Welcome to Supriya as an Independent setter this time.
Three answers per commenter as usual till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment.
ACROSS
8 Deliver auditor's child (4)
9 Say, Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian are a little bizarre! (10)
10 A hostess ,essentially caught between two alternatives for a speaker (6)
11 Charge : wife and husband are endlessly loud with advancing years (8)
12 Pose provocatively for money (4)
13 Chef Banner cooked green vegetable (6,4)
17 River leaves putrefied sludge (4)
18 A sailor returns around lunchtime for dish (5)
19 Sympathy's brief when husband leaves (4)
20 Possibly remind Stew of U.S. region (10)
22 Rifle fire (4)
23 Sequential notes one stored in strange room (8)
27 Model wrote society columns (6)
28 Michael Jordan perhaps kicked ball for Shetland Argus (6,4)
29 Support others (4)
DOWN
1 Illegal residence? setter gets court order (6,4)
2 Exotic tree in Wellington for one, is a source of food colouring (8)
3 They have neat products? (5,5)
4 Dispatched a large number (4)
5 English soldier ascends volcano (4)
6 Quietly,husband leaves rehab for a bit of fun, finds something ready-made (6)
7 Oriental exits theatre unaccompanied (4)
14 Former partner mostly lies about separation (5)
15 Jewellery shop perhaps,or one of many (5,5)
16 Worker ,one at church , gets religious instruction with saint- a false prophet (10)
19 Father and son get weapon - it's for additional security (8)
21 Woman nags and hits (6)
24 Old friend's a gem (4)
25 Bit into tikka from the sides (4)
26 Say, Wolverine's not an idiot! (4)
Across Lite version can be accessed at SUPRIYA 1
Enjoy.
10ac orator or+a+(hosTess)+or
ReplyDelete13ac French bean (chef banner)*
29ac rest (DD)
24d O PAL
ReplyDelete21d W HACKS
16d ANT I CH R I ST
5d: ETNA (E)(ANT<==) = VOLCANO
ReplyDelete24d:OPAL (O)(PAL) = GEM
39A: REST (DD)
5D E+TNA<
ReplyDelete6D PREFAB P+RE(-h+F)AB
13A: FRENCH BEAN (Chef Banner)*
Substitutes:
ReplyDelete14D EXILE EX +(LIE(-s))*
18A RA(I)T A <
Replacements
ReplyDelete19a: PITY {PIT(-H)Y) = SYMPATHY
14d: EXILE {EX}{LIE(-S)}* = SEPARATION
Another replacement
ReplyDelete20A: MIDWESTERN (REMIND+STEW)* = US REGION
15D CHAIN STORE (CD)
ReplyDelete20A MIDWESTERN; a reion in US {REMIND+ STEW}*
7D stag {STAGe}
27A TOWERS (Wrote*)(S)
ReplyDelete19D PASSWORD (PA)(SWORD)
Correction 19D Anno at 11:07 am post.
Deletereplacement
ReplyDelete1D court order; DECREE NISI {RESIDENCE}{I}*
Typo 19D (PA)(S)(SWORD)
ReplyDelete9A Say,Kim,Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian are a little bizarre! (10)
ReplyDeleteAlliterate a figure of Speech in which letters are repeated ( K in this case)
Anagram of Are A Little
3D They have neat products? (5,5)
Dairy Farms A cryptic definition with neat meaning Cows
19D Father and son get weapon - it's for additional security (8)
Password : it's for additional security.
Pa Father-S Son-Sword Weapon
My third
ReplyDelete25D IOTA First and last letters of Tikka and Into.
Pl read as first and last letters of Into and Tikka
DeleteReplacement for 19D
ReplyDelete28A Michael Jordan perhaps kicked ball for Shetland Argus (6,4)
Basket Star or Shetland Argus
Michael Jordan is a Basketball Star kick ball out to get Basket star
11A: WHARFAGE (W+H+AR(-e)+F+AGE)
ReplyDelete23A: SOLARIUM (SO+LA (sequential notes) + R(I)UM), def = room
26D: MUTT (MUTANT (Wolverine was a mutant) -AN)
Thanks for the fun grid Supriya!
thanks for the sunday fun Supriya
ReplyDelete2D BEETROOT BOOT around TREE*
ReplyDelete7D STAG(-e)
22A SACK DD
Thanks for the entertainment Supriya :)
Yet to be solved
ReplyDeleteAcross - 8, 12, 17
Down - 4
Enjoyable Sunday fare. Thanks Supriya :)
ReplyDeleteThank you 😊
Delete8 across . CEDE = eeed = child deliver
ReplyDelete12 @across . PESO = money anagram of pose
4 down . SLEW past tense of slay = despatch = kill
Too many fast minds and fingers today.
Raju, your anno for 4D is incomplete
DeleteHurry to grab the last but? Typo 8a
Delete
ReplyDeleteSUPRIYA has pleased many today. MiTTAL has alerted many minds. swagatham
to this blog as a compiler. Simplicity to please everyone is thy name, Supriya. .
Thank you so much
Delete12A- Peso-(Pose)*
ReplyDeleteWho is the taker for the last one ? Last come first served !
ReplyDeleteSpoilt-po silt:sludge
DeleteThat completes it. Thanks for the Special Supriya
ReplyDelete17A- Silt- Spoilt- Po (river)
ReplyDeleteLate for the last one also.
ReplyDeleteWould have enjoyed it more if I could have participated early.
Thank you Supriya & Col.
Thank you everyone for playing and for your kind comments.
ReplyDeleteThank you Col Gopinath sir for featuring my grid
Great grid Supriya.. loved 3d, 2d, 10a and many others:)
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