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 Joint rusted perhaps, tough to use it (7,6) KNUCKLE DUSTER {KNUCKLE}{RUSTED*}
14 Valet comes apart, he has no place to stay (7) VAGRANT {VA(let=grant)GRANT}
16 Worker on the moon - a Shakespearean character (7) ANTONIO {ANT}{ON}{IO}
18 First place in balance left for the knife (7) SCALPEL {SCAL{Pl..e}E}{L}
20 Move now and aim, it'll help the opponents (3,4) OWN GOAL {NOW*}{GOAL}
22 Harsh and dry outside, cold inside (5) ACRID {A{C}RID}
24 One less - an alternative is solitude (9) ALONENESS*
28 Be without teacher, copy writing on top of it is punishable (9,4) STATUTORY RAPE {STA{TUTOR}Y} with {APE}<=>{R}
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2 Information gathering, cops come up with reserves (4,3) NEST EGG {G{GETS}EN}<=
3 Cheat Spooner's piece of fish (4,5) CARD SHARP (~ shard carp to card sharp)
4 Rope in all criminal associates... (5) LASSO [T]
6 Fish in the past had this characteristic (5) SMELT [C&DD]
8 Vest is allowed, could be a superstition (3,5,5) OLD WIVES TALES*
9 Somehow got there to cover the explosion - it was a boombox (6,7) GHETTO BLASTER {GOT+THERE}* over {BLAST}
17 Bank employee receives usually new notes to start with- his is boring work (9) TUNNELLER {T{Us...y}{New}{No..s}ELLER}
19 Used coir as stuffing, suitable for fruit (7) APRICOT {AP{COIR*}T}
23 Inside is the believer (5) DEIST [T]
25 Broadcasting is over, look! (2,3) ON AIR {ON}{AIR}
Reference List
Moon = IO, Left = L, Cold = C, Student = L, Writing = R, Information = GEN, Cops = GETS
15D is not clear. I could only understand Tart from sharp.
ReplyDeleteIt's Palle<=
DeleteVa let beat me- I mean the split.
ReplyDelete15d Noun. palle. hem (border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together) doubled-back rim of anything, especially sheet metal
ReplyDeleteThank you. New to me. Then EL & Lap need not be separate as shown by Col.
ReplyDeleteNew to me too. I didn't find it in Free Dictionary
DeleteWill correct it after I get back home
DeletePalle is not there in any of my dictionaries
DeleteI found it in Wiktionary now
Delete7 D - ELATION( RELATION - R) ( Unsure of Anno)
ReplyDeleteYou have given the anno!
ReplyDeleteYou only did not mention how you got 'Relation'- from M in law.
R from 3 R's- Reading, wRiting. aRithmetic
Thank you!
DeleteI don't understand 3 R's, pl elaborate
ReplyDeleteElaborated above- as pronounced R comes first in 2nd & 3rd. ('rithmetic)
Delete3 R's are used to indicate literacy and used commonly in CW's
Thanks🙏
DeleteOk what is the role of Mother-in-law here, how your 3 R's come
DeleteM in law perhaps is relation.
DeleteSarathi,
DeleteIt is not MY 3R's!! Arden gave 1 R (Writing) and I just said it is part of 3 R's''.
You are right Sathia.
DeleteOk
Delete8D typo in answer?
ReplyDeleteYes typo
Delete28A Any rationale for ‘Be without teacher’ instead of ‘Be with teacher’? Thanks
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DeleteARCHAIC•LITERARY
outside.
Without is a container indicator.
Be outside teacher.
Be (stay) without teacher is expected to mean teacher within 'Stay'- STA(TUTOR)Y
ReplyDeleteI always feel very satisfied after solving Arden's puzzles! Today, however, the clue for 14A: VAGRANT seemed too contrived. In 15D, palle was new to me but it was a fair clue.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I was able to get for Palle on googing-
ReplyDeleteThe balls forming the cognizance of the family of the Medici, six of them (five red and one white with a bearing upon it) being charged upon the shield, which frequently occurs in Florentine and other Italian works of art. The balls have reference to a game similar to tennis.
Surprisingly i knew Palle & got all except SMELT - which i missed.
ReplyDeleteStill finishing all but one of Arden - highly satisfying. 😊
Palle - used in metal sheeting shop drawings
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