ACROSS
1 Steno following democrat earnestly at first to explain (8) DESCRIBE {SCRIBE} after {D}{E
5 Layout of South Carolina border area (6) SCHEMA {SC}{HEM}{A}
9 Refining erratic breach (8) INFRINGE*
10 King tucked into sauce quickly (6) PRESTO {P{R}ESTO}
12 Poor gangster smuggled instrument (5) ORGAN [T]
13 Perhaps caught laid back southern lady inside (9) DISMISSAL {DI{S}{MISS}AL<=}
14 Neglected German stormed around (6) RAGGED {RAG{G}ED}
16 Supply tailless northern animal for occasion with 12 hour day (7) EQUINOX {EQUI
19 Partial word in a liberal religious book (7) ORDINAL [T]
21 Shift direction without acceleration, curse and vent partly (6) SWERVE {SWE
23 Provided original covers for penultimate match (9) SEMIFINAL {SEM{IF}INAL}
25 Grave mistake including a recipe of toxic agent (5) SARIN {S{A}{R}IN}
26 One new measure for arched section of foot (6) INSTEP {1}{N}{STEP}
27 Short stock of Tesla, perhaps (8) INVENTOR INVENTOR
28 Martial art class one thousand are joining upfront (6) KARATE {K}{A}{RATE}
29 Time limit for the departed? (8) DEADLINE [CD]
DOWN
1 Joke about a working plant (6) DAIKON {KI{A}D<=}{ON} About on double duty
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3 Rule of precipitation, say (5) REIGN (~rain)
4 Secure father outside hospital in capital city (7) BAGHDAD {BAG}{H}{DAD}
6 Engineer uttered one command primarily with confidence (9) CERTITUDE {UTTERED+1+C
7 Relieves leaderless kids (5) EASES
8 A religious leader admits liberal with couple of unknowns in condition (8) APOPLEXY {A}{POP{L}E}{X}{Y}
11 Tennis star has her captivated (4) ASHE [T]
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17 Primarily Rama avatar in novel festival (9) NAVARATRI {R
18 Gaming device that could bring pleasure (8) JOYSTICK [CD]
20 Lorentz or Tesla abandoned physicist? (4) LENZ L
21 Quiet from the time the French parted (7) SILENCE {SI{LE}NCE}
22 Admission to a main course (6) ENTREE [DD]
24 Stingy person removing top third from title (5) MISER MIS
25 Exhaust energy replacing note in haste (5) SPEED SPE(-n+e)ED
Reference List
Colour/Font Scheme
Democrat = D, Area = A, King = R, Southern = S, German = G, Northern = N, Accelaration = A, Recipe = R, New = N, Thousand = K, Are = A, Hospital = H, Liberal = L, Unknown = X,Y, Tesla = T, Energy = E, Note = N
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
1d joke can make kid around.
ReplyDeleteLot to like about this puzzle. Short, crisp clues that are trademark of Lightning.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if anyone had entered 25d as Spend instead of Speed. I did.
I did!
DeleteI was almost to do that.
DeleteWas that what Lightning wanted us to do before correcting?!
DeleteOne had to take time to understand,sort out and then fill in- could not be done at lightning speed! (as we did for the last few days)
Lovely grid. The south west corner took the longest for me to crack, but almost all the clues are crisp and challenging.
ReplyDeleteExcellent puzzle with neat clues! I enjoyed this very much.
ReplyDeleteTbe special tomorrow at 10:30 will be by new setter Sceptic Cryptic and a 13x13 topical one.
ReplyDeleteSo only two answers per solver?
DeleteYes
DeleteLightning is dazzling !
ReplyDeleteLovely grid! So much fun and pretty hard for a novice like me. Could someone explain the 1D solution for me? I was groping in the dark hard even after I looked at the answers.
ReplyDeleteNambam, firstly comments on Crosswords over two days old may not be noticed and will get overlooked, so in case of a doubt ask in the current days crossword mentioning which date the comment pertains to and someone will answer your query.
DeleteAs regards solution for 1D
Joke = KID
about = Reversal indicator as well as containment indicator that is why I have mentioned double duty at the end)
a = A
working = ON
plant = Definition = DAIKON
Joke about = {KID<=}
Joke about a = {D{A}IK<=}
Joke about a working = {D{A}IK<=}{ON}