go down for pool (4) TANK [DD]
Reference List
School = S, Sailor = AB, College official = DEAN, Churchman = PRIMATE, Victor = V, Mike = M, Hawks = PEDDLES, What's carried = CARGO, Spanish = ES, Dumb = MUTE
Royal Engineers = RE, South Eastern = SE, Girl = G, Cartridge = ROIND, Teacher = MASTER, Lag = CON, Father = PA, Doctor = MO, Containers = POTS
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
WoW! Four in a row!!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyable as ever in spite of being distracted by chores and being denied a peaceful session.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, Sathia. Enjoying Bangalore weather. Time for some chilli bajji...
ReplyDeleteThe crosswords of the last two days appeared to me relatively straightforward. I was able to finish and I got 300 and 307 points. I don't know what these points mean. Enjoyable start to a day.
ReplyDeleteWhere do U get these pts from? Pl. tell me
DeleteThe Hindu on line.
DeleteThanks everyone. Have a great weekend
ReplyDeleteYes, the Earth, in its orbit around the Sun, commes closer to the Sun.
ReplyDeleteYes, incognito garu chala baga compose chesaru.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Incognito. all the 4 girds successfully completed. Have a gr8 weekend.
ReplyDeleteDo you mean farthest?
ReplyDeleteDhanyavaadaalu.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed all the four! Thanks, Setter!
ReplyDeleteDidn't get Escargot tho' I 've studied French in college.
ESCARGOT
DeleteThe same SOLUTION was clued differently by the same setter on the 6th. That's why I could get it this time. 😀
Drive in Spanish vehicle to obtain snail (8) ESCARGOT
{ES}{CAR{GO}T}
Nice grid. Thanx Kishore. Aced 4 in a row.
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