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LIBRAN 3
By Libran
Across
| 7 | Dismiss village officer holding Lawrence back (4) |
| 8 | Proteins derived from boiled lean euros (9) |
| 10 | Keralite hides maiden from this Trojan warrior (6) |
| 11 | Marsupials, oops! muss around (8) |
| 12 | Old women live by damsel in distress (8) |
| 14 | Arrest Alberta brothers going left (6) |
| 16 | Broken Toronto loses a round to a town in Italy (7) |
| 18 | Masters swimming in the rivers (7) |
| 21 | Stop setter meeting politician at river in spate (6) |
| 23 | Override somehow toughie woman (8) |
| 25 | Pigs cadet essentially carries to the sty (8) |
| 27 | Live concert initially held by couple was pleasant (6) |
| 29 | Cabbage falls not South but East at the end of this town (9) |
| 30 | Cross the door from the East (4) |
Down
| 1 | Last month journalist met specialist about a dead man (8) |
| 2 | Goddess of fate has no fleet (4) |
| 3 | Played guan in two minutes for a wine bottle (6) |
| 4 | Pity again man with bad sore (7) |
| 5 | Haughty German soldier was hit on the back by shortened dart (8) |
| 6 | Burden is on us (4) |
| 9 | Dog days are a month less in this ancient land (5) |
| 13 | Bowler who went round the world (5) |
| 15 | Strainer is back with the first lady (5) |
| 17 | Thai user surprised finding lexicons (8) |
| 19 | Male agent gets on to a physical unit (8) |
| 20 | I for you in fur robe cooked a cut beef (4, 3) |
| 22 | Setter takes note of alien in ancient Greece (5) |
| 24 | Smarter princess resting in plane (6) |
| 26 | Cry about fifty pounds (4) |
| 28 | Returning radical group finds a group of stars (4) |
Enjoy.
24d TI (DI) ER
ReplyDelete27A DU (LC) ET
17F THESAURI*
READ 17F AS 17D TYPO
Delete10A ME(M)NON
ReplyDelete12A: BELDAMES BE + DAMSEL*
3D MAGNUM M(GUAN*)M
11ac opossums (oops muss) *
ReplyDelete1dn decedent (Dec) (ed) (ent)
15dn sieve si(is) eve
8A:ALEURONES {LEAN+EUROS}*
ReplyDelete11A: OPOSSUMS {OOPS+MUSS}*
12A: BELDAMES {BE}{DAMSEL*}
Ortho Paul
ReplyDelete11ac. Opossum.. oops muss*
6dn ONUS..T
23. Outweigh..(w) in toughie*
Replacements:
ReplyDelete4D: REMORSE {RE}{M}{SORE*}
16A: OTRANTO {TORONT(-O)(+A)}*
Ortho Paul
ReplyDeleteReplacement
7ac VETO..Village officer is VO
Lawrence..is ET V(ET)O
Anno to be tweaked, I think
Delete2dn Norn-no+RN.
ReplyDelete9dn Su(-m)mer.
20 dn Forerib.F(-u+i)r robe*
5D ARRO(-W) + GANT = ARROGANT
ReplyDelete6D ONUS
7A = VETO (V)illage (O)fficer holding (TE)< Lawrence (of arabia)
Replacement for 7a
ReplyDelete14A AB + (BROS)< = ABSORB
6D was also taken sorry
ReplyDeleteReplacement 18A STREAMS = (MASTERS)*
29a COLERAINE a town
ReplyDeleteCole=cabbage
Falls=Rains
Replace s with e
28d LYRA group of stars
DeleteARYL (radical group), reversed
26d CALL cry
CA about
L fifty
L pounds
28d relook
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ReplyDeleteNice Sunday fare libran. Thanks.
ReplyDelete21a seems indirect will wait for anno.
21 A:Yes it is
DeleteI try to avoid indirect anagrams; however, this slipped out of my scrutiny before I filed. This is only my 3rd attempt at puzzling and the mistake may be overlooked.
Delete21a : IMPEDE I MP EDE i.e River Dee*
ReplyDelete30a : ROOD DOOR<<
19d : MAGNETON M AGNET* ON
Enjoyable Sunday fare. Thanks Libran.
ReplyDeleteAnno incomplete
ReplyDelete25Ac & 13Dn remaining
ReplyDelete25ac stock ade
Delete13d drake DD
Thank you Sir, for the finishing touch.
DeleteThat, I think, completes today's fare. I thank all the participants and seniors , Messrs.Sree Sree, Vasanth, Balasubrahmanyam for their nice words. My thanks are due to Colonel for publishing this. I, however, miss Sri Padmanabhan, Mrs AJ, and KKR and their comments.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if any one noticed Nina.
ReplyDeleteDNMRAO and LIBRAN in the top across and bottom across.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the nice Sunday fare and noticing my absence. I did solve it and enjoyed but too late to give any answer.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Raogaru.
ReplyDeleteStarted solving your grid early but had diversions in between. Whenever I wanted to post, I saw them already done by others.
Good clues. Keep them coming.
Thank you KKR garu.
DeleteHave the annotations for 22D and 28D been given correctly?
ReplyDelete22Dn Anno by Sathia was not complete. ME+TIC(NOTE)
Delete28Dn LYRA - ARYL(read back)
Thanks for the special Madhusudan
ReplyDeleteSorry Mr. Rao. I visited the blog late, enjoyd solving. But no chance to post them as most of them were already posted. I am busy with other things at home, so had no time to pick the ones yet to be posted. Thank you for remembering.
ReplyDeleteA very nice grid, looking forward to the next.