Solution to 25A 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
7 Very sorted, almost transformed constituency (6) VOTERS {V}{SORTEd}*
8 Claiming to be very tardy, Duke kept to himself (8) ISOLATED {I SO LATE}{D} Semi&lit
9 Reverend's kick and die game? (8) FOOTBALL (~boot fall to football)
10 Is this vegetable ruining pitas too? (6) POTATO {POTATO+IS}* ={PITAS TOO} [CA]
11 Careers involving revolutionary mentors (8) TEACHERS {TEA{CHE}RS*}
12 Passionate and resolute, David endured numerous tribulations initially (6) ARDENT Acrostic
13 Cleric's note about engineering branch (11) ELECTRONICS*
18 Delicate chapped feet bled (6) FEEBLE {FEEt}{BLEd}
20 Brilliant story book, engrossing and delightful to begin with (8) TALENTED {TALE}{NT}{En...g}{De...l}
22 Conjuror Rimuru smuggles reflecting glass (6) MIRROR [T<=]
23 How is Red an alien? (8) OUTSIDER {IS+RED}* [RA]
24 Exploit serf repeatedly to get to intermediaries? (8) REFEREES {SERF}* Letter Bank
25 Gathered pennies for bouquets (6) S?E?T? (Addendum - SCENTS (~cents) - See comments)
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1 Pass Leon, amazing army officer (7) COLONEL {COL}{LEON*}
2 Without bit of fuss, vicar left out standing (8) VERTICAL {VICAR+LEfT}*
3 Elastic black panels regularly checked for seepage (6) ESCAPE {ElaStiC+blAck+PanEls}
4 Briefly submissive Pixie Dust moves behind in protest (8) COMPLAIN COMPL(-i)A(+i)INt
5 Tormented bishop marked time, killed wife (6) BAITED {B}{wAITED}
6 Crudest in Yorkshire displaying fortune (7) DESTINY [T]
8 I will endlessly utilise allotments without tendering basic clarifications (13) ILLUSTRATIONS {I'LL}{USe}{RATIONS} over {Te...g}
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16 Charged particle indeed! (7) DEBITED {DE{BIT}ED}
17 Leaves in wastelands (7) DESERTS [DD]
19 Sequestered base around town, left of river Jhelum (6) BURIED {B{URI}ED}
21 Cool city in the bay area California, check out! (6) LATEST {LA}{TEST} I thought Bay Area refers to area around San Francisco Clue edited in online edition.
Reference List
Very = V, Duke = D, Book = NT(New Testament), Pass = COL, Bishop = B, Wife = W
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ReplyDeleteDoesnt wp lead to (IM so late)?
Does anyone say I SO LAte!
With very=so, tardy=late, A very tardy duke.....would have been sufficient
IMHO, claiming to be is not apt.
Error in 1D:
ReplyDeletePass = col
(Leon)*
To get colonel.
Sathia
Corrected
DeleteI have requested online correction for clue on LATEST
ReplyDeleteIt had been changed
ReplyDeleteIt should read
Cool city in California, check out! (6)
Pixie Dust weaves her Magic Wand and we pick our cherries!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Pixie Dust- enjoyed solving.
Thank you Padmanabhan:)
DeleteLA is also known as Bay Area
DeleteGood to see Pixie Dust using different clue types like, letter banks, CA, RA, spoonerism etc in this CW. Enjoyed solving it.
ReplyDeleteSathia
Thank you Sathia :)
Delete16Dn is my CoD
ReplyDelete25 A - SCENTS = Bouquets.
ReplyDeletePennies - cents;
For = S for Yes?
cents gathered S = scents
Annotation is not correct. Think differently
DeleteGathered has a specific purpose.
DeleteThank you D N M Rao
ReplyDeleteNice grid. Many interesting clues.
ReplyDeleteI liked Colonel!
Thanks Devi Prasad
DeleteIn 4d, did pixie dust(I) move behind or ahead ??
ReplyDeleteClue says behind.
DeleteSathia
yeah, but it should say "ahead", right ? I sometimes get confused with the wording in this type of clues where letters are getting shifted or cycled.
DeleteI is moving behind only ( considering from lady to right) that is from complian(-t) to complain. There is no confusion.
DeleteSathia
Left to right
DeleteSathia
ok makes sense now. I was considering from right to left for some wierd reason :-)
Delete25A- Scents= Bouquets. Scents ~ cents (pennies)
ReplyDeleteGathered is the homophone indicator.
Well done Paddy!!! The one clue I could not crack is left unsolved here in the blog (25A).. for the browsers to solve it.
ReplyDeleteExcellent puzzle Pixie Dust. Enjoyed my time working in it.
Thanks Sriku
DeleteThank you. I too got it very late.
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