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AJJI 15
By Ajji
Across
| 1 | Small pond to wind wires around (5) |
| 4 | Declines, losing head forces out (6) |
| 9 | Husband-led party admits attitude and gets a bun, say (6) |
| 10 | Returning fighter craft, primarily messy, unpleasant aims to attract attention? (8) |
| 11 | Endless rudeness adapted for customer (7) |
| 12 | Goes past otherwise to surround the state (6) |
| 13 | Nine gathered around French for oak tree (4) |
| 14 | Wrap around ugli first, abstainer following with a sandwich (10) |
| 16 | Mexican folk dancing floor I lock strangely (10) |
| 20 | Donkey’s cry for town in Ireland (4) |
| 21 | Red lead is the least dropping little money (6) |
| 23 | Invalid lathes regularly lead to ravines (7) |
| 24 | Ghosts surround the aircraft leaving out husband to get Norwegian sweet cheeses (8) |
| 25 | Quiet start with you finally returning sick, quit first to get arctic lamp (6) |
| 26 | Idioms in a jumble indicate a systemic complaint caused by overuse of I (6) |
| 27 | Strongly opposed to leave a few lines of a poem (5) |
Down
| 2 | Incomplete march confronted by bull is seemingly absurd (7) |
| 3 | Work on very big problem for American marsupial (7) |
| 5 | Side post of window frame with French water is piece of armour for leg (7) |
| 6 | Greek letter with stick causes a double bend (7) |
| 7 | Japanese alcoholic drink is produced by Saudi Arabia and Kenya with a pinch of sugar (5) |
| 8 | Flush toilet causing a crushing defeat (8) |
| 10 | Grind fliers excitedly for female buddies (11) |
| 15 | Pass across meridian first to broadcast (8) |
| 17 | Excited kitten on daughter wove wool (7) |
| 18 | Universe missing speed of light is a process of assimilation (7) |
| 19 | Old, sad, having a measure of intelligence is indirect (7) |
| 20 | Hounds large bird held within extremes of bushes (7) |
| 22 | Arrested by team radio announcer along with wife goes to a lake island (5) |
Enjoy.
10d GIRLFRIENDS - female buddies
ReplyDelete{grind fliers*}
17d KNITTED - wove wool
{kitten}{d}
Oops!
Delete{kitten*}{d}
10a GIMMICKY
ReplyDeletereturning aircraft MIG <-
primarily messy = M
unpleasant = ICKY
def: aims to attract attention
13a ILEX
Deletenine = IX
french = LE
def: oak tree
18d OSMOSIS
Deleteuniverse = cosmos
missing speed of light (c) = osmos
osmos + is
def: process of assimilation
13a Is 'the' missing in the clue (before French)?
DeleteYes. I thought so too
Delete1A- Spool- S Pool- Wind wires around
ReplyDelete11A- Enduser- (Rudeness-S)*- Customer
3D- Opossum- OP OS SUM- American marsupial
I always thought enduser was two words.
Delete+1
Delete1ac - SPOOL s+ pool
ReplyDelete27a VERSE - few lines of a poem
ReplyDeletestrongly opposed - averse
leave a = -a
{averse - a}
10D: GIRLFRIENDS..grind+fliers*
ReplyDelete3D:OPOSSUM..op+os+sum
17D: KNITTED..kitten+d*
Good start and I am sure the rest will be enjoyable too. In a hurry since I am going out. Will complete solving on return.
ReplyDelete3dn. OPOSSUM marsupial
ReplyDeleteop+os+sum
9ac hairdo
ReplyDeleteh(usband-led) air(attitude) do(party)
10dn girlfriends (grind fliers) *
3dn opossum
op(work) os(ver big) sum(problem)
16A FOLKLORICO FLOOR I LOCK*
ReplyDelete17D KNITTED KITTEN* on D
10D GIRLFRIENDS GRIND FLIERS*
for repeats..
ReplyDelete27A: (-a)VERSE
26A: IODISM..idioms*
11A: ENDUSER..rudenes(-s)*
9ac - HAIRDO - bun
ReplyDeleteh + air + do
27a: VERSE { (-A)VERSE}
ReplyDelete11a: ENDUSER (RUDENES(-S))*
8d: WATERLOO (WATER)(LOO)
13ac - sub
ReplyDeleteILEX - tree
I (le)x
Replacements:
ReplyDelete8D WATER LOO
13A I(LE)X
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ReplyDeleteThink of some other word Gowri
DeleteEJECTS - r ejects
DeleteReplacement
ReplyDelete20dn beagles
Eagle in b(ushe)s
5dn - JAMBEAU - leg armour
ReplyDeletejamb + eau
7dn - SAKES - jap drink
ReplyDeletesa + ke + s
Last sub
ReplyDelete12ac - ELAPSE - go past
El (ap)se
14ac sub
ReplyDeleteMUFFULETTA - sandwich
Muff (u) le + tt +a
Oof. Great grid AJ. Solved by ebody so fast - that I kept substituting to find it was already answered.
ReplyDeleteThank u so much for an enjoyable fare!!
Check your annotation Gemini
ReplyDeleteTwo more replacements:
ReplyDelete21A MINIUM MINI(-m)UM
24A GJETOSTS G{(JET)(-h)}OSTS
20Ac BRAY -DD
ReplyDeleteDifficult answers - GJETOSTS, MUFFULETTA, JAMBEAU, FOLKLORICO
ReplyDelete23Ac NULLAHS - {NULL}{lAtHeS}
ReplyDeleteEventhough a few words were new, the cluing was v clear. So one could get the answer & then Google for confirmation.
ReplyDelete19Dn OBLIQUE - {O}{BL{IQ}UE}
ReplyDelete22d IDJWI, lake; DJ and W in 11(team)
ReplyDelete25A QULLIQ; arctic lamp; Q U (ILL)<= Q
ReplyDelete15d TRANSMIT; broadcast; TRANS(Meridian)IT
ReplyDelete18 d is the only one that remains
ReplyDeleteDone by kiran @1049
DeleteThank you Sree Sree.
DeleteThat marks the end of this cake walk.
My sincere thanks to all the solvers, commenters and participants.
I thank the Colonel for posting my grid today.
But for Z, it's a pangram!
ReplyDelete'seemingly' has also to be added to the Definition!
ReplyDeleteNice grid AJ. More difficult words included but well clued. One suggestion for improvement is to make surfaces more plausible and interesting (nothing to complain since cryptically correct)
ReplyDeleteeg.- 23A. 'Lathes' does not go well with the surface.
Thanks Paddy. I will try to improve as per the suggestion, but how far I can succeed, Ican't tell.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestion, Paddy.
I am sure you can and will. Hence I took the liberty of suggesting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the special AJ
ReplyDeleteUnable to participate sunday special. read all the threads. Excellent grid and word play. ILEX, JAMBEAU , GJETOSTS, MUFFULETTA, JAMBEAU, FOLKLORICO. new words. Thanks to AJJI and Col.sir for sunday special.
ReplyDelete