Annotation of 11A and 27D not clear to me
ACROSS
1 - Bank employee confronted by vast sum of money sees a future (7,6) - FORTUNE TELLER [CD]
8 - Note it is the obvious choice (7) - NATURAL [CD]
9 - Particular concerning parking in school environs (7) - {RE}S{P}ECT
11 - Silk fabric worn by small number in dance one leaves at the end (6) - {V}ELVE{T} Anno pending (Addendum - VEL{V}ET(-a) the dance being VELETA)
13 - A French pair obtaining divorce? (8) - {UN}{COUPLE}
15 - Arranged to lower a small spiked wheel on a spur (5) - ROWEL*
16 - Jabbers and irritates one (7) - NEEDLES [DD]
18 - Hide carefully to know about lace (7) - {CON}CEAL*
19 - Move out of the way of the French dog (5) - D{ODG*}E
21 - Transportation of French servants’ uniform (8) - {DE}LIVERY
23 - Bony cavity occupied by a worker with spirit (6) - {ANT}RUM
25 - “Fixing” a race, the guy will get a complaint (7) - EARAC*{HE}
26 - Oriental or English back (7) - {E}ASTERN
28 - Intend to complete the whole course? (5,2,6) - START TO FINISH [CD]
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2 - Outward current (7) - OUTFLOW [CD]
3 - It’s not to climb back a rocky height (3) - TOR <- )
4 - Life line of Egypt? (4) - NILE [CD]
5 - Quite possibly all aren’t at the dance (10) - TARANTELLA * Is this coincidence? This dance appeared in yesterday's Sunday CW as well
6 - Girl has nothing to catch wild horses (5) - LASS{O}
7 - Grants immunity to old MP set apart (7) - {EX}EMPTS*
8 - Don’t give up vulgar way of referring to a dice (5,3,3) - NEVER SAY DIE [CD] What is vulgar about this?
10 - The chaps who dig into their tucker! (11) - TRENCHER{MEN}
12 - Nell turns to English to find her (5) - {E}LLEN*
14 - Affection that’s mean and tender by turn (10) - ENDEARMENT*
17 - Doubtless how merchantmen left a Yemeni port (5) - {L}ADEN
18 - He is at fault to rip cult out of sorts (7) - CULPRIT*
20 - Stare on road, fresh water diving birds (7) - {D}A{R}TERS*
22 - Six vehicle for a Bishop’s deputy (5) - {VI}CAR
24 - Strength of objection (4) - BEEF [DD]
27 - To name is a moral offence (3) - SIN [CD] Is this a CD or SI<-{N}
27 - To name is a moral offence (3)
ReplyDeleteThis is neither a straightforward clue nor a cryptic clue.
The wordplay does not adhere to established conventions. Nor is it in any non-conventional but acceptable form.
It is our misfortune that we should be foisted with such poor specimens.
The dance form is VELETA I just found it on the net, so we get
ReplyDeleteSmall number = V
in = inclusion indicator
Dance = VELETA
see http://dance.huanglee.net/veleta-waltz-mixer
Dance one leaves at the end = VELET(-a)
Silk fabric worn = VEL{V}ET