ACROSS
1 - Bloody optimistic (7) - EVIDENT [CD]
5 - A large building for Ted if he becomes Chief Engineer (7) - {ED}{IF}{I}{CE}
10 - Joins up with a French site (6) - {UN}{ITES*} Where's the AInd?
11 - Witty report coming from the pear tree (8) - REPARTEE*
12 - He helps carry a coffin at a funeral (6) - BEARER [CD]
13 - Take a breather to telephone for Piggy-wig's ornament (8) - {NOSE}{RING}
14 - She should lie down when sick (6) - {L{ILL}IE}
15 - Roy has the hypothetical reasoning (6) - THEORY*
18 - More may note of a small body travelling through space (6) - {ME{TE}OR*}
20 - Property that goes with rank (6) - ESTATE [CD]
23 - Discharge a public school admitted in time (8) - {D{ETON}ATE}
25 - Best meal made out for her (6) - {AMELIA*} (ai+meal)
26 - I mark his bad language (8) - KASHMIRI*
27 - Where porpoises are taught? (6) - SCHOOL [CD]
28 - Went back and surrendered once more (7) - {RE}{CEDED}
29 - Feeling initially extra movement (7) - {E}{MOTION}
DOWN
2 - Found buyers, so closed after five (6) - {V}{ENDED}
3 - Decide I need, however, to call in (9) - {DE{TERM}INE*}
4 - It joins another for a breather (7) - NOSTRIL [CD]
6 - Instalment is returned and held by warehouse (7) - {DEPO{SI<-}T}
7 - Excitement results as gold is given for animal hair (5) - {FUR}{OR}
8 - Back again among the free lancers in the dailies (8) - {CLEAN{E}RS*} From where do we take the 'E'?
9 - Is it an advantage of working in a hair salon? (6,7) - {FRINGE} {BENEFIT}
16 - Bound to be performed by the ballet dancer (9) - ENTRECHAT [CD]
17 - Tea never served but to show deep respect (8) - VENERATE*
19 - Latch onto a way to raise cash on one's assets (7) - REALISE [DD]
21 - Beam as son breaks into a vehicle (7) - {TRA{NSO*}M}
22 - A monk to request for a Japanese garment (6) - KIMONO (monk+i+o?)Anno?
24 - A chore in a way done for money (5) - OCHRE* Couldn't get the link between 'ochre' and 'money' though I am sure I have heard it somewhere.
1 - Bloody optimistic (7) - EVIDENT [CD]
5 - A large building for Ted if he becomes Chief Engineer (7) - {ED}{IF}{I}{CE}
10 - Joins up with a French site (6) - {UN}{ITES*} Where's the AInd?
11 - Witty report coming from the pear tree (8) - REPARTEE*
12 - He helps carry a coffin at a funeral (6) - BEARER [CD]
13 - Take a breather to telephone for Piggy-wig's ornament (8) - {NOSE}{RING}
14 - She should lie down when sick (6) - {L{ILL}IE}
15 - Roy has the hypothetical reasoning (6) - THEORY*
18 - More may note of a small body travelling through space (6) - {ME{TE}OR*}
20 - Property that goes with rank (6) - ESTATE [CD]
23 - Discharge a public school admitted in time (8) - {D{ETON}ATE}
25 - Best meal made out for her (6) - {AMELIA*} (ai+meal)
26 - I mark his bad language (8) - KASHMIRI*
27 - Where porpoises are taught? (6) - SCHOOL [CD]
28 - Went back and surrendered once more (7) - {RE}{CEDED}
29 - Feeling initially extra movement (7) - {E}{MOTION}
DOWN
2 - Found buyers, so closed after five (6) - {V}{ENDED}
3 - Decide I need, however, to call in (9) - {DE{TERM}INE*}
4 - It joins another for a breather (7) - NOSTRIL [CD]
6 - Instalment is returned and held by warehouse (7) - {DEPO{SI<-}T}
7 - Excitement results as gold is given for animal hair (5) - {FUR}{OR}
8 - Back again among the free lancers in the dailies (8) - {CLEAN{E}RS*} From where do we take the 'E'?
9 - Is it an advantage of working in a hair salon? (6,7) - {FRINGE} {BENEFIT}
16 - Bound to be performed by the ballet dancer (9) - ENTRECHAT [CD]
17 - Tea never served but to show deep respect (8) - VENERATE*
19 - Latch onto a way to raise cash on one's assets (7) - REALISE [DD]
21 - Beam as son breaks into a vehicle (7) - {TRA{NSO*}M}
22 - A monk to request for a Japanese garment (6) - KIMONO (monk+i+o?)Anno?
Anyone got the answer to this which I posted yesterday?
ReplyDelete"Nice clue seen in today's DNA Cryptic"
Vera or city? (4-5)
24 - A chore in a way done for money (5) - OCHRE* Couldn't get the link between 'ochre' and 'money' though I am sure I have heard it somewhere.
ReplyDeleteWebsters gives OCHER/OCHRE/BRASS/MONEY/WEALTH as synonyms.
Vera or city? (4-5)
ReplyDeleteHALF-TRUTH (VERA/CITY)
5 - A large building for Ted if he becomes Chief Engineer (7) - {ED}{IF}{I}{CE}
ReplyDeleteWhat is the anno for 'I'?
Bingo Sandhya
ReplyDeleteI presumed 'I' comes from 'he'.
ReplyDeleteShouldn't it be "retort", not "report" in 11A?
ReplyDeleteHarvey,
ReplyDeleteAppears to be the work of the Printers devil at The HINDU
@sandhya @8.51
ReplyDeleteVery Good!!!!!! I was stuck with Vera Farmiga the whole of yesterday.
5 - A large building for Ted if he becomes Chief Engineer (7) - {ED}{IF}{I}{CE}
ReplyDelete{I} has not been explained.
Can it be (ED)(IF)(IC)(E)?
Chief = IC for in-charge (i/c)
Didn't like the inconsistencies in some of the clues. (Who does?)
ReplyDelete"lie down when sick" - I spent some time turning LIE upside down.
"Roy has the" ideally should be RO{THE}Y or something like that, if an anag. indicator had been provided.
And, for the most pedantic moment of the evening, a METEOR never travels in space (which I take to mean "outer space"). Those things are meteoroids. Meteors are meteoroids which enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up. If they happen to survive the entry and fall somewhere, they are called Meteorites.
1A Bloody optimistic (7) - EVIDENT [CD]
ReplyDeleteEvident is easily seen/understood or obvious.
How does it relate to the clue?