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ACROSS
7 Fit and resize loose clothing/uniform (7)
8 Lead planet with incomplete ring of light (7)
10 High heel tilts toe unfortunately (8)
11 Flower had around 51 beads at the centre (6)
12 He's treading unsteadily being myopic! (11)
15 Grouse meat (4)
17 Musical hosted by Billy Rich (5)
18 Heavy Metal guitarist, who plays solos and riffs (4)
19 Buy a steeple, perhaps for rest of grace (6-5)
22 In situ valuation for a small state (6)
23 Scraps of shells covering a button on keyboard (8)
25 Team adopts uniform, one about topping oneself (7)
26 Dream about one acquiring large car company (7)
DOWN
1 Despatched purchased stolen goods, fellow escapes getting punished (9)
2 Plant a feverish zeal with hint of anarchism (6)
3 To run or to basically jog (4)
4 Gauges small horse cart returning with parasites (10)
5 Old shape, perhaps of a flowering plant (8)
6 Fellow on island, cold and feverish! (5)
9 Spooner's mistake spotters or lyricists (11)
13 Gauls in mad rush for an English salad (10)
14 Epic dream about living in the present (5,4)
16 Following old bunch carrying wife's time piece (8)
20 Mystery topaz, unravelled for top magazine (6)
21 Peaty soil like Arabian dish, millions consumed (5)
24 No European servant for a European (4)
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)