All those attending, have a great time at S&B 4.
ACROSS
ACROSS
6 - Fish wrongly shown on map in Italian river (7) - POMPANO {P{ON+MAP}*O}
7 - Deeply establishes ancestry (5) - ROOTS [DD]
9 - Practical joke on a loony (4) - GAGA {GAG}{A}
10 - A cold wild boar jerks and somersaults (10) - ACROBATICS {A}{C}{BOAR*}{TICS}
11 - A way of expressing clout, possibly by rejected leader (8) - LOCUTION {CLOUT*}{1ON<-}
13 - Left lab in connection with backing illegal delivery (2-4) - NO-BALL {NO}-{BAL}{L}<-
15 - Drink some vodka variant (4) - KAVA [T]
17 - Black nocturnal creature consumes quarter portion of the intestine (5) - BOWEL {B}{OW{E}L}
18 - Boat free of water around gulf (4) - DORY {D{O}RY}
20 - Left heart-broken by girl, yes, apathy (8) - LETHARGY {L}{HEART*}{G}{Y}
23 - High-quality corn double cooked (6,4) - CORDON BLEU*
26 - Game elephant? (4) - ROOK [CD]
27 - Nasty end to altercation in team (5) - SNIDE {S{N}IDE}
28 - Homeless woman happy to occupy secluded corner (3,4) - BAG LADY {BA{G LAD}Y}
DOWN
1 - Cryptic clue ma'am, it is flawless (10) - IMMACULATE*
2 - A female wearing an Indian costume for expedition (6) - SAFARI {S{A}{F}ARI}
3 - Hog egg in inn (4) - BOAR {B{O}AR}
4 - Peacemaker in ethnic court (8) - TRIBUNAL [CD]
5 - Bird also caught on the way up (4) - COOT (~took<-) ? (Addendum - {C}{OOT}<- - See comments)
8 - Small cruel criminal captured a layperson (7) - SECULAR {S}{ECUL{A}R*}
12 - Novel — The Spanish post (5) - NEWEL {NEW}{EL}
16 - Loving a doctor with sour disposition (7) - AMOROUS {A}{MO}{SOUR*}
17 - Just a candle put off by bishop (8) - BALANCED {B}{A+CANDLE*}
21 - Model curt about girl's laborious walk (6) - TRUDGE {T}{RUD{G}E}
22 - Honour left bleeding all around (5) - GLORY {G{L}ORY}
24 - Daughter almost ready for an IV injection (4) - DRIP {D}{RIPe}
5 - Bird also caught on the way up (4) - COOT (~took<-) ?
ReplyDeletealso=too
caught=c
on way up
c oot<
bird=def
Incidentally cootu is a popular dish in the South.
ReplyDeleteAnd a "cootu kudumbam" is a joint family.
DeleteIn Guardian #25556 11.2.12 by Araucaria
ReplyDelete14,23,22 4 got up — try 15 across, possibly — with lucerne (mostly) put on the herb stall, say? (1,4-3,4,4,2,3,2,4)
One of the longest chains for the enu?
A LOVE_ALL GAME SEEN BY THE "IN" GANG
DeleteApart from being 27 letters long, it also has 8 words (including a hyphenated one). CV, have you come across a longer enu?
DeleteSuch longer enus could be seen in 21x21 or grids of larger size.
DeleteA ROSE-RED CITY HALF AS OLD AS TIME it is
DeleteYou have the full anno on this. Let us say 4 (PETRA) is the def.
DeleteGot up is AROSE
Try 15 across (CHIDE) is anagram fodder for REDCITY H
ALFA is lucerne(mostly)
What I do not get is SOLD AS TIME FOR put on the herb stall, say. What is the homophone
OK got it. THYME. Botany was something I did not do after 8th standard.
DeleteIncidentally, I have come across clues with longer answers than the 27 letters in this one. I think it was 31 or 32 letters.
DeleteWonder if we can also have a NO HAIR DAY.
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ReplyDelete*We also like to watch Deepika Padukone walk.
*And Shahrukh Khan talk.
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The ToI is in no mood to give up! Today there is an ad in its war against TH.
Not quite the "lower-blow" I was expecting. I see it rather as an acceptance of their rather poor(er?) tastes.
DeleteMy most important reason for reading TOI was Mindsport, but it stopped a few years back.
Delete18A How is gulf = O?
ReplyDeleteThis is what I read it as
DeleteBoat = Definition = {D{O}RY}
free of water = DRY
around = a round = O
gulf = engulf
A gulf is a void and I think o comes from here
DeleteOur friend Vinod Raman has formally identified himself at FB as Textrous.
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