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ACROSS
1 Man in the White House blasted and told to sit on his haunches (6,5)
7 Openers bowled out - googly for Marsh (3)
9 Periodical with nice centrespread, enchanting (5)
10 Look, try how to make it fit for flying (9)
11 Gin bottles - I'm good working on beds (9)
12 Make amends during lunch time (5)
13 Come-back star, again falls (7)
15 Three cycling, find civic unrest (4)
18 I offer in the same place (4)
20 There is money in sugar and pepper (7)
23 Neat guide (5)
24 Emboss over lace inlay found on dinner tables (5,4)
26 Bans mob, agrees to disperse (9)
27 Story about an Indian antelope... (5)
28 .. the climax in the story (3)
29 Little overreach perhaps helps you see things clearly (6,5)
DOWN
1 Mother's getting old - it's playing havoc (8)
2 West African country in a soup (8)
3 Small becomes large - it's still money (5)
4 One stops running trains for royalty (7)
5 Honest state gets conservative support (7)
6 For a supporter it's an unknown expletive (9)
7 It's crazy, taking half an hour is a let-down (6)
8 The Greek has cross eyes like the 'old faithful' in Yellowstone (6)
14 Cautionary signal before Green and Red is called floating gold (9)
16 Said to be wanting - making some dough? (8)
17 Winger's way to block merchant's rise (8)
19 Envoy's detailed charter (7)
20 Girl in central information commission is model (7)
21 Characteristic of a religious order to keep quiet (6)
22 One from North Africa is right, repeatedly (6)
25 Stand inside a select group (5)
Good Morning All
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ReplyDelete7A, Bog=marsh(def)
Openers( b) bowled+o(out)+g(googly)
11A, Gardening=working on beds(def)
Gin=g+bottles(Arden)+I'm(Im)
Arden is a company that was making bottles in those days.
13A, Naigara=falls
come_back again(<=Niaga)
Again is a reversal indicator
star =RA (Royal Academy)
4D, Tsarina =Royalty(def)
Trains(tsarin)*+a(one)
One stops means one(a) should be added
Running is indicator.
5D, upright=honest(def.)
State=up+right (conservative)
Support is an indicator
Typo in the answer 13a. Parsing incorrect. Have a relook
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ReplyDelete11A, Gardening=working on bed(garden bed)definition
Gin+arden(bottles)+g(good)
So, Gardening
11A - sorry would like to share my version - I’m denotes the setter- Arden; (G)ood + ARDEN + {GIN} bottles is the anagrid
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7A - BOG - Marsh - Bo…ed, O…t, Go..ly
ReplyDelete14D - AMBERGRIS - Floating gold; Cautionary signal - AMBER before (G)reen (R)ed IS
20D - CLASSIC - Model; Girl - LASS in (C)enteral (I)nformation (C)omission — Classic
25D - EASEL - Stand; insidE A SELect; telescopic
24A - PLACE MATS - Found on dinner tables: Emboss - >=PMATS inlaid with LACE = P(LACE) MATS
Delete1A. DONALD TRUMP. anagram of AND TOLD. and sitting on haunches =RUMP. Blasted is anagram indicator.
ReplyDelete8D. GEYSER. GR from Greek and EYES . Old faithful is a geyser in Yellowstone National park.
ReplyDelete26a embagoes - bans from mob agrees anagram
ReplyDelete12a atone make amends, from lunch time is at one
15a trio - three from civil unrest - riot
ReplyDelete10A.AIRWORTHY. look =air , try how anagram. Fit for flying = airworthy.
ReplyDelete11A. GARDENING. I'M = Arden , G from good and ing from GIN. bottles I think says put all this together. working on flower beds is gardening.
ReplyDelete8d profanity - expletive pro -supporter it an Ffrom far and y from unknown anagram
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