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ACROSS
8 Castle piece that is sacrificed for a leap, oddly (6) PALACE P(-ie+leap)LACE
9 Programmes shows on screen (8) PROJECTS [DD]
10 One-under — a score one added to rounds on a golf course? (8) NINETEEN Definition by example (1<20 and 18+1)
11 Drape a bust for show (6) PARADE*
12 Groups of nuns dancing around briefly in a circle (6) UNIONS {UN{In}{O}NS*}
13 Reminder to order a small laptop (8) NOTEBOOK {NOTE}{BOOK}
15 Hints of colour beginning to show all around Michigan by end of season (7) REMINDS {RE{MI}{s...oN}D{Show}
17 Parks deposit (7) GROUNDS [DD]
20 Exposing affair full of hot sex appeal, repulsed (8) FLASHING {FLING} over {H}{SA}<=
22 Quiet ragas near the end of concert (6) MODEST {MODES}{c...rT}
23 Bugs, perhaps, essentially irritates religious leader up front (6) RABBIT {i..iTa..s}<=>{RABBI}
25 Inside joke abruptly inserted into rambling intro and tale's conclusion (8) INTERIOR {RIb} in {INTRO+talE}*
26 Sketches made by Neanderthal, curve shifting left to right (8) OUTLINES {(-l)OUT(+l)L}{(-s)INE(+s)S}
27 Set Millie Bobby Brown's digital avatar? (6) ELEVEN [DD]
DOWN
1 Virtue of person waiting to see a busy doctor, it is said? (8) PATIENCE (~patient) Singular/Plural?
2 Orders two gates, one broken into scattered pieces — place cleared out (10) CATEGORIES {GATE*}{OR} in {pIeCES}*
4 First hole (7) OPENING [DD]
5 Passenger, male, ejected by Chief of Police and PC (8) COMPUTER COM(-m+p)PUTER
6 Approach in stealth — clandestine arrival (4) NEAR [T] What's the role of 'stealth'?
7 Plant dust scattered on moon (6) STUDIO {DUST*}{IO}
14 Fours and sixes — runs all over park essentially, that is (10) BOUNDARIES {BOUND{pARk}{IE}S}
16 Like a car in bank? Break in, dash (8) DRIFTING {D{RIFT}ING}
18 Learn, record again (8) DISCOVER {DISC}{OVER}
19 Stand in violent gust, most violent (7) UGLIEST {UG{LIE}ST*}
21 Class tournament (6) LEAGUE [DD]
22 Measures of time in simple rhythms ultimately (6) METRES {ME{T}RE}{r...mS}
24 Order a beast (4) BULL [DD]
Reference List
Hot = H, Sex appeal = SA, Gate = OR, Male = M, Moon = IO, Time = T
11 A
ReplyDeletePARADE = SHOW
DRAPEA, anagram is PARADE
8 A
ReplyDeletePALACE = CASTLE
PIECE, - IE = PCE
A
LEAP oddly is LA
NOW WE HAVE, PCE +A+ LA
WE GET, PSLACE
PALACE, not pslace ( typo
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ReplyDelete12 A
ReplyDeleteAnswer UNIONS = GROUPS
NUNS dancing around I O= UNIONS
12 A
ReplyDeleteA= I
O = circle
9A- PROJECTS (synonym of programmes; on screen- to project)
ReplyDelete4D- OPENING (First- opening; as also hole)
18D- DISCOVER (record- disc; again- over)
21D- LEAGUE (D)
5d def and solution same! Is that cryptic!
ReplyDelete17a and not 17D.
ReplyDeleteGreat going Gemini!
ReplyDelete23ac. RABBIT.. Rabbi....Religious leader
ReplyDeleteIrri(T)ates....RABBI irri(T)ates
1d. PATIENCE.. sounds like patients
6d..NEAR.. Telescopic
10ac... NINETEEN.. 1 less than 20.. a score
13ac.NOTEBOOK..Note..reminder.. book..order
10a incomplete anno.
Delete1d (to setter, gen comment) : clus is only for patient? Singular.
Exactly. So it is a DD.
DeleteNineteen is also number of holes in golf.. so DD
DeleteThere is no 19th hole in Golf! Refer solution above. It is 18+1
DeleteThere are only 18 Holes in Golf. The club house of the Golf Course is referred to as the Nineteenth
DeleteNews to me.
DeleteReplacement for 13ac
ReplyDelete21d.. LEAGUE.. DD means class and tournament
Don't know if FB could read my Blogger comments but it throwed up a joke on which side of bed in my FB
ReplyDeleteThe husband said: my wife let's me sleep on the side closer to door because if I have to go to bathroom in the night, it is easier.
Wife:nonsense. He would be the first to be attacked if someone breaks in!
Soulmate! Tu... Tu
... Human shield.
1-D : PATIENCE (virtue of a person waiting for the busy doc to attend to him - PATIENT and his virtue is Patience)
ReplyDeleteView points vary!!
ReplyDelete20a FLASHING
ReplyDeleteAffair=Fling
Hot Sex Appeal (HSA <=) = ASH
Exposing = {FL{HSA<=}ING}
27 a ELEVEN : digital avatar
ReplyDeleteHer role in 'stranger things' is 'eleven'
Also, set
Delete@TheBoss:
DeleteThanks. Set is team and hence ' eleven'
Solved using that only, but forgot to mention that.
Good one AJ. Was a fan of MBB at the time the show debuted and her essaying of that role at least in the initial seasons then it petered out a bit
DeleteShe won an award also for her performance, if I remember right
Delete15 A - (RE(MI)(N)D)(S)
ReplyDeleteHints of color - RED
beginning to show - S
Michigan - MI
end of season - N
22Ac MODEST -{MODES}{concerT}
ReplyDelete2Dn Categories = Orders. Anno as C(ATEGOR)IES : 'two Gates are 'gate' and 'OR' one broken - meaning 'gate' is jumbled giving ATEGOR which is inserted (into) anagrammed (scattered) 'PIECES' with PE removed (PlacE cleared out)' giving CIES. Hence C(ategor)IES.
ReplyDeleteAdding that there is a minus sign (-) indicting removal of PE from PIECES as well
DeleteRelook the last bit
DeleteYou mean 'P(lac)E' cleared gives PE and 'out' is the removal indicator with '-' having no role other than the usual placeholder? I don't know...
Deleteexcellent anno. CPC. kudos to you
DeleteSathia i parsed 14Dn as you did but with Bounds from 'runs' (e.g bounds from the place) with 'all over' as the 'going around' indicator
ReplyDeleteRelook joke
ReplyDeletewhile i used rib in my parsing for joke, i guess Sathia's riot works as well ..interested to hear how you parsed Prasad garu
ReplyDeleteStill remaining
ReplyDelete26a
D
3,7,16,22
22D- me(t)re(s) -measures; simple-mere; time-t, rhythms ultimately-s
ReplyDelete3d. SEVENS = Rugby
ReplyDeleteFair = EVEN
Both sides of sportspersons = SS
S +Even +s
Tackled containment indicator
Most of the clues are brief and to the point- cryptic,really. Enjoyed solviing.
ReplyDeleteLast two 26A and 16D open for anyone to solve
ReplyDeleteSince 16D is still left, I will attempt it though I am doubtful.
ReplyDeleteD(RIFT)ING.
Def- like a car
Dash=Ding, Break=Rift
Sketches-outlines; neanderthal -lout, curve-sine; shifting left to right-out(l)ine(s)
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteDing=Strike with a force,hit. Extended to Dash
ReplyDelete16 D
ReplyDeleteAnswer : DRIFTING ( Like a car in bank , here bank of a river
BREAK = RIFT
DASH = DING
So, BREAK IN DASH = D RIFT ING
well said.
ReplyDelete+1 for many of them with a good feeling. so many aha moments.