Saturday 30 April 2022

No 13544, Saturday 30 Apr 2022, Karaoke

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.

ACROSS
1   Repeatedly law is broken in affirmative votes (6) ALWAYS {A{LAW*}YS}
5   Rigid sailor’s initial opposition to stolen goods reportedly (8) ABSOLUTE {AB'S}{Op...n}{LUTE(~loot)}
9   Intolerably sweatier, so to say (2,2,4) AS IT WERE*
10 Treat with love — stop terror, ignore fundamentalists at first (6) ENDEAR {END}{fEAR}
11 Annulment of first rate soldiers’ protection rejected (10) REVOCATION {NO 1}{TA}{COVER}<=
12 Cut plant, leave the top (4) ETCH vETCH
13 One country’s code (5) INDIA [DD]
14 Periodical goes online with an attractive feature (6) MAGNET {MAG}{NET}
17 He employs lawyer to make up a story on opponents essentially within the boundaries of court (6) CLIENT {C{LIE}{o..oNe..s}T}
19 Clumsy workout at present (5) AWARD AwkWARD
22 Legal action please (4) SUIT [DD]
24 Current actor only possibly gets hero-worship (10) ICONOLATRY {I}{ACTOR+ONLY}*
25 Animal returning as soon as possible, no good! (6) PASANG {ASAP<=}{NG}
26 What a hen will do? Drop a bomb? (3,2,3) LAY AN EGG [DD]
27 Bonds be taken out — they bridge the gap (8) DENTURES DEbeNTURES
28 Soldiers leave sum and substance (6) E?T?T?  (Addendum - ENTITY ENTIreTY - See comments)

DOWN
2   Take notice fifty = X (6) LISTEN {L IS TEN}
3   Permit gold to speculate without base (9) AUTHORISE {AU}{THeORISE}
4   He serves primarily snacks, drinks with water at sea (7) STEWARD {Sn...s+Dr...s+WATER}*
5   Injured chimaera left hospital for New World (7) AMERICA ChIMAERA*
6   It is part of humans to hide master numbers (7) STERNUM [T]
7   Duck to accept first love for daughter in retreat (5) LODGE (-d+l)LODGE
8   Shoots model for bishop’s blocks of money (8) TRANCHES (-b+t)RANCHES
15 Backtrack and check on idiot’s annoying expression (9) GODDAMNIT {DOG<=}{DAM}{NIT} 
16 A gelusil treatment or bad treatment? (3-5) ILL-USAGE*
18 It may start a train of actions or spit fire (7) TRIGGER [DD]
19 Adult swimming pools contain large butterflies (7) APOLLOS {A}{PO{L}LOS*}
20 Follower is yet tipsy after pub abruptly rejected (7) ACOLYTE {YET}*<=>{LOCAl<=}
21 It is a horrifying situation when box contains central part of torso (6) FRIGHT {F{R}IGHT} R/Part of torso? (Addendum - {F{toRso}IGHT} - See comments)
23 Siemens comes in with perfect exactness? Cheers! (5) TOAST {S} in {TO A T}

Reference List
Sailor = AB, Soldier = TA(Territorial Army), Work = WK, Current = I, No good = NG, Soldiers = RE(Royal Engineers), Fifty = L, X= TEN, Base = E, Hospital = H, Daughter = D, Model = T, Bishop = B, Adult = A, Large = L, Siemens = S

34 comments:

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    1. Thanks. Need to be more careful in future, don't know how I overlooked 'central'!!

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  2. 28 A
    Solved but let others try

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    1. Sarathi remember you are no longer in the novice category

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    2. Yes that is why I didn't publish the answer ๐Ÿ™

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  3. It took a while for me to solve the cryptic algebra! Until I did that my mind refused to attempt other clues. Good one KKR.

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  4. Sum : entirety soldiers re leave , entity : sum

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  5. Lovely weekend entertainer. My COD is 2dn. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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  6. As a mgmt consultant, i register my objection to say client only employs lewyer!!!

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    1. Client may also employ a lawyer. You can't deny that possibility. In cryptics all possibilities are to be considered. Right?

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    2. Also,management consultants don't make up a story- hopefully!

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    3. No one is hired to make up a story!
      The story is taken as told. As the joke goes, we (are supposed to e) see their watch and tell their time only.

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    4. Theoretically, if only one party is correct, why the opposite party hires a lawyer?

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    5. Not guilty until Proven otherwise. So at the time of hiring everyone is correct!

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  7. BTW is anyone conscious of the scores displayed in AI version. Was pleasantly surprised with 400( today. Haven't noted but don't remember getting them with cold solved ones earlier

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    1. i could not make out what the score means. got 300 today. higher the better?

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    2. I too assume so. But no explanation to make head or tail about it. Since I don't know the max one can get

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  8. I have seen it at those times when it was free.

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  9. Could solve 50% of the clues on my own. Not one or two but many lovely clues by KKR garu ๐Ÿ‘

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  10. Lovely clues.Keep it up Karaoke

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  11. Excellent Grid KKR garu. esp. L=X. one of my favourite
    regarding 1A. I was trying The anno. as 'AYES'. in dic. showing 'AYE' as affirmative. Having a bit confusion. should I seek for deletion indicator. or AYS to be used.

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    1. Thanks Prasanna rao. The AY[ays is plural] is variant of AYE.

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    2. I meant about spelling whether to accommodate 's' and removal of 'E'. since you mentioned as variant my doubt is cleared.Thanks a lot KKR Garu. have a nice weekend. coz, I often noticed this word in parliment voting. so the moment I saw the word votes i picked the word AYES.

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  12. @Prasad - Architects are hired to make a story - often stories & clients fo hire them too. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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  13. Lovely grid. Just like everyone else 2dn is my CoD too.
    Could not get GODDAMNIT, considering i use it all the time. ๐Ÿ˜Š
    In 19dn - at present led me to think AD & could not parse AWARD.
    Thanx.

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  14. Could solve it only late yesterday. Nice grid - liked LISTEN, SUIT, FRIGHT, ICONOLATRY to name a few. Thanks KKR!

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