Solution to 6D 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
1 Trophies taking over facades (5-3) COVER-UPS {C{OVER}UPS}
5 Not on complete upset (6) OFFEND {OFF}{END}
10 Broken ankle — I'm resembling a human being (7) MANLIKE {ANKLE+IM}*
11 Miss Turner's worker in a shrub (7) LANTANA {L{ANT}ANA}
12 Moving forward without or stunt? (5) DWARF ForWARD*
13 Discharge area, protecting soldiers (9) SECRETION {SEC{RE}TION}
14 Deal with groups carrying on their intellectual property (5,7) TRADE SECRETS {TRADE}{SEC{RE}TS}
18 Materialise position by coincidence (12) HAPPENSTANCE {HAPPEN}{STANCE}
21 Bar to accommodate, by the way (9) ROADHOUSE {HOUSE}<=>{ROAD}
23 Subject of you formally getting married (5) THEME {THE{M}E}
24 On the subject of aeronautics a foresight is lacking, I see (7) AVIONIC {A}{VisION}{I}{C}
25 Lastly one final agenda — accepting it as very exclusive and snobbish (7) ELITIST {onE}{LIST} over {IT}
26 "Gale force" — movie on a rookie flyer (6) EAGLET {GALE}*{ET}
27 Nothing to scan with this instrument? (8) OTOSCOPE {O}{TO}{SCOPE}
DOWN
1 Invitation daily, no trouble since it's funny (6) COMEDY {COME}{DailY}
2 In front with party support in UP, could be tough (6) VANDAL {VAN}{DAL}
3 Check pressure and strengthen (9) REINFORCE {REIN}{FORCE}
4 Extremely happy — such appeals end disturbance (7,2,5) PLEASED AS PUNCH *
6 It's a crime to take out of enclosure (5) F?N?E ()
7 Organic chemical dumped in the river — he is questioned (8) EXAMINEE {EX{AMINE}E}
8 Fantastic gain in medicine — find out (8) DIAGNOSE {D{GAIN*}OSE}
9 Twelve banks can produce a rare, unexpected phenomenon (5,4,5) BLACK SWAN EVENT*
15 Changing tack, turns around for some drinks (9) COCKTAILS {CO{TACK*}ILS}
16 A line had these kinds of animals (8) CHORDATE {CHORD}{ATE}
17 Modernising state, going steady (8) UPDATING {UP}{DATING}
19 Farmer in Orissa keeping sheep (6) MERINO [T]
20 Place support underneath the furniture (6) SETTEE {SET}{TEE}
22 "They're layers", one says so (5) HENCE (~hens)
Reference List
Soldiers = RE(Royal Engineers), On = RE, Married = M, Movie = ET, Support = TEE
21a- 'by' is the indicator for exchange?
ReplyDeleteBy could mean either side.
DeleteGot it. Thank you.
DeleteA good engaging CW. Than you Arden.
ReplyDeleteLoved Dwarf. layers (fav), Lantana, vandal, Examinee and 6D,of course.
6 down very easy to solve 👍
ReplyDelete24A Do we need a homophone indicator for See?
ReplyDeleteMaybe you are right.
DeleteNot required.
Delete@Prasad, why is HP indicator not required? Is see = C per some standard abbreviation?
Delete(18Ac) 'Happenstance' - editorial headline in today's Deccan Chronicle - "Modi's (9Dn) 'black swan speech' in T'gana ...'
ReplyDelete6d- (-OF(FENCE))
ReplyDeleteDef.- enclosure
crime - offence
deletion indicator - take out 'of '
Nice solve Prasanna 👍
Delete+1
DeleteOffence after offend in 5a.
DeleteDidn't expect to see in Arden's grid.
Thank you MB & Paddy sir
DeleteArden has been having 4 in a row, of late.
ReplyDeleteOh! You mean the repeat. I got that as I just pressed the publish button.
DeleteIt was a decent crossword with perhaps one too many charades. (I have a pent up rant on the topic of "charade overdose" - also covered in CrosswordUnclued; I shall save it for a day when we must solve one by the worst offender). As with yesterday's puzzle, many clues contained parts of the solution given "as is", to be used without any modification. 4D PLEASED AS PUNCH and 9D BLACK SWAN EVENT were fairly simple anagrams which opened up the grid, while 14A TRADE SECRETS and 18A HAPPENSTANCE were reasonably clued and solvable with some crossings. The bottom-left corner had some tough clues, while LANTANA in the top right was tough. Some surface readings were poor (eg. 21A, 12A, 2D), and a few clues contained dodgy link words like "since" (1D) and "their" (14A). 3D was a good charade, while 17D had good wordplay with "going steady" = DATING and the surface of 19D was well written.
ReplyDeleteI didn't understand 2dn - VANDAL. Can someone explain?
ReplyDeleteOtherwise nice and easy by arden standards.
My fav - HENCE, COCKTAILS, AVIONIC, DIAGNOSE.
Thank you.
VAN - In front , as in VANGUARD. DAL - political parties in UP.. Apna Dal, Lok Dal et al
DeleteA vandal is tough (guy)/roughneck etc...
DeleteThank u.
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