Across
1. Baron not having stuff to colour leather (8) BLACKING {B}{LACKING}5. Free-wheels // in lands next to sea (6) COASTS (DD)
10. Sanskrit aphorism formulated by ultras without learning (5) SUTRA {U
11. Indian warrior king's headgear retained in your area in the beginning (9) KSHATRIYA {K}{S}{HAT}{R
12. Covet a mad bird or missile (6) AVOCET {COVET+A*}
13. A type of wheel that controls cattle in Germany (8) STEERING {STEER}{IN}{G}
15. Pen with custom (5) WRITE {W}{RITE}
17. Everyone following Western tabloid get interior decoration material (9) WALLPAPER {W}{ALL}{PAPER}
19. Oxidise an egg before cross young army officer has tea brewed (9) OXYGENATE {O}{X}{Y}{GEN}{TEA*}
20. Classification date was mechanically written (5) TYPED {TYPE}{D}
21. Final pant before croaking? (4,4) LAST GASP (CD)
23. Napping general swallowed by snake (6) ASLEEP {AS{LEE}P}
27. Top person to look after (6,3) NUMBER ONE
28. Smell of a gypsy (5) AROMA {A}{ROMA}
29. Splotches spoilt satin skirt at first (6) STAINS {SATIN*}{S
30. Top Gun pilot's // loose cannon? (8) MAVERICK (DD)
Down
1. Arabs travel to this port (5) BASRA {ARABS*}2. Writer with sex appeal has unknown power (9) AUTHORITY {AUTHOR}{IT}{Y}
3. Rogue knight's holding part of a church (5) KNAVE {K}{NAVE}
4. Weapon United Kingdom hid in the north east (4) NUKE {N{UK}E}
6. Place the ball is kept when taking a penalty kick // then and there (2-3-4) ON-THE-SPOT (DD)
7. Technological fantasy movie created by the Supreme Court of India and the Film Institute initially (3-2) SCI-FI {SCI}{F
8. Flabbergasted by // unsteady movement (9) STAGGERED (DD)
9. Caucasian fibs while telling diplomatic untruths (5,4) WHITE LIES {WHITE}{LIES}
14. Hops wildly after hard work in a bad working environment (9) SWEATSHOP {SWEAT}{HOPS*}
15. Court daughter with money and ultimate poems in forests (9) WOODLANDS {WOO}{D}{L}{AND}{
16. Washington's first lady's initially rustic and raw (9) EVERGREEN {EVE}{R
18. Sprinkle on a seasoned sausage (9) PEPPERONI {PEPPER}{ON}{I}
22. Mambas lost initial momentum and danced this dance (5) SAMBA {MA
24. Wager // an anti vampire weapon (5) STAKE (DD)
25. Lark played in a renovated National Park (5) PRANK {N+PARK*}
26. Cheese found wrapped in taffetas (4) FETA (T)
Reference List
Colour/Font Scheme
Baron=B, Learning=L, King=K, Germany=G, With=W, Western=W, Egg=O, Cross=X, Young=Y, Army officer=Gen, Date=D, General=Lee
Sex appeal=It, Unknown=Y, Knight=K, United Kingdom=UK, North=N, East=E, Supreme Court of India=SCI, Daughter=D, Money=L(Pounds), First lady=Eve, A=I (A=One=I)
Sex appeal=It, Unknown=Y, Knight=K, United Kingdom=UK, North=N, East=E, Supreme Court of India=SCI, Daughter=D, Money=L(Pounds), First lady=Eve, A=I (A=One=I)
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
27A: I think the reference is to the idiom "Look after number one"
ReplyDeleteCorrect, Ramki
DeleteI just took number as the other number (one under anaesthetic)!
DeleteFriends, I will respond to you in the evening as I am going out of town. In the meantime, please do check out yesterday's comments on the theme of that puzzle
ReplyDeleteI had a doubt about 'Evergreen' w.r.to Washington in 16D. I tried to find it in the given link, but could not. On googling, I found this-
ReplyDeleteIt is the only state named for a president. Washington was nicknamed “The Evergreen State” by C.T. Conover, pioneer Seattle realtor and historian, for its abundant evergreen forests. The nickname was adopted by the Legislature in February, 1893.
It's not just a hat trick
ReplyDeleteBut much more!
Ask for more and you
Will not be punished any more
Dil mange more!
By the way, Paddy, more is just watered down thayir ;)
DeleteFor hat trick, refer to 11a
I was held up a bit in SE corner- Prank & Aroma. Was toying with odour which I could not of course parse and trying to take only NP from National Park.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ramesh for the excellent blog.
ReplyDelete11a headgear(crowns/covering) is a letter pick indicator. K&s are not individual components, IMU.
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ReplyDeleteCV. YES , if you Say So ! Si, Senor
ReplyDeleteI had my doubt too about S. But Raju has provided so many!
ReplyDeleteIncognito comes with a thin veil today.
ReplyDeleteYou mean you can see through it 😱
DeleteDeciphering has not been that difficult.
DeleteSorry. I am revising the above comment (since deleted) more carefully.
ReplyDelete11. Indian warrior king's headgear retained in your area in the beginning (9) KSHATRIYA {K}{S}{HAT}
In surface reading 's is possessive.
In wordplay it is 'is'.
in the setter's wp, we are required to ignore the apostrophe and take s as part of charade.
This is peculiar. Not sure if it is OK.
Sir,I think King's is substituted as K's.
DeleteThat is how I read it as well.
DeleteEnjoyed this! Thank you, Incognito.
ReplyDeleteThanks, mam
DeleteBtw, if you know Hindi or Konkani, please have a go at my (with a friend) puzzles at Crossword Unclued.
DeleteOff topic
ReplyDeleteAmita Baviskar: Re a sentence in my Comment the other day.
From your Comments here over all these days, I could guess you are a well-educated person.
I was merely writing that a certain word would be in the knowledge of an educated person.
It was never my intention to suggest that it was not known to you.
Yet if the written sentence came across that way, I am sorry.
I did know that you were objecting to the use of the word because in your opinion it was none-too-common.
While I encourage Indian references in THC, I would not rule out our occasional use of rare words. To anyone who has not met that word so far, it becomes known via THC.
Regards.
As a postscript, I may add that some expressions such as 'nary a ...' and 'needs must', that are known to us, may not be known even to young persons in English-speaking countries. If while writing, this phrase comes to my mind, I will not hesitate to use it, at the risk of my reader thinking I am old-fashioned.
ReplyDeleteAll good things must come to an end at least in this cycle. I dread Monday it may be xChequer. Buzzer. Vulcan or Justis.
ReplyDeleteFor "Justis" read Hypatia
ReplyDelete22DN..Mambas lost initial momentum.. Should the First M go or as annoyed? In either case, an anagram is made..pl enlighten
ReplyDeleteAny of the two Ms could have gone.. The blogger chose the second.
DeleteThanks Vasant garu
DeleteAnnoed..not a noted. Typo
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