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ACROSS
1 Women fix with warmth, start to bake and consume a healthy breakfast (5,5,5) WHOLE WHEAT BREAD {W}{HOLE}{W}{HEAT}{Bake}{READ}
10 Marches with loud call to ones not working (7) FRINGES {F}{RING}{onES}
11 Buzz on American soil (5) HUMUS {HUM}{US}
12 Spooner's taken nibble for a Spanish pastime (9) BULLFIGHT (~ full bite to bullfight)
13 Remember to search for conservative women's skirts (9) REMINISCE {RE(-c+minis)MINISCE}
15 Dad! Be reasonable! (3,2) ADD UP {DAD}* [RA]
16 Nothing like one's haven (5) OASIS {O}{AS}{1'S}
18 This cop as new nut (9) PISTACHIO*
23 German president, lacks tact basically and is a whiner! (5) GRUMP {G}{tRUMP}
24 Quivering with delight and putting it back in perspective! (7) ATINGLE {A{IT<=}NGLE}
25 Wet pups cavorting with brushed back hairstyle (7) UPSWEPT*
DOWN
1 All of us regularly want lady's 'profound' elementary predictions (7,8) WEATHER FORECAST {WE}{wAnT}{HER}{FOR}E{CAST} E from?
2 Choose one parent as best! (7) OPTIMUM {OPT}{1}{MUM}
3 Regular numbers for masses (9) EVENSONGS {EVEN}{SONGS}
4 Explosive device planted in South Bombay (1-4) H-BOMB [T]
5 Horror of headless order (9) AWFULNESS lAWFULNESS
6 Short kind of fibre (5) BRIEF*
7 Hired for a wedding? (7) ENGAGED [DD}
8 Trump spoke to half-decent criminal for a common office assistant (7,8) DESKTOP COMPUTER {TRUMP+SPOKE+TO+DECent}*
14 Food quietly left by girl's Batman, say (9) SUPERHERO {SUpPER}{HER}O 'O' From?
15 A gas in ale provides pain relief (9) ANALGESIA*
17 Fiery Samson regularly ignored Monarch (7) SMOKING {SaMsOn}{KING}
21 Power - Malwe prerogative? Not right! (5) MIGHT {M}{rIGHT}
22 Last of the duet abandoned for a solo instrumental composition (5) ETUDE {thE}{DUET*}
Women = W, With = W, Loud = F. Working = ON, Search = RECCE, Conservative = C, Online = E, German = G, Pro = FOR, Found = CAST, Quietly = P, Hard = H, Uniform = U, Right = R
Across
ReplyDelete1 WW (women)+ HOLE(fix: like in a fix, in the hole) + HEAT (warmth) + Bake( start to bake) + READ (consumed) = WHOLE WHEAT BREAD ( not sure while hole goes inside the WW)
20 E + COME - E (back to front) + MERCEr (textile merchant mostly. Ty critical role) = E COMMERCE (online shopping)
26 POKER TAIL WRIGHT* (rehashed) = TIGHT ROPE WALKER ( high performer)
Down
1 WE (all of us) wAnT (regularly want) HER (lady’s) FOR (pro) + CAST (found like metallurgy) = WEATHER FORECAST not sure of the anno for E
8 TRUMP SPOKE TO DECent (half) *(criminal) = DESKTOP COMPUTER ( common office assistant)
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ReplyDeleteAnno for 1A is not correct
ReplyDeleteIs it just W(omen) HOLE (fix) W(ith). The plural women is just for subject verb agreement for the surface?
ReplyDeleteWomen is WW
ReplyDeleteNope
DeleteAh is with a containment indicator. Like held within so hole inside WW
ReplyDeleteNot here in this clue
DeleteSurprising, only one responder in three and half hours!
ReplyDeleteThere is some problem as I am unable to reply and seems pi can reply only in web version
ReplyDeleteNow it is possible as after web version I got it published in main site
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Delete11a Humus buzz- hum and US
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Delete5D: (-L)AWFULNESS
ReplyDelete5D: horror= awfulness
ReplyDeleteHeadless of lawfulness
(-l+awfulness)
Sathia
In lieu of
Delete11A: soil = humus
(Hum)(us)
Sathia
10Ac FRINGES - {F}{RING}{(on)ES}
ReplyDelete16a OASIS: haven
ReplyDeleteO(nothing) AS( like) IS( one’s):
16A:oasis-nothing(o),like(as)
ReplyDeleteone's(is). Oasis=haven.
One answer for me has published as unnamed _narrator
ReplyDelete11a BULLFIGHT~Full bite
ReplyDelete13A REMINISCE; remember; RE(-C)+(MINIS)MINIS CE; RECCE=search
ReplyDeleteIn lieu of 16A. 23A:grump-german(g)
ReplyDeletepresident(Trump)lacks tact basically(t)
(g)(Trump-t). grump=whiner.
24a ATINGLE. = Quivering with delight
ReplyDeleteTI =. It back in
ANGLE = Perspective
Putting. = Insertion ind
7d Engaged hired for dd
ReplyDelete2d OPT/I/MUM
ReplyDelete2d : OPTIMUM (OPT)(I)(MUM)
ReplyDeleteChoose : OPT, One : I, Parent : MUM
Def : Best
In lie of 2d
ReplyDelete17d : SMOKING (S M O)(KING)
SaMsOn regularly alternate letters SMO
Monarch : KING
Def : Fiery
14D-Superhero-batman,say; Supper-p + her+o -not sure?
ReplyDeleteYes.
DeleteSathia
18A thiscopas anag Pistachio
ReplyDelete25A wetpups anag Upswept
19d, armour = hauberk
ReplyDeleteHard = H
Uniform = U
Loose = anag. Ind
Wearing = cont ind
Break = Anag fodder
(H)(a(u)berk*)
1D Weather forecast - We(all of us) wAnT (regularly) her(lady's) forecast (elementary predictions)
ReplyDelete8D Desktop Computer (common office assistant) - anagram of Trump spoke to DEC( half decent)
15D Analgesia (provides pain relief) - anagram of 'a gas in ale'
17D Smoking (Fiery) - SaMsOn (regularly) King (monarch)
22D Etude (solo instrumental composition) anagram of Duet and last of thE
Missed something in 1D
Delete25A- Upswept- (Wet pups)*- Brushed back hairstyle
ReplyDelete3 db evensongs- masses regular-even numbers-songs.
ReplyDelete21d might From Malwe ,prerogative - right- r =might
ReplyDeleteIt may be read as Male prerogative.
ReplyDeleteIntha Malwe yaaru?
Delete18a fodder error! Only one i in the fodder!
ReplyDelete1d technically pro and fore mean "in front" though the connotations and usage are different. (My Gemini informs me)
ReplyDeletehttps://crypticcrosswords.net/crosswords/cryptic-crosswords-the-rules/3/
ReplyDeleteYes. Had same doubts with 1D and 14D
ReplyDelete19D - wearing as container Ind ? Thought it is an insertion Ind
Yes. I stand corrected. Thanks.
DeleteYou are not wrong. In the clue it is used as container indicator but it is an insertion indicator
DeleteBritish informal (colloq!)
DeleteTolerate/accept
One small doubt.
ReplyDeleteNibble is full bite?
Neither in computer parlance nor in English.
My fav today -
OPTIMUM, ATINGLE, EVENSONGS.
Thanx Vidwan!
Taken/full
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