Answer and anno for 22D left for a first time commenter till 10 AM.
ACROSS
1 Food first woman learner presided over was messy (11) DISHEVELLED {DISH}{EVE}{L}{LED}
9 Conspicuous foreigner in Surat’s outskirts (7) SALIENT {Sur{ALIEN}aT}
10 Attempt to trap one pound in hat (6) TRILBY {TR{1}{LB}Y}
11 Distress increases for alien (5) UPSET {UPS}{ET}
12 Bed at emergency room in ship for ducks (7) SCOTERS {S{COT}{ER}S}
15 Apes destroyed projection (4) APSE*
16 Weird nerd owning evening clothing (6,4) DINNER GOWN*
18 Mean criminal’s bad attitude loses odd aide (10) CONSTITUTE {CONS}{aTTITUdE}*
20 Fox-like animal behind last stone (4) ASSE {ASS}{s..nE}
24 Demarcation of vault (5) BOUND [DD]
26 Mexican herbs found in tacos, meatloaf (6) COSMEA [T]
I've heard of 'What's the matter?' But is just 'matter' acceptable for question? See comments
28 Payment from Spanish battle, of men at Thames border (11) DEFRAYMENTS {DE}{FRAY}{MEN}{Th..eS}
DOWN
2 Imagine one Asian overwhelmed by boyfriend (6) IDEATE {1}{D{E}ATE}
3 Alleviate royal leader from injuries in shacks (4) HUTS HUrTS
4 Foretell the future wrongly, invite a cat (10) VATICINATE*
5 Spears from English county missing half lace handles at last (8) LEISTERS {LEIceSTER}{h...eS}
6 Ban half of them who go beyond tavern (7) EMBARGO {thEM}{BAR}{GO}
7 Security of wild sanctuaries losing it (9) ASSURANCE SANCtUARiES*
8 Embraces son in strikes (6) CLASPS {CLA{S}PS}
13 Spill tonic in journal’s glossary (10) DICTIONARY {DI{TONIC*}ARY}
14 Provokes English male, for one, to start singing (9) ENGENDERS {EN}{GENDER}{Si...g}
17 Banner, initially raunchy, aboard ship (8) STREAMER {ST{Ra...y}EAMER}
19 Offensive din envelopes chant (7) NOISOME {NOIS{OM}E}
21 Arrests returning maniacs on back alley (6) STUNTS {NUTS<=}{ST<=}
22 Administrative region with love of sound (6)?B?A?T (Addendum - OBLAST {O}{BLAST} - See comments)
25 Starts inspecting some light elephants on landmass (4) ISLE Acrostic
GRID
1 Food first woman learner presided over was messy (11) DISHEVELLED {DISH}{EVE}{L}{LED}
9 Conspicuous foreigner in Surat’s outskirts (7) SALIENT {S
10 Attempt to trap one pound in hat (6) TRILBY {TR{1}{LB}Y}
11 Distress increases for alien (5) UPSET {UPS}{ET}
12 Bed at emergency room in ship for ducks (7) SCOTERS {S{COT}{ER}S}
15 Apes destroyed projection (4) APSE*
16 Weird nerd owning evening clothing (6,4) DINNER GOWN*
18 Mean criminal’s bad attitude loses odd aide (10) CONSTITUTE {CONS}{
20 Fox-like animal behind last stone (4) ASSE {ASS}{
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By Yathin S Krishnappa - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
23 Decorative object in torn bible, Old Testament (7) BIBELOT {BIBLE+OT}*24 Demarcation of vault (5) BOUND [DD]
26 Mexican herbs found in tacos, meatloaf (6) COSMEA [T]
By Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
27 Babble on son’s question (7) SMATTER {S}{MATTER} 28 Payment from Spanish battle, of men at Thames border (11) DEFRAYMENTS {DE}{FRAY}{MEN}{T
DOWN
2 Imagine one Asian overwhelmed by boyfriend (6) IDEATE {1}{D{E}ATE}
3 Alleviate royal leader from injuries in shacks (4) HUTS HU
4 Foretell the future wrongly, invite a cat (10) VATICINATE*
5 Spears from English county missing half lace handles at last (8) LEISTERS {LEI
6 Ban half of them who go beyond tavern (7) EMBARGO {
7 Security of wild sanctuaries losing it (9) ASSURANCE SANC
8 Embraces son in strikes (6) CLASPS {CLA{S}PS}
13 Spill tonic in journal’s glossary (10) DICTIONARY {DI{TONIC*}ARY}
14 Provokes English male, for one, to start singing (9) ENGENDERS {EN}{GENDER}{S
17 Banner, initially raunchy, aboard ship (8) STREAMER {ST{R
19 Offensive din envelopes chant (7) NOISOME {NOIS{OM}E}
21 Arrests returning maniacs on back alley (6) STUNTS {NUTS<=}{ST<=}
22 Administrative region with love of sound (6)
25 Starts inspecting some light elephants on landmass (4) ISLE Acrostic
GRID
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22d: oblast - o+blast(sound)
ReplyDelete22D) {(O)(BLAST)} = OBLAST; O from love and BLAST from sound;
ReplyDeleteOBLAST is an administrative division in Slavic countries and Soviet Union
Question, n:matter (to be resolved or discussed)
ReplyDelete3 a subject or topic; a concern, affair or question ... http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/NMWdZ/PpdMZ/LmPbK/NeoaZ/MhMaZ/KfjpZ/OlfTK/search
ReplyDelete3d injures or injuries?
ReplyDeleteHurt is used as noun
DeleteHurt can be verb, adj and noun.
DeleteBest is to check a dic, say http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/NMWdZ/PpdMZ/LmPbK/NeoaZ/MhMaZ/KfjpZ/OlfTK/search
Delete2d E is Asian?
ReplyDeleteE = Eastern/Oriental/Asian
DeleteASIAN=EASTERN=E
Delete22d: oblast - o+blast(sound)
ReplyDeleteMy comment sent at 8.45 was deleted, but why?
The 2 long ones at the top & bottom are properly worded, though in many parts. Took a while to parse.
ReplyDeleteMy previous comments, Stalin, nicotine and hitech, were also deleted immediately.
ReplyDeleteDr Krishnamoorthy, Your comments are not being deleted, for some reason most of your comments go into my spam folder in the comments section, I don't know why. I restore those comments whenever I check the comments
DeleteThank you Sir!
ReplyDeleteTough one. Learnt some new words. Vaticinate, Bibelot, Cosmea. Enjoyed it, all the same.
ReplyDelete20A-The link to Asse leads to Cape fox found mainly in SA, with no mention of the name Asse. But Free dic. mentions Asse a fox.
ReplyDeletePaddy, the definition is Fox-like animal
DeleteNice puzzle! 4D, 22D, 23A were new words for me.
ReplyDelete