Solution to 19A 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.
Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.
ACROSS
10 Virginia permits personal assistants (6) VALETS {VA}{LETS}
11 Rat spreads drink around salver (8) BETRAYER {BE{TRAY}ER}
12 So daters danced and mixed? (8) ASSORTED*
14 Right, that's right in Spain, in America and in Eurasian country (6) RUSSIA {R}{US{SI}A}
17 Quick! Encircle head of police in surprise attack (5) RAPID {RA{Po...e}ID}
18 Royal Air Force gets initial tender for rudimentary floating platform (4) RAFT {RAF}{Te...r}
19 Note: Iron oxide is included in slices of a solid body (6) ?R?S?A (Addendum - FRUSTA {F{RUST}A} - See comments)
21 Not hot weather aboard ship... get some items of warm clothing (8) SWEATERS {S{WEAThER}S}
23 Donkey carries top quality old mineral which is a health hazard (8) ASBESTOS {AS{BEST}{O}S}
26 Heartlessly, water is poured on one unknown character's glandular secretion (6) EARWAX {WAtER*}{A}{X}
27 Prohibit butter and German island's fish (10) BARRAMUNDI {BAR}{RAM}{UND}{I}
DOWN
1 Bachelor in Madras moving around south and getting Oscar becomes country's representative abroad (10) AMBASSADOR {BA} in {MADRAS}* over {S} and {O} Bachelor should be just B
2 Curiously Romeo follows insect in lobby (8) ANTEROOM {ROMEO}*<=>{ANT}
3 English county stored wrongly (6) DORSET*
4 Block some ladies and boys at first (4) SLAB Acrostic
5 Exchanged a beret thrown to cover redhead next to duke (8) BARTERED {A+BERET}* over {Red} next to {D}
13 Cheats titled men by substituting king with pawn (5) DUPES DU(-k+p)PES
15 Enrages Inuit... fears disorder (10) INFURIATES*
17 At once, materiel is arranged (4-4) REAL-TIME*
18 Gave back broken red tuner (8) RETURNED*
20 Liquor produced by that lady is carried by Southern Railway (6) SHERRY {HER} in {S}{RY}
22 Personal shutter? (6) EYELID [CD]
24 Returning fuel in America around noon results in problem (4) SNAG {GA{N}S<=}
25 Despatched son with ward (4) SENT {S}{ENT}
Reference List
Wife = W, Virginia = VA, That's right in Spanish = SI, Hot = H, Note = FA, Ship = SS, Old = O, Unknown character = X, And in German = UND, Island = I, Yankee = Y, Daughter = D, Log base = E, South = S, Oscar = O, Duke = D, King = K, Pawn = P, Southern = S, Railway = RY, Noon = N, Son = S, Ward = ENT
Kakinada - JNTU College of Engineering - my alma mater!
ReplyDeleteSolved completely in the print version!! Thank you Kishore garu for making my day in more than one way!!!
Abba. Kakinada where i had my education till 10+2 . Great feeling incognito garu
Delete1d- Does Bachelor (of Arts) indicate BA?
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DeleteLoved meeting Adam in Kakinada!!
ReplyDeleteWard following son kept me at bay for a while thinking of a different ward. Medical ward came in at last.
ReplyDeleteYesterday's words
ReplyDeleteWhen I visited the Pyramids, Mr.Amara from ETHIOPIA, was my assigned guide. Clad in BOXERS & a straw hat, his accent was at odds with his RAIMENTS. He INTONATED each word carefully, so I could understand.
Sitting at the LAWNs of the hotel, after a relaxed dinner of EXTRA spicy MACKEREL fried in SALAD OIL, over CIGARS, he joked, he had seen India, only, ON AIR & snow only when he DEFROSTED his fridge.
I held forth about our flora & fauna extending from PUNJAB to CAPE Comorin. I also talked about our ISLES & their unique culture.
When I asked him about GNUS, he said they were not native to his country. But dogs were. Back home he had been a dog breeder.
His background was like a storybook. An abandoned WAIF, he had IMPROVED in health & blossomed under the EXTRA care of his foster mother, a LACROSSE player. Growing up at a FRENETIC pace, his first employment was at a CORRAL, where a GREAT DANE had helped him to gather the cattle.
Such was their friendship, that he went on to love dogs & soon had a MASTIFF & TERRIER added to his collection. Later as a breeder, he concentrated only on LABRADORS & GOLDEN RETRIEVERS as rich people preferred to keep them as pets.
By the end of the week, I invited him to India & offered to host him & show him around. This was his reply.
Say what you may,
Every dog has its day;
As I waited in line to collect my meager pay,
Who would have thought, one day, I am going to lay;
My eyes on the mighty Indian land,
Far away from this scorching dust and sand,
You, my friend, made it possible with a magic wand;
So saying - he clasped and shook my hand!
Thank you ma'am for the nice patriotic yarn!
DeleteFantastic & Kudos to you. More than often, your narrations soothe the disappointed moods of a solver as and when assorted attempts turn out to be futile.
DeleteThank you for the nice episode ending in an interesting poem.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed. Every dog has its day! Yesterday was one for many 😊
Personal shutter! Nice way to put it.
ReplyDelete19A: FRUSTA
ReplyDeleteFA <=RUST
Note: FA
Iron oxide: RUST
Is included in: Containment indicator
Slices of a solid body: Definition
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DeletePl note <= is reversal symbol.
{rust} in {fa}
F(RUST)A
DeleteGood solve anyway.
DeleteDid not know about it being a reversal indicator 😅 But learning another new thing!😁
DeleteAs always a welcome easy breezy cw.
ReplyDeleteThank u Kishore!