ACROSS
1 Happy to be with sweetheart; yours without regretting to begin with (6) JOYOUS {JO}{YOUrS}
4 Page found on a type of office file's a letterhead relating to mail service (6) POSTAL {P}{OST}{A}{Le...r}
9 Association of auditors have my backing (1,1,1,1) YMCA {MY<=}{CA}
10 Child outside relationship? Pain follows, becomes a knot (5,5) CLOVE HITCH {C{LOVE}H}{ITCH}
11 Aggressive yankee sent out on a festival (6) FIESTA {FEISTy}{A} I think AD has got the spelling of FEISTY wrong
12 Letting everyone holding whiskey to collect a round of gin cocktail and... (8) ALLOWING {ALL}{O}{W}{GIN*}
13 ...key to the second room (9) BACKSPACE {BACK}{SPACE}
15 Nile flows to the end of Egypt as a creek (5) INLET {NILE*}{e..pT}
16 A genuine oven retailing at leading marketplace (5) AGORA Acrostic
18 Somehow e-tailers attract top users for free (2,7) AT LEISURE {E+TAILERS}* over {Us..s}
22 Intimation to hotel to stop admitting union leader holding demo at the periphery (8) INNUENDO {INN}{Un..n}{END}{demO}
23 Tears off final letter that is bogus (6) ERSATZ {TEARS*}{Z}
25 When an opponent's active essentially hiring a lawyer, there's spice (10) ASAFOETIDA {AS}{A}{FOE}{acTIve}{DA}
26 Possessions need good attention (4) GEAR {G}{EAR}
27 Loath to have a stupid person hanging around visiting entertainers at the entrance (6) AVERSE {A{Vi...g}{En...s}RSE}
28 Figure to be on road by first of August with Tau (heartless last uncle) (6) STATUE {ST}{Au...t}{TaU}{u..lE}
DOWN
1 Country spread over a hundred acres gained independence (7) JAMAICA {JAM}{A}{I}{C}{A}
2 Poet has Whiskey at the end? No at the beginning (5) YEATS {w...eY}{EATS}
3 Let go of relative, back off when posturing starts (7) UNCLASP {UNCLe}{AS}{Po...g}
5 Nothing's perfect without labour to begin with? Too much (6) OVERLY {O}{VER{La...r}Y}
6 Favourable conditions for win after track starts deteriorating and spinning (9) TAILWINDS {TAIL}{WIN}{De...g}{Sp...g}
7 Document is fabrication, hides crucial source and copyright overlooked by news anchor (7) LICENCE {LI{Cr...l}E}{News}{CE}
8 Person dismissed earlier's Tom, took day off on vacation: castigated primarily for being a follower of Pope (5,8) ROMAN CATHOLIC {RO}{MAN}{CAT}{HOLIday}{Ca...d}
14 At the end, docile female is consumed by anger after first kid causes commotion (9) KERFUFFLE {Kid}{d...lE}{R{F}UFFLE}
17 In India, troop attracts tax! Criminal (7) GANGSTA{GANG{ST}A} Ganga/Troop? (Addendum - {GAN{GST}A} - See comments)
19 Smart and efficient, basically upright worker (7) ELEGANT {Ef...t}{LEG}{ANT}
20 Comrades at the centre, follow a tiring routine (3,4) RAT RACE {comRAdes}{TRACE}
21 School previously had money to get Snickers (6) SNEERS {S}{NEE}{RS}
24 Gather around GH for observation (5) SIGHT {SI{GH}T}
GRID
1 Happy to be with sweetheart; yours without regretting to begin with (6) JOYOUS {JO}{YOU
4 Page found on a type of office file's a letterhead relating to mail service (6) POSTAL {P}{OST}{A}{L
9 Association of auditors have my backing (1,1,1,1) YMCA {MY<=}{CA}
10 Child outside relationship? Pain follows, becomes a knot (5,5) CLOVE HITCH {C{LOVE}H}{ITCH}
12 Letting everyone holding whiskey to collect a round of gin cocktail and... (8) ALLOWING {ALL}{O}{W}{GIN*}
13 ...key to the second room (9) BACKSPACE {BACK}{SPACE}
15 Nile flows to the end of Egypt as a creek (5) INLET {NILE*}{
16 A genuine oven retailing at leading marketplace (5) AGORA Acrostic
18 Somehow e-tailers attract top users for free (2,7) AT LEISURE {E+TAILERS}* over {U
22 Intimation to hotel to stop admitting union leader holding demo at the periphery (8) INNUENDO {INN}{U
23 Tears off final letter that is bogus (6) ERSATZ {TEARS*}{Z}
25 When an opponent's active essentially hiring a lawyer, there's spice (10) ASAFOETIDA {AS}{A}{FOE}{
27 Loath to have a stupid person hanging around visiting entertainers at the entrance (6) AVERSE {A{V
28 Figure to be on road by first of August with Tau (heartless last uncle) (6) STATUE {ST}{A
DOWN
1 Country spread over a hundred acres gained independence (7) JAMAICA {JAM}{A}{I}{C}{A}
3 Let go of relative, back off when posturing starts (7) UNCLASP {UNCL
5 Nothing's perfect without labour to begin with? Too much (6) OVERLY {O}{VER{L
6 Favourable conditions for win after track starts deteriorating and spinning (9) TAILWINDS {TAIL}{WIN}{D
7 Document is fabrication, hides crucial source and copyright overlooked by news anchor (7) LICENCE {LI{C
8 Person dismissed earlier's Tom, took day off on vacation: castigated primarily for being a follower of Pope (5,8) ROMAN CATHOLIC {RO}{MAN}{CAT}{HOLI
14 At the end, docile female is consumed by anger after first kid causes commotion (9) KERFUFFLE {K
17 In India, troop attracts tax! Criminal (7) GANGSTA
19 Smart and efficient, basically upright worker (7) ELEGANT {E
20 Comrades at the centre, follow a tiring routine (3,4) RAT RACE {
21 School previously had money to get Snickers (6) SNEERS {S}{NEE}{RS}
24 Gather around GH for observation (5) SIGHT {SI{GH}T}
GRID
17d gana is troop. Gst tax.
ReplyDeleteYou are right Sree!
ReplyDelete+1 with Col on 11AC
+2
Delete+3
DeleteRealised that I had also been making the same spelling mistake- fiesty for feisty.
Delete9a doesn't auditors lead to CA's?
ReplyDeleteActually, the wp leads to CAs YM<
DeletePost facto (answer struck as soon as I read my), auditors as audit committee(AC)my <= , is how I took it.
Delete4a typo. the def to include "relating to" also in bold.
ReplyDeleteCan some expert pl explain 8D more clearly?
ReplyDeletePerson = MAN
ReplyDeletedismissed=RO [RUN OUT]
Tom=CAT
day off from HOLIDAY(vacation):
Castigated primarily=C
a follower of Pope =ROMAN CATHOLIC is the definition
RO=runout I missed out. Excellent build-up for the clue. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteLiked the way of clueing . Enjoyable one from After dark.
ReplyDeleteCould someone please help with 2D? I guessed the answer but couldn't parse how to get EATS. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteHAS=eats
DeleteDid not know .Gana'- but later I connected it to Gana Tantra Parishad.
ReplyDeleteAlso beginning of our national anthem
DeleteThis gana is not pronounced like gaanaa (song) but like gaNa (as we say paNam for money)
DeleteJana=people
DeleteGana= Group
Mana=mind
Ganapathi, troop (of shiva) leader.
DeleteThank you all for the clarifications.
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