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ACROSS
1 Immoral woman arrested, beheaded (6) WICKED {W}{pICKED}
4 Most primitive, mischievous lady in a corner sits oddly (8) SIMPLEST {IMP}{L} in {SE} with {SiTs}
9 Crooked and heartless lackey in government... (5) LYING {La..eY}{IN}{G}
10 ...likely candidate, contesting in the front, looter, corrupt officer (9) COLLECTOR {Li...y+Ca...e+Co...g+LOOTER}
11 Arranged funding to back liberal (4) LAID {AID}<=>{L}
12 Advances in the absence of leader to borders (4) ENDS lENDS
13 Whipped, took some broth out and consumed (5) EATEN bEATEN
15 Say, match starting late, female ahead against rival (7) FIGHTER {lIGHTER}<=>{F}
16 Travel free winning agent's heart (4) RIDE {RID}{agEnt}
19 Dog's tail at the tip is short (4) CURT {CUR}{Tail}
20 Twisted plot in the climax directed (7) TANGLED {ploT}{ANGLED}
23 Party with nurse (5) TREAT [DD]
24 Beast found in Kigali only (4) LION [T]
25 You being old, should be out partying without husband (4) THOU {T{H}OU*}
27 Say program at America showcasing essence of karate framework (9) APPARATUS {APP}{US} over {kARATe}
28 Rehab itinerary can contain addiction (5) HABIT [T]
29 Distribution of shares covers small quantity; innocuous (8) HARMLESS {HAR{ML}ESS*}
30 One is not welcome? Rips the heart out (6) UNITED UNInviTED
DOWN
1 File on fauna (8) WILDLIFE {FILE}* [RA]
2 Gin, ice mixed with some lime's surely at the top of limits (8) CEILINGS {GIN+ICE+Li..s+Su...y}*
3 Urges two girls to participate in English class finally (4) EGGS {E}{GG}{c..sS}
5 Pictures are fantasies describing art forms over time (13) ILLUSTRATIONS {ILLUS{ART*}{T}IONS}
6 Claiming to interpret end in Godfather frames (10) PRETENDING [T]
7 Property in East and West Bengal perhaps (6) ESTATE {E}{STATE}
8 Leaders from the high ranks oppose Narendra enshrining the seat of power (6) THRONE Acrostic
10 Compliments Carol aunt, gets misconstrued (13) CONGRATULATES*
14 Ditch behind street gets filled by some cement, guard often takes a look in the front concerned with the building (10) STRUCTURAL {RU{Ce...t}T}<=>{ST} and {gUaRd}{A}{Look}
17 Letters from a leading physicist in the lab dispersed (8) ALPHABET {A}{THE+LAB}* over {Ph...t}
18 Changed advertisement on fair's starting & ending of Eid (8) ADJUSTED {AD}{JUST}{EiD}
21 Link for dirty chat after a payment finally (6) ATTACH {CHAT}*<=>{A}{p...nT}
22 After losing opener, perhaps MS Dhoni gets down in place? More mysterious (6) DEEPER (-k+d)DEEPER
26 Poor husband came into money (4) THIN {T{H}IN}
Reference List
Woman = W, Lady = L, Corner = SE, Government = G, Liberal = L, Female = F, Husband = H, Girl = G, Time = T, East = E, Street = ST, Down = D, Husband = H
10 down - congratulates ( compliments)- anagram of carol, aunt, gets
ReplyDelete24 across - lion (beast) from Kigali only
28 across - habit - addiction - from rehab-itinerary
No takers ?. May be due to cold December
ReplyDelete28a addiction=habit
ReplyDeleteRe hab it inerary.
Telescopic indicator=contain
24a beast=lion
Telescopic indicator=found in
3d
ReplyDeleteUrges=eggs
Two girls=gg,
Participate in=indicates 'gg' goes inbetween e and s
English=e
Class finally=s
e gg s
4a SIMPLEST: most primitive
ReplyDeleteImp: mischievous
L: lady
SE: corner
St: SiTs oddly
S( IMP L)E ( ST)
Excellent solve AJ Mam
Delete5Dn ILLUSTRATIONS – {ILLUS{ART*}{T}IONS}
ReplyDelete3d - ((E)GG)(S)
ReplyDeletedef.,- Urges
two girls - GG
English - E
class finally - S
30a UNITED; one ; UNInviTED
ReplyDelete12 ac, ends, advances means lends with no leader ie l, is ends meaning borders
ReplyDelete28 ac Innocuous -harmless
ReplyDeletesmall quantity -ml.shares*.
har(ml)ess
it is 29 ac.
Deleteslight tweak needed for anno
Sorry. The anno is right; did not read the 3rd line.
Delete6 down, pretending, a telescopic between interpret and in godfather
ReplyDelete1 down wildlife ie fauna
ReplyDelete7 down E STATE
ReplyDelete22D After losing opener, perhaps MS Dhoni(KEEPER - K) gets down)(D) in place?
ReplyDeleteMore mysterious(defn) - DEEPER
(-K)(+D)EEPER
10D CONGRATULATES = compliments ( carol aunt gets)*
ReplyDelete27A. APP (program) + ARAT (karate without the first and last letters) + US (America) = APPARATUS = framework
ReplyDelete14d, concerned with the building = structural
ReplyDeleteStreet = ST
ditch = rut
Cement = c
Ditch filled by cement = RU(C)T
Guard often = UR
A Look in the front = A L
ST RU(C)T UR AL
Excellent RR
DeleteThanks Prasanna
DeleteACROSS
ReplyDelete1. Female
4. Primitive???
9. Craft
10. Contestant
11. Fund
12. Edge
13. Pasta
15. Foretell
16. Roam
19. Hare
20. Climax
23. Soiree
24. Lion
25. Club
27. Karateka
28. Detox
29. Harmless
30. Ripper
DOWN
1. Portfolio
2. Pinnacle
3. Eggs
5. Representations
6. Understanding
7. Assets
8. Thrones
10. Congratulations
14. Superintend
17. Scattered
18. Advertise
21. Connect
22. System
26. Rich
Niharika Singh, good to see your solutions, which are mostly incorrect except for a few. Would request you to understand from others experience for few days and then try to solve the grid. Best of luck
Delete26dn : THIN (T(H)IN)
ReplyDeleteHusband (H) came into money (TIN)
Defn : Poor
1A immoral=wicked
ReplyDeleteW from woman
Arrested means picked beheaded becomes icked .
9A crooked=lying
Heartless l(acke)y with in g(overnment)
13A consumed=eaten
Whipped means beaten with (b)roth out
15A rival=fighter
F from female
Match is lighter starting late ighter
19A short=Curt
Dog is cur
Tail at tip is t
18D: changed= adjusted
ReplyDeleteAdvertisement is ad
Fair is just
Starting and ending of Eid are e,d
Hence, ad+just+ed
Sathia
17 dn Alphabet - letters
ReplyDeleteA ; leading physicist - P;
A+P+ the lab
Dispersed- anagrind
18 dn adjusted- changed
Advertisement- ad
Fair- just
Starting and ending of Eid - ed
23 AC treat
Party - treat
Nurse - treat
20 AC tangled - twisted
Plot in the climax - t
Directed- angled
16 AC ride - travel
Free - rid
Agent’s heart - e
Winning- containment indicator
In lieu of 18 dn
ReplyDelete25 AC thou - you being old
Out+ h(husband)
Partying- anagrind
It is not a complete anagram.
DeleteWithout- containment indicator
DeleteHowever, containment is a special case of anagram, right?
In this case 'partying' is anind for 'out', and 'without' containment ind.
DeleteI don't think containment is a special case of anagram in general. There maybe specific cases.
Without already contains THOU !? the clue could have been simpler.
Delete17D-alphabet-letters; (a)l(p)habet; anagram of- the lab
ReplyDeletereplacement-10A-collector -officer; (c)ol(l)e(c)tor; l,c,c in looter anagram
ReplyDeleteHow do you account for l,C,C
DeleteSathia
@ Sathia
DeleteLikely Candidate Contesting in the front: L c c
Corrupt is anagrind.
DeleteL( ikely) C(andidate)C(ontesting)( in the front indicates first letters) looter: anagram:
Collector
Thanks AJ. Since, @Sridhar has not mentioned explicitly from where he got them, I just prompted.
DeleteSathia
Thanks AJ!
Deletelying collector in the grid!
ReplyDelete11a LAID = Arranged
ReplyDeleteL = liberal backed(followed) by AID = Funding
Dn 2, 8 & 21 remaining.
ReplyDelete21D ATTACH link(def,)
ReplyDeleteA T(payment finally) (chat)*
8 d is throne acrostic from The High Ranks.......
ReplyDelete2d is ceiling meaning limits from gin,ice and l from lime and s from surely
ReplyDelete