ACROSS
1 Room for tourist- one's out of this world... (5,9) SPACE TRAVELLER {SPACE} {TRAVELLER}
10 ...sore with filthy lucre (5) ULCER*
11 Passed a law on ladies accommodation (9) LEGALISED {LEG}{LADIES*}
12 It took four of them to win over the French (7) BEATLES
13 Trilled a tune, rejected a drink (7) SANGRIA {SANG}{AIR<=}
16 At risk only when most of it is well covered (2,4,3) ON THIN ICE
19 "Live wire will gain altitude", says Spooner (9) HIGHFLYER {Spooned from FLY HIGHER}
20 Throw fish outside one of the Windows (5) EXPEL {E{XP}EL}
22 Bandicoot will shed its coat over a period (4,3) MOLE RAT {MOL{E RA}T}
27 Blackball Brown- meaning bring Tom in (9) RUSTICATE {RUST}{I{CAT}E}
28 New song, "Return the money" (5) NAIRA {N}{ARIA<=}
29 Correct if royalists act in an acceptable way (14) SATISFACTORILY*
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2 Promo for a girl getting ready to travel outside... (9) PACKAGING {PACK{A}{G}ING}
3 ...girl to sing? (5) CAROL [DD]
4 Stop a politician like in 19, it's unbelievable (4,5) TALL STORY
5 Protection for American soldier as water rises around him (5) AEGIS {GI} in {SEA<=}
6 It grows in a gentle fashion (9) EGLANTINE*
8 Issue price assumes a small dimension (7) RADIATE
9 Mutter and grope as male goes for female (6) MUMBLE (-f+m)MUMBLE
15 They prevent you falling overboard when rafts fail to function (9) TAFFRAILS*
18 Just an admission, but it's contradictory (9) IMPARTIAL {I'M}{PARTIAL} &lit
19 It's in hand, the drone will definitely go up (7) HUMERUS {HUM}{SURE<=}
21 Brush can retrace 50%, not 50 (6) LOOFAH {LOO}{HA
23 Inclination to include an unknown composer (5) LISZT {LIS{Z}T}
24 Starts training in April, racing ahead for the crown (5) TIARA Acrostic
26 He pays for entrance, anonymously (5) DONOR {DO{N}OR} Anonymously = Without Name
GRID
4d stall tor, spoonerism
ReplyDeletetypo tory
Delete16 At risk only when most of it is well covered (2,4,3) ON THIN ICE [CD]
ReplyDeleteUnable to get the meaning for ON ICE but I think the anno is ON ICE around THINg
Right there Raghu
Delete{O}{N {THIN(-g)}ICE}
DeleteOnly = O
when
most of it = THIN(-g)
is
well = NICE
covered = Indicator for encapsulation
On ice means all is well. Anno will change accordingly
DeleteI think Col's right
Delete18 Just an admission, but it's contradictory (9) IMPARTIAL {I'M}{PARTIAL} &lit
ReplyDeleteHow do we get PARTIAL?
Only from the crossings. Maybe some other indication is required
DeleteIMPARTIAL is contrary to I'M PARTIAL
DeleteAdmission is an indicator
DeleteLeaving aside JUST which is the def how do we get PARTIAL (if we dont have JUST = IMPARTIAL)?
DeleteJust is the def. I don't see a problem
DeleteYou get partial only when you have impartial. Admission is I'M. That's all we have. We dont know the answer before solving, so how to get partial unless there's an ind.
DeleteFrom Just
DeleteYou have just. You know that the answer begins with Im. And also that read separately the indication would be the opposite of just.
DeleteOf course, including me would get it only from crossings. I am just justifying how it is possible even without crossings.
You may need to insert the commas at appropriate places to make sense of what I wrote.
DeleteRichard, where r u.
That's not what I meant. You should be able to get it w/o Xings.
DeleteThat is what the first paragraph of my comment does.
DeleteThe def being 'just' rather than 'contradictory'. The clue wants a confession (or admission), which would give the opposite meaning to the definition. So you begin with Im.Look for words beginning with Im which mean 'just'. There are not many and the first which comes to mind is impartial.
We'll leave it at that. It's not convincing.
Deletebut -> just.
Deleteits contradictory -> partial
19a works well (maybe better) without the Spoonerism
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteThen it becomes a CD?
DeleteHow?..stall tory & tall story require spoonerism indicator
Delete19A is HIGHFLYER
DeleteMy question was with reference to Suresh's comment
DeleteSpoonerism is required for 4D, not for 19A
Delete8Dn Anno needs a re-look, Sir!
ReplyDeleteIt's right MB. Initially I too had a doubt.
DeleteRate (Price) assumes A & Dia. (small for diametre) So R(A DIA)ATE
I think it should be {R(A)(DI)ATE}
DeleteEnu is 7. Yours has 8. :)
...Or else it maybe {RA(DIA)TE}
DeleteYes, my count is wrong. Your first one looks to be right- Di for small dimension.
DeleteMy mistake the anno should be {RA{DIA}TE}
DeleteI have a doubt about Beatles. Where does the S come from? To win over is only beat.
ReplyDeleteThe in French is La,Le or Les
DeleteThank you Ramesh. (Yes Les Miserables is an old classic)
ReplyDeleteSo, one one more variable for the French!
One Spooner two many!
ReplyDeleteArden at his simplest best. Use of Windows as XP is superb.
ReplyDeleteMay I humbly request the colour expert here to please use sharp contrasts , especially for the words comments and Grid? I almost panicked when I couldn't read these words and thought I am to miss doing the crossword today. Barclays contrast ofdark blue against white will be fine. Thanks.