Solution to 20D 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.
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1 Italy's probing treaty with leader of neighbouring country (6) NATION {NAT{I}O}{Ne...g}
10 Perhaps Freddie Mercury letting Queen down inside (4,6) LEAD SINGER {LEA{D}SING}{ER}
12 IIT alumni basically hope to rebuild country (8) ETHIOPIA {Iit+Al...i+HOPE+TO}* (Correction - {IIT+Al...i+HOPE}* - See comments)
15 Unite to leave the French dynasty (4) MING MINGle
16 Frighten a stallion hiding from behind stable (4) SANE [T<=]
17 Spooner's naughty kid split Chappati, say (9) FLATBREAD (~ brat fled to flatbread)
21 Sold lawn including dog (8) RETAILED {RE{TAIL}ED}
25 Cabs leaving bar in line (4) AXIS tAXIS
26 Polished alloy of Vanadium and Steel (6) SVELTE {V+STEEL}*
27 Formerly packed in normal cheese (6) PANEER {PA{NEE}R}
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6 Do longer trips taking one Italian boatman (9) GONDOLIER {DO+LONGER}* over {1}
7 Swimming freshwater eel in Gangetic banks (7) REELING [T]
8 Heated kilt to expose what's private! (4,3,3,3) TAKE THE LID OFF {HEATED+KILT}* [RA]
14 Accountant Ali's examining stocks to torture (9) TANTALISE [T]
16 Weather vanes covered by the seven seas quivering in storms (7) SEETHES {THE+SEven+SEas}* [CA]
18 Maths puzzles involving a bit of algebra for entertainment (7) TAMASHA {MATHS}* over {A} and {Al...a}
19 Had fabrication closer to regular studio (7) ATELIER {ATE}{LIE}{r...aR}
20 Gloomy set of students pursuing current technology (3-3) ?L?-L?T (Addendum - ILL-LIT {LL}<=>{I} and {IT} - See comments)
23 See that post frequently about flood (5) SPATE {sEs+ThAt+PoSt}<=
Reference List
Italy = I, Treaty = NATO, Old = O, Queen = ER, Down = D, 51 = LI, The in French = LE, Minute = M, Bar = T, Formerly = NEE, Normal = PAR, Year = Y, University = U, New = N, Oriental = E, Student = L, Current = I, Technology = IT
I think 12a anno is (IIT+A+HOPE)* A first letter of alumni)
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DeleteThe way it is given there is an extra O and an I short.
Liked the Niagara.
ReplyDelete17A-Spooner- Split leading to fled?
ReplyDeleteYes
Delete21a reed and lawn are synonyms?
ReplyDeleteyes,it's a stretch.
ReplyDelete20D) ILL-LIT meaning gloomy
ReplyDeleteCurrent - I
Technology - IT
Set of students - LLL
I(LLL)IT
On that note: (just a fun read)
Delete"is the set of all sets that are not members of themselves a member of itself? If so, you get a contradition, and if not, you get a contradiction. The "class" of all sets is "too big to be a set", and that simply means you cannot apply to it all the operations you can with sets. The same thing forbids the class of all groups to be a set of all groups: if it were a set, then the set of permutations of its members would be a group, and would therefore be a member of the set of all groups, and that leads to problems like those of the set of all sets that are not members of themselves. Likewise, the class of all vector spaces is not a set, etc. These "proper classes" differ from "sets" only it that they are not members of any other classes."