INSTRUCTIONS
1. Three answers per commenter.
2. Annotations to be compulsorily provided with the answers.
3. As this is a first attempt at setting please give your constructive comments.
1. Three answers per commenter.
2. Annotations to be compulsorily provided with the answers.
3. As this is a first attempt at setting please give your constructive comments.
ACROSS
1 Starting Point
perplexed the movie (13)
10 Dumb moans about the moderator (9)
11 Encircle rebels and savages, execute first (5)
12 Life force not available in this country? (5)
13 Decaf fiancé David holds as intended (9)
14 Speaker to roar rabidly (6)
15 German lady primarily dominates by deception (5)
19 Soup with a bit of thyme served in mug (5)
20 Brashness at work leads to a jump (6)
25 Clean tape used for umbilical cords (9)
26 Touches the female fish (5)
27 Shammi Kapoor endorsed this portal? (5)
28 Unknown Leander & a partner contrived to become a
great king (9)
29 Dozen primates went for the movie (6,7)
DOWN
2 Quatrain by
Gibhran? (9)
3 Aiding endlessly
corrupts the country (5)
4 Large deer in
Indian veg gravy? (6)
5 God almighty in
the shape of firm moon (8)
6 The blank, a
Kingsolver can get this novel clue (3,6)
7 Nuisance is
missing a slight difference (6)
8 Cloak concealed in
Nippon choultry (6)
9 Feds and you
embroiled in arguments (5)
15 Newshours debates keep the issues -- --- ---- (2,3,4)
17 Litigations one after the other just for a bag? (8)
18 Distant Past!!! (5,3)
21 Dads attempt this snack (6)
22 Sprays right away and neuters (5)
23 Money we returned for the nut (6)
24 To this matter of the deviant half heterosexual …..(6)
26 Ask the American state first for the container (5)
To attempt the Crossword on a separate page follow the link AFTERDARK1
Enjoy.
10.A.OMBUDSMAN.* DUMB MOANS.DEF.MODERATOR
ReplyDelete4.D.SAMBAR.LARGE DEER/GRAVY. DD
ReplyDelete1A TRAINSPOTTING* (starting point)
ReplyDelete3D INDIA
ReplyDeleteAIDING* without G
Def - Country
8D PONCHO
Nip(pon Cho)ultry
Def - Cloak
12A CHINA
Life force - CHI
not available - NA
Def - Country
3D INDIA* {aidin(-g)}
ReplyDelete3D already answed, so substn:
Delete7D NUANCE {nu(-is)ance}
14A ORATOR*{to roar)
ReplyDelete16.A.FRAUD. FRAU+D. DEF.DECEPTION
ReplyDelete25 A Clean tape used for umbilical cords (9)
ReplyDeleteAns: PLACENTAE (Clean tape*)
26 A Touches the female fish (5)
Ans: FEELS (F +EELS)
9D Feds and you embroiled in arguments (5)
Ans: FEUDS (FEDS+ U)
13 AFFIANCED T
ReplyDelete23 CASH EW<
15 ON THE BOIL
2D Quatrain by Gibhran? RUBIYAT (E)
ReplyDelete13A Decaf fiancé David holds as intended: AFFIANCED(T)=intended
22D Sprays right away and neuters: SPAYS {sprays-r)=neuters
2d is RUBAIYAT
DeleteThank you col, RUBAIYAT was in my mind, but typo in hurry.
Delete13A repeated
ReplyDelete29 Dozen primates went for the movie: TWELVE MONKEYS (dozen=twelve, primates=monkeys)
27 Shammi Kapoor endorsed this portal? (5) YAHOO [CD]
ReplyDelete28 Unknown Leander & a partner contrived to become a great king (9) A {LE(X)ANDER}*
5 God almighty in the shape of firm moon (8) OMNIFORM*
9D- Feuds
ReplyDeleteDef.- Arguements
(FEDS U)* Anagram
21D- PASTRY
ReplyDeletedads- PAS
attempt- TRY
ReplyDelete21D (PAS)(TRY)
Def Snack
17D- SUITCSE
ReplyDeleteSuit & Case-Litigations
24D HERETO (HETERO*)
ReplyDeleteDer To this matter
26D (FL)(ASK)
ReplyDeleteDef Container
18D: Distant Past!!! (5,3) - OLDEN DAY (E). Not sure why there are three exclamation marks. Also the solution leads to an adjective I think, whereas the clue is a noun
ReplyDelete19A: Soup with a bit of thyme served in mug (5)- S(T)OUP, def: mug
20A: Brashness at work leads to a jump (6)- GALL+OP, def: jump.
Nice one for a first effort, congrats. Some kinks are there in surfaces. Good fun
Thanks. Yes, I agree. Two too many exclamation marks. And the clue could have been worded much better. Hopefully will improve with time.Colonel held my hand with his very valuable feedback to bring it up to this level. Thanks to him mainly.
DeleteLeftovers
ReplyDeleteAcross - 11
Down - 6
11ac. Encircle rebels and savages, execute first (5) E R A S E (first letters)
ReplyDelete6dn. The blank, a Kingsolver can get this novel clue (3,6) THE LACUNA
This is a DD
ReplyDelete1) The blank
2) The Lacuna is a book by Barbara Kingsolver.
Keep it up after dark ...
ReplyDeleteThanks Kishore.
DeleteAnd don't mind the non capitalisation
Deletelol, so non-capitalization is doing double duty
DeleteSomebody may say "you guys..."
ReplyDeleteor "you guy' (Quite singular!)
ReplyDelete11A- I too had the first letters as "Erase" but could not find the def.?
ReplyDeleteI intended Execute as the def. Was not sure whether this would qualify as a &lit. Got to be more cautious maybe.
DeleteThe definition got 'erased' when Afterdark edited the clue due to some suggestions I gave him. The earlier avatar of the clue had 'Remove' as a definition.
DeleteThank you.
DeleteOne's gotta be careful even if rubber is used so that unnecessary issues don't get created
Delete:) Kishore true to his form.
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