Solution to 20D 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 Degenerate grabbing slim associate in Indian city (8) BATHINDA {BA{THIN}D}{A}
10 Son scowled and ranted (7) SPOUTED {S}{POUTED}
11 Everyone with self-confidence accumulating runs at a brisk tempo (7) ALLEGRO {ALL}{EG{R}O}
13 Old shrew let loose after drinking gin heartily (9) ERSTWHILE {SHREW+LET}* over {gIn}
14 Hires a top doc working in branch of medicine (12) ORTHOPAEDICS*
18 Liquid fat from olive sprinkled over good European food (9,3) VEGETABLE OIL {OLIVE}* over {G}{E}{TABLE}
21 Nationalist remains unpleasant, tackling Liberal in American city (9) NASHVILLE {N}{ASH}{VI{L}LE}
23 Plant in container I carry (5) ERICA [T]
25 Container filled with extremely inert salt (7) CITRATE {C{InerT}RATE}
26 Playboy, say, is crazy ex-convict according to Spooner (3,3) LAD MAG (mad lag to lad mag}
27 Like funny yarns about one inhabitant of ancient kingdom (8) ASSYRIAN {AS}{SYR{1}AN*}
DOWN
1 Divide into two parts with secant cutting segment (6) BISECT {BI{SEC}T}
2 Romeo in severe depression (6) TROUGH {T{R}OUGH}
3 Take prettier models to introduce latest in fashion (9) INTERPRET {PRETTIER}* over {f...oN}
4 What matador will do - move finally on time to have a narrow escape (5,3,6) DODGE THE BULLET {DODGE THE BULL}{movE}{T}
6 Radiant in silver-blue (5) AGLOW {AG}{LOW}
7 Containing brown coal, sample abruptly catches fire releasing energy (8) LIGNITIC {L{IGNITe}ICk}
9 Deception by criminals stealing fancy pearl set (5,9) FALSE PRETENCES {F{PEARL+SET}*ENCES}
15 Clearly in depression, overwhelmed by disastrous year (9) EVIDENTLY {EVI{DENT}L}{Y}
17 Terrible gas after eating, disheartened by son's dish (3,5) EGG SALAD {GAS}*<=>{Ea..nG} and {LAD}
20 Den in front of cheap topless bar (6) ?A?E?N (Addendum - CAVERN {Ch..p}{tAVERN} - See comments)
22 Start to inspect oval-shaped musical instrument (5) VIOLA {In...t+OVAL}*
Reference List
Associate = A, Heroin = H, Son = S, Runs = R, Good = G, European = E, Nationalist = N, Liberal = L, Line = L, Romeo = R, Time = T, Energy = E, Special = S, New = N, King = K, Year = Y, Island = I
20 dn cavern- den
ReplyDeleteCheap - c
Topless bar - (T)avern
In front of - position indicator
In front of is position indicator for what?
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DeleteThe question was to Surendra
DeleteFront of cheap - c
DeleteSo, 'in front of' is not position indicator.
Delete'In' is the link word.
‘Front of’ is letter selection indicator.
Delete‘In’ is the connector between definition and wordplay
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ReplyDeleteDeleted as it's not relevant to this blog
DeleteDo wevhave enough cities to call it a theme?
ReplyDeleteWevhave 5 cities.
ReplyDeleteGenerally it's 6 or more for a themed puzzle
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