I’m supposed to be blogging tomorrow but I’m not going to be able to find the time as I have to look after my little boy for the day (he’s the happy chap on the left). If any of the regular bloggers fancy covering it please leave a comment in this post.
Ta
Neil
I’ll raise my hand and claim it.
Oh! Nimrod Yum.
I’ll try to put something up before I hit the pub at lunchtime …
Alamak! I only saw this a few moments ago. Anyway, since I have done most of it (except 23A and 20D) I thought I will start the ball rolling. I will fill in as much info as I can muster at this short notice and others can add in
Across
1 PULL THE OTHER ONE *(the north pole + E U L left of west of fodder)
9 IDLE Eric, one of the cast of Monty Python Flying Circus
10 PIANISSIMO
11 GRUB STREET Ins of RUBST *(burst) in GREET (to say hello)
12 TOLD What the bank-teller did
13 TOM DICK AND HARRY
16 LOW-SPIRITEDNESS *(wilts depression)
23 ?O?A No idea
24 FLASH FLOOD We get lots of this in Kuala Lumpur where heavy downpours are common; wordplay?
25 DOLLAR SIGN ?
26 TIME Sounds like thyme (parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme)
27 FOOT POUND SECOND Cha of foot (pay) pound (some money) second (back)
Down
2 UNDERGO *(urged on) I suppose Hatters stands for Mad (as in Alice….) and therefore an anagram indicator. Well, Nimrod is not categorised as “Libertarian (hard)” for nothing)
3 LIE ABED Ins of Abe (Lincoln President) in LIED (song)
4 HEPATIC Hepatic is adj relating to or acting on the liver
Wordplay?
5 ORAL EXAMINATION Ins of Dr ALEX Comfort + Dictator Idi AMIN of Uganda in ORATION (speech)
6 HOISTED Ins of ISTE *(site) in HOD (brick-carrier)
7 ROSETTA *(toaster) I do not fully understand this clue
8 NIMBLER *(M, James Bond’s boss Berlin) ‘supply more’ used here to disguise being more supple
14 MEW dd
15 RUE dd rue2 n a strong-smelling shrubby Mediterranean plant
17 OLOROSO Wordplay? a golden-coloured medium-sweet sherry
18 SHALLOT Ins of ALL (without exception) in SHOT (photo)
19 INFERNO Cha of infer (guess) NO
20 E?H?N?S I wonder what this is
21 NILOTIC NIL (sounds like Egyptian River Nile) OTIC (of an ear, listener)
22 SHOWMAN I haven’t suss out the wordplay
17 (D)OLOROSO
(GORGON)ZOLA – The new Manager of West Ham, a popular but seriously financially challenged soccer club.
Gah! The pair of you have started commenting here! I just posted a new blog. Alamak indeed.
Thanks to Jennybaguette
13A Bow’s sick refers to Cockney rhyming slang, Tom Dick = sick.
joiner = and and harry = worry
25A If you look at your keyboard, the $ (dollar sign) is above 4 (how come I did not notice this earlier?) Wordplay *(gallons dir)