Thursday 11 March 2021

No 13192, Thursday 11 Mar 2021, Afterdark

Solution to 4D 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.

No enumerations given in the online edition!!

ACROSS
1   Somehow stable people touring a school get hot and tense with the authorities (13) ESTABLISHMENT {STABLE*}{1}{S}{H}{MEN}{T}
10 So article before bishop released without reading (9) THEREFORE {THE}{bEFORE*} over {R}
11 Relatives are burdens; scratching head (5) AUNTS dAUNTS
12 Stranger loitering around team, standing at the front gates (5) EXITS {E{XI}T}{St...g}
13 Once in Berlin House, Edward was knocked out (9) EXHAUSTED {EX}{HAUS}{TED}
14 Fellow’s free, away halfway day before weekend (6) FRIDAY {F}{RID}{awAY}
16 Indian queen moving ahead north to shower... (4) RAIN RA(-n)I(+n)N
19 ... always? Not at all, not north (4) EVER nEVER
20 Disregard Mr. Italy, primarily shameless to leave to England (6) IGNORE {sIGNOR}{E}
25 Despatched confidential informant to infiltrate a society holding Tesla or someone like him (9) SCIENTIST {S{CI}ENT}{1}{S}{T}
26 Influences outcomes at Britain, leading from the front (5) BENDS {ENDS}<=>{B}
27 New text, Raja hid (5) EXTRA [T]
28 Scene in country scary to begin with? Point (9) LANDSCAPE {LAND}{Sc..y}{CAPE}
29 Somehow enduring, taking stance with awareness (13) UNDERSTANDING {UNDER{STAND}ING*}

DOWN
2   Description provided to a college in particular (8) SPECIFIC {SPEC}{IF}{I}{C}
3   Statesroads are empty after a vehicle got gutted (5) AVERS {RoadS}<=>{A}{Ve...lE}
4   Saw little, nothing’s approved (6) L?O?E? (Addendum - LOOKED {L}[0}{OK'ED} - See comments)
5   That woman puts pressure on crush, a guide (8) SHEPHERD {SHE}{P}{HERD}
6   Evaluating me? Promising not to keep top secret? (9) MEASURING {ME}{ASsURING}
7   10 short of a ton, yet in nerves primarily, jittery (6) NINETY {YET+IN+Ne...s}*
8   Felt is used, used to emphasise something (6) ITSELF*
9   Has ideas inside privately (5) ASIDE [T]
15 A key position offering superiority and edge (9) ADVANTAGE {A}{D}{VANTAGE}
17 Stories in bits without a beginning (8) ARTICLES pARTICLES
18 Jet on a hill, female takes over from man (8) FOUNTAIN (-m+f)FOUNTAIN
21 More manageable at sea; at sea? That’s right (6) EASIER {SEA*}{IE}{R}
22 Demanded job, starting off with journalist (5) ASKED {tASK}{ED}
23 Attend programme with dean regularly (6) LISTEN {LIST}{dEaN}
24 Sunday Times has articles about New Zealand with a verse (6) STANZA {S}{T}{A}{NZ}{A}
26 Like to be in bed, rested (5) BASED {B{AS}ED}

Reference List
School = S, Hot = H, Tense = T, Bishop = B, Reading = R, House in German = HAUS, Fellow = F, North = N, England = E, Confidential = C, Informant = I, Society = S, Tesla = T, Britian = B, College = C, Little = l, Pressure = P, Key = D, Female = F, Man = M, Right = R, Journalist = ED, Sunday = S, Time = T 


19 comments:

  1. Sunday special kitty is empty, anyone interested, please send in your Crosswords for publication

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  2. Very nice clues. Enjoyed solving. German ' haus', Italian ' signor' and Indian 'Rani' used nicely. Liked 10a, 25a, 28a, 4d,8d and 18d.

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  3. Ortho Paul
    4d. LOOKED..L(ittle) o ok ed

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  4. A request please: I solve the paper version but today's print has no enum. Will be grateful if any one can post enum only for the clues with multiple words. Rest can be counted. Many thanks

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  5. 4D {L}{O}{OKED} is saw, Little , O=nothing , OKED=Okayed = approved

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  6. Little-L; Nothing-O; approved-OkyED
    LOOKED

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  7. usually solve in the evening but this evening am busy THEREFORE started in the forenoon. LOOKED at the paper grid that had only clue by ITSELF, no enums! Thought will be beyond my UNDERSTANDING should I IGNORE today's and do FRIDAY's? Went to the SHEPHERD (the blog) and ASKED for SPECIFIC info on multiple word clues. EVER eager got the reply in NINETY seconds making it EASIER. What an ESTABLISHMENT colonel has set up! An ADVANTAGE for solvers to look LISTEN and learn. No EXTRA words in the clues that read like a STANZA Favorite clues 22D, 18D, 20A for the word play on the letter EXITS. Great grid After dark! .....Nice enjoyed it. Was a FOUNTAIN of joy

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  8. Remembering Mr RKE’s tail piece days .nice happenings

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  9. Excellent Crossword from Afterdark. Enjoyed solving.

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