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ACROSS
1 Unpaid? Super! (11)
9 Swears on affidavit typed hastily, for starters, and signs finally (5)
10 Prudent to go around country with Romeo and Lothario (9)
11 Misleading clue for "Sacred ornament worn by her after removing pouch" (3,7)
12 Wiki wrongly spelt bird (4)
13 Fine cotton thread from large island (5)
15 Excitedly petting around end of arm and seducing (8)
17 Talking without a bandage (8)
19 Boy leaves river submerging girl's animal (5)
22 Uncovered part of menu deleted (4)
23 No place to die inside the house (6-4)
26 Savage baron is in front of funny Arabian carrying redhead (9)
27 Prod guardsmen giving up arms and running (5)
28 Little dog with European mother's mother consumed fruit (11)
DOWN
1 Chose operation to explore deep initially (5)
2 Seattle preparation on ship is insipid (9)
3 Worst construction around eastern skyscrapers (6)
4 Named person... one jumping around pit (7)
5 Charged particles found in onion skin (4)
6 Going, consuming small sip, and indulging in idle talk (9)
7 Rolls Royce is parked in fuel enclosure (6)
8 Is making a mistake placing ornament behind queen (6)
14 Policeman's stake-out near road wrongly taped person... Not on! (5,4)
16 A label fixed in piano built in South American region (9)
17 European carrying university boy's flower (6)
18 Perhaps, transfixing top class fish behind end of barn (7)
20 The Desert Fox starting to march in capital with trainee (6)
21 Flower from Zulu hostelry is available in the beginning (6)
24 Historically popular song, perhaps, in soldier's heart (5)
25 Moderately hot conflict with maiden (4)
9A - OATHS - Swears; (O)n (A)ff..t (T)y..d (H)as..y and sign(S)
ReplyDelete12A - KIWI - Bird; Wiki - anagram; wrongly - anagrid
27A - NUDGE - Prod; GUarDsmEN-arms (giving up); anagrid - running
Anagram - GUDEN
2D - TOWERS - Skyscrapers; anagram - WORST around (E)astern; anagrid - construction
5D - IONS - Charged particles; onION Skin - telescopic
Read 2D as 3D. The clue and solve is 3D. Apologies
Delete2d tasteless - insipid anagram of Seattle and ss
ReplyDelete1a outstanding - unpaid - super
6 d Gossiping idle talk from anagram of going S sip
8 d erring making mistakes from er queen and ring ornament
ReplyDelete13a lisle fine thread from L arge ISLE island
ReplyDelete1D. OPTED = chose - first letters of words in clue
ReplyDelete25D. WARM = moderately hot - WAR (conflict) with M (maiden)
ReplyDelete22A. NUDE = uncovered, telescopic - meN UDEleted
ReplyDelete13A. LISLE = fine cotton thread - L for large + ISLE for island
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ReplyDelete15a TEMPTING =seducing
ReplyDelete{PETTING+a̶r̶M}*
17a DRESSING =bandage
talking =ADRESSING -A
19a TIGER=animal
river=TIBER-(B)oy
submerges (G)irl
23a LIVING ROOM=no place to die
Inside house &lit
24d OLDIE=Histoically popular song
S̶(OLDIE)R̶
Todays puzzle seemed too easy
ReplyDelete10ac womaniser (w(oman) ise(r)
ReplyDelete1ac outstanding (DD)
4dn nominee mine in(one) *
19ac tiger ti(-b+g) er
25dn warm (war) m
4d
ReplyDeleteNamed person=nominee
Pit=mine
(One+mine)*=nominee
17A- Talking is 'Addressing'? (with 2 D's) So it should be minus 'AD'?
ReplyDelete28 A. Pomegranate
ReplyDeleteLittle dog is pom( short form of pommeranian dog.)
Although pomme , the French word for apple can be considered it isn't a direct short for pomegranate)
Europen(e), mother's mother is grany(gran) consumed is eat(ate)
So, pom+ e+ gran+ ate
Please don't curse if annotation doesn't match yours.
26 A barbarian (savage def.)
ReplyDeleteBaron (b)+ Arabian+ redhead (R, head indicates it should be first, perhaps)
16 D. Patagonia
Piano + tago( a region)
A label ( a tag!?)
Patagonia
Tago is a region in Phillipines and not in south America)
Please suggest any corrections
A label=a tag, in piano, built is anagrind, (piano)*=(ponia)
Delete{p(atag)onia}
Ok,
DeleteWhat about the south American region?
DeleteHow to account for it?
Patagonia is south american region.
Delete14 D speed trap ( speed braker) Direct clue
ReplyDeleteTaped person ( speed trap)
Wrongly ( CW indicator)
14d; policeman"s stake = SPEED TRAP
ReplyDeleteAnagram of TAPED + PERS(PERSON-ON)
16d: PATAGONIA-> South american region
ReplyDeletelabel=TAG
Anagram of A+TAG+PIANO
21 D , Zinnia, a flower( of sun flower family)
ReplyDeleteBeginning ( CW indicator of Z)
Zulu(z) hostelry(Inn) ,
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