Solution to 12A 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
1 Plain old man turned out to be architect (6) PARENT {PA}{RENT} (Correction - {apPARENT}* - See comments)
8 General desperate to blow up (7) ENLARGE*
9 Son, ABCD's complex - run away! (7) ABSCOND*
11 Fine account on record counter (10) ACCEPTABLE {ACC}{EP}{TABLE}
12 Son of Adam and Eve's a girl three-fifths (4) A?E? (Addendum - ABEL {A}{BELle}
13 Quietly struggling... dear 4ac (5) PADRE {P}{DEAR*}
14 Man's desire to get group to return knives (8) MACHETES {M}{ACHE}{SET<=}
16 European with gold, escaped (8) ANDORRAN {AND}{OR}{RAN}
18 Metal support systems' frame (5) BRASS {BRA}{Sy...mS}
20 4ac informally explodes! (4) POPS [DD]
21 4acs from rich parts while travelling around America (10) PATRIARCHS {RICH+PARTS}* over {A}
23 Odd business... really? In Delhi? (7) BIZARRE {BIZ}{ARRE}
25 Team seen in hotel, eventually (6) ELEVEN [T]
26 Heavy-set boy doggy often chased away (6) STODGY {SeT+bOy+DoGgY}
DOWN
1 Fear of 4ac's mostly good (5) PANIC {PA}{NICe}
2 Right direction to go close to death? Back! (4-3) REAR-END {R}{nEAR}{END}
3 Thing about fatigue - it helps us sleep better (9) NIGHTWEAR {THING*}{WEAR}
5 A leisurely walk - bet clears head (5) AMBLE gAMBLE
6 Man took care to fence town's large area (7) HECTARE {HE}{C{T}ARE}
7 RRR movie's ending needs to be shot with professional artists (9) RENDERERS {RRR+m..iE+NEEDS}*
10 Hate to relax? Take up chant at home... (9) ABOMINATE {ABATE} over {OM}{IN}
13 4ac's on time - rushed to catch my first play (9) PANTOMIME {PA}{ON+TIME}*over {My}
15 One way to travel from California to South American city over heart of Caribbean and the French Territory (9) CABRIOLET {CA}{c..iBb..n}{RIO}{LE}{T}
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19 Article woven without interest became worn down (7) ABRADED {A}{BRAiDED}
21 4ac often crushed with process (5) PARSE {PA}{cRuShEd}
22 Chewbacca-like magical being starting to howl for touch of 4ac (5) HAIRY {Howl}{AIRY} (Correction - {(-f+h)HAIRY} - See comments)
Reference List
Old man = PA, Record = EP, Quietly = P, Man = M, Support = BRA, America = A, Business = BIZ, No = N, Papers = ID, Right = R, Town = T, The in French = LE, Territory = T
22d fairy -f+h!
ReplyDelete12A Abel A+ 3/5ths of Belle?
ReplyDelete11A- account is Ac or Acc?
ReplyDeleteMaybe acct also, but I have not come across Acc
DeleteOnly 3 anagrams! Liked the CW
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ReplyDeleteAs a newbie to crossword,I have a doubt.
1a how is rent derived from the clue
Pa p pa pa pa!😀
ReplyDeleteSathia
1a - plain-apparent -pa <-old man.-
ReplyDeleteparent
Plain old man= Pa
ReplyDeleteTurned out= Rent
Rent- 2. A breach of relations between persons or groups; a rift.
Father is often referred to as old man, Pa, Pop, Dad.....
DeleteWhats plain doing!
DeleteRemy's anno is correct.
DeletePlain:apparent
Old man:pa turned:ap out:deletion
But the thing is
DeleteApparent, parent,pa all come from same root!
The roots of apparent and parent are different per TFD. pa, of course, is colloquial.
DeleteCol. has given old man= Pa. Correct. But why Plain? Not needed and confusing.
ReplyDeleteI had same anno as Remy for 1A . Also, I took architect as direct synonym for parent as in founder, not from Claude Parent
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed working on Bruno's crossword today.
ReplyDeleteGood CW.....like THE wp OF RRR, 25A, - IPL team and many......over all it was good.
ReplyDeleteSo we can expect American abbreviations like Territory = T, Town = T, Interest = I in THC 🙂
ReplyDeleteAcc = account is there in CCD and BRB
I don't like the clues 1ac, 4ac, which hv been used many times & which appear to be irrelevant. What do they mean by it ? 1across, 4across or "Pa" ?
ReplyDeleteI found it tough. Couldn't parse PARENT.
ReplyDeleteDidn't get ANDORRAN.
My fav - PANTOMIME, PATRIARCHS, POPS.
Thnax