ACROSS
1 First letters of words to flow in this clue (8) ACROSTIC
5 Choose leader returning with right to buy asset (6) OPTION {OPT}{NO1<=}
9 Order to join with old ranger (8) COMMANDO {COMMAND}{O}
10 Interfere with democrats breaking fight for the most part (6) MEDDLE {DD} in {MELE
12 Elite group of lions (5) PRIDE [DD]
13 Primarily careless, misplace ring leading to difficult decision (5,4) CLOSE CALL {C
14 Prepared to reverse trend on education (6) EDITED {TIDE<=}{ED}
16 Ugly house I had destroyed (7) HIDEOUS {HOUSE+I'D}*
19 Reclaim building – a wonder (7) MIRACLE*
21 Allowance for every American university (6) PERMIT {PER}{MIT}
23 Doctor, ninety not a small fry (9) NONENTITY*
25 Role going around one international country (5) HAITI {HA{1}T}{I}
27 Toss trouser in a frivolous manner (8) FLIPPANT {FLIP}{PANT}
28 Facilitate curse to be reversed by the French (6) ENABLE {BANE<=}{LE}
29 Operation with power excluding spent rival (8) OPPONENT {OP}{
DOWN
1 Bear caught on record interrupting part of play (6) ACCEPT {AC{C}{EP}T}
2 Prompt assuming a balance (9) REMAINDER {REM{A}INDER}
3 Free to knock all pins in second attempt (5) SPARE
4 Motivated Hindu ceding partly (7) INDUCED [T]
6 Contestant who has no chance, sore before taking the lead (9) PRETENDER {PRE}{TENDER}
7 Country not out to return favour (5) INDIA {IN}{AID<=}
8 Pointer on ship is unnecessary (8) NEEDLESS {NEEDLE}{SS}
11 Trendy fashion shop (4) POSH*
15 Clean chit doled out for a type of foul (9) TECHNICAL*
17 Emerge with one soldier, highly decorated all around (9) ORIGINATE {OR{1}{GI}NATE}
18 Importance of oriental treasure, not ordinary in the past (8) EMINENCE {E}{MINE}{
20 Leave short passage essentially with appeal (4) EXIT {
21 Apply one’s vague record of income (3,4) PAY SLIP {APPLY+1'S}*
22 Joke about hundred missing from that order (6) DIKTAT
24 Old king sheltering unknown antelope (5) NYALA {N{Y}ALA}
GRID
3 Free to knock all pins in second attempt (5) SPARE [DD]
ReplyDeleteSPARE: A score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls (WordWeb)
Nice one. That ten pin score is a revelation. Thank you. That is where I had my doubts too.
DeleteNot as fast as lightning, but fast enough to be happy and without having to take any outside help. that looks like a long time back.
ReplyDeleteScintillator had put in his reply to comments in yesterday's blog- for those of you who had missed it.
ReplyDeleteNice one..as Paddy said had to mull over a few clues..
ReplyDelete22 Joke about hundred missing from that order (6) DIKTAT {DIcK}{TAT}
ReplyDelete{DIK<-}{T(-h)AT}
Nice parsing.
Delete+1
DeleteThanks Sandhya
ReplyDeleteH for hundred?
ReplyDeleteYes, in an accounts book column headers may be Th, H, T, U where H is hundred. I will leave the others to you.
DeleteChambers online has "h" for hundred
Deletehttp://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=h&title=21st
Enjoyable one. Missed out on 3Dn SPARE. Thank you, Lightning.
ReplyDeleteMeant to clue 1A as def. by example "First letters of words" to "flow"
ReplyDeleteLearnt a few new meanings of common words like....
ReplyDeleteROLE = HAT
EXPONENT = POWER
Exponential(e) for power is very common in Maths. Even in common English we say it increases exponentially.
ReplyDeleteLightened my mood in this horrid heat of CBE. thanks, Lightning. NALA and Y for Nyala is a good take. Isn't non-entity a hyphenated word? Or are hyphens only for hyena laughs nowadays?
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