Solution to 13A 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 Issue involving 101 heirs (6) SCIONS {S{C}{1}ONS}
4 Lawrence to support uprising for sure (3,3) YOU BET {TE}{BUOY}<=
9 Small-scale criticism (4) FLAK FLAKe
10 Chemical weapon Territorial Army guards misused in Mississippi (7,3) MUSTARD GAS {TA+GUARDS}* in {MS}
11 Frank is able and accomplished (6) CANDID {CAN}{DID}
12 Institute’s new member (8) INITIATE [DD]
13 Political factions overwhelming Sri Lanka. Crumbs! (9) ?A?T?C?E? (Addendum - PARTICLES {PARTI{CL}ES} - See comments)
15 Shift cooler (4) STIR [DD]
16 Snow is acceptable in these times (4) COKE {C{OK}E}
17 Bad sentry harassed onlooker (9) BYSTANDER*
21 Unorthodox priest embraced by high school cool cats (8) HIPSTERS {H{PRIEST*}S}
22 Employ language used here for short time (6) ENGAGE {ENG}{AGE}
25 Gather swarm from the East (4) MEET<=
26 She doesn’t turn up for food. That hurts! (2-4) NO-SHOW {NOSH}{OW}
27 Captured fearful Camelot maiden supplanted by knight (6) SNARED S(-c+n)NARED
DOWN
1 Fruit for royal consort (7) SULTANA [DD]
2 Exasperated, she nearly quit, neglected responsibility (5) IRKED shIRKED
3 Middlemen quit daemonic organisation, unsettled (7) NOMADIC DAeMONIC*
5 Cook a pistachio’s innards for African creatures (6) OKAPIS [T]
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8 Probably takes on a silly avatar (2,6,2,3) AS LIKELY AS NOT*
14 Consider Arsenal and Chelsea, say, but favour one over the other (4,5) TAKE SIDES {TAKE}{SIDES}
16 High Court ordered illegal alien to become Santiago resident (7) CHILEAN {HC*}{ALIEN*}
18 Diabolical senator’s duplicity (7) TREASON*
19 Intellectual like Humpty Dumpty? (7) EGGHEAD [DD]
20 Fastening material for straying lover beginning to cheat (6) VELCRO {LOVER+Ch..t}*
23 Less cowardly RPG enthusiast (5) GAMER [DD]
Reference List
100 = C, Lawrence = TE. Mississippi = MS, These times = CE, Knight = N
Political factions is parties
ReplyDeleteSrilanka is cl
Particles meaning crumbs.
Is this correct?
13 a particles political factions parties and l from lanka c from crumbs
ReplyDeleteIncorrect
Delete13A political factions = parties, CL = The international vehicle registration code for Sri Lanka is CL.
ReplyDeleteParti(cl)es = particles = crumbs.
Probably from it's old name Ceylon
DeleteYes,it has to be. But Is it vehicle registration or internet code- like in for India?
DeleteInternet code for Sri Lanka is sl.
DeleteSujatha is right CL is the International vehicle registration code for Sri Lanka
DeleteBrilliant!
ReplyDeleteLoved this challenge from Skulldugger who is back after a break.
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Delete13A PARTICLES (DD
ReplyDeleteIncorrect
Delete+1.Several good clues- As likely as not,Badminton,Velcro to name a few.And of course,13A.
ReplyDeleteHave we missed Neyartha in this round?
Today grid is wrong
ReplyDeleteYour observation is correct
DeleteGrid corrected
DeleteThanks sir
ReplyDeleteLearnt a lot, less-known and unknown 'factual clues' from the slot of comments for this edition (THC No.13132). Wholehearted thanks to all of you... Cheers!!!
ReplyDeleteIt is the first time I am coming across International registration code for vehicles in CW. Earlier I had come across only Internet code. Interesting to learn about it thanks to Skulldugger & Sujatha. For those who want to know more about it-
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_vehicle_registration_code
I am sure you must have come across CH for Switzerland in CWs.
DeleteThanks for the link..
Yes,but I did not know the origin. It is one of a few things that is assumed routinely in CW's- so common that you don't stop to think about it. I learned why P is used for soft very very late.
DeleteInterestingly,it says (for Ceylon/ Sri Lanka) "however SL is being used currently".
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