Sunday 18 December 2022

The Sunday Crossword No 3233, Sunday 18 Dec 2022

Margazhi Day 3 Rangoli by Gowri

ACROSS
1   English figurehead scrapped segregation (5,6) SAINT GEORGE*
9   Dozen or more deliveries before English finally secure run (7) OVERSEE {OVERS}{E}{s...rE} 
10 Aristocrat to avoid: awful cad with allure regularly lacking (7) DRACULA {CAD+ALlURe}*
11 Harry, graduate, assembled doctrine (5) DOGMA {DOG}{MA}
12 Memory's nudger, edifying, maybe one neatly inducing commemoration using initial letters? (8) MNEMONIC Acrostic Semi&lit
14 U.S. novel in translation defeats one (4,2,4) EAST OF EDEN*
15 Cattle and duck kiss, seen on-and-off (4) OXEN {0}{X}{sEeN}
17 What follows tango in hotel? (4) ECHO [CD] T(ango) comes after E(cho) in HOTEL
19 True tale I adapted about rector for serious reading (10) LITERATURE {TRUE+TALE+I}* over {R}
21 After Stella, tipsy Lord Lieutenant spills the beans (5,3) TELLS ALL {STELLA}*{LL}
23 Where a film is made (Inception) (5) ONSET {ON SET}
25 It's boos, regrettably, for woodwind players (7) OBOISTS*
26 Having lost bronze, Farah in Mediterranean city? (7) PALERMO {PALER}{MO}
27 Ruthless interrogation for Ph.D.? (5,6) THIRD DEGREE [DD]

DOWN
1   Winter transport conveying butchers to the audience (7) SLEIGHS (~slays)
2   Rinse a songbird's stuffing that's fit to be eaten (2,6) IN SEASON [T]
3   Gather up rain, intensely (4) TEEM<=
4   Threatened over suppressing fury (10) ENDANGERED {END{ANGER}ED}
5   Switching sides near the end, give new weapons to kingdom (5) REALM REA(-r+l)LM
6   In the end, Don Quixote wasting time, roaming when season ends (7) EQUINOX {doN+QUIXOtE}*
7   Essential part of successful wedding: four bars, perhaps (4,9) GOOD RECEPTION [DD]
8   'No, Bond: act nice' wavering in faulty phone line (3,10) BAD CONNECTION*
13 Appearing at regular intervals, unhinged idealisers (10) SERIALISED*
16 Festive entertainer, children's author, runs off with hesitant expression (8) CAROLLER {CARrOLL}{ER}
18 Last offer (4,3) HOLD OUT [DD]
20 Prosperous periods, yen showing rise (7) UPSURGE {UP}{SURGE}
22 S. American chain regularly offering rice-based dish (5) SUSHI {S}{US}{cHaIn}
24 Everyman's beginning to go under: a quiet bit of snoozing in part of church (4) APSE {Ev...n}<=>{A}{P}{Sn...g}

Reference List
English = E, Kiss = X, Rector = R, Lord Lieutenant = LL, Time = T, Runs = R, Quiet = P

3 comments:

  1. 20D I thought it was ,(UPS) (URGE)

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  2. Read it as (UPS)(URGE) - Yen rises

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  3. Prosperous periods:ups. As in ups and downs In life. Rise is the def.

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