Across
1 One in this probably does business with any 12 Dn (7,6) SELLERS MARKET
9 Perfume product made from gold and tallow for the listener (9) AMBERGRIS
10 Cuban steps to get electric current discharge from barium compound (5) RUM BA
11 Vietnamese premier overwhelmed by railway termini in Cuban city-state (7) HA(-V){RY} ANA
13 Operator’s cut for fake tip (4-3) RAKE-OFF*
14 Put down cheap wine (5) PLONK
15 Kulcha cooked on a skillet initially in 11 Ac (9) PAN CHKULA*
17 Article pocketed by doctor on-screen reveals rapport (9) RESON(A)NCE
18 No accounting for this when it is a matter of preference (5) TASTE
20 Counterstrike, after swallowing awful pain, in 11 Ac (7) PANI PAT
22 Ravi almost gets caught in the shadow at the dig (7) TRA(-P) VAI L
23 Reportedly take legal action against the woman serving cold rice dish (5) SU SHI
24 No good disciple can wear the Spanish underclothes (4,5) LONG JOHNS
26 Examples of laxity that the Titanic exudes at sea (13) INEXACTITUDES*
Down
1 Tennis shot in court results in damage (5,2) SMASH UP
2 Difficult to design biro in a university in Asian country (9) LA(BORI)O(U)S
3 It may be boxed as a punishment (3) EAR
4 Shastri announces the featured band (5) STRIA
5 Pledge of confidence (9) ASSURANCE
6 Epic discourse site in 11 Ac (11) KURUKSHETRA
7 Encountered westbound river on the beat (5) TEM<- PO
8 Curious affair of the palm tree (6) RAFFIA
12 1 Ac may imply that this is unlikely to go down (6,5) ASKING PRICE
15 Cigar made using sodium found in a bone (9) PA(NA)TELLA
16 Bleeding staunched without a scratch (9) UNSCATHED*
17 Phosphorus replaces carbon in modified meal (6) RE(-C){P}AST
19 Secures bow lost by crafty larcenists (7) ENLISTS (-ARC)
21 Turn in oddly missed ascetic to the second generation American (5) N(I S E)I
22 Corporate network concealed from view (5) TENET
25 Ethnic group seen around U.P. landmark (3) JAT <-
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4 comments:
How long did you take to complete this puzzle? Seems like a perfect score!
Btw, why do you think the compiler is crazy?!
Hi Ganesh,
Took me about an hour! Was getting waylaid by 11ac till I got 15ac and 20ac then it was actually easier than yesterday.
I meant CRAZY in a good way as follows, hence the smiley :)
Slang. wonderful; excellent; perfect: That's crazy, man, crazy.
Slang. an unpredictable, nonconforming person; oddball
having an unusual, unexpected, or random quality, behavior, result, pattern, etc.
11ac clue is a perfect example!
Interesting! I assumed it was Long Jocks because I reasoned the down was Coalesced - bleeding staunched.
"without a scratch" was the give away, Eswaran!
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