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ACROSS
1 Censure nation backing help in retrospect (8)
5 Sailor with a large animal (6)
9 Old boy's leaving one thousand to deal with barrier (8)
10 Attendant to escape with gold ornament in the end (6)
12 Start off at upward slope of trail (5)
13 Be rough in fracas with one next door (9)
14 Had her engaged somewhat to follow exactly (6)
16 Hundred start off to see European right fielder in baseball (7)
19 Silent after website's last part of altered sentence (7)
21 A religious education housing may be known only to few (6)
23 Chimney's bottom – replace if broken (9)
25 Stuffing caught inside dish (5)
26 Proxy generally withheld what's vital to one's life (6)
27 Caretaker of plants angered by accident beside river (8)
28 Strike from French engineer going after permit (6)
29 Solemn payment always accommodated (8)
DOWN
1 Retracted statement, say empty and tired (6)
2 Engineer made trams in capital city (9)
3 Ultimately fear heading off to seaside on extremely hot day (5)
4 Support ball initially with a long spear (7)
6 Doctor teaches one at first to be artistic (9)
7 Acceptable to pack plaything going north to Japanese city (5)
8 It rarely becomes formal (8)
11 Element's atomic number – 1 plus a large number before 100 (4)
15 Apparatus with potential energy men quit assembling (9)
17 Sped past deer approximately east with difficulty (9)
18 Reprimand a fine fellow going inside construction framework (8)
20 Weapon returned by master for evaluation (4)
21 Normal to declare on time (7)
22 Release detailed classified information (6)
24 Sovereign place by old river flowing north (5)
25 Concoct soft toffee (5)
2d Amsterdam anagram of made trams
ReplyDelete4d balance from B from ball a and Lance long spear
7d Tokyo from toy -plaything and OK -acceptable
13a neighbour anagram of be rough in
15d equipment PE -potential energy and men quit anagram
Please check 7dn. It's wrong.
DeleteI also made the same mistake before correcting.
Delete26ac oxygen (T)
ReplyDelete18 dn scaffold sc (a f(ine) f(ellow)old
15 dn equipment
28ac delete (de let e)
14ac adhere (had her)*
(p e men quit)*
14ac relook pls.
Delete1 d Drowsy statement-Word-retracted drow+s(a)y.
ReplyDelete18 d Scaffold-Construction framework.Reprimand-scold.Sc(aff)old.
aff-a fine fellow.
19 a commute-alter sentence.website last part-com+mute-silent.
23 a Fireplace-chimney bottom.Anag of replace if.
26 a Oxygen-prOXY GENerally.
compensating for18d.
ReplyDelete21 d average.-normalAver-declare.time-age
compensating for 15dn
ReplyDelete1ac diatribe dia(aid) tribe(nation)
7 Dn: KYOTO ....OK = acceptable ,TOY = plaything ; going north is KYOTO ( with TOY packed inside acceptable.
ReplyDelete5 across: Sailor= JACK ; a large= AL; JACKAL is the animal
ReplyDelete10 Ac: (ESC)+ gold (OR)+ end of ornament T= ESCORT meaning attendant
ReplyDelete21 Dn: to declare= AVER; time= AGE
ReplyDeleteNormal = AVERAGE
27 AC: Anagram of Angered and r( river )= GARDENER= caretaker of plants.
ReplyDeleteAnag.indicator is by accident.
9a obstacle obs old boys tackle -deal with
ReplyDeleteNot complete. Take a second look.
Delete1 diatribe aid + tribe , nation
ReplyDelete12 scent a off in ascent
5 jackal jack +a+l
19 commute com+ mute
4 balance ba+ lance
ReplyDeleteHappy to have completed without any external assistance. Thank you Lightning.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteIn fact, it was a light[E]ning strike!!!
6d. Anagram of teaches plus one gives you aesthetic.
ReplyDelete16a
ReplyDeleteCatcher
C hundred. start off to see (w)atch
Europeaan right leader. er
21a. Ar(can)e . A relegious education (are) maybe can gives you arcane
ReplyDelete21a
ReplyDeleteArcane
a religious education - a re
may be - car. ar(can)e
25a
ReplyDeletecaught is c. Dish is fare
farce is the answer
17d. Hindrance. Hind is a type of deer sped is ran and approx.east gives you this
ReplyDelete29a
ReplyDeletepayment. Rent
always. ever
r(ever)ent
8d
ReplyDeleteit rarely. anagram literary: formal
21 Ac ARCANE - AR(eligious) CAN E(ducation) -little known.
ReplyDelete29 Ac. REVERENT - R-EVER-ENT Always(ever) in payment(rent)
ReplyDelete20d
weapon: axe returned exa
Master: m
exam
24d
ReplyDeleteold river is. OR flowing north ro
place is lay
ROYAL the
Only 5 per commentator!!!
DeletePrasad- Commentator? Cricket mode?
DeleteBoth mean same like as
DeleteTo make things easier for late comers!
ReplyDeleteYET TO BE SOLVED.....
Across :: 9 & 14 needing annotations.
Down :: 3, 11, 22 & 25 needing solutions and annotations.
9A OBSTACLE OBS+TAC(-K)LE Deal
ReplyDelete3D ROAST Fea(R + (-C)oast Seaside
22D SECRET(-E) to Release Secrete
25 FUDGE (DD)
3d.ROAST ultimately feaR heading off
ReplyDeleteseasidecOAST on extremely hot
day
14a.ADHERE H(ad her e)ngaged somewhat
to (follow exactly)
LAST ONE TO BE SOLVED....
ReplyDeleteDown clue no.11
Zinc- Element
ReplyDeleteA bit doubtful about anno-
Large no.- Zillion (is Zi the abbreviation?)
Atomic no. -1= AN_A=N
100=C
Symbol for atomic number is Z. 1=I, large number=n , 100=c
DeleteThank you Prasad. I was waiting for your clarification.
DeletePrasad, the ultimate 'go to man'!!
DeleteThank you MB for simplifying.
ReplyDeletePANGRAM!
ReplyDeleteOh,Really!
ReplyDeleteNone of us noticed it.
I did this puzzle in Bangkok today.. Not in the morning but late in the afternoon.. A quick but enjoyable solve.. Loved the usual crisp clues.
ReplyDeleteAJ
ReplyDeleteIt was a nice experience