Wednesday 18 January 2023

No 13765, Wednesday 18 Jan 2023, Afterdark

Solution to 26A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS
1   Negligent auditor getting sued, having lost half a lac primarily (6) CASUAL {CA}{SUed}{A}{Lac}
4   Terminating after appointment finally made hard (6) TAXING {AXING}<=>{a...nT}
9   Transfer is making officials very enraged according to sources (4) MOVE Acrostic
10 Soldiers advance, soldiers may end at treasury (10) REPOSITORY {RE}POSIT{OR}{maY}
11 Story's maybe on point (6) LEGEND {LEG}{END}
12 Bypass syndicate; dismissal a day later (4,4) RING ROAD {RING}{RO}{A}{D}
13 A harridan with war weapon (6-3) BATTLE-AXE {BATTLE}{AXE}
15 Consents to cut off the front of roof, a part of it (5) EAVES lEAVES
16 Bit a piece of sausage with hot wine (5) SHRED {Sa...e}{H}{RED}
18 Come together during extremes of evacuation, borders of city in crisis (9) EMERGENCY {Ev...{MERGE}...oN}{CitY}
22 Importance of earnings (8) INTEREST [DD]
23 Perhaps Danish are late, routeway is vacated (6) PASTRY {PAST}{Ro...aY}
25 Fish, fruit and single sip of sake (5,5) LEMON SOLES {LEMON}{SOLE}{Sake}
26 Bill given for container that's only 67% full (4) B?A? (Addendum - BEAK BEAKer - See comments)
27 That woman has Krone, well-exposed to currency (6) SHEKEL {SHE}{K}{wELl}
28 Perhaps Welsh are green resettled at England first (6) RENEGE {GREEN*}{En...d}

DOWN
1   Having chickpeas in Delhi right before afternoon, got a disease (7) CHOLERA {CHOLE}{R}{A}
2   Position of Supreme Court on English nationals is edifying primarily (5) SCENE {SC}{E}{N}{Ed...g}
3   Contract to sailor; free government employment first (7) ABRIDGE {AB}{RID}{G}{Em...t}
5   Allow animal at hospital ward (6) ASSENT {ASS}{ENT}
6   Cross that Reliance Engineering has taken over Tesla (9) INTERLACE {IN{T}ERLACE*}
7   Waste parking top bike in shed (7) GARBAGE {GAR{Bike}AGE}
8   A sheet covering professional side's match in the neighbourhood (13) APPROXIMATELY {A}{PLY} over {PRO}{XI}{MATE}
14 So other fee collected to arrest republican (9) THEREFORE {OTHER+FEE}* over {R}
17 Bishop released from trenches, hurt at the head earlier and thighs (7) HUNKERS {bUNKERS}<=>{Hurt}
19 A military installation taken over by soldiers in response (7) RIPOSTE {1}{POST} in {RE}
20 Freight vehicle, tesla procured by a company (7) CARTAGE {CAR}{T}{A}{GE}
21 The French know the occupant (6) LESSEE {LES}{SEE}
24 Winters at the end can get pitch-dark (5) SABLE {w...rS}{ABLE}

Reference List
Auditor = CA, Soldiers = RE(Royal Engineers), OR(Other ranks), On = LEG(side), Dismissal = RO)Run out), Day = D, Hot = H, Wine = RED, Krone = K, Right = R, Afternoon = A, English = E, Nationals = N, Sailor = AB, Government = G, Hospital ward = ENT, Tesla = T, Side = XI, Republican = R, Bishop = B, The in French = LES

17 comments:

  1. 26A - beak - bill
    67% (about 23rds) of beak(er) - container

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  2. 17d a haunch is not just thigh only!

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  3. GE is Afterdark's fav.company! Now probably Tesla as well!

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  4. 26A. From Wiktionary,

    welsh · (derogatory, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt

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    1. That arose fr general distrust of english towards welsh as those not keeping their word.


      https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2021/02/welsh.html

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    2. For English people anything foreign is suspect- They suspect they will be just like Britishers!! They have such terms for the French, for the Dutch (Dutch treat).....

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  5. Finished Afterdark in under 45 mins. Hunkers was the last to fall.
    Cod - APPROXIMATELY.

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    1. Finished Afterdark?
      Conveys a different meaning.
      😄

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  6. Can someone suggest books on solving Indian cryptic crosswords?

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    1. Cryptic Crosswords are universal. If you meant Indian authors, no idea. But this one is definitely a good bet.

      The Times How to crack cryptic crossword puzzles by Tim Moorey

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    2. Can download e-book from
      https://crossword.thehindu.com/

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