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ACROSS
8 Actress that The Rolling Stones don't pick up? (4) MOSS [DD]
9 Damaged sedan in the mountains (5) ANDES*
10 Ape, policeman and Yankee (4) COPY {COP}{Y}
11 Customer's right in court (6) CLIENT {C{LIEN}T}
12 Heard chap in front of disco perhaps gives training (8) GUIDANCE {(~guy)GUI}{DANCE}
13 State: "Military officer loves collecting Republican publicity material" (8) COLORADO {COL}{0}{R}{AD}{0}
15 Assistant Secretary despatched agreement (6) ASSENT {A}{S}{SENT}
17 Receive very soft feathers and descend (3,4) GET DOWN {GET}{DOWN}
19 Leaves German components (7) DEPARTS {DE}{PARTS}
22 A bar built around Arizona market (6) BAZAAR {A+BAR}* over {AR}
24 Bade Lear, "Rewrite, be capable of comprehension" (8) READABLE*
26 Makes signs: "Guest is confused about start of service" (8) GESTURES {GUEST+IS}* over {Se...e}
28 Croon about princess's turnout (6) SIDING {SI{DI}NG}
30 River from Erode region (4) ODER [T]
31 President's rocking in bed (5) BIDEN*
32 Next to bone-yard renovated after body went missing (4) NEAR {boNE+yARd}
DOWN
1 Throw ball and dish (4) BOWL [DD]
2 Tories' ad redrawn to show space rock (8) ASTEROID*
3 Kind of Ray to include right slogan (6) MANTRA {MANT{R}A}
4 A law-man and soldier's operating system to produce musical pieces (7) ADAGIOS {A}{DA}{GI}{OS}
5 Make a ball-park guess from extensive land around central Denmark after independence (8) ESTIMATE {EST{I}{denMark}ATE}
6 Fiddles around mid-afternoon and runs (6) SCRAMS {SC{a..eRn..n}AMS}
7 Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' dubious competence in exporting cement (4) OPEC cOmPEtenCe*
14 After circular letter, extraordinarily large final letter from the Greeks (5) OMEGA {O}{MEGA}
16 Travelling nationals leaving Sion for city in Brazil (5) NATAL NATionALs
18 Clothes cupboard's drawback? Boer is confused (8) WARDROBE {DRAW<=}{BOER*}
20 Drops sailor with old naval ship for starters (8) ABANDONS {AB}{AND}{O}{Na..l}{Ship}
21 Indecent about South Africa's holy war (7) CRUSADE {CRU{SA}DE}
23 Changes broken slate around end of summer (6) ALTERS {ALTE{s...eR}S*}
25 Blood group despatched? It's not there (6) ABSENT {AB}{SENT}
27 Concludes: English daughter has son (4) ENDS {EN}{D}{S}
29 Revolting Indian agent gives up dieting... Gets bread (4) NAAN {iNdiAN+Agent}*
Reference List
Yankee = Y, Court = CT, Publicity material = AD, German = DE, Princess = DI, Right = R, Lawman = DA, Soldier = GI, Operating system = OS, Independance = I, Sailor = AB, Old = O, Blood group = AB, English = EN, Daughter = D, Son = S
Thank you Incognito. Almost completed your grid in wee hours. Nice to seen colonel sir today's grid. Col.sir, try to visit Bed Dwaraka.
ReplyDelete9ac .ANDES
ReplyDeletedamaged SEDAN i.e anagram is ANDES
10ac is COPY
ReplyDeletepoliceman is COP and yankee is Y
11ac CLIENT
ReplyDeletecourt is CT
in court a right i.e LIEN so CLIENT
3d MANTRA
ReplyDeletekind of Ray is MANTA and it includes right R
15 ac ASSENT
ReplyDeleteassistant secretary is AS
dispatched is SENT
15 ac ASSENT
ReplyDeleteassistant secretary is AS
dispatched is SENT
Sorry double entry may be deleted
Delete11ac CLIENT
ReplyDeletecourt is CT
court includes right i.e LIEN
sorry double entry may be deleted
ReplyDeletePlease mention the def.as well to make it complete- in afdition to wordplay
Delete2d.ASTEROID.. Tories ad *
ReplyDelete4d. ADAGIOS.. A DA GI O(perating) S(ystem)
DA..lawman GI ...soldier
19d..DEPARTS.. DE( German) PARTS
(components)
16d. NATAL..NATIONALS minus SION is NATAL...a city of Brazil
29. NAAN..INDIAN AGENT minus DIETING
is NAAN..Bread
1AC: Actress = MOSS, from the proverb, the rolling stone gathers no moss
ReplyDelete12A: Training = GUIDANCE. Chap = Guy = GUI (homophone), in front of DANCE (disco)
13A: State = COLORADO. Military officer = COL, plus RAD (for Republican and publicity material) inside OO (loves)
19A: Leaves = DEPARTS. German = DE plus PARTS (components)
22A: Market = BAZAAR. Anagram of "a bar" around AZ (Arizona)
Replacement for 19A
Delete24A: Capable of comprehension = READABLE. Anagram of "bade Lear"
31 a Biden president from in bed
ReplyDelete32a near from bone yard - body
ReplyDelete8a moss actress Kate moss rolling stones don't collect moss
ReplyDelete12a guidance heard guy- gui disco -dance
ReplyDelete16d Natal city in Brazil nationals- sion
ReplyDelete18d. Drawback is ward. Boer is confused,
ReplyDeleteHence wardrobe.
25d. Blood group is ab. Despatched is sent. Hence it is absent.
21d.indecent is crude. About south africa is SA. Hence its crusade which is holy war.
26a. Guest is confuse . About is re. Start of service is s. Hence the clue is gestures for hand signals.
For future reference. Full anno for eg 26a (guest*) (re) (s) and 21d is cru(sa)de*
Delete23d. Alters . Broken slate and end of summer is r. Changes means alters.
ReplyDelete28.a Si(di)ng...turnout
ReplyDelete30.a erODE Region...oder...river in europe.
ReplyDelete14.a o(mega)....omega
ReplyDeleteGreek letter.
Circular letter...o
Large file....mega
17.a get down....descend
ReplyDeleteRecieve....get
Feather...down
1d..B(OWL)....THROW.
ReplyDeleteBall.....b
Dish....owl
Relook 1D
ReplyDeletePrincess is DI, not ID.
ReplyDelete22a - (B(AZ)(A)AR*)
ReplyDeleteA-A
bar*
Arizona-AZ
market = BAZAAR
My fav. is 13a - COLORADO
ESTIMATE: ball-park guess.
ReplyDeleteextensive land: ESTATE
Independence: I
Central Deark: M
EST(I) (M) ATE
My post at 11:01 corresponds to 5 d.
ReplyDelete7D OPEC (acrostic) and competence - cement
ReplyDeleteRelook
Delete6d. SCRAMS = runs
ReplyDeleteScams (fiddles around) around r, Mid afteRnoon
I have taken this clue as
ReplyDeletecroon - sing
Princes - DI
(SI(DI)NG) which is turnout.
It has to be SI(DI)NG
ReplyDeleteI think 29D is still pending.
ReplyDeleteSee Orthopaul @08:07
DeleteCorrect anno for 7d also.
ReplyDelete7D the annotation was to remove cement from competence which gives OPEC. And OPEC is acronym for Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
DeleteCan you elaborate what is the issue Paddy.
issue is that it is not an acronym. As you rightly said it is a deletion clue. Acronym clues do not use the same elaboration- as in this clue (OPEC) The clue was not answered.
Delete1D is, Of course a DD= Throw ball/ Dish
Sorry. I just saw that you had answered.
Delete26 Makes signs: "Guest is confused about start of service" - GESTURES (Guest) + About - RE + S (start of Service) - Makes signs.
ReplyDeleteAbout in crypric is like ben10's watch. You don't know what it can be until you know.
ReplyDelete