Solution to 27D 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
9 State vacuous litany completely (7) UTTERLY {UTTER}{Li..nY}
10 Cartoonish panda wearing handbag with determination (7) PURPOSE {PUR{PO}SE}
11 Tune at first followed loud grating song, taking even more time than any other (7) LONGEST {Tune}<=>{L}{ONG{E}S*} Even/E?
12 Result in dismissal ahead of strike (7) OUTCOME {OUT}{COME} Come/Strike?
13 Makes soldiers artists (9) CRAFTSMEN {CRAFTS}{MEN}
15 Shouted “bomb!”, following first two members of crowd (5) CRIED {IED}<=>{CRowd}
16 Doses old printers with colour, removing black at last (7) INJECTS {INkJE{C}TS} Anno for C and insertion not clear
19 Deft murder covered by singular journalist (7) SKILLED {S}{KILL}{ED}
20 Rained viciously without end, into sewer (5) DRAIN RAINeD* End = E?
21 Laced, entangled around broken cone (9) CONCEALED {C{CONE*}ALED*} What's the defintion here?
25 Inflamed by bad news about love twice lost at the outset (7) SWOLLEN {SW{O}{Lost}{Lost}EN*}
26 Thorium that’s inside solvent (7) THINNER {TH}{INNER}
28 Grins brokenly outside Engineering School at first and calls it quits (7) RESIGNS {R{En...g}{Sc...l}IGNS*}
29 University faculty (7) COLLEGE [DD]
DOWN
1 Joint provider of coverage for people (6) PUBLIC {PUB}{LIC}
2 Refrain from hiding in places like Turkmenistan, Zanzibar (6) STANZA [T]
3 Perch’s right home for birds or ancestors? (4) TREE [DD]
4 Final sorry stems awkwardly from government (6) SYSTEM {s..rY+STEMS}*
5 Selects application, with interest in operating system (8) APPOINTS {APP}{O{INT}S}
6 Professional sleuth starts to devise endgame, dismissed for caring (10) PROTECTIVE {PRO}{deTECTIVE}
7 British mark the French backward, accepting the first immigrant (8) COLONIAL {COLON}{Im...t}{LA<=}
8 Rested, remain in action (8) DEPENDED {DE{PEND}ED}
14 Lengthy coo loosely means... (10) TECHNOLOGY*
16 Indian bid cannibalises U.S. enterprise (8) INDUSTRY {IND}{US}{TRY}
17 Shoreless sea no good, top judge rules, makes you go green (8) JEALOUSY {sEA}{LOUSY}<=>{J}
18 Sloppy kiss scene has no end, it is vomit-inducing (8) SICKNESS {KISS+SCENe}*
22 Unfrozen spot? (6) NOTICE {NOT ICE}
23 One who yearns for more time? (6) LONGER [DD]
24 Thorny fruit’s rough at the top, pudgy in the middle (6) DARTED {DA{Ro..h}TE}{puDgy}
27 Indolence oddly loses no sleep (4) I?L? (Addendum - IDLE InDoLencE -See comments)
Reference List
Long = L, Even = E?, Singular = S, The in French = LA, No = N
27 D
ReplyDeleteAnswer : I. D. L. E, = SLEEP
InDoLe(n)cE, n goes from indolence
Take only odd letters, IDLE
Slight tweak required
DeletePl elaborate 🙏
DeleteHow is N deleted - is what he means,probably.
DeleteLoses no, that means n is removed from odd letters
DeleteYour anno was right. But the next sentences confused. N goes from indolence then it becomes indolece and odd words would be IDLC.
DeletePick odd letters first IDLNE and loose N.
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Delete11a E/even/Par golf terminology. Don't know if we are expected to know!
ReplyDeleteCol. should know. I have not come across.
DeleteYes, I am aware of Even Par but where is it given that Even Par = E?
Deletehttps://www.golfdistillery.com/definitions/golf-scores/#par-even-e
Delete20a) (rained)" - draine without end is drain?
ReplyDeleteWhy should Rained anagrammed become draine? Why not airend or indear and so on?
DeleteEnd/e in Collins apparently used in American football
DeleteWho is supposed to know about American foot(?)ball played with hands?!
DeleteWith so many questions, NJ times are back again!
ReplyDeleteAbbreviations are all there in abbreviations.com/colins.
DeleteBut is it a standard way
Wouldn't it be a good idea for the setter of this puzzle to have the puzzle vetted by an expert before publication?
DeleteTotally agree but I sense someone higher up!
DeleteIf someone higher up, more so is the case.
Delete21a does it fall in this category discussed by masters!
ReplyDeleteTaking def as hidden (which is aactually hidden!)
https://www.crosswordunclued.com/2011/01/clues-with-no-definition-okay-or-not.html
Root issues, American abbreviations, wrong abbreviations, defective cluing…
ReplyDeleteBy the way Loud = L?
2d refrain is part of stanza or stanza?
ReplyDelete3d I read perch/tee has right t(r)ee
ReplyDelete1D PUBLIC top clue for today!
ReplyDeleteHello
ReplyDeleteA bright Monday Good Morning to all of you though here in Delhi, didn't feel like coming out of the razai (quilt).
Well, 1-D and 22-D happen to be tricky clues. Kudos to the CW setter.
While on Golf-
ReplyDelete"We should play golf this weekend. What's your handicap?"
"My wife! She thinks there are better things to do than play golf."
My husband thinks there r better things to do than solving CW - not to mention writing amateurish stories.
DeleteWhat to do???
😊😊😊
From Chambers
ReplyDeletethe idea came to me think of, remember, strike, occur to, come to the mind of, dawn on
Come = strike is fine
Anyone with the annotation for IDLE. I am not convinced with SARATHI's answer
ReplyDeletePerhaps INDOLENCE(-nonce)?
DeleteBut oddly does not work.
ReplyDeleteTrue. Was trying to invent something to justify.
DeleteIndolence oddly= InDoLeNcE=IDLNE. Loses No=IDL(-n)E. This seems the best explanation.
And perhaps what Sathia meant.
DeleteI thght this was relatively straight. Pick odd letters and loose no(n).
DeleteInspite of all the confusion - i actually solved wordle 100% for the first time.
ReplyDeleteSorry Wrdplougher * 😊
DeleteI think it is more like wordle - lot of guessing.
DeleteIn 14d - what is the definition for TECHNOLOGY? Means??
ReplyDeleteYes. Col. has marked it in his original post. Means of doing things.
ReplyDelete