Solution to 29D 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
8 Vehicle pool (4) TANK [DD]
9 Rubbery sap produced by plant after time? Wrong! (5) LATEX {LATE}{X}
11 What one may do with a drum? Scram! (4,2) BEAT IT [DD]
12 Swap old coins of low value (8) EXCHANGE {EX}{CHANGE}
13 European representative possesses initial indications showing stress (8) EMPHASIS {E}{MP}{HAS}{In...s}{Sh...g}
15 Alliances set up wrongly around one (3-3) TIE-UPS {SET+UP}* over {1}
17 Prohibit that lady with English spirit (7) BANSHEE {BAN}{SHE}{E}
19 Step by step cooking of guar dal (7) GRADUAL*
26 Copied gyrating morris dancer throwing cans (8) MIRRORED {MORRIs+DancER}*
28 Cot carrying little Robert floated up and down (6) BOBBED {BED}<=>{BOB}
30 Make scary sound, start to terrorise and kick (4) BOOT {BOO}{Te...e}
31 Casual worker’s love for speed (5) TEMPO {TEMP}{0}
DOWN
1 Perhaps, horrible animosity towards enemy in the beginning (4) HATE Acrostic Semi&lit
2 Draws some part of basket/chest (8) SKETCHES [T]
3 Female flower for American president’s wife, in short (6) FLOTUS {F}{LOTUS}
4 Non-believer in god? Transformed? Eat this! (7) ATHEIST*
5 Next to river, copper starts to torture opposing relatives for person authorised to act under testamentary document (8) EXECUTOR {EXE}{CU}{To...e}{Op...g}{Re...s}
6 Coffee shop has a royal liquid container (6) CARAFE {C{A}{R}AFE}
7 Container contains new variety of bean (4) MUNG {MU{N}G}
16 Park redesigned to accommodate knight’s lark (5) PRANK {PRA{N}K*}
18 First German residing in a middle eastern country means to leave one’s country (8) EMIGRATE {EMI{Ge...n}RATE}
20 “Incapacitated,” said incorrectly, “and lost vital fluid” (8) DISABLED {SAID*}{BLED}
21 Sad man goes around middle of September giving wreaths to place on heads (7) ANADEMS {SAD+MAN}* over {s..tEm..r}
23 Churchman’s box contains uranium (6) CURATE {C{U}RATE}
25 Type of snake egg found in African country (6) GABOON {GAB{0}ON}
29 Ceremonial boxing, in Flores island, in small case (4) E?U? (Addendum - ETUI {ETU}{I} - See comments)
Reference List
Wrong = X, European = E, Representative = MP, English = E, Chinese = CH, Island = I, King = K, Independent = I, Female = F, Royal = R, New = N, Military Intelligence = MI, Friend in French = AMI, Knight = N
Just 1 comment and that too a spam!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyable one again. Searched for some delicacies but could only find litchi. Shall await for more.
ReplyDeleteWith two puzzles left in this run, there is a 50% probability that it will be published tomorrow, unless some other setter is published. Otherwise, a 100% probability after that.
Deleteinto the realm of permutations & combinations. Not the strongest of my topics!
Deleteits a probability question. if one the two boxes contain an apple, whats the probability that it woul be picked first.
DeleteETU is ceremonial boxing in Flores (Thanks to Wikipedia) and I is for island - ETUI means small case
ReplyDelete21d goes as anind? or is it missing.
ReplyDeleteAround
ReplyDelete29 d Etui is a small case
ReplyDelete29D Etui was the villian, couldn't get it. Et tu, Brute!
ReplyDeleteIt is one of the fav.of setters in general.
ReplyDeleteDear Mr. Kishore Rao, the popular 'Incognito' of THCW
ReplyDeletePardon me for my naughty or 'one track minded' view. The clue and the answer for your witty 9-A reminded me of those days of late '60s when around or past nine'o clock, AIR used to air that ad about Nirodh as part of the FP campaign. And surely such ads on the tiny transistor must have prompted many a Srimatis to let their Srimanjis to get into the act by contending that they had forgotten!!
So much so as and when this ad was aired, we bachelor or single airmen used to say "Abhi. Hamara dost Abhijit, Aapna SMQ (services married quarters), Jit Gaya Hoga...". of course with a twinkle in our eyes!!
Nice & breezy. Fav - FLOTUS, EXECUTOR. Thank u Kishore.
ReplyDelete22-A was the CW of the day though I failed to solve it in right earnest...
ReplyDeleteIndeed, it is the apt solution to all those in north India for immense relief from the heat...