Please submit all your answers in one comment.
Maximum three answers per solver.
Note: This has since been completed.
Across
1 Dates I've crushed act as sleep aid (8)
5 Preserve business degree-holder in wood (6)
10 One old dictator caught by strange element (7)
11 Inside, Tamil leader settles down and writes (7)
12 Take rest after minor snatch (6)
13 By stupid chance, I'm a garageman (8)
15 Born and died in want (4)
16 Fine operation around old music instrument (5-5)
18 Nobleman reported this change accepting red sleepwear (10)
20 Chatter on fabric endlessly (4)
23 Hide thus? (4,4)
24 Prince and the King are hip (6)
26 Urge fee alteration for political exile (7)
27 Stop mate as there's shortage in all previous openings (7)
28 White munition merchant is more friendly (6)
29 Such people have high interest in lending (8)
Down
1 Wisecrack's not in? Bad! Hard to accept! (5,2,4,4)
2 Shrink, beginning to deny success, led off (7)
3 Clan-based Telangana leader's almost coarse (6)
4 Virginia parliamentarian to improvise (4)
6 Part of vessel where the fashionable may be found? (8)
7 Feeler woman sent back following a new model (7)
8 See! A consortium's representation is happy to hear (5,2,4,4)
9 Straight over to railway reference book (9)
14 Quick-tempered, he'd catch out heartless chief (9)
17 Suppress saint's right view (8)
19 More brusque gangleader reportedly more abrasive (7)
21 Try to fill in this slot! (4,1,2)
22 Gobble up Dalit leader’s oeuvre endlessly and furiously (6)
25 Goddess loses credit in time of anxiety (4)
Maximum three answers per solver.
Note: This has since been completed.
Across
1 Dates I've crushed act as sleep aid (8)
5 Preserve business degree-holder in wood (6)
10 One old dictator caught by strange element (7)
11 Inside, Tamil leader settles down and writes (7)
12 Take rest after minor snatch (6)
13 By stupid chance, I'm a garageman (8)
15 Born and died in want (4)
16 Fine operation around old music instrument (5-5)
18 Nobleman reported this change accepting red sleepwear (10)
20 Chatter on fabric endlessly (4)
23 Hide thus? (4,4)
24 Prince and the King are hip (6)
26 Urge fee alteration for political exile (7)
27 Stop mate as there's shortage in all previous openings (7)
28 White munition merchant is more friendly (6)
29 Such people have high interest in lending (8)
Down
1 Wisecrack's not in? Bad! Hard to accept! (5,2,4,4)
2 Shrink, beginning to deny success, led off (7)
3 Clan-based Telangana leader's almost coarse (6)
4 Virginia parliamentarian to improvise (4)
6 Part of vessel where the fashionable may be found? (8)
7 Feeler woman sent back following a new model (7)
8 See! A consortium's representation is happy to hear (5,2,4,4)
9 Straight over to railway reference book (9)
14 Quick-tempered, he'd catch out heartless chief (9)
17 Suppress saint's right view (8)
19 More brusque gangleader reportedly more abrasive (7)
21 Try to fill in this slot! (4,1,2)
22 Gobble up Dalit leader’s oeuvre endlessly and furiously (6)
25 Goddess loses credit in time of anxiety (4)
1A Sedative - Dates I've*
ReplyDelete22D Devour
ReplyDelete26A Refugee - Urge fee*
ReplyDeletePaul...8 dn anagram of see a consortium.. MUSIC TO ONES EARS
ReplyDeletePaul.... 5ac MBA business degree. Elm ..forest E(MBA)LM...Preserve
ReplyDeletePaul 7 ac Elm.. forest MBA.. business degree. E(MBA)LM..preseve
ReplyDeletePaul.. sorry 7ac published twice
ReplyDeletePaul.... 13 ac anagram of chance I am ... MECHANIC ...a garage man
ReplyDelete15A NEED (NEE D)
ReplyDelete17D STRANGLE (ST R ANGLE)
7D ANTENNA A N T ANNE<=
19Dn GRUFFER G(ang leader)RUFF+ER reportedly more abrasive ( rough)
ReplyDelete10A- I R(IDI)UM- Element
ReplyDeleteOne- i
Old dictator- IDI
Strange- RUM
27A- STOMATA- Openings (in leaves)
Remove lat letter in
STO(P) MAT(E) A(S)
W ARMER- More friendly
White-W
Munition merchant- Armer
18AC NIGHT[~knight] SHI[R]T* R=red
ReplyDelete23AC SHUT AWAY [reverse anagram of thus]
1DN STICK IN ONE'S CRAW [anagram of wisecrack's not in]
Now I've understood the reverse anagram! The 23A SHUT AWAY here similar to 17A CLEAN AWAY of Xword 12759 (lat Saturday)
Delete12a kid nap minor - kid take rest -nap
ReplyDelete2 d dwindle-shrink d+win dle <led
ReplyDelete12 a kidnap rest-nap Minor-kid
3d tribal-clan.T+ribal-d.ribald-coarse.
4d vamp v a mp-parliamentarium
ReplyDeleteTo improvise
9d time chart CD
ReplyDeleteBrajesh, check it. This is incorrect answer.
DeletePl. check
Deletein lieu; d 12 a....
ReplyDelete7 d Antenna-feeler. a n t+anne-<woman
11ac indites
ReplyDelete3d tribal
2d dwindle
Annos please.
Delete14Dn HOTHEADED - O(u)THead(chief) inside He'D
ReplyDelete9d directory
ReplyDeletePlease provide anno
Delete16 AC mouth piano
ReplyDeletePlease check your answer.
Delete6Dn MIDSHIPS - CD
ReplyDeletenot a cd exactly!
DeleteMIDS+HIPS?
DeleteHip (fashionable) is found in mid(ddle) of ships (MID S(hip)S)
DeleteQuestion reg. 14Dn Hot-headed is a hyphenated word; then should the number of letters be given as (3-6) instead of 9 in the clue?
ReplyDeleteGood observation. But the two variants are acceptable.
DeleteOf course.
DeletePrasad,
ReplyDeleteNice that you are updating the grid.
not my work.
Delete???
DeleteWho is doing it?
may be down-across!
DeleteAnd now it vanishes!
DeleteHad some problems from time to time.
Delete20a CHIN (-O)
ReplyDelete29A USURIOUS - CD
11A INDITES (INSIDE)* WITH T IN
ReplyDeleteOR (INSIDE T)*
ReplyDelete24AC is my clue of the day!
ReplyDeleteShall we call it a princely clue? Stuck with it for a long time. Believe it or not it dawned on me after reading your comment!
ReplyDeletePricely!
Delete21d. HAVE A GO ( Try)
ReplyDelete25d. Cr(isis)- Anxiety
24a. NERVES (are hip)
24a For the answer see below.
Delete16a Forte Piano F operation*
ReplyDelete24a P Elvis
Just to explain 24A-
DeleteP from prince
King- Elvis (Priceley)
Pelvis- Hip (bone)
Agreed to make it COD.
Presley is the correct spelling.
DeletePrecisely,
DeleteTHE KING =Elvis
Aka Elvis the pelvis!!
Delete16a.FORTE PIANO - F(Operation)
ReplyDeleteIt is actually F(OPERATION)*
DeleteIt is not known....How many 'unknowns' are providing solutions and annotations!?
ReplyDeleteUnknown to me too!
DeleteI miss the Col's stern comments after one warning that he would delete the comments if no annotation is not provided ! Strict military orders !
DeleteIf no annotation is provided.
Delete6D my best clue; probably because partial to it being a sailor!
ReplyDeletecdrgani
ReplyDeleteI will try to set one thematic with nautical terms. Will take some time. Be visiting here.
Naughtical ?
DeleteNice wordplay, RajuU
ReplyDeleteI can expect a very good sailor's nautical and knotty , wink, wink,ribaldry grid from CV as is his wont.
DeleteLet it be nautical and not notical as Rajuji suggests, please.
ReplyDeleteBut see that it is not too knotty.
ReplyDeleteI am back in action. Will post from tomorrow onwards. I am at Delhi airport right now
ReplyDeleteWelcome back col.
DeleteWow!
DeleteHad a great time?
Welcome back Sir!
DeleteThe blog members will be too happy to see you back, Col!
DeleteWelcome back Col. All of us have been missing you !
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to it. Sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteThis comment was made for Gridman's indication of a thematic nautical CW and has come after Col.'s post. Equally fitting!
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