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ACROSS
1 Open house, bird-house (6)
4 Mosquitos vacated, no more suffering in public toilet (4,4)
9 A specialty hospital right across minister's original place of seclusion (6)
10 Throw away editor misbehaving with girlfriend (3,3,2)
12 Greed for wealth from medal by fool leaving nothing at the end of tourney (8)
13 Rest of money stolen from old women (6)
15 Frisk high priests near bridge (5,6)
18 Drinking heavily, both let off with model in lounge oddly (2,3,6)
21 Well-deserved employees always receive net excluding dividends primarily (6)
22 Song by crazy doctor on a lake (8)
24 Starter by pirate at sea with wife heartily (8)
25 Sage consumes basically edible mushroom (6)
26 Sondheim composed "The pursuit of pleasure" (8)
27 It makes you sleepy when fixed in taste occasionally (6)
DOWN
1 He'd treat a patient who is mentally unstable (8)
2 Fancy shopowner fired women. They are good-for-nothing (2-6)
3 He can add some input funnily (7,8)
5 Smooth sailing, maybe curtailed (4)
6 Clergy with hot tutoress pants in exercise (7,4,4)
7 Lots of love poems about first love! (6)
8 The Lion King, say, horribly famous acting for Oscar (6)
11 Bears witness to abstainer participating in destruction of asset (7)
14 Essentially Bharat's army at large weapon factory (7)
16 Gates scenery? (5,3)
17 Spooner says "Cut down rent. It's a punishment place" (8)
19 Cuts up hot angel (6)
20 Companion cooked around noon (6)
23 Searches for accommodation (4)
20D, Friend=companion(def)
ReplyDeleteCooked =fried+n(noon),
1A, Honest=open(def)
House=ho+bird-house(nest)
23D, Digs=accommodation
ReplyDeleteDigs mean living quarters, lodgings
Searches and accommodation both refer to Digs.
26A, Hedonism= The pursuit of pleasure (def)
ReplyDeleteHedonism is a philosophy of pleasure as the highest pursuit. Indian Carvaka theory is somehow similar to it.
1d. HEADCASE. - Mentally unstable
ReplyDeleteHE+A+D. -
CAsE. - Patient
Treat - Contain Ind for A
3d. STANDUP COMEDIAN. -
(CAN ADD SOME INPUT)*
Funnily - Anind
14d. ARSENAL. - Weapon factory
AR. - essentially bhARat
SENA - Bharat’s Army
L. - Large
I have sinned again this week: very sorry. In atonement, I’ll not make any posts for a while. Pl forgive
Delete9A - ASHRAM - Place of seclusion; Original indicating taking first letters of A S…H…R..A..M..
ReplyDelete21A - EARNED - Well-deserved; Primarily indicating first letters of E..A..R..N..E..D
24A - APERITIF - Starter; {PIRATE} anagram, At sea - anagrid + heart of *wIFe*
3D - STANDUP COMEDIAN - He; {CAN ADD SOME INPUT} anagram, funnily - anagrid
20D - FRIEND - Companion; Cooked or Fried around N(oon) so FRIE(N)D
In lieu of 3D
Delete2D - NO HOPERS - They are good for nothings; {SHOPOWNER} anagram - W(omen), fancy - anagrid
In lieu of 20D
Delete18A - ON THE BOTTLE - Drinking heavily; {BOTH LET} {T}model + {lOuNgE}- oddly
3A, standup comedian=funnily
ReplyDeleteAnagram of 'can add some input'
(Can add some input)☆
David chappelle, Bill Burr, sarah etc are famous stand up comedians.
4a mens room -public toilet from MosquitoS no more anagram of MSNOMORE
ReplyDelete10a get rid of from anagram of editor GF
ReplyDelete18ac on the bottle
ReplyDelete(Both let T(model) (lOuNgE) *
24ac aperitif (pirate) * w(if) e
3dn stand up comedian
(can add some input) *
11dn attests (asset (tt) *
4ac mens room m(osquito) s no more) *
12A CUP+IDI(-o)T+Y = Greed for wealth
ReplyDeletemedal = Cup
fool = Idiot
leaving nothing = 'o' leaving
at the end of tourney = y