ACROSS
1 Pal, say breaks apart, he accompanies bride (7) PAGEBOY
5 Children – half are against outside baseball team (7) MOPPETS {M{OPP
9 Initially after gaining lustre, one will be shining (5) AGLOW Acrostic
10 Telerecording cows on range (9) KINESCOPE {KINE}{SCOPE}
11 Players scolded and emasculated (9) CASTRATED {CAST}{RATED}
12 Harvest from land, lose a yard and gain a foot (5) YIELD (-f+y)YIELD Is the clue correct?
13 Urge state department take lead (4) GOAD {GOA}{D
15 Lad carrying weapon in English town (8) YARMOUTH {Y{ARM}OUTH}
18 It could be as silken as fur (8) SEALSKIN*
19 Wrong to leave a pancake half-eaten (4) TORT TORT
22 Some reviews are possible for entertainment (5) OPERA [T<=]
24 Doctors insure, not that they are detected rarely (9) NEUTRINOS*
26 Short movie on Royal denouncement (9) PHILIPPIC {PIC}<=>{PHILIP}
27 Subdue two females in the family (5) DAUNT
28 One learns to play in a team (7) ARSENAL {A}{LEARNS*}
29 Horses bearing packing material (7) DUNNAGE {DUN}{NAG}{E}
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1 He is known for constant forays into wood (6) PLANCK {PLAN{C}K}
2 Complaint, by the way everyone's gone out (9) GALLSTONE {G{ALL}{ST}ONE}
3 Fan left out of framework (5) BOWER B
4 Talk about entry – not even for oxen on either side (6-3) YAKETY-YAK {YAK}{E
5 Crazy to take on a single unit (5) MONAD {M{ON}AD}
6 US spy goes walking, to beat around the bush (9) PUSSYFOOT {US+SPY}*{FOOT}
7 Girl assumes it's alright to arouse (5) EVOKE {EV{OK}E}
8 Changing dates – unknown or well known date? (6) STEADY {DATES*}{Y}
14 Boy gets up at one, man's outside with dog (9) DALMATIAN {LAD<=}{M{AT}{1}AN}
16 Abandoned cat in Harrow (9) RENOUNCED {REN{OUNCE}D}
17 Natural, at random find an eight footer (9) TARANTULA*
21 To be in Paris, climb twice and fly (6) TSETSE {EST}{EST}<=
24. Discontented native on China as a nation (5) NEPAL {N
Reference List
Page = P, Boy = AL, Yard = Y, Foot = F, Daughter = D, One = A, Bearing = E, Constant = C, Way = ST, Left = L, Unknown = Y, To be(in French) = EST, China = Mate = PAL, Writing = R
27a D (daughter) Aunt. Courtesy Vasant
ReplyDeleteDid you read my mind,Prasad?
DeleteYour mind is explicit!
DeleteYou do your research thoroughly before posting. The clue appeared in an Arden puzzle on 31st May 2016 where I had given the partial anno and Bhavan had completed the anno. It was clued then as
DeleteBrowbeat two females in the family
One word missing from the 1st sentence:You always do your research....
DeleteSometime back you asked why I was reading old posts. "Anno pending" posts give the different play types on clue. This one was in memory when solving. Yes, checked the date before posting.
DeleteBut to read the conversations between kishors, Richard, col, CV and few others from those days is nothing less than a good book. There is also enough enlightenment material there.
12a lose (clear/) a yard: yd
ReplyDeleteGain
A:I
Foot/measure:el.
Def:haaravest fraaaom land.IMU.
The def. is more confusing than the original clue! Can you please recheck, Prasad?
DeleteI am with Col. on the anno. The cluing in fact leads to field.
Sorry. Don't know how that happened. Typing from tab.
DeleteDef:harvest from land as in agricultural yield.
Agree on the anno. Its Arden so it could end up being an idiom.
Agree with Col. & KKR.
DeleteIt is a reverse deletion!
Delete1a pal: P All, page boy.
ReplyDeleteNot all, pls read Al.
DeleteGreat Solve!
Delete1D- I think the def. is only 'He is known', since constant is needed in wp.
ReplyDeleteRemember Planck's Constant?
DeleteI remeber, but constant C is needed in wp to get 'planCk'.
DeleteSo the def. is obviously 'he is known'.
Otherwise constant is on double duty.
Yes. It is.
DeleteWe seem to be getting China as a pal quite frequently (Nepal)
ReplyDeleteIs the 'Pal' in 1A also has anything to do with china?
What Prasad means for 1A- P+Al-
ReplyDeleteIs it P for page & Al for boy?
Yes
DeleteThank you Vasant.
ReplyDelete12A Clue, I think, should read the otherway- lose a foot and gain a yard.
ReplyDeleteWhen one looses a yard and gain only a foot, one has actually yielded (to enemy/opponent).
DeleteBut we don't harvest to lose.
Delete29A: where did the last E come from?
ReplyDeleteHi Amita. E is from Bearing. Bearing as in direction used in navigation. Bearing can be abbreviated as N, S, E, W.
DeleteTough but clear. Esp. liked 17D tarantula.
ReplyDeleteIn 1a - how do I get age? Al is for boy - although normally al refers to criminal (Capone). P + boy. How do u get age?
ReplyDeletePal =P+AL(instruction is clear.. Say, break apart) P is short for page and Al is a name of a boy.
DeleteIn 16a how does cat lead to ounce?
ReplyDeleteOunce is a member of the feline fsmily
DeleteSorry. But what is the connection between China & pal?
ReplyDeleteCockney rhyming slang
DeleteChina plate(in short China) =Mate
Thanx in advance. 😁
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