ACROSS
1 Discovery, perhaps, of part of Atlantic Ocean (7,7) ENGLISH CHANNEL [DD]
10 Film's length doubled, characterization's length halved (5)
11 Trusting person turning evil inside (9) BELIEVING {BE{VILE*}ING}
12 Warrior's key weapon in space (8) SPEARMAN {SP{E}{ARM}AN}
13 Show watched on earning credit (6) SCREEN {S{CR}EEN}
15 Committed to keep Spinner's crossword at the end (10) DETERMINED {DETER}{MINE}{
16 Operates open top vehicles (4) USES
19 Key tribute by leader of congregation (4) CODE {C
20 House with no roof holds one policewoman's aircraft (10) HELICOPTER {
23 Listener absorbs bit of speech that is less complicated (6) EASIER {EA{S
25 Average celebrity captured with daughter (8) STANDARD {ST{AND}AR}{D}
27 Century featuring strokes from centre to boundary with a hint of Tendulkar's style (9) TRADITION {T{RADI{T
28 A fairy tale's very moving (5) ALIVE {A}{LI{V}E}
29 Suspension on being found tainted might necessitate such an act of tidying-up (6-8) SPRING-CLEANING {SPRING}{CLEANING}
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2 Forgotten politician, finally put in power, getting good (9) NEGLECTED {
3 Written programme missing in trails left (8) LITERARY {L}{IT
4 Takes to court over box having half-spoilt sandwiches (10) SUBMARINES {SU{B{MAR
5 Cry endlessly before man brings self-control (4) CALM {CAL
6 Hundred years after era restraining new business (6) AGENCY {AGE}{N}{C}{Y}
7 Racket of number one seed broken in half (5) NOISE {NO}{1}{SE
8 Saga's climax kept under wraps by members (7) LEGENDS {LEG{END}S}
9 Ragged clothing protects like denim, basically (6) TEASED {TE{AS}E}{D
14 Defiance increases in revolt with time (10) RESISTANCE {INCREASES}* over {T}
17 A suit running on charge keeps Tony's head in place (9) SITUATION {A+SUIT}*{T
18 Chief gets dismissed on gaining some negative prominence (8) MOUNTAIN {M{OU{N
19 Manufactures drug in boxes (7) CREATES {CR{E}ATES}
21 Director's more disrespectful after winning award ultimately (6) RUDDER {RUD{
22 Walk out as player breaks rule (6) RESIGN {RE{S}IGN}
24 Part of flight's sensors trashed initially by wind (5) STAIR {S
26 Essentially seizing corporation making metal (4) ZINC {
Reference List
Key = E = Drug, Century = TON, Very = V, Good = G, Left = L, Man = M, Hundred = C, Years = Y, New = N, Clothing = TEE(shirt), Charge = ION, Player = S(South in Bridge), Corporation = INC
GRID
10A: EIGHT
ReplyDeleteLength of FILM = 4, length of CHARACTERIZATION = 16
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DeleteGreat Cracking Ramki!
DeleteThanks Ramki
DeleteWell done Ramki!
DeleteRamki the wizard!!
DeleteGreat solve Ramki. This is one of those clues that had me thinking either this is going to be too easy or too obscure. I think it came out as a mix.
DeleteFilm length increased but less time devoted to characterisation, no wonder movies have become dull! :-)
DeleteThanks, everyone, for your good wishes to Gita and me on our anniversary last week. Apologies for the belated acknowledgement. I as a bit under the weather after my trip to Ernakulam and failed to visit the blog.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the grid thoroughly - thanks Spinner! Many good clues - liked the devious defs in 9,21,24 and the "strokes from centre to boundary" in 27 very much!
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DeleteThank you everyone :)
DeleteJoining in late from NJ,USA.
DeleteEnjoyed solving the grid just now.
I could not parse Radii & half the character- learned from the blog.
Thank you Spinner.
10a....spinner placed the puzzle in mathematical form. superb.
ReplyDeleteThanks Prasanna
Delete1A Discovery boxed(4D) me for a while before I got into the Channel by Sub.
ReplyDelete29 A was intended as a CD/DD rather than a charade.
ReplyDeleteSuspension on being found tainted might necessitate such an act// of tidying-up
The attempted surface story is one of someone tainted and suspended and trying to clean up.
Missing you Paddy. Under jet-lag?
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed this. Thank you Spinner
ReplyDeleteThank you Ram. Reached here last evening after a safe flight.
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Have a nice time in USA,Paddy.Stay in touch.
ReplyDeleteLovely grid Spinner. Many enjoyable clues. Got to it late but particularly liked English Channrel, Tradition, Helicopter, and Screen.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot :)
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