Across
1. What one sees when something is smashed to smithereens (3,2,6) ALL IN PIECES (CD?)9. Made fit, one man finally enters unconventional trade (7) TRAINED {I}{
10. Gets inside information back — result: savings (4,3) NEST EGG {G{GETS}EN}<=
11. Taxer works more! (5) EXTRA {TAXER*}
12. Intensely dislike sailor's mantra our Navy lapped up (9) ABOMINATE {AB}{OM}{IN}{ATE}
13. Try in style? (5) TASTE (DD)
15. Most provincial weapon in home (9) NARROWEST {N{ARROW}EST}
18. In fresh outfit, more sick drop arms and dare (9) CHALLENGE {CHA{
21. Country cart (5) TONGA (DD)
22. Complainant's simple quarrel (9) PLAINTIFF {PLAIN}{TIFF}
24. One new approach fizzled out before time in a type of music (5) INDIE {I}{N}{DIE
26. Find faceless star by the side of home without portal (7) UNEARTH {sUN}{
27. Salient dismantling of a carpenter's tool (4,3) NAIL SET {SALIENT*}
28. Zigzag pattern of that woman's ornament (off-white in colour) (11) HERRINGBONE {HER}{RING}{BONE}
Down
1. Real gold Tamil leader found in district is cleared at first (9) AUTHENTIC {AU}{THEN{T2. Labour leader's direction is next to nothing (5) LEAST {L
3. No, no, one in Mumbai suburb is second to none (9) NONPAREIL {NO}{N}{PARE{I}L}
4. Introspective Hindu deity's directions (7) INDRAWN {INDRA}{W}{N}
5. Chennai leader's moving outline (7) CONTOUR {C
6. Narasu's hitched to some Japanese dish (5) SUSHI (T) Does 'to some' work as a hidden word indicator?
7. Unusual act around eastern sea: pushing out old whales, for one (8) CETACEAN {ACT*} around {E} + {
8. Gawk at what may be seen on the computer screen — old girl's backed out (4) OGLE {
14. What is in the Bay of Bengal? A sweater tossed about? (8) SEAWATER {A+SWEATER*}
16. Getting old boy to receive education right away (9) OBTAINING {OB}{T
17. One gets a brew from this whistler on the range (3,6) TEA KETTLE (CD)
19. 23's one or other choice word (7) NEITHER {N}{EITHER}
20. Find fee sufficient for Turkish official (7) EFFENDI {FEE+FIND*}
22. Rabbit on, and son leaves, giving sulky look (4) POUT {
23. Bridge player, that's the way to go up! (5) NORTH (DD)
25. Club finding so out-of-the-way (5) DISCO {DISCO
Reference List
One=I, Information=Gen, Sailor=AB, Mantra=Om, Our Navy=IN, New=N
Gold=Au, Eastern=E, Old=O, Girl-G, Old boy=OB, Right=R, Son=S, So=Very
Colour/Font Scheme
Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word, 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
24a anno is correct and is the same as my intention.
ReplyDelete"before time" is the indicator to remove last letter?
DeleteI though it was "DIET" (approach) with T removed, but wasn't sure till I saw the blog :)
i took before time as premature as in not-complete
DeleteThis herringbone design I have seen notably in saris worn by ladies but also in shirts and sheets - without knowing the word for it.
ReplyDelete1D- I read it as T (Tamil leader) in Theni (district in TN)- AU (THEN(T)I)C. C is cleared at first.
ReplyDelete1Dn : {AU}{THEN{Tamil}I}{Cleared}
ReplyDeleteTHEN for?
THENI = district (in Tamil Nadu)
Deletesee @950 by padmanabhan.
DeleteThanks Ramki :)
DeleteThanks Paddy!
Delete6d "to some" is used in "to some extent", american though.
ReplyDelete20D: "sufficient" as anagram indicator was new to me.
ReplyDeleteHow does it convey movement or rearrangement?
DeleteThe letters in the fodder is enough/ sufficient to get the Greek official- is the best that I can think of.
DeleteSufficient=qualified(archaic)?
DeleteAlso found these synonyms
DeleteIn the swim, cooking gas, hunky dory..
20=score sufficient!
Delete1a i took smashed/tired as "all in" and smithereens-pieces semi&lit.
ReplyDeleteCouldnt anno Theni in 1D and 7D was new to me.
ReplyDeleteFavourite was 17D.
Yes, 17D is a nice enjoyable CD.
ReplyDeleteIXL news
ReplyDeleteImp Notice: Round 7 Of IXL may have a delayed start. Adequate notice would be given about the revised timings. Kindly bear with us .. Team IXL
thanks col. wanted to check the sol for ixl 6 and the site isnt opening. may be some technical issues.
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