Solution to 28A 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.
Today we have 20 full/partial anagrams ie., 62.5%
ACROSS
5 Partly problematic and trivial (6) PALTRY*
10 A groovy sort of gun (5) RIFLE [CD]
11 Very lawful alternative for a person at bar (9) SOLICITOR {SO}{LICIT}{OR}
12 Disturbing aspect, quietly ignored system in India (5) CASTE ASpECT*
13 Pure and intuitive sort, one very liberated (9) UNTAINTED {AND+INTUITivE}* There's an extra I in the fodder
14 Popular site away from coast (6) INLAND {IN}{LAND}
15 Bad bug, greed and envy (8) BEGRUDGE*
17 First royal breaking ties (8) EARLIEST {EARL}{TIES*}
21 Dossier about ULFA Terrorist leaders is empty (6) FUTILE {F{Ulfa}{Te...t}ILE}
25 Thief? I can become a leader (9) CHIEFTAIN*
26 Boy bored by love song (5) CAROL {CAR{0}L}
27 Dreamt about sickly place where one keeps running without getting anywhere (9) TREADMILL {DREAMT*}{ILL}
28 One bets on these female partners (5) E?E?S (Addendum - EVENS {EVE}{N}{S} - See comments)
29 Hot? No? Let’s play (6) STOLEN*
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2 Saying “No fur sale” vigorously (7) REFUSAL*
3 Neither moving into that place (7) THEREIN*
4 Naughty squire is daring! (6) RISQUE* An obsolete meaning
5 The hollow plate used as painter’s tool (7) PALETTE {ThE+PLATE}*
6 Braver, quietly unassuming and more fortunate (7) LUCKIER pLUCKIER
7 Took turns to read about keeping time (7) ROTATED {TO+READ}* over {T}
8 What one pays outside to do training (8) PRACTICE {PR{ACT}ICE}
9 Good free network (4) GRID {G}{RID}
16 Seer eyes gals lecherously (8) EYEGLASS*
18 Talk bombastically about ‘I’ & ‘Me’! Habit! (7) RAIMENT {RA{I}{ME}NT}
19 He doesn’t believe in field trips (7) INFIDEL*
20 It’s not a bad place (7) STATION*
22 Kin are mostly confused (7) UNCLEAR {UNCLE}{ARe}
23 One is real product of the promised land (7) ISRAELI {1}{IS+REAL}*
24 A new goal changing an old way (6) ANALOG*
25 Winning by divide and rule in the end! (4) CUTE {CUT}{rulE}
Reference List
Quietly = P, Partners = N,S, Very = V, Time = T, Good = G, New = N
Incognito 2.0!
ReplyDeleteI think Incognito 3.0?
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ReplyDelete28A. EVENS {EVE}{NS}
13a there is "selfless" in online version.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is there
DeleteThe epaper and print edition don't have it
Delete28ac. EVENS..eve(n)s
ReplyDeleteInfidel and raiment too are archiac!
ReplyDeleteRaiment is fairly regular in CW's.
DeleteAs if there is nothing archaic in other grids
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ReplyDelete27A- Place seems to have no place in the cryptic reading (extra?) Better to include place as part of def.
It's part of def.
DeletePM soon appointed a leading SOLOCITOR to help Robert.
ReplyDeleteHe told Robert that he should get for himself a RIFLE at the EARLIEST opportunity.
Votes could be garnered for PALTRY sums.
Poor Robert! It wasn't REFUSAL but what PK elaborated upon CASTE and politics was UNCLEAR to him! And also about GRIDS and squirrels.
Were Periyakaruppan's efforts FUTILE? Did Robert's character remain UNTAINTED?
What happened next?
Robert is getting into the thick of things!
DeleteGood going CGB.
'Anagrammarian' Vidwan!
ReplyDelete8Dn is my CoD
Raiment is an archaic word for clothing,also called habit (not to be confused with good/bad habits as we know)
ReplyDeleteAnagrams galore mixed with CUTE clues!
ReplyDeleteMy favs are 11a Solicitor, 8d Practice and 18d Raiment. Overall an enjoyable grid. :)
🙏 to the "learned' setter
ReplyDeleteWhy is partners being denoted by n and s?
ReplyDeleteThe Game Of Bridge In Cryptic Crosswords : A mention of bridge partners in the clue leads to a two-letter pair in the answer - NS/SN or EW/WE. You can narrow the choices for which ...
DeleteFor more info/details Google a game of bridge!
DeleteHi MB, 'partners' in bridge by convention is NS or EW. Not SN or WE. If you have seen it being used as such, then it has been used incorrectly.
DeleteYou are right Doc. 🙏
DeleteThank you both of you :)
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