Wednesday 3 February 2021

No 13161, Wednesday 03 Feb 2021, Anon

Solution to 16A 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   Aim at regular leach in soil (6) DIRECT {DIR{lEaCh}T}
4   Delight last peer? Not quite (6) ENDEAR {END}{EARl}
9   It’s a retrograde sparkling wine (4) ASTI<=
10 Respite for regular slums by subsistence payment (10) SUSPENSION {SlUmS}{PENSION}
11 Indian antelope, ailing, running wild (6) NILGAI*
12 Quickness of heartless famous person (8) CELERITY CELEbRITY
13 Swift, say, support at home for idiot (9) BIRDBRAIN {BIRD}{BRA}{IN}
15 Dish for groom (5) CURRY [DD]
16 Checks returning currents from end to end (5) ?D?T? (Addendum - EDITS (+s)STIDE(-s)<= - See comments)
18 Sit back in obscure attics with data point (9) STATISTIC {STA{SIT<=}TIC*}
22 Girl, belonging to us, is head of American state (8) MISSOURI {MISS}{OUR}{Is}
23 Most novel salamander has keys even (6) NEWEST {NEW{kEyS}T}
25 Distribute notice to pastor (10) ADMINISTER {AD}{MINISTER}
26 Fish begin endlessly entertaining lethargic swim (4) EELS Acrostic
27 Birds, initially ensnarled in gales, destroyed (6) EAGLES {En...d}{GALES*}
28 Stroller to drift from front to back (6) AMBLER (-r)AMBLE(+r)R

DOWN
1   Confused kid has initially imprinted African shirt (7) DASHIKI {KID+HAS}*{Im...d}
2   Regretting governing without first law (5) RUING RUlING
3   She protects one in automobile, from bank clerk (7) CASHIER {CA{SH{1}E}R}
5   Harass with pin (6) NEEDLE [DD]
6   Covers her sounds at sea (9) ENSHROUDS*
7   Bird, overweight at first, taken in by squad (7) ROOSTER {RO{Ov...t}STER}
8   Astrophysicists lose regular spot, become shrinks (13) PSYCHIATRISTS  AsTRoPHYSICISTS*
14 Hating regular deep examination of gin cocktail (9) DETESTING {DeEp}{TEST}{GIN*}
17 Dacoit leader first off, to rob, vanish (7) DWINDLE {Da...t}{sWINDLE}
19 Meltdown, start taunting worker? Queer! (7) TANTRUM {Ta...g}{ANT}{RUM}
20 Remote odd-looking ruins around Los Angeles (7) INSULAR {INSU{LA}R*}
21 Regularly grout slab with mineral (6) RUTILE {gRoUt}{TILE}
24 Revolution to start with back of shoe? (5) WHEEL {With}{HEEL}

Reference List
Support = BRA, Notice = AD 


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20 comments:

  1. Vasu3 February 2021 at 08:38

    16 a. EDITS - checks.
    Currents - Tides returning Sedit. End to end S from front to last = edits

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    1. sree_sree3 February 2021 at 10:05

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

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    2. Col_Gopinath3 February 2021 at 14:27

      Vasu, once earlier also you were ticked off, kindly follow the instructions

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  2. Padmanabhan3 February 2021 at 08:56

    Good solve.

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  3. AJ3 February 2021 at 08:59

    Quite an easy puzzle, but very nice clues. My favourites are, Suspension, birdbrain, newest, psychiatrists and rutile.
    Enjoyed doing.

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  4. Padmanabhan3 February 2021 at 08:59

    Thank you Anon for a good workout in the morning.
    Psychiatrists was a handful of an anagram.
    Had to google for the mineral and African shirt (I should have remembered this)

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  5. Padmanabhan3 February 2021 at 09:02

    Reg.yesterday's comments on Tepee,I had put in this clue-
    Exercise with support in a tent (5)
    I would like to invite comments.

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    1. sree_sree3 February 2021 at 09:20

      Look at Containment indicator I read your intention as te(pe)e.

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    2. Vasant3 February 2021 at 11:31

      Would read better: Support exercise in a tent (5)

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    3. Padmanabhan3 February 2021 at 12:26

      Cryptically this has to be read as Support/ exercise in/ a tent. Right?
      In such clues I always get a doubt if support is the def. or tent. have t depend on crossings to decide.

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  6. Padmanabhan3 February 2021 at 09:53

    Thank you."with" is not the correct containment indicator? Okay,I will try to rephrase it.
    Support to include exercise in a tent.

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    1. Anonymous3 February 2021 at 21:15

      How about tent supporting exercise.

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  7. cdrgani293 February 2021 at 11:37

    16A is EDITS because
    EDITS is checking,correcting
    Returning currents ie Tides are currents and returning is reading backwards tides. Thus the answer is TIDES.

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  8. Padmanabhan3 February 2021 at 12:29

    Returning currents is the wordplay. From that we get Tides=< or SEDIT. End to end indicates S goes from front end to back and so Edits. Def,is "Checks' (always either at the beginning or end)

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  9. Venkatesh3 February 2021 at 14:55

    What does regular in the first two clues convey?

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  10. Padmanabhan3 February 2021 at 15:12

    Alternate letter picking.

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  11. Unknown3 February 2021 at 16:58

    I am a beginner ,pls tell the meaning of Regular as in leach even letters e & c are taken where as in slums odd letters s,u,s are taken .Both leach & slums are 5 letter words.

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  12. Col_Gopinath3 February 2021 at 17:09

    Regular means picking out letters at regular intervals

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  13. Balagopal3 February 2021 at 20:18

    B.Balagopal. I got three today.Across.18.statistic. Down.3.Cashier.20.insular. With google search.across.11.nilgai.Down.1.Dashiki.

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  14. Padmanabhan3 February 2021 at 21:46

    I assume you are able to follow the rest of it from the blog. That is more important to improve.

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