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AJJI 19
By Ajji
Across
| 1 | Ruler with absolute power but no support primarily follows decree ignoring setter to make facility for storing artillery (13) |
| 9 | Game using cards as coins strangely (7) |
| 10 | Competes to adopt extremely right universal qualities (7) |
| 11 | Writers of mournful poems, for example, in electronic lists (8) |
| 12 | A jacket almost is burning (6) |
| 14 | Cessation of hostilities happens when the first commander gets into loyal setting (5) |
| 15 | Servant to accommodate nut I crack (9) |
| 17 | Astonished that you and I go into a small lorry (3-6) |
| 19 | Clergyman loses head and causes crime (5) |
| 20 | I and donor, in confusion, had to remain within a building under cover (6) |
| 22 | Swiss firm accommodates University graduates in hurricane (8) |
| 24 | University student drunk in New York - it is illegal (7) |
| 25 | Violent, loses first two letters and becomes ceremonial county of England (7) |
| 26 | Young person, first rate almost within follows commercial executive (13) |
Down
| 1 | Arrangement for concert involves lectures about right coffer (14) |
| 2 | State of disuse caused by man eating the last fatty food (9) |
| 3 | Stupid when twice in east (7) |
| 4 | A couch, out strangely after first class rubber tree (10) |
| 5 | Plunge into water and breathe your last around five (4) |
| 6 | Standard fit for a moral story (7) |
| 7 | The brass instrument with first sword inside is a Japanese sword guard (5) |
| 8 | Going from smallest to largest with Army Service Corps concluding arrangement (14) |
| 13 | Plants model trapped by horns of deer (10) |
| 16 | Fool first worker to become helper (9) |
| 18 | The God of Thunder with setter takes a pause for an element (7) |
| 19 | A ceremonial act about first baby right for mediator (7) |
| 21 | A model went first up the river mouth (5) |
| 23 | Tin contains unknown blue-green colour (4) |
Enjoy.
19A: (-p)ARSON
ReplyDelete5D: DI(V)e
Delete16D: ASS(IST)ANT
Delete9ac - CASSINO - card game
ReplyDelete(ascoin)*
2dn - DESUETUDE - a state of disuse
DeleteD ( e + suet) ude
Dude - man
e - the last
Suet - fatty food
14ac - TRUCE
Deletetru(c)e
Replacement -
Delete1dn - ORCHESTRATIONS - arrangement for concert
o (r + chest) rations
orations - lectures
R - right
chest - coffer
Replacement for?
DeleteI thought CASSINO. but looks like I preceded. Sorry.
Delete23d CYAN
ReplyDeletetin = can
unkonwn = y
def: blue-green color
4d CAOUTCHOUC
Delete(a + couch + out + c)*
def: rubber tree
A slight correction is needed in your annotation Kiran
Delete3d ASININE
Deletewhen = as
twice in = inin
east = e
def: stupid
4d anno correction:
Deletec + (a + couch + out)*
Thanks AJ
👍
Delete23 CYAN {c(y)an}
ReplyDelete20a: INDOOR {I+DONOR)*
ReplyDelete5D: DIVE {DI{V}E}
6D: PARABLE {PAR}{ABLE}
19d ARBITER - mediator
ReplyDelete{a}{rite*} over {b}{r}
Indirect anagram for rite*
DeleteNo anagram
DeleteYou are correct. There is no anagram in 19D.
Delete8d. ASCENDIGORDER =Going from smallest to largest
ReplyDeletewith Army Service Corps=ASC
concluding=ENDING
arrangement =ORDER
enumeration could have been 9,5
Is this a single word? Enu right?
DeleteEnu should be 9,5
DeleteSame with 1A
Replacement for 5 down
ReplyDelete12a: ABLAZE {A}{BLAZE(-R)}
20ac. INDOOR.. I + Donor combined anag
ReplyDelete5d DIVE..DI(V)E
11ac ELEGISTS.. EG(example) in E Lists*
unfortunately I am unable to view grid and puzzles. I could see only comments. a rare problem experienced here. snap shot sent to Paddy sir. refreshed thrice. shall try after 2 PM.
ReplyDelete17a. Astonished= AWE STRUCK
ReplyDeletethat you and I =WE
go into=containment ind
a =A
small=S
lorry=TRUCK
7 dn Tsuba t (s)uba
ReplyDelete19 ac p-arson. arson
Tried in my colleagues laptop and not appearing the grids and puzzles. location. Jajpur - Odisha
ReplyDelete10a. VIRTUES
ReplyDeleteCompetes=VIES
to adopt containment indicator
extremely right = RT
universal= U
qualities= VIRTUES
Annotation is not right, Gemini
ReplyDelete1 ac ordnance depot.
ReplyDeleteord-(i)nance de(-s)pot
19A- Parson-P=Arson
ReplyDelete23D- CYAN- C(Y)AN
22 ac chubasco.
ReplyDeleteswiss -ch u-university bas-graduates co.
26A RUTLAND; ceremonial country of England; bRUTaL AND; a and b are first two letters
ReplyDeletesorry. it is 25A
Deletechubasco -squall -hurricane
ReplyDelete15A HOUSEMAID; servant; HOUSE MA(I)D;
ReplyDelete26A ADMINISTATOR; executive; MIN(IST)(RATe)OR<=>AD
ReplyDelete24ac, 13d and 21d remain
ReplyDeleteNotes about 8D from last week appear this week also! Not sure if it is my browser issue or for everyone.
ReplyDeleteIt has appeared in my system also.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteIts a manual text entry while compiling the grid in exolve format.
DeleteCol to delete that extra text.
21D a model(t) went first(led)
ReplyDeleteUp - reversal ind
River mouth - DELTA
13d BUCKTHORNS : Plants
ReplyDeleteBUCK(T)HORNS
Model : T
Horns of deer : Buck horns
21d DELTA : River of mouth
A : A model : T First LED. A T LED Aall reversed/up
13d BUCKTHORNS Plants
ReplyDeleteT (model) trapped by BUCKHORNS (Horns of deer)
Nice grid AJ. Quick work. Didn't know CHUBASCO. Had to Google.
ReplyDeleteThanks Gowri
DeleteSimple, elegant clues mostly of charades and containers. Easy to solve with correct substitution.
ReplyDeleteThanks AJJI aware.🙏
Thank you KRM
Delete24d NULLITY = Illegal
ReplyDeleteU univeRsity, L student, LIT drunk in NY New York
N + U+L+LIT+Y
Superb wordplay Ajji. It was fun to solve.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Economizer.
ReplyDeleteThe exercise is over thanks to the support of the solvers and commenters.
ReplyDeleteThanks to all for setting aside some time for the grid.
My thanks to the colonel for hosting the grid in today’s blog as Sunday special.
Correct.
ReplyDeleteThank you AJ
ReplyDelete+1 markable improvement.
DeleteThanks Sree Sree and Paddy
DeleteThanks for the special AJ
ReplyDelete