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ACROSS
1 Day full of ideology leads to unhappiness (6)
4 Perhaps built as to describe new Byzantium (8)
10 Rode an offender? (9)
11 Plot takes an odd turn - do follow (5)
12 Desert dweller returned to a legendary town (7)
13 Cocktail with a neighbour shows Indian spirit (7)
14 Cherries on icing encapsulate boom, in a way (5)
15 Working on Goa and a place in New York state (8)
18 Boast about friend to intimidate (8)
20 After a month one returns to take head of clan to the holy city (5)
23 Church goes over lists to purify the place (7)
25 Can't Sue become crazy? (7)
26 Detonated some, back in August (5)
27 Boundaries vital to get to eighty (9)
28 Can a graduate accept mistake? That'll be capital! (8)
29 Separate, withstand a scoundrel (6)
DOWN
1 Crestfallen to see the feathers being shed (8)
2 Rockstar's quiet with woman, strangely (7)
3 Cherub-like one calling out to suppress echo (9)
5 Allowed to enter wild forest - to work using internal energy is a brainwave (6,2,6)
6 Room at the top for open lattice (5)
7 Land around a college is invigorating (7)
8 Dangerous to allow and stop short (6)
9 Amateur makes your fielders to spread out (2-2-10)
16 Maybe China keeps it in service to block a river (9)
17 So long as there is charge on the spa (8)
19 Authorise inclusion in two articles written in an ancient language (7)
21 Mountain goat found in such a moist place (7)
22 Popular at home taking care of nice interiors (6)
24 First go in with nothing on showing butt (5)
1A. Dismay=unhappiness
ReplyDeleteDay= day
Ism= ideology
Full of is containment indicator
D(ism)ay
My first
1D. Downcast= crestfallen
ReplyDeleteDown= feathers
Cast= shed
My second
1 dn Downcast-crestfallen.
ReplyDeletefeathers -down shed-cast
12 ac camelot- camel to<
23 ac cleanse-purify. church-ce lists-leans c(leans)e
28A: CANBERRA (CAN)(B(ERR)A) - Capital
ReplyDelete22D: ICONIC (I(CO)N)((-N)IC(-E)) - Popular
24D: NUDGE (NUD(G(-O))E) - Butt
Compensating for 1dn.
ReplyDelete28 ac Canberra-capital .
ba -graduate.
mistake -err can b(err)a
12A. Camelot= legendary town
ReplyDeleteCamel= desert dweller
To returned is ot
Camel+ ot
("Camelot is the legendary castle and court of King Arthur in Arthurian legend.")
My third
2D. Comp for 12A
ReplyDeleteShowman= rockstar
Sh= quite
Woman stragely is anagrind = owman
Sh+ woman
25A:nutcase=crazy
ReplyDelete(can't sue)*
compensating for 28 ac.
ReplyDelete5 dn stroke of genius-brainwave.
allowed to-ok forest* using. e* e-energy.
str(ok)e of genius
14A:sonic=boom
ReplyDeletecherrieS ON ICing
4A, Istanbul
ReplyDeleteBuilt as + t+n(new)
Istanbul is byzantium empire. Yeats wrote a poem ' Byzantium'.
Incorrect annotation. Your anno gives the answer as BUILTASTN
DeleteSorry sir. I mean
DeleteBuilt+as+ n(new)<=Istanbul
Why & how reversal?
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DeleteStill not correct
DeleteBuilt is , fodder and describe is ann indicator. It is an anagrind.
DeleteYou are needlessly complicating things. It is a simple anagram with 'Perhaps' as anind.
DeleteRest of it- you have done already.
21D, Chamois(7)
ReplyDeleteMountain goat=def
In suCH A MOISt place(Hideen word)
Chamois is an alpine goat_antelope(europe native)
3D:angelical=cherub-like
ReplyDeleteone(a) (calling)* out=anagrind to suppress=containment ind., echo(e)
calling)* containing (e)=(ngelical)
{(a)(ngelical)}
10A- Wrongdoer- An offender- RA - Wrong (Doer)* is Rode
ReplyDelete27 A, Fourscore= eighty (def)
ReplyDeleteBoundaries= four( there are four directions. N E W S) and Vital= score
Four score is eighty since score is 20.
4×20=80
Vital is not SCORE
DeleteVital is energetic, youthful and active. 20 is the age, of such active, vital part of life.
DeleteNoun ("Vitals"): The body's internal organs that are essential to life.
So, I took it in thag sense.
Incorrect
DeleteHow can 'Boundaries' (Plural) be just four?
DeleteAs you know, Boundaries, in cricket mean four.
DeleteCuriously, in medical, there are Four Primary Vitals: Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, Blood Pressure.
Simple. Boundaries= Fours. We are watching a lot of cricket!!!
DeleteOk, how to get twenty, to make it eighty?
DeleteVital , how it refers?
Fours core.
DeleteFourscore is 4x20=80 (twenty= score) Vital= Core
Addendum:
ReplyDelete27A, Fourscore is an archaic expression.
Just remembered Gettsyberg speech of Lincoln !
6D- Attic- Room at the top- Open Lattice is without start or ending. l(ATTIC)e
ReplyDeleteMy 3rd-
ReplyDelete8D- Lethal- Dangerous
Allow- Let, Stop short= Halt- T
23ac cleanse c(leans)e
ReplyDelete28ac canberra canb(err)a
6dn attic l(attic) e
20A: holy city = Mecca
ReplyDeleteOne is ace <
Head of clan is c
Take containment indicator
Month is m
Hence, ( m(e(c)ca)
26A: August = noted
Some of DETONated back reversal indicator
Hence, Noted
Sathia
18A: intimidate = ballyrag
ReplyDelete(B(ally)rag)
Sathia
11a TRACT=plot
ReplyDeleteoddTuRn=TR
ACT=do, follow
15a ONONDAGA=place in New York
ReplyDeleteworking (ON+GOA+AND)*
16 d DEMITASSE =may be China=cup
ReplyDeletekeeps IT in service=MASS
MITASS
blocks river DEE
DE(MITASS)E
19Ac AVESTAN - {A{VEST}AN}
ReplyDelete19D
DeleteThanks - slip
Delete17Dn FAREWELL - {FARE}{WELL}
ReplyDelete9d. DO IT YOURSELFER. - Amateur
ReplyDelete(YOUR FIRLDERS TO)*
To spread out Anind
13 a. KACHINA. - Indian spirit
K. - Tail of cocK
A
CHINA. - Neighbour
7d. BRACING. - Invigorating
BRING. - Land
A
C - College
Around. - Contain ind
My 3rd
ReplyDelete29Ac WEASEL - {W}{{EASEL}
Why 'Separate'? It should be explained.
ReplyDeleteWith+STAND (EASEL)
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