Reasonably error free CW today with 11 CD/DDs and 7 Anagrams which is more than 50% of the 32 clues
ACROSS
1 - By betraying the government, Lawrence resorts to arson (7) - TREASON (TE+ARSON)* No indicators for an anagram
5 - Very small music centre’s records (7) - MINUTES [DD]
9 - A coarse rug (7) - DRUGGET [CD]
10 - Worries about second horse in the river first (7) - NIGGLES Wherefrom GG and S?
11 - Go back around, to secure the due to be paid (5) - O{WIN}G<- 12 - In military resistance sappers gain respect (9) - DEFE{RE}NCE
13 - Teams awarded points during tea break (9) - ELEVENS{ES}
15 - Subjects of investigation (5) - CASES [CD]
16 - Draw off by degrees, right to nadir (5) - DRAIN* Right to Nadir or wromg to Nadir?
18 - A game soldier given a direction to express regret (9) - A{POLO}{GI}{SE}
21 - Soldier has little hesitation in becoming a sea dog (9) - {PRIVATE}{ER}
24 - In some ways Tom, a hard man to find in Nebraska (5) - OMAHA [T]
25 - Unusually smart do for film eminence (7) - STARDOM*
26 - Adds salt and pepper to one’s cooking (7) - SEASONS [CD]
27 - A Canadian steel town on East river (7) - TRENTON Had to google this answer
28 - Surrendered what was produced (7) - YIELDED [CD]
DOWN
1 - Earliest stage of a potential wooer, heigh-ho? (7) - TADP{OLE} Anyone for a better annotation?
2 - Evil Sue in disguise, is deceptive (7) - ELUSIVE*
3 - Dull colour for the prudent environmentalist (4,5) - SAGE GREEN [DD]
4 - Marked out to Ned (5) - NOTED*
5 - Open circular letter publicising party policy (9) - {MANIFEST}{O} Lots of them seen nowadays which are meant to be forgotten immediately after the elections
6 - An African river (5) - NIGER [CD]
7 - Disposition of last ten ancient coins (7) - TALENTS*
8 - Nuns having same parents! (7) - SISTERS [CD]
14 - Reform tests mean politicians (9) - STATESMEN* Can be applied to only a handful among the indian ones
15 - Hot cola mixed in church — then sold in bars (9) - C{HOCOLAT*}E
16 - Very large and very small figure in small department store (7) - DEP{O}{S}{I}T
17 - Keep moving to stir up public feeling (7) - AGITATE [DD]
19 - I do moan in confusion when upset (2,1,4) - IN A MOOD*
20 - Teddy took a fall but still passed (7) - E{LAPSE}D
22 - Evaluation of a specified quantity (5) - AUDIT [CD]
23 - Liable to accident (5) - RISKY [CD]
GG from Gray Horse:
ReplyDelete"The gray gene (G) is an autosomal dominant gene.[1] In simple terms, a horse which has even one copy of the gray allele, even if it has a gene for another coloring, will always become gray. If a gray horse is homozygous (GG), meaning that it has a gray allele from both parents, it will always produce gray offspring. However, if a gray horse is heterozygous (Gg), meaning it inherits one copy of the recessive gene (g), that animal may produce offspring who are not gray (depending on what color gene an offspring inherits from its other parent). Conversely, a gray horse must have at least one gray parent. Genetic testing is now possible to determine whether a horse is homozygous or heterozygous for gray, or if it does not carry the gene at all."
Right to DRAIN as in drain right to the bottom!
Anno for 1dn is a big ?
To chant "heigh-ho", a cadence-count used for synchronized walking, marching, pulling, lifting, etc.
ReplyDelete1927 Porterfield, William M. Bamboo and its uses in China, Chinese Government Bureau of Economic Information, Booklet Series 2, p40. Cited in David Farrelly, The Book of Bamboo, p25; Sierra Club Books, 1984.
Big bamboo poles are used for carrying heavy loads in China. In the cities one hears the familiar antiphonal 'heigh-ho'ing, indicating that a heavy load is being moved somewhere. The heavier the load, the louder and more agonized the chant.