Answer and annotation of 21D left for a rookie commenter till 10 AM.
ACROSS
1 One weird kind of plant (8) IRONWEED*
5 Country's not entirely eco-friendly these days (6) GREECE {GREEn}{CE}
10 In pain, test in every part of the body (9) INTESTINE {IN}{TEST}{IN}{E} What's the role of 'pain'? See comments
11 Elector is held back in here to validate (5) VOTER [T<=]
12 Put up with leader's daughter, an incompetent person (6) DUFFER (-s+d)DUFFER
13 Most unbearable pain, not basically easy to tolerate (7) STOMACH {MOST*}{ACHe}
14 List something that's forbidden after hours (8) TABULATE {TABU}{LATE}
15 House sheltering a woman that's bad-tempered (6) VIRAGO {VIR{A}GO}
18 Silver mine surrounding manufacturing plant (6) BORAGE {BOR{AG}E}
20 Cool dial! (4-4) LAID-BACK LAID<=
22 England's first victory leaving side in high spirits (7) ELATION ELevATION
25 Illegal company, say (6) BANNED (~band)
27 An idiot, turning indifferent (5) ALOOF {A}{FOOL<=}
28 Half way through, I'd stammer incoherently (9) MIDSTREAM*
29 Little bit tipsy (6) TIDDLY [DD]
30 Brilliant story, famous — not old (8) TALENTED {TALE}{NoTED}
DOWN
1 Plant that's mostly European (4) IRIS IRISh
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2 Top song released initially (9) OUTNUMBER {OUT}{NUMBER}
3 Thoughtful and sensible, keeping silent to start with (7) WISTFUL {WI{Si...t}TFUL}
4 German in Islamic territory to move elsewhere (8) EMIGRATE {EMI{G}RATE}
6 "Square meal" in Italian? (7) RAVIOLI [CD]
7 Very old artworks (5) EXTRA {EX}{ART*}
8 Body needs exercise for fortification (9) EARTHWORK {EARTH}{WORK}
9 Confusion in usernames sorted (4) MESS [T]
14 Best with all, a condiment finally sprinkled as a seasoning (5,4) TABLE SALT {BEST+ALL+A+c...nT}*
16 Badly beaten, team, without energy, is weakening (9) ABATEMENT {BEATEN+TeAM}*
17 Spies holding a married person in a foreign land (8) CAMBODIA {C{A}{M}{BOD}IA}
19 Lingua Franca primarily used, it's productive (7) GAINFUL {LINGUA+Fr...a}*
21 Clear sink outside kitchen area (7)D?N?T?E (Addendum - DINETTE - {DI{NETT}E} - See comments)
23 Ignore, it's a short movie with nothing in it (5) AVOID {A}{V{O}IDeo}
24 Title of some Latin Americans (4) NAME [T]
26 During the construction of India's first dam (4) AMID {In..a+DAM}*
GRID
1 One weird kind of plant (8) IRONWEED*
11 Elector is held back in here to validate (5) VOTER [T<=]
12 Put up with leader's daughter, an incompetent person (6) DUFFER (-s+d)DUFFER
13 Most unbearable pain, not basically easy to tolerate (7) STOMACH {MOST*}{ACH
14 List something that's forbidden after hours (8) TABULATE {TABU}{LATE}
15 House sheltering a woman that's bad-tempered (6) VIRAGO {VIR{A}GO}
18 Silver mine surrounding manufacturing plant (6) BORAGE {BOR{AG}E}
22 England's first victory leaving side in high spirits (7) ELATION EL
25 Illegal company, say (6) BANNED (~band)
27 An idiot, turning indifferent (5) ALOOF {A}{FOOL<=}
28 Half way through, I'd stammer incoherently (9) MIDSTREAM*
29 Little bit tipsy (6) TIDDLY [DD]
30 Brilliant story, famous — not old (8) TALENTED {TALE}{N
DOWN
1 Plant that's mostly European (4) IRIS IRIS
3 Thoughtful and sensible, keeping silent to start with (7) WISTFUL {WI{S
4 German in Islamic territory to move elsewhere (8) EMIGRATE {EMI{G}RATE}
6 "Square meal" in Italian? (7) RAVIOLI [CD]
8 Body needs exercise for fortification (9) EARTHWORK {EARTH}{WORK}
9 Confusion in usernames sorted (4) MESS [T]
14 Best with all, a condiment finally sprinkled as a seasoning (5,4) TABLE SALT {BEST+ALL+A+
16 Badly beaten, team, without energy, is weakening (9) ABATEMENT {BEATEN+T
17 Spies holding a married person in a foreign land (8) CAMBODIA {C{A}{M}{BOD}IA}
21 Clear sink outside kitchen area (7)
23 Ignore, it's a short movie with nothing in it (5) AVOID {A}{V{O}ID
24 Title of some Latin Americans (4) NAME [T]
26 During the construction of India's first dam (4) AMID {I
GRID
10a is T clue
ReplyDeleteThanks, didn't realise that
Deletecan anyone tell me whats the clue for 21 D.
ReplyDeleteClue- "Clear sink outside kitchen area"(7)
Delete21d
ReplyDeleteDinette?
With annotation please.
Delete21D is open to all now as it's past 10 AM
ReplyDelete21D : DINETTE DI(NETT)E
ReplyDeleteSink = DIE outside Clear = NETT i.e variant spelling of Net.
Definition : Kitchen area.
DeleteNice one MB.
ReplyDelete12A. I am not clear about the deletion indicator for s.
ReplyDeleteMe too Prasad
ReplyDeleteIt might be that leader has 'd' implies that s has to be removed
ReplyDeleteLeader-> headship
DeleteWhich implies head of ship and hence S, is it?
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to note that one of the meanings of headship is given as leader but not the other way round. What I am trying to say is that it is difficult to get headship from leader.
ReplyDeletetoo many convulsions in Vulcan today?
ReplyDeleteShouldn't there be a deletion of S from suffer and replacement by D in 12 across?
13 across is again hard to stomach !
!5 across: VIRGO+ house ?
18 across AG in BORE = manufacturing plant ?
17 down: M Bod is married person?
23 down : short movie is VID for video ?
Brevity here is a sign of twit !!
I thought 12 a is Suffer = To put up with .....Replace duffer with S
ReplyDeleteLeader's daughter could be taken as leader 'has' daughter or leader 'is' daughter. So the answer becomes D (-s)uffer
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