Solution to 23A 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 Everything that exists in a French poem is gripping individual (8) UNIVERSE {UN}{1}{VERSE}
5 Design by alien for earth, perhaps (6) PLANET {PLAN}{ET}
9 Specialist doctor at hospital, not new, filled with excitement (8) ENTHUSED {ENT}{H}{USED}
10 Division of group of fish partly is methodical to begin with (6) SCHISM {SCHool}{IS}{Me...l}
12 Praise guest contributing to smooth transition (5) SEGUE [T]
13 Reasoning ability of fashionable cashier curtailed by court (9) INTELLECT {IN}{TELLEr}{CT}
14 Party with couple of unknowns in Andromeda, perhaps (6) GALAXY {GALA}{X}{Y}
19 Camera I lost in country (7) AMERICA*
23 What may be happening to one mark of error pending a correction (9) E?P?N?I?G (Addendum - EXPANDING - {X+PENDING+A}* - See comments)
25 Searches dissolute person joining society (5) RAKES {RAKE}{S}
26 Medium, second perhaps, not left in what one is made of (6) MATTER {M}{lATTER}
27 Influence more or less substantial (8) HANDSOME {HAND}{SOME}
28 Where a batsman might start to feel nervous (6) NINETY [CD]
29 Use sling to change grotesque appearance (8) UGLINESS*
DOWN
1 Anxious peacekeepers essentially annoy many in the end (6) UNEASY {UN}{tEASe}{manY}
2 Giant tree chopped up to make part of larger unit (9) INTEGRATE*
3 Avoid press release wasted in the beginning (5) ELUDE prELUDE
4 State's commercial venture provided yen (7) SPECIFY {SPEC}{IF}{Y}
6 Scaled oil rig restricted to a place (9) LOCALISED*
7 Innocent citizen leaving Thailand (5) NAIVE NAtIVE
8 Cook to steam ordinary vegetables (8) TOMATOES {TO+STEAM+O}*
11 It's primary shining throughout a region (4) STAR Acrostic Semi&lit
15 Lamenting misplaced alliance (9) ALIGNMENT*
17 Left behind outside with depression — one may not get out of it (5,4) BLACK HOLE {B{L}ACK}{HOLE}
18 Beer introduced in ship by gent — he can be persuasive (8) SALESMAN {S{ALE}S}{MAN}
20 A police branch is sharp (4) ACID {A}{CID}
21 Large explosion — it's supposed to have created one (3,4) BIG BANG {BIG}{BANG}
22 Reckon beasts of burden slow at first (6) ASSESS {ASSES}{Slow}
24 Where a race car may stop with side spike (5) PITON {PIT}{ON}
Reference List
A in French = UN, Individual = I, Alien = ET, Specialist doctor = ENT, Hospital = H, Fashionable = IN, Court = CT, Unknowns = X,Y, King = R, Mark of error = X, Society = S, Medium = M, Left = L, Peacekeepers =- UN, Yen = Y, Thailand = T, Ordinary = O, Ship = SS, Side = ON
23A. Expanding. Mark of error= x.pending. a= one.what may be happening is an angrind.
ReplyDelete23A EXPANDING
ReplyDeleteMark of error: X, Correction: Anagrind
{X PENDING A} * : EXPANDING
What may be happening to one: Definition (referring to 1A Universe)
Great solve Veena.
Deleteanno not correct
ReplyDeletefor Gemini @8:36
DeleteTx. Now learnt the anno...
DeleteThank you Lightning for exploring the Universe starting from the Big Bang,
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed solving.
Is lightning another incognito ?๐
ReplyDeletemaybe, incognito may be in any form.๐
DeleteMany references to one (1a - universe)
ReplyDeleteWhat may be happening to one - expanding
What one is made of - matter
One may not get out of it - black hole
It is supposed to have created one - big bang
Blast from past
ReplyDeleteIncite to fight a sailor! (3)
TAR is sailor.
DeleteDD?
Today's grid mostly related with sky, and above galaxy. enough time spent on SCHISM, RISIBLE . excellent word play esp. on first holy book. fortunately spotted the holy book and other annotations. (bible). but, searching a lot for deletion indictor. over all an interesting grid. Thank you lightning.
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