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| 1 | A short sentence on very long story plot... (8) |
| 6 | ... mostly about the French crew (6) |
| 9 | Miserable to imprison manual worker (4-6) |
| 10 | Mostly not working in the middle of the day (4) |
| 11 | Gunmen fail to blow up material (10) |
| 12 | At what time will halloween entertainment night start? (4) |
| 13 | Special machines to make furnitures (6) |
| 14 | Casual dial (4-4) |
| 16 | They help in breaking down obsession to make mistakes, say (8) |
| 19 | There is no turning back on the final plan (3-3) |
| 20 | Some filth ugly criminal (4) |
| 22 | Fashion decoration - choose items that go well together (10) |
| 23 | Blanks and chokes heartlessly (4) |
| 24 | Was it a car or a cat I saw? It looked same either way (10) |
| 25 | Good entertainers providing spirits (6) |
| 26 | Once again fixing live streaming (8) |
Down
| 2 | Many trees are chopped for synthetic fabric (9) |
| 3 | Sees enough and rages about carbon emissions (10,5) |
| 4 | Comes to a doctor before turning nuts (7) |
| 5 | Cooperative ambassador left quietly with viral flu (7) |
| 6 | Italian composer's heart infected from bottom to top (7) |
| 7 | Wind and sunlight enable wide greenery development (10,5) |
| 8 | Can small base be detached? (5) |
| 15 | Hundred mega boats seized by an operative (9) |
| 17 | Flees Spain with cloaks (7) |
| 18 | Overindulgent parent reveals the plot (7) |
| 19 | Maybe first gold ring with name inscribed (7) |
| 21 | Well being left out in open country (5) |
Enjoy.
14A: LAID-BACK..dial* RA
ReplyDelete20A: THUG..T
Delete17D: ES(CAPES)
Delete14a isn't RA
Delete7D: Enum to be 9,6 and not 10,5?
Delete14A: DIAL<<
Delete11a MEANINGFUL: material
ReplyDelete(Gunmen fail)* blow up is anind
14ac laid back (RA)
ReplyDelete20ac thug (T)
5dn amounts a mo(doctor) (nuts) *
Replacement
ReplyDelete12ac when acrostic
20A: THUG(T)
ReplyDelete17D: ESCAPES (ES)(CAPES)
5D: HELPFUL (HE)(L)(P)(FLU*)
3 dn greenhouse gases.sees enough rages*
ReplyDelete12 ac when-acrosric.at what time
2 dn polyester-poly+-trees*
10a NOON: middle of the day
ReplyDeleteNO( no(-t)): mostly not ON: working
Replacement
ReplyDelete16ac crushers crush(obsession) ers(errs)
1a EPIGRAPH: a short sentence on a very long story plot : direct definition
ReplyDeleteThere's more to the clue. It is not a direct definition
DeleteI thought as much, Abhishek. Plot is graph and very long story is epic.
DeleteVery long story plot is
Epic graph.
I didn’t know how to get rid of c at the end of epic.
Anyway, epigraph also happens to be a direct definition.
I simply ventured ( although half heartedly)
2dn polyester- synthetic fabric
ReplyDeleteMany- poly
Poly (trees)*
Chopped - anagrind
3 dn greenhouse gases- carbon emissions
(Sees enough rages)*
About- anagrind
14 ac laid back - casual
Dial is ( laid)>
compensating for 12 ac
ReplyDelete9 ac blue collar-manual worker
miserable-blue imprison-collar
9A- Blue Collar- Manual worker
ReplyDeleteMiserable- Blue; To imprison= Collar
13a- Stools- Furniture
Special=S; Machines= Tools
4D- Amounts- comes to
A MO (UNTS)*
In lieu of 3dn
ReplyDelete24 ac palindrome- it looked same either way
(Was ....saw) - is a palindrome
Replacements
ReplyDelete21D: HEATH (HEA(L)TH)
23A: GAPS(GA(-S)PS)
In lieu of 14 ac
ReplyDelete1ac epigraph- a short sentence on very long story plot- DD
In lieu of 1 ac
ReplyDelete11 ac meaningful- material
(Gunmen fail)*
To blow up- anagrind
13A: furniture= stools
ReplyDeleteSpecial is s
Machines are tools
26A: live streaming= relaying
Once again is re
Fixing=Laying
Sathia
Replacement for 9A-
ReplyDelete22A- Coordination- (Decoration)*
Def.- Choose items that go well together
Sorry. It is Coordinate and not coordination.
ReplyDelete25A: spirits= ghosts
ReplyDeleteGood is g
Entertainer is hosts
Sathia
In lieu of 13A,
ReplyDelete19A: May be first= ordinal
Gold is or
Ring is dial
Name is n
Inscribed is containment indicator
Hence, or+di(n)al
Sathia
22 across (COORDINATE)*
ReplyDelete19A-one-way- there is no turning; no reversed on thE last; plan-way;
ReplyDelete6A-circle-crew; mostly about -circa-a; the french-le;
6D-corelli-italian composer; heart-core; infected -ill
6a : CIRCLE = Crew
ReplyDeleteMostly About = Circa - a = CIRC
the in French = LE
8d : LOOSE = Be detached
Can = LOO
small = S
Base = E
15 d CRAFTSMAN
(C)(RAFTS)(M)(AN)
Def : Operative
Hundred C
DeleteMega M
Seized Containment in
Boats RAFTS
An SN
Typo an AN
DeleteIn lieu of 11ac
ReplyDelete15dn craftsman- operative
Hundred- c
Boats- rafts
Mega- m
Seized by- containment indicator
C rafts m an
Is the position of mega in the clue an oversight?
There's a mistake in the enu of 7D. I guess it should be (9,6)
ReplyDeleteYes. It is 9,6
ReplyDelete7D RENEWABLE ENERGY
ReplyDelete(enable w (wide ) greenery)*
In lieu of 15dn
ReplyDelete7dn renewable energy- wind and sunlight
(Enable w greenery)*
Wide- w
Development- anagrind
Enu given (10,5) is wrong. It has to be (9,6)
DeleteIn place of 6a
ReplyDelete18d : SPOILER (DD)
1st def : Overindulgent parent
2nd def : Reveals the plot
IMO only 6a & 18d are left.
ReplyDeleteSathia
Solved 11.47
DeleteThanks for attempting the grid. Apologies on the error in enum for 7d.. pleasdr let me know your feedback (positive and negative)
ReplyDeleteFor 1a) intended anno was
Long story - epic
Very - intended as indicator to take most of epic
Plot - graph
The whole clue is the definition
Taken separately your explanation sounds plausible. But in the clue to take 'very long' as almost long looks a little far fetched and difficult to perceive. Also,Epic itself can be a very long story.
Delete@Abhishek: Does very indicate most of the following word? If it is so, it is new to me!
ReplyDeleteThanks.
I'm not sure if it's a standard indicator. My rationale was - "very" can be used in context of "most". For example, very close and most close. So, I took the liberty to use "very" to take most of the following word and also it fit the context here. Happy to be corrected :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the special. Abhishek
ReplyDelete