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ACROSS
10 American keeps very quiet - in the manner of a Swedish town (7) UPPSALA {U{P}{P}S}{A LA}
11 Partners in characteristic travel (7) TRANSIT {TRA {NS}IT}
12 Option to include cold or frozen dessert (4-3) CHOC-ICE {CHO{C}ICE}
13 Restricted dogs, exceeded limits (9) CURTAILED {CUR}{TAILED}
16 Vessel holding another is dusky (7) DARKISH {D{ARK}ISH}
25 Gimmicks make gums get hard (7) SHTICKS {S{H}TICKS}
26 I belong otherwise to base (7) IGNOBLE*
28 Student lands in soup - criminal character (7) UPSILON {L} in {IN+SOUP}*
29 Understanding home faculty (7) INSIGHT {IN}{SIGHT}
DOWN
2 Money church raised is sweet (6) ECLAIR {RIAL}{CE}<=
3 Peters' directions to keep books (4) EBBS {E}{BB}{S}
5 Wine and rum calmed us (8) MUSCADEL*
6 Hiring a president - indicating support (10) APPOINTING {A}{P}{POINTING}
7 Grapes are vital in making wine (8) VARIETAL* Semi&lit
8 TV programme on how to support Olympics, say (4,4) GAME SHOW {HOW}<=>{GAMES}
14 Microscopic organism, not human - cryptic clue? (10) ANIMALCULE {ANIMAL}{CLUE*}
16 Old monster sound - like rising in our surroundings (8) DINOSAUR {DIN}{O{AS<=}UR}
22 Sun God is in 5 (6) RAISIN {RA}{IS}{IN}
23 Caribbean island also gets the sack (6) TOBAGO {TO{BAG}O}
24 Gumshoe's criminal hustle (6) SLEUTH*
Reference List
Very Quiet = PP, Partners = N,S, Cold = C, Student = L, Hard = H, Church = CE, Book = B, President = P, Only = O
23 d Tobago carribbean island from also- too sack - bag from too bag
ReplyDelete26a ignoble - base anagram if I belong
21a Abrogates from AlBeRtO billionaire Gates
27d Nosh - food from first letters Now One Should Have
ReplyDelete20a Ninja - assassin from agaiN INJAil
ReplyDelete1d EMETIC=evaquant
ReplyDeleteevacuate Em̶p̶o̶r̶i̶u̶M,+ Eq̶u̶i̶p̶m̶e̶n̶T,+In̶e̶l̶a̶s̶t̶i̶C
9a MACABRE=gruesome
MAE from west MAE
(CRAB)*, MA(CABR*)E
10a UPPSALA=Swedish town
American =US, keeps
very quiet =PP
in the manner of =A LA
29A - INSIGHT - Understanding; home -IN, faculty - SIGHT
ReplyDelete15A - NOTCH - Score; Not Out Together Can Handle (openers)
Delete28A - UPSILON - Character; L(Student) in IN SOUP(anagram); anagrid - criminal
Delete22D - RAISIN - 5D clue; Sun God - RA IS IN
Delete4d LENTIL=pulse
ReplyDeletefast=LENT+Id̶e̶a̶L(at extremities)
5d MUSCADEL=wine
{calmed+us}*
For once, could solve a puzzle by Arden completely!
ReplyDelete13A CURTAILED = restricted {CUR, TAIL = dogs + ED limits of ExceedeD}
ReplyDelete3D. EBBS (BB in E and S)
ReplyDelete25A. {S{H}TICKS}
19A. LAID LOW (AID in LL then dOWn)
16A. {D{ARK}ISH}
14D. {ANIMAL}{CULE}*
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ReplyDelete5d muscadel , a base anagram from calmed us
ReplyDelete26A a base anagram from I belong
Ignoble
23D Grenada, this is an island of Caribbean
ReplyDeleteGren +ada
Gets the sack can be referred to ada
29A Insight
In+ sight
Faculty is sight
23d- Enu is 6 but you have given a 7 letter solution. Relook.
Delete3D Acts
ReplyDeleteIn Bible comes Books of acts
These are directions
Acts are even parts of a play
3D is incorrect
Delete2 D Eclair
ReplyDeleteMoney raised-- rupee= re
Church -- CE
Relook
Delete7 D - varietal
ReplyDeleteWine from single variety of grapes
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ReplyDelete16 A - dinosaur
ReplyDeleteSound- din
Like - as, rising = sa
in OUR surrounding
18 D --heat sink
ReplyDeleteAnagram of in haste and finally (stuc)k
Attached to circuit boards
9.ac. Macabre. Crab + Mae (West)
ReplyDelete15.ac. Notch. First letters of ' not out together can handle'. It means score.
26.ac. Ignoble. Rearranging letters from I belong.
23.dn. Tobago. Bag ( sack)
+Too (also)
27.dn. Nosh. First letters of ' now one should have'
24d
ReplyDeleteGumshoe=sleuth
(hustle)*
12A: frozen dessert = choc ice
ReplyDelete(Cho(c)ice)
Sathia
12A:choc ice=frozen dessert
ReplyDeleteoption(choice) to include cold(c)
{cho(c)ice}
24d SLEUTH - Gumshoe
ReplyDelete(Hustle)*
Criminal - Anagrind
11 ac Transit-travel.
ReplyDeletecharacteristic-trait.partners-NS.
Tra(ns)it.
Replacement for 24d
ReplyDelete11a TRANSIT - Travel
TRAIT - Characteristic
N S - Partners (North South)
In - Contaiin ind
6D APPOINTING(Hiring) def. A P(resident) POINTING (indicating,)
ReplyDelete16a,
ReplyDelete2,8,17d yts
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Delete2D:eclair=sweet
ReplyDeletemoney(rial) church(ce) raised is reversal indicator
(rial)(ce)<=
ilo 12A.
16A. DARKISH. ARK IN DISH(vessel in vessel) Dusky=Darkish.
ReplyDelete17D.RINGTOSS. anagram of strings and O from only. Game in a amusement park.
ReplyDelete8D.GAME SHOW. Olympics=games and how to support the games. TV programme =game show.
ReplyDelete22D - {RA}{IS}{IN}
ReplyDeleteDef. - Sun
God - RA
Relook. Why 5? Solution is correct.
Delete5D refers to grapes. Raisin is dried grape. Attempted since nobody did
Delete5D (Muscadel) refers both to raisin and the wine made from those grapes.
DeleteSo 5 is the def. as indicated in the main post. Ra is sun God.
I have not seen this numerical 5 while solving / seeing this clue. It was not there
DeleteCoz.,while post the answer I use to copy the clue. so I have not seen this 5 / may be I over looked.
Delete14D- Def.- Animalcule- to be highlighted
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ReplyDeleteCol, typo in anno 13a
ReplyDelete