Solution to 8D 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
1 Catch bum working! (6) BUTTON {BUTT}{ON}
5 Expert's loved one gets caught in anticipation (8) PROSPECT {PRO'S}{PE{C}T}
9 Bully's trap on hindsight, inspired change of heart (8) THREATEN {NET<=} over {HEART*}
10 Boy breaking a path overseas (6) ABROAD {A}{B}{ROAD}
11 Safeguarding ingot, crept all over the place (10) PROTECTING*
12 Interested in mint olive sandwiches? (4) INTO [T]
13 Takes into account popular tips about Denmark's capital (8) INCLUDES {IN}{CLU{De...k}ES}
16 Single dude loses heart in August (6) SOLEMN {SOLE}{MeN}
17 Even Ms. Emma's cakes are hits (6) SMACKS {mS+eMmAs+CaKeS}
19 Criminal in agony over nothing- basically it's tiresome! (8) ANNOYING {IN+AGONY}* over {No...g}
21 Sources picked up: "Sexy Aberdeen lass tormented sailor!" (4) SALT Acrostic
22 Potter's mom reincarnated after death (10) POSTMORTEM*
25 Husband punctures a wound on the beach (6) ASHORE {A}{S{H}ORE}
26 Former Queen is hiding in empty cable train (8) EXERCISE {EX}{ER}{{Cab{IS}lE}
27 Look, these devils misled rootless monk? (8) MONSTERS {MONSTERS+LOOK}*={ROOTLESS+MONK}
28 Miserable daughter's life ends in burden (6) SADDLE {SAD}{D}{LifE}
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2 Lead drug dealer leaves capital of Portugal (5) USHER pUSHER
3 Serve pastry flipped over chocolate, in the end (5) TREAT {TA{c...tE}RT<=}
4 Eyed a warm drink? (7) NOTICED {NOT ICED}
5 Gurus play on words with double innuendos, taunting senate leaders (7) PUNDITS {PUN}{Do...e}{In...s}{Ta...g}{Se...e}
6 Love varieties in fruits (7) ORANGES {O}{RANGES}
7 A little political group welcoming one and all (9) PARTIALLY {PART{1}{ALL}Y}
8 Smith & Co, start to meet small boat transporter? (9) C?A?T?M?N (Addendum - CRAFTSMAN {Co}{S}<=>{RAFT}{MAN} - See comments)
14 One man and son struggling to get sex education? (2,5,2) NO MEANS NO*
15 Spots a colonist running wild (9) LOCATIONS*
18 First petition to restrict love in Lucknow? (7) SUPREME {SU{PREM}E}
19 Questions partner as wrens fly away (7) ANSWERS*
20 Anaesthetics for digits (7) NUMBERS [DD]
23 Chased and tracked down missing model (5) RACED tRACED
24 Moderate student's stand (5) EASEL {EASE}{L}
Reference List
Caught = C, Boy = B, Husband = H, Queen = ER, Daughter = D, Love in Hindi = PREM, Model = T, Student = L
16A- Dude is man or men?
ReplyDeleteCol.'s anno shows e removed from men.
18D- Love (prem) seems to be restricting sye (petition) and not the other way round.
ReplyDeleteRestrict:restrain
DeleteStill not convincing.
DeleteRestrict= contain?
DeleteRestrict = Also arrest, confine etc
DeleteMissed out (as usual) on CA!!
ReplyDelete+1. Got it from the crossings, but could not parse. Always the case with me and CA's.
Delete14D- Can't get the connection to see education.
ReplyDelete"No means no" education is a way to teach children and adults to respect personal boundaries and say "no" to coercion.
DeleteNo Means No Instructors teach girls mental, verbal and physical skills to prevent sexual assault. Boys learn resiliency skills, challenge rape culture, and practice consent and bystander intervention skills.
Thank you Prasad. New to me. 21st century?
DeleteAmitabh Bachchan's dialogue in the movie Pink.
DeleteGood CW given by Pixel Dust. Nice clues are5D, 8D, 22A. Enjoyed solving them.
DeleteSathia
Yes paddy. Started around 2018 in USA as formal education.
Delete+1
Delete1A Does BUTTON mean CATCH? in what context?
ReplyDeleteVery technical but lets say button is a subset of catch!
DeleteDevice to fasten,
mechanical catch is a type of fastener that holds two or more objects together while still allowing them to be separated.
Catch-buttonhole
Delete8DN: craftsman - Co starts (c) to meet small boat transporter (raftsman).
ReplyDeleteCraftsman=Smith
ReplyDelete8d - {C}{RAFT}{S}{MAN}
ReplyDeleteDef. - Smith - someone who works at something specified
Co, start - C
small - S
boat transporter- RAFTMAN
Raft itself is small boat.
DeleteRafts becomes plural. but the role of S ????
DeleteRafts is plural but raftsman is singular. Person who transports rafts. Craftsman is smith but not smiths.
DeleteOne does not say, craftman, raftman etc. It is always craftsman, raftsman.
DeleteMy spell check is correcting craftman!!
in dic..it is mentined as - raftman is noun & raftmen is plural. Now the point is what is the roll of S here. annotation of the clue @ 13;02
DeleteStart is applied to Co (c). Then read small boat transporter entirely, which becomes raftsman. C meets raftsman which becomes craftsman.
DeleteYes. yur point may be valid.....but this was my actual take. setter to confirm the annotation
Delete8d - {C}{RAFT}{S}{MAN}
Def. - Smith - someone who works at something specified
Co, start - C
small - S
boat - RAFT
transporter- MAN
I got 8d as {AN}d {C}o start to {M}eet {S}mall boat = {RAFT} transported inside for CRAFTSMAN which is definition of a Smith
ReplyDeletestart denotes only first letter. I perceive you substitute AN against of "&" symbol. However you can consider only A. Hence, you can't accommodate N
Deleteš
DeleteIts a confused clue.
DeleteCraft itself means boat.
To seprate C and to make it small boat with s for small! Confusing solvers.
Plus a wordplay on transport-er would be raft-er with verb raft meaning transport. Man would only be reverse engineered from solution.
Nice grid.
ReplyDeleteI also didn't get CA.
My fav - NO MEANS NO - an imp concept in sex education .
I also liked CRAFTSMAN, SOLEMN and NOTICED.
Thanx