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ACROSS
7 Fit and resize loose clothing/uniform (7) SEIZURE {SEIZ{U}RE*}
8 Lead planet with incomplete ring of light (7) MARSHAL {MARS}{HALo}
10 High heel tilts toe unfortunately (8) STILETTO*
15 Grouse meat (4) BEEF [DD]
17 Musical hosted by Billy Rich (5) LYRIC [T]
18 Heavy Metal guitarist, who plays solos and riffs (4) LEAD [DD]
19 Buy a steeple, perhaps for rest of grace (6-5) BEAUTY-SLEEP*
22 In situ valuation for a small state (6) TUVALU [T]
25 Team adopts uniform, one about topping oneself (7) SUICIDE {S{U}{1}{C}IDE}
DOWN
1 Despatched purchased stolen goods, fellow escapes getting punished (9) SENTENCED {SENT}{fENCED}
4 Gauges small horse cart returning with parasites (10) YARDSTICKS {S+DRAY}<={TICKS}
5 Old shape, perhaps of a flowering plant (8) ASPHODEL*
9 Spooner's mistake spotters or lyricists (11) SONGWRITERS (~wrong sighters to songwriters)
13 Gauls in mad rush for an English salad (10) SALMAGUNDI*
Reference List
Uniform = U, 51 = LI, About = C, Large = L, Fellow = F, Small = S, Horse cart = DRAY, Island = I, Cold = C, Following = F, Old = O, Wife = W, Millions = M, European = E
10A:stilettos=high heel
ReplyDelete{(tilts)(toe)}* unfortunately=anagrind
12A:nearsighted=myopic
{(he's)(treading)}*
unsteadily=anagrind
9D:songwriters=lyricists
(wrong sighters) spoonerism
10A correction:stiletto
Delete9D:mistake spotters=wrong sighters-spooner's songwriters.
DeleteNo special at 4 PM
ReplyDelete26A. Daimler= car company
ReplyDeleteDream + i( one)+ l( large)
Acquiring is anagrind
15A. Grouse= BEEF= meat. It's a DD
ReplyDeleteMy second
11A. Dahalia= flower
ReplyDeleteLI= fifty one ( Roman numeral)
Had= had. Around is reverse indicator= Dah
A= beads at the centre= letter a
Dah+ li+a
My thoughts rd
Read as my third
ReplyDelete7a. SEIZURE =. Fit
ReplyDelete(Resize+u)*
U. = Uniform
Loose = Anagrind
Clothing = Contain Ind
14d. CARPE DIEM. = Living in the present
(Epic dream)*
About. = Anagrind
13d. SALMAGUNDI. = English salad
(Gauls in mad )*
Rush. = Anagrind
7A is not a total anagram
DeleteRegret the slip; it should have been (resize)*+ u insert
DeleteThanks🙏
22a TUVALU: state
ReplyDeletein siTU VALUation
2d AZALEA: plant
DeleteA(a) ZALE(zeal*: feverish)A( hint of anarchism)
5d ASPHODEL: flowering plant
Delete(Old shape)*
1D- Sentenced- Getting punished
ReplyDeleteSent (Fenced- F)
Purchased stolen goods=Fenced
Fellowcescapes= - F
25A- Suicide- Topping oneself
S(U I C) IDE
Team- Side
Uniform one anout- UIC
22A- Tuvalu- Small state
In siTU VALUation
8Ac MARSHAL - {MARS}{HAL(-O)}
ReplyDelete1Dn SENTENCED - {SENT}{(f)ENCED}
ReplyDeleteMy3rd
ReplyDelete17Ac LYRIC (T)
19a Beauty Sleep anagram of Buy a steeple
ReplyDeleteNo def., no anagrind. Incomplete parsing.
Delete20D-enigma=mystery; enigma+topaz= top magazine(CA);
ReplyDelete23A-rescinds=scraps; shells=rinds; button on keyboard=esc; R(esc)inds
24D-slav=european; servant=slave-e
For 1Dn
ReplyDelete2Dn AZALEA - {A+ZEAL+A(nar..sm)}*
1a sentenced. Despatched= sent, purchased stolen goods fellow escapes = (f)enced. Sentenced = punished.
ReplyDeleteInteresting quiz on phonetic alphabets ( which we cone across quite frequently here) in todsy's TH Sunday Magazine.
ReplyDelete" There are only 3 place names in the NATO alphabet. Lima for L, Q for Quebec.
Which is the only country included in the alphabet?
India for I
DeleteSierra (nevada) and Zulu was a kingdom until British colonised
Delete19a Beauty sleep = rest of grace. Anagram of buy a steeple.
ReplyDelete4D YARDSTICK = gauge {S, small +YARD < of DRAY horse carts + TICKS parasites}
ReplyDelete6D MANIC = feverish { MAN, fellow on I island and C cold}
21D HUMUS = peaty soil {HUMMUS, Arabian dish - M million }
4d correction!
Delete18A: heavy metal = lead = guitarist, who plays solos and riffs
ReplyDeleteSathia
3D: jog= trot
ReplyDeleteTo Run Or To all first letters
Sathia
16d : FOBWATCH
ReplyDelete(F)(O)(B(W)ATCH)
Followers : F
Old : O
Wife : W in bunch : BATCH
Defn : Time piece
Typo : Please read following for followers
Delete16 fn fobwatch--timepiece.
ReplyDeletef ollowing o ld w-wife bunch-batch .
fo b(w)atch
They are two separate words Fob Watch
Delete16D: time piece = fobwatch
ReplyDelete((F)(o)(b(w)atch))
It is fob watch or fabwatch as per dictionary!
Sathia
13d SALMAGUNDI; an English salad; (GAULS IN MAD)*
ReplyDelete16d FOBWATCH; time piece; F O B(W)ATCH
6d. MANIC; fellow= man + IC (Island Cold)
ReplyDelete24d. SLAV; servant= slave, without e (no European)
24d root problem.
ReplyDeleteSlave is SLAV people sold in middle ages.
Nice one from Vidwan.
ReplyDeleteLiked
FOBWATCH, SEIZURE, SENTENCED, RESCINDS.
Thanx!