ACROSS
1 Anguished cry about president joining American country (6) CYPRUS {CRY*} about{P} +US
1 Anguished cry about president joining American country (6) CYPRUS {CRY*} about{P} +US
4 Complied with rule in charge of measurement system (6) METRIC {MET}{R}{IC}
9 Teacher giving us recognition, chiefly at University (4) GURU {Giving}{Us}{Recognition}{U}
10 Sympathetic hospital section working with debt obligations (10) HARMONIOUS {H}{ARM}{ON}{IOUS}
11 Novel has article about fine emperor (6) ASHOKA {HAS*}{OK}{A}
12 Play game with turn in row (8) ARGUMENT*
13 Hypatia had set clue earlier and had to explain (9) ELUCIDATE {I'D}<=>{CLUE*}+ATE
15 Approve lying about animal close to zoo (4) OKAY {YAK<}<=>{zoO}
16 Prize art regularly gathering support (4) PIER {PrIzE aRt}
17 Spooner's gambler secures mail collector (6,3) LETTER BOX Spoonerism of BETTER LOCKS
21 Advocate flipping cronies in friendly gesture (8) BACKSLAP {BACK}{PALS<}
22 Port city (6) MUSCAT [DD]
24 A wine almost subduing angry, sick and prickly animals (10) ARMADILLOS {A}{ROSe} around {MAD}{ILL}
9 Teacher giving us recognition, chiefly at University (4) GURU {G
10 Sympathetic hospital section working with debt obligations (10) HARMONIOUS {H}{ARM}{ON}{IOUS}
11 Novel has article about fine emperor (6) ASHOKA {HAS*}{OK}{A}
12 Play game with turn in row (8) ARGUMENT*
13 Hypatia had set clue earlier and had to explain (9) ELUCIDATE {I'D}<=>{CLUE*}+ATE
15 Approve lying about animal close to zoo (4) OKAY {YAK<}<=>{
16 Prize art regularly gathering support (4) PIER {P
17 Spooner's gambler secures mail collector (6,3) LETTER BOX Spoonerism of BETTER LOCKS
21 Advocate flipping cronies in friendly gesture (8) BACKSLAP {BACK}{PALS<}
22 Port city (6) MUSCAT [DD]
24 A wine almost subduing angry, sick and prickly animals (10) ARMADILLOS {A}{ROS
25 Can't steal? (4) LOOT {LOO}{T} Can't to be separated as CAN+T
26 He believes that he is truthful to some extent (6) THEIST [T]
27 Caught monkeys earning rupees in stunts (6) CAPERS {C}{APE{R}S}
26 He believes that he is truthful to some extent (6) THEIST [T]
27 Caught monkeys earning rupees in stunts (6) CAPERS {C}{APE{R}S}
DOWN
1 Crazy old uncle nicking second brief (7) COUNSEL {O+UNCLE}* around {S}
2 Philosopher taking tips from practices learnt usually through observations (5) PLUTO [Acrostic] Pluto or Plato?
1 Crazy old uncle nicking second brief (7) COUNSEL {O+UNCLE}* around {S}
2 Philosopher taking tips from practices learnt usually through observations (5) PLUTO [Acrostic] Pluto or Plato?
3 Ignored in dark ages, Hindus revolted every now and then (7) UNHEARD {DaRk AgEs HiNdUs}<
5 Hug one in trouble? It's all you need (6) ENOUGH*
6 Managed to take one month to recruit oddly keen miracle worker (9) RAINMAKER {RA{I}N}+{MAR}around {KeEn}
7 Relish slice filled by husband with rising desire (7) CHUTNEY {C{H}UT}{YEN<}
5 Hug one in trouble? It's all you need (6) ENOUGH*
6 Managed to take one month to recruit oddly keen miracle worker (9) RAINMAKER {RA{I}N}+{MAR}around {K
7 Relish slice filled by husband with rising desire (7) CHUTNEY {C{H}UT}{YEN<}
8 Get help. Let's stop the curse! (5,3,5) BREAK THE SPELL {HELP LET'S*} [RA]
14 What one can do in dating sites to outwit someone? (9) CHECKMATE {CHECK MATE}
16 Pick up hint about artist and kings in language (7) PRAKRIT {TIP<} around {RA}{K}{R}
18 Yet am ashamedly concealing fuss (7) TAMASHA [T]
19 Speakers occasionally sort out patriot from the South (7) ORATORS {SoRt OuT pAtRiOt<}
20 Cash limit unfortunately hit these entitlements (6) CLAIMS {CLAIMS+HIT}*=CASH LIMIT [CA]
23 Loves nuts to crack (5) SOLVE*
14 What one can do in dating sites to outwit someone? (9) CHECKMATE {CHECK MATE}
16 Pick up hint about artist and kings in language (7) PRAKRIT {TIP<} around {RA}{K}{R}
18 Yet am ashamedly concealing fuss (7) TAMASHA [T]
19 Speakers occasionally sort out patriot from the South (7) ORATORS {S
20 Cash limit unfortunately hit these entitlements (6) CLAIMS {CLAIMS+HIT}*=CASH LIMIT [CA]
23 Loves nuts to crack (5) SOLVE*
REFERENCE LIST
President=P, American=US, Rule=R, In Charge=IC, University=U, Hospital=H, Debt Obligations=IOUs, Article=A, Fine=OK, Caught=C, Rupees=R, Old=O, Second=S, One=1=I, Month=MAR(ch), Husband=H, Artist=RA (Royal Academician), King=K/R.
8d what's get doing! in an RA
ReplyDeleteLet's help stop the curse!
We will have to get " Break the spell" from.....
DeleteNope.
DeleteIt's either
How to get
Or simply the fodder.
No extra words.
Stop the curse! Is also a charade for solution making it &little without anyother fodder.
DeleteDef could have been better
We have the usual 'Indianisations' we have come to expect in a Hyoatia CW!!
ReplyDelete.....and of course Muscat too! ( too general?)
It is a DD.
DeleteSathia
Similarly, is 14D also a DD?
DeleteSuper grid. Enjoyed solving.
ReplyDelete1a typo in anno!
ReplyDeleteCorrected.
Delete(cry)*about P+US.
ReplyDeleteRight?
Anguished acts as anagram indicator for cry and about acts as a container indicator for P to get inside (cry)*
DeleteSathia
Excellent CW given by Hypatia (Soumya)
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed solving it.
Sathia
A short article in ET yesterday. All of us will identify with it.
ReplyDelete“The Daily Crossword
There's a joy in staring down
a grid of empty squares, armed
only with a pencil and a stub-
born streak. The daily cross
word is less a puzzle than a ri-
tual, a duel between wit and
wordplay, fought in the quiet
corners of morning. Each clue
is a sly wink, a riddle wrap-
ped in brevity, daring you to
untangle its secret.
The bliss lies not in speed but
in surrender. One begins with
certainty -'four-letter word a
for feline' — and soon tumbles
into linguistic labyrinths wh-
ere ‘bank' could mean river's
edge or financial fortress. The
crossword teaches humility:
you are never as clever as you
think, yet always cleverer than
you fear.
There is joy in the rhythm
too. Black squares form a mo-
saic of order, a geometry of pa-
tience. Filling them is like th-
reading pearls onto a string -
each answer clicks into place
and the grid hums with com-
pletión. Satisfaction of the
final word is disproportiona-
te to its size: a tiny triumph, a
private coronation.
And then comes the afterglow.
To solve a crossword is to sip
from a fountain of wit, to dan-
ce with language, and to dis-
cover that bliss can be spelled
out, one square at a time.”
👍. From a little philosophical perspective:
DeleteAll are given same life grid containing puzzles of life. Some start filling their
Grid fast ( may be they started with easy ones), some start struggling to fill their grid ( may be they started with tough ones). Ultimately, at the end of time the one who solved tough ones get easier puzzles later in life and the one who started with easier ones get tougher puzzles later in life! Some complete all puzzles of life and some don’t! Well, that’s the way life goes.
Sathia