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ACROSS
1 Challenge, confuse Ravi with two lines (7)
5 Pings us about volunteers (5,2)
9 Maybe it’s around the French landmass (5)
10 An attempt to take fight back to slaughterhouses (9)
11 Newspaper employee Edward with note returns the gold (6)
12 Special order accepting that man for ball (8)
14 Able to go around a river boat (9)
16 Some gap seen in a part church (4)
19 Sharp cry (4)
20 Vehicle on ship taking last load of carton material (9)
23 Song writer Cyril rewriting, is taking time (8)
24 Setter with book/guide (6)
27 It walks with many members? (9)
28 Incorrect article by girt (5)
29 Gift dispatched earlier, not later (7)
30 Ebony scattered around two sides of road towards West is parched (4,3)
DOWN
1 Attacked communist without help (6)
2 Large mansion incomplete, with one wall having hairlike projections (5)
3 Twisted trail to lake is next to the water (8)
4 Yes! right time (4)
5 Marshy ground, damp lawns with slippery top (10)
6 Collect paper from south containing article (6)
7 Umpire’s odd joke about winter sports persons (3,6)
8 Page reset wrongly, editor is annoyed (8)
13 People in street led by Sarah is rising trouble (10)
15 Lincoln managed to arrest leader of rioters in front of church, which is not normal(9)
17 Pull sack around bone atop (8)
18 Alert Warren of blunder (8)
21 Letters of pact I verify on the go (6)
22 Crunchy and spicy, stir after adding a bit of rice (6)
25 Made an attempt at first to rise in every division (5)
26 That man with brother climbing to get mint, say (4)
Enjoy.
26d HE RB (he-that man; br (other)<-
ReplyDelete1d: raided (aid)in (red) = attacked
ReplyDelete22d Crunchy and spicy, stir after adding a bit of rice (6)CRISPY (SPICY+R)*
ReplyDelete21d: active (T)
ReplyDelete21D Letters of pact I verify on the go (6)ACTIVE (T)
ReplyDelete26d: herb (he)(br<-)
ReplyDelete1A RIVALRY RAVI*+ L+RY
ReplyDelete3D LITTORAL TRAILTO*+L
4D YEA R
18 Alert Warren of blunder (8) forewarn (Warren of*) Can a nounal anag ind follow anag fodder?
ReplyDelete21 Letters of pact I verify on the go (6) ACTIVE (Tele.) from pACT I VErify)
22 Crunchy and spicy, stir after adding a bit of rice (6) CRISPY (anag of spicy + r) Here again 'stir' after part anag fodder seems to be in inappropriate pos.
Valid points.
DeleteReplacement for repeat
ReplyDelete16a: apse (T)
I won't be compensating for dupes.
ReplyDelete17D SKULLCAP (PULLSACK)* DUPLICATE FOR 21D
ReplyDelete1dn raided aid in red
ReplyDelete21dn active (T)
26 dn herb he+br(reversed)
5A : SIGNS UP for Volunteers from Pings up*
ReplyDelete11A: EDITOR from ED TI<- OR
23A: LYRICIST from CYRIL IS T*
ReplyDelete20AC CAR D BOARD
ReplyDelete13DN HARAS<S[MEN]T
15DN ABE R[RAN] CE
28a typo? girl?
ReplyDeleteIs there a typo in the clue of 28A?
ReplyDeleteGirl instead of girt?
Saral to reply
Delete5A: SIGNS UP [Pings us]*
ReplyDelete12A : SPHERULE [SP][HE][RULE]
7Dn : SKI JUMPER [Umpire's JoKe]*
7d single or multiple?
DeleteAnswer is single. Def is multiple, ha ha!
DeleteReplacement for 5A Signs up
ReplyDelete30A : BONE DRY [EBONY + RoaD]8
Typo : Anno : [R(-oa)D<=] in [EBONY]*
Delete5D SWAMPLANDS : (damp lawns +S)*
ReplyDelete27ac centipede (dd)
ReplyDelete27A It walks with many members? (9)
ReplyDeleteCentipede
Cryptic Definition(Many-Hundred!)
14A Able to go around a river boat (9)
Catamaran
A=a
Tamar=river
around Can=able
10A An attempt to take fight back to slaughterhouses (9)
Abattoirs
A=a
Riot=fight inside stab(attempt) both reversed.
Lovely puzzle Saral!Simple and beautifully constructed. Thanks LV.
ReplyDelete29ac present
ReplyDeletepre(not later) sent(despatched)
Re
ReplyDeleteNewspaper employee Edward with note returns the gold (6)
Sorry if I am raising too many questions. Does the cryptic operation come out unmistakably here? Let the solver or anyone else answer.
Perhaps not!What do you want to return note or gold?
Deletethe is also superF besides the return confusion. "edward returns note with gold"
DeleteYes, that inexactness is there. I wonder if this CWD went thru a test solver.
DeleteQuestions are always welcome for improvement
Deletedone. nice one saral.
ReplyDelete+1
Delete9 ISLET. ( its +le)* =landmass
ReplyDelete8 PESTERED Page reset wrongly, editor is annoyed , P + (RESET)* + ED
ReplyDeleteTo be solved
ReplyDeleteAcross - 24, 28
Down - 2, 6, 25
And 19A
Delete24A ME+NT+OR
ReplyDelete28A A+MISS
2D VILL(-a)+I
Thanks LV for the entertainment :)
DeleteOR for?
Delete/=Or
DeleteHa! Very clever!! Thanks Vasant.
DeleteSimple and elegant. Stress free solve! Thanks LV :)
ReplyDelete6D) THE in RAG<= Soln: GATHER Defn: Collect
ReplyDelete25D) TRIED; acrostic
Simply smart LV!
ReplyDeletecol, seeing the no of visitors on sundays, may be its time to limit it two per person.
ReplyDelete+1
Delete23a: lyricist - {(cyril*)+(is)+(tI̷m̷e̷)}
ReplyDelete8d: pestered - (pa̷g̷r̷)+(reset*)+(edi̷t̷o̷r̷)
13d: harassment - {(sarah*)+(s(men)t}
19A) Soln: KEEN
ReplyDeleteDD: Sharp / cry
Looks like I came late :) Nice grid, LV - thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you LV. Look into the brickbats for future
ReplyDelete2D - VILLI {VILL(-a)}{1}
ReplyDeleteThanks all for solving & feedback :)
ReplyDelete@CV sir, I missed that completely. Thanks for pointing it out. Will be more careful next time . Thanks for the feedback. And also EDITOR clue, a bit confused myself :) Sorry .
ReplyDelete@ Sree _sree 28 A it is a typo - girl not girt
ReplyDeleteThanks Vasant,sree_sree,Karthikeyan, Satyen, MB sir, KRK & Ramki :)
ReplyDelete@ Col Thanks a lot :) & haha yes I like brickbats. Next time while setting, all will come to my mind & warn me not to make mistakes:)
(Not able to post replies under each comment,so have posted separately )
Thank you LV. Did it late, enjoyed nevertheless.
ReplyDeleteThank you Paddy sir :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, LV. That was a simple and elegant gridpiece. sorry for my late appearance.
ReplyDeleteI knew that was from you !
LV: VILLI is feminine Villain in Tamil films for vamps ? I have seen it being used ! On a serious note, it was new word added to my glossary.
ReplyDeleteLV: Will ya accept my thanks for VILLI ? or Vill-ya not ?
ReplyDeleteHaha of course I Vill accept :D
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Raju sir for solving the cw !