ACROSS
1 Not so familiar dealing with rationalisation (13) FORMALISATION*
10 Former Aussie captain's bowled out, tell him to go (5) ORDER
11 It's immoral to even claim Wooster's assumed name (9) LIBERTINE {
12 Sound meant to shatter the sky (9) FIRMAMENT {FIRM}{MEANT*}
13 Trainer's tips, one will track (5) TRACE {T
14 Whenever there is a tiny mistake, half of them are rejected (7) ANYTIME {A}{TINY*}{
16 Be a boy or be a girl? Confused (7) GABRIEL*
18 Remains among others but extremely reckless (7) RASHEST {R{AS}EST}
20 Half the crowd admitted rightly and in a lasting manner (7) DURABLY {DUR
22 Parting words at retreating animal (5) TAPIR {RIP}{AT}<=
24 Under the warmth of setting sun he will draw (9) UNSHEATHE {SUN*}{HEAT}{HE}
26 Amplify on land (9) OVERSTATE {OVER}{STATE}
27 Nothing sent out in the beginning (5) ONSET {O}{SENT*}
28 The scab will hit the wave (13) STRIKEBREAKER {STRIKE}{BREAKER}
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2 Attendant is very organised (7) ORDERLY [DD]
3 Fat fish found in the sea (9) MARGARINE {MAR{GAR}INE}
4 Life is empty, full of sickness in French city (5) LILLE {L
5 Rickety boats, are old and scuttled (9) SABOTAGED {BOATS*}{AGED}
6 It involves reading — child has a right (5) TAROT {T{A}{R}OT}
7 Only with a grim resolve one can give form to paper (7) ORIGAMI {O}{A+GRIM}*{1}
8 Against standard quota? Things will go up in flames (13) CONFLAGRATION {CON}{FLAG}{RATION}
9 Employers tend to resort to these to effectively manage their resources (13) REDEPLOYMENTS* &lit
15 At present our agenda is included, some of them they follow (9) ENTOURAGE [T]
17 Caught in the open, arrange loan in the city (9) BARCELONA {BAR{C}E}{LOAN*}
19 "A relationship breaks" posted a human (7) SAPIENT {S{A}{PI}ENT}
21 Material used in combat is Teflon (7) BATISTE [T]
23 He can't become Christian (5) RISHI
25 Missile, last one in box (5) SPEAR {SP{
GRID
23d Rishi+can't=christian
ReplyDeleteThank you Prasad
DeleteGood job, Prasad!
DeleteWow!
DeleteA beautiful puzzle with artistic cluing. Thanks Arden.
ReplyDeleteArden off to a great start. The 2 long verticals nicely done.
ReplyDeleteI am missing something in sapient. It is not just a human as the def. in the clue suggests. It is someone who tries to be clever as per link. Human is 'Homo Sapien'.
It also means Sapiens or humans
Deletesapient as noun denotes "a human" from species homo sapiens.
DeleteThanks to both of you.
DeleteHappy Birthday MB
ReplyDeleteThank you Sir.
DeleteWish you a very Happy Birthday & Many Happy returns of the day MB.
ReplyDeleteThank you Paddy.
DeleteHappy birthday MB. Wish you many more to com. God bless you.
ReplyDeleteThank you Raju.
DeleteMany Happy Returns Of The Day MB
ReplyDeleteThank you Vasant.
DeleteHappy returns of the day MB sir !
ReplyDeleteThank you Lakshmi.
DeleteWish you a very happy birthday MB.
ReplyDeleteThank you CGB.
DeleteONSET of 1992. What did the TAROT card reader tell RISHI?
ReplyDelete" Your earlier trip was SABOTAGED. Dont
worry. Everything is in ORDER now. Your ODERLY will ANYTIME now come with the invitation and the tickets. You will leave with your ENTOURAGE to witness the BARCELONA olympics. You will see your crossword friend GABRIEL throwing the SPEAR."
What did Rishi UNSHEATHE?!!
Oh nothing. Just a cheque leaf.
Lovely Story, CGB!
DeleteHappy Birthday to you MB!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ram.
Deleteclue in ET-
ReplyDeleteBattered boats,old and damaged (9)
Talk of coincidence!
+1
DeleteIs nt 20A - DU(RAB-BLE-)LY ? Duly for rightly?
ReplyDeleteCrowd = Durbar
DeleteHalf the crowd = DUR
admitted = (took)
rightly = ably
(gives)
In a lasting manner = DURABLY
It is already explained in the main posting above.
Many happy returns of the day MB! Have a great year.
ReplyDeleteThank you Doc.
DeleteTHANKS !
ReplyDeleteWishing you many happy returns of the day MB
ReplyDeleteThank you Sir.
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