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Starred clues have a common theme.
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19a DISHEARTEN (put-off)
ReplyDelete(she) in (trade in)*
6d SALTPETRE (fertilizer)
(splattered -d)*
15d ORATORIO (musical work)
Delete(orator)(IO = greek nymph)
14A: CONSISTENT
ReplyDelete(INSECTS+NOT)*
7D: IBSEN (T)
25A: RIO(T)
10ac pole star
ReplyDeletepole(European) rats<(informer)
25ac Rio (T)
7dn ibsen (T)
5D- Neptune- Common theme-*
ReplyDeleteRevolutionary wrier- Pen=<. NEP
Song- Tune
!0 A- Polestar- Guide
European- Pole
Informer's return- Star=<
Again common theme
6D- Saltpetre- Fertiliser- (Splattered- D)*
ReplyDeleteIncompletely for removal of D
1 ac opportunistic-taking advantage of.
ReplyDeleteinuitcops port*-wine.
17 ac moon.go over the moon -hapoy.
17 dn marihuana-drug.humanitarian-tin*
20d SUNRISE: morning event
ReplyDelete(Nurse is)*: in trouble for anind
8d TAKE NOTE: pay attention
DeleteTA ( KENO: game)TE
TATE: gallery
23a BEHEST: order
DeleteShe(=r)bet*
20D: the morning event = sun rise
ReplyDelete(Nurse is)*
Sathia
26A: old PM= Disraeli
ReplyDeleteAffront is dis
King is Lear <
One is I
Hence, (dis(rael)(i))
26D: door jamb= sidepiece
(Espied)*
One is I
Church is ce
Hence, ( sidep(i)e(ce))
Sathia
Thank you Col. for the re- run of Neyartha invoking good old memories and * ed clues!!!
ReplyDeleteWho said only Rajnikanth can have a re-run?!!!!
+1.....well said sir
DeleteIn lieu of 20D,
ReplyDelete21A: amateurish= homespun
Bases are homes
Wordplay is pun
Hence, (homes)(pun)
Sathia
2D:plaza=town square
ReplyDeletemountain=alp, Arizona=az
retreat is reversal indicator
(az)(alp)<=
22D:earth=circuit connection (DD)
ReplyDelete24d : SPUME (S+PU+ME)
ReplyDeleteSouth : S
Plutonium : PU
Maine : ME (City code)
Found is the insertion ind
Definition : Coastal spray
Delete28A-wheeler dealer=smooth operator; wh(Lee<)(deer)*aler;
ReplyDelete23D-bound=traditionalist(hide bound);
13A:unpinned=detached
ReplyDeletesupported=underpinned, the german(der) firing (-der)
(underpinned)-(der)
27a URANUS; Une---- Rad----- Aro--- NUS; theme word; NUS is Italian Tourist Village
ReplyDelete81a YAWS (~yours = closing words); infectious disease
ReplyDelete3d OUTBURSTS; fits: T+BUR (cutting tool) in OUSTS
ReplyDelete9A MARTEN carnivorous mammal(def) sounds like Martin (swallow)
ReplyDelete4D TENON projection (def) R monarch overwhelmed by N (pole) in tenor voice
ReplyDelete12A SATURN AT Austrian for P power in spurn reject
ReplyDeleteDef is common theme
ReplyDelete