Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment
ACROSS
1 Over-the-top transport company (4)
3 Barhand’s making something new? (10)
9 One could be happy after school run (7)
10 Victor’s work: “Bee’s tail in rotten apple” (2-4)
11 Turncoat, released, caught, & tortured, escaped (6)
12 Refrain could be heard at the end, but can’t be seen (8)
15 Stolen, coded file given to Communist behind piano (8)
17 Let it be known that sick one’s dying for love (6)
19 Being bad? No (6)
21 Was SAS’s infantry providing asylum for killer? (8)
24 Rivalries of men affected one’s relationships (8)
25 Organise a joint design (6)
28 Dear aunt’s clothing sold off after a while (2,4)
29 Song to praise dead or perhaps dialogue to send off dead (7)
30 Mail spread after death (10)
31 One’s left base land (4)
DOWN
1 Relentless, insane, work pressure absorbed (11)
2 Right to take (5)
4 One fiddled as Reno burned (4)
5 Loves pine leaves (6)
6 Tablet of ambitious girl was stolen (7)
7 Difficult to pass river, essentially saved Royal (9)
8 News: Udta Punjab’s lead got high on drug (6)
13 Devil, good man, God, and alien turned up for show (11)
14 Price of iron’s starting to escalate (3)
16 They are usually buried under elms? (9)
18 Request coffin’s lid to be removed (3)
20 Become alert to American Company’s head-honcho recruiting fool (3,4)
22 A God to the Greeks – a chicken to the Spaniards (6)
23 Rescue beetroot – rain isn’t starting (6)
26 Magazine’s American benefactor (5)
27 It’s a country according to you on Facebook (4)
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31A One’s left base land (4)I S L E
ReplyDelete18D Request coffin’s lid to be removed (3)(-M) ASK
4D One fiddled as Reno burned (4)NERO*
18d- I think it should be Cask-C (for coffin)
DeleteThanks Paddy.
DeleteVery surprising... Nobody is here, so far...
ReplyDelete15across: PILFERED= stolen=- anagram of FILE P for PIANO and RED for communist
ReplyDelete6 down: NERO anagram of RENO Nero fiddled when ROME burned
Past midight here in NY== beady eyed and sleepy E &O excepted or accepted ?
14 down: FEE _ iron --FE E from Esclate_ PRICE
10) L(e) Pape*
ReplyDelete15)P ILFE* RED
21) ASSASSIN (T)
13) DEMON ST RA TE<
Delete15A- Pilfered- Def.- stolen
ReplyDeleteP (FILE RED)*
21A- Assassin-T-wAS SAS'S INfantry
Replacement-
ReplyDelete29A- Eulogia- song to praise the dead
(Dialogue-D)*
29D-Per(PER)U
U for You as in facebook
My third-
ReplyDelete22D- Apollo God of Greeks
A pollo (for chicken in Spain)
ACROSS
ReplyDelete3 Bar/hand’s making something new? (10) (INN)(OVATION)
12 Refrain could be heard at the end, but can’t be seen (8) (INFRARE*)D
DOWN
5 Loves pine leaves (6) (OO)(LONG)
17A:INFORM INF(-I+O)RM
ReplyDelete18D:(-C)ASK
14D:FEE (FE)(E)
Making up for 18D &14D
Delete30A(POST)(HUMOS);humos=spread
25A:(FORM)(A)(T)
30A:(POST)(HUMOUS);humous=spread
Delete25A Organise a joint design (6) FORMAT {FORM}{A}{T}
ReplyDelete6Dn Tablet of ambitious girl was stolen (7) ASPIRIN {ASPIRIN[-G]}
26Dn Magazine’s American benefactor (5) MAGUS {MAG}{US}
Making up for 25A answered by MB at 12:05:
ReplyDelete1D:UNST(OP)(P)ABLE
11AC: OUTRAN* [turncoat-c t]
ReplyDelete24AC: ENM*I TIES
7D: IMPERIOUS [imperi(-V)ous]
Typo corrected
Delete7D IMPER[-v]IOUS
riVer essentially =V
Bruno's puzzle after a long time(in fact after 31st July). Lovely puzzle with sparkling wordplay.Thanks Bruno.
ReplyDelete9A: One could be happy after school run (7) S(CAMPER) “Happy camper”
ReplyDelete19A: Being bad? No (6) BENIG*N & Lit
23D Rescue beetroot – rain isn’t starting (6)RED tEEM
28A IN TIME (INTIMATE - AT)
ReplyDelete20D GET WITH, GE {TWIT} H
2D EXACT DD
Typical Bruno puzzle. Tough & devious
ReplyDelete8D UPDATE (UDTA P)*+E
ReplyDelete16D LANDMINES
1A U/SED
Can't follow 1A.
ReplyDelete16D- Elm?
ReplyDeleteSome very good clues and some devious as stated above. On the whole an enjoyable CW. Thank you Bruno.
ReplyDelete1A UBER [2]
ReplyDeleteUBER
Delete1) Over-the-top (to a great or extreme degree)
2) transport company (worldwide online transportation network company with headquarters in San Francisco)
Exactly what I had filled in. That is why I had the doubt.
DeleteWhat about the elm in 16D?
Thanks, Balaji. Enjoyed solving.
ReplyDeleteenjoyed solving this one a lot.. thanks..couldnt hit on the In Time parsing.. thanks for that.. scamper..benign..lovely clues..and Barhand's making is kinda wow :) Q on Landmines..dont get the elm connection..? is it some phrase?? or some wp i am missing?
ReplyDeleteeLMs = L and M in es
ReplyDeletewah wah wah to Bruno !!
DeleteThanks Ajeesh
DeleteWow! Thank you Ajeesh.
ReplyDeleteSome very nice clues. Bravo Bruno!
ReplyDelete+1.Thanks BA
DeleteThank you for the feedback everyone.
ReplyDelete