Wednesday 16 August 2017

No 12087, Wednesday 16 Aug 2017, Sunnet


007 is back

ACROSS
1   Straightened the thing over and departed (6) TIDIED {IT<=}{DIED}
4   Prick blisters with needles (8) BRISTLES*
10 Edit a resume to fully meet the bar (7,2) MEASURE UP {A+RESUME}* [RA]
11 Some nice cut missing point? Not at all (5) NEVER {Nice}{sEVER}
12 Cheats birds (5) ROOKS [DD]
13 John perhaps sensed some unfinished business (5,4) LOOSE ENDS {LOO}{SENSED*}
14 Jack's former bank (3,4) OLD SALT {OLD} {SALT}
16 Reportedly colours and breaks down (4) DIES (~dyes)
19 Attach a security (4) BOND [DD]
21 Always in favour of woman's right (7) FOREVER {FOR}{EVE}{R}
24 Age matches sanity (9) DAYLIGHTS {DAY}{LIGHTS}
25 Wears green stones (5) JADES [DD]
26 Eliminating a crossing (5) AXING {A}{X'ING}
27 One blast near a poor city (9) ISLAMABAD {1}{SLAM}{A}{BAD}
28 Bacon's points indicate one little way (8) ESSAYIST {E}{S}{SAY}{1}{ST}
29 Advance a court's conclusion (6) ASCEND {A}{SC}{END}

DOWN
1   Little boy to argue about alternative future (8) TOMORROW {TOM}{OR}{ROW}
2   Ice suit (8) DIAMONDS [DD]
3   Perhaps horse matches you for a length (5) EQUUS EQU(-al+u)US
5   Last word and line if this does not open the parachute (7) RIPCORD {RIP}{CORD} Semi&lit
6   Poet's boy to trap topless noble (9) SONNETEER {SON}{NET}{pEER}
7   Four cut fish for bread (6) LIVING {L{IV}ING}
8   Draw attention to second lock (6) STRESS {S}{TRESS}
9   Fanatic's final letter to each group (6) ZEALOT {Z}{EA}{LOT}
15 Lovingly, two rings are slipped into ravishing lady (9) ADORINGLY {O}{RING} in {LADY}*
17 Possible to duck in Nevada bleeds (8) EVADABLE [T]
18 Agitated by America blocking natural delta (8) CRUSADED {CR{USA}DE}{D}
20 Raised canvas held flowers (7) DAHLIAS {SAIL}{HAD}<=
21 Binder covering you and me is easily melted (6) FUSILE {F{US}ILE}
22 I would have energy to imagine (6) IDEATE {I'D}{EAT}{E}
23 Scarily edit out a criminal's words (6) LYRICS SCaRILY*
25 King muddles about Spain (5) JAMES {JAM{E}S}

GRID

17 comments:

  1. Sunnet is enigmatic today. Liked the way of cluing. Enjoyed well. Thanks

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  2. Bond is back. So is our 'pangram'mer.
    Nice one. Enjoyed. Thank you Sunnet.

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  3. Nice grid, thanks Sunnet! Didn't get the theme till I saw the blog.

    18D: Agitated by America blocking natural delta (8) CRUSADED {CR{USA}DE}{D}

    Didn't get the anno. I thought natural = CRUDE, in which case U in USA is doing double duty? Or if America = A, then can't account for the extra letters.

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    1. Typical error made by setters. Sunnet has overlooked the fact that U appears in crude as well as in USA.
      I too have missed it while annotating

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    2. We will have to go to South Africa in stead of America!

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    3. Maybe SA was meant to be (South) America

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    4. That is the way I annotated it

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    5. That was an oversight on my part. I did not factor the U coming from crude as well as USA. My apologies to all the solvers

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  4. A quick solve...enjoyed the Bonding!

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  5. Unfinished business in toilet-how Elvis begins to die in smalls (5,4) is a clue in today's Guardian!

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  6. Solution grid with themed words uploaded in yesterdays special

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  7. Ashoka, Chakra, Elect to be included.

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  8. Thanks Dinner. What a change from yesterday. I found my cow's call

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  9. In 10A where does P come from?

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