Solution to 16D 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
9 Carriage for drink and social upheaval (7) CHARIOT {CHA}{RIOT}
10 Poor men in this part of the world have a complaint (7) AMNESIA {A{MEN*}SIA}
11 Few will follow a leader who's foul (7) NOISOME {SOME}<=>{NO 1}
12 Drink for child during breaks (7) SCHNAPS {S{CH}NAPS}
13 Angry worker getting one in a roll (9) CROISSANT {CROSS}{ANT} over {1}
16 With regular dress two of them show unhappiness (7) DESPAIR {DrEsS}{PAIR}
19 Grime spreading with ease - he just shifted base (7) EMIGREE {GRIME*}{EE}
21 Established state language from the South of France (9) PROVENCAL {PROVEN}{CAL}
26 Contact causing tense fighting (7) TACTION {T}{ACTION}
28 Take it up with every vendor initially, go in to make them happy (7) ELEVATE {EL{Ev..y}{Ve...r}ATE}
DOWN
1 Famous study to check eyes, "see I say" (6) ICONIC {I}{CON}{I}{(~see)C}
2 Unfortunately so, can I try my luck here? (6) CASINO*
3 Pool with nothing covering on top (4) LIDO {O}<=>{LID}
4 Goddess with two articles, picks up one more (6) ATHENA {A}{THE}{AN<=}
5 Tape to be placed among group of people (8) CASSETTE {CAS{SET}TE}
7 One to bad mouth a Fijian, perhaps (8) ISLANDER {1}{SLANDER}
8 Service area for butcher (8) MASSACRE {MASS}{ACRE}
16 Animal gets to run with Sully (8) D?F?O?E? (Addendum - DEFLOWER {DE{FLOW}ER} - See comments)
17 It looks colourful right on board (8) STREAMER {ST{R}EAMER}
18 Hid rotten plants in grass and did it again (8) REPEATED {RE{PEAT}ED}
22 It's a duty - once turn regularly and expose soil (6) OCTROI {OnCe+TuRn}{sOIl}
23 Able to point a gun at this predator (6) CAIMAN {C{AIM}AN}
24 Carriage between Brazil and Australia (6) LANDAU [T]
Reference List
Child = CH, Ease = EE, Second = S, Tense = T, With = W, Right = R
13a typo!
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ReplyDeleteCol.... Hope Madam is feeling better. Take care!
ReplyDeleteFound the going tough today. Had to cheat on a few.
ReplyDeleteStuttered my way across and still had to look in the blog for a few.
Relook.refine.
ReplyDeleteFound it quite smooth going today. PROVENCAL, MASSACRE, ISLANDER, AMNESIA were a few favs. Thanks Col and Arden.
ReplyDeleteI thought emigree was feminine and emigre was masculine but looks like they can be used interchangeably!
Totally agree
DeleteI too had a doubt. On checking I found that it has been given as alt.spelling
ReplyDelete13A - Croissant - roll
ReplyDelete(Cro(i)ss)(ant)
I finished. Bottom right was a bit tough.
ReplyDeleteWhy is ease EE?
CASSETTE, MASSACRE, DEFLOWER - my favs.
Thanx Arden
Two Es = "ease"
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