ACROSS
1 Controlling reserve player in dugout? (8) SUBDUING {SUB}{IN+DUG*}
5 Spooner says character from Athens very crazy (6) PSYCHOAnno not clear (Addendum (from ~ chi so) - See comments)
9 The male model had to think twice (8) HESITATE }HE}{SIT}{ATE}
10 Here UN is a force managed by church (6) FRANCE {F}{RAN}{CE}
12 Settle near a place to make a fresh beginning (6,3) SQUARE ONE {SQUARE}{ONE}
13 Dismiss old soccer player with foot broken (5) EXPEL {EX}{PELe}
14 It is used to raise // a fruit (4) JACK (DD)
16 Soldier crashed lorry carrying case of dynamite (7) ORDERLY {LORRY*} around {DynamitE}
19 “Saw” for “see” perhaps (7) PROVERB {PRO}{VERB}
21 Terrible bumpy ride (4) DIRE {RIDE*}
24 Nigerian capital of a Rani perhaps (5) NAIRA {A+RANI*}
25 Fruit bite Ernie prepared (9) TANGERINE {TANG}{ERNIE*}
27 Wear a false beard (6) ABRADE }A}{BEARD*}
28 US State made law a reality, essentially (8) DELAWARE (T)
29 It’s ultimately arid, with withered trees (6) DESERT {ariD}{TREES*} &lit
30 Say, thousand and one regents at war around India (8) INTEGERS {I}{REGENTS*}
DOWN
1 That man’s involved in fraudulent business without a break (6) SCHISM {SCa{HIS}M}
2 Soup of rhubarb is queer-tasting (6) BISQUE (T)
3 Many leave to complain, say (5) UTTER {mUTTER}
4 Resort owner with extremely thick circle of friends (7) NETWORK {OWNER+ThicK*}
6 Nurse, forced to hug doctor, finally turned scarlet and quit (9) SURRENDER {NURSE*} around {doctoR}{RED<=}
7 Plan special prices on... (8) CONSPIRE {PRICES+ON*}
8 ...coats, also very defective (8) OVERLAYS {ALSO+VERY*}
11 Philosopher from unknown US city, needing no introduction (4) ZENO {Z}{rENO}
15 Great king once entered a country to meet queen (9) ALEXANDER {A}{L{EX}AND}{ER}
17 Man in Madrid watering hole's empty counter... (8) SPANIARD {SPA}{DRAIN<=}
18 ...stabs Paris don when fighting (8) PONIARDS {PARIS+DON*}
20 Flyers go in reverse (4) BATS {STAB<=}
21 Brown’s gone away to prison (7) DUNGEON {DUN}{GONE*}
22 “Constant speed — copy?” (6) PIRATE {PI}{RATE}
23 Soldiers wearing best possible caps (6) BERETS {BEST*} around {RE}
26 Delight from uplifting English story (5) ELATE {{E}{TALE}<=}
Colour/Font Scheme
1 Controlling reserve player in dugout? (8) SUBDUING {SUB}{IN+DUG*}
5 Spooner says character from Athens very crazy (6) PSYCHO
9 The male model had to think twice (8) HESITATE }HE}{SIT}{ATE}
10 Here UN is a force managed by church (6) FRANCE {F}{RAN}{CE}
12 Settle near a place to make a fresh beginning (6,3) SQUARE ONE {SQUARE}{ONE}
13 Dismiss old soccer player with foot broken (5) EXPEL {EX}{PEL
14 It is used to raise // a fruit (4) JACK (DD)
16 Soldier crashed lorry carrying case of dynamite (7) ORDERLY {LORRY*} around {D
19 “Saw” for “see” perhaps (7) PROVERB {PRO}{VERB}
21 Terrible bumpy ride (4) DIRE {RIDE*}
24 Nigerian capital of a Rani perhaps (5) NAIRA {A+RANI*}
25 Fruit bite Ernie prepared (9) TANGERINE {TANG}{ERNIE*}
27 Wear a false beard (6) ABRADE }A}{BEARD*}
28 US State made law a reality, essentially (8) DELAWARE (T)
29 It’s ultimately arid, with withered trees (6) DESERT {
30 Say, thousand and one regents at war around India (8) INTEGERS {I}{REGENTS*}
DOWN
1 That man’s involved in fraudulent business without a break (6) SCHISM {SC
2 Soup of rhubarb is queer-tasting (6) BISQUE (T)
3 Many leave to complain, say (5) UTTER {
4 Resort owner with extremely thick circle of friends (7) NETWORK {OWNER+T
6 Nurse, forced to hug doctor, finally turned scarlet and quit (9) SURRENDER {NURSE*} around {
7 Plan special prices on... (8) CONSPIRE {PRICES+ON*}
8 ...coats, also very defective (8) OVERLAYS {ALSO+VERY*}
11 Philosopher from unknown US city, needing no introduction (4) ZENO {Z}{
15 Great king once entered a country to meet queen (9) ALEXANDER {A}{L{EX}AND}{ER}
17 Man in Madrid watering hole's empty counter... (8) SPANIARD {SPA}{DRAIN<=}
18 ...stabs Paris don when fighting (8) PONIARDS {PARIS+DON*}
20 Flyers go in reverse (4) BATS {STAB<=}
21 Brown’s gone away to prison (7) DUNGEON {DUN}{GONE*}
22 “Constant speed — copy?” (6) PIRATE {PI}{RATE}
23 Soldiers wearing best possible caps (6) BERETS {BEST*} around {RE}
26 Delight from uplifting English story (5) ELATE {{E}{TALE}<=}
Reference List
The male=He, Force=F, Managed=Ran, Church=CE, A=One, Old=Ex, India=I
That man's=His, Many=M (Thousand), Unknown=Z, Queen=ER, Brown=Dun, Constant=Pi, English=E
That man's=His, Many=M (Thousand), Unknown=Z, Queen=ER, Brown=Dun, Constant=Pi, English=E
Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous
5a chi so.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this works
DeleteI think it could work. Greek character chi HP is kI and very=so[~sow]
DeletekIsow becomes sIkow~psycho
It will become siko and not syko
DeleteThe Greek character chi is pronounced as kai (as in kite) - verified it in Chambers just now. Very = so. The intended anno was spoonerism of kai-so => psycho. Let me know if I am missing something.
DeleteI understand that spoonerism is transposing syllables and not letters per se. But it still was a little confusing since we start looking for non existent homonyms.
DeleteThanks Ramki
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ReplyDeleteEnu is 6.
Poniard was a new word for me and I could not get it in spite of being an anagram.
ReplyDeleteCould not get Jack (was trying out yard) and pycho either.
Loved to spend an engaging hour nad loved proverb very much. Clever play of words.
10a- Is "Here U.N.is a" the def.?
ReplyDeleteyes in fench a = un!!
Deletepls read in french
DeleteGot it.False capitalisation. One is 'Una'in French.
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Delete"a" is un or une in French. "Here UN is a" is the definition (with UN falsely capitalized) leading to FRANCE.
DeleteJACK ALEXANDER was an unlikely name for a SPANIARD PIRATE who plundered the vessels plying on the FRANCE to DELAWARE sea route. He wore a TANGERINE BERET bearing the skull and crossbones. He was known to CONSPIRE with ZENO, the Nigerian harbour master, who did not HESITATE to feed him with the location of ships going "kriskross" on the ORDERLY NETWORK of the hiigh seas, in exchange for some NAIRA. Armed with just a PONIARD, he was SUBDUING captains in DIRE straits to a state of UTTER SURRENDER. The secret of his strength was not the rum but the BISQUE in his hip flask. The coastguard finally overcame him and he was EXPELled from the country and thrown into a DUNGEON teeming with BATS, where he became a PSYCHO. As the PROVERB says "the mills of God grind slow but sure".
ReplyDeletewow!
DeleteOne more wow!
Deleteultimate compilation.....gr8
DeleteThank you all
DeleteAnother Wow!
DeleteGreat story of a pirate who became a psycho and there is Krisskross too!
ReplyDeleteThank you doctor.
Enjoyable weekend offering. Thanks KrisKross.
ReplyDeletekrisskross..........28a and 2d .puzzles were awesome. .i have no words. I got the answer with lot of T&E method. my precious time spent with THC. Thanks to col. too and have a gr8 week end.
ReplyDeleteThank you KrisKross for a wonderful week end puzzle.
ReplyDelete29A is semi & Lit and not & Lit as "It's" has no role in Wordplay.
I liked the ploy in using capital in n
ReplyDeleteNIGERIA .One would usually look for the name of the capital of Nigeria. Abuja!
Thanks Krisskross for an interesting grid, which I completed ,as my wife was driving to town.
I especially enjoyed 10A: France,19A: proverb, 5D: psycho. Thank you, KrisKross!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for the comments!
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