No 14331, Friday 15 Nov 2024, Vidwan

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ACROSS

6   Counterbalance love with feminine force to fix! (6) OFFSET {O}{F}{F}{SET}

8   Growth of ordinary failed fellow with zero in essay! (8) OFFSHOOT {O}{F}{F}{SH{O}OT}

10 Judge, I rob art works about snake in the grass (10) ARBITRATOR {I+ROB+ART}* over {RAT}

11 Always go back naked (4) EVER rEVERt

12 They bid for free trading zones in the east (8) OFFERERS {FOR+FREE}*{z..eS}

15 Endless mentions about chant (6) INTONE mENTIONs*

16 India is one of these but not in scene mostly, somehow (13) SUBCONTINENTS {BUT+NOT+IN+SCENe}*S S from?

18 Fed up about one's abandon (6) DISOWN {D{1'S}OWN}

19 Old fellow starting to fish quietly on Korea borders, disappearing near the coast (8) OFFSHORE {O}{F}{Fish}{SH}{kOREa}

21 Teams rejecting outsiders for a rowing team (4) QUAD sQUADs

22 Sick about interrupting class lecture (10) ROLLICKING {RO{ILL<=}CKING}

25 Switch positions intermittently (3,3,2) OFF AND ON [DD]

26 Manage to survive English king and English cold! (3,3) EKE OUT {E}{K}{E}{OUT}

DOWN

1   A long way away, leader of PLO returned after crossing borders (4) AFAR aRAFAt<=

2   Mean like sea wolf, dropping a ton! (6) ASPIRE {AS}{PIRatE}

3   Time available for solicitor (4) TOUT {T}{OUT}

4   Bully about charging that teen regularly (8) THREATEN {TH{RE}AT}{tEeN}

5   Scrooge has drone redesigned for someone who brings in reforms (10) MODERNISER {M{DRONE*}ISER

7   Having 3 aspects - volatile ether, wheat or barley and English wine (5-8) THREE-CORNERED {ETHER*}{CORN}{E}{RED}

9   Force old dominion out along with drug bosses meddling in external affairs (7,6) FOREIGN  {F}{O}{REIGN}{OFF}{ICE} 

13 Wild ficus, tiffs and fights! (10) FISTICUFFS*

14 Occasionally asserts, almost excessively for a short fight (3-2) SET-TO {aSsErTs}{TOo}

17 Friend on a date at Washington, heading to York Street, famous for its theatres (8) BROADWAY {BRO}{A}{D}{WA}{York}

20 More sentimental than dash or hike (6) HOKIER*

23 Large area name, definition basically (4) LAND Acrostic &lit

24 Sister embracing love and goodness, for example (4) NOUN {N{O}UN}

Reference List

Feminine = F, Force = F, Ordinary = O, Failed = F, Fellow = F, Old = O, Quietly = SH, English = E, King = K, Ton = T, Time = T, About = RE, Date = D