ACROSS
1 - If one cutter capsizes, it's fake (11) - COUNTERFEIT*
9 - One in a race has ten around to talk excitedly (7) - ENTRANT {TEN*}{RANT}
10 - Sexy partners have you locked in wrap (7) - SENSUAL {SE{NS}{U}AL}
11 - Sailor has no time for card (5) - TAROT {TAR}{O}{T}
12 - Super rate fixed for openings (9) - APERTURES*
13 - A face-saving feature in soldier's headgear (5) - VISOR [CD]
15 - Type size that's matchless (9) - NONPAREIL [DD]
18 - In making love, fool's forgotten statement (9) - SUMMATION conSUMMATION
21 - If Tom retreats at first, it would be an idea (5) - MOTIF {MOT<-}{IF}
22 - Exclaim in parenthesis son leaves cross as Jack comes in (9) - INTERJECT INTER(-s+j)JECT
24 - Rejects cubes? (5) - DICES [DD]
26 - A thousand and one regularly infiltrate war zone in country (7) - ARMENIA {AR{M}EN{I}A}
27 - Antipathy from girl in group of spectators moving ahead (7) - ALLERGY (-g)ALLER(+g)Y
28 - Spend fixed period in prison to good purpose? (5,2,4) - WASTE NO TIME {WASTE} {NO} {TIME}
DOWN
1 - I've recast plan for people with new ideas (9) - CREATIVES*
2 - Say ship's lost its top (5) - UTTER cUTTER
3 - Italian diner returns pie to girl (9) - TRATTORIA {TRAT<-}{TO}{RIA}
4 - Raw beginner in commission to learn a different skill (7) - RETRAIN {RET{R}AIN}
5 - Close to Pole behind is Oriental (7) - EASTERN {E}{ASTERN}
6 - Retractable doctrine (5) - TENET <->
7 - Food for nutter in excitement (8) - NUTRIENT*
8 - About to leave kingdoms: charity needed (4) - ALMS reALMS
14 - Pointers to a disease (8) - SYMPTOMS [E]
16 - Animal doll Maria fixed (9) - ARMADILLO*
19 - Cold covers? (7) - ICECAPS [CD]
20 - Shell found in a mental asylum? (7) - NUTCASE [DD]
22 - Indian queen one promoted in a foreign country (4) - IRAN (+i)IRAN(-i)
23 - Irene will be content to keep it coming (5) - RENEW [T]
Did much better than yesterday,though I did not complete.
ReplyDelete22A- "intersect" stands for parenthesis?
28A- Though I knew it had to be waste no time,still not able to fully understand. 'serve time' is to spend a fixed period in prison,isn't it?
Intersect does not mean parenthesis. Intersect means cross, from which the s is removed and the j put in.
DeleteThank you Suresh. Now it is clear.
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