Solution to 28A 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.
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7 Sex and ecstasy inhibited by many with refined manner (8) POLITELY {POL{IT}{E}LY} Polly/Many?
9 Part for a clever seer (6) ORACLE [T]
10 British ground is hard and flatter (8) BLANDISH {B}{LAND}{IS}{H}
11 Sex with mostly false name, at a Mediterranean state (6) ITALIA {IT}{ALIAs} Italy in Italian
14 Gloomy dog, died for Hungary (5) DUSKY (-h+d)DUSKY
16 Occasionally torture is legal! (4) TRUE ToRtUrE
18 European wheat stocked by Salem merchants (5) EMMER [T]
20 Heathen metal in pot (5) PAGAN {P{AG}AN}
21 Paved area that is open, basically a porch (5) PATIO Acrostic
24 Pizarro yomped inside a dried water channel (6) ARROYO [T]
25 Dominance of man for example is regressive mentality basically, simply lacks principle of legitimacy (8) HEGEMONY {HE}{EG<=}{Me...y}{ONlY}
27 Stern and trustworthy stirring up hornet's nest (6) HONEST {HONEST+STERN} = {HORNETS NEST} [CA]
28 No expert disregards a count (8) N?B?E?A? (Addendum - NOBLEMAN {NO}{aBLEMAN} - See comments) Never heard of 'ableman'!!
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1 Street poet has composed "Love U" (9) BOULEVARD {B{LOVE+U}*ARD}
2 Champion's work secret (6) WINNER {W}{INNER}
3 Hard missing Indian city's food shop for meat (4) DELI DELhI
4 Someone like Kunal Kamra to undress for a newspaper feature (5,5) COMIC STRIP {COMIC}{STRIP}
5 Players hosting match, left passes for person facilitating the event (8) CATALYST {CA{TAlLY}ST}
6 Right statement about poor for the audience (5) CLAIM {C}{(~lame)LAIM}
8 Withholding a yes to no-frills audio, guys regularly ignored Guthrie and new violinist (6,7) YEHUDI MENUHIN {YEaH}{aUDIo}{MEN}{gUtHrIe}{N}
15 Trumped-up manic is on! I can't sleep! (9) INSOMNIAC*
17 Old flame, more penurious, left for love for a traveller (8) EXPLORER {EX}{P(-o+l)LORER}
22 Instructions about storing black wood (6) TIMBER {TIM{B}ER<=}
23 Groan about gas! (5) ARGON*
26 Idlest dig can be digestible (4) GIBE diGEstIBle [CA]
Reference List
Sex = IT, Ecstasy = E, British = B, Hard = H, Died = D, Hungary = H, Time = T, Year = Y, Work = W, Left = L, About = C, New = N, Good = G, Old = EX, Black = B
Totally uninteresting convoluted surfaces. Not happy.
ReplyDelete13d most:majority/almost
ReplyDelete28a, NOBLEMAN =count
ReplyDeleteableman=expert
NO+a̶BLEMAN(disregards a)
Never heard of an 'ableman'!!
DeleteMaybe the setter intended it to be parsed as expert = able man
DeleteAble is basic skill. Expert is superlative of able!
DeleteCan't clue good for best, right?
7a obv error in clue
ReplyDelete7A+ 1. I had to go with an incomplete anno. Poly..but not Polly?
ReplyDeleteProbably setter picked it from polygamy (more than one=many)
DeleteSathia
Poly is many is ok. But there is an extra L. It is polly
DeleteWhat word hints of a Composite Anagram in 27A?
ReplyDelete+1
Deleteand also 27a and 25d, both are actually missing indicator for definition.
Def in theiddle needs an indicator.
Not required for a CA
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DeleteThat is why it is a CA
DeleteThe Enu will help you also
Delete27 A
DeleteSeems fine to me.
Trustworthy- honest
(Stern + Honest)* = Hornet’s nest
Stirring up- CA indicator or anagrind as you like
+1
Deletehttps://www.crosswordunclued.com/2011/08/unusual-positions-for-clue-definition.html
Delete6d is laim a OED word!
ReplyDeleteRight itself is claim
What's the role of statement.
Right statement doesn't seem to be a oed word or phrase.
'Poor for the audience'- Lame~ laim
DeletePrasad, take statement as "assertion"
DeleteI interpreted "right statement" to mean "a statement about rights" which is what a claim is.
DeleteFor instance, a land claim. Or a truth claim.
DeleteNot the usual Vidwan standard.
ReplyDeleteMost wps didn't make cohesive sense.
My fav -
BOULEVARD, OVERGROWTH, ITALIA.
Thanx