Across
1 A word that meant nothing (6, 7) BROKEN PROMISE
8 Most of the book, old version initially, was to do with the dynasty (7) ROMAN OV
9 Look fixedly at holy trees around summer houses (7) GAZE BOS
11 Fire escape on board ship (6) FUNNEL
13 Importance of cardinal’s address? (8) EMINENCE
15 Perhaps the fish was off (5) SMELT
16 Work of low relief? (7) LINOCUT
18 Wrapping pasty is wise in a seaside place (7)
19 Ann has no young to trouble (5) ANNOY
21 Can a rich character be promoter of lawlessness? (8) ANARCHIC*
23 The French pope changed the order of masses (6) PEOP LE
25 Detectives have an art in cracking Chinese secret societies (7) TRIADIC
26 Splendid stock (7)
28 What is the meaning of life? (5, 8) HARSH SENTENCE
Down
2 Story of upright type going to church (7) ROMANCE
3 They belong to the same family (3) KIN
4 Church body (4) NAVE
5 How a military unit was systematically organised? (10) REGIMENTED
6 Hindmost sails of a three masted vessel (5) MIZEN
7 Lowest division of a large body (7) SUBUNIT
8 Won’t do it. Won’t become an entertainer (6, 2, 3) REFUSE TO ACT
10 Still life of a slice of bread and a piece of cheese? (7, 4)
12 One more small part he has in the film (5) EXTRA
14 Show you were itching to see? (4, 6) FLEA CIRCUS
17 Somehow cater for a packing case (5) CRATE
18 Resilience exhibited by parts of a flower (7) STAMINA
20 Having favourites, relatively speaking (7) NEPOTIC
22 Conversion of many poems from one form to another effected by set of rules (5) C ODE S
24 Direction can be given for a critical examination (4)
27 Erstwhile small Indian coin (3)
2 comments:
26A: CAPITAL [2]
24D: S CAN
27D: PIE
Thanks, Shuchi - Mr. Manna got me yesterday! Should have got SCAN though - was a nice clue. Was going between CAPITAL and CHATTEL pending the coin clue .........
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