Day 61 of 68 Stay safe at home
(I am maintaining lockdown till 31 May)
Welcome to our new setter RENNAR. Bouquets and brickbats welcome.
Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
(COMMENTS ENTERED WITH LESS THAN THREE ANSWERS WILL BE DELTED WITHOUT NOTICE, UNLESS THE COMMENTER SPECIFIES THAT IT IS A COMPENSATION FOR A REPEAT)
ACROSS
1 Tedious to observe perhaps (7)
5 Die hard priests possibly (7)
9 Seasons of gold and broken nuts around beginning of March (7)
10 License to kill mum (7)
12 Be specific about distributing sail pieces (10)
13 Work hard in spent oilcan factory (4)
14 Bones buried in mortar silt (5)
15 An event featuring fashionable investigator and specialist (8)
17 Make love accelerate in and leave fast (5-3)
19 Broken almond not new, average (5)
21 Street child with a conditional clause (4)
22 Chef cooked double corn (6, 4)
24 My uncle mostly spreads a slander (7)
25 Calm sailor with your initial song (7)
26 Prison time to extend (7)
27 Deal won’t change without a disappointment (7)
DOWN
2 Provide two-third horsepower (5)
3 Doorman delivery (7)
4 Asian norm broken in Capital city (3, 6)
6 Superior drunk in East England (5)
7 Fragrant small decent dressing (7)
8 No elastic made in parts (9)
11 Lie to girl in class, we hear (9)
14 She tore a garment on Tuesday (9)
16 Compile about old city’s calmness (9)
18 File suit about very loud American spread (7)
20 Expert lost blood that splashed (7)
22 Inefficiency nicely conceals faultfinder (5)
23 The Spanish tie joint (5)
Across Lite version can be accessed at RENNAR 1
Enjoy.
