One more of the odds and regulars tommorow before we switch to the next setter
ACROSS
1 - Spanish girl is wrong to reason about the thing (8) - SENOR{IT}A*
5 - Vinegar before food is the same (4) - ACID Annotation not clear
9 - Mark left around Haiti without a disease (8) - RAC{H(-a)ITI}S<-)
10 - Nicely occupied after midnight by an American journalist (6) - {AM}{US}{ED}
12 - One in for each supporting a structure (4) - P{I}ER
13 - Dog pal, most close to man (4,6) - BEST FRIEND [CD]
15 - Cash stipends to help a worker on the liners (14) - ASSIST{ANT}{SHIPS}
17 - Messy fakir wins the large folding tool (5,4,5) - SWISS ARMY KNIFE*
21 - A ringing success, leader of workers is in the current house as I am at ease (4,6) - {W}{IN}{D C}{H}{IM}{ES}
22 - Stubby tail found in grass cuttings (4) - SCUT [T]
25 - Army is on line to decline gradually dropping eight on an island (6) - {TA}{I}{WAN(-e)}
26 - Dad and Ned together composed the new matter at the end (8) - {ADD*}{END*}UM Connection between UM and new matter not clear to me
27 - Tryout an examination (4) - TEST [DD]
28 - Newly added recruits! (8) - FRESHERS [CD]
DOWN
1 - Light scratch on the square material (6) - SCRAPE Annotation pending ({S}{CRAPE} - Thanks to Raghunath)
2 - Enclosure set back in the house inside a French city (5) - NIC{H}E
3 - Regularly read in about the heavy downpour (4) - {R}{A}IN
4 - Shiva’s weapon, used for hunting and war (7) - TRIDENT [CD]
6 - On making-up of the business, politician is more powerful (10) - {CO}{MP}{RISING}
7 - Wrong to be led if one’s having doubt about the truth (9) - D{IS}BELIEF*
8 - Having lost strength in part of a dedication (5) - FADED [T]
11 - Knock-out an energy source covering Thailand (4) - S{T}UN
14 - Standard one accommodations (5,5) - FIRST CLASS [CD]
16 - Researcher somehow incites in silence (9) - {SCIENTI*}ST ST for silence ?
18 - Bird on a horizontal bar (4) - RAIL [DD]
19 - Blink an eyelid in front of the king who surrenders (7) - YIELDE*{R}
20 - Odd to set gummy footnote on wooden posts (6) - {S}{T}{U}{M}PS
21 - Timepiece of a wizard has strings in place of a line (5) - WATCH Annotation pending
23 - About to notice again the core group (5) - {C}{AD}{RE}
24 - Untidy condition of the dining room (4) - MESS [DD]
Col,
ReplyDelete1 - Light scratch on the {square} {material} (6) - SCRAPE Annotation pending:
S CRAPE where CRAPE is also spelled as CREPE, as per http://www.thefreedictionary.com/crape.
21 - Timepiece of a wizard has strings in place of a line (5) - WATCH
I could think of WITCH -I(Line) + A. But A=?
23 - About to notice again the core group (5) - {C}{AD}{RE}. Is Notice = C?
Raghunath,
ReplyDeleteThanks for 1D, Crepe totally slipped my mind.
21D I am not clear
23D C = Circa = About
AD = Advertisement = Notice
RE = again
Colonel sir
ReplyDelete19 D: I thought it to be WINKING
15 A; I thought "APPRENTICESHIP".However, this may not involve cash payment
@ Raghunath - 'A' is from strings ~ violin strings are named G, D , A and E.
ReplyDeleteGemin,
ReplyDeleteYou need to use all the elemnets in the clue in cryptic crosswords to get the answer and not just the meaning of one word. For example in
Blink an eyelid in front of the king who surrenders
Blink = Anagram indicator
an = connecter
eyelid = Anagram fodder
Blink an eyelid = YIELDE
in front of = position indicator
king = R
who surrenders = Definition
Which gives you YIELDE*{R}
And similarly for 15A
ReplyDeleteCash stipends = Definition
to help = ASSIST
a worker = ANT
on = Position indicator
the liners = SHIPS
{ASSIST}{ANT}{SHIPS}
jaggi is gay.. seriously..
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