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ACROSS
1 Leading saint leaves for cold basement (6)
4 He works during strike at beck and call exceptionally? Good, drop case first (8)
9 Discover the truth about doctor breaking law (6)
10 Sovereign force breathes fresh air (8)
12 Nobody gets air in the fiasco (3-5)
13 Supermarkets without essential stock? Get major sales force (6)
15 Burned earth at war? That's a rumour (11)
18 Giving sweetheart to do something dishonest together? (4,2,5)
21 Complains of navigation aid getting weird (6)
22 Sweeper hugs everyone in the dancing hall (8)
24 Bad dolls sorted out in basket cases (8)
25 Take a break Johnson! Make a short visit (4,2)
26 Saddened about the situations offering no progress (4-4)
27 Pursues vigorously without eccentricity and holds power unjustly (6)
DOWN
1 It is very hard to solve conundrum without essential hints (8)
2 Money shortly exchanged in shady deal for something juicy (8)
3 Help a voter primarily with electoral process in a state of disorder (3,4,3,5)
5 Branch is in a state of neglect without chief officer (4)
6 Primarily Lower House got the case law modified to free someone from hanging (5,3,7)
7 Worker interchanges tabletop with laptop in lounge! (6)
8 Girl over-used overshoe? (6)
11 It definitely disturbs others when smartphone primarily kept on silent mode (7)
14 Bowler perhaps covers a part in home ground (7)
16 Associate from Moscow or Kerala (2-6)
17 Better half is without end (8)
19 Leaders rejected salary freeze that existed for a long time (3-3)
20 Headless insensitive person goes back, it's plain (6)
23 It cuts short a sample of promotional book (6)
20D, Tundra=plain(def.)
ReplyDeleteInsensitive person is Hardnut.
Headless means (-H Ardnut)
goes back is reversal indicator,
so, Ardnut>Tundra
Tundra
17D, Terminus=End(def.)
ReplyDeleteBetter half means ( Bet. TER) and without is minus,
so, Ter+minus=Terminus
15A, underbreath= rumour (def.)
ReplyDelete(Burned earth)*
Anagram, at war is indicator
underbreath is to mutter, speak in low voice. Since audibility is difficult the intent is to spread rumour.
10A, Imperial=sovereign(def.)
ReplyDeleteForce =Impel, Breathes is an insertion indicator as we inhale air
Fresh means may be anagram indicator or still a reversal (Air>RIA)
So, [Impe(ria<air)+L]
No reversal here
Deleteso, air>ria ,is an anagram sir?
DeleteFresh is Anagram indicator
Delete4A, Black Leg=He works during strike(def.)
ReplyDeleteThe word blackleg is used in a derogatory sense. It means one who works more, when all are on strike.
Exceptionally means taking skme letters from the container (beck and call)
we get, ( BECKALL), drop case first means (-C ,call) and G is (good)
So, by rearranging(beckall+g)*
Blackleg
1ac cellar st(-) c(+) ellar
ReplyDelete4ac blackleg (beck call g(ood) -c) *
3dn all over the place
(help a v(other) electoral) *
16dn co worker (T)
22ac ballroom b(all) room
Broom-sweeper all-everyone
Replacement for 4ac
ReplyDelete19ac age old
salary (w) age freeze-(c) old
6.dn, Cheat the gallows. L(ower) + H(ouse) + got the case law. And rearranging the letters.
ReplyDelete16.dn. Coworker. (Mos)cow or Ker(ala).
22.ac.Ballroom.Broom(sweeper) + all(everyone) .And rearranging the letters.
27.ac. Usurps. Pursues -e ( eccentricity). And rearranging the letters
26.ac. Deadends. rearranging the letters from Saddened.