Monday 29 July 2019

No 12690, Monday 29 Jul 2019, KrisKross


ACROSS
1   Setter's job? Essentially work to cheat (8) IMPOSTOR {I'M}{POST}{wORk}
5   Car heading off to religious area – an ideal place (6) UTOPIA {aUTO}{PI}{A}
9   Servant follows son to welcome daughter (8) DOGSBODY {DOGS}{BO{D}Y}
10 Wish for ripe bananas (6) ASPIRE {AS}{RIPE*}
12 Very rare Lego set is too big (9) OVERLARGE {V+RARE+LEGO}*
13 Pass in Australia is so long (5) ADIEU {A{DIE}U}
14 Hide your initial anger (4) FURY {FUR}{Your}
16 Sierra Leone's boating crew demonstrates skill (7) SLEIGHT {SL}{EIGHT}
19 Deceitful guard returns one's valise after removing contents (7) EVASIVE {SAVE<}{1}{Va..sE}
21 Name of German perfume (4) OTTO [DD]
24 Cause of irritation in mouth or nose (5) THORN [T]
25 Couple designing fine art near church (9) INTERFACE {FINE+ART}*{CE}
27 Play small song, says Spooner (6) LEEWAY {(-w+l)LEE}{(-l+w)WAY}
28 "India matters" – boring book, quite irritating (8) TIRESOME {T{I}{RES}OME}
29 Pet butterfly, say (6) STROKE [DD]
30 Synonym for "rooms" could be found in this (8) CHAMBERS [C&DD]

DOWN
1   After getting elected, spoke about keeping order within the House (6) INDOOR {IN}{RO{O}D<<=}
2   Young animal's leg twisted in ditch (6) PIGLET {PI{LEG*}T}
3   Fortune-teller is back near Luxembourg (5) SIBYL {IS<=}{BY}{L}
4   The German in French airport is well-behaved (7) ORDERLY {OR{DER}LY}
6   Will new team at last win in cricket match? (9) TESTAMENT {TES{TEAM*}{wiN}T}
7   Unions not possibly patronising (8) PAIRINGS PAtRonISING* [CA]
8   Competent American court imprisons oriental queen (8) ADEQUATE {A}{D{E}{QU}ATE}
11 Egyptian city's rising God (4) ZEUS<=
15 In England, the standard wedding card (5,4) UNION JACK {UNION}{JACK}
17 Pals kept running, getting words of encouragement (3,5) PEP TALKS*
18 He could do a smashing job (8) SABOTEUR [CD]
20 English team, with captain in the middle, walk out (4) EXIT {E}{XI}{capTain}
21 Very large aircraft finally loaded – but it can't take off (7) OSTRICH {OS}{a...fT}{RICH}
22 Lots of blood when stabbed by a lance's tip (6) GALORE {G{A}{La..e}ORE}
23 Shylock perhaps regularly dealt with small gems (6) JEWELS {JEW}{dEaLt}{S}
26 Watery discharge in lodge, say (5) RHEUM (~room)

Reference List
Religious = PI, Area = A, Daughter = D, Very = V, Church = CE, India = I, Matters = RES, Order = O, American = A, Court = DATE, Oriental = E, Queen = QU, English = E, Very Large = OS, Small = S

GRID

15 comments:

  1. I thought 7DN is CA
    Thanks Ramki for the treat.

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  2. Liked 1a, 14a and 30a surfaces. Sp 1a typifying the job description!

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  3. Beautiful puzzle! Smooth clues with lovely surfaces. Liked specially 21d, 30A and 5A.
    Thanks KrisKross

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  4. Lots of great clues. Thanks Ramki!

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  5. Smooth as is to be expected from Ramki

    16.23,29 and 1D my faves

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  6. Great one Ramki. Thank you.
    Had a good laugh at 1 ac.! Job description or confession?

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