Solution to 16A 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 One has to restrict professor's leave (7) ABANDON {A}{BAN}{DON}
10 Plans for a new outlet sabotaged at the beginning (7) INVENTS {1}{N}{VENT}{Sa...d}
11 Dirty old book with picture (7) OBSCENE {O}{B}{SCENE}
12 Disregard criminal party, one without leader (7) CONDONE {CON}{DO}{oNE}
13 This leading prosecutor gatecrashed for pasta (9) SPAGHETTI {THIS+Pr...s+GATE}*
19 Avoid females or put up with (7) FORBEAR {F}{OR}{BEAR}
20 Weakness is systematically concealed by a cowardly person (5) SISSY [T]
21 Once, a Zimbabwean and a Greek character built a side with one player! (9) RHODESIAN {RHO}A+SIDE}*{N}
25 Rules to stay indoors for some dogs outside (7) CURFEWS {CUR{FEW}S}
28 Isabel, Eva, Teresa huddled inside lift (7) ELEVATE [T]
29 Commercial I appeared in lens by introductions (4-3) LEAD-INS {LE{AD}{I}NS}
DOWN
1 Female caught a tailless rodent and became well-known (6) FAMOUS {F}{A}{MOUSe}
2 Last piece of Lamington taken at Australia with decaf regularly led to vomiting (6) NAUSEA {l...oN}{AUS}{dEcAf}
3 I don't laze easily, in the beginning it was opposite (4) IDLE Acrostic
4 Poison in iron caplet? Purge stomach (6) INFECT {IN}{FE}{CapleT}
5 Lady cut short meeting captain for bad behaviour (8) MISCHIEF {MISs}{CHIEF}
6 Overcoming resistance, advantage garnered by innovative group (5-5) AVANT-GARDE {R} in {ADVANTAGE}*
7 Organise marriage with kinsmen regularly (8) UNIONISE {UNION}{kInSmEn}
8 Appraiser of animals standing at front gate (8) ASSESSOR {ASSES}{St...g}{OR}
14 Perhaps Mercury's type of music (5,5) HEAVY METAL [DD]
16 New scales between B and F shown by a symbol (4,4) BASS CLEF {B}{SCALES*}{F}
17 In contact with Stokes's club, seen sacking captain, skirting rules in public view (2-6) ON-SCREEN {ON}{S}{C}{sEEN} over {R}
18 Urged son to keep hair tied in half (8) STRESSED {S}{TRESS}{tiED}
22 Skipper of vessel expelled by seer (6) ORACLE cORACLE
23 Perhaps Eskimo arrests leading Thai suspect (6) INTUIT {IN{Thai}UIT}
24 One who bares pundits brutally after overcoming pressure (6) NUDIST pUNDITS*
27 A gem at work, a leader of learners (4) OPAL {OP}{A}{Le...s}
Reference List
New = N, Old = O, Book = B, Party = DO, Females = F, Player = N, Commercial = AD, Resistance = R, Gate = OR, Club = S, Son = S, Pressure = P, Work = OP
8 &17d typos in anno!
ReplyDelete8D- S from 'Standing first'.
DeleteSorry. Standing at front.
DeleteIMO, it should be (Asses)s(or)
DeleteSathia
Corrected both after reaching Bangalore
DeleteDid not notice the Coimbatore byline earlier.
DeleteYou had been there since Sunday!
Delete12th till today
Delete17D {R} missing
ReplyDelete21a isnt there an extra a/one!
ReplyDeleteN from?
Deleteone player = N
DeleteOh! Bridge! Thank you KKR. I would have got it if it was Arden!!
Delete16A-biomass-for finding the total weight of the species; Mob -company; animal- ass; an -i; B(i)omass
ReplyDelete16a BIOMASS = Total weight of the species
ReplyDeleteMOB. = Company, returns BOM
I. = An
ASS = Animal
To collect indicates insertion of I in BOM
B+I+OM+ASS
4d Typo in the annotation, anagram indicator * not required
ReplyDelete1d Role of 'caught' in the clue?
Caught could be c or SW indicator. But none here.
I also had some confusion in 1dn.
ReplyDeleteFemale s is F. Normally it will be FF. No?
Player is N. Why one player?
Liked CURFEWS, BIOMASS, FAMOUS.
Thanx Afterdark!
Fun puzzle with Afterdark's characteristic license. Got NW and SE quadrants and worked the rest pretty quickly. I'd say easier than the average AD, as I'm currently rusty. Always fun to do these after a month of watching Shrikanth's blend of animal tweets, family tweets, and Trent Reznor-grade "Tormented Soul" tweets. Makes my life much less lonely :D
ReplyDeleteThanks as always AD!