Across
1 Pool furniture used in a ball game (8,5) BILLIARD TABLE
9 Key distributor in North Korean capital has some free personnel (9) INNKEEPER
10 Curio in Italy replaced by trainee in a strange manner (5) ODDLY
11 Greek character housed by insider without hesitation in flat (7) INSIPID
13 Stand under fire for article on Danish leader in press (7) ANDIRON
14 Remorse in sweetheart substituting model with trickery (5) GUILE
15 Champion in play? Be managed in a pacific manner (9) PEACEABLY
17 Attacker in the French book behind donkey with AI (9) ASSAILANT
18 Spirit of Oriental in Olympic city (5) SEOUL
20 Septets chief with platinum, in meeting with Spanish premier (7) HEPTADS
22 Olympic city in Natal built by volunteers (7) ATLANTA
23 One confused about large trap (5) NOOSE
24 Sailor returns with corneal trouble to Olympic city (9) BARCELONA
26 Enemy let loose around end of month reportedly blew way to save cyanide victim (9,4) METHYLENE BLUE
Down
1 Old English leader dismissed for secret looking in Olympic city (7) BEIJING
2 Yearn to go with armada members to popular English diving location (9) LONGSHIPS
3 Dessert made with hard water? (3) ICE
4 Fast music genre for interval dance, primarily (5) RAPID
5 Nag graduate in rag dress, found in a nomad’s home? (9) TERMAGANT
6 Immobile transporter of bank deposit? (5,6) BLOOD VESSEL
7 Senior pupil making way for 1 Down (5) ELDER
8 Syria to deny development of Olympic city (6) SYDNEY
12 Job of meteorologist, say, to have the final word in an unpleasant situation (11) PREDICAMENT
15 Run around and bail us out in a credible manner (9) PLAUSIBLY
16 Found underground in Neyveli town (5,4) BROWN COAL
17 Hasten construction of Olympic city (6) ATHENS
19 Discharge from scallion reportedly found in bagel (7) LEAKAGE
21 Introduction given by sweetheart in high school dance (5) PROEM
22 Alfred the First, of Ireland, brought up in a lofty home (5) AERIE
25 African tribe to tender for lamb (3) EWE
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2 comments:
hi anokha:
that was good.
i would like to know more on PROEM (21 DOWN)
sudarshan
Hi Sudarshan,
PROM is a high school dance in which girls and boys ask their "sweethearts" to accompany them to the dance. And PROEM means an introduction, a preface.....
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