Sunday 28 July 2019

The Sunday Crossword No 3058, Sunday 28 Jul 2019

3789
ACROSS
1   HS2's plans: official reports describe detailed electric transportation (6,6) BULLET TRAINS {BULLET{mART<=}INS}
10 Disney tune the French singer's getting to at last (3,2,2) LET IT GO {LE}{TIT}{Ge...g}{tO}

11 Hanover king, egregious lunatic after losing America (6,1) GEORGE 1  EGREGIOus*
12 Get on... get on... about... about... (5) AGREE {AG{RE}E}
13 Final half of bowling, champ's losing heart a lot (4,4) VERY MUCH {deliVERY}{MUnCH}
15 Rashly, he sued aunt for carelessness (5,5) UNDUE HASTE*
16 Vain and regularly indulged (4) IDLE InDuLgEd
18 Dutch specialty that's made round? (4) EDAM* &lit
20 To be summarily dismissed, you might do this at the butcher's counter (3,3,4) GET THE CHOP [DD]
22 A polenta stew requiring next to no effort (2,1,5) ON A PLATE*
24 Sun god's receiving thanks from worshipper (5) RASTA {RA'S}{TA}
26 Original impetus for feminist campaign (5,2) TIMES UP*
27 Actually, half-missing dearly departed balloon (7) INFLATE {INFact}{LATE}
28 Atmospheric processes produced by automobiles overtaking bishop on bike (6,6) CARBON CYCLES {CAR{B}{ON}{CYCLE}S}

DOWN
2   Spoke, and mumbled, without mumbling at first (7) UTTERED mUTTERED
3   Um... I'd like to have a look at that (3,2,3) LET ME SEE [DD]
4   Also, knight removed from chessboard (4) TOOK {TOO}{K}
5   Taking last two slices, bistro guest ate in country, not respecting others (5,5) ROGUE STATE [T] What is 'last two slices' for? Where is the telescopic indicator?
6   Make horizontal axis the reverse of what you'd expect (5) IRONY {IRON}{Y}
7   'Good to enter into unrestrained nudism': big name in psychoanalysis (7) SIGMUND {SI{G}MUND*}
8   Somehow, seaport usable for vessels used only for fun (8-5) PLEASURE-BOATS*
9   Pershing felt a worry, creating machines of war (7,6) FIGHTER PLANES*
14 Become a success, capable of recompense (4,2,2,2) MAKE IT UP TO {MAKE IT}{UP TO}
17 Enormous jerk about to commit sin with one female (8) TERRIFIC {T{ERR}{1}{F}IC}
19 American cinema, oddly uninspiring (7) ANAEMIC {A}{CINEMA*}
21 One caught in childhood game wearing quaint socks (7) HOSTAGE {HOS{TAG}E}
23 Behold! First half of pulpit address delivers one that's been left behind (5) LOSER {LO}{SERmon}
25 Element derived from quartz in compounds (4) ZINC [T]

Reference List
The French = LE, About = RE, Thanks = TA, Bishop = B, Axis = Y, Good = G, Female = F, American = A, Behold = LO

GRID

5 comments:

  1. 5d. There is no T. Just take last two letters of bistro. And the rest as it is.

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    1. That is okay to say after you put in the answer. But the surface does not lead you to that answer

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    2. I took slices as BITS for deletion. [Taking means removing]
      Don't ask me why last two!

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    3. Besides, the telescopic fodder should not end (or begin) with the last (or first) letter of the solution word/phrase.

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