Solution to 20D 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 A certain old head of state making announcements (12) DECLARATIONS {A+CERTAIN+OLD+St..e}*
10 Got even with one very English editor (7) AVENGED {A}{V}{ENG}{ED}
11 Well-organised attendant (7) ORDERLY [DD]
12 Highlight anxiety (6) STRESS [DD]
15 Warned UP political leader — got exposed (9) UNWRAPPED {WARNED+UP+Po...l}*
16 Day passed, I basically did nothing (5) IDLED {D}{LED}<=>{I}
17 Man owning power plant (5) MAPLE {MA{P}LE}
22 To retreat with difficulty (8) DRAWBACK [DD]
24 One who sells revolutionary communist paintings (6) TRADER {RED}{ART}<=
27 Evil guy popular round America (7) HEINOUS {HE}{IN}{O}{US}
28 With governor replaced, bringing downfall (12) OVERTHROWING*
DOWN
2 I heard it’s black line — one on face (7) EYEBROW (~i){EYE}{B}{ROW}
3 Member is not around anymore to make laws (9) LEGISLATE {LEG}{IS}{LATE}
4 Regretted, say, being offensive (4) RUDE (~rued)
6 Veteran, Tommy Sr., gone (5) OLDIE sOLDIEr
7 Silence on competitor losing area for energy contract (7) SHRIVEL {SH}{RIV(-a+e)EL}
8 City with saunas all over (6) NASSAU*
9 Cross empty highway and start to breathe free (6) HYBRID {Hi...aY}{Br...e}{RID}
14 Someone accepted as eccentric (5,5) SPACE CADET* &lit
16 Question football team’s attitude (9) INTERVIEW {INTER}{VIEW}
17 Simple course — tacos for starters (6) MODEST {MODES}{Tacos}
18 Remember this smell? It has no real effect (7) PLACEBO {PLACE}{BO}
20 Shortly after ending in Montana, North Dakota etc. (3,4) A?D ?O?N (Addendum - AND SOON {m...nA}{ND}{SO ON} - See comments)
21 Garment houses primarily under pressure (6) DURESS {D{Un..r}RESS}
Reference List
Very = V, English = ENG, Editor = ED, Old boy = OB, Day = D, Power = P, Runs = R, Road = RD, Black = B, Area = A. Energy = E, Smell = BO)Body odour), Bishop = B
20D Ending to Montana = A, North Dakota = ND, etc. = So on. A+nd+so on = and soon = shortly after.
ReplyDeleteExcellent solve. I did not get it. Looked in here and was not disappointed.
Delete23DN +1 Col!
ReplyDeleteBut solved it with the flash of "blame game" phrase, ha ha!
20d enu? Shouldn't it be (3,2,2)
ReplyDeleteEtc. Is not the def.but 'shortly after'. So it is and soon.
ReplyDeleteI am afraid your interpretation is wrong Paddy!
DeletePaddy is right
DeleteMy take-
DeleteA ND SO ON (from etc.)- And Soon.
Def. - Shortly
Thanks to Sujatha.
DeleteI haven't come across "and soon" to mean etc.
DeleteI felt shortly=soon, which is intended to come after [montan]A+ND(north dakota)
Can you give me any dictionary reference for this?
DeleteBTW, the enu should be (3,2,2) in case my take is correct.
Wish to be corrected.
And soon after - shortly after
DeleteIn my opinion, definition is shortly with solution being and soon.
Anno A ND from ending Montana North Dakota
Etc SO ON
KKR- itis not 'and soon'. It is 'and so on', which could eazily mean etc. In cryptic reading itbecomes soon.
DeleteEtc itself means "and so on" not just "so on". So word play of A ND would be irrelevant if shortly to be taken as and soon
DeleteYou have a point there. Abundant caution?
DeleteBut then the clue would read just 'Shortly etc.'. DD?
YESTERDAY:
ReplyDeleteTom, in every INTERVIEW used to be RUDE, raise his EYEBROW and make HEINOUS DECLARATIONS!
Any casual OBSERVER could see through his BLAME game and his desire of OVERTHROWING the Minister.
TODAY:
Tom is under DURESS and very much in STRESS because he is answerable. The cat is out of the bag!
8D SAUNAS on u scrambling gets NASSAU & ASSUAN,an old Egyptian city,which led me off road for some time.3D & 27A my COD.Thank you Vulcan for nice CW
ReplyDeleteTypo:unscrambling
ReplyDeleteLooking at so many new commenters, thanks to the blog, I wonder how many Cryptic Crossword solvers are there in India?
ReplyDelete'New commenters' are no longer new. They have now become regulars.
ReplyDelete16 d.Question football team's attitude.Interview is fine as far as "question" is concerned.Is " football team's attitude" a red herring? Thomphil
ReplyDeleteFootball team inter Milan is referred as inter.
DeleteHello dear all,
ReplyDeleteKindly clarify or confirm as to how the solution for 16-D Question football team’s attitude (9) is INTERVIEW.
We have to read the main post carefully. Col. has given a link by underlining the word 'football team'. It takes us to the site of Intermilan football team (it says also referred as Inter)
ReplyDeleteThank you Sir.... For over four days, my PC had been orphaned since the Mother Board conked out and the technician replaced it today....
Delete6D. I took Sr. as senior but found the expression Tommy soldier. My doubt is if soldier is abbreviated as sr.
ReplyDeleteA british soldier is known as Tommy
Delete17D. IMO clue should be 'courses' in plural to indicate 'modes'.. or am I missing somethings!
ReplyDeleteIn print version 17d enu is 6.
ReplyDeleteI couldnt figure out & wrote MODEST.
Also - as pointed out earlier, does course give u MODE or MODES?
Confusing.