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}<=
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}*
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)
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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]
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
21d central part!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Need to be more careful in future, don't know how I overlooked 'central'!!
Delete28 A
ReplyDeleteSolved but let others try
Sarathi remember you are no longer in the novice category
DeleteYes that is why I didn't publish the answer 🙏
DeleteMy favourite today is 2 dn.
ReplyDeleteDentures fit perfectly!
ReplyDeleteIt took a while for me to solve the cryptic algebra! Until I did that my mind refused to attempt other clues. Good one KKR.
ReplyDeleteThanks Paddy
DeleteSum : entirety soldiers re leave , entity : sum
ReplyDeleteSorry substance
ReplyDeleteLovely weekend entertainer. My COD is 2dn. 😊
ReplyDeleteThanks MB
DeleteAs a mgmt consultant, i register my objection to say client only employs lewyer!!!
ReplyDeleteClient may also employ a lawyer. You can't deny that possibility. In cryptics all possibilities are to be considered. Right?
DeleteAlso,management consultants don't make up a story- hopefully!
DeleteNo one is hired to make up a story!
DeleteThe story is taken as told. As the joke goes, we (are supposed to e) see their watch and tell their time only.
Theoretically, if only one party is correct, why the opposite party hires a lawyer?
DeleteNot guilty until Proven otherwise. So at the time of hiring everyone is correct!
DeleteBTW 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
ReplyDeletei could not make out what the score means. got 300 today. higher the better?
DeleteI too assume so. But no explanation to make head or tail about it. Since I don't know the max one can get
DeleteI have seen it at those times when it was free.
ReplyDeleteCould solve 50% of the clues on my own. Not one or two but many lovely clues by KKR garu 👏
ReplyDeleteThanks Ramesh
DeleteLovely clues.Keep it up Karaoke
ReplyDeleteThanks Sir!
ReplyDeleteExcellent Grid KKR garu. esp. L=X. one of my favourite
ReplyDeleteregarding 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.
Thanks Prasanna rao. The AY[ays is plural] is variant of AYE.
DeleteI 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.
Delete@Prasad - Architects are hired to make a story - often stories & clients fo hire them too. 😊
ReplyDeleteLovely grid. Just like everyone else 2dn is my CoD too.
ReplyDeleteCould not get GODDAMNIT, considering i use it all the time. 😊
In 19dn - at present led me to think AD & could not parse AWARD.
Thanx.
Thanks Gowri!
DeleteCould solve it only late yesterday. Nice grid - liked LISTEN, SUIT, FRIGHT, ICONOLATRY to name a few. Thanks KKR!
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