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Across
1 Fire hose and reels redesigned (11) REFASHIONED :: Anag ofFIRE HOSEand , 'reels' being anag ind
2 Arabian prince featured in the Mirror (4) EMIR :: hidden in thE MIRor
9 Sauce with minor twists in a key preparation (4,6) MAIN COURSE Anag of SAUCEMINOR MA
10 Pavilion’s look and smell (6) GAZEBO :: cha of gaze + BO (body odour)
11 Safe / sitting on the fence (7) NEUTRAL :: DD?
13 Vessel's small crew starting to smoke a joint (9) STEAMSHIP :: cha S TEAM S HIP
15 Western prophet, about 16 (5) SEWER :: SEER going round W (def: drain at 16)
16 Reduction in estimated rainfall (5) DRAIN :: hidden in estimateD RAINfall
18 She got men to dance to a signature tune (5,4) THEME SONG :: anag of SHEGOTMEN
22 Royal, like Rajasthan! (7) STATELY :: DD - I thin the ref s to the cricket team?
23 Novel shipped again as told (6) RECENT :::: RE + sent (hp of re-sent
26 Famous people and good intellectuals about town primarily (10) GLITTERATI :: G + LITTERA(T)I/
27 Hitch during a major operation (4) ROPE :: hidden in majoR OPEration :: What is the def? Hitch as a v. = rope, v.
28 Nice article about skilled worker (11) ELECTRICIAN anag of NICEARTICLE
Down
1 With force break a wall (7) RAMPART :: cha of RAM PART
2 Almost lose form (5) :: FORGE : Forge(t) Is the def 'lose' okay?
3 Problems first day of the week - boring calls (7) SUMMONS :: Mon in SUMS, boring is c/c ind
4 Hard to keep away from national flag (4) IRIS :: H deleted from Irish :: what is the def?
5 Steal extremely essential coin (6) NICKEL ::: cha of NICK E...L
6 For sure empty - US's bold moves (9) DOUBTLESS
7 Property of English territory (6) ESTATE :: cha of E state
12 Trivial match (5) LIGHT, match being what you strike when ighting a fire
14 Appear to hold complete awareness - basically not seen in a philosopher (9)
17 Upset with headless/ mindless talk (6) RATTLE
19 Swallow one's drink (7) MARTINI - martin (bird) I (1, one)LIGH
20 Eventually, reduction in energy and power with this type of bowling (7) NINEPIN - N IN E P and the rest? How do you break this up? Properly defined as an adj
21 Cheat escapes we hear (6) FLEECE v. to cheat :: hp of flees
24 Dog otherwise seen in animated imagery (5) CORGI :: or in CGI = Computer Graphics Interface - sree_sree?
25 Catch up and leave (4) PART :: rev of trap
Now, is there any minor theme? I leave it to my readers to point it out.
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Across
1 Fire hose and reels redesigned (11) REFASHIONED :: Anag ofFIRE HOSEand , 'reels' being anag ind
2 Arabian prince featured in the Mirror (4) EMIR :: hidden in thE MIRor
9 Sauce with minor twists in a key preparation (4,6) MAIN COURSE Anag of SAUCEMINOR MA
10 Pavilion’s look and smell (6) GAZEBO :: cha of gaze + BO (body odour)
11 Safe / sitting on the fence (7) NEUTRAL :: DD?
13 Vessel's small crew starting to smoke a joint (9) STEAMSHIP :: cha S TEAM S HIP
15 Western prophet, about 16 (5) SEWER :: SEER going round W (def: drain at 16)
16 Reduction in estimated rainfall (5) DRAIN :: hidden in estimateD RAINfall
18 She got men to dance to a signature tune (5,4) THEME SONG :: anag of SHEGOTMEN
22 Royal, like Rajasthan! (7) STATELY :: DD - I thin the ref s to the cricket team?
23 Novel shipped again as told (6) RECENT :::: RE + sent (hp of re-sent
26 Famous people and good intellectuals about town primarily (10) GLITTERATI :: G + LITTERA(T)I/
27 Hitch during a major operation (4) ROPE :: hidden in majoR OPEration :: What is the def? Hitch as a v. = rope, v.
28 Nice article about skilled worker (11) ELECTRICIAN anag of NICEARTICLE
Down
1 With force break a wall (7) RAMPART :: cha of RAM PART
2 Almost lose form (5) :: FORGE : Forge(t) Is the def 'lose' okay?
3 Problems first day of the week - boring calls (7) SUMMONS :: Mon in SUMS, boring is c/c ind
4 Hard to keep away from national flag (4) IRIS :: H deleted from Irish :: what is the def?
5 Steal extremely essential coin (6) NICKEL ::: cha of NICK E...L
6 For sure empty - US's bold moves (9) DOUBTLESS
7 Property of English territory (6) ESTATE :: cha of E state
12 Trivial match (5) LIGHT, match being what you strike when ighting a fire
14 Appear to hold complete awareness - basically not seen in a philosopher (9)
17 Upset with headless/ mindless talk (6) RATTLE
19 Swallow one's drink (7) MARTINI - martin (bird) I (1, one)LIGH
20 Eventually, reduction in energy and power with this type of bowling (7) NINEPIN - N IN E P and the rest? How do you break this up? Properly defined as an adj
21 Cheat escapes we hear (6) FLEECE v. to cheat :: hp of flees
24 Dog otherwise seen in animated imagery (5) CORGI :: or in CGI = Computer Graphics Interface - sree_sree?
25 Catch up and leave (4) PART :: rev of trap
Now, is there any minor theme? I leave it to my readers to point it out.
oooOooo
14A ARISTOTLE TOT(-a)L in ARISE
ReplyDelete14d
Delete17d (-p)RATTLE
ReplyDelete+1
Delete26A I took it as G+LIT(T)ERATI though it doesn't make any difference to the solution.
ReplyDelete4d: Definition is flag
ReplyDelete+1
Delete24d computer generate imagery.
ReplyDeleteGenerated
Delete2D- IMO, 'Form' is the def.
ReplyDeletewp- Forget-T
The Q probably was lose as forget.
DeleteFrom Collins....
Delete2. verb
If you lose something, you do not know where it is, for example because you have forgotten where you put it.
I lost my keys. [VERB noun]
I had to go back for my checkup; they'd lost my X-rays. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: mislay, miss, drop, forget
Typo in 1A- 'And' to be included in anagram fodder. (in capitals)
ReplyDeleteIts there
Delete27A- Hitch=fasten=Rope looks ok as def.
ReplyDeleteTechnically hitch is a knot at the end of rope, tied to tow a boat or car but in common usage means the whole rope.
Delete20D- This is how I took it-
ReplyDeleteDef.- Type of bowling
Eventually reduction=N
in=in
Energy and power= EP
With=In
Power/hold/pin
DeleteI also took power=pin. Rest as given by Paddy.
Delete20D- I can't understand why 'this' is included,probably just for surface.
ReplyDelete+1. It makes the clue sort of &Litish
DeleteI also took it to mean, as compared to tenpin , ninepin needs less energy and power.
DeleteCV. Why no grid shown? Why black and white ? Colorful blog is preferable, though I know it is tedious. My opinion!
ReplyDeleteA well -knit grid ; thoroughly enjoyed solving. Thanks, Vulcan.
ReplyDelete6D where do letters T and E come from? what is the role of empty - ?
ReplyDelete+1. This clues seems to have not been annotated here.
DeleteI think (T E) it has some connection with punctuation mark - dash. Could it be empty dash meaning empty TracE?
Deletelooks like it; one meaning of dash is small amount. Thank you
DeleteDoesn't sound very convincing. '-' to dash to trace (which is a different meaning of dash and not '-') to T-E has multiple levels of indirection. However, I can't think of any other annotation!
DeleteMB an inspired piece of annotation! But I think a word is missing like Treasure( starting with T and ending with E)
Delete15Ac Should it not be necessary to say 16Ac instead of just 16 in the clue?
ReplyDeleteYour point will be right if there are both across and down clues. In this case, there is no down clue.
DeleteYes. I didn'tthink of it. Thank yu.
DeleteUnable to annotate 6D but otherwise enjoyable grid. Liked the 2 long anagrams 1A and 28A. Thanks Vulcan and CV!
ReplyDeleteCV Sir, thanks for coordinating . But the date is incorrectly shown as 28th september!!!
ReplyDelete6down se from (sure empty) + USS bold anagram gives doubtless. Sure is also part of definition.
DeleteLiked the grid.
Where is the T?
DeleteOh yes T is missing. I just filled it automatically..!
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