Tuesday 1 September 2020

No 13029, Tuesday 01 Sep 2020, Lightning

Solution to 26A 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   Squeeze firm parliamentarian essentially missing break (8) COMPRESS {CO}{MP}{REceSS}
5   Distribute oddly superb tool (6) SPRAWL {SuPeRb}{AWL}
9   Average place to get food cut short a new cheese (8) PARMESAN {PAR}{MESs}{A}{N}
10 Right to flourish leaving society (6) PROPER PROsPER
12 Link with perhaps second electron (5) UNITE {UNIT}{E}
13 Irritability had to be self-controlled (9) TEMPERATE {TEMPER}{ATE}
14 Fiercely vigilant person put on covering (piece of cloth) (6) DRAGON {D{RAG}ON}
16 These may help you see spectacles (7) GLASSES [DD]
19 Leave behind with charge and heat (7) PASSION {PASS}{ION}
21 Gent going around northern Thailand with cloak (6) MANTLE {MA{N}{T}LE}
23 Cover a tax mix-up with machine (9) EXCAVATOR*
25 Choose short, ordinary thread primarily for embroidered loop (5) PICOT {PICk}{O}{Th...d}
26 Ridicule basketball move guarding fadeaway falling short (6) D?B?N? (Addendum - DEBUNK {D{EBb}UNK} - See comments)
27 Pressure damaged core coin (8) COERCION*
28 Left out, to hang loosely by river in jeopardy (6) DANGER {DANGlE}{R}
29 Unrestrained force once veil shattered (8) VIOLENCE*

DOWN
1   Letters from fancy Prussian to country (6) CYPRUS [T]
2   A grid dismantled in planet for festival (5,4) MARDI GRAS {MAR{A+GRID}*S}
3   Chief magistrate, going north, to change direction at Spain (5) REEVE {VEER<=}{E}
4   Simple painting perhaps separating bridge (7) SPARTAN {SP{ART}AN}
6   By mistake, police ran to China (9)  PORCELAIN*
7   This dominant male may come first (5) ALPHA [C&DD]
8   Generosity not enough to cover a royal grand excursion at first (8) LARGESSE {L{A}{R}{G}ESS}{Ex...n}
11 Very satisfied about oral tissues (4) SMUG<=
15 Formal complaint of care given at sea (9) GRIEVANCE*
17 Choice of the French dividing piece (9) SELECTION {SE{LE}CTION}
18 Starting price of loan with identity is very good (8) SPLENDID {SP}{LEND}{ID}
20 Pay attention to short letter (4) NOTE [DD]
21 Injure criminal with one inventor (7) MARCONI {MAR}{CON}{1}
22 Posture in second spell not right (6) STANCE {S}{TrANCE}
24 Taxi not out of small house (5) CABIN {CAB}{IN}
25 Risk for everyone by lake (5) PERIL {PER}{1}{L}

Reference List
Firm = CO, Parliamentarian = MP, New = N, Society = S, Electron = E, Ordinary = O, Left = L, River = R, Spain = E, Royal = R, Grand = G, The in French = LE, Starting Price = SP, Second = S, Rght = R, Lake = L



9 comments:

  1. No mistakes in TH- at least in the Chennai print edition!

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  2. very nice grid by Lightening. Esp. 1A,23A and 25D....but such a simple anno. I could not spotted in 25D....the word "everyone". confusing the annotation. finding the anno.for "PER". later understood that the word is one. but. the anno. to be split acc.to the answer.
    for me its a bit challenging one.

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  3. Easier fare from Lightening today. Nevertheless enjoyable.

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