Sunday 3 July 2011

No 2641, Sunday 03 Jul 11

ACROSS
1   - Ambassador visiting Caribbean island with 27's mother (6) - {HE}{CUBA}
4   - In the dark I allow doctor to come in (8) - {I}{G{NO}RANT} NO from 'Dr No'
9   - Even bits of nuts, lime, bananas, may make up a breakfast dish (6) - M(nU)E(tS)LI*
10 - Rapidly cut film sequence involving upper-class Veronese family (8) - {MONTAG{U}E}
12 - One may not get a fair deal from me (9) - CARDSHARP [CD]
13 - Having original of Sunflowers in gallery causes a sensation (5) - {TA{S}TE}
14 - Cheat merchant after large drink (6-6) - {DOUBLE} {DEALER}
18 - Common soldier is in play (7,5) - {PRIVATE} {LIVES}
21 - Prize in a lottery rejected (5) - {A}{WARD<-}
22 - Strengthen control by coercion (9) - {REIN}{FORCE}
24 - Newspaper round at home? (8) - {BULLET}{IN}
25 - Badger, tough short brute (6) - {HARd}{ASS}
26 - Oat-pipes, remarkably suitable (8) - APPOSITE*
27 - Bully boy (6) - HECTOR [DD]
DOWN
1   - Murder in institution probed by one with police? (8) - {HOM{I}{CID}E}
2   - Terribly cruel act seen in black and white (5-3) - CLEAR-CUT*
3   - British also developed a missile (5) - {B}{OLAS}
5   - RAF officer in class with ship's commander (5,7) - {GROUP} {CAPTAIN}
6   - Oxford University athlete, awfully shabby (3,2,4) - {OU}{T AT HEEL*}
7   - Almost all of state capital is imposing (6) - AUGUSTa
8   - Ancient city in Egypt he besieged (6) - THEBES [T]
11 - Pass duke speedily (4,4,4) - {HAND OVER} {FIST}
15 - There may be sensationalism in lady's initial undress, I suspect (9) - {L}{UR(I)DNESS*}
16 - Gloomy, unused actors (8) - {OVER}{CAST}
17 - Fools brought before stipendiary, primarily, or judge (8) - {ASSES}{S}{OR}
19 - Greek character one of three adults ejected from dance (6) - LAMBaDA
20 - Whack barrier round front of pub (6) - {WALL}{O}{P}
23 - Celebrity pots first of reds in a game of snooker (5) - {F{R}AME}



3 comments:

  1. 9 Even bits of nuts, lime, bananas, may make up a breakfast dish (6) - M(nU)E(tS)LI*
    Even bits of nuts - U S
    lime bananas - lime* - MELI
    Def: a breakfast dish (made up with even bits of nuts, lime, bananas) - MUESLI* &lit - a breakfast cereal based on uncooked rolled oats, fruit and nuts

    Very nicely clued. However, the need for comma after bananas is not clear.

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  2. Thank you Venkatesh.Though I filled in Muesli,I was not sure of the anno.

    Bolas was new,but was nicely explained by Col.'s picture and cation.

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  3. Oh, Nuts!! Meusli? Has this compiler had NJ at a breakfast session? Find a word, fill it in and create a clue and leave it to the solver to figure it out? I went bananas. I had a lousy breafast this sunday.

    Raju Umamaheswar

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