Three answers per commenter (annotations compulsory) till 6 PM
Please provide all your answers in one comment
ACROSS
9 Galileo onto mysterious history surrounding prehistoric expert (15)
10 A posh house, you said, after a couple of drinks (7)
12 Swing backing role with apparent comfort (7)
13 A fine line in learning to lose the wise one for topless wife (5-4)
14 Mindful of conflict between first characters (Adam and Eve) (5)
15 Saps graduate! (4,3)
18 Endurance of beasts left out for last breakfast on the way back (7)
21 Lively ambassador leaves unhappy state for dance (5)
23 Flay former mate for dirty erotica (9)
25 Release reactive bluish phosphorus (7)
26 Angry Poseidon about to leave east causes incident (7)
29 Inconsiderate to knead his sourdough and grind without us (6,9)
DOWN
1 Larger-than-life show's centrepiece (4)
2 Michael Faraday partly rejects bug (4)
3 Hospital, therefore, admitting sheep. Not again! (4,2,2)
4 Resulted from guarantee but no right to fifth amendment (6)
5 Toolmaker prays to cover pirated stuff (8)
6 Music Nostradamus composed without drums (6)
7 Alter one, Italian, flaky intelligentsia (8)
8 Let treacle flow in the absence of learners and other odds and ends (2,6)
11 Dye man applied to woman on the rise (5)
15 Old man's game permit (8)
16 Story's odd characters include Ed and Moby endlessly tormenting a fellow (8)
17 That is hers stitched into absainer's dress (3,5)
19 Sealed software brain correct to include leading technology (8)
20 Reputed college backs Democrat (5)
22 She quit translating Sinhalese for foreigners (6)
24 Poltical radical to scratch angel (6)
27 Evacuate Okinawa and Honshu for another island (4)
28 Kills myths that don't have a thing to stand on (4)
Across Lite version can be accessed at Sridhar Krishnan 2
Enjoy.
10A - CHA TEA U
ReplyDelete2D FLEA - Reverse Telescopic
ReplyDelete15A - PASS OFF - Reverse Anagram
ReplyDelete15a pass out (saps*)
ReplyDelete23a Excoriate (ex)(coriate*)
26a episode (poside(-on)*)(e)
27D Evacuate Okinawa and Honshu for another island (4)O...A H...U
ReplyDelete22D She quit translating Sinhalese for foreigners (6)ALIENS (SINHALESE-SHE)*
17d That is hers stitched into absainer's dress (3,5)TEE SHIRT (I.E HERS TT)*
Compensating for 15a
ReplyDelete25a publish (bluish+p)*
3 D Hospital, therefore, admitting sheep. Not again! (4,2,2) H ER(E WE) GO
ReplyDelete11 D Dye man applied to woman on the rise (5) HE NNA<-
20 D Reputed college backs Democrat (5) NOTE<- D
12a TRAP EZE - (PART) <-- + ~ EASE
ReplyDelete13a KN(-OWL)EDGE with (-W)IFE - KNIFE-EDGE
19d AIRTIGHT --> AI (s/w brain) + Right (correct) with T (leading tech)
8D- et cetera
ReplyDeleteDef.- odds & ends
(Let treacle- LL)*
7D- Literati
Def.- Literati
(Alter 1 TI)*- TI for Italian
14A- Aware
ReplyDeleteDef.- Mindful of
A(WAR)*E
ACROSS
ReplyDelete9 Galileo onto mysterious history surrounding prehistoric expert (15) PALAEONTOLOGIST*
DOWN
15 Old man's game permit (8) PA'S/SPORT
23Ac Flay former mate for dirty erotica (9) (EX)(CORIATE*)
Delete24D {CHE}{RUB}
ReplyDelete29A RIDING ROUGHSHOD {(sourdough)(-us)+(grind)+(his)}
6D SONATA {(Nostradamus)(-drums)}
3D- I was struggling to fit is 'SO' for therefore. Ergo, I lost the sheep too.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyable one with just enough stretch. Thank you SK and of course Col. for the timely publishing to fill in the gap created (as usual?) by TH. Why don't they at least put in a note saying No CW today? TH never fails to surprise, but always the wrong way.
ReplyDeleteGuarantee but not right - ENSU(-r)E
ReplyDeleteFifth Amen d ment = D
16D: Story's odd characters include Ed and Moby endlessly tormenting a fellow
= SOMEBODY
Story's odd charaters = S O Y including (Ed + Mob(-y))*
18A: Endurance of beasts left out for last breakfast on the way back
= STAMINA
Beasts = Anima(-l+t)s (left out for last breakfas(t))
on the way back <-reversed
sorry about the incomplete first..
Delete4D: Resulted from guarantee but no right to fifth amendment
= ENSUED
Guarantee but not right - ENSU(-r)E
Fifth Amen d ment = D
Remaining clues
ReplyDeleteACROSS - 21
DOWN - 1,5,28
21AC: SAMBA
ReplyDelete= AMBASSADOR (-SAD) AND (-OR for Oregan State)
1DN: EPIC
piEce PIC (for show)
26DN: ENDS
(-leg)ENDS
At the airport and on my way back to Bangalore after a hectic and memorable 3 days with my college group. Hopefully our next get together will be in Sri Lanka
ReplyDelete5D - BOOTLEGS - {TOOL}* in {BEGS}
ReplyDelete29A - RIDING ROUGHSHOD - {HIS+SOURDOUGH+GRIND-US}*
That completes it.
ReplyDeleteThanks once again to Sridhar Krishnan for an enjoyable morning.
Thank you
DeleteThanks to everyone for your comments and engagement. All the answers and annos were spot on. The only addition I wish to make is the anno for 1D (answered by Kolluru Koteswara Rao). The answer (EPIC) is correct. The anno is creative but not what I had in mind!
ReplyDeleteLarger-than-life = EPIC
“show's centerpiece” is 'dEPICt'. A bit of a stretch maybe?
I noticed that there were a couple of spelling errors in my clues. My apologies for not running a spellcheck.
And, of course, thanks to Col. Gopinath for publishing this CW!
Until next time then...
I annotated it exactly like KKR...that is one aspect of Cryptic Crosswords that fascinates you no end...you get to the same solution through different routes/interpretation
DeleteKoti Rao
ReplyDeleteNice to see you back on the forum. Are you back in our country as well?
You are one of the solvers whom I met earliest on the Internet.
Best wishes.
You probably haven't seen the photos put up in THCC families blog when Col visited Hyderabad last week. He was present.
DeleteThank you, Raghunath. Yes, I had missed them until you told me. I have not been too attentive here though I do visit the blog every day. I have been busy with some writing work.
DeleteDear Shri Vasi,
DeleteThanks for remembering me. yes, I took voluntary retirement from employment in Kuwait and back in Hyderabad. I still remember those Orkut days when you commendably sailed us through cryptic clues. I am glad that you still actively impart your prowess to the crossword community.
I wish you a great health so that your guidance to the forum is available always.
Best Regards
Thanks to Sridhar Krishnan for this smooth ride !! Where were you hiding all these days? Is it your first here in this blog ? RIDING ROUGHSHOD & HERE WE GO were brilliant. It is amazing that once you start filling in, others go through like a needle through a banana !
ReplyDeleteWhy is the HINDU not even apologising? Not even a '' by your leave'' Is that all they care for their crossword solving readers? Bah !! Hindu, Boo to you !!
Thanks very much. Glad to hear you enjoyed the puzzle. This is my second puzzle on this blog. Col. Gopinath published my first one on 20 Dec 2015 as a Sunday Special.
DeleteCould get time late in the evening to solve...nice puzzle with some very good surface stories...enjoyed solving it!
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