Across
1 From where one may shout in joy (7) ROOFTOP
5 Impulse for business proposal caught in oil spillover (6) LI(BID)O*
9 Said in French to duplicate (5) DIT TO
10 Racialist fixed for being cutting (9) SATIRICAL*
11 Music maker's final letter has answer for thin material (7) ORGAN Z A
12 Disgraces contemptible types pulling back scholars (7) STIG MAS
13 Therefore women are heard (5) HENCE (~hens)
14 Ohio poll I conducted with ordinary people (3,6) HOI POLLOI*
16 Just the one to give a moral lesson (9) RIGHTEOUS
19 Sulks with leading model offering awful pose (5) M(OPES*)
21 Soft, love! I and young boy gather in rainy period (7) P LUV I AL
23 Resentment voiced by private (7) RANCOUR
24 Have on hand pickles to be distributed (9) STOCKPILE*
25 Writ by British woman (5) BR EVE
26 With precision, cattle reaches likely limits (6) DEFT LY -> NEAT LY (thanks Krishnan)
27 What pupils hating exams want? Not exactly! (4,3) TEST BAN
Down
1 Medical practitioner finds a third-rate op is unsettling (5,9) RADIO THERAPIST*
2 One month Goan formed a figure (7) OCT(AGON*)
3 Defeat trio with a heavyweight replacing a number (7) TR(-IO)OUNCE
4 Haiti cops disperse nut (9) PISTACHIO*
5 Party symbol means a great deal to you and me (5) LOT US
6 Right, our bit contributed to a Mexican dish (7) BU(R)RITO*
7 Last month one man nearly produced in tens (7) DEC I MA L
8 One who alters features in a theatrical operation (7,7) PLASTIC SURGEON
15 Guerrilla inrush note mentioned regularly (9) IN SURGE NT
17 Sticky substance covers lettuce — it's sweet (7) GLU(COS)E
18 Disgusting to be in the Middle Eastern bush (7) TH(ICK)E T
19 Newspaper employee in — I'm lifting vehicle (7) MI NI BUS <-
20 Saw an expert is needed for a part of speech (7) PRO VERB
22 Flock to the U.S. city — it's close to many (5) LA IT Y
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6 comments:
hi Col in his blog has 26 A as NEATLY.
One doubt, 12A - Disgraces contemptible types pulling back scholars (7) {STIG<-}{MAS} Is MAS short for scholars ?
Googling cattle, found out that one of the obsolete terms for cattle is neat !
Thanks, Krishnan! I rushed through this, should have pondered some more. Yes, Re Scholars - MAs!
Didn't quite get 26 ac. A good puzzle regardless. Why's STIG short for 'contemptible types'?
26 ac NEATLY
Cattle -> NEAT
LikelY limits -> LY
neat
–noun,plural neat.
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
12 ac STIGMAS
Contemptible types -> GITS
pulling back -> STIG
Scholars -> MAs
git
–noun
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
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