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ACROSS
9 Tea with Karan essentially engrossing primarily; commercial in between is a farce (7) CHARADE {CHA}{kaRan}{En...g} over {AD}
10 Instrument for carotid endarterectomy; doctor visiting to look (7) CEMBALO {CE{MB}A}{LO}
13 An Indian teacher detained Mark and rejected (9) ABSTAINED {A}{B{STAIN}ED}
15 Parade for progress (5) MARCH [DD]
16 Saints covered in gold? Ashamed it's confirmed (7) ASSURED {A{SS}U}{RED}
19 2/3rd of T.Nagar ordered to take Egmore, Nungambakkam, Teynampet entries as digression (7) TANGENT {TNAGar}*{Eg...e}{Nu...m}{Te...t}
20 Boyfriend is vulgar (5) SWAIN [DD]
21 Sister seems confused; rejects institute's terms (9) SEMESTERS {SisTER+SEEMS}*
25 Man in social media meeting her, dodging husband for play (7) SHIMMER {S{HIM}M}{hER}
28 Smart sisters without hesitation make demands (7) INSISTS {IN}{SISTerS}
29 Four in English vessel are secretive (7) EVASIVE {E}{VAS{IV}E}
DOWN
1 Two auditors, one outside and one inside a plant (6) ACACIA {A}{CA}{C{1}A}
2 Grandpa personally stashed records (6) PAPERS [T]
3 Rule broken at the end to get grass (4) LAWN {LAW}{b...eN}
4 In this place, hero will be cut short by one in Berlin (6) HEREIN {HERo}{EIN}
5 Recognize that a primarily conscious couple can get embarrassed before sex (8) ACCREDIT {A}{Co...s}{Co...e}{RED}{IT}
6 Morning exercise with people? Odd task for pleasures (10) AMUSEMENTS {AM}{USE}{MEN}{TaSk}
7 Deviate on execution, primarily at section seen at the front of flower garden (8) PARTERRE {ERR}{Ex...n}<=>{PART}
14 Girl's walking out? Exasperation clear with rancher (10) AGRONOMIST {AGgRO}{NO MIST}
16 Articles about guards wrong to cover top suspect as killer (8) ASSASSIN {A}{SS}{A}{SIN} over {Su...t}
22 Gun has problem in recoil, take one out and repair (6) MUSKET {SUM<=}{TaKE}*
23 Felix irritated consuming a syrup (6) ELIXIR [T]
24 Crowd follows a star by nightfall (6) SUNSET {SET}<=>{SUN}
27 Catch small horse (4) SNAG {S}{NAG}
Commercial = AD, Look = LO, College= C, Saint = S, Social media = SM, Corner = SE, Smart = IN, Hesitation = ER, English = E, Auditor = CA, One in German = EIN, Sex = IT, Girl = G, Guards = SS, Detective = DI, Son = S, Small = S
9A charade- farce
ReplyDeleteTea - cha
Karan essentially - r
Engrossing primarily- e
Commercial- ad
In between - containment indicator
(Cha r ad e)
19A tangent- digression
2/3 of T. Nagar - t nag
Ordered- anagrind
Entries of Egmore, Nun..m,Tey...t
-e n t
(Tnag)*ent
1D acacia- plant
Two auditors- ca ca
One outside- a
One inside- i
A ca c(i)a
5D accredit- recognize
A
Primarily cons... couple - cc
Embarrassed- red
Sex- it
(A cc red it)
6D amusements- pleasures
Morning- am
Exercise- use
People- men
Odd task - ts
Neat!
ReplyDelete12 across - rosette - telescopic from metro setter - meaning ornament
ReplyDelete15 across - March - progress
ReplyDelete17 down - scabiosa - a flowering plant - anagrind from o(l)a cabs is
ReplyDelete29 across evasive. iv in e vase (English vessel)
ReplyDelete3 dn Lawn. rule.- law broken at the end -n
ReplyDelete2d
ReplyDeleteRecords =papers
Grand(pa per)sonally
Stashed is containment indicator.
18d
Suspect=distrust
Detective=di
Son=s
Almost true=tru
Surat outskirts=st
di+s+tru+st=distrust
15 ac March (dd)
ReplyDelete23 down, elixir, telescopic from felix irritated
ReplyDelete16A ASSURED - confirmed; saints (SS), gold (AU), ashamed (RED)
ReplyDelete21A SEMESTERS -terms; (sister seems -i) *
26A SESSION - meeting; corner (SE), (S)tore, Mumbai suburb (SION)
28A INSISTS - demands; smart (IN), (sisters +er)
4D HEREIN - in this place; (HER)o, one in Berlin (EIN)
21A there is an extra s.
DeletePlease relook 21A.
Delete8D: Anagram (doctor) of "home" + "was" + T (first letter of trashed) = SOMEWHAT = more or less
ReplyDelete13a ABSTAINED: rejected
ReplyDeleteA(an) B ED( Indian teacher with B. Ed degree?) STAIN: mark
Detained is containment indicator
A B( STAIN) ED
Yes B.Ed is a teacher like a B.E is an engineer.
DeleteDoubtful!
DeleteThat is why it is Indian teacher
DeleteB.Ed is qualification?
DeleteYes. Bachelor of Education. Required/preferred for government jobs in teaching in schools. At least the last I heard of it.
Delete7Dn PARTERRE - {ERR}{E} after {PART}
ReplyDeleteERR=Deviate; on E(xec.....n), (with)PART(section) seen st the front;
DeletePARTERRE=Flower garden-definition
25 ac shimmer-play
ReplyDeleteman-him, social media-sm, h-er
s(him)m er
29a - {E}{VAS{IV}E}
ReplyDeleteEnglish - E
Vessel - VASE
Four - IV
DEf. - serective
22 down Musket
ReplyDeleteSum -- problem in recoil
What about KET?
DeleteFrom Take -one (a) out =ket
DeleteYou must explain how 'TKE' becomes 'KET'.
Delete16D Articles(A, A) about guards(SS) wrong(Sin) to cover(cont ind) top suspect(S) as
ReplyDeletekiller(defn) - ASSASSIN
((A(SS)A)(S)(SIN))
Usually donkeys are found in this killer clue.
Refine pls
DeleteArticles(A, A) about guards(SS) - A(SS)A
Deletewrong - SIN
Cover(contain)
top Suspect - S
ASSA(S)SIN
10a - cembalo - (MB-doctor, lo-look, Cea-CArotid E-Endarter...) Instrument
ReplyDelete11a - cleanse - (College, leans-lists and topmost Entries) purge
24d - sunset (sun-star, set-crowd) nightfall
27d - snag (Small and nag- horse) catch
4D- Herein- In this place
ReplyDeleteHero will be cut short- Her
one in Berlin- Ein (for one in German)
28A: make demands= insists
ReplyDeleteSmart is in
Sisters without hesitation
Hence, in+ sists
Sathia
Verb (POS) disagreement!
DeleteMakes demand or demands.
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DeleteAnswer @10:52 identifies the definition properly.
DeleteWhats the role of make!
Delete(Smart) (sisters without hesitation) make (demands).
Delete(IN)(SISTERS-ER) make (INSISTS)
20A-swain-vulgar and suitor; DD
ReplyDeleteI think:
ReplyDelete14D is remaining.
21A anno is incomplete.
14D AGRONOMIST; rancher; AGgRO NO MIST; exasperation=aggro; clear= no mist
ReplyDeleteGrid is full with annotation questions about 21A, 22D
ReplyDelete21A- Rejects Institute's leads to minus IS.
ReplyDeleteThat takes care of the extra S.
22D- Problem in recoil= sum=<
ReplyDeleteTake one out= TKE.
Repair is anind and so TKE becomes KET
MUS KET
28A 'make' is not part of the definition!
ReplyDeleteMade clear @15:34
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