Found it tough going in some areas.
ACROSS
9 Is with women, who're wildly attractive (7) WINSOME {IS+WOMEN}*
10 Solvent finds a way in partly through glass (7) PENTANE {P{ENT
11 Perhaps in a roll one finds capital (7) NAIROBI {IN+A}*{ROB}{1}
12 Conservative fellow got into fray when provoked (7) CHEVIED {C}{HE}{VIED}
13 My tribute turned out to be elemental (9) YTTERBIUM*
15 It's alright, birds cry over bananas (5) WACKO {WAC}{KO}<=
16 There's little change in this currency (7) BITCOIN {BIT}{COIN}
19 In a bid to make love by day's end- something unusual (7) NOVELTY {N{LOVE*}T}{
20 Change sides and fetch fancy jewelry (5) BLING B(-r+l)LING
21 Harry the prince is restless (9) PHRENETIC*
25 Calling basket a helmet (7) BASINET (~bassinet)
28 Average returns around million- is it some kind of diffusion? (7) OSMOSIS {OS{M}OS<=}{IS}
DOWN
1 and 23 dn Match scores (6) TWENTY TWENTY {2*20} My COD
2 Oil producing nation (6) ANOINT*
3 Looking out, for missing family symbol (4) LOGO LOO
4 House car beneath empty garage (6) GEMINI {G
5 Cat food picked up in a small container, for example (8) SPECIMEN {S}{P{ECIM<=}EN}
6 We invent or get closely linked (10) INTERWOVEN*
7 Like crazy fellow over Iowa state (8) MANIACAL {MAN}{IA}{CAL}
8 What boy added could be stiff (4,4) DEAD BODY*
14 Regions are forced to regroup (10) REORGANISE*
16 Bombay boy's lost years, may be a case of too many issues (4,4) BABY BOOM {BOMBAY+BO
17 Punishing when you work a little (8) TOILSOME {TOIL}{SOME}
18 On reflection, people have to prevent allowing one to show favouritism (8) NEPOTISM {NE{POT{1}S}M}<=
22 Embarrassed to do and to edit (6) REDACT {RED}{ACT}
23 see 1 dn (6)
24 Move to protect the King (6) CASTLE [GK]
27 Told to recce the islands (4) CAYS (~case)
GRID
+1 for opening words.
ReplyDelete16 There's little change in this currency (7) BITCOIN [CD]
BIT (little) + COIN (change)
Thanks Raghu. I got that at the stroke of 8:30 and as there were no comments till 8:32 I added it and removed my stumped comment.
DeleteSome nice clues: BABY BOOM, PHRENETIC, REORGANISE, ANOINT
ReplyDeleteStumped today. Stuck in the NE corner for long and it kinda crept into other quarters also. Tough going today :(
ReplyDeleteSame here. NE corner was the last one to yield.
DeleteIn 27d, isn't CAYS pronounced as KEYS rather than CASE?
I have heard both 'key' and 'kay' being used, depends on whether you're in Florida or Bahamas
DeleteCat food evoked a hearty laugh.
ReplyDeleteVery tough :-( Liked anoint and phrenetic
ReplyDeleteDef in 13a isn't exactly Elemantal for YTTERBIUM*?.
ReplyDeleteAlso "what" in 8d misled me for some time.
Yes, it should have been 'elementary' and not 'elemental'. Mea culpa
DeleteStumped today. Stuck in the NE corner for long and it kinda crept into other quarters also. Tough going today :(
ReplyDeleteTough going today. Left half :-) Right half :-(
ReplyDeleteA reflection?
ReplyDeleteCould get all from left-half of the cw, with normal struggle! Right-half, it was a big struggle!! Managed to solve only four - INTERWOVEN, DEADBODY, PHRENETIC and WACKO.
DeleteTough going. Also in a hurry before going out. Like yesterday, I could get a few but lost for annos. Just checking up now after returning.
ReplyDelete26A and Down-22, 24, 27 could not be solved. I thought many would have got samosas. Surprised to see the comments!
ReplyDeleteI could do 'castle' with the help of crossings and thanks to chess. I had a vague recollection about 'redact', but again the wordplay made it rather easy.But nowhere near samosa.
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