Some enjoyable, though ticky, definitions from Buzzer today.
ACROSS
1 Cold liquor with a hint of barley grain (5) CRUMB {C}{RUM}{B}
4 Group is mostly loyal to ultimate cause (9) COMMITTEE {COMMITTEd}{E}
9 British queen about to appear in slip (7) BLOOMER {B}{LOOM}{ER}
10 Singular burning urge to eat a date or sweet (7) SUGARED {S}{UG{A}RE*}{D}
11 Sign of rickshaw alongside a tree perhaps (9) AUTOGRAPH {AUTO}{GRAPH}
12 In absentia, Ravenclaw's diadem (5) TIARA [T]
15
Judas and
people he betrayed (8)
PEEPHOLE*
Never knew that most of us had a Judas at home!!18 Double check the development of staff (8) STUNTMAN {STUNT}{MAN}
19 Publicity in charge faced backlash
temporarily (3,3)
PRO TEM {PRO} {TEM<=}
22 After delayed start, talk gas (5) ARGON jARGON
24 Creatively bloody low film industry (9) BOLLYWOOD*
26 Shape or form of carbon (7) DIAMOND [DD]
27 Loads of delays in broadcast (7) WEIGHTS (~waits)
28 Gives out order to send spies (9) DISPENSES*
29 Before time like a nobleman? (5) EARLY [DD]
DOWN
1 Outsiders in
China live around land leading to
Gobi (7)
CABBAGE {C
hinA}{B{BAG}E}
2 Regular curbs on anti-German warship (1-4) U-BOAT cUr-Bc On AnTi
3 Please do visit our home (2,2,5) BE MY GUEST [CD]
4 Breakfast item ordered on the phone (6) CEREAL (~serial)
5 Evil description of Bond's boss? (8) MISCHIEF {M}{IS}{CHIEF}
6 Gathered under popular bar (5) INGOT {IN}{GOT}
7 Hill on
a front converted to
Shivaji's stronghold (5,4)
TORNA FORT {TOR}{A FRONT}*
Been there twice on a hike while at Pune.8 Aged men sadly in final stages (7) ENDGAME*
14 Girl under
rough training for a
figure like this? (9)
HOURGLASS {ROUGH*}{LASS}
|
Which is your shape? |
16
Official policy from not
so eccentric
personality (5,4)
PARTY LINE PER
soNALITY*
18 Burnt and dead inside like a fish? (7) SCALDED {SCAL{D}ED}
20 Simplicity in style followed by a primitive dwelling (7) MODESTY {MODE}{STY}
21 Every other cult has more than one fool (6) CLOWNS {CuLt}{OWNS}
23 Rising
in honour of a
stoned woman? (5)
NIOBE {NI<=}{OBE}
25 Distinct feature of hypnotherapy (5) OTHER [T]
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