ACROSS
1 Morning meeting of influential people might stop quickly (5,9) POWER BREAKFAST {POWER}{BREAK FAST}
10 Liable to gather essential idea from expert (5) ADEPT {A{iDEa}PT}
11 Third bomb blast - also twice outside the famous test site (3,6) LOS ALAMOS {boMb} in {ALSO+ALSO}*
12 Spindle diameter providing fast movement inside (7) DISTAFF {DI{FAST*}F} Diameter/Dif? (Correction - {D}{I{FAST*}F} See comments
14 Bad smell? Chop head off fish (5) TENCH sTENCH
20 Loves speed, get-up-and-go (5) OOMPH {OO}{MPH}
25 Greek Goddess's gift, giving out half (7) ARTEMIS Anno pending (Addendum {ART}{EMISsion} - See comments)
29 Follow direction, then play around with girls - it's a natural phenomenon (8,6) NORTHERN LIGHTS {NORTH}{THEN+GIRLS}*
DOWN
2 Be nice - so a criminal gets respect (9) OBEISANCE*
3 Old painting hung up additionally (5) EXTRA {EX}{ART<=}
4 Bird having a fill perhaps amid the flowers (9) BULLFINCH {BU{FILL*}NCH}
6 Ex-president before a menagerie in US city (9) KALAMAZOO {KALAM}{A}{ZOO}
7 Student essentially comes in the morning, it becomes own (5) ADMIT {A{stuDent}M}{IT}
8 Having the will, say to support those disheartened... (7) TESTATE {STATE}<=>{ThosE}
9 ...and getting in touch with the criminal (6) BANDIT {B{AND{IT}
15 Hard work to score in a game (9) HOPSCOTCH {H}{OP}{SCOTCH}
18 Cat hides hand, say, when it's used to catch mice (9) CAMEMBERT {CA{MEMBER}T}
19 Beginning with Charlie and Victor - name picked up by our ancestor (4,3) CAVE MAN {Ch...e}{And}{Vi...r}{NAME<=}
26 Connecting it perhaps when height is unknown (5) TYING T(-h+y)YING
Reference List
Diameter = D, Church = CH, Hearts = H, Spades = S, Old = EX, Time = T, Hard = H, High = H, Height = H, Unknown = Y
25A- out half is (semi)*- EMIS
ReplyDeleteI am not able to get the 'Art' part of it.
Is it half of 'Depart'?
Giving out:emission
DeleteThough technically it's emitting.
DeleteI think gift is ART and half giving out is EMIS (sion)
Delete12 diameter:d providing:if!
ReplyDeleteDI(STAF)*F
DeleteNo Sunday Special today?
ReplyDeleteIXL is going on. No sunday specials until it is over.
DeleteCan someone explain 9dn?
ReplyDeleteAnd in bit? How do u get bit?
Doing crossword after almost 10 days.
Nice to start with Arden.
My fav - KALAMAZOO,.LAO ALAMOS, NIETZSCHE.
Loved the clues for all the 3.
Thanx!