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Saturday, 22 April 2023

No 13846, Saturday 22 Apr 2023, Dr. X

EID MUBARAK 
ACROSS
1   Survive and fight back to live with dignity at last (6,2) SCRAPE BY {SCRAP}{BE<=}{d...tY}
5   Picked up by electromyograph, a sickness occurring in stages (6) PHASIC [T]
10 Clash in bar, associate lost temper (7) DIVERGE {DIVE}{RaGE}
11 Plenty of money won by excited youth (7) UMPTEEN {U{M}P}{TEEN}
12 Keen listener secures good grade finally (5) EAGER {EA{G}{{g..dE}R}
13 One seen on stage playing corpse in seedy den (4,5) DROP SCENE {CORPSE}* in {DEN}*
14 Getting married? That's what sailor might be doing (5,3,4) TYING THE KNOT [DD]
18 Sleazy, wild liaison including exotic rub at America (12) INSALUBRIOUS {LIAISON}* over {RUB}* US}
21 Tries his wife's new mutton dish (5,4) IRISH STEW {TRIES+HIS+W}*
23 A car crashed outside club in African capital (5) ACCRA {A}{CAR*} over {C}
24 Head of state released bird at ceremony in Brazilian municipality (7) IBIRITE {IBIs}{RITE}
25 According to Spooner, chief directed Oscar award-winning movie (4,3) RAIN MAN (~main ran to Rain Man)
26 Crone wanting a little tender meat to make Scottish dish (6) HAGGIS {HAG}{GISt}
27 Ego of one heartless narcissist in power (8) IDENTITY {1}{DE{Na...sT}ITY}

DOWN
1   Cast endlessly drinking rum, getting soaked (6) SODDEN {S{ODD}ENt}
2   Consuming a bit of Viagra, go mad in sack (6) RAVAGE {R{A}{Vi...a}AGE}
3   Picture of light beam in doorway (9) PORTRAYAL {PORT{RAY}AL}
4   Team taking look at foremost of batsmen getting downright ordinary (5-3-6) BREAD-AND-BUTTER {B{READ}AND}{Ba...n}{UTTER}
6   Desires ecstasy in parties (5) HOPES {HOP{E}S}
7   Woman and bachelor seen cavorting in illicit taverns (8) SHEBEENS {SHE}{B}{SEEN*}
8   Allies of criminal with cocaine in bags (8) CONNECTS {CON}{NE{C}TS}
9   Nervous suitor told how to enthral female? Wonderful (3,2,4,5) OUT OF THIS WORLD {SUITOR+TOLD+HOW}* over {F}
15 Knowledge of dress code at uni (9) EDUCATION*
16 Disparage attractive girl in short skirt? Quite the opposite! (8) DIMINISH {DI{MINI}SH}
17 Seeking drug, primarily grass (8) ASPIRING {ASPIRIN}{Gr..s}
19 Seafood dish with drink, endlessly entertaining party (6) SCAMPI {S{CAMP}Ip}
20 Lively excursion close to quay (6) JAUNTY {JAUNT}{quaY}
22 Batter taking a single in Caribbean country (5) HAITI {H{A}IT}{1}

Reference List
Associate = A, Money = M, Excited = UP, Good = G, Wife = W, Club = C, Ecstasy = E, Bachelor = B, Cocaine = C, Female = F

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12 comments:

  1. Padmanabhan22 April 2023 at 09:44

    Great start by Doc. Admirable wordplay- as usual. Just loved it. Flowed freely esp. after the long ones fell easily.
    A doubt about 10A- Dive from bar?

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  2. Padmanabhan22 April 2023 at 09:46

    Shall I say that a Dr.X CW is not just 'Bread & Butter', ut always something special?!

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  3. Padmanabhan22 April 2023 at 09:48

    Back to live for 'EB' - Words so nicely falling in place for the surface reading. Enjoyable.

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  4. Padmanabhan22 April 2023 at 09:54

    27A- Power= Deity?

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    1. Sree Sree22 April 2023 at 10:29

      Powers of darkness!

      Super natural being, diety or force.

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  5. Padmanabhan22 April 2023 at 11:15

    Thank you Prasad for both clarifications. But I thought deity from power was a bit of a stretch.

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  6. Padmanabhan22 April 2023 at 11:39

    👍👍

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  7. Gowri22 April 2023 at 16:31

    I had a small doubt.
    5ac - which pick up? Surface? I kept looking for a reverse T while the answer was so easy.
    Doc! Great grid. Superb for my confidence.

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  8. Gowri22 April 2023 at 17:07

    Solving this cw, I feel OUT OF THIS WORLD!

    I remember earlier times of dashed HOPES & DIMINISHed confidence. I would SCRAPE BY in a PHASIC manner! Net result 25% solved! An IDENTITY crisis overtook me. I wished to DROP out of the SCENE completely.

    Endlessly ASPIRING for a full solve & EAGER for an EDUCATION to the same. UMPTEEN attempts later, I had concluded this is not my BREAD AND BUTTER!

    Lo behold! I CONNECTED with this blog. And no less than Dr X, himself, encouraging me, painting a PORTRAYAL of acing the grid & not in the distant future at that!

    Now with a JAUNTY pen, I feel I have TIED THE KNOT finally, not just with any grid but Dr Nabars special one.

    To be celebrated with SCAMPI, HAGGIS & IRISH STEW in HAITI. Alas! I am a tee totaller. Else I would have been SODDEN at some SHEBEEN in ACCRA!

    Thank u Doc! For everything!!

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  9. Padmanabhan22 April 2023 at 17:24

    Good one from Gowri singing the praise of this blog & of course Dr.X.
    We join you for both.

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