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ACROSS
9 Obscure figure, exchanging 100 for 50 at first (7) ECLIPSE E(+c-l)CLIPSE
10 Ideal uniform - a point to tailor (7) UTOPIAN {U}{A+POINT}*
11 Mr. Patel lost a knight (7) TEMPLAR*
15 Return to a team (5) ASIDE {A}{SIDE}
16 Seen working with girl in the country (7) SENEGAL {SEEN*}{GAL}
20 Has samples of packaged tea (5) ASSAM [T]
21 Before starting all matches are like cricket, hockey and soccer (4,5) BALL GAMES {Be...e}{ALL}{GAMES}
25 Patron has left in the middle - I'm ruined (4,3) DONE FOR {DON{lEFt}OR}
26 Affinity for music and wine (7) RAPPORT {RAP}{PORT}
29 All together for pennies - regularly receiving service (2,5) EN MASSE {pEnNiEs} over {MASS}
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1 Attack golf in other words (4-2) BEAT-UP GOLF* = FLOG = BEAT [RA] Too convoluted
2 Extremely fanciful Yank - I can ignore a gay man (6) FLAMER {Fa...uL}{AMERican}
3 Round and round, lift a stone (4) OPAL {LAP}{O}<=
5 Seal a flat or cottage... (8) BUNGALOW {BUNG}{A}LOW}
6 ...means status is coming down (10) MODERATING [DD] (Correction - {MODE}{RATING})
7 Kindle, pack it in the bag (8) VITALISE {V{IT}ALISE}
8 They talk of spending penny for new shoes (8) SNEAKERS S(-p+n)NEAKERS
14 Trump at play, elected to pick up his pet slogan - A cat indeed! (10) RAGAMUFFIN {R{MAGA<=}UFF}{IN}
16 Hit and run - that is careless (8) SLAPDASH {SLAP}{DASH}
17 Curiosity about one's sins (8) NOSINESS*
18 West African with oil trade - could become billionaire (8) LIBERIAN {LIBERIAN+OIL}*={BILLIONAIRE} [CA]
22 Top level changes - it's more difficult to find where fat accumulates (6) LARDER (-h+l)LARDER
23 Current passing through wet insulation shows red (6) MAOIST {M{A}OIST}
24 Entrance examination-like to pick up some material (6) SATEEN {SAT}{NEE<=} (Correction - {NEET}{AS}<=)
27 Show Italian banker and politician (4) POMP {PO}{MP}
100 = C, Fifty = L, Uniform = U, Nothing in Spanish = NADA, Interest = I, Penny = P, New = N, Current = A
11a knight- templar ,anagram of Mr patel
ReplyDelete26a Rapport from music- Rap and wine - port
ReplyDelete12a
ReplyDeleteCountry=Grenada.
Agree to disrobed = gre
nothing in Spanish=nada
Gre+nada=Grenada
20a - Assam from h(as sam)ples
ReplyDelete21a - Ball Games - ball is the common denominator for all the three mentioned in the clue
ReplyDeleteThere is more to the clue
Delete17d - nosiness anagram of one's sins indicating curiosity
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ReplyDeleteWhat is the purpose of Figure ?
Delete13 A - portrayal - light coming through entrance
ReplyDeleteLight - Ray
Entrance - portal
16 A Senegal
Anagram of 'seen' with 'gal'
16 D Slapdash - careless
Hit - slap
Run- dash
18 D Liberian- west african
Anagram of Liberian with 'oil' = billionaire
28 A Sestina- verse
Itali-AN- ITS -ES-sential
Review -read back
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ReplyDelete9 a) figure - ellipse replace first L(50) with C(100) = eclipse (obscure)
ReplyDelete10a) U(niform) + a point* = utopian (ideal)
4d) B(rate*)Y = betray (shop had to look up this definition)
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ReplyDeleteYou are supposed to answer only 5. Not solve the crossword completely.
Delete2d) F(ancifu)L + AMERICAN -Ican = Flamer ( had to look this one up as well)
ReplyDelete23 D) current (I) passing through wet insulation (MOATS) = Maoist (is show an anagram indicator here?)
Nvm I do like MOATS as wet insulation but it’s most probably
DeleteCurrent (A) and wet (MOIST)
Yes. Current unit Ampere-symbol A.
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ReplyDelete3D:opal= a stone-round(o)and round=lap,lift(pal).
ReplyDelete7 dn kindle-vitalise valise -bag
ReplyDeletev(it)alise
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ReplyDelete25ac DONE FOR: ruined
ReplyDeletePatron : DONOR
Left in the middle EF
DON( E F)OR
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ReplyDeleteWrong answer. Please check again.
Delete10a UTOPIAN = Ideal
ReplyDeleteU = Uniform + TOPIAN anag of a point
Tailor Anind
Gita Bharath - You have given answers for 12 clues. You are supposed to do 5 only. Kindly delete and stick to the limit.
ReplyDeleteSorry 😔
Delete14D: a cat indeed= ragamuffin
ReplyDeleteDenotes a stray cat or homeless/beggar
Trump pet slogan is MAGA (Make America Great Again)
Ruff is trump (as in card game)
Elected is in
(R(Agam)uff(in)
Sathia
Slogan pick up indicates Agam
DeleteSathia
6d, is coming down = moderating
ReplyDeleteMeans = mode
Status = rating
Proper Anno not there for 21A, 27d, 5D
ReplyDeleteSathia
21a BALL GAMES ; like cricket, hockey and soccer; Befo... ALL GAMES
Delete15a - aside = return. A team (side).
ReplyDelete26a - rapport = affinity. Music = rap and wine = port.
4d-betray-shop;B(rate)*y
ReplyDelete1D yet to be solved.
ReplyDeleteSathia
1D-beat up-attack and flog (reverse of golf)
ReplyDeleteThen it would be flog-up!
DeleteCol, how did the grid change!
ReplyDeleteBEAT UP & RAGAMUFFIN - got only by crossing & could not parse.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know shop means BETRAY.
In 23dn - what is the role of insulation? Can someone explain?
Liked RAPPORT, BALL GAMES, PORTRAYAL.
Thanx Arden!