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AJJI 14
By Ajji
Across
| 1 | Flashback, missing second reveals only fifty percent (4) |
| 4 | The Greek God goes around the first born, produces cattle of Southwest Asia (5) |
| 7 | Right period of time is back but infrequent (4) |
| 9 | Start judging at home at ten bringing ill-luck (4) |
| 10 | Queen follows returning gentleman for part of a stair (5) |
| 11 | Virginia politician – a seductress (4) |
| 12 | Drag in river for flash flood (6) |
| 13 | The bare patch between feathered areas on a bird’s skin is a jumbled trapezium losing last letter (8) |
| 14 | Home provided care for prospective bride (8) |
| 16 | Headless monster meets aliens and welcomes (6) |
| 17 | Ignores the lower parts of the women’s apparels’ (6) |
| 19 | Setter with advisers, not right, issued souvenirs (8) |
| 21 | Messy cancellation around hundred for the surgical instrument (8) |
| 22 | Initially quiet, President loses little money twice, silent, gets ancient Saudi Arabian money (6) |
| 23 | The island nation provided back half the dishonest talk (4) |
| 24 | The train of followers lose both ends and go back to come together (5) |
| 25 | The cap, say is taken round everybody to start with for a minute amount (4) |
| 26 | The giant returns so (4) |
| 27 | High soaring, keen sighted bird is from the east, lissom but ignores the setter (5) |
| 28 | Let’s change, just in case (4) |
Down
| 2 | Hale and hearty, I have entered a nation playing foot ball (5,3,7) |
| 3 | The blend loses its male identity for female identity and becomes an installation (7) |
| 4 | Zeros in a jumble reveal a cross-bred animal (5) |
| 5 | Poet goes round American model for a bird (7) |
| 6 | Male deer goes around the rodent with setter backing cunning plan (9) |
| 7 | International footballer Don admits hesitation to be in trance (7) |
| 8 | Drink, crash, admissions of debt and cape brought about rough and noisy behaviour (15) |
| 15 | Obsolescence resulting from guy eating the last fatty substance (9) |
| 18 | Become aware of the boxer at South East (7) |
| 19 | Grieving, not universal for early part of the day (7) |
| 20 | Dashed back with large marine mammal without tail to get a small marine creature (7) |
| 22 | Line of waiters tip, we heard (5) |
Enjoy.
1ac - HALF (50%) - Flash - s (rev)
ReplyDelete3dn - FIXTURE (installation)
ReplyDeleteMixture (blend) - m +f
9ac - JINX (I'll luck)
ReplyDeleteJ + in + x
9a. JINX - ill-luck
ReplyDelete{j}{in}{x}
11a. VAMP - seductress
{va}{mp}
16a GREETS - welcomes
{(-o)gre}{ets}
7A: R(ARE<)
ReplyDelete28A: LEST..lets*
23A: FIJI..if<+JI-be
I think FI<< + JI(-ve) - Jive is meaningless talk. Jibe is to insult
DeleteJive isdeceitfu/meaningless talk. Checked in Merrimack Webster.
DeleteTypo Merriam Webster.
DeleteReplacement for 9a
ReplyDelete18d REALISE - become aware
{re}{ali}{se}
1a - (FLA(-S)H) <=== HALF
ReplyDelete11A - (VA)(MP) - Virginia - VA ; politician - MP
7A - (R)(ARE<===) Right-R ; Time-ERA
24ac unite r(etinu)e
ReplyDelete16ac greets o(gre) (ets)aliens
19dn morning (mourning-u)
24a fine tune!
Delete10 ac riser. ris<er.
ReplyDelete6 dn stratagem. st(rat)ag em<
20 dn narwhal nar<whal(e)
7Dn REVERIE - {REV{ER}IE}
ReplyDelete10A- Riser- (SIR+=<)ER- Part of staricase
ReplyDelete11A- Vamp- VA MP- Seductress
16A- Greets- Gre (Ogre-O) ETs- Welcomes
Check 21a indirect?
ReplyDeleteYes I think so
DeleteYes, it is, though I didn’t realise until pointed out. Sorry!
DeleteCheck your solution Sathia.
ReplyDeleteCorrect Sathia 👍
Delete8Dn RUMBUSTIOUSNESS - {RUM}{BUST}{IOUS}{NESS}
ReplyDeleteMy 3rd
ReplyDelete20Dn NARWHAL - {RAN-reverse}{WHAL(-e)}
To be solved
ReplyDeleteAcross 4, 12, 14, 17, 21, 22,, 25, 26
Down 4, 22
12Ac DELUGE - {DE{LUG}EE} - Replacement for 20Dn
ReplyDeletePlease ignore extra E in the anno above
Delete4a Ze (b) us
ReplyDelete4d Zorse*
21 e(C) raseur* :surgical instrument. erasure* is indirect.
17 A - SKIRTS (DD)
ReplyDelete26 A - OGRE <=
ERGO (so) returns to form OGRE (giant)
Imho there is a verb diaagreement here. Returns means to turn ogre!
DeleteSetters to clarify please.
4a ZEBUS = Cattle of SW Asia
ReplyDeleteZEUS = Greek god, around
B = first Born
14a. INTENDED= Prospective bride
IN = Home
TENDED = Provided care
26a OGRE . = Giant
ERGO = So, therefore, Returns
Good constrictions with few new words.
ReplyDeleteMay be could focus on few non-necessary (not unnecessary but things that could be avoided to reduce length of clue)
Like 1a
Flashback missing second fifty percent
Replace for 4a
ReplyDelete25 HAET = minute amount
HAT (cap) around E , everybody to start with
22d QUEUE: line of waiters
ReplyDeletetip: cue~queue (we heard is hp indicator)
Only 22ac remains.
ReplyDelete21A (ERASURE + C)* => ECRASEUR
ReplyDelete22A Q + (MURMU-M-M)+SH = QURUSH
22ac QURUSH: former Saudi Arabian currency
ReplyDeleteQ(initially quiet)
President losing little money twice: MURMU - M, M: URU
Silent:SH
(Q)(URU) (SH)
22ac QURUSH = Ancient Saudi Arabian money
ReplyDeleteQ + URU (President mURmU losing M twice)+ SH = silent
All clues solved.
ReplyDeleteThanks to all the solvers for their participation.
Thanks to Sree Sree, Ramki Krishnan and other commenters for their inputs
Thanks to Col. Gopinath for posting my grid in the blog.
Thanks for the special AJ
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday AD. Have a gr8 after party!!!
ReplyDelete