ACROSS
1 Tuck in pakora for starters during excellent meal (6) SUPPER {SU{P
4 Stop keeping abreast of foul women at last — abjectly depressing (8) UNFOLLOW {FOUL+
9 Sack full of diamonds (3,3) ICE BAG [CD?]
10 One could strain a lot, having loaned liquid credit as hedge (8) COLANDER {LOANED}* in {CR}
12 Showing aplomb, children consumed some meat (4,4) LAMB CHOP {APLOMB}* over {CH}
13 Endearing politeness lacking in some soldiers (6) CUTESY C
15 Potential boarding temporary accommodation (4) TENT [T]
16 IR-8 originally substituted by dark lentils in the West (5,5) BLACK LIGHT (+black+l-e){BLACK} {L}{IGHT}
19 Drunken brawl — a dank fail (4,1,5) DRAW A BLANK*
20 Lending support to lifting ban on bank branch (4)
23 Procedure to fire one stymies miscreant (6) SYSTEM STYM
25 Look to fill appropriately: E_GH_ — Ans: F, I? (8) HALOGENS {LO} in {EGH+ANS}*
27 Study of flow of blood antigen — principles out of papers (8) RHEOLOGY
28 Spit a fluid extracted from two containers (6) SKEWER SK{EWER}
29 Examines crack ever so meticulously (4,4) GOES OVER {GO}{EVER+SO}*
30 Rally around to round up German vessel (6) ARGYLL {AR{G}YLL*}
DOWN
1 Pan lack of special range of abilities (7) SKILLET Anno pending (Addendum - SKILL
2 MD engaging with this disease unsuccessfully, resulting in pandemonium (9) PNEUMONIA PAN
3 Exchange important member of the clergy (6) EXARCH {EX}{ARXCH}
5 Not alright to concede centre and corner (4) NOOK
6 Please, you could be eliminating opponents when tackling question without clarity (8) OPAQUELY {Q} in {PLEA
7 Spoon ends frayed, ideally must be cast away (5) LADLE
8 Fiddle with woman near Rotary assembly (5,2) WORRY AT {W}{ROTARY*}
11 With great cheer, place nearly full jar beside flower (7) JOLLILY {JOL
14 Examine pulses for dirt (7) SCANDAL {SCAN}{DAL}
17 Thug rule around England's capital? — Leave! (2,4,3) GO ONES WAY {GOON}{E}{SWAY}
18 Low rate compensated on scoring duck in decisive rout (8) WATERLOO {O} in {LOW+RATE}*
19 Is husband in women's clothing? One could be useful in the kitchen (7) DISHRAG {D{IS}{H}RAG}
21 Grand lake with swaying trees sheltered a bird (7) KESTREL {K}{TREES*}{L}
24 Screen is put up on the previous day (5) SIEVE {IS<=}{EVE}
26 Faint when not very fit (4) AGUE
GRID
28 Spit a fluid extracted from two containers (6) SKEWER SK{EWER} Anno pending
ReplyDeleteFLA SK - AFL?
Right Flask+ewer..skewer is extracted from the letters
Delete20 Lending support to lifting ban on bank branch (4) ?O?K FOR + (ban-)K
ReplyDelete27 Study of flow of blood antigen — principles out of papers (8) RHEOLOGY {RH}EOLOGY Thanks to Google. Anno pending RH + (id-)EOLOGY
1 Pan lack of special range of abilities (7) SKILLET Anno pending
ReplyDeleteSKILL sET?
+1
DeleteBut sp= special
Deletemy understanding abilities:skillset.
DeleteLacking
Special:first/chief
Range:set
S is also special
DeleteBut that leaves no indication of which s to remove.
DeleteThat is left to the solver's discretion
Delete16a anything out of human perception is considered black light.
ReplyDeleteBlack is technically not part of a spectrum- either IR or UV. It is considered as something that absorbs all light.
ReplyDeleteTough, but meticulously made and enjoyable. Needed lot of clarifications though.
ReplyDeleteSupper,Lamb chop, fork to be added to theme words.
ReplyDelete20A- 'Lending support' gives 'For'? Def. is branch? How do we select K from bank?
ReplyDeleteLifting 'ban' on bank=> Bank- ban=K?
ReplyDeleteRight as given by Bhavan
Deleteyes. Being an ex-employee of bank it took a long time to separate bank and branch. Last one to fall.
DeletePrasad:Ex employee of SAIL, Bank,what else? A lot of varied experiences
Deletelife has been a sine wave. Add Schlumberger and a bit of entrepreneurship and restlessly retired
DeleteAs long as you are on the +ve side of the sine wave, it is fine.
DeleteJack JOLLILY GOES OVER to the theatre and watches Sheridan's The School for SCANDAL.
ReplyDeleteHe then comes home has his LAMB CHOP for SUPPER(has to search every NOOK and corner to get the FORK).
Thereafter he had to go up the hill to fetch Jill from the Airport.
Happenings elsewhere come tumbling down his mind.
He thinks: The SYSTEM is to blamed. Management should WORRY AT the episode
and take steps to improve the SKILL SET of the staff. One should not be allowed
to GO ONES WAY. If they don't take corrective steps they will DRAW A BLANK and that would result in their WATERLOO....
He sees the bright HALOGENS of the airport. He has to move on...
Nicely done CGB.
ReplyDeleteHalogens at the airport- good thinking,
5d not OK conceding centre (-t)-> nook. My understanding.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteTough. Drew a blank at first pass except for tent, nook and draw a blank. Worked diligently and used lot of help to fill in the grid. Thanks to Col and all here for the annos.CGB's story nicely summarised the puzzle
ReplyDeleteMy position is similar. It took me more than an hour to crack fifty per cent of the puzzle.
DeleteI just took half an hour to call it quits!
DeleteMB😀😀
DeleteGood try!!
Deletetook liberal help from on-line red letters.
ReplyDeleteSame pinch Paddy
ReplyDeleteWe seem to get quite a few pinches these days!
ReplyDeleteYippee ! Managed to fill up the blanks in 40 minutes, with a lot of guesswork and then parse to find myself justified ! This is the kind of stuff for competitions !
ReplyDeleteKItchen utensils seem to be the theme? Used the DISHRAG to clean the SKILLET and then SIEVEd) the flour , mixed with the LAMB CHOP with a LADLE, placed on the COOKER . DREW A BLANK as to what to do next. Used the ICE BAG on the head to avoid getting PNEUMONIA. Sat in the NOOK and had my SUPPER, JOLLILY . Ain't I CUTESY ? If you don't like my recipe , UNFOLLOW ME and GO YOUR WAY !!
Ha Ha.
ReplyDeleteChuckle, chuckle-- ahem, am not comparable to yours. Isn't it nice to weave stories out of the answers ? After a brain wrack, release the tension using one's creative juices .
ReplyDeleteOnly persons full of creative juices like CGB and you can do that
DeleteImagination running riot !
DeleteI can add: I SKEWERed the LAMB CHOP with a FORK !
ReplyDeleteWho ate it?!
DeleteJack and Jill of course!!
ReplyDelete😀😀
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