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1 Tyrannical actor - terrible jerk chases gold (10) AUTOCRATIC {ACTOR}*{TIC}<=>{AU}
6 Disgusting sounding fruit (4) UGLI (~ugly)
10 Radical energy's no answer (4) STEM STEaM
12 Terrible place on board - husband got hit, lost head and is confused (5-7) SHELL-SHOCKED {S{HELL}S}{H}{sOCKED}
15 Old Indian drink - two hundred should cover it (7) CLASSIC {C}{LASSI}{C}
16 Pout and swear, having lost first and last (7) OUTWEAR {pOUT+sWEAR}
17 First Indian model promoting advertisement for tissue (7) ADIPOSE {In...n}{POSE}<=>{AD}
19 Man in detention gets support (7) ARMREST {AR{M}REST}
20 Certain leader of India can block pundits, surprisingly (12) INDISPUTABLE {In..a}{PUNDITS*}{ABLE}
23 No person lacks energy at this time of the day (4) NOON {NO ONe}
24 Strong boy overcome by Ebola, sadly expired (4-6) ABLE-BODIED {ABLE{B}O*}{DIED}
25 Legal claim of foreigner dismissed at the outset (4) LIEN aLIEN
26 Administrator restricts newspaper over time - that's a downer! (10) DEPRESSANT {DE{PRESS}AN}{T}
DOWN
1 Light coming from areas surrounding old city (4) AURA {A}{UR}{A}
2 Tendency to cut back (4) TIDE<=
3 Dandy at school? There's trouble! (12) CLOTHESHORSE*
4 Synthetic ice crystal melts, not set perhaps? (7) ACRYLIC {ICe+CRYstAL)*
5 Painting, in my opinion's dwelling around bygones (7) IMPASTO {IMO} over {PAST}
8 Unreasonable to display married man's poem in cross (10) IMMODERATE {I{M}{M}{ODE}RATE}
13 Measure of fluid in short spring on a lake that's not permanent (10) OCCASIOINAL {O{CC}ASIs}{ON}{A}{L}
14 Random pile when sorted is the same in either direction? (10) PALINDROME*
18 Calm boy wearing matching dress in the middle (7) EQUABLE {EQUA{B}L}{drEss}
19 Nonprofessional athlete's trauma affected ultimately everyone involved (7) AMATEUR {AMAT{e...nE}UR*}
21 Folded edge on a bread (4) PITA {TIP<=}{A}
Reference List
Party = DO, Answer = A, on board = SS, Husband = H, Hundred = C, Man = M, Energy = E, Boy = B, Time = T, Area = A, In my opinion = IMO, Married = M, Lake = L, Princess = DI
My son was a PREMATURE baby & raising him was INDEED a handful task. As a baby he refused to eat anything but AFTERS. We were IMPATIENT for him to grow up and start school.
ReplyDeleteBut then, I had to constantly BEND OVER BACKWARDS to discipline him. From wearing T SHIRTs to formal occasions, to using FOUR LETTER WORDS, I had to STEADILY PRACTISE using a firm hand. Sometimes BICEPS had to be flexed.
As he grew older & I thought the atmosphere was CONDUCIVE to discuss things like values, he started treating me like a NON PERSON. He insisted my ideas were CORNY & my tastes the FLASHEST. Keeping a RUEFUL face, he would EXCLUDE me from all his activities. I had to maintain a RISHI like countenance & my EXITS from the scene were always hasty after he had RENEGED again.
In those days, how we ASPIRED for a normal DUTIFUL son, one who would FLOURESCE & light up our lives! At that time, we couldn't have imagined the wonderful adult, he will grow up to be.
My best buddy who takes me to RECITALS & CANOE rides, who teaches me all about computers & OPERATING SYSTEMs, who helps me to REPOT my plants - is he the same premature bawling baby, the adamant sulky teenager?
Time can Indeed work wonders & my son is the living proof of that!
Superb Gowri
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DeleteExcellent tale.
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Using ydays solution words...
ReplyDeleteGood one- nicely written. Thank you.
ReplyDelete14d-palindrome -anagram of random pile,a word same when read bothways
ReplyDelete19d-amatue- non professional,anagram of trauma +e
19a-armrest- support,detention is arrest and m for man
15a-classic -old,Indian drink is lassi,hundred is c,two hundred covering lassi -c lassi c
19d not a total anagram
DeleteHe has indicated (Trauma)*e, but not shown its correct placement.
Delete(AMAT(E)UR)* Am I right?
"involved" shows that e enters the rest of the letters.
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ReplyDelete19d-amateur -spelling corrected
ReplyDelete19A- You should also mention how M gets in the middle- Containment indicator.
ReplyDeleteAll good solves otherwise.
DeleteNot ‘m’ but ‘e’ @ Paddy
DeleteSorry Paddy, you are right about 19 a.
Delete5D in my opinion = imo
ReplyDeleteDwelling around
Bygones = past
IMPASTO is kind of painting
7 D had(ate)
Look(peek) around gives keep
Start of evening = e
Empty gutter= gr
Middle is containment indicator.
G(ate)(keep)(e)ర్ is watchman
Spelling mistake : Gatekeeper
ReplyDelete8D married man = mm
ReplyDeletePoem = ode
In Cross=irate
I(mm)(ode)rate
Immoderate is unreasonable
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Delete26Ac DEPRESSANT - {DE{PRESS}AN}{T}
ReplyDelete24a. Strong boy overcome by Ebola, sadly expired (4-6)
ReplyDeleteABLE-BODIED - strong
boy - b
overcome - Cont. Ind.
sadly - Anind
{b} in {Ebola*} {died}
1a AUTOCRATIC: tyrannical
ReplyDeleteAnno for 1a
ReplyDeleteau: gold
Tocra: actor*( terrible)
Tic: jerk
Chases gold puts au at the beginning
13 d occasional- not permanent .
ReplyDeletemeasure of fluid-cc
short spring -oasi-s.
on a l ake.
o(cc)asi on a l.
18D EQUABLE; calm; EQUA(B)L drEss
ReplyDelete11D: CONTUMELIOUS
ReplyDelete(COUSIN)+(L-(EAVE))+ME+OUT)*
Anagrind: Sadly
Definition: Arrogant
Thanks! This one defeated me.
Delete12a : SHELL-SHOCKED
ReplyDeleteS(HELL)S-(H)(sOCKED)
Terrible place HELL on board SS steamship
Husband H
Got hit Socked minus head S
Definition : Confused
17A-adipose-tissue; First Indian -Adi; model- pose
ReplyDeletePl relook. 'Promoting advertisement' in the clue not accounted for
DeleteThanks. Ad(i)pose!
DeleteMust have been carried away by AADIPURUSH!
DeleteLOL... "promoting advertisement" indicates AD should be moved to the front.
DeleteSome fine tuning required accounting 'entertained by' in the clue.
ReplyDelete1d, light = aura
ReplyDeleteAreas = AA
old city = UR
areas surrounding old city = [A(ur)A]
6a, fruit = ugli
~ ugly = disgusting
25a, legal claim = lien
Foreigner = alien
Dismissed at the outset = alien - A,
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23a, at this time of day = noon
No = no
Person lacks energy = one - e = on
[No(on)]
22a, entrance = adit
A princess = A di
Heart ultimately = t
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Delete2D TIDE = tendency (cut EDIT back)
ReplyDelete16A pout(-p) and swear(-s) having lost first
ReplyDeleteOutwear meaning last
Also 10a
ReplyDeleteAc 10
ReplyDeleteDn 3, 4, 21 remain.
3d CLOTHESEHORSE = Dandy
ReplyDeleteAnagrM of School and there's
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DeleteSynthetic - Acrylic (ic(e) cry(s)(t)al - not set
ReplyDelete10A- Stem- Steam- A
ReplyDeleteEnergy= Steam, Answer=A
Radical is the def.
I had a doubt about the meaning as radical but on checking, I found
. stem - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
root word, root, theme, radical, base
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DeleteLooks like botany also supports the definition.
Good one!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteYes, stem as a root or base is from Botany.
21d PITA bread
ReplyDeleteEdge:tip folded:retreated
PIT (<=) A
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DeleteDocs influence. Married man, husband.
ReplyDeleteTypical of Bruno - lo....ng words.
But a nice grid. Fun to solve.
Loved - IMMODERATE, CLOTHESHORSE, OCCASIONAL, GATEKEEPER.
Thanx Bruno!