Solution to 12A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only 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 Swilling hooch with boss in empty cubicle? There's no alternative (7,6) HOBSONS CHOICE {HOOCH+BOSS+IN}*{Cu...lE}
11 Brilliant rounds against member in bridge (10) CANTILEVER {C{ANTI}LEVER}
14 Holds member overwhelmed by drinks (7) ALLEGES {AL{LEG}ES}
16 Way to enthral date with excellent stir-fried noodle dish (3,4) PAD THAI {PA{D}TH}{A1}
19 Remarking about hotel's mediocrity (7) NOTHING {NOT{H}ING}
21 Bond in tuxedo at hotel (4) OATH [T]
22 Meeting couple of criminals to secure Ecstasy before start of rave (10) CONFERENCE {CON}{F{E}{Rave}ENCE}
25 File, one with bugs primarily found in search for potentially harmful software (5,4) LOGIC BOMB {LOG}{1}{C{Bugs}OMB}
26 Declared independence, inspired by a revolutionary (5) AIRED {A}{I}{RED}
27 Meme is on mercurial leader of America — accurate to a certain extent (2,4,7) IN SOME MEASURE {MEME+IS+ON}*{Am...a}{SURE}
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2 First perhaps in viva about noise (7) ORDINAL {OR{DIN}AL}
3 Extremely sexy maiden and old ruler in snap (7,3) SMOKING HOT {S{M}{O}{KING}HOT} Semi&lit
4 Jog naked after consuming bhang finally (5) NUDGE {NUD{b..nG}E}
5 Protect pants with stylish fastener (6,3) COTTER PIN {PROTECT}*{IN}
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8 Musicians at centre in Akron playing funny genre of music (4,3,4) ROCK AND ROLL {m..iCi..s} in {AKRON}*{DROLL}
10 One seen at top of each page is boss of company organising marathons? (7,4) RUNNING HEAD [DD]
13 Opinion pieces in different dailies about mounting corruption (10) EDITORIALS {DAILIES}* over {ROT<=} Semi&lit
15 Groom may snore after drinking alcohol heartily! Understood (3,2,4) SAY NO MORE {MAY+SNORE}* over {alcOhol}
18 Old cheat captivating model with a good figure (7) OCTAGON {O}{C{T}{A}{G}ON}
20 One who disregards forger in building passing francs (7) IGNORER {fORGER+IN}*
23 Sack contains black thread (5) FIBRE {FI{B}RE}
24 Clone obtained by hi-tech operation (4) ECHO [T]
Reference List
Socialist = RED, Date = D, Operation = OP, Hotel = H, Ecstasy = E, Independence = I, Revolutionary = RED, Maiden = M, Old = O, Ordinary = O, Female = F, Island = I, Model T, Good = G, Francs = F, Black = B
Great CW, but needed a lot of help and later, clarification from the blog. Enjoyable all the same.
ReplyDelete22A: why couple? There's only one criminal (con).
ReplyDeleteFence is the other criminal. Fence is one who buys stolen property.
DeleteOne of the meaning of fence is criminal.secure is used as container indicator.
DeleteSathia
Fence also means secure.
DeleteIn this clue, secure is used as a container indicator.
DeleteSathia
Learnt two new words-catfishing and logic bomb; Dr X has used today many containment indicators-Penning, rounds, overwhelmed ,enthral, limiting, ensnaring, about, to secure, found in, inspired by, in, consuming, drinking, captivating, contains- about more than once. A good learning experience! Thank you Dr X!
ReplyDeleteOh! Really?!!
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ReplyDeleteYou replied earlier in the week. Give others a chance
Delete9a pricipal or principle!!
ReplyDeleteYou are right. It has to be principal
DeleteIt is exactly as intended. 'Principle of' is the 1st letter sel ind. See BRB. Entry for Principle is source, root, origin.
Delete12 A - Spirits =JINN (spirits in Arabic mythology)
ReplyDeleteJapanese. = J + INN (bar)
Another enjoyable puzzle with smooth surfaces. 25A LOGIC BOMB was new to me; happy to have learnt this term. Thank you, Dr X.
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