ACROSS
1 - Seek proper treatment of colitis (7) - SOLICIT*
5 - Sets up temporary accommodation (7) - ENCAMPS [CD]
9 - Reject recognition on a point (5) - {SPUR}{N} How are SPUR and recognition linked? Encouragement yes but recognition?
10 - Morning call perhaps a big surprise (3,6) - EYE OPENER [DD]
11 - Cause to be admired on reaching ultimate rank (6) - {END}EAR Anno pending
12 - Suddenly surprised at the way the art was led (8) - {ST}{ART}{LED}
14 - Turn one in to see this Italian city (5) - TUR{I}N
15 - Room at the top! (9) - AEROSPACE [E]
18 - Get mad about the legal fraternity’s exclusion (9) - DE{BAR}MENT
20 - Value of items owned (5) - ASSET [CD]
22 - She may be right to cure for a careful examination (8) - SEARCHED ? Anno pending
24 - Get in a way to set fire (6) - {I}GNITE*
26 - Reserve coach is in repose (9) - RES{TRAIN}T
27 - Some have eaten chips and fish (5) - TENCH [T]
28 - Ceases to be in love with someone and leaves (4,3) - GOES OFF [DD]
29 - Intent on making a down payment (7) - EARNEST [DD]
DOWN
1 - Had guilty thoughts (9) - SUSPECTED [CD]
2 - Illegal transfer of funds from Arundel (7) - LAUNDER*
3 - Exercising can tire on such a vessel (9) - CONTAINER*
4 - Bound to die on time (4) - {T}IED*
5 - The voters choose to speak (10) - {ELECT}{ORATE}
6 - With the return of soldier, cover an illegal act (5) - {CAP}{ER<-} )
7 - Paper used for wrapping a cigar? (7) - MANILLA [DD]
8 - Damaged road leading into shelter (5) - SH{R}ED
13 - Create a religion? Sheer fantasy! (4,6) - {MAKE} {BELIEF}
16 - Real thugs can make a killing! (9) - SLAUGHTER*
17 - Dancer’s step, a refinement of the canter (9) - ENTRECHAT* Useful link for CW compilers
19 - Money that is needed for the club (7) - {BRASS}{IE}
21 - Discipline gained since conversion to church (7) - SCIEN*{CE}
22 - Shoot for almost the whole season (5) - SPRI(-n)G
23 - Vehicle to move out with goods (5) - {CAR}{GO}
25 - A youth set to have swelling at his eyelid (4) - ST{Y}E*
GRID
A few were difficult ones today.
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9 - Reject recognition on a point (5) - {SPUR}{N} How are SPUR and recognition linked? Encouragement yes but recognition?
Agree with you.
10- Morning call perhaps a big surprise (3,6) - EYE OPENER [DD]
Nice one.
11- Cause to be admired on reaching ultimate rank (6) - {END}EAR Anno pending
Could 'rank' have something to do with the rank of an Earl? But then the missing 'l' cannot be explained.
15- Room at the top! (9) - AEROSPACE [E]
Good one too.
22- She may be right to cure for a careful examination (8) - SEARCHED ? Anno pending
There is no clue to the past tense.
DOWN
1 - Had guilty thoughts (9) - SUSPECTED [CD]
When you suspect something, there is an element of doubt. When a person is suspected, there is guilt in him. How the clue 'had guilty thoughts' gels here requires explanation.
13- Create a religion? Sheer fantasy! (4,6) - {MAKE} {BELIEF}
All this time, I knew only of 'make-believe' (as in 'a world of make-believe'). My dictionaries do not have 'make-belief'. But now a Google search proves it to be an accepted word.
17- Dancer’s step, a refinement of the canter (9) - ENTRECHAT* Useful link for CW compilers
Could not get this. Your link is useful. Thanks.
Richard
There is an expression 'earn your spurs' which means to prove yourself.
ReplyDeleteAlso there is the Order of the Spurs which is awarded to US Cavalrymen.
So spur can also be a term for recognition
I got 22A as Searcher. But this also does not annotate perfectly. Maybe anagram of she r care with cure being misspelt as cure
ReplyDeleteCorrection Care misspelt as cure
ReplyDeleteWe can only speculate as Manna is not here to give us his solutions/corrections
ReplyDeleteManna falling from heaven, any chance?
ReplyDeleteAnother one of Chaturvasisms ! Good one.
ReplyDeleteRichard
Manna will be off after tomorrow's CW and we will have to brace ourselves for a Neyartha beginning to the week
ReplyDeleteNeyartha is interesting and worth looking forward to
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