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AMRITA 14
By Amrita
Across
| 1 | Cut specially spicy pepper (8) |
| 5 | Detailed activity like doing the cryptic crosswords gets the new and old to mingle (6) |
| 10 | Hear a violinist smuggling a square meal? (7) |
| 11 | Stare at yours truly sing and dance! (7) |
| 12 | Student played organ mostly at slow tempo (5) |
| 13 | Doctor fit, white and extremely famous, ignores wife at golden celebrations(9) |
| 14 | Suddenly, a parisian wanted a bite of lamb yoghurt! (12) |
| 18 | Sit around table top, pass hours essentially and paint (6,6) |
| 21 | Fruit, mostly and a nut thrown to monkey (9) |
| 23 | 1st of November is a new month in Israel (5) |
| 24 | Dropping resistance at the 1st sign of truce during widespread revival in capital (3,4) |
| 25 | Disguised, trashy model left Sweden smuggling old husky (7) |
| 26 | Stop Indians abroad heading for trouble (6) |
| 27 | S.H Raza’s painting were exactly at the right time (2,3,3) |
Down
| 1 | Having no time, active military headed out animatedly (6) |
| 2 | Couple of lifeguards back from holiday gets Spooner to return uniform (6) |
| 3 | Declare in favour of priest for example at church (9) |
| 4 | Perhaps, Cook and Cook hired Indian to perform around four (5,9) |
| 6 | Marks’ visible in strobe lights (5) |
| 7 | Freely painted full of energy for a current event? (8) |
| 8 | Extremely lovely, usable fashion seen at TARGET (4’1, 3) |
| 9 | Complain about wife’s cooking, telling ‘no’ to dish (4,10) |
| 15 | East at noon? Or in fact another direction? (4,5) |
| 16 | Got out of bed, poured out brew not a bit upset? (8) |
| 17 | Attacks like sailors reportedly (8) |
| 19 | No man for one is essentially wise and down to earth ? (6) |
| 20 | Some agency staff get into a shell? (6) |
| 22 | Soldier by empty vehicle starts shaking and surrenders (5) |
Enjoy.
27A: ON THE DOT (Raza's style of painting0
ReplyDelete22d GIVES
ReplyDeletesoldier = GI, empty vehicle = VE, start to shake = S
def: surrenders
20d ENCYST [T]
Deletedef: get into a shell
23a NISAN
Delete1st of november = N (is) (a) (n)ew
def: month in israel
6D; OBELI..T
ReplyDelete12A: LARGO..L+ORGA(-n)*
DeleteRepalcement for 12A:
Delete13A: FIFTIETHS...FIT+WHITE+F(-amou)S-W*
10A RAVIOLI = Square meal { Telescopic heaR A VIOLInist}
ReplyDelete12A LARGO = slow tempo { student L + ORGAn , anagram}
Delete20D ENCYST = enclose in a shell {Telescopic agENCY STaff}
Delete12ac - LARGO - slow tempo
ReplyDeleteL(student) + (orga)*
1dn - AIRILY
Delete(military - t - m)*
3dn PRONOUNCE - declare
Deletepro (in favour) + noun (ex of priest) + ce
Replacement
Delete2dn LIVERY - uniform
li (couple of life guards) + rev (spooner) + y (back from holiday)
16dn uprooted (poured out-u) *
ReplyDelete20dn encyst (T)
12ac largo l(student) (organ-n) *
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ReplyDelete13a FIFTIETHS: golden
ReplyDelete( fit (-w)hite: ignore wife f(-Amou)s: extremely famous)*
21a ORANG UTAN: monkey
DeleteOrang(-e): fruit mostly ( a nut)*
24a TEL AVIV: capital
DeleteT: first sign of truce
Revival-r*: el Aviv
17d ASSAULTS: attacks
DeleteAS(like) SAULTS(~salts) reportedly
This is replacement for 13a
24A: capital = tel aviv
ReplyDelete(-r)(+t)(revival)*
1A: pepper= allspice
Cut specially becomes specially
( speciall)*
Sathia
9D: dish= beef wellington
ReplyDeleteComplain is beef
Wife is w
(Telling no)*
Hence, beef+w+ Ellington
Sathia
4 dn cheif operative
ReplyDeletech(i)ef operat(iv)e
19 dn island .w(is)e earth-land
Deleteno man is an island
Relook
Delete4 dn cheif execut(iv)e
Delete26 ac desis+t desis-indians +t -stop
Delete7 dn current event-neap tide.
Deletepainted+e*
Nice one. Thanks for the special.
ReplyDeleteThanks Amrita for an entertaining Sunday special CW.
DeleteSathia
AJ, the spoiler!!
ReplyDeleteJoined late and solved 2 quickly but had a quick look. Alas! Both done by AJ.
Lemme now do it peacefully at leisure. After all, pleasure is mire in solving than entering the solution.
ReplyDeleteFor your ears, Paddy:
Delete2D, 5A, 7D,8D, 14a, 26a,25a,15d & 19d are still there.
Sathia
Thank you Sathia.
DeleteIn lieu of 24A,
ReplyDelete4D: cook = chief executive
Ch(I)ef execut(iv)e
Sathia
Unintended, Paddy
ReplyDelete
DeleteObviously. Just for the fun of it!
6 D OBELI Str(obe li)ghts T
ReplyDelete15 D in fact TRUE NORTH direction
14 A UN EXPECTED L..Y UN = a parisian EXPECTED = wanted L and Y first letters
2D LIVERY LI fist two letters of lifeguard, REV < spooner and Y back of holiday replacing 6D
Delete15d def?
Delete5a HOBNOB; mingle HOB (N)(O)By; hobby= activity like doing cryptic crosswords
ReplyDelete7d NEAPTIDE; a current event? E in PAINTED*
Delete25a THROATY; husky: O in (THRASY-S + T)*
Delete8d BULL"S EYE; target; Clue suggest the anagram of L....Y USABLE; Is it a mistake or am I wrong?
Delete11a EYEBALL; stare; ~I ( yours truly = I ; sing as homophone indicator?)
DeleteApologies for exceeding the limit of 3. For some strange reason, I assumed it is 5 per solver.
DeleteI think, 11a, 18a and 8d remain
ReplyDelete11a, 8D & 29d are still there
ReplyDeleteSathia
Sorry 19d
ReplyDelete11A- Eyeball- Stare at
ReplyDeleteYours truly- I ~Eye (sing is homonym indicator)
Dance- Ball
19D- Island- No man is an island
ReplyDeletew(IS)e - Essentially
Is land.
Down to earth- Land
Done by remy
DeleteThank you Sathia!!
ReplyDeleteLosing?
ReplyDeleteDoubtfully though. Is "sit" Noun as in poser/model?
18a poster colour:paint
Pos(t table top)e (R!) col:pass h(our)s.
Nice grid.
ReplyDeleteAnno for TRUE NORTH. Couldn't get.
Bull's eye - error in fodder?
As shared by Prasad sit is not poser.
1ac - spicy in clue - not elegant.
Loved
CHIEF EXECUTIVE,
PRONOUNCE,
BEEF WELLINGTON.
Thanx Amrita
East(E) at noon(N) ? Or
Deletein fact(TRUTH) another direction?(defn) - TRU(E)(N)(OR)TH
You are absolutely correct.
DeleteThank u.
DeleteCol! Why Rao Pilla not yet promoted?
Please, let me be! I follow regular's rules. When I breach them, promote me. 😅
Delete15D- True North.
ReplyDeleteWhy East at noon?
Thank You Amritha for the interesting hour- solving, chatting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the special Amrita
ReplyDelete