No 14343, Friday 29 Nov 2024, Avtaar

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ACROSS

1   Most ridiculous place where one may find chicks? (7) INANEST {IN A NEST}

5   Buzz about the end of illegal affair (7) CLAMOUR {C}{i...aL}{AMOUR}

10 Yankee kills and injures without purpose (4) OFFS OFFendS

11 Calling loudly to replace leader of Conservatives in March (10) PROFESSION PRO(-c+f)FESSION

12 Carriage in teal and auburn (6) LANDAU [T]

13 Fish and peeled fruit with popular starter of Italian pasta (8)  LINGUINI {LING}{frUit}{IN}{It...n}

14 Awkward ball, Maharashtra's opener shut out (3,6) ALL THUMBS {BALL+Ma...a+SHUT}*

16 Piece of endearing duet remixed in musical composition (5) ETUDE {En...g}{DUET*}

17 A special collection that is valuable (5) ASSET {A}{S}{SET}

19 Criticism of union member hoarding foreign soda (9) BROADSIDE {BR{SODA*}IDE}

23 Black powder coating plastic resistance-free brown item of winter-gear (8) SNOWBOOT {S{BrOWN*}OOT}

24 Completely depressed after short vacation (6) HOLLOW {LOW}<=>{HOLiday}

26 Without support Rocky, say, after losing almost everything boxes with amateur (5-5) STAND-ALONE {ST{AND}{A}alLONE}

27 King Schwarzenegger - as "Terminator" - enthralling comeback (4) TSAR [T<=]

28 Bull's roar, having separated (7) BALONEY {BA{LONE}Y}

29 "Jolly good fella" - uttered scientist (7) FEYNMAN (~fine man)

DOWN

2   Addict keeling over before tumble? That's nothing! (4,3) NAFF ALL {FAN<=}{FALL}

3   Nudged wide, so not holding up (5) NOSED [T<=]

4   Suicide by rabid Oriental pups across kingdom (7) SEPPUKU {E+PUPS}* over {UK}

6   Reline bent arch supporting a vault (6) LIERNE*

7   Flies and parasitic growth outside capital city (9) MOSQUITOS {MOS{QUITO}S}

8   Universal study about housing in this day and age is wanting a title (7) UNOWNED {U}{NOW}{DEN<=}

9   Speech by Commanding officer covers withdrawn dance concert (13) COLLABORATION {ORATION<=>CO} over {BALL<=}

15 Take crackers to party having got gold in Olympic event (9) TAEKWENDO {TAKE*}{WON}{DO}

18 Singer Avtaar put in a right answer after reflection (7) SINATRA SINATRA {I} in {A}{RT}{ANS}<=

20 Sportsperson gave permission to be featured in two articles (7) ATHLETE {A}{TH{LET}E}

21 Miniature scene from one old boring play (7) DIORAMA {D{1}{O}RAMA}

22 Place to gather per Spooner (6) LOCATE (~collate to locate)

25 Variant of Tamil, not essentially new language (5) LATIN {TAmIL*}{N}

Reference List

About = C, Loudly = F, Popular = IN, Special = S, Resistance = R, Amateur = A, Oriental = E, Universal = U, Right = RT, Answer = ANS, New = N