Across
1. Back end remains over the edge here in India (7) KASHMIR {5. Fighting men also involved in the scheme (7) PLATOON {PLA{TOO}N}
9. Send man into back row (5) REMIT {TIER<=} around {M}
10. Watching over work, making excuses (9) CONDONING {CON{DO}NING}
11. Impractical to apply force when it's windy all around (4-5) AIRY-FAIRY {AIRY-}{F}{AIRY}
12. Set inelegantly, not gentle art work (5) INLAY {{INELEGANTLY}-{GENTLE}*}
13. It’s too small to carry from Agra to Mathura (4) ATOM (T)
15. A gun goes off in line with fourth of July, it's unwieldy (8) UNGAINLY {A+GUN*}{L}{IN}{
18. Abstainers drink them following one's bete noire (8) ANATHEMA {AN}{A{THEM}A}
19. Novel set in Bethlehem, may be (4) EMMA (T)
22. Animal husbandry is poor, people oppose on all fronts (5) HIPPO (Acrostic)
24. Opposing voices raised, bit difficult (9) DIATRIBES {RAISED+BIT*}
26. Rain on grass, rain not even a hotchpotch (9) POTPOURRI {POT}{POUR}{R
27. One against one with one left to use (5) AVAIL {A}{V}{I}{A}{L}
28. Addict has the right to check into city day care centre (7) NURSERY {N{U{R}SER}Y}
29. Conference 50 % restricted, that's half (7) SEMINAR {SEMI}{NAR
Down
1. Agree to pick up on an Asian (6) KOREAN {OK<=}{RE}{AN}2. He helps uncle, perhaps to change a train (9) SAMARITAN {SAM}{A+TRAIN*}
3. Under a second, apt to come up with a design (5) MOTIF {MO}{FIT<=}
4. Integrity — time to check, reduce it going all round (9) RECTITUDE {REDUCE+IT*} around {T}
5. Flower on ponytail after break up (5) PANSY {SNAP<=}{
6. Native is a//live, taking root (9) ABORIGINE {A}{B{ORIGIN}E}
7. Hotelier broke the window (5) ORIEL {THE+ORIEL*}={HOTELIER}
8. City goes one up on painter (6) NAGOYA {AN<=}{GOYA}
14. City — city in Alaska keeps time (9) METRONOME {METRO}{NOME}
16. Perhaps grains are stored in such places (9) GRANARIES {GRAINS+ARE*} &lit
17. One is stupid to seek support in menial work (9) LAMEBRAIN {MENIAL*} around {BRA}
20. A feature about work of a composer (6) CHOPIN {CH{OP}IN}
21. Stone remains 50% bigger (6) ASHLAR {ASH}{LAR
23. Sellers perhaps will dwindle (5) PETER (DD)
24. Communist uprising followed by a meet (5) DERBY {RED<=}{BY}
25. Rule to banish half the championship side (5) REALM {REAL M
Reference List
Man=M, Work=Do, Force=F, Abstainers=AA, One=A, Against=V, One=I, Left=L, Addict=User, Right=R, City=NY (New York)
On=Re, Second=Mo, Time=T, One=An, Support=Bra, Work=Op, Communist=Red
Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous
15a anno?
ReplyDeleteGuess it was meant {A+GUN}*+IN+Y; Y coming fourth of July
DeleteL from line is missing.
Delete+1 PRASAD
DeleteYes Sree I missed spotting it
DeleteThanks. Fixed
Delete12A) anno is {IN(-e)L(-e)(-g)A(-n)(-t)(-l)Y}; no anagram is involved
ReplyDeleteI think the Anno showed anagram of gentle and not all.
Deletei.e. anagram of gentle to be removed from from the fodder
Delete+1 VASANT
DeleteIMU, set inelegantly (first) such a way that when gentle is removed , inlay is left. Inelegantly-gentle=inlay is very inelegant.
DeleteInitially I thought so. But the notation followed in 15, 24 Across and 2,4,7,16 Down indicated otherwise.
DeleteAgree completely to Sree @ 09:14
DeleteSet as an anagram indicator is too far away from gentle to apply only for gentle. Hence I have taken it as shown.
DeleteIf the asterisks are shifted outside the outermost "}", confusion will be cleared.
DeleteFor e.g in 15A) {A+GUN*} is likely to be interpreted as A+ anagram of GUN, whereas {A+GUN}* will mean UNGA.
As Ramesh said, SET is anind and there is clear indication for removal of gentle [NOT].
DeleteINLAY means handicraft [which is art]work.
ASH=remains, used twice
ReplyDeleteRemains to be seen how many times Arden will use it in this quota!
May be remains and ash have a totally different connotation for arden(t) fan of.......
DeleteIt remains to be seen whether Arden will agree!
Delete10A- Can ‘condoning’ mean making excuses?
ReplyDeleteI have the same doubt too.
DeleteWill "making excuses" and "excusing" be the same.
Condone is to make excuse(n). So condoning is making excuse(s). Making excuses is not as excusing (except in odd circumstance of you making excuses to excuse yourself)
DeleteFound the "followed" in 24D a bit odd.
ReplyDeleteA followed B indicates B-A For A-B it should be A followed by B, so I was reading the clue as RED<< followed by <some synonym for "a").
Of course answer was evident from crossing letters.
Comments?
Agree Ramki. Guess a typo. "is" is missing.
Delete"Communist uprising is followed by a meet"
Even adding "is" won't change the cryptic reading - "followed by" and "is followed by" mean the same right?
DeleteCommunist uprising near a meet(5) would work IMHO.
Follow in the sense of "get it", understand leads to " got". A got B.
DeleteI am with you Ramki, the situation is no different in 26AC, I think.
DeleteThere is absolutely no problem with 26A. A on B in Across clue can be B+A.
DeleteSellers perhaps will dwindle (5) PETER (DD) - dwindle is peter out and not just peter. 'will' should be marked extraneous still.
ReplyDelete'The' in 1 and 5 across is also extraneous.
City goes one up on painter (6)
ReplyDeletewonder hw many thought of nagoya for city and goya for artist on reading this clue!!!!
25D. Rule is not a synonym of realm. Realm is an area or a geographical division.
ReplyDeleteRule is also a synonym of realm;
DeleteRealm=dominion=rule;
Look at dominion section in this link
https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/realm/2?s=t
I don't find any issue in UNGAINLY reading it as _UGN+ anagram of ainly which gives INLAY- an art-related term . In fact, this was the first clue I solved. I also liked POT-POURRI and AIRy-FAIRY.
ReplyDeletePETER SELLERS being quite famous, It was easy to discern the intent of the compiler. Peter off, peter out is an easy inference for dwindling.
Confusing 12 and 15? Ungainly and inlay separate clues. Peter is the word, peter off or out is the usage.
DeleteRULE and REGIME are synonymous. REALM + DOMINION= REGIME is a bit iffy-iffy, though the allusion
ReplyDeleteis there.
I got NAGOYA easily as I have gone there when my son was there. In my leisure time I always mentally do anagrams of various places .
ReplyDeleteNuances of knowing the setter. I got nagoya once I got an<-. Arden used it before.
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