Sunday 1 December 2019

The Sunday Crossword No 3076, Sunday 01 Dec 2019


ACROSS
1   Forgiveness asked for in sheds, men hiding awkwardly (4-10) HIGH-MINDEDNESS*
10 Famous last words of cruciverbalist (1-4) A-LIST [T]
11 Pop star to name university (9) PRINCETON {PRINCE}{TO}{N}
12 NY neighbourhood for each and every schmuck (2-5) NO-HOPER {NoHo}{PER}
13 Tense after biting the French pastry (7) TARTLET {TART}{LE}{T}
14 Supplementary codex translated in part (5) EXTRA [T]
16 Perhaps a ... a tsarina's missing daughter in the end? (9) ANASTASIA {A+A+TSArINAS}* &lit
19 Actually, its fortress was erected in 1080! (9) NEWCASTLE [CD]
20 Missing a certain Kelvin, hangs around and pouts (5) SULKS SkULKS
22 Behind time, sped forward and fell over (7) TRIPPED {T}{RIPPED}
25 Longed for deanery to be given makeover (7) YEARNED*
27 Repay a literate maniac (9) RETALIATE*
28 Malaysian dish, followed by seconds, is satisfying (5) SATES {SATE}{S}
29 Throw men into canal, we get state of independence (3-11) LOW-MAINTENANCE*

DOWN
2   Varadkar etc worry, describing provision of mutton, vegetables etc (5,4) IRISH STEW {IRISH}{STEW}
3   Anxious in Phuket about missing Cambodia (3,2) HET UP PHUkET*
4   Bring in, from abroad, worker? It's vital (9) IMPORTANT {IMPORT}{ANT}
5   Tendency Germany has to introduce disagreement (5) DRIFT {D}{RIFT}
6   When Xmas comes, gives a speech and decks the hall (9) DECORATES {DEC}{ORATES}
7   One-time troll oddly getting praise (5) EXTOL {EX}{TrOlL}
8   Tsarina sacked entertainer (7) SINATRA*
9   Primarily miscast, Schwarzenegger in Hitchcock film (6) MARNIE {Mi...t}{ARNIE}
15 Unaccompanied, in palace, lap dancing (1,8) A CAPPELLA*
17 Extraordinary – topless way of dressing on Tyneside is a gas (9) ACETYLENE {ACE}{sTYLE}{NE}
18 Scratching bottom, pestilence stricken and crabby (9) SPLENETIC PESTILENCe*
19 Cruelly decapitated tarantula, twice: that's normal (7) NATURAL taRANTULA*
21 Kinky practice is seen in blue movie's intro (6) SADISM {SAD}{IS}{Mo..e}
23 Divided by West, proceeding without control (2,3) IN TOW {IN T(-w)O(+w)W}
24 With scores tied, you get tense (5) DRAWN [DD]
26 Lacking direction, getting further into the Red, maybe (2,3) AT SEA {AT}{SEA}

Reference List
Name = N, Tense = T, Kelvin = K, Time = T, Seconds = S, Cambodia = K, Germany = D, Tyneside = NE(postcode), West = W

9 comments:

  1. 3D Nice to see reference to a place where you live, though Phuket is quite far from where I live.

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  2. Replies
    1. In International Registration, K stands for Cambodia, as per freedictionary

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    2. from the days of kampuchea

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  3. A breather after racking my cranium in cracking 1 Across insane grid this weekend in Tokyo.

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  4. A breather after racking my cranium in cracking 1 Across insane grid this weekend in Tokyo.

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