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1 Every writer ridiculed, debarred, essentially upright (13) PERPENDICULAR {PER}{PEN}{riDICULer}{debARred}
8 Advance in leaps, bounds, giant prances, each a step further than the last (4) LOAN {Le..s}{bOu..s}{giAnt}{praNces}
9 Friend of Eric bored by cricket match daily (10) PERIODICAL {P{ERI{ODI}C}AL}
10 Oddly, Goan first to taste French water and cake (6) GATEAU {GoAn}{Ta..e}{EAU}
11 Alarm initially rung out in city signalling an earthquake, say (8) CALAMITY {C{ALArM}ITY
12 Grant nod principally for UN's first debt instrument (9) ACCORDION {ACCORD}{IO(-u+n}
14 Play the lead in & as Tarzan (4) STAR [T]
15 Neat coloured fabric, ends trimmed (4) TIDY {TIe DYe}
16 Magnify complete audiovisual for (for example) ... (9) AGGRAVATE AGGR(-eg+av)AVATE
20 ... slide show, Powerpoint - your last two choices, in-depth and new (8) DOWNTURN {DO}{W}{p...iNT{yoUR}{N} Depth/W?
21 Energy firm second to secure U.S. guarantee for powerful contractor? (6) BICEPS {BIC}{sEc..e}PS U.S. Guarantee/PS?
23 Treated ulcer vomit using Archimedes' method? (10) VOLUMETRIC*
24 What a groom might say, essentially beholding model (4) IDOL {I DO}{b..oLd..g}
25 Finger-snapper? (7,6) DIGITAL CAMERA Is this supposed to be an &lit?
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1 Dull photograph of American civil rights activist (7) PROSAIC {P{ROSA}IC}
2 Constitutional ambit (5) RANGE [CD]
3 Fair peacekeeper Democrat's voice (7) EXPOUND {EXPO}{UN}{D}
4 Leader in performance, etc., or ringleader (8-7) DIRECTOR-GENERAL*
5 Heading to Champions' Trophy's final with two ducks and two fifties, like former India captain might? (6) COOLLY {Ch...s}{00}{LL}{t...hY}
6 Recurring theme in meandering movie Tilt (9) LEITMOTIV*
7 Priest going around a chamber, generating energy? (7) REACTOR {RE{A}CTOR}
13 Letters from golden burgeoning German city (9) OLDENBURG [T]
15 Fool briefly mentioned by Spooner twice (7) TWOFOLD (~fool told to two fold)
17 A Jewish girl talking about Rabbi essentially replacing head of religious centre (7) REBECCA {RE}{(-m+b)BECCA}
18 Vegetable starch 'generally' hated by Tintin's friend Alcazar (7) TAPIOCA [CD/GK]
19 Clear browser within 40 days before Easter (6) LUCENT {L{UC}ENT}
22 Upright Arab ruler first to condemn wrongdoing (5) CRIME {EMIR}{Co...n}<=
Reference List
Water in French = EAU, Audiovisual = AV, New = N, Democrat = D
20a depth:d ow from show
ReplyDelete20A Last two letters of show, powepoint, your in D(epth) & N(ew) - DOWNTURN
ReplyDelete21A Energy firm is BP(British petro) S(second) contains ICE (Credit guarantee)
Don't think ice is credit guarantee!
DeleteBP and S is right.
Delete5D- Is it Kohli (~)?
ReplyDelete5D Captain Cool - MSD
DeleteWhat da, from Chennai!
DeleteYes. A mobile based browser before the biggies adapted.
ReplyDelete5d) "with" is used to get OO and LL inside? Usually with in cryptic crosswords is used in context of suffixing and not inserting.. is that correct?
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DeleteI also thought so. Experts to answer.
DeleteInspired of not knowing ICE, finished Word Plougher. Great achievement. Reasonably straight forward.
ReplyDeletePERPENDICULAR, LOAN, DIGITAL CAMERA - my cod
Inspite *
ReplyDeleteverb, slang To close, finalize, or ensure the success of (some deal, endeavor, agreement, etc.).
ReplyDeleteUS usage for ice
Probably another version of freeze.
ReplyDeleteHad a great time at IIT CW contest conducted at IIT,Chennai by Sivatsan,aka Spinner. Very nice clues and several rounds and won by,who else but Ramki partnered by LV
ReplyDelete👍👍👍
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