Solution to 12A 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 Sort of a triangle, one pertaining to a particular group (12) GENERATIONAL*
10 Flexible base — soft/ not soft (7) ELASTIC {E}{pLASTIC}
11 Corrupt senator’s act of betrayal (7) TREASON*
12 Something to look up to about a restaurant — it’s minimal (6) S?I?N? (Addendum - SKINNY - {SK{INN}Y} - See comments
13 Rule it out before gold is hidden (8) ULTERIOR {RULE+IT}*{OR}
15 After the end of session, connected to a network, on air, extremely choppy (9) NONLINEAR {s...oN}{ON}{LINE}{AiR} (Correction - {s...oN}{ON LINE}{AiR} - See comments)
16 Creature, dog, not black (5) EAGLE bEAGLE
17 Resort in the country (5) SPAIN {SPA}{IN}
22 Give a new name to a type of wine, it’s European and it’s excellent (8) REDEFINE {RED}{E}{FINE}
24 Invited a big drinker, say (6) SOUGHT (~sot)
26 Current offering (7) PRESENT [DD]
27 Report is about republican framework (7) TRELLIS {T{R}ELL}{IS}
28 Met at one’s workshop fair (12) SATISFACTORY {SAT}{1'S}{FACTORY}
DOWN
3 Stretching without strain (9) EXTENSION {EX}{TENSION}
4 Bend in car chassis (4) ARCH [T]
5 Learn not to turn into it like a bigot (10) INTOLERANT {I{LEARN+NOT}*T}
6 She’s in the French city we’re told (5) NIECE (~nice)
7 Speaking in a manner sister-in-law gets upset — with a sharp sound (7) LISPING {S-I-L<=}{PING}
8 Conclude about a boy (6) REASON {RE}{A}{SON}
9 Unfaithful in Paris, a time to regret (6) UNTRUE {UN}{T}{RUE}
14 Stops insects swarming around new area (10) TERMINATES {TERMI{N}{A}TES}
17 Band’s tour in Sweden (6) STRIPE {S{TRIP}E}
20 Smooth pull-back in the end (7) REGULAR {RE{LUG<=}AR}
23 Speedy warships (5) FLEET [DD]
25 Some Vietnamese mountain (4) ETNA [T]
Reference List
Base = E, Soft = P, Gold = OR, European = E, Republican = R, Victory = V, About = RE, Time = T, In in French = UN, New = N, Area = A, Sweden = SE, Day = D, Editor = ED
Good one. Please mention the def.also.
ReplyDelete15a typo?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. Network may also be an electrical one when it is line.
DeleteI think
Delete(N) ( ON LINE - meaning connected to network) (AR- air extremes)
Yes that appears to be the intended annotation
DeleteAnd then to get monitored, you need to anagram it. That's called an indirect anagram, which is not accepted standard/practice here (THC and many of the crossies).
ReplyDeleteNice solve!
ReplyDeleteYes,when there is a better and more fitting anno.
ReplyDeleteYou may look up moor. It is where boats are tied.
Gemini, the annotation should also indicate how INN and SKY become SKINNY
ReplyDeleteWhat does an asterick mean in a solution
ReplyDeleteIt indicates anagram.
DeletePlease see panel on the Left hand side under heading 'Annotations' where explanations for abbreviations used in the annotations have been given
DeleteSuper puzzle from Vulcan today. Enjoyed solving.
ReplyDeleteNice grid by Vulcan. 19a, I solved as below.
ReplyDeleteFool - NIT
tied up - MOORED
[MO(NIT)ORED]
Nice to be learning from veterans.
ReplyDeleteNice grid. I solved all but could not parse MONITORED & ELASTIC.
ReplyDeletei always forget base =e
Yes. Indirect anagram is not kosher. Also how do we account for captured even if IA is ok considering up is anagrind?
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