Solution to 12D 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.
Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.
ACROSS
9 In general, tall model trips around one - it could be dangerous (1,6,8) A LITTLE LEARNING {IN+GENERAL+TALL+T} over {1}
10 An agile king reforms country (7) ALGERIA {A}{AGILE+R}*
12 I adopt her anyhow as a symbol of love (9) APHRODITE*
14 Marsh takes maiden in exchange (5) SWAMP {SWA{M}P}
17 Was left around saint (7) EXISTED {EXI{S}TED}
19 Zoologist Amar inquisitively captures primate (7) TAMARIN [T]
30 Inane men act as extremely demanding (4,11) HIGH MAINTENANCE {INSANE+MEN+ACT}* [RA]
DOWN
1 Basically just a very addictive beverage (4) JAVA Acrostic
3 Kick off in major market (5,3) START OUT {STAR}{TOUT}
4 Asian plane travelling to India (6) NEPALI {PLANE}*{I}
5 Heard Reverend discarded best blanket (3,5) BED SHEET (~ said beat to bed sheet) (Correction ~ shed beat to bed sheet- See comments)
6 Reads novel about million fantasies (6) DREAMS {DREA{M}S*}
7 Official sanction for car (4) FIAT [DD]
16 Frequently look up to a Nazi in fraudulent scheme (5) PONZI {uP+tO+a+NaZi+In}
18 Extremely dirty bar oddly ignored in Bihar - not an ideal place (8) DYSTOPIA {DirtY}{STOP}{bIhAr}
20 Queen's athletic and hot in Armani pants (8) MAHARANI {A}{H} in {ARMANI}*
22 Inflict pain through lawyer or law (6) DHARMA {D{HARM}A}
24 Signals picked up from lost relatives (6) ALERTS [T<=]
25 Every one cycling's smart (4) ACHE (-e)ACH(+e)E
26 Party's young leader supports web domain (4) ORGY {Yo...g}<=>{ORG}
28 Say Mother Theresa sounds like nobody else (4) NONE (~nun)
29 Bother to cook (4) STEW [DD]
Reference List
Model = T, King = R, Shirt = T, Maiden = M, Saint = ST, Husband = H, Good = G, India = I, Million = M, Spain = E, Athletic = A, Hot = H, Lawyer = DA
5d typo?
ReplyDeleteDiscarded:shed!
+1
Delete17 A was = existed
ReplyDeleteLeft = Exited
Around Saint = so EXI(S)TED
No Gemini, S=saint too
ReplyDeleteVladimir is seen along with his NEPALI friend in his hotel room in ALGERIA
ReplyDeletewatching the SPAGHETTI western, The Good, The Bad and The UGLY.
NONE would have believed that he would come in contact with a MAHARANI.
And that she would become the woman of his DREAMS.
And that he would disregarding several ALERTS fall in a PONZI scheme devised by her.
And what happened next?
He learnt a lesson: A LITTLE LEARNING is a dangerous thing.
Vladimir, the seasoned world traveller.
DeleteOr WORD traveller. 😅
DeleteThought so. We have occasionally got S from saint in addition to St. But still a typo in the solution- T should be outside the bracket.
ReplyDelete7D- Fiat.
ReplyDeleteCol. - Still the proud owner of a Fiat? Expected a picture of it!!
+1
DeleteWe used to see just Ambassador and Fiat and the occasional Contessa on Vizag roads in 70s.
DeleteNot just Vizag- all over India, except for an occasional model of Standard Motors.
Deleteadding to my comment.
Delete... and 80s before Maruti800 came to the streets.
I had one of the Standard Herald for a long time , till the mechanic raised his hands
Delete+1 here!!!
Delete12A encourages:abets
ReplyDeleteA b(oy) t(ouring) around es(country code for spain).?
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DeleteWhat about band in the clue?
Delete'Encourages a boy "band" touring Spain'
A{B{E}TS}
DeleteE for Espana, BTS for boy band
@Gemini, your comment itself had a typo in the typo you wanted to correct. Of course, your point is clear. And a correction in the solution is in order. 👍
ReplyDelete{EXI{ST}ED} is the typo in the solution given.
ReplyDelete"Ex(is)ted" is what your comment says.
12A Encourages - ABETS
ReplyDeleteI am not convinced with the annotations provided so far, or even with mine.
@conrad @12:19 says E for Espana while the clue has Spain which leads us to ES.
Here is my not so confident take.
Encourages - ABETS
a(A) boy(B) band(T) touring Spain(ES)
Now T for and is where I have a problem. T-Band seems to be a famous music band as gathered from Google sources.
BTS is a korean boy band. Rolling Stones of look east policy!!!!
DeleteE for spain.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTS
DeleteYes, Conrad's anno looks to be correct, though I did not know about BTS
DeleteThen 'touring' 's role as a containment indicator is also questionable. Which way is it pointing? Container or contained?
DeleteI too checked in wiki.....sree sree and Paddy's stands were correct. we know BTS well. But I haven't expect the boy band connected the word play. I have annotate as (A)(B)(ET)(S). Considered ET for Band. and S for Spain. But in wiki...ES is the right abbr. for Spain. Thanks to Hypatia for a challenging word play and intersting grid.
DeleteT for band*
ReplyDeletePaddy at 9:48. Photo of my 1956 Fiat added in main post
ReplyDeleteFantastic. black fiat. very rare to seen these cars on those days. It looks like Ambassodor. The sound is quite intersting. only 2 majot mfg. Fiat, PAL, Std.Mtr. rest I am not remeber. Nice to seen your car. Golden memories.
DeleteThank you Col.
Delete👍❤
DeleteIn 5dn - what is the role of heard? Shed beat leads to bed sheat - to bed sheet is homophone. Hence heard?
ReplyDeleteCan someone explain?
Otherwise nice grid from Hypatia. Me solving after 10 days (golu & all).
My fav - DHARMA, SPAGHETTI, SWARTHY.
Thanx
"Heard reverend" as one word indicator for spoonerism. Not homophone.
DeleteThank you!
DeleteThree errors in lightning grid today (had a late night meeting and travelling back).
ReplyDeleteEnu of 17d and 21d.
25d Italian dish doesn't go with crossings!
Thanx for 17d & 25d. I was stuck.
ReplyDelete25d - PASTA seems ok.