Saturday 20 July 2024

No 14232, Saturday 20 Jul 2024, Dr. X

ACROSS
1   One attending courses is changing career to secure work (8) RACEGOER {RACE{GO}ER*}
5   Long for right look to entice (6) APPEAL APPEA(-r+l)L
10 Leads to development of Mensa (5) MEANS*
11 Tesla creates a revolutionary station wagon (6,3) ESTATE CAR {T+CREATES+A}*
12 Tense singer cut by star's criticism (7-2) TALKING-TO {T}{AL{KING}TO}
13 Column on celebrity hosting present occasion (5) NONCE [T]
14 Grass is strong! Relief to release worries essentially (6) FESCUE {F}{rESCUE}
15 Starts to eat uncooked rice, gets loose motion (7) GESTURE {Eat+Un...d+Rice+GETS}*
18 Rodent turned alert, avoiding a snake (7) RATTLER {RAT}{aLERT*}
20 Excellent and elegant, guiding ball close to hole (6) CHOICE {CH{O}IC}{holE}
22 It's used for cleaning bachelor pad (5) BROOM {B}{ROOM}
24 Italian cake in container - crust of excellent quality (9) PANETTONE {PAN}{Ex...nT}{TONE}
25 Accepted endless distress in terrible old form of torture (9) BASTINADO {B{pASTINg}AD}{O} (Correction - {A}{STINg} in {BAD}{O} - See comments)
26 Separate from boy lacking concern (5) OTHER bOTHER
27 Showy displays in club inside old retreat (6) ECLATS {STAL{C}E<=}
28 Decided to take a little rest? Professor talked monotonously (6,2) DRONED ON {D{Rest}ONE}{DON}

DOWN
1   Distant voyage to Mercury conducted, revolutionary (6) REMOTE [T<=]
2   Most creepy and brutal perjuries in court (9) CRAWLIEST {C{RAW}{LIES}T}
3   One writing about famous people's quirky compulsions in essence (6,9) GOSSIP COLUMNIST {G{COMPULSIONS*}IST}
4   Starts to eloquently praise fancy green centrepiece for table (7) EPERGNE {El...y}{Pr...e}{GREEN*}
6   Take a firm decision and stop being chaser in one-legged tag (3,4,4,4) PUT ONES FOOT DOWN [DD]
7   Former prisoner is caught, nailed by segment of DNA (2-3) EX-CON {EX{C}ON}
8   Thief in new reel, slyly stealing fancy car (8) LARCENER {N+REEL}* over {CAR}*
9   Powerful number captivating teenybopper on vacation (6) STRONG {S{Te...eR}ONG}
16 He couldn't swim naked (9) UNCLOTHED*
17 Inquiry about lab blowing up is expected (8) PROBABLE {PROB{LAB*}E}
19 Rematch with athlete essentially chasing record-breaking streak (6) REPLAY {athLete}<=>{EP} in {RAY}
20 Woo endlessly, entertaining with sincerity (7) CANDOUR {C{AND}OURt}
21 Bird over top of building in city of Palestine (6) HEBRON {HE{Bu...g}RON}
23 Bird in Seoul, exotic (5) OUSEL*

Reference List
Long = L, Right = R, Tesla  T< Tense = T, Singer = ALTO, Strong = F, Bachelor = B, Old = O, Boy = B, Club = C, Court = CT, Caught = C, New = N, Record = EP(Extended Ply)

12 comments:

  1. Had a tough time with some of the annos today.

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    1. Then the second A comes from accepted?

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    2. If I am correct,
      Accepted is a
      Distress is sting without end becomes stin
      Terrible is bad
      Hence, [ba(stin+a)d]o
      Sathia

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  3. In 12A, star is king?
    Sathia

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  4. So many new words today - fescue, epergne, bastinado

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    1. Do abstain from resorting to torture (9)
      From Arden! No:13727
      For those missing.

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    2. Lovely wordplay by Arden for the same clue.

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  5. Tough today.
    1ac Work is GO? Normally on or op. No?

    My fav clues
    CRAWLIEST, GOSSIP COLUMNIST, CANDOUR.
    Thanx Doc!

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