Solution to 7D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered 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 answer, if not solved by 1 PM.
ACROSS
1 Study starts to trace ancestral lineage of canines (6) DENTAL {DEN}{Tr..e}{An...l}{Li...e}
8 Someone on a terrace is having a baby! (7) NEONATE [T]
9 Avoid draw? (4,3) WARD OFF {DRAW}* [RA]
11 About to ask loners all over the place to stand together? (5,5) CLOSE RANKS {C}{ASK+LONERS}*
12 Cut some sweet cherries (4) ETCH [T]
16 Plan is right from start to finish and logical to begin with (8) PROPOSAL {(-a)PROPOS(+a)A}{Lo...l}
18 Old Peruvian beer may be found here (5) INCAN {IN CAN} [DBE]
20 God of war essentially! (4) ARES [T] Semi&lit
21 Spooner's unreasonable standards - they could be frowned upon! (3,7) BAD MANNERS (~mad banners to bad manners)
23 Risk is great, but not absolute (7) IMPERIL IMPERIaL
24 These discriminators are on board? (7) SEXISTS {S{EXIST}S}
25 Had spent time, to take wife out (6) TASTED (+t-w)TASTED
26 Enter with extremely tipsy author around lunchtime (4,2) TYPE IN {TipsY}{PE{1}N}
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1 People get on when love is expressed (5) DWELL {Do WELL}
2 Abstainer's turned on by hot nurse (3-4) NON-USER {ON<=}{NURSE*}
3 Members of a rock band? (9) ASTEROIDS [CD/GK]
5 At last, scrub your butt cheek (5) BRASS {s..uB}{youR}{ASS}
6 Say, buffalo and bear finally teamed up (3,4) RED MEAT {beaR+TEAMED}*
7 A time to avoid pretentiousness, and care (9) A?F?C?I?N ()
15 A pill they popped for pastime (9) PHILATELY*
17 Have mixed up pesos with shillings (7) POSSESS {PESOS*}{SS}
19 Intimate clip from biopic on Fidel (7) CONFIDE [T]
21 In Bangalore on vacation, kid gets reward (5) BRIBE {Ba...rE} over {RIB}
22 I unloaded supplies in shop (3,2) RAT ON RATiON
Reference List
Sun = S, About = C, Absolute = A, Time = T, Wife = W, Hotel = H, Shilling = S
Several goid clues.
ReplyDeleteLoved the rock band!!!
thanks!
DeleteTotally agree with Paddy on this. 3D was the only clue I could not solve in the grid. I came here and when I saw the answer.. couldn't stop 2 things: 1. Bang my head for missing this and 2. Marvel at the ingenuity of the wordplay in the clue. Great stuff!!
DeleteHow does one classify 24A? Def.in the middle. Maybe def.is " These discriminators"?
ReplyDeleteExist from are? Should it not be 'Is'?
Exist can be both is and are. The rules exist, the rules are.
Deleteyep
DeleteSiberia was good too.
ReplyDeletePart of Russia, helps !
Delete24 A, sexists
ReplyDeleteThis is very intriguing.
On board ( exists) , discriminators (def.) is sexists. The 's', 's' indicates the two sexes polarized or divided !?
Am I striking a chord ?
On board is SS (for Steam Ship)
DeleteSo it is S(exist)S. Exist obviously from 'are'.
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ReplyDeleteThis may have to be deleted for want of annotation.
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DeleteI loved the clue, 5A
ReplyDeleteButt (ass), at last (indicator), scrub (b), your (r), BRASS
Excellent puzzle!
Beverage stylishly handled at noon to king Udhister, gratitude !(5-3)
Beverage (t>tea), stylishly( indicator) handled(h), at (a), noon(n) king( k)
Yudhister(u>you), and gratitude( def. ),
Acrostic
Thank you for the clues 1A, 4A, 5A and 3D
thanks!
Delete1d, why love is used, love denotes o in crossword, right.
ReplyDelete2a, why part of Europe, if the answer is Siberia.
2d. General notation for abstainer is (teetotaller).. no proper justice.
Love(o) is expressed(expelled)from do well.
DeleteAnswer is iberia, siberia-s.
DeletePlease try to understand how cryptic crossword is set. It always gives a different line of thinking than what you think it has to be. This is the beauty of such CW. Having said that if you keep visiting this blog and try to understand the solutions given for each type of clues, probably you may understand the clues better.
DeleteSathia
This is understood this way, done.
Delete7D AFFECTION
ReplyDeletePretentiousness= Affectation (-) AT (from A Time to avoid) gives Affection, meaning care
yes!
DeleteOk
Delete7D AFFECTION = care.
ReplyDeleteaffect(at)ion = pretentiousness
- a - t = A time
remove = to avoid
affect(-a-t)ion
yes
Delete26 A
ReplyDeleteCan the solution be ? :
Enter = TYPE ON
Author = POE ( American : Edgar Allen Poe )
Around = Anagram Indicator
So ,
Poe
Would become
PEO
Extremely = First and Last letters Selection Indicator from the Fodder
T ips Y = Fodder
So,
TY
Lunchtime = N oon =
ஃ
Enter = TYPE ON
Getting Poe from author and angramming it is called indirect anagram. Not allowed in cryptic crosswords.
DeleteWhy get into complications when pen from author us straight forward?
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