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ACROSS
1 Small fly circling a painting (8) SEASCAPE {S}{E{A}SCAPE}
5 Limitless dosa and chutney as supplements (4,2) ADDS ON {DOSa+AND}*
10 Exit with a second person at the end of act (3,3) WAY OUT {W}{A}{YOU}{acT}
12 Nobles revolting, say, meet Lenin regularly in disguise (9) GENTLEMEN {EG<=}{MEET+LeNiN}*
13 Subsequently, both sides drink fresh tea (5) LATER {L}{TEA*}{R}
16 Anger caused by hot, naughty scene (7) INCENSE {IN}{SCENE*}
19 Extensively analyse planet Mercury finally (7) APLENTY {PLANET*}{m...rY}
21 Bear run in America (4) URSA {U{R}SA}
24 State of a husband breaking a promise (5) IDAHO {I D{A}{H}O}
25 Angered at barking dog (5,4) GREAT DANE*
28 Spooner’s ultimate delight is a son or daughter (8) RELATION {s...eR}{ELATION}
DOWN
1 Cast off depression (6) SLOUGH [DD]
2 A horse carrying a German over the hill (6) AGEING {A}{G{EIN}G}
6 Difficult situations resulting in hair loss? (9) DEADLOCKS [DD]
7 Fair Carol consumes wine (8) SPORTING {S{PORT}ING}
8 Clerks sign below brief memo (8) NOTARIES {ARIES}<=>{NOTe}
11 Opposing anarchy, nation tries incompetent leaders (4) ANTI Acrostic
15 They are wicked to keep ducks as pets (9) CANOODLES {CAN{OO}DLES}
17 American is terrified packing a cylinder of gunpowder (8) CANISTER [T]
20 A man held up for a long time (4) YUGA {A}{GUY}<=
21 Evangelist cycling east with the French guitar (7) UKELELE {(-l)UKE(+l)L}{E}{LE}
23 Escort protecting short maiden gets tipped (6) LEANED {LEA{NEe}D}
26 Kid happily eats last bit of chocolate (5) TEASE {EATS*}{c...tE}
Reference List
Small = S, With = W, Hot = IN, Run = R, Husband = H, River = R, Tense = T, Horse = GG, A in German = EIN, John = CAN, Left = L, East = E, The in French = LE
5A: ADDS ON - supplements
ReplyDelete{dosa -a and}*
13A: LATER - subsequently
{l{ate*}r}
19A: APLENTY - extensively
{planet*}y
21A: URSA - bear
U(r)sa
26D: TEASE - kid
{eats*}e
Correction in annotation
ReplyDelete13A l{tea*}r
24a IDAHO: state
ReplyDeleteI Do( promise) a husband is a h
ID (A) (H) O
29a RADISH : vegetable
RA(middle of tRAy) DISH(plate)
11d ANTI : opposing
First letters from Anarchy Nation Tries Incompetent
10a WAY OUT: exit
W(with) A((a) YOU(second person) T( end of act)
16a INCENSE: anger
IN(hot) CENSE(scene)*
6d-DEADLOCKS= play on 'difficult situations' and 'hair loss' (CD?)
ReplyDelete24a-IDAHO=State: A H(usband) breaking 'I Do'=>a promise
25a-GREAT DANE -anagram of angered at (barking is a common anagram indicator?)
17d-CANISTER=cylinder of gun powder. Telescopic in Ameri(can is ter)rified
8d- NOTARIES = clerks:Brief memo =)NOT(e), ARIES is a sign
21d - solution is misspelt
ReplyDeleteChambers gives both spellings.
Delete2D. Horse = gg. One German = ein. So a-g-ein-g = ageing = over the hill.
ReplyDelete7D. Carol = sing. Wine = port. So s-port-ing = fair
20D. Man = guy. So yug-a = yuga = long time.
ReplyDeleteYour annotation is incomplete
Delete18D. Sugar for starters = s. No s for said all ok = aid all ok. Doctor this = alkaloid = caffeine.
ReplyDelete12A. Day = eg. Revolting eg = ge. Lenin regularly = lnn. So ge plus anagram of meet and lnn = gentlemen = nobles
ReplyDeleteThere is a typo in the clue in 9A. It should be "running" and not "runing".
ReplyDeleteIt was correct in the doc I sent to the editor, not sure how it got introduced.
Corrected it in the main post
Delete1A SEASCAPE : painting ; {S}{E{A}SCAPE}
ReplyDeleteS from Small, fly is escape with a
9A OCEANAUT: one living underwater ; {CANOE*}{AUT(-o)} ; almost self propelling
3D CANAL; Panama Canal ; {CAN}{A}{L} ; Can from John , A and L from left
Good solve.
DeleteThank you sir
Delete3dn CANAL. {A} in {CAN}{L}
ReplyDelete4dn PLUMMET. {PLUM}{MET}
14ac SCOT. {(-a)SCOT}
Yet to be solved
ReplyDeleteAcross - 27, 28, 30
Down - 1, 15, 21, 22, 23
1dn SLOUGH [DD]
ReplyDelete2dn AGEING. {A}{G {EIN} G}
21D UKELELE: Guitar; {LUKE*}{E}{LE} ; Luke is Evangelist E from East, LE the in French
ReplyDelete15D CANOODLES is pets ; {CAN{OO}DLES} ! CANDLES is from wick ed and OO fromm ducks ;
That was really wicked I liked this very muchh
21D annotation is not correct. There is no Anagram
DeleteI did not know how to show cycling. Now I know.
DeleteReplacement for 3D
ReplyDelete27A TROLLS is fishes ; {T{R}OLLS}; TOLLS is Rings ( as in bells toll ) R from ruver
Pl read as river.
ReplyDeleteIs 10A: THE END ?
ReplyDeleteSee Rajashri @ 8:26
Delete28a RELATION: son or daughter
ReplyDeleteR: ultimate of SpooneR
ELATION: delight
Spooner in the surface was a nice decoy!
Delete+1
DeleteI was misled for quite sometime. Then it dawned on me. It was mischievous of the setter to have chosen Spooner when there are countless other words available ending in R.
DeleteThat gave you an Aha! moment,right? That's the idea. More enjoyable that way.
DeleteYou are right Paddy! It was indeed an Aha moment. I generally avoid Spooner. But today's Spooner was not a Spooner at all. How deceptive! Enjoyed. very much.
DeleteSpooner is a bugbear to me as well. So iffy.
DeleteThis was a trick clue - a Spooner clue which is not a Spoonerism! Glad that you all liked it.
Delete23D LEANED; tipped; {LEA{NEe}D}; NEE= maiden
ReplyDelete28A- Relation -son or daughter; Spooner's ultimate-r; delight -elation
ReplyDelete30a : DEMENTED (DE(MEN)(T)ED)
ReplyDeleteLovely crossie, challenging thou! My favs are CANOODLES, IDAHO, UKELELE, RELATION.
ReplyDeleteThank you KrisKross. :)
Typo : please read though for thou!
DeleteThank you MB.
DeleteYet to be solved
ReplyDelete27dn
22D is still left, not 27D
DeleteYes, I stand corrected.
Delete22D. {RA{CIS<=}T<=}
ReplyDelete27 A. Trolls for fishes. . rings (tolls) with r (river )
ReplyDeleteSpooner's last, Sic for attack,Nee for maiden/ne for short maiden,leaned for tipped....
ReplyDeleteSeveral opportunities to be misled. Shall I say we were 'fished'? (trolled)
Enjoyable workout. Thank you Ramki.
Glad you liked it Paddy.
DeleteThe joy of cryptic crosswords lies in setting and spotting misleads, doesn't it?
Very enjoyable puzzle! Thanks, KrisKross.
ReplyDeleteThank you Amita.
DeleteDear Mr. Kishore Rao,
ReplyDeleteSo sad that I've not been able to take part in the 'Early Bird' hours as the mother board in my PC has conked out. Thus for the past one week,unable to be a part of the rat race among the fans & Addicts. And I am ill-at-ease in using the mobile handset.
n solving the daily crossword.
Down Clues 6 8 20 26 are too clever!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you sir!
DeleteVery nice grid. A bit tough but enjoyable. My fav - CANOODLES, RELATION, SPORTING.
ReplyDelete