Solution to 5D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.
Open for anyone to solve, if not solved by 1 PM.
ACROSS
6 Appreciate 5A, not the first clue! (5) VALUE {V}{A}{cLUE}
7 Apostle had good people with bit of theological understanding (9) JUDGEMENT {JUD{G}E}{MEN}{Th...l}
10 Oracular and keen on exercises involving crosswords mainly! (7) CRYPTIC {CRY}{PT}{In...g}{Cr...s}
11 Domestic broadcast carries trivia every now and then (7) SERVANT {SE{tRiViA}NT}
12 Check what Ram mellowingly bears (7) TRAMMEL [T]
13 When jury is not able to reach a conclusion, one is thrown to the wind! (7) MISTRAL MISTRiAL {MISTR{1}AL}
14 It is used to tie basic dental fitting (7,4) ELASTIC BAND*
19 Book our boxes, prepare one for bedroom (7) BOUDOIR {B}{OU{DO}{1}R}
21 Our land's rough and rugged (7) NODULAR*
23 Spot over large empty cloth (7) SPLOTCH {SP{L}OT}{ClotH} Spot on double duty?
25 Keeps an eye on alien thought process (7) MINDSET {MINDS}{ET}
26 Bend for victory! Rally in response! (9) REFLEXIVE {RE(+flex-v)FLEXVIVE}
27 Five things like basil, not hard to cultivate, chew and digest, say (5) VERBS {V}{hERBS}
DOWN
1 Parents liaise, afterwards youngsters delightfully assemble to enjoy basically (4,4) PLAY DATE Acrostic Semi&lit
2 Upset about men's partitioning of body (6) SEPTUM {UPSET*}{M}
3 One who comes for an animal husbandry tool (10) EJACULATOR [DD]
4 Does sad ballads (4) ODES*
5 Darn! A lost harvest just after killing of farmers' leader! (6) ?E?A?R (Addendum - REPAIR {REaP}{fAIR} - See comments)
6 Empty Lift (6) VACATE [DD]
8 Aura is energy in motion, covers large part of our world! (7) EURASIA {AURA+IS+E}*
9 Gossip or anecdote about Rechabite (6) TATTLE {TA{TT}LE}
13 Take time, test one, say for measure of speed (4,6) MACH NUMBER {MAtCH}{NUMBER}
15 John, our ancestor preserved lost works (7) APOSTLE {AP{LOST*}E}
16 Refused a contract with American state? Yes! Unreal! (8) DELUSORY {DELeted}{US}{OR}{Y} (Correction - {DEaL}{US}{OR}{Y} - See comments)
17 One who ill-treats a black client? (6) ABUSER {A}{B}{USER}
18 Free time? One stuffs marijuana mostly! (6) GRATIS {GRA{T}{1}Ss}
20 Better cultivate tulip with minimum fertilisers (6) UPLIFT {UPLI{Fe...s}T*}
22 Study southern part of a state carved out of Serbia from the beginning (2,4) DE NOVO {DEN}{kosOVO}
24 Sounds like healthy praise (4) HAIL (~hale)
Reference List
Good = G, Exercises = PT, Book = B, Large = L, Alien = ET, Victory = V, Men = M, Energy = E, Time = T, yes = Y, Black = B
16d deal -a!
ReplyDelete6d DD?
ReplyDeleteBoth are synonyms of same def (evacuate). No?
3d too. Same root word.
Delete6d- Lift as in (judicial) vacate a stay order.
DeleteSame meaning cause to leave.
DeleteOr Left empty!
Delete23a i took it as &lit
ReplyDeleteSpot over L is Sp(l)ot. I see no double duty there.
DeleteWhats the def!
DeleteSemi &Lit?
DeleteWhat's the role of 'empty' if it's an &lit
DeleteEmpty cloth giving CH
DeleteAs given by you in the main post.
DeleteI was talking of it's role in an &lit
DeleteAgree with Col. Splotch is a spot on cloth, regardless of whether the cloth is large or small, empty or otherwise.
DeleteDoc, we have discussed many time that in cryptics
DeleteIts sufficient to be "sufficient and not necessary".
A splotch can be spot on an empty (blank) cloth!
But splotch is probably derived from spot and blotch! Should have been avoided.
14a semi&lit (dental elastics)
ReplyDeleteSince there is an Anagram, should it not be [A & Lit]?
Delete15D- I liked ape, " Our ancestor"!!
ReplyDelete5D: darn= repair
ReplyDeleteHarvest is reap
Just is fair
Re(-a)p+(-f)(air)
Sathia
5 D Repair - darn
ReplyDeleteA lost harvest - re (-a) p
Just - Fair
Killing of farmers’ leader- (-f)
Re(-a)p (-f)air
5D:repair=darn-a lost harvest(reap)(-a)=(rep)
ReplyDeleteJust=fair(-farmers' leader((f) becomes (air)
Lot of harvesting- seasonal for Pongal !!
ReplyDeleteA little difficult but some nice clues.
ReplyDeleteLiked - APOSTLE, CRYPTIC, REPAIR.
Thank u Vidwan!