Solution to 5D 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 solve, if not solved by 1 PM.
ACROSS
8 Father has old wooden border on wall (4) DADO {DAD}{O}
9 Untruth protected by a new foreigner (5) ALIEN {A}{LIE}{N}
10 Everyone at day's end is a friend (4) ALLY {ALL}{daY}
11 Ground sesame condiment in Thai concoction (6) TAHINI*
12 Hot soldier goes after retired footballer's large animal (8) ELEPHANT {H}{ANT}<=>{PELE<=}
13 Oddly, I tip moms showing hopefulness (8) OPTIMISM*
15 Pole with projectile is thin (6) NARROW {N}{ARROW}
17 Fortune won back in city (7) LUCKNOW {LUCK}{WON<=}
19 Around beginning of marathon, master trembles getting speech impediment (7) STAMMER {STAM{Ma...n}ER*}
22 Spill the beans about meat (6) REVEAL {RE}{VEAL}
24 Helped sad sister jumping around after losing first race (8) ASSISTED {SAD+SISTEr}*
26 Wrongly nominates in absence of American names (8) MENTIONS NOMINaTES*
28 Males follow a copper's sharpness at work (6) ACUMEN {MEN}<=>{A}{CU}
30 Legendary spirit? Sounds like gin! (4) JINN (~gin)
31 Silly! Sweet gal leaves stew with oriental eastern bird (5) EAGLE {sweEt+GAL}*{E}
32 Ancient city destroyed to some extent (4) TROY [T]
DOWN
1 Boy leaves snake for mother (4) MAMA MAMbA
2 Name from Earldom in Ickenham (8) DOMINICK [T]
3 Washington mine has one animal (6) WAPITI {WA}{PIT}{1}
5 In absence of final word of prayer, entertainment arranged shows worldwide means of communication (8) ?N?E?N?T (Addendum - INTERNET ENTERTaINment* - See comments)
6 A slice of bacon is more risky (6) RASHER [DD]
7 Tribe from Hispanic lands (4) CLAN [T]
14 Dried fruit crop (5) PRUNE [DD]
16 Old boy starting to eat sweet eclairs is very fat (5) OBESE {OB}{Eat}{Sw..t}{Ec...s}
18 Lone rook flies around spectator (8) ONLOOKER*
20 Initially, Ministry of Space gets Ecuadorian capital for plane (8) MOSQUITO {Mi...y}{Of}{Sp..e}{QUITO}
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23 Old camping equipment's coverage (6) EXTENT {EX}{TENT}
25 What's used to weigh fish parts? (6) SCALES [DD]
27 Price adjusted after taking away right? Classic! (4) EPIC PrICE
29 Cupid's rose is destroyed (4) EROS*
Reference List
Old = O, New = N, Hot = H, Pole = N, About = RE, American = A, Eastern = E, Boy = B, Old boy = OB, Old = EX, Right = R
Breezy start for the week. Happy. Most may find it easy. It is, but you still feel happy & satisfied, having completed it in one go like a 100M dash. After all, marathons are not for all!!!
ReplyDeleteYes sir. Completing the grid at
Deleteone go gives quite a sense of
satisfaction.
Incognito clues always interesting................
DeleteMosquito is known as Plane?
ReplyDeleteSathia
British combat aircraft.
DeleteThanks.
DeleteSathia
Mosquito is a type of plane. Incognito has a soft spot for Air Force, planes etc. One can see them frequently in his CW's!
ReplyDeleteLink added in the main post
DeleteThanks Colji & Paddy.
DeleteSathia
5D - Entertainment (-) Amen (arranged) = INTERNET
ReplyDeleteNeeds slight tweak.
DeleteFor 5D, entertainment has 13 letters so removing amen will still leave an extra t, W set nevertheless
ReplyDeleteThanks, didn't realise that. So does the clue have an (inadvertent)error?
DeleteNot necessarily.
Delete@Arnav, @ Esperanza, the removal indicator applies for both, Amen &T
DeleteSathia
ahh I understood, final letter(t) as well as word of prayer(amen) are removed, thanks for the clarity
Delete@prasanna rao - No doubt, Incognito clues are interesting. But, the cw for the first (working) day of the week is more often than not easy. Does it mean that the Setter (Incognito) today, whose cw needs out of box thinking, has, but fallen for general psyche of not troubling the solvers much on the first working day ? May be so.
ReplyDeleteTHC does not follow the rule of easy CWs on Mondays, Incognito has appeared by rotation and not by design
DeleteEasy but interesting cw.
ReplyDeleteMy fav
- INTERNET, PASSAGE, DILEMMA, NARROW.
Thanx Kishore!