Friday, 30 January 2026

No 14704, Friday 30 Jan 2026, Dr. X

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ACROSS
1   Star's rebellious boy does meth at premiere (8)
5   Article about unionist becoming insolvent (6)
10 Succeeded, made a comeback after good fortune in Indian city (7)
11 Most attractive presenter entertaining models on base (7)
12 Coach in academy inspires mate (5)
13 Liaison with hot rogue when husband's away leads to separation (9)
14 Groan about working for lout, extremely rude and bossy type of person (7,5)
18 See head of elite club terribly overwhelmed by anxiety in notorious controversy (5,7)
21 Feeling excited, turned on by drug (9)
23 Escort inviting prince for orgy (5)
24 See 9 Down
25 Charged with loud exclamation of disgust to interrupt scoundrel (7)
26 University girl catches ultimately vile pervert (6)
27 Short joke playing in reel's funny (3-5)

DOWN
1   Marry girl finally, overwhelmed by excitement (6)
2   Help out emcee entertaining posh relatives (4,2)
3   Bars almost everywhere in old Indian city (9)
4   Unhappy with the modus operandi in new whodunnit (4,2,3,5)
6   Cavities in infant, rampant (5)
7   Arguments in building (8)
8   Rodent-eating serpent in a tanker abandoned outside society (3,5)
9 & 24 Inadvertently harm one's own interests, leaving one with a limp perhaps? (5,7,2,3,4)
15 Stop in jungle with everyone (9)
16 No Bumrah ultimately! Somehow, coach must adapt (8)
17 Start to seductively take off summer garment (8)
19 Men drink outside island's base (6)
20 Decay in strong organic compound (6)
22 Rebels in revolutionary activity around southern border of Mexico (5)

17 comments:

  1. Today was tough going .... couldn't get many 😞

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  2. 8d Rat snake from rodent- rat and S erpent t ANKE r sanke anagram snake

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  3. 4d down in the month = unhappy. Anagram of whodunnit+ the + mo ( modası operandi).

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  4. 15d forestall - stop from forest - jungle , all- everyone

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  5. 13a isolation = separation. Anagram of liasison +hot with ' h'' ( husband )away.

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  6. 27a one liner short joke from playing- ON and in reel anagram

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  7. 10a = Lucknow. Succeeded backward = now. Good fortune= luck.

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    1. Mention must be made of 'After'- indicating now comes after Luck. Every word is important.

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  8. 3d Bangalore. Bars = ban; galore = almost everywhere.

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  9. 11a hottest = most attractive. Presenter = host, entertaining models = tt, ön base = e.

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  10. 6D Antra (rampant)
    7D. Premises ( basic premises in the argument and premises , a building )
    20D Fester, Fe (iron, st from strong)
    Please give time to give complete annotation.

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