Thursday 30 July 2020

No 13001, Thursday 30 Jul 2020, Afterdark

Solution to 29A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular/novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS
1   Clearly defined like the squares here (5-3-5) BLACK-AND-WHITE Definition by example
10 Famous tennis player retires having pain, against Russian leader (9) GORBACHEV {BORG<=}{ACHE}{V} An error in the reversal
11 The pair buys egg from stall... (5) BOOTH {BO{O}TH}
12 ...or something egg shaped free on order (5) OVOID {VOID}<=>{O}
13 Assailant ripped apart by dogs (9) ALSATIANS*
14 Your old listener coming to the front is rude (6) EARTHY {THY}<=>{EAR}
16 Navy boarding American vessels... (4) URNS {U{RN}S}
19 ... in place of sublieutinant held in confinement (4) LIEU [T]
20 A maths problem? No it’s another problem (6) ASTHMA {A}{MATHS*}*
25 State has victory collecting small coins issued (9) WISCONSIN {WIN} over {S}{COINS*}
26 The 8th letter’s second page’s long (5) AITCH {pAge}{ITCH}
27 As per sources, Diana's uncle, Charles’ aunt Lizzie could be related to duke (5) DUCAL Acrostic
28 A film on how Titanic crashed; it’s shot with Navy’s involvement (9) CHINATOWN {HOW+TitANIC}*{N}
29 Bookings regarding supplies without significance (13) ?E?I?T?A?I?N? (Addendum - REGISTRATIONS {RE}{GIST}{RATIONS} - See comments)

DOWN
2   Wild pig, fat all around seen at port side (8) LARBOARD {LAR{BOAR}D}
3   Leafy vegetable, cold and raw (5) CHARD {C}{HARD}
4   One used butter at retreat, perhaps (6) ASHRAM {A}{SH}{RAM}
5   Visa issued to enter District of Columbia; prepared for tennis tournament (5,3) DAVIS CUP {D{VISA*}C}{UP}
6   Worker in costumes of natives, say (9) HABITANTS {HABIT{ANT}S}
7   After the onset of throat infection, sign of multiplication between neck and abdomen (6) THORAX {tHROAT}*{X}
8   Take no notice of Italian gentleman, he is off his head (6) IGNORE sIGNORE
9   Part with remark right away (5) PHASE PHrASE
15 Head office’s initial public offering is to collect money to distribute oil to common people (3,6) HOI POLLOI {HO}{IPO}{L}{OIL*}
17 Easygoing person or aggressive? Hard to say initially. Maybe a lion (8) PUSSYCAT {PUS(-s+h)HY}{CAT}
18 Say, Pondicherry district in demonstration, to start non-cooperation against closure (8) SHUTDOWN {SH{UT}{D}OWN} (Correction - {SH{UT}{D}OW}{No...n} - See comments)
21 Bach in Germany? Somewhat painful... (6) ACHING [T]
22 ... maybe it is Ludwig, Goransson that is (5) SWEDE [CD]
23 South Korean rapper at church to find energy and soul (6) PSYCHE {PSY}{CH}{E}
24 Soldier seen in a university at Chennai has chest pain (6) ANGINA {AN{GI}NA}
26 Summers are bad, animals can infringe at sources (5) ABACI Acrostic

Reference List
Against = V, Egg = O, Order = O, Navy = RN(Royal Navy), Small = S, Cold = C, One = A, Used = SH(Second Hand), Right = R, Money = L, Hard = H, District = D, Church = CH, Energy = E


18 comments:

  1. 17d Anno typo to be corrected (-h+S)

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    1. Is 'Say'= show. What is the containment indicator?
      Is the def. only closure and 'To start non co operation' to indicate N?

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    2. Say,pondichery =UT
      District= D
      Demonstration = shown
      in =containment ind
      Start N(on...) = N
      Def: closure

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    3. Pls read show not shown.

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    4. 18d
      Say is to indicate Pondicherry as an example of UT.
      UTD is Pondicherry district
      In is the containment indicator
      Demonstration is show
      Sh(utd) ow with n( start of non- cooperation.
      This is how I understood it

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    5. Still against is extra and is misleading. I mean,not a proper connector.

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    6. Thank you Prasad & AJ for the clarification.

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  3. 29ac
    REGSTRATIONS: bookings
    RE(regarding)GIST(significance)RATIONS(supplies)

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    1. " Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance."

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    2. In my solution at 8.40 for 29 ac, I is missing in REGISTRATIONS. Sorry.

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  4. Sorry. Noted for future.

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  5. 7D. Is infection anagrind? - VDS Prasad

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  6. How does "used" map to SH - 6D? TIA.

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  7. Oh secondhand probably. Sorry for all the loud thinking.

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