Sunday 26 May 2024

The Sunday Crossword No 3308, Sunday 26 May 2024

ACROSS
1   Covers loosely with cropped top and trouserstrousers (8) BESTREWS {BESt}{TREWS}
5   Printed – and hightailed it (3,3) RAN OFF [DD]
9   Musical aces exhibiting supreme talent regarding instrumentation, primarily? (7) MAESTRI Acrostic &lit
10 Round child tucked in to cheese roll (7) BRIOCHE {BRI{O}{CH}E}
11 Decipher crossword’s clues? Only about five (5) SOLVE {SOL{V}E}
12 Attracted by quirky demeanour (9) ENAMOURED*
13 Ken sends urn toppling in debauchery (11) DRUNKENNESS*
17 Everyman has room for improvement, reader: honestly! (1,7,3) I PROMISE YOU {I}{PROMISE}{YOU}
20 Central character in Dungeons & Dragons? (9) AMPERSAND Definition by example
22 Manages nuts and loaves (5) HEADS {MD] 
23 Desserts with flirts (7) TRIFLES [DD]
24 Land – ground – earthier – not hard (7) ERITREA EARThIER*
25 Vacantly idling in vehicles: they’ll produce smoke (6) CIGARS {C{Id..nG}ARS}
26 Some priest ran Georgia, leading to disunite (8) ESTRANGE [T]

DOWN
1   Live around flightless birds in muddle (6) BEMUSE {B{EMUS}E}
2   Nicks from old swords caught (6) STEALS (~steels)
3   Scoundrel and lunatic brought up in N Sea port (9) ROTTERDAM {ROTTER}{MAD<=}
4   Alcoholic drinks, assuredly not some 1917 reds (5,8) WHITE RUSSIANS [DD]
6   Old soldier and mother heading up to see friend in Seville (5) AMIGO {O}{GI}{MA}<=
7   Took place in company, rising, better – about right? (8) OCCURRED {CO<=}{CUR{R}ED}
8   Tricky; finished struggling (8) FIENDISH*
10 Pleased bycake’ that’s reconstituted pulses (5-4,4) BLACK-EYED PEAS
14 Less well behaved; more like Fanny Adams? (9) NAUGHTIER (~noughtier)
15 Performed with a cold jerk that’s preachy (8) DIDACTIC {DID}{A}{C}{TIC}
16 On LSD, that’s staggering (8) TRIPPING [DD]
18 President’s computer working to suppress resistance (6) MACRON {MAC}{R}{ON}
19 Avoid dunces cap, excelling (though only somewhat) (6) ESCAPE [T]
21 Governor that’s needed by draughtsman (5) RULER [DD]

Reference List
Child = CH, Hard = H, Old = O, Right = R, Fanny Adams = NOUGHT, Cold = C, Resistance = R

2 comments:

  1. Special at 10:30 will be the prelim crossword used at IIT (Mumbai) Open 2024, set by KrisKross. Since it is a 13 x 13 crossword only 2 answers per commenter is permitted

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