ACROSS
1 Invitees to roam free, rating's too high (14) OVERESTIMATION*
10 Philosopher will stop entertaining business (5) BACON {BA{CO}N}
11 Count up to thousand allowed for sure (2,7) NO PROBLEM {NO{PRO}BLE}{M}
12 Strait in UK has small volume of water, perhaps (7) SOLVENT {SOL{V}ENT}
13 First time met with accident, so took public transport (7) TRAMMED {T
14 No choice, goes forward with stunt (5) DWARF F
16 Money is time, I see it's practical (9) REALISTIC {REAL}{IS}{T}{IC}
19 Media crew, force them into service (5,4) PRESS GANG {PRESS} {GANG}
20 It raises money in other words (5) YEAST
22 Got to choose nothing inside ruin (2,2,3) GO TO POT {GOT}{OP{O}T}
25 Come back, soldiers receive what I send (7) RIPOSTE {I}{POST} in {RE}
27 Holy sacrament replaces air chutes (9) EUCHARIST*
28 Affiliate lost billions in spread (5) RANCH
29 It's detrimental to a wayward tramp (14) TATTERDEMALION*
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2 Shilly-shally, go and get sick (9) VACILLATE {VAC{ILL}ATE}
3 Extent of fury from bottom to top (5) RANGE (+r)RANGE(-r)
4 Hospitals dealt with riot in the capital (9) SANATORIA {RIOT}* in {SANAA}
5 Contribution is enhanced a bit when set up nicely (5) INPUT [T<=]
6 Spoken in friendship, it's not about what's right or wrong (9) AMORALITY {AM{ORAL}ITY}
7 Faith increases in normal situation (5) ISLAM [T<=]
8 I leave Dominica, off and on the move (7) NOMADIC DOM
9 Bad mouthed an American who is retired (6) ABUSED {AB{US}ED}
15 Joint bar serves trout on a platter (9) FISHPLATE {FISH}{PLATE}
17 Set of rules affecting girl at home, no freedom essentially (9) ALGORITHM {GIRL+AT+HOM
18 Attacks on artiste at random (5,4) TEARS INTO*
19 Tempting to chop head off — changes colour (7) PIGMENT
21 Not even there, the process every child goes through (6) TEETHE {T
23 Understanding my inner self? Understood (5) TACIT {TAC{I}T}
24 Austria deported some criminals (5) TRIAD [T]
26 Hesitate to get into court case, there is a risk (5) PERIL {ER} in {PIL}
GRID
20 It raises money in other words (5) YEAST Anno pending
ReplyDeleteyeast helps raise bread
+1. Yeast:
Deleteit makes the dough (money) raise.
+2
DeleteWhile this dough money is understood, I am not able to understand the money in 16AC!
Is the setter meaning money to be RIAL (in the Arab Region)? I don't have dictionary support for REAL for money
Play money, real money. Terms used in casino/poker. (My understanding)
DeleteBrazil's currency is Real
DeleteThanks Ramesh,
DeleteI am content with Spanish money!
It was my mistake to have missed in Chambers' Dict.
Money is pouring in!
DeleteReal is old Spanish silver coin
ReplyDelete- from aboard Sapthagiri Express
Thanks Vasi Sir,
DeleteHave a safe trip and comfortable darshan! (if it is your onward journey)
...and pray on allour behalf.
ReplyDeleteLoved fish plate. Nicely done.
ReplyDelete") across: YEAST--- yeast , yes, raises money= dough= bread. Under what category does this clue fall? tertiary CD? or MD: DD --- made me raise an eyebrow !
ReplyDelete😁
DeleteCame back to doing puzzle after a day's break.
ReplyDeleteNice puzzle. Loved the construction of clues and the varied wp.
Thanks Arden.