Solution to 16A 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 Remain enchanted with mad race for Green Card? (8,5) AMERICAN DREAM*
9 Confrontation leading to needless damage all around (3-2) RUN-IN {RU{Ne...s}IN}
10 My weaknesses — Food Courts, Heavy Metal and Plays, occasionally (3,6) MEA CULPAS {MEA{CU}L}{PlAyS}
12 Talk about unending animosity (4) CHAT {C}{HATe}
13 Pasta made with gnocchi and olive, without a drop of vinegar (10) CONCHIGLIE {GNOCCHI+OLIvE}* There's an extra O in the fodder
18 Initially imitating Deepika, youngster later looked incredibly classy and charming (7) IDYLLIC Acrostic
21 Sense of identity that exists before ignorance essentially gets dissolved (3) EGO ErGO
22 True proposition — “Love, just envelops and hate, regularly rebounds” (7) THEOREM {MER{0}E}{HaTe}<=
24 Some frown on a Gondwana lotus temple's shape (7) NONAGON [T]
25 Partly elephantine, one's at centre of those people's pantheon of gods (10) POLYTHEISM {rolyPOLY}{THE{1'S}M}
28 Not large type of infection (4) STYE STYlE
30 Power source — most universal with unlimited supply (9) GENERATOR {GENERAl}{sTORe}
31 Struggle of powerless authority (5) EXERT EXpERT
32 Guess how universe was created? Began right by blowing up around nothing! (3,4,6) BIG BANG THEORY {BEGAN+RIGHT+BY}* over {0}
DOWN
2 Metal worker casts out base of a heavy deity statue in the end (9) MANGANESE {MAN}{GANESh}{s...uE}
3 Give out good shout (4) RANT gRANT
4 Corporate boss having a minute role, short but significant (5) CAMEO {C{A}{M}EO}
5 Again making one run over last obstacle with a fast lift off (10) REUNIFYING {R{o...lE}UN}{1}{FlYING} L/Lift?
6 Scare about Pope's power going to head (5) APPAL (-p)A(+p)PPAL Power going to head or going down?
7 Cocaine and cannabis? That's crazy! (8) CRACKPOT {CRACK}{POT}
8 Bali's path, we are told (4) ISLE (~aisle)
11 Extremely bad, running kidnapping for sale (7) AUCTION AbdUCTION
14 Some Pakistanis involved in spying and sponsoring terrorism (3) ISI [T] &lit
15 That R & B hero, perhaps, is an idol (5-5) HEART THROB*
17 He doesn't have stable job set up, causing turmoil (7) TEMPEST {TEMP}{SET*}
19 A measure of journey having no beginning and endlessly long (9) LIGHTYEAR {fLIGHT}{YEARn}
20 Marriage papers (8) CONFETTI [CD]
25 Space set up by English squire (4) PAGE {GAP<=}{E}
26 Wear something that breathes air essentially (5) LUNGI {LUNG}{aIr}
27 Show of confidence — moving self at start to front position (5) STRUT (+s)STRU(-s)T
29 Part of liberal inheritance, how it is carried forward (4) GENE GENErous
Reference List
About = C, Large = L, Power = P, Good = G, English = E
Stiff Challenge from Vidwan today. Loved American Dream, Big Bang Theory among several clues. Biffed many and came here to see the annos. Did not get the pasta nor the 3-letter currency.
ReplyDeleteYes. A few tough ones along with several enjoyable ones- as stated above by Vasant.
Delete31A. Exert= struggle . is a verb. However the clue says struggle of which sounds more as a noun. Appreciate some gramnar gyan
ReplyDeleteThe noun verb "mismatch" is legit in Crosswords.
DeleteBouncers all the way.. Retired hurt. Very tough
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteHaven't done the crossword since the grid upset me.
ReplyDelete5d: lift and drag (forces) from aerodynamics/aviation àre L and D.
You mean the 3 consecutive unches in the top and bottom rows? Yes, that is a problem in the grid.
DeleteDoesn't TH have a rule for grids given to setters?
after this article,
Deletehttps://www.crosswordunclued.com/2009/09/crossword-grid-checking.html
may be it was expected to be!
1a) isn't an anagram indicator required for mad race? Enchanted is the indicator for remain only
ReplyDelete"With" resolves the problem REMAIN{+(with)}MAD RACE*
DeleteIn that case, shouldn't the anagram indicator technically come before "remain" so that the clue reads like this? (Remain + mad race)*
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Deleteplease read with as (along with). (remain along with mad race), enchanted.
DeleteAlthough I was able to solve a good number of clues today and on accessing this blogsite, ascertained how and why I failed in some, the solution including the explanation or annotation for 27-D has not been clear to me.
ReplyDeletePlease explain.
confidemce=trust. self at start=s, moving to front position.
DeleteThat is why Col. has marked S of start in pink.
Deletesorry. S of Self.
DeleteSincere thanks to all of you...
DeleteFrom Perfect to prefect.
ReplyDeleteTrading unsure about is change 'er' to 're'.
Right is perfect.
sounds is synonym indicator?
Novice???
Deleteprobably but it's 2'o clock.
DeleteBTW,am I right and right again with 'sounds'?
16A
Deleteright - perfect
sounds unsure - er (hesitation)
about trading - er to re
That's a good one Ramesh.
DeleteDear all - Thanx to our blog - I caught up with my classmate - Sankalak's son after 45 years. & it was such a pleasure. Thanx once more!
ReplyDeleteThe pseudonym SANKALAK translates to COMPILER!
DeleteI read about his CW yesterday. In sanskrit the meaning of Sankalak is complier.
DeleteProbably you may be knowing his mother also. She was a newsreader in AIR.
ReplyDeleteSo he mentioned just now.
DeletePaddy - He has posted in yday's blog.
Saw it after reading your comment. hank you.
DeleteThank you. Just saw.
ReplyDeleteHe had traced and sent some of Sankalak's completed CW's and forwarded to TH for publication posthumously, titled 'From Sankalak files'.
26D - LUNGI
ReplyDeleteCan't the clue be termed &lit? 😀
Vaguely remember seeing the clue earlier!
Can't be &lit. There is clear wp to get lung from 'that breathes' and adding I to it.
ReplyDeletew.r.to Vasant's comment about TH's approval of grids-
ReplyDeleteGussalufz had mentioned in his notes that he is going to change the grid in future and he has got it okayed by TH.
Then they shouldn't have approved a grid with 3 consecutive unches.
Delete+1
Delete10A,I confused whether to pick the odd letters for food court, heavy metal & play or only on play. after dic. I got the anno. quite tough few puzzles. but it was tricky and mind blowing.
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