Solution to 7D 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 Right take (11) APPROPRIATE [DD]
9 Say, Nigerian is fair, can get troubled (7) AFRICAN*
10 Dogs in parades cross a ditch in the corner (7) SHADOWS {SH{A}{Di..h}OWS}
11 Article on setter's text (5) THEME {THE}{ME}
12 Plucked and gave after she essentially asked roses to begin with (9) HARVESTED {VESTED}<=>{sHe}{As..d}{Ro..s}
13 Show time on flat (5) EVENT {T}<=>{EVEN}
15 Report on countrypeople and township (9) STATEMENT {STATE}{MEN}{T}
18 Repeal controversial entrance exam on time, ruthless, heartless on youngsters perhaps (9) TEENAGERS {NEET<=}{AGE}{Ru...sS}
21 Taking the first shuttle, engineer neared Salem, Erode with purpose (5) SENSE Acrostic
22 Part of daily work? Be with hero essentially (9) CHARACTER {CHAR}{ACT}{hERo}
24 Name, Place, Animal, Thing (5) NOUNS [MD] Definition by example - See comments
26 Senior first officer's new wear (7) EROSION {SENIOR+Of...r}*
27 I enter to expel first officer (26), rearrange as its more vocal (7) NOISIER {I} in{ERoSION}*
28 Maybe dead people live in this country (11) NETHERLANDS [DD]
DOWN
1 Average people take time to visit a tenant primarily or flat (9) APARTMENT {PAR}{MEN} over {T} in {A}{Te...t}
2 Money, as I heard is yours, left behind piano sweetheart (5) PURSE {(~yours)URS}<=>{P} and {swEet}
3 Golden red string in half, a band (9) ORCHESTRA {{OR}{CHE}{STRing}{A}
4 Farms managed by revolutionary society (7) RANCHES {RAN}{CHE}{S}
5 Gangster escaped from this country to another (7) AUSTRIA AUSTRalIA
7 Yes, you heard it. That's the direction (8) ?O?T?E?N (Addendum - SOUTHERN S(~ yes) - See comments )
8 Roughly 67% of the stimulated had taken drugs (4) USED roUSED
14 Lover ate porridge in the lift (8) ELEVATOR*
16 Dispatched to construct aisle outside. It is required (9) ESSENTIAL {ES{SENT}IAL*}
17 Banks cashier — one who loves... (9) TREASURES TREASURiES [DD] - See comments
19 ....is gone long ago with money, caught later (7) EXTINCT {EX}{TIN}{CT}
20 Remarkable variety provided by small timer primarily (7) STRANGE {RANGE}<=>{S}{Ti..r}
22 About to cut and bite (4) CHEW {C}{HEW}
23 A story on Napoleon — that's French to English (5) ALIEN {A}{LIE}{N}
Reference List
Time = T, Township = T, Daily = CHAR, Piano = P, Golden = OR, Society = S, Gangster = AL, Money = TIN, Caught = CT, Small = S, About = C, One in French = UN
24A Is it definition by example?
ReplyDelete+1. Individually each is a noun.
DeleteQuadruple definition or perhaps a CD. Was my favourite clue in the grid.
Delete3d thought red was reserves for russians!
ReplyDeletePls read reserved.
Delete17d my COD. Got Stuck forever as DD (treasurer).
ReplyDeleteThanks. I read it as one who leaves :-(
DeleteMy parsing
Delete17d TREASURES - loves
Banks cashier - treasuries
-- one = minus i
{treasur (-i)es}
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Col, I thik your anno works.
DeleteBanks : treasuries.
Cashier/discharge del indicator for one.
Loves as def.
DD would be treasurer: cashier/treasurer as employee of bank and one who treasures (loves). But it doesn't fit crossings.
Yes, cashier here is a deletion indicator. Perhaps 'who' in WP is misleading
DeleteFilled 7D as SOUTHERN unable to parse properly
ReplyDeleteIs it as simple as homophone of Yes being S or am I missing something too?
Delete7D - SOUTHERN (~S)
S: Abbrievation of Southern
Definition: Direction
Your annotation is correct.
DeleteAh, that's good!
DeleteI liked 18a being a contemporary clue and for it's surface meaning.
ReplyDeleteRed = Che !!? came across for the first time.
ReplyDeleteRed for communist/revolutionary.
Delete"Che" Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary and a major figure of Cuban revolution (and a guerrilla leader, diplomat, writer, physician as well)
No Ramesh ji. Revolutionary as title ref to Che. Red is specific cold war usage to ref Russian communist.
DeleteIt's stretching to use red->revolutionary ->Che.
May be forced by 3 CHEs in the grid. (2 immediate ones)
Oh ok
DeleteBlast from the past
ReplyDeleteQuick method for the translation of ninetynine of Mozart’s works (5)