Tuesday 13 December 2022

No 13735, Tuesday 13 Dec 2022, Lightning

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
 It may be kicked twelve inches at a dance (8) FOOTBALL {FOOT}{BALL}
5   Confer degree on saint with sign of respect after commencement (6) BESTOW {BE}{ST}{bOW}
 One that may hang back to ward off animal outside (8) DEFENDER {DE{FEND}ER}
10 Working within sixty minutes to get respect (6) HONOUR {H{ON}OUR}
12 Not in control, be defeated without offence at the start (5) LOOSE {LO{Of...e}SE}
13 A short daring initiative primarily dropped and eliminated (9) ABOLISHED {A}{BOLd}{{In...e}{SHED}
14 Put together in favour of medicine (6) FORMED {FOR}{MED}
16 Basically unsupervised zonal hospital building in Chinese city (7)  LANZHOU {Un...d+ZONAL+H}*
19 Short team clothing partly kept by leading rookie player in one (7) STRIKER  STRI{KEpt}{Ro...e} Anno pending (Addendum - {STRIp}{KEpt}{Ro...e} - See comments)
21 European shine (6) POLISH [DD]
23 Negligent leader returns with abatement (9) REMISSION {REMISS}{NO 1<=}
25 Part of helmet represented in unit of length (5) METRE [T]
26 Small quantity of eggnog, gingerbread (6) NOGGIN [T]
27 Everyone to return and spread out to be assigned a share (8) ALLOTTED {ALL}{TO<=}{TED} 
28 Provoke former lover with quote (6) EXCITE {EX}{CITE}
29 Part of engine left dry - nice to be replaced (8) CYLINDER {L+DRY+NICE}*

DOWN
1   Couple of diamonds smuggled in document - it's a fraud (6) FIDDLE {FI{DD}LE}
2   Side with tone - it's in poor taste (3,6) OFF COLOUR {OFF}{COLOUR}
3   Indulge in game for the most part with energy (5) BINGE {BINGo}{E}
4   General drawback in the side the wind blows (7) LEEWARD {LEE}{DRAW<=}
 Omit a lone mistake, becoming passionate (9) EMOTIONAL*
7   Small quantity of drug hard on canine perhaps (5) T?O?H (Addendum - TOOTH {TOOT}{H} - See comments)
8   Promise to protect primarily large bowl - one that a winner gets (5,3) WORLD CUP {WOR{La..e}D}{CUP}
11 Attempt by a rookie - it could result in a score (4) GOAL {GO}{A}{L}
15 Temporary mask thief destroys (9) MAKESHIFT*
17 Governor's appeal had Democrat paused briefly (9) HESITATED {HE'S}{IT}{ATE}{D}
18 Established scope to separate (8) ESTRANGE {EST}{RANGE}
20 Ransack short written record of events from the bottom (4) RAID DIARy<=
21 Many left going down absorbing a fine (7) PENALTY {P(-l)EN(+l)LTY} over {A}
22 Leader (king) could score with this (6) HEADER {HEAD}{ER}
24 Marvellous and grand illusion conjured for starters (5) MAGIC Acrostic semi&lit
25 Islanders gutted important institute (5) MAORI {MAjOR}{I}

Reference List
Spread out = TED, Former lover = EX, Left = L, Diamond = D, Energy = E, Hard = H, Rookie = L, Appeal = IT, Democrat = D, King = ER, Institute  I

23 comments:

  1. No online version of this crossword today? Anyone having same problem?

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  2. 7.d small quantity of drug....toot
    (Toot is small quantity of cocaine)
    H from hard
    Tooth....canine tooth.

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  3. 19A - I think anno is
    STRI(-p) + KE(-pt) + R
    Strip is "team clothing". Def from TFD/Collins
    strip (n): (Clothing & Fashion) the clothes worn by the members of a team, esp a football team
    Short is del indicator. Rest is as Col has annotated.

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  4. This strip is new to me. Thank you Ramki.
    Ted is also new,though I was able to get the word with the help crossings and wordplay.

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    1. me too sir.. nice to learn the anno. by Ramki and well explained.

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    2. It's used in the sense:
      It's his strip.
      Meaning that's what he strips down (his regular clothes) for (wearing the team uniform).

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  5. Interesting and smooth flowing CW from Lightning- as we have come to expect from him.

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  6. Timely theme and published on time!

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  7. Nice, timely themed puzzled. Loved the crisp clues.
    Thank you, Lightning!

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  8. 23a remiss and remission both mean weakening/dimunition from root word remittere

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  9. Nice grid. I too filled without knowing the alternate meanings for Ted & Strip.
    To all fifa fans - have an enjoyable watch of semis & finals!!

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  10. Sleep? What is the next day for???
    Come on Paddy! U know better!! 🙂

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