I see four people, are there more? Or is there some other theme? (See comments)
ACROSS
1 Can I randomly add in a vitamin? (6) NIACIN {CAN+I}*{IN}
4 Disentangles entangled news unit (8) UNTWINES*
10 Quiet local leader (9) PRESIDENT {P}{RESIDENT}
11 Lean on superior tree (5) TENDU {TEND}{U}
13 Came by fashionable woman's special diet (9) INHERITED {IN}{HER}{DIET*}
14 Beside a profit on Street (7) AGAINST {A}{GAIN}{ST}
16 Help back unknown explorer (4) DIAZ {DIA<=}{Z}
19 Care about a unit (4) ACRE*
21 Modify rail camera's front half to get wind condition (4,3) CALM AIR {RAIL+CAM
24 Dispatch school's letter carrier (4,5) MAIL COACH {MAIL} {COACH}
25 Birth from cervical vent (5) CALVE [T]
26 English speaker representing Golan (5) ANGLO*
27 Sent packing grass to extinguish last bit of fire inside (6,3) TURFED OUT {TURF}{
28 Visual aids possessed by electronic visor (8) EYESHADE {EYES}{HAD}{E}
29 Deformed Manila savage (6) ANIMAL*
DOWN
1 Upcoming pan-Indian newspaper has incendiary articles (8) NAPHTHAS
2 A French sea touches one Canadian national (8) AMERICAN {A}{MER}{1}{CAN}
3 Rishi transformed those lucky people (5) IRISH*
5 Number printed without the crown is cut (7) NOTCHED {NO}{
6 Force of wet pitch (9) WATERFALL {WATER}{FALL}
7 Number central to a boxcar (6) NINETY {
8 Outfits court in ship (6) SQUADS {S{QUAD}S}
9 On insurer's final settlement to widow (6) RELICT {RE}{LIC}{
15 Make out fabric of cravat (9) NECKCLOTH {NECK}{CLOTH}
18 Align with criminal from the East (8) ORIENTAL {ORIENT}{AL}
20 Honoured by former key journalist (7) EXALTED {EX}{ALT}{ED}
21 Group's nothing invested in malfunctioning torch (6) COHORT {COH{O}RT*}
22 Spike rascal's drink (6) IMPALE {IMP}{ALE}
23 Metallic sound in tune (6) JINGLE [DD]
25 Wipe carbon tip (5) CLEAN {C}{LEAN}
GRID
That was fun, Sunnet - thank you! I especially liked the clue for NINETY - very neatly done!
ReplyDeleteDG: Thank you for the blog. The link you have given for "extinguish" shows a different meaning of DOUT (one I didn't know, so that's my learning for the day!). The relevant meaning of DOUT is at http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/dout
Thanks, link changed
Delete1 Upcoming pan-Indian newspaper has incendiary articles (8) NAPHTHAS {NAP}{HT}<={HAS}
ReplyDeleteI thought HT: Hindustan Times, (w/o reversing)
Or did you place the reversal wrongly after HT?
DeleteNo, I reversed both. Shall change the paper to HT
DeleteI took it as H(TH)AS- Has containing TH
ReplyDeleteHow's that possible?
DeleteYes, no container indicator.
Delete..Of course after NAP
ReplyDeleteSunnet helped me in my diet- missed samosas in waterfall and tendu.
ReplyDeleteCurious that 'Boxcar' has a meaning of twelve (on the dice- 2 sixes) I was a little confused after filling in ninety with the help of crossings.
Lovely puzzle...superb surface stories..lots of clues to savour
ReplyDeleteNobody has got the theme?
ReplyDeleteI thought it was victorian era what with neckcloth mailcoach ballroom
DeleteYou almost have it. Regency not Victorian.
DeleteYep regency.. wat other words tho...?
DeleteNeckcloth styles was the theme. The rest should be easy now.
Deleteneckcloth, Oriental, American, Mailcoach, Irish, Ballroom
DeleteWaterfall completes the set
DeleteThank you RameshJ. Waterfall tie is another name for Mailcoach tie which requires no starch or very little of it.
DeleteBrilliant .... the trone d amour
DeleteApart from the usual by Sunnet, see three and a half nationals
ReplyDeleteTendu and turfed out missed... absolutely smooth going but then got stuck in north west ...
ReplyDeleteOops i meant north east of corz
Deletevery interesting &entertaining sort.1a&d,good jugglery.13a - easy to come by thanks to handy clues.8d-oscilating between squads & synods but alas settled for synods entailing awrong answerfor 11a. All counted a wholesome package by sunnet. Thank you sir.
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