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| Rangoli by Gowri |
Solution to 3D 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
8 Disappeared... carrying fruit! (4) PEAR [T]
10 Girl wanders in thickets (6) GROVES {G}{ROVES}
11 Discontinue baker (5,3) BREAK OFF {BAKER}* [RA]
12 Association of readers reserve golfing equipment (4,4) BOOK CLUB {BOOK}{CLUB}
14 Lure ward with frozen water (6) ENTICE {ENT}{ICE}
16 Prison No.18 (4) STIR Defintion by example
17 Delta, Echo, Foxtrot... Frustrated? (3,2) FED UP {D}{E}{F}<=
18 After giving up deal, made love wildly in shift (4) MOVE {MadE+lOVe}*
23 Spinning ballet dancer losing belt in place where one might find a date (8) CALENDAR {bALlet+DANCER}*
26 Ancient ocean destroying the sty (6) TETHYS*
27 Got off due to mind getting agitated around beginning of safari (10) DISMOUNTED {DUE+TO+MIND}* over {Sa...i}
28 Stone from ring with friend (4) OPAL {O}{PAL}
DOWN
1 Insect goes around rocking blotter and drink container (4,6) BEER BOTTLE {BE{BLOTTER*}E}
2 Inciter agitating over pork (8) PROVOKER*
3 A ship, perhaps, remains same even after losing 1/3 from its front and back (6) ?E?S?L (Addendum VESSEL veSSel - See comments)
4 Flying creatures fly back and pierce with sharp instrument (4) STAB<=
5 Keep Eden trimmed to leg height (4-4) KNEE-DEEP*
6 Trip king and alien after sixth month, in short (6) JUNKET {K}{ET}<=>{JUNe}
7 Horrible snafu in absence of navy and defenders of America's sky, in short (1,1,1,1) USAF {SnAFU}*
13 President's quirky in bed (5) BIDEN*
17 Find glue smeared in artillery piece (5,3) FIELD GUN*
18 Spoil Roman hat in long run (8) MARATHON*
20 Units of energy produced by the Royal Meteorological Society? (6) THERMS {THE}{RMS}
22 Nudity can be dirty (6) UNTIDY*
25 Tax judge? (4) RATE [DD]
Reference List
Ten = X, University = U, Girl = G, Ward = ENT, Delta = D, Echo = E, Foxtrot = F, Engineer = BE, The in French = LE< Extra-terrestrial = ET, King = K, Alien = ET, Navy = N, California = CA
Sorry for the delay. By mistake the schedule time for posting was set for 10:30 AM
ReplyDeleteSaw the error only when KKR messaged me that the blog was not up.
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DeleteCol. on Sunday special mode!!
Delete3D easily solved, may others try 😃
ReplyDelete3D Vessel. Ss remains same after removal of ve / El. Ship=vessel.
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DeleteTypically Incognito!!
Delete9A The double SANDWICH clue is interesting
ReplyDeleteTypo in 1A. It should be Bottler.
ReplyDeleteCorrected thanks
DeleteCan somebody explain how 16A is a defintion by example?
ReplyDelete18a is Move (=Stir)
DeleteIt is actually a DD with the second definition as DBE
DeleteRethinking, it is a pure DD. No DBE.
DeleteOnly the cross reference to a different clue throws you off..Move and Prison both define Stir.
DeleteCould someone help me with 16A. I was running around with Argon (AR) and ended up at a dead end
ReplyDeleteSome times the number indicates the clue number in the grid ie 18a. And 18a ref to move.
DeleteSo the clue becomes
Prison move(4) a DD
Thanks.
DeleteWhile on 18a, it sprang in my mind : what if Doc would have set the clue. My I.
ReplyDeleteAfter giving up wild deal, made love on table(4)
Table?
ReplyDeleteAs a verb table has a synonym - move.
DeleteTable the motion.
Dear 'Incognito' Kishore Rao, believe me, enjoyed solving your crossword grids over the past three days though simple, are (were) pretty tricky vis-a-vis since almost all your clues had the solution within.....
ReplyDeleteNot that I am claiming any credit but today except for 18-A, managed to solve all others....
Lovely grid. My COD - Marathon (in the long run!)
ReplyDeleteThank u Kishore for keeping our confidence up for 4 days! 🙂