Solved enroute to Las Vegas
ACROSS
9 Irritate with yarn on couple found by a sewer? (6-3-6) NEEDLE-AND-THREAD {NEEDLE}{AND}{THREAD}
10 Anyone upset, feeling a bit disturbed (7) ANNOYED {ANYONE}*{D
11 Get rid of old dog without new drug (7) EXPUNGE {EX}{PU{N}G}{E}
12 To separate from nurse, married doctor left, instead (9) DISMANTLE {L+INSTEAD}* over {M}
14 Enjoyed King's introduction to fiction with daughter (5) LIKED {LI{K}E}{D}
17 Offenders run into American vehicles (7) ABUSERS {A}{BUSE{R}S}
19 Engineer can't continue with IIT? That's huge! (7) TITANIC {CANT+IIT}*
21 London's subways going Westward, although less frequently (5) TUBES {BUT<=}{
23 Malai roti dexterously rolled in piece of newspaper (9) EDITORIAL [T<=]
25 We learn about renovation (7) RENEWAL*
27 Bird's egg is symbolised by Indian party (7) ROISTER RO(-o+i)ISTER
30 I fetch troupe that's absent (3,2,3,7) OUT OF THE PICTURE {I+FETCH+TROUPE}* [RA]
DOWN
1 Fashionable accountant for old South American (4) INCA {IN}{CA}
2 Auditor's arrogant tone (4) VEIN (~vain)
3 When kids are entertained by Spooner's time sheet (4,4) PLAY DATE (day plate to Play date)
4 Criminal also arrested in scrap (6) BANDIT {B{AND}IT}
5 Spread her enthusiasm to captivate fan (8) ADHERENT [T]
6 Quietly, after tea we finally left service area? (6) CHAPEL {CHA}{P}{
7 Bird heard in wind (4) TERN (~turn)
12 Drawing an L/C, say (5) DRAFT [DD]
13 Firecracker nearly dropped under small boy (5) SQUIB {S}{QUI
15 Primarily, keyboards accommodating native Japanese, including script (5) KANJI Acrostic
16 Related to nobleman, upper class debutantes tucked into lentil dish (5) DUCAL {D{U
18 Getting closer to vault, secure your old secret (8) STEALTHY {S{
20 Revealing couple of poetic compositions wooing wife and sweetheart (3-5) TWO-PIECE {W} and {
22 Was what friends who came to the airport did (3,3) SAW OFF {WAS}* [RA & &lit]
24 To break into a luxury car takes up time (6) IRRUPT {1}{RR}{UP}{T}
25 King abdicating crown seized castle (4) ROOK (-t+r)ROOK
26 They're crazy people changing park's name in places (4) NUTS (-p+n)NUTS
28 Hoodlum smuggling heroin's a jerk (4) THUG {T{H}UG}
29 Does set up musical instrument (4) REED<=
Reference List
Old = EX, New = N, Drug = E, Daughter = D, Married = M, Run = R, American = A, Egg = O, Indian = I, Quietly = P, Left = L, Small = S, Boy = B, Your old = THY, Wife = W, Luxury car = RR(Rolls Royce), Time = T, King = R, Park = P, Name = N, Heroin = H
9a def is "couple found by a sewer", IMU.
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DeleteNeedle and thread- couple.
19a have a doubt: "continue" implies (can't)*and then (IIT)*, IMU.
ReplyDeleteI think that is what Col. meant too.
DeleteCANT* and then IIT* will not give you TITANIC
DeleteThat is the doubt col. Continue implies first finish with can't and then IIT which doesn't give the solution.
DeleteAlso a pangram - thanks for the puzzle Hypatia!
ReplyDelete25d wp is (r)(-t)ook, IMU.
ReplyDeleteI liked the rev hidden 23d EDITORIAL. Though, strictly, an editorial is a piece in newspaper not 'of paper', the clue avoids any cliched treatment that we know and uses a practice in our country of packing food in old newspaper. Also it uses Indian cooking ingredient as part of hidden fodder.
ReplyDeleteI also liked the simple but lovely RA in 22d.
Beautiful puzzle! Hypatia uses many tricks of the trade to weave a pangramatic magic.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the entertainment, Hypatia
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ReplyDeleteDid not notice the pangram- was absorbed in solving & enjoying the puzzle.
Liked the Editorial in reverse gear!
Lovely & easy one 😊 Neatly rolled malai roti in newspaper 😀
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