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1 Prosecution's fumble on the last case gets Ruby, say (8,5) PRECIOUS STONE {PROSECUTION}*{casE}
10 Send back old artwork to edit, change (9) EXTRADITE {EX}{ART*}{EDIT*}
11 Game with sweetheart cut short? No (5) BEANO {BEAu}{NO}
12 Belonging to the home inside (5) THINE {TH{IN}E}
13 At the end, milk held by bean counter in ground becomes poisonous due to this (9) SNAKEBITE {milK} in {BEAN<=} in {SITE}
14 Elegant doctors carrying drugs at Sydney outskirts (6) DRESSY {DR{E}S}{Sy..eY}
16 Plant supervisor in store after listing sources (5) SISAL Acrostic
19 Guard at bay facing resistance (5) COVER {COVE}{R}
20 Stitching in the corner side... (6) SEWING {SE}{WING}
25 ...clumsy, ran seesaw to grasp (9) AWARENESS*
26 Lead to health resort at the other half of town (5) SPAWN {SPA}{toWN}
27 Delight in hotel at Erode (5) ELATE [T]
28 Issue ruler has with prince going west shown at say, between 8 pm and 10 pm, (5,4) PRIME TIME {EMIT}{EMIR}{P}<=
29 Shabbily attired agents found in a place full of commercial enterprises (7,6) TRADING ESTATE*
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2 Shopkeeper's trailer broke down (8) RETAILER Fodder is one E short unless we take this as a Letter bank clue
3 Bird seen on an instrument that moves materials (5) CRANE [DD]
4 Lazy tortoise? Right away rouse (6) OTIOSE TOrtOISE*
5 Plan to rewrite creations that lack essence (8) SCENARIO CREAtIONS*
6 Bill given to the French women are for dishes (9) TABLEWARE {TAB}{LE}{W}{ARE}
7 Organic compound with nitrogen and iodine placed in cooler in the front (6) NIACIN {N}{I}{IN} over {Co...r}
8 Specialist's bankrupt, broke (6) RENTED {R{ENT}ED}
9 Might be poor, loses heart, housing runs up debt almost (5) POWER {Po{OWEs}oR}
15 One on road, cold and completely lifeless (5-4) STONE-DEAD {ONE<=>ST}{DEAD}
17 Immediately after this, desperately phone to procure gruel from the centre (8) HEREUPON {HE{gRUEl*}PON*} Anagram indicator missing?
18 Contestant at the last stage has a record after strong international advantage essentially (8) FINALIST {A}{LIST}<=>{F}{I}{a..aNt..e}
21 Bird on horseback? Catch (6) GANNET {NAG<=}{NET}
23 Zero active American in pub at market (6) BAZAAR {BA{Z}{A}{A}R}
24 Long snake at Ireland... (6) ASPIRE {ASP}{IRE}
26 ...dragged to a corner by ferocious pet (5) SWEPT {SW}{PET*}
Reference List
Home = IN, Drug = E, Resistance = R, Corner = SE, Prince = P, Right = RT, The in French = LE, Women = W, Road = ST, Strong = F, International = I, Zero = Z, Active = A, American = A, Corner = SW
25A- awareness. Ran see saw anagram
ReplyDelete15D- stone dead. One on st, lifeless- dead
Relook 15d
Delete1A- Precious stone
ReplyDeleteAnnotation?
Delete2D- retailer. Anagram of trailer
ReplyDelete?? Where is 8th letter cpmong from?
DeleteYes, where did the 'e' come from?
Delete27A. ELATE (delight) telescopic - hot(EL AT E)rode
ReplyDelete3D. CRANE - double definition
ReplyDelete1A PRECIOUS STONE - Ruby; {PROSECUTION'S}*, casE
ReplyDelete29A TRADING ESTATE - place full of commercial activity; {ATTIRED AGENTS}*
5D SCENARIO - plan; {CREAtIONS}*
6D TABLEWARE - dishes; bill {TAB}, the French {LE}, {W}Oman, {ARE}
17D HEREUPON - immediately after this; {PHONE gRUEl}*
16A. SISAL is a plant derived from the first letters (sources) of the words of the clue
ReplyDelete24D. ASPIRE. Snake-asp, Ireland -ire. Long- aspire.
ReplyDelete28A. PRIME TIME. Issue-item, ruler-emir and P from prince. All going west meaning right to left.
29A. TRADING ESTATE. Anagram of attired agents
Item would be meti?
DeleteTrue sir. Issue = emit. Now it is clear . Thank you Sir.
DeleteA trading estate? Isn't it a strange usage!
Delete20A. SEWING (meaning stitching) from SE (South East)a corner and WING (side)
ReplyDelete9D.POWER. poor losing heart= PR. housing debt=owe. Might= power.
ReplyDeleteNot complete
DeleteRuns up debts = owes. Almost will remove s. Hence owe.
DeleteMight, the definition, is power. Now complete?
Delete10A. EXTRADITE. old =ex , tra from art , dite from edit . Send back- extradite.
ReplyDelete14A : dressy - doctors (drs) carrying drugs (e) at sydney outskirts (sy)
ReplyDelete4D : otiose - tortoise rearranged after right (rt) away
ReplyDelete13A. SNAKEBITE. Ground= site, bean counter= naeb, end of milk =k. Poisonous due to snakebite.
ReplyDelete11a - beano = game. Sweetheart - beau cut short - Bea with no.
ReplyDelete19a - cover = guard. Bay - cove and Resistance.
3d - crane = bird and inst. for moving materials (DD).
21d - gannet = bird. horse-nag (back) and net-catch..
22d - taper = narrow. Pipe-tap user half cut (er).
26D: SW + EPT (anagram of pet) = SWEPT
ReplyDelete26 a spawn spa-health resort.half of town -wn spawn -lead
ReplyDelete8d RENT; broke: R(ENT)ED; specialist ENT; bankrupt = in RED
ReplyDeleteRENTED; broke: R(ENT)ED; specialist ENT; bankrupt = in RED
Delete23d BAZAAR: market
ReplyDeleteZ(zero) A( active) A(American) in BAR( pub)
12a : THINE = Belonging to
ReplyDeleteHome : IN in the : THE
TH(IN)E
Thine is belonging to? Def need improvement.
DeleteBelonging need not mean thine. The clue could have been your thing, yours or something in that sense.
Delete18d FINALIST = Contestant at the last stage
ReplyDeleteF = Strong ( forceful?)
I = International
N = advaNtage essentially
A LIST = A record
7D-Niacin-organic compound; (N)(I)(AC)(IN)
ReplyDeletePlaced!!!
Delete2D: is there a mistake in the clue?
ReplyDeleteYes
Delete27A: delight= elate
ReplyDeleteHotEL AT E rode
Sathia
Its done. You could take 15d
Delete15D: completely lifeless= stone dead
Delete(Stone)(dead)
One on road is stone ( mile stone)
Cold is dead
Sathia
One on road: ST+ONE, that's how I interpreted it.
Deletein a down clue!
Delete26 a spawn- lead to
ReplyDeleteHealth resort - spa
Other half of town- wn
21d gannet- bird
Horseback- gan
Catch - net
22 d taper - narrow
Pipe- tap
User cut in half- er