ACROSS
1 The government ordered to bring in an advisor (6) MENTOR [T]
4 It was set to enter, ask to modify the sign (8) SWASTIKA {IT+WAS}* in {ASK}*
10 Recreating 'The Dracula', finally you go to a place of worship (9) CATHEDRAL {THE+DRACuLA}*
11 Number one goes from one or the other (5) ETHER EiTHER
12 Rake money in — it's everyday affair (7) ROUTINE {ROU{TIN}E}
13 Received honour, head of department will retire (2,2,3) GO TO BED {GOT}{OBE}{De...t}
14 Cinema party, over a period of time... (5) ODEON {DO<=}{EON}
15 ...alternative to stop bad blood being huge (8) ENORMITY {EN{OR}MITY}
18 Not worried about umpire conceding a point (8) CAREFREE {CA}{REFeREE}
20 Sign that graduate gets exposed to some extent (5) LIBRAAnno pending (Addendum - caLIBRAte - See comments)
23 Flower turns fair, see! (7) FREESIA*
25 One quiet on "how to get good applesauce?" (7) HOGWASH {HO{G}W}{A}{SH}
26 Don't go out without ponytail, it's a stigma (5) STAIN {STAy IN}
27 Will keep playing teams in temporary accommodation (9) TESTAMENT {TE{TEAMS*}NT}
28 A Reuters broadcast is highly valued (8) TREASURE*
29 Stopped moving towards the left — it's part of the musical (6) STATIC {C{IT}ATS}<=
DOWN
1 Mother will sing about a cookie (8) MACAROON {MA}{C{A}ROON}
2 Practice British English, you get miniature sculptures from Japan (7) NETSUKE {NETS}{UK}{E} With help from Google
3 Live and perish, stop one time submission (9) OBEDIENCE {O{BE}{DIE}NCE}
5 Chooses age for a fruitless venture (4-5,5) WILD-GOOSE CHASE {CHOOSES+AGE}* [RA]
6 Snow and rain expose the French inset (5) SLEET {S{LE}ET}
7 Live-in clothing? (7) INHABIT {IN}{HABIT}
8 A knife changes hands, will wear out (6) ABRADE {A}{B(-l+r)RADE}
9 Recreate border in a nuclear power plant (7,7) BREEDER REACTOR* Recreate on double duty?
16 Country fly checks direction and spreads all over (9) MALIGNANT {MALI}{GNA{N}T}
17 Street name put up, it's touching (8) PATHETIC {PATH}{CITE<=}
19 A country (not small) producing salt (7) ACETATE {ACE}{sTATE}
21 Extremely plucky showing under garments (7) BRAVEST {BRA}{VEST}
22 Cancel — no shooting perhaps (6) OFFSET {OFF}{SET}
24 Wrong done by America like a hole in the skull (5) SINUS {SIN}{US}
GRID
1 The government ordered to bring in an advisor (6) MENTOR [T]
4 It was set to enter, ask to modify the sign (8) SWASTIKA {IT+WAS}* in {ASK}*
10 Recreating 'The Dracula', finally you go to a place of worship (9) CATHEDRAL {THE+DRAC
11 Number one goes from one or the other (5) ETHER E
12 Rake money in — it's everyday affair (7) ROUTINE {ROU{TIN}E}
13 Received honour, head of department will retire (2,2,3) GO TO BED {GOT}{OBE}{D
14 Cinema party, over a period of time... (5) ODEON {DO<=}{EON}
15 ...alternative to stop bad blood being huge (8) ENORMITY {EN{OR}MITY}
18 Not worried about umpire conceding a point (8) CAREFREE {CA}{REF
20 Sign that graduate gets exposed to some extent (5) LIBRA
23 Flower turns fair, see! (7) FREESIA*
26 Don't go out without ponytail, it's a stigma (5) STAIN {STA
27 Will keep playing teams in temporary accommodation (9) TESTAMENT {TE{TEAMS*}NT}
28 A Reuters broadcast is highly valued (8) TREASURE*
29 Stopped moving towards the left — it's part of the musical (6) STATIC {C{IT}ATS}<=
DOWN
1 Mother will sing about a cookie (8) MACAROON {MA}{C{A}ROON}
5 Chooses age for a fruitless venture (4-5,5) WILD-GOOSE CHASE {CHOOSES+AGE}* [RA]
6 Snow and rain expose the French inset (5) SLEET {S{LE}ET}
7 Live-in clothing? (7) INHABIT {IN}{HABIT}
8 A knife changes hands, will wear out (6) ABRADE {A}{B(-l+r)RADE}
9 Recreate border in a nuclear power plant (7,7) BREEDER REACTOR* Recreate on double duty?
16 Country fly checks direction and spreads all over (9) MALIGNANT {MALI}{GNA{N}T}
17 Street name put up, it's touching (8) PATHETIC {PATH}{CITE<=}
19 A country (not small) producing salt (7) ACETATE {ACE}{
21 Extremely plucky showing under garments (7) BRAVEST {BRA}{VEST}
22 Cancel — no shooting perhaps (6) OFFSET {OFF}{SET}
24 Wrong done by America like a hole in the skull (5) SINUS {SIN}{US}
GRID
20A I think it might be (-ca)LIBRA(-te)
ReplyDeleteThanks Satyen
DeleteDidnt get the anno of this one. Could BIF the answer.
DeleteThanks Doc.
caLIBRAte. Exposed normally leads to alibrat. Some extent to mean not fully,IMU.
ReplyDeleteA few tricky ones- enjoyed all the same bringing in a few 'Aha' moments.
ReplyDelete10A- Is it Cathedral+U giving 'The Dracula'?
Loved Ether for its simplicity.
10A it is as Col. has annotated(not a compound anagram) with "go" as deletion indicator
DeleteThank you Vasant.
DeleteCol.
ReplyDeleteThank You. Sinus link is very brief but informative.
11 ac. (Ether) was such an innocuous and beautiful clue.
ReplyDeleteFrom 16Dn I learnt the other meaning of MALIGNANT ( I thought it simply meant causing harm).
In 5 Ac. I am not able to see how WILD enters. (Even the annotation does not help me :-(
Wild is anind in RA
DeleteWe have "chooses age" from which we cannot get wild (wild is part of the solution). Still I am confused.
DeleteRA stands for Reverse Anagram. GOOSE CHASE if anagrammed gives you CHOOSES AGE
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