ACROSS
1 Press one to come out with the reply (8) RESPONSE*
5 With pleasure, eat around one city (6) MUNICH {MUN{1}CH} With pleasure is superfluous
10 Gatecrashed businesswoman's plantation (3,6) TEA GARDEN {GATE}*{ARDEN} Is Arden standard for a businesswoman (No pun intended)?
11 Son captivated by A Tree Song (5) PSALM {P{S}ALM}
12 Order soap (6) SERIES [DD]
13 No coming back? Feels differently for me! (7) ONESELF {NO<=}{FEELS}*
14 Dance starting off with a caper — exciting (8) ROMANTIC {
15 In love with old natural dye (6) INDIGO {IN}{DIG}{O}
18 Mildly resembling a man? (6) GENTLY [CD]
20 Error, one in magazine's first run (8) MISPRINT {M
22 Sad title associated with last album (3,2,2) LET IT BE {TITLE}*{BE}
25 Student gives up learning basically to become breadwinner (6) EARNER
27 Suit and tie originally designed for African (5) TUTSI {T
28 Day spent in one scary resort that's inferior (9) SECONDARY {D} in {ONE+SCARY}*
29 Performer, European, catches cold before the start of recital (6) DANCER {DAN{C}E}{R
30 Novice one prepared to wrestle, say (8) NEOPHYTE {ONE*}{PHYTE}(~fight)
DOWN
1 Rodent with excellent speed (4) RATE {RAT}{E}
2 Political leader, one from Kentucky! (9) STATESMAN [DD]
3 New idea to get rid of pub brought cheers (7) OVATION
4 Back as a girl with a cane endlessly cruel (8) SADISTIC {AS<=}{DI}{STIC
6 Emotional meet-up before the end of reunion for many (7) UMPTEEN {MEET-UP}*{
7 When animal shelters turning empty ... (5) INANE [T<=]
8 Civilian population struggled for ultimately one month (9) HOMEFRONT {FOR+
9 Found old dresses loose (4) UNDO [T] That should be LOOSEN?
14 Great duel badly moderated (9) REGULATED*
16 Route I experiment with — to get in in time (9) ITINERARY {I}{T{IN}{ERA}RY}
17 Telegram about new case for the smart one! (8) WISEACRE {WI{CASE*}RE}
19 Can learn it for a change (7) LATRINE*
21 Vegetable that's cut, cut and cut (7) PARSNIP {PAR
23 A giant, it's brown on the outside (5) TITAN {T{IT}AN}
24 Fatty? It's not good, right; it's straightforward (4) EASY
26 Promotion of a shy person (4) HYPE [T]
GRID
You take out dresses kept in the wardrobe. You may find some of them 'loose', some 'tight' and some others 'just fit'. I think the wording in that clue is OK.
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Deletehttp://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=undo&title=thes
Delete1 unfasten, untie, unbuckle, unbutton, unhook, unzip, unlock, unwrap, unwind, open, free, release, loose, loosen, separate, disentangle
undo is both loose and loosen? Strange
Delete2. To eat with pleasure
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Good clues
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DeletePleasant start for the week. Enjoyed solving.
ReplyDeletePleasant & quick solve
ReplyDelete2D: Man from Kentucky=Man from states(united)=statesman? Or is it state's(kentucky)man?
ReplyDeleteBut a nice clue neverthless
Vasant,
ReplyDeleteIt is ONE from Kentucky- not MAN. Do it fits into a DD nicely.
One from Kentucky translates to man from States, doesnt it
DeleteOf course it is a DD, no doubt.Was just wondering how one from Kentucky becomes Statesman
Probably referring to Martin Luther King.
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DeleteHappy Birthday Dr DS. Don't see you here nowadays?
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Delete19 Dn.I am at a loss to appreciate the solution.
ReplyDeleteCan = Latrine. Look it up in a dictionary
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