ACROSS
1 - Industrial action does for capital invested in good western (2-4) - GO-SLOW {G}{O-SLO}{W}
4 - Albumen, for example, having surprising weight (3,5) - EGG-WHITE {EG}{G WHITE*}
9 - Nevertheless quits? Indeed (4,2) - EVEN SO {EVEN} {SO}
10 - Choose at random from actors, a great many (4,4) - CAST LOTS {CAST} {LOTS}
12 - Conductor of opera, popular in Northern Ireland (9) - TOSCANINI {TOSCA}{N{IN}I}
13 - Power in early golf club (5) - SPOON {S{P}OON}
14 - Period of violent ups and downs as large wave hits vessel (6,7) - ROLLER COASTER {ROLLER} {COASTER}
17 - Objects loudly as I pick skunk off crossing opening in trees (5,2,1,5) - KICKS UP A STINK {KICKS UP A S{T}INK*}
21 - Discover legendary king's name (5) - LEARN {LEAR}{N}
23 - Mountain range is old - to me, anyway (9) - DOLOMITES*
24 - Very large carriage ahead of worker in charge (8) - GIGANTIC {GIG}{ANT}{IC}
25 - An endless job for TV presenter? (6) - ANCHOR {AN}{CHORe}
26 - Hearing about a king staying longer than intended (8) - TARRYING {T{A}{R}RYING}
27 - Spirit, make unknown (6) - BRANDY {BRAND Y}
DOWN
1 - Slum area has hospital within reach (6) - GHETTO {G{H}ET-TO}
2 - English poet and writers in short series (7) - SPENSER {S{PENS}ERies}
3 - Class to be trained in hurdles (9) - OBSTACLES*
5 - Given an unsuitable role probing legal mix-up in old royal residence (6,6) - GLAMIS CASTLE {GLA{MIS CAST}LE*}
6 - Victorian painter was keeping on the wagon (5) - WATTS {WA{TT}S}
7 - Resolve shown by press elsewhere (4,3) - IRON OUT {IRON} {OUT}
8 - Gertrude finally learning about wrongdoing in Hamlet's castle (8) - ELSINORE {E}{L{SIN}ORE}
11 - Meat and dessert left by Scotsman and Scouser (12) - LIVERPUDLIAN {LIVER}{PUD}{L}{IAN}
15 - Historic region one must enter before being able to vote? (4,5) - ASIA MINOR {AS{I}A MINOR}
16 - See heartless Yank climbing through small window (8) - SKYLIGHT {S{KanY<-}LIGHT}
18 - Conservative golfer making a stupid mistake (7) - CLANGER {C}{LANGER}
19 - Thicken soup in galley (7) - KITCHEN*
20 - Large bird coming from very large quarry (6) - OSPREY {OS}{PREY}
22 - Girl's article on clubs in New York (5) - NANCY {N{AN}{C}Y}
1 - Industrial action does for capital invested in good western (2-4) - GO-SLOW {G}{O-SLO}{W}
4 - Albumen, for example, having surprising weight (3,5) - EGG-WHITE {EG}{G WHITE*}
9 - Nevertheless quits? Indeed (4,2) - EVEN SO {EVEN} {SO}
10 - Choose at random from actors, a great many (4,4) - CAST LOTS {CAST} {LOTS}
12 - Conductor of opera, popular in Northern Ireland (9) - TOSCANINI {TOSCA}{N{IN}I}
13 - Power in early golf club (5) - SPOON {S{P}OON}
17 - Objects loudly as I pick skunk off crossing opening in trees (5,2,1,5) - KICKS UP A STINK {KICKS UP A S{T}INK*}
21 - Discover legendary king's name (5) - LEARN {LEAR}{N}
23 - Mountain range is old - to me, anyway (9) - DOLOMITES*
24 - Very large carriage ahead of worker in charge (8) - GIGANTIC {GIG}{ANT}{IC}
25 - An endless job for TV presenter? (6) - ANCHOR {AN}{CHOR
26 - Hearing about a king staying longer than intended (8) - TARRYING {T{A}{R}RYING}
27 - Spirit, make unknown (6) - BRANDY {BRAND Y}
DOWN
1 - Slum area has hospital within reach (6) - GHETTO {G{H}ET-TO}
2 - English poet and writers in short series (7) - SPENSER {S{PENS}ER
3 - Class to be trained in hurdles (9) - OBSTACLES*
5 - Given an unsuitable role probing legal mix-up in old royal residence (6,6) - GLAMIS CASTLE {GLA{MIS CAST}LE*}
6 - Victorian painter was keeping on the wagon (5) - WATTS {WA{TT}S}
7 - Resolve shown by press elsewhere (4,3) - IRON OUT {IRON} {OUT}
8 - Gertrude finally learning about wrongdoing in Hamlet's castle (8) - ELSINORE {E}{L{SIN}ORE}
11 - Meat and dessert left by Scotsman and Scouser (12) - LIVERPUDLIAN {LIVER}{PUD}{L}{IAN}
15 - Historic region one must enter before being able to vote? (4,5) - ASIA MINOR {AS{I}A MINOR}
16 - See heartless Yank climbing through small window (8) - SKYLIGHT {S{K
18 - Conservative golfer making a stupid mistake (7) - CLANGER {C}{LANGER}
19 - Thicken soup in galley (7) - KITCHEN*
20 - Large bird coming from very large quarry (6) - OSPREY {OS}{PREY}
22 - Girl's article on clubs in New York (5) - NANCY {N{AN}{C}Y}
I won a wooden spoon twice in a row, when I was with ITC. Never realised I could play golf with it.
ReplyDelete27A-BRAND Y -was very nice and enjoyable!
ReplyDeleteNice one! What is TT in 6d? Ticket teller?
ReplyDeleteMathi,
ReplyDeleteTT stands for 'Teetotaler' see the link provided with the word
Didn't know that sometimes the blue answers have links associated with them!
ReplyDeleteNice one. Enjoyed this puzzle tho it took me a while to finish.
ReplyDeleteMathi @ 12:01,
ReplyDeleteAny underlined word other than the headers 'DOWN and ACROSS' has an embedded link.
P 1010 Guess you had a kick out of it. :-)
ReplyDelete11D - added a new word to my vocabulary - like Sydneysider, Neapolitan etc.
Learning all the time...
Thanks Colonel. Somehow the link undelines do not appear
ReplyDeletein my Android phone browsers. On laptop chrome or IE
browsers, there is no problem!
I think all the Android phone browsers show links in blue or
ReplyDeletedark blue colors. So, when the letters are typed in blue
color, it becomes difficult to know which ones have links in
them. Strange problem!
15d - Yesteday New Indian Exp crossword had the clue - A big land mass, which could be minor (4) - How is it?
ReplyDeleteWe just had Asia minor yesterday in THC, I think!
ReplyDeleteSorry, today's 15D! Might be the same setter?
ReplyDeleteWeb link down whole day, just reconnected. Very enjoyable one, and particularly happy to be able to derive many soltuions from the clues despite not really knowing the answers (eg SPENSER, GLAMIS, WATTS). I think it's a tribute to the setter to be able to set such intelligent clues
ReplyDeleteNo major 3 downs except for GLAMIS CASTLE.
ReplyDeleteA well-set grid, and well -enjoyed Sunday doing it.
Will any golfer annotate the CLANGER which means a stupid mistake == Conservative C-A-G-R. A bit off my line as I hate this game of Gentlemen of leisure which has been picked up by those countries colonized by the Brits. They needed to bask in the sun due to their cold climate but do we Indians have to, in the sweltering heat of 40C and above? Even cricket is a game of five days in those days , which lets the players soak in a lot of vitamin D.
I'd rather be indoors and do my crosswords in an AC-ed comfort.
No offence meant to any golfer or cricket buffs.