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ECONOMIZER 4
By Economizer
Across
| 1 | A bit of jam with fresh hot bun - the quest of one who’s hungry to earn one’s daily bread? (3, 4) |
| 5 | A tuber devoured by Incas, savagely? (7) |
| 9 | Peacekeepers lying in bed, keeping such a tally of sheep? (5) |
| 10 | Errors in judgment resulting from ice forming along empty avenues after autumn (9) |
| 11 | Casual actors and retired star in scandal (6) |
| 12 | Representative, on vacation, tailed by CIA in Illinois (8) |
| 14 | Said of fluffy things, primarily (4) |
| 15 | Communist goes after corporation, spilling bile - it’s absurd! (10) |
| 18 | iMetal, iMud products provide interactive entertainment for children, say (10) |
| 19 | Engineering time unit (4) |
| 22 | Maximum rage conveyed prior to exam (8) |
| 24 | Searches for what Spanish saint ultimately knows (6) |
| 26 | Boiled a great egg whole (9) |
| 27 | Calm afterparty for a group of 12 (5) |
| 28 | Mad Hatter and Alice finally produce drama (7) |
| 29 | Day of the week for performing sea-duty (7) |
Down
| 1 | Hides one-hundred thousand, smuggled aboard aircraft (7) |
| 2 | Abundant oil: fun, but wasteful… (9) |
| 3 | …wasteful trash that consumes fanatics (6) |
| 4 | Bright future, in hindsight, contained shock (4) |
| 5 | Corn fields fail spectacularly North of Iowa State (10) |
| 6 | Area bride, absconding aboard steamship, describes gulls, terns and the like (8) |
| 7 | Bail out Economizer, giving evidence of innocence (5) |
| 8 | Forgive and make love after a dumb fracas ends (7) |
| 13 | Teen artist drives around American highway (10) |
| 16 | Nibbled on seized contraband of chewable dimensions (4,5) |
| 17 | Abuse girl loudly, taking delight (8) |
| 18 | Traveler overhears Economizer’s grand diatribe (7) |
| 20 | Brickwork produced by Joseph’s wife, pregnant with boy (7) |
| 21 | Small body of water up North, next to which daughter and date let time pass (6) |
| 23 | Aviator, missing latest flu-shot, out of flying league (5) |
| 25 | Stew cooked for a bridge player (4) |
Enjoy.
9A; CO(UN)T
ReplyDelete14A: SOFT..leading letters
Delete27A; THEATRE..hatter+e*
Delete28A
Delete5a .CASSAVA: tuber
ReplyDeleteinCAS SAVAgely
25d WEST - bridge player {stew*}
ReplyDelete5A CASSAVA = tuber { telescopic " inCAS SAVAgely}
ReplyDelete2D BOUNTIFUL = abundant {OIL, FUN, BUT anagram}
14A SOFT , first letters of Said of First Things
29ac aggregate-agreategg*
ReplyDelete27 ac dozen -do+zen
29ac tuesday-seaduty*
2d BOUNTIFUL - abundant
ReplyDelete{oil fun but*}
29ac tuesday (sea duty) *
ReplyDelete5ac cassava (T)
25dn west (stew) *
18a MULTIMEDIA
ReplyDelete{imetal imud*}
Replacement
ReplyDelete19a ITEM - unit
{time*}
20d MASONRY: brickwork
ReplyDeleteMary: Joseph's wife
boy: son
Pregnant is container indicator
Replacement
ReplyDelete22ac greatest (rage) *test(exam)
24a QUESTS
ReplyDeletewhat in spanish = QUE
saint = ST
ultimately knows = S
def: SEARCHES
10a FALLACIES
Deleteautumn = FALL
empty avenues = AS
(ice)* = CIE
def: errors in judgement
3d ULTRAS
DeletewastefUL TRASh [T]
def: fanatics
Replacement
ReplyDelete1ac job hunt j(am) (hot bun) *
My third
ReplyDelete11a EXTRAS: casual actors
EX( retired) TRAS(star*. In scandal is anind)
Replacement
ReplyDelete4dn tuft (reverse T)
17D-mistreat - abuse; miss~ mis ; delight-treat
ReplyDelete15A-incredible-absurd;( inc)(red)(bile)*
23D-eagle-aviator; (league)*-u
5D Corn fields(cont) fail spectacularly(anind) North of Iowa(IA)
ReplyDeleteState(defn) - CALIFORNIA
(C(ALIF*)ORN) north of (IA)
1D Hides(defn) - JACKETS
Deleteone(A) -hundred(C) thousand(K), smuggled aboard(cont. ind) aircraft(JETS)
J(A)(C)(K)ETS
My first-
ReplyDelete1a- Job Hunt- J (Hot bun)*
Def.- "The quest of one.........daily bread". Pretty long Def.!
18D: traveler= migrant
ReplyDeleteEconomiser is me (mi)
Grand is g
Diatribe is rant
Hence, mi+g+rant
7D: giving evidence of innocence = alibi
(Bail)* with I ( economiser)
26A: whole= aggregate
Boiled anagind
(A great egg)*
Sathia
18D a small correction is needed
Delete18D- Economizer's- My (Mi)
DeleteMy 2nd and I will stop with 2 since I am late.
ReplyDelete1D- Jackets= J(A C K)ETS- Def. Hides
One hundred thousand- ACK
Aircraft (S)- Jets
Already solved by@raopilla, try 6d &8d
DeleteSathia
My last
ReplyDelete12A Representative(defn) - OFFICIAL
on vacation(OFF) , tailed by CIA in Illinois(IL)
(OFF)(I(CIA)L)
6D: SEABIRDS A BRIDE* in SS
ReplyDelete8D: ABSOLVE A B,S Last letters of dumb fracas + LOVE*
Dn 6, 8, 16, 21 remain
ReplyDelete21A: PUDDLE UP< D D Daughter, date + LE(-t)
ReplyDeleteVery enjoyable solve. Great entertainment in a train journey this morning for me. Thanks
ReplyDeleteThanks Mr. Ramesh
Delete16d, chewable dimensions = bite sized
ReplyDeleteNibbled = bit
{ Bit (seized)*}
Contraband = anagrind
8d, forgive = absolve
ReplyDeleteA dumb fracas ends = ABS
Make = anagrind
Love* = OLVE
(ABS LOVE)
(ABSOLVE) typo
ReplyDeleteThe grid is full. Thoroughly enjoyable with hardly any need for references.
ReplyDeleteThanks @economizer.
Cheers RP
Delete+1
ReplyDeleteReplacement for 1D-
ReplyDelete16D- Bite Sized- Of chewable dimension
Bit (Seized)*
Chewed= Bit
Contraband is anagrind.
Easy peasy round from Economizer.
ReplyDeleteRecently knew that 'Easy peasy' is a proper word.
Economizer should feature regularly in THC
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind compliments
DeleteThank you all for attempting the puzzle, this puzzle is a pangram. Thanks Col for publihing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the special Economizer
ReplyDelete