Driving back to Bangalore from Coimbatore today so not spending time on adding pictures and links. NJ has used herself in 24D
ACROSS
7 - Stripped to the waist maybe, for some horsemen (8) - BAREBACK [DD]
9 - Sensation of a light mattress let out half dry (6) - T{ICK}LE* Anno pending
11 - Plastic film (9) - CELLULOID [DD]
12 - Social outcast has a device when the Vatican left for Portugal (5) - LE(-v+p)ER
13 - Covering the woman in a gathering (6) - {SHE}{AT}H H from ?
14 - Top view of these patterns (5,3) - BIRDS EYE [CD]
17 - Sworn voluntary document that may serve as evidence in court! (9) - AFFIDAVIT [E]
22 - Fail to check the mistake made! (8) - OVERLOOK [E]
23 - Stick firmly on the notice at this place (6) - {AD}{HERE}
25 - Woman’s garment fastened around the waist (5) - SKIRT [CD]
27 - Persuaded the party for the French wine in the last month in retrospect (9) - {CON}{VIN}{CED<-} )
28 - Wine bottle initially made of silver is for the miners (6) - {M}{AG}NUM Anno pending
29 - Same type of byproduct in wine (8) - CONGENER [DD]
DOWN
1 - Shake off the basic kind of a leading element (7) - ABSCIS*{E}
2 - Yet to serve up the covered small bread in the food lift (7) - T{ROLL}EY <- )
3 - Runaway southern birds (5) - (S}{COOT}
4 - Invoice with double lines (4) - {BI}{LL}
5 - Team’s head jumper (7) - SKIPPER [DD]
6 - Levels of doctorates (7) - DEGREES [DD]
8 - Ample supply for an American man in the United Nations is fruitful without the French character (9) - {BO}{UN}{TIFUL(-fru)*}
10 - Maid works for the soldiers and the lieutenant head commander (7) - {ADMI*}{RA}{L}
15 - Reducing the air for the fish following the start of daybreak (9) - {D}{WIND}{LING}
16 - That’s what a couple undergoes when split! (7) - DIVORCE [E]
18 - Use up the company menus freely (7) - {CO}{NSUME*}
19 - Is up for instance dividing the group of workers to hem in (7) - BESIEGE Anno pending
20 - Danger signals on an endless sandy shore in Ohio is not specific (7) - BEAC(-h){O}{NS}
21 - Sign the last section of alternatives for the sellers (7) - {V}{END}{ORS}
24 - Have fun with the European leader, is the one out to perhaps join the party at last (5) - {E}{NJ}{O}{Y} O from?
26 - Thank you note is in good condition (4) - TRUE Anno pending
GRID
A fair quota of wine in the clues today... cheers !
ReplyDeleteRichard
16 down - That’s what a couple undergoes when split! (7) - DIVORCE [E]
ReplyDeleteAlthough it can be regarded as a life sentence one would undergo, divorce is what a couple gets.
Richard
19D : BE((SI)(EG)E
ReplyDelete19 - Is up for instance dividing the group of workers to hem in (7) - BESIEGE Anno pending
ReplyDeleteIS up - SI
For instance - EG
Group of workers - BEE(S)
Only the missing plural is the problem.
Richard
Col,
ReplyDeleteFor 28Ac: NUM- National Union of Mineworkers
26Ac: Could it be TU= Thank You + Re
ReplyDeleteAm back after a blissful break away from civilisation and internet :)
ReplyDeleteHave fun with the European leader, is the one out to perhaps join the party at last (5)
My take - E{NJO(-i)}*Y
One (i) out of join, with perhaps being the anagrind
24a: I think maddy has nailed it, but how is "one out TO perhaps join" = "one out OF perhaps join"?
ReplyDeleteShuchi, que sera sera. When will you learn not to ask such questions in a NJ xwd :). These xwds are from a parallel universe, the grammatic nuances of which we mortals cannot be presumptuous enough to comprehend or master. For it is our lot to only wonder and marvel [sic]....
ReplyDelete9 - Sensation of a light mattress let out half dry (6)
ReplyDeleteMy version ...TICK LE(-t)
Sensation - Defn
Light mattress - TICK
let - Deletion fodder
out - deletion indicator
half dry = t , it is an abbn used in xwds, I don't know why...maybe coz dry = tt ( teetotaller),
=> t out of let
maddy, What to do, not stoic enough yet to wonder and marvel :)
ReplyDeleteI also feel that unless it's highlighted that the annotation has a problem, new solvers might get the impression that the clue was OK.
It does mean a lot more typing where NJ is concerned :) Maybe that's why I have given up on solving NJ, and only visit Col's blog to read what's going on.
13 - Covering the woman in a gathering (6) - {SHE}{AT}H H from ?
ReplyDeleteIs ATH = from gATHering?
or is gathering = TH ?
ReplyDeleteHi all,
ReplyDeleteBack in Bangalore after an exhilarating drive from Coimbatore to Bangalore, left at 9:30AM and was home by 5:30 PM after three half hour halts enroute. The roadwork is almost complete and managed to touch 130K's on most of the stretches.
Glad to see that I had left sufficient fodder to keep the comments going, not that it is required in an NJ CW.
I really thought NJ was vain enough to include herself in 24D
Have fun with the European leader, is the one out to perhaps join the party at last (5)
ReplyDeleteI think the compiler's intended anno is E(NJO)Y
E from European leader
Y from party at last
NJO - removing I from JOIN and anagrammatising it
Maddy annotated ENJOY pretty early in the day
ReplyDeleteLucky you, Colonel.
ReplyDeleteWhen I once drove with some others from Coimbatore back home a few years ago, it was a lovely drive in the middle of the night from Coimbatore to Mysore via Satyamangalam forests - notwithstanding that it was that time a Veerappan territory, and he was still ruling the roost - to Chamarajanagar to Nanjangud.
I don't know which route you took to Bangalore. It will be a pleasure to know.
Richard
Colonel,
ReplyDelete1DN - Where does the second S from ABSCIS come from?
8DN - Without french character -> FRU. Is U for character or FRU for french character?
26DN - The answer is TAUT and the anno is {TA}{UT}. UT for "note" and TA for "Thank you". Not sure how TA is related to "Thank you"
Just found that TA is British slang for "Thank you"
ReplyDeleteHi Richard,
ReplyDeleteI came back via Salem. The route via Satyamangalam forests, though an NH now upto Bangalore, has some very bad patches after Chamrajnagar, though the route is shorter by almost 50 KM's