Day 68 of 68 Stay safe at home
(Last day of Lockdown 4.0)
Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please submit all your answers in one comment.
(COMMENTS ENTERED WITH LESS THAN THREE ANSWERS WILL BE DELTED WITHOUT NOTICE, UNLESS THE COMMENTER SPECIFIES THAT IT IS A COMPENSATION FOR A REPEAT)
Starred clues are undefined but they belong to the same category.
ACROSS
5 *51 Queen's men ... (6)
7 * ... my French flyer arrested in shelter
(8)
9 Different date mix-up holds back Nobel
laureate (8)
10 Make certain it's seen
mysteriously over the ancient city (6)
11 *Best fruit held back to be
offered to a Holy man at first (5-7)
13 *Scratch a wedge used to
prevent motion (6)
15 *A high priest of Shiloh
detained nine Romans initially (6)
18 *A reprimand over an unhealthy
area given after this epidemic (12)
21 *Bowled over with no energy to
a novice (6)
22 *Reap if it's in a bad way (8)
23 Continent after follower's
model composition (8)
24 *Pontiff without a fight got
support (6)
DOWN
1 *Give a name on World Wide Web (8)
2 Court order makes him squirm (6)
3 Fool! An order held returning parasite (8)
4 In agreement peacekeepers have an issue (6)
6 USA since corrected provision (8)
7 The French comic died for a young Scotsman
(6)
8 Missile thrown back during extradition (4)
12 Brae skin without complaints
(8)
14 Hard limb to a small extent is
benign (8)
16 I twice held back some money
but had to start off (8)
17 *Restrained animal, a Gaur?
(6)
18 Troubled start across layer
(6)
19 City's parish priest held by a
sign (6)
20 *Scrollsaw cut oddly! (4)
Across Lite version can be accessed at DOPPELGANGER 30
Enjoy.
10A: ENS(UR)E
ReplyDelete4D: (UN)I(SON)
8D: DART <---T
10A: UR in SEEN*
Delete4D: UNISON {UN{I}SON}
ReplyDelete6D: ISSUANCE {USA+SINCE}*
10A: ENSURE {UR} in {SEEN}*
8d DART <- T
ReplyDelete6D ISSUANCE*
22A APERITIF*
My three undefined clues
ReplyDelete5A LI QU OR
15A EL(IX)I+R
17D MALAGA T
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ReplyDeleteReplacements
ReplyDelete8d: DART {T<--}
14D: HARMLESS {H}{ARM}{LESS}
2 down: WRITHE = court order= writ+he
ReplyDelete4 own: UN+I SON= in agreement
8 down: DART = missile . extradition = DART in reverse
Another replacement:
ReplyDelete23a: FANTASIA {FAN}{T}{ASIA}
23A- Fantasia- composition- FAN T ASIA
ReplyDelete20D- Cola (bear) sCrOlsAw
17D- Malaga-T- Starred clue
What is the bear in brackets for?
DeleteNot necessarily Gemini. Oddly can also mean alternate letters
DeleteCorrection posted later.
DeleteThe clue reads as cut oddly. Meaning you need to remove the odd letters to get the answer
Delete18 *A reprimand over an unhealthy area given after this epidemic (12)
ReplyDeleteSarsaparilla-a themed drink
A and RAP reversed(A reprimand over)
Ill is unhealth
A is area
all after Sars an epidemic
11 A *Best fruit held back to be offered to a Holy man at first (5-7)
Saint-Emilion-another themed drink
NO1 and Lime ( Best fruit) reversed(held back)
after Saint, holy man
1d *Give a name on World Wide Web (8)
Dubonet another themed drink
Dub is give a name
On is On
Net is www
1d is Dubonnet
DeleteWell solved Srinidhi.
DeleteNo crosswords from you during these lockdown days?
Sir, I have a few but the clues are so atrocious, can't have them published!
DeleteShall work on them.( Though we are having on line classes and from tomorrow zon line 2nd Sem exams-so not all that free during lockdown)
Ok, send it as and when you get free time to finish it
DeleteYes,lockdown is free only for some- probably most of them are already free!
Deletebrilliant solve by shrinidhi. learned a lot from the puzzle 18a. hats off to setter. heavy stuff concealed.
DeleteCorrection- Cola drink,not bear as mentioned above
ReplyDeleteYet to be solved
ReplyDeleteAcross - 7, 9, 13, 21, 24
Down - 3, 7, 12, 16, 18, 19
7A {LE{MON}{AD]E}
ReplyDelete9a ASSORTED (Date* around Ross reversed)
13a SCOTCH (MD)
3D Imbecile I {MB(LICE<)E}
ReplyDelete7D Laddie LA +DIED*
12D H(ILLS)IDE
Please note I have been deleting submissions with less than three answers unless they are compensations for a repeat
ReplyDeleteCol, do we have options to solve less than 3 in one go?
ReplyDeleteNo, unless only less than 3 answers are left
Delete😢😢😢
Delete9Ac ASSORTED - {A{SSOR{Ross<=)TED}-
ReplyDelete13Ac SCOTCH -(CD)
16Dn INITIATE - {I(NIT(TIN<=))I}{ATE}
You can as all your answers were repetitions. However you have to give the annotations.
ReplyDelete18d STRATA (start)*A
ReplyDelete19d ALEPPO a le(pp)o
24a POTEEN PO(TEE)N-tiff
For 9Ac
ReplyDelete18Dn STRATA - {START*}{A}
I put in one answer w/o intention of adding two more in another comment. Isn't that allowed?
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteNope, how will I see that unless you specify that no more answers are being attempted. :-)
DeleteThe reason for asking all answers in one comment is for ease of monitoring
DeleteI have always been for all three answers in one Comment. That is, not more than one post by one person/
DeleteHowever, I don't see why one cannot post just one or two as long as they don't enter a third separately.
You can enter one or two answers however one should also specify that no more will be added later. I added this rule based on your observation a few weeks ago
DeleteThank you.all three must be in one post, yes. I think one may be allowed to podt less than three with a PS saying they won't post any insin a second Comment.
DeleteYes that is the general idea
Delete16D I (TIN<)I (ATE) = initiate Tin = some money Had = ate
ReplyDelete12D H (ILLS) IDE ills = complaints hide = skin
Last one to be solved by someone who is yet to answer or someone taking a compensatory answer
ReplyDeleteAcross - 21
21AC B+OV[-e]R+I+L
DeleteBy the time I came here, the bowls are empty except this. So, I lapped it up against my liking! :(
DeleteThat is a wrap. Thanks to everyone for attempting
ReplyDeleteThanks Col for the sumptuous offering!
DeleteStarred clues made it tougher.
Stared clues made it easier IMO
DeleteInitially I wasted time misguessing the theme.
ReplyDeleteThank you Col.
Very entertaining and enjoyable. For me very challenging too...cheers!
ReplyDelete