ACROSS
1 Preserve jam (6) PICKLE [DD}
4 Married criminal reaches jail with everyone evacuated (8) CONJUGAL {CON}{JUG}{AlL}
10 Left that old, boring, extremely tiresome game (6-3) TWENTY ONE {WENT}{YON} in {Ti...mE}
11 Jack escaped from work using influence (5) LOBBY Anno pending
12 War cries from rebellious Nazi base, mostly (7) BANZAIS {NAZI+BASe}*
13 Support provided by fine dog (7) MASTIFF {MAST}{IF}{F}
14 English ruler struggling to make supplies last (5) EKING {E}{KING}
15 The Don is temporarily protecting a pleasure-seeker (8) HEDONIST*
18 Paul came around offering an apology (3,5) MEA CULPA*
20 Study short, lively dance (5) CONGA {CON}{GAy}
23 Many English men put out (7) UMPTEEN {E+MEN+PUT}*
25 Working in public transport systems yields extra benefits (7) BONUSES {B{ON}USES}
26 Planet very close to earth, orbiting sun (5) VENUS {V}{E}{SUN<=}
27 At the banks of Danube, setter participated in match and had a fun time (4,5) MADE MERRY {ME}{Da...bE} in {MARRY}
28 Precipitation — a drop of rain — remains on head (8) RASHNESS {Rain}{ASH}{NESS}
29 Groom stole away to get married, essentially (6) OSTLER {STOLE*}{marRied}
DOWN
1 After work is over, proposes drinks (8) POTABLES {OP<=}{TABLES}
2 City is nice, and mostly hot — melting! (7) CHENNAI {NICE+ANd+H}*
3 Dull love-life’s starting to suffer? Charge it! (9) LETHARGIC {Lo...e}{CHARGE+IT}*
5 I won’t allow this location of funeral service? (4,2,4,4) OVER MY DEAD BODY [DD]
6 Shocks student in BITS (5) JOLTS {JO{L}TS}
7 Craze over containers for miscellaenous items (7) GUBBINS {BUG<=}{BINS}
8 Termination of a fly in motion (6) LAYOFF*
9 Famous people in institutions, about to apply control over North America (9,5) HOUSEHOLD NAMES {HO{USE}{HOLD}{NA}MES}
16 Familiar addresses to steal by illegal means (9) NICKNAMES {NICK}{MEANS*}
17 Pessimist wasted many years losing money (8) NAYSAYER {mANY+YEARS}*
19 Old pots containing many balloons (7) EXPANDS {EX}{PAN{D}S}
21 A breathtaking passage (7) NOSTRIL [CD]
22 Queen, say, makes a shrill sound (6) QUAVER {QU}{AVER}
24 A bit of smog possibly seen around German city (5) ESSEN {Smog} in {SEEN}*
Reference List
Fine = F, English = E, Very = V, Hot = H, Student = L, Money = M, Many = D, Queen = QU
1 Preserve jam (6) PICKLE [DD}
4 Married criminal reaches jail with everyone evacuated (8) CONJUGAL {CON}{JUG}{A
10 Left that old, boring, extremely tiresome game (6-3) TWENTY ONE {WENT}{YON} in {T
11 Jack escaped from work using influence (5) LOBBY Anno pending
12 War cries from rebellious Nazi base, mostly (7) BANZAIS {NAZI+BAS
13 Support provided by fine dog (7) MASTIFF {MAST}{IF}{F}
14 English ruler struggling to make supplies last (5) EKING {E}{KING}
15 The Don is temporarily protecting a pleasure-seeker (8) HEDONIST*
18 Paul came around offering an apology (3,5) MEA CULPA*
20 Study short, lively dance (5) CONGA {CON}{GA
23 Many English men put out (7) UMPTEEN {E+MEN+PUT}*
25 Working in public transport systems yields extra benefits (7) BONUSES {B{ON}USES}
26 Planet very close to earth, orbiting sun (5) VENUS {V}{E}{SUN<=}
27 At the banks of Danube, setter participated in match and had a fun time (4,5) MADE MERRY {ME}{D
28 Precipitation — a drop of rain — remains on head (8) RASHNESS {R
29 Groom stole away to get married, essentially (6) OSTLER {STOLE*}{
DOWN
1 After work is over, proposes drinks (8) POTABLES {OP<=}{TABLES}
2 City is nice, and mostly hot — melting! (7) CHENNAI {NICE+AN
3 Dull love-life’s starting to suffer? Charge it! (9) LETHARGIC {L
5 I won’t allow this location of funeral service? (4,2,4,4) OVER MY DEAD BODY [DD]
6 Shocks student in BITS (5) JOLTS {JO{L}TS}
7 Craze over containers for miscellaenous items (7) GUBBINS {BUG<=}{BINS}
8 Termination of a fly in motion (6) LAYOFF*
9 Famous people in institutions, about to apply control over North America (9,5) HOUSEHOLD NAMES {HO{USE}{HOLD}{NA}MES}
16 Familiar addresses to steal by illegal means (9) NICKNAMES {NICK}{MEANS*}
17 Pessimist wasted many years losing money (8) NAYSAYER {
19 Old pots containing many balloons (7) EXPANDS {EX}{PAN{D}S}
21 A breathtaking passage (7) NOSTRIL [CD]
22 Queen, say, makes a shrill sound (6) QUAVER {QU}{AVER}
24 A bit of smog possibly seen around German city (5) ESSEN {S
Reference List
Fine = F, English = E, Very = V, Hot = H, Student = L, Money = M, Many = D, Queen = QU
15A is a telescopic clue and not anagram, Colonel. tHE DON IS Temporarily, with protecting as telescopic ind
ReplyDeleteRight now on the move to Tarn Tarn and Amritsar, will amend the blog later
Delete11A is wrong, my apologies.
ReplyDeleteThe intended clue was Newbie Jack escaped from work using influence
L + (-J)OB + BY (using)
Wordplay for L got missed out :(
Was wondering about that.
DeleteNice puzzle KrisKross. Missed BANZAIS, GUBBINS. Got TWENTY ONE from crossings but had to google it. I only know of a card game called 28
ReplyDeleteThanks Ramki for the entertainment.
ReplyDeleteWaiting in the lobby for looooong for sundries!!!
Very enjoyable puzzle.
ReplyDeleteVery nice grid as usual from Ramki.
ReplyDeleteParticularly Liked 10A, 13A, 26A (my COTD), 1D, 2D (is it that nice?, I wonder), 8D(another COTD) and 21D among others
Nice Puzzle! Liked Over My Dead Body, Mea Culpa, Nostril among many good clues. Thanks KrisKross.
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DeleteI would like to add Rashness and naysayer also.
Thank you Ramki.
4a and 29a, tauba tauba!
ReplyDelete21d was really breathtaking.
9d i had hous(hold)(nam)es. but i realise COL anno is the one.
19d had n for many, but the filled in the answer without focussing on anno.
nice morning jog, ramki. thanks
To think that I missed out on Chennai!! I always make the mistake of attaching 'mostly' to the next word (here it is hot) Nicely done anyway.
ReplyDeleteI was fooled for a long time with the capitalisation of BITS. Easily attached to it since my daughter studied there.
ReplyDelete10AC I remember we used to play twenty-one card game in our childhood days. We called it in our place [AP] by name 'NUX [or knucks or some other homophone sound].
ReplyDeleteI googled for this name but didn't get. Can anyone share their experience with this game?
Probably, Prasad can throw more light?
Thanks in advance.
Those matters, "ramudu manchi baludu" (ram is a good boy). but heard the homophone nas/yas (dutch import). but in relation to variant of bridge/trump (unnis/bees/ikkis/unthees)
DeleteGot them all except the upper right hand corner! Fun clues. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteLovely grid. Thank you Ramki.
ReplyDeleteI dont know why , GUBBINS reminded me of a PGW character.
ReplyDeleteAgain, LAYOFF , I thought , a two word , with a hyphen or is it used here as a noun LAYOFF?
QUAVER is shrill ? I thought it meant to quake? POTABLES can be plural too ?
All in all, a crispy one from KrissKros .
M-W defines potable as a noun as well
DeleteDefinition of potable (Entry 2 of 2)
: a liquid that is suitable for drinking
especially : an alcoholic beverage
2) I used layoff (single word) in the noun form. The verb form is "lay off" (ref M-W)
I used QUAVER as noun (a shrill sound)
DeleteI think only quiver is quake and not quaver. Am I right?
DeleteFollowed CV's advice and referred to dic.
DeleteQuiver has 2 meanings- shake/ quiver of arrows.
Are CONJUGAL and MARRIED proper synonyms?
ReplyDeleteYes. Chambers has those two as synonyms
DeleteCould you please show me how it works in a sentence?
Deletee.g. "... enjoyed a conjugal life..." and "...enjoyed a married life..." are synonymous usages.
DeleteThank you everyone for the comments and feedback.
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