Wednesday 30 August 2017

No 12099, Wednesday 30 Aug 2017, Arden


ACROSS
9   Come forward with scheme (7) PROJECT [DD]
10 Kill and annex large country (7) ICELAND {ICE}{L}{AND}
11 Drunk retains wine (7) RETSINA*
12 Boeing design includes long base (7) IGNOBLE {L} in {BOEING}*
13 Order is a nice one, missing submission (9) OBEISANCE {OBE}{IS}{A}{NiCE}
15 Finally cabbage goes into head of cauliflower and salted (5) CURED {c...gE} in {CURD}
16 As per law, binding on one's associate (7) LEGALLY {LEG}{ALLY} Anno for LEG pending See comments :-)
19 Trained to agree on the mission (4,3) TOOK AIM {TO}{OK} {AIM}
20 Have lumps inside the soft palate (5) VELUM [T]
21 Very small but a negative cryptic clue (9) MINUSCULE {MINUS}{CLUE*} Didn't know of this variant spelling See comments
25 Following on money, used regularly (7) RETINUE {RE}{TIN}{UsEd}
26 Endless choice, like so many of his paintings (7) PICASSO {PICk}{AS}{SO} Semi&lit
28 Birds took on westbound Columbus, perhaps (7) GENOESE {GE{ON<=}ESE}
29 Nearly gone, taking hundred by stealth (7) LARCENY {C} in {NEARLY}* By stealth? See comments

DOWN
1   Old wine, only here in European city (6) OPORTO {O}{PORT}{O}
2   Perhaps David's taken it up round his neck (3,3) BOW TIE  {IT<=} in {BOWE}
3   Food shipment reduced by 50% (4) DELI DELIvery
4   A kind of exertion (6) STRAIN [DD]
5   Hard working man, chasing capital (8) DILIGENT {DILI}{GENT}
6   Maybe precious metal is hoarded — extremely harmful (10) PERNICIOUS {NI} in {PRECIOUS}*
7   Possible terrain in the centre of the capital (8) CANBERRA {CAN BE}{teRRAin}
8   Supplement on lace curtains, basically clumsy (8) ADDENDUM {ADD}{END}{clUMsy}
14 Arsenal mad to play poker (10) SALAMANDER*
16 "Purchase large rum bottles, girl" (8) LEVERAGE {EVE} in {LARGE}*
17 Explosive language used in exclamation (8) GELATINE {LATIN} in {GEE}
18 Howled at setter in dreamy, confused state (8) YAMMERED {ME} in {DREAMY}*
22 Staff getting round up on weapon (6) NAPALM {M{LAP}AN}<=
23 Bad result in Northern Ireland (6) ULSTER*
24 Making money gets first priority — an example is Washington (6) EPONYM {Pr...y} in {MONEY}*
27 Complain about the missing picture on the mat (4) CARP CARPet

GRID

17 comments:

  1. 16AC: ON = LEG
    This was what you clarified yesterday on leghorn

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  2. I took on =leg from yeesterday.

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  3. Actually 'minuscule' is the correct spelling. Those who spell it 'miniscule' think the word is from 'mini' (small, as in miniskirt) and so follow the skirt.

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  4. Stealth ->stealing

    https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/stealth

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  5. 2 DN. The clue is wrong. My apologies for the oversight.

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  6. Found this quite tough. With very little in the morning(having been up late night for the WI-Eng), rushed through the puzzle without appreciating the beauty of wp. Despite Arden's comment about 2D, was able to get it and parsed as Col did.
    Thanks Arden and Col

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  7. What a victory for WI! Great match. Watched it till the end and saw Kerber getting beaten in the 1st round after that.

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  8. Replies
    1. There is an actor named David Bowe. See the link in the main post.

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  9. Bangladesh won a thrilling contest as predicted by Raghu in yesterday's comment

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  10. Oh! I missed it since Oz. were going strong this morning.

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