Saturday 7 November 2020

No 13087, Saturday 07 Nov 2020, Afterdark

 ACROSS

 Fail to honour some pair (5,1,7) BREAK A PROMISE {SOME+PAIR*} Reverse Anagram    
10 Criminal made a mistake kidnapping female? Granted (9) CONFERRED {CON}{F}{ERRED}
11 Abundant vegetation in meadow, fully empty (5) LEAFY {LEA}{FullY}
12 Chosen with ease reportedly to stay liberal at court (5) ELECT {E{L}E}{CT} ~EASE=EE
13 Planes are moored somehow at this place? (9) AERODROME {ARE+MORRED*} &lit  {ARE+MOORED*} &lit See comments
14 Read about right around to become strong (6) STURDY {STU{R<=}DY} Anno is correct?
16 For e.g. women clothed are lean (4) SWAY {S{W}AY}
19 Essentially boasting on wine (4) ASTI (T)
20 Endless traffic jams? Tax! (6) TARIFF {TRAFFIc*}
25 Puma store managed to be a longest running show in London (9) MOUSETRAP {PUMA+STORE*}
26 Hurts that country’s pushing South to the end (5) PAINS {(-s)PAIN(+S)}
27 Bowler takes breather in the beginning (5) LUNGI {LUNGI}{In}
28 Detailed talk behind electronic laboratory (9) ELABORATE {E}{LAB}{ORATE}
29 Days after rift, café closed early and moved the ones guiding in the streets (7,6) TRAFFIC LIGHTS {RIFT+CAFe*}{LIGHTS}

DOWN
2   Complete news on run coming up in the second position... (6-2) RUNNER-UP {RUN}{{PURE}{N}<=} Anno correct? News=N?
3   ... regarding a specialist (5) ANENT {AN}{ENT}
4   Ventilation route found in staircase (6) AIRWAY Anno not clear, part of STAIRWAY?
5   Embarrassed to be angry on humanitarian organisation (3,5) RED CROSS {RED}{CROSS}
6   Soppy show, endless music and crowd getting agitated primarily (9) MELODRAMA {MELODy}{RAM}{Agitated}
7   Sailors aged, so suffers (3,3) SEA DOG {AGED+SO*}
8   Entry in account’s less, should have hundred instead of fifty... (6) ACCESS {AC}{(-l+C)ESS}
9   ... entered and sorted? (5) TYPED (DD)
15 Doubt that cop’s boy corrupted file after consuming drug (9) DISBELIEF {DI}{S}{B}+{FILE*} around {E}
17 Country was in double-digit inflation at the beginningBritish PM (8) DISRAELI {Double-digit}{ISRAEL}{Inflation}
18 Watchful as at six, huge lake breached in (8) VIGILANT {VI}{GI{L}ANT}
21 Infect or take care of, leave out nothing, administer drug (6) FESTER { Fo{E}STER}
22 Comprehend that a business segment has to take large loans first (5) SMELL {SME}{L}{Loans}
23 Soldier is enduring trouble without Delta unit (6) GUNNER {ENdURiNG*}
24 Being feverish, wraps second blanket to stretch (6) SPRAWL {WRAPS*} around {bLanket}
26 Point in press release is not good. Has nothing in it (5) PRONG {PR}{O}{N}{G}
 
Reference List

Female=F, Liberal=L, Court=Ct, Right=R, Women=W, South=S, Electronic=E, A=An, Specialist=ENT, Hundred=C, Fifty=L, Boy=B, Drug=E(Ecstasy), Six=VI, Lake=L, Nothing=O, Business Segment=SME, Large=L, Delta=D, Unit=I
 
Colour/Font Scheme

DefinitionSolutionComponent lettersEmbedded linksTheme word Anagram IndicatorC/C indicatorReversal IndicatorHidden word IndicatorLetter Pick indicatorDeletion IndicatorHomophone IndicatorMovement IndicatorPositional IndicatorSubstitution, IndicatorOpposite indicatorLink/Connector, Extraneous
 


22 comments:

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    1. Staircase=stairway
      Ventilation route(=airway) found in staircase
      That’s how I saw it. - Raja

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  2. 14a IMO read about = study, and anno is plain and simple

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    1. Then it should be around right not right around

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    2. That around was a edit mistake. Original clue was different and got changed at the last minute and by oversight around was not removed. Mea Culpa

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  3. 2d news is gen NN, so I took the second as Greek! Nu.
    Ref:https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/nu

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  4. 16 what's the role of for ?
    27 I = "In's beginning" or "in in the beginning" not just "in the beginning" IMO
    4D St (way)+air case?
    Also don't think on is a valid connector between wordplay and definition

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  5. Sounds like Laurel’s averse (6)
    The above is a clue in FT in 16627 by Velia, a new composer.
    Try to solve this cold. After you get the answer - or not - visit (if you like)
    http://www.fifteensquared.net/2020/11/06/financial-times-16627-by-velia/
    and read my comment there.
    You may post your reaction here- or thereunder. Thanks.

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    1. Is there a space missing, is it a verse. Think it's iffy if the silver is expected to read that way.
      The solution part , I have no particular comment.

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    2. I could not solve it cold,but on seeing the solution in the filled grid my first thought was definition should def.be a separate word/phrase. Lift and separate does not work there,. I was glad your opinion was the same.

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  6. 15D what gives DI? Didn't understand. Could someone please help?

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  7. 29A. I see the definition and how we get traffic. Not clear to me how we get lights. What clue type is this?

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