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1 Mostly lawsuit firm accepts currency basically or plastic money (4,4) CASH CARD {CASe}{H{Cu...y}ARD}
6 People stock gold in principle (6) THEORY {THE{OR}Y}
9 Go off, break off, heads off, drop off (6) CATNAP {sCAT}{sNAP}
10 Prisoner going around public house before noon for spicy flavour (8) CINNAMAON {C{INN}{AM}ON}
11 Au pair gets bread and breakfast mainly in my building (4-6) BABY-MINDER {BREAD+Br...t+IN+MY}*
12 Egyptian goddess, maybe Osiris or not? (4) ISIS oSIrIS*
13 More erotic pairs heartily board ship (8) STEAMIER {STEAM{paIrs}ER}
15 Heroin sounds croaky (6) HOARSE (~horse)
16 Kind nurse (6) TENDER [DD]
18 Arthurian knight's local net collapsed (8) LANCELOT*
20 Narrative piece surprisingly lacks content (4) EPIC PIeCE*
21 Bad guys are on the rise unexpectedly (10) ANTIHEROES {A}{ON+THE+RISE}*
23 Repeated musical phrase lost in a toccata partly (8) OSTINATO [T]
24 Blindworm maybe suffering mostly (6) ANGUIS ANGUISh
26 Need a key to reveal the body part with no outside help? (5,3) NAKED EYE*
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2 Resolute parents abducted by worker (7) ADAMANT {A{DA}{MA}NT}
3 Isolated childline unit (5) HENRY {HEN}{RY} Hen/Child?
4 Almost huge fire broke out engulfing institute's electronic equipment (9) AMPLIFIER {AMPLe}{IF{I}RE*}
5 Match winning action when cryptologist took one for zero (7) DECIDER {DEC(-0+1}IDER
6 Male voice heard in decade (5) TENOR (~tenner)
7 Kill time ignoring Troy rule (9) ERADICATE {ERA}{DICtATE}
8 New recruits lost money in the room and keys reportedly (7) ROOKIES {ROOm}{(~keys)KIES}
14 Perhaps an idiot could remove contents for the thing (9) ADDICTION {AN+IDIOT+CoulD}*
15 Spooner's group saw abnormal curvature (9) HUNCHBACK (~bunch hack to hunchback)
17 He brings to light one-time model (7) EXPOSER {EX}{POSER}
18 Gate-crashed in frustration (3-4) LET-DOWN {LET}{DOWN} Let/Gate?
19 Overweight playboy conceals adulterous ties! (7) OBESITY {OB{TIES*}Y*}
21 Promotion time "Maybe better late than never" (5) ADAGE {AD}{AGE} Definition by example
22 Firm is free to capture soldier (5) RIGID {RI{GI}D}
Prisoner = CON, Are = A, Indian = I, Worker = ANT, Line = RY, Institute = I, Troy = T, Promotion = AD
6A, in principle = Theory
ReplyDeletePeople= They
Gold = or
[The(or)y]
8D, new recruits = Rookies
Room(-m) + keys, reportedly
Roo + kies
10A, spicy flavour = Cinnamon
[ C (inn) (am) ON]
12A, Egyptian Goddess = ISIS
Osiris - or
12a Osiris - or would be SIIS
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Delete(Siis)* maybe is anagram indicator
6 d, male voice = Tenor
ReplyDeleteTenure = Decade (HI)
decade is not tenure. think differently
DeleteIs it Ten year
ReplyDeleteTen y(ear)
ReplyDeleteOr ~tenner
DeleteVery quiet here today
ReplyDelete11 ac baby minder bread and in my anagram
ReplyDelete26 ac naked eye, anagram of need a key
ReplyDelete19 down obesity anagram of boy and ties
ReplyDelete19d More than an Anagram
Delete17 down exposer, one time is ex and model is poser
ReplyDelete22 down rigid, free is rid and soldier is gi
ReplyDelete5 down cryptologist is decoder, o replaced with I which is decider meaning match winning
ReplyDelete5 down is decider replacing o with i
ReplyDelete21d ADAGE - Better late than never - Definition by example
ReplyDeletePromotion - ad
time - age
{ad}{age}
1ac CASH CARD
ReplyDeleteMostly lawsuit: CAS: case-e
firm: HARD
Currency basically: C
(CAS)(H(C)ARD)
13Ac STEAMIER – {STEAM{(-pa)I(-rs)}ER}
ReplyDelete9ac CATNAP: drop off
ReplyDeletego off: SCAT
break off: SNAP
heads off for both
SCAT-S, SNAP-S
CATNAP
+1
Delete+2
Delete15dn HUNCHBACK = Abnormal curvature
ReplyDeleteSpoonerism of Bunch Havck
Group: Bunch
Saw:Hack
Typo: Saw : Hack
Delete23A OSTINATO ==>T = repeated musical note.
ReplyDelete(l OST IN A TO.....)
24A: Suffering = anguish. Remove the "h" (suffering mostly) = ANGUIS = Blindworm
ReplyDeleteThank you KKR for a nice CW- to do after a gap of 3 days (had an enjoyable outing with friends) Trying to catch up on arrears.
ReplyDelete25A-fringe- border; f(-i)ring(+e)
ReplyDelete7D ERADICATE
ReplyDeleteTime = ERA
Ignoring Tory (T) rule = DICTATE -T = DICATE
Def = Kill
14d ADDICTION= The thing
ReplyDeleteAnagram of An idiot and cd (could with contents removed)
Perhaps anagrind
16A - TENDER which means both kind and nurse
ReplyDelete18A - LANCELOT who was an Arthur ian knight; anagram of localnet. Collapse indication of anagram
20A - EPIC meaning narrative. Anagram of PIECE minus e (lacking content) surprising is anagram indication
2D - ADAMANT meaning Resolute.DA and MA are parents who are abducted by ANT (worker)
7D - ERADICATE meaning kill. Time is ERA and rule is DICTATE (-T for Troy) ERA+DIC(-T)ATE
Since7D already solved.. replacement is 15A - HOARSE meaning croaky. One of slang for heriloin is Horse which rhymes with hoarse
ReplyDelete21A ; ANTIHEROES; bad guys {A} {ON THE RISE}*; A is abbreviation for are.
ReplyDelete3d HENRY; unit; isolated child/line child = HEN? line=RY
ReplyDeleteIs 'isolated;' an instruction to split Childline into 2 words?
Deletechild [specifically girl child]'s synonyms are kid, hen beside others. It's also a familiar form of addressing woman or girl as hen.
DeleteI object your honour.
DeleteThat's def stretched. A girl when called hen has a very different connotations than child.
All, I'll be hosting the IITM Open Crossie event tomorrow at IITM Campus, prelims from 1030am onwards. Do come if you are in Chennai!
ReplyDeleteThank you Spinner. How long the event is likely to be?
ReplyDeleteI mean the duration
ReplyDelete18d also remains to be solved
ReplyDeleteI intended it as a charade. gate=barrier=let; crash=down [as in computer is down[crash]
ReplyDeleteThanx KKR for a lovely cw. CATNAP, ERADICATE my cod.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks to you all.
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