Solution to 14D 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 Disfigure a bishop's beetle (6) SCARAB {SCAR}{A}{B}
9 Established study about a prison (4-4) CAST-IRON {C{A}{STIR}ON}
10 Picks up missing fellow and impresses (6) ETCHES fETCHES
11 Calls attention to Spooner's deception limits (10) HIGHLIGHTS (lie heights to highlights)
12 Orally mend scoundrel (4) HEEL (~heal)
13 A desire to admit early signs of love and lust from the outset (3,5) ALL ALONG {A}{L{Love}{And}{Lust}ONG}
16 What did you say? Policemen are releasing documents of notorious leaders! (6) PARDON Acrostic
17 Emphasise anxiety (6) STRESS [DD]
19 Heartless CEO last month, rejected and buried formula. Preposterous! (8) COCKEYED {CeO}{DEC<=} over {KEY}
21 Repudiate some blonde nymph (4) DENY [T]
22 Sailor devastated! Soul's basically torn in state monitored fascism (10) ABSOLUTISM {AB}{SOUL*}{Torn}{In}{St..e}{Mo...d}
25 Decent hero vacated resort (6) HONEST {HerO}{NEST}
26 Fantastic grain used repeatedly in farming? (8) AGRARIAN Letter Bank
27 Prepare extremely reasonable funeral coach (8) REHEARSE {Re...lE}{HEARSE}
28 Breathtaking piece of jewellery? (6) CHOKER [DD]
DOWN
2 A jerk cycling around old animal (5) COATI {(+c)CATI(-c)} over {O} This word play doesn't work for cycling as A is in between
4 Mix or rub it in Mexican wrap (7) BURRITO*
6 Exercise before dinner perhaps, sipping some Sangria (5-2) PRESS-UP {PRE}{Sa...a}{SUP}
7 ...and this 'Man o War' for one developed a creased horn? (9) RACEHORSE {RACEHORSE+AND}* = A CREASED HORN
14 Drunk, that man's very mobile - extremely agile (9) L?T?E?O?E ()
15 Can eye let out gas? (9) ACETYLENE*
18 Second serve takes time in spread (7) SCATTER {S}{CAT{T}ER}
19 Rascal wears suit in shower (7) CASCADE {CAS{CAD}E}
20 Concerned with heat? Car coil's damaged! (7) CALORIC*
23 Chest also holds relics & souvenirs primarily (5) TORSO {TO{Re...s}{So...s}O}
24 Some beg at station's elevated platform (5) STAGE [T<=]
Reference List
Bishop = B, Drink = SUP, Study = CON, Fellow = F, Sailor = AB, Old = O, Henry = H, Second = S, Time = T
2d cycling applied to atic as a single word!
ReplyDeleteA tic is cycling around o was the word play
DeleteI had it that way only
Delete(A tic)* around O
DeleteCol read it as
Deletea (tic cycling)
I was pointing it's
(A tic) Cycling.
Thanks sree_sree
DeleteYes :)
DeleteA Tic is not a word to which cycling can be applied in my opinion
DeleteYour point is that it has to be a single word?
Delete@Paddy, I think it should.
DeleteCycling as it is borders on indirect anagram with setters resorting to multiple cycles. (Or undefined number of cycles. It started as just one letter moving, but now it has gone to almost all letters except one letter cycling. (That is as good as indirect anagram).
The sheer permutations and combinations will increase tremendously if we allow this type of cluing.
Ofcourse this perticular clue is simple but the device itself become .....ass.
And I haven't come across this usage till today even in international puzzles.
DeleteAn example
DeleteGerman, who drew back when cycling (5)
For the multiple cycles without any hint on how many times!
DeletePixie Dust spreads her magic and we enjoy it!!
ReplyDeleteThanks 😊
Delete+1. Apt line given by Paddy on today’s CW.
DeleteSathia
14D LITHSOME-agile; drunk {LIT}, that man {HE}, very {SO}, {M}obil{E}
ReplyDelete'e' is missing in the solution.
DeleteMust be typo- Lithesome
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