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ACROSS
8 Scrap Chinese vessel (4) JUNK [DD]
9 No earls in city? (3,7) NEW ORLEANS {NO+EARLS}* [CA]
10 Devastated Portsmouth tout leaves and gradually changes (6) MORPHS PORtSMoutH*
11 Sappers drink with queen and journalist (8) REPORTER {RE}{PORT}{ER}
12 Summoned accountant and a couple of students to dine at sea (6,2) CALLED IN {CA}{LL}{DINE*}
14 Dislike tenancy charge covering extra space at first (6) RESENT {R{Ex..a}{Sp..e}ENT}
16 Vessel containing snake having head of toad (4) BOAT {BOA}{Toad}
17 Vehicle full of worms (5) BUGGY [DD]
18 Commencement of dinner at end of dance with romantic partner (4) DATE {Di...r}{AT}{d..cE}
19 Invite to a relationship at souk dance (3,3) ASK OUT*
21 Perhaps T-Rex's red photo is morphed (8) THEROPOD*
27 Crustacean bit charmer violently (6,4) HERMIT CRAB*
DOWN
1 Robots plant vegetable in Australia with poles (10) AUTOMATONS {AU}{TOMATO}{NS}
2 Military chaplain's silky top is crumpled (3,5) SKY PILOT*
3 American journalist following United Nations is new (6) UNUSED {US}{ED}<=>{UN}
4 Container carried by the werewolf (4) EWER [T]
5 Prince rewrites poetry in estate, for example (8) PROPERTY {PR}{POETRY*}
6 Comes to know dramatic king has bridge partners (6) LEARNS {LEAR}{NS}
7 Money put down to wager, "Insect has energy" (4) ANTE {ANT}{E}
13 Thing broken in darkness (5) NIGHT*
15 Want iodine manufactured throughout the country (10) NATIONWIDE*
17 Flying creatures conceal spoilt ham at end of August in toilet furnishings (4,4) BATH MATS {BAT{HAM*}{a...sT}S}
18 Doctor liable to pay around beginning of November for suffocating underwater (8) DROWNING {DR}{OWI{No...r}NG}
20 Accumulation of fluid from tops of organs exhibiting disease exaggerated by male African leader (6) OEDEMA {Or...s}{Ex...g}{Di...e}{Ex...d}{M}{Af...n}
22 Dress borne wrongly by Earl (6) ENROBE {BORNE*}{E}
24 Got old silver with European design initially (4) AGED {AG}{Eu...n}{De...n}
25 Spoil English animal (4) MARE {MAR}{E}
Reference List
Sappers = RE, Queen = ER, Student = L, Australia = AU, Journalist = ED, Prince = PR, Bridge partners = NS, Energy = E, Earl = E, English = E
12 A CALLED IN = summoned ( accountant CA + couple of students LL + ED IN , DINE anagram}
ReplyDelete19 A ASK OUT = Invite { AT SOUK anagram}
21 A THEROPOD = Dinosaur, T rex { RED PHOTO anagram}
23 A CARDAMOM = Spice { Vehicle CAR + advertisement rejected +DA+ mother MOM
27 A HERMIT CRAB = Crustacean { BIT CHARMER anagram}
Good beginning!
Delete10a morphs from portsmouth-tout
ReplyDelete4d ewer from thE WERewolf
6d learns from King Lear and bridge partners NS
7d Ante from ant (insect)with Energy
14a resent from Rent and es from Extra Space
10a & 24a Answers are correct but annotations incomplete
DeleteThey are anagrams of portsmouth less tout and and tenancy charges is rent with E and S from Extra Space
ReplyDeletePl relook 14a which is not an Anagram clue.
Delete@Rajesh- if it is a anagram, you have to say what is the anagrind. Always, please rule out other wordplay before deciding it is an anagram.
Delete14a. 'covering' is the container / sandwich indicator.
Deletetenancy charge 'covering' extra space at first
rent 'covering' es
r(es)ent
Slow response! Chennai weather?
ReplyDeleteRegulars waiting in the wings!
ReplyDeleteRelook anno 1Dn please!
ReplyDeleteOk, but what is plant?
DeleteWhy not containment indicator? It contains- planted inside.
Delete8Ac JUNK - DD
ReplyDelete28a - ( Un(-cloth)ed)* = NUDE*
ReplyDelete3d UNUSED: new
ReplyDeleteUS( American) ED( journalist)
UN(United Nations)
US ED follows UN
Hence UN US ED
17Dn : BATH MATS = Toilet furnishings
ReplyDelete(BAT(HAM*)(T)S)
T from end of Augus(T)
9a NEW ORLEANS - city
ReplyDeleteReverse Anagram
{no earls}* with NEW as Anagrind
11a (RE)(PORT)(ER) = journalist
ReplyDelete5D- Property- PR (POETRY)*- Estate
ReplyDelete18.a date
ReplyDeleteCommencement of dinner....d
At.....at
End of dance.....e
Date.
20.d oedema
ReplyDeleteTops of Organs exhibiting disease exaggarated.....oede
Male African leader...ma
Small correction Doctor.
DeleteMale - m
African leader - a
24.a old....aged
ReplyDeleteSilver....ag
European design initially...ed
24d. To be precise, "Got old" is the Definition. (Definition ought to be at the beginning or at the end of clue sentence).
Delete25.a
ReplyDeleteMare...animal
Spoil....mar
English...e
26.a fame...renown
ReplyDeleteB(ren own)er
22d ENROBE; dress; E BORNE*
ReplyDelete24 & 25 are down and not Ac.
ReplyDeleteLeftovers-
ReplyDeleteAc 16 & 17
Dn= 13
13d is perhaps the easiest of all the clues
DeleteProbably it is too dark to be seen!
DeleteYes the "in" Is confusing.
DeleteAnd even 16 for an incognito clue.
My genuine doubt.
DeleteCan't "in" (in 17d) and "containing" (in 16a) be simply considered as link-words?
I thought so too.
Delete17A Buggy DD (Vehicle, full of worms)
ReplyDelete16a containing (pointing to coiling around character of the snake. Constrict would have been straight)
ReplyDeleteSnake:boa
Head of road:t
Vessel:boat
in dic. BOA gives a long thin fluffy scarf. I am viewing in word web.
DeleteA fluffy scarf indeed is called a boa, probably because it resembles the snake...
DeleteThank you. BTW, experienced the difference version of word play on AGED. yesterday & today.....solved your grid in wee hours. awaiting for hat trick.
DeleteIMO, contains, probably may have suited better than containing.
ReplyDeleteThere is no containment in wordplay. It is just Boa T. What is needed is a connector.
Thank you KKR- continuation from yesterday.
ReplyDelete16 Vessel containing snake having head of toad (4)
ReplyDeleteMy interpretation:
Reading literally "Vessel", ie. "boat" is a word 'containing' snake ie. boa and t (head of toad)
Yes, this makes sense to me!
DeleteFirst probably differing with incognito.
DeleteLooks post-facto.
17 Flying creatures conceal spoilt ham at end of August in toilet furnishings (4,4)
ReplyDeleteAgain speaking literally, in 'toilet furnishings' ie BAT(H MAT)S, one can see BATS concealing HAM* T
All in all a great grid CONTAINING some great clues, but CONCEALING no theme today!!
ReplyDeleteThanx Kishore!