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ACROSS
9 Listen in, the first lady has a small mention (9)
10 Go on about English being meanest (5)
11 Cry about adopting India colour (5)
12 Fool hosting a short form of artistic work/period drama on TV (4,5)
13 So return could be sponsored (7)
15 Good and right to take responsibility as adult (7)
17 I've innocence! No convoluted nuisance! (13)
21 Perhaps only chap relinquishing power to become happy (7)
22 Scoring century in gentleman's game and yet a bit shaky (7)
23 Local clubs McCartney regularly goes to dehydrate (9)
25 Stir fear over fine (5)
27 Cause devastation with clubs discarded by amateur (5)
28 Fan crossing line to watch engaging royal consume grass in excess (9)
DOWN
1 Cryptic callers' crypts (7)
2 Oddly you've a large cricket ground (4)
3 Go back into shop coyly, perhaps for study of personality (10)
4 A forced kind of despair (6)
5 Small request by German peacekeepers for painting tool (5,3)
6 Drop of olive oil used for Spanish style stew (4)
7 Temple spread included pickled crane (10)
8 Gifts back case of peltry with belts (7)
14 Wildebeests upset by girls' shades (10)
16 Say O+ve strain (10)
18 Ex-Indian cricketer taking kid around to find a Goan delicacy (8)
19 Dark had replaced northern cold (7)
20 Latin apple stones, perhaps for tennis player (7)
22 Point about English sailor's coat (6)
24 Bakery item about to make bar millons (4)
26 Short Indian PM from south state (4)
9A. Eavesdrop= listen in
ReplyDeleteEve( first lady) s(small) drop( mention),a(a)
As is anagrind
My first
No anagram here and 'As' cannot be anagrind. Where do you get As from?
DeleteYes. No anagram. The first lady ( eve) has ( containment indicator) a =
DeleteE(a) ve(s) drop
Thanks paddy
17A. Inconvenience=nuisance
ReplyDeleteConvoluted is anagrind
My second
What is the anagram fodder?
DeleteUnable to find
DeleteI've innocence, inconvenience =nuisance
DeleteConvoluted is indicator
But that it seems is not. What is the anagram fodder is what paddy asked
Delete18D. Vindaloo= Goan delicacy
ReplyDeleteVinoo is ex- cricketer, vinoo mankad
Lad= kid
Take in is containment indicator
Vin(dal)oo
Around is reverse indicator, lad becomes dal
My third
18 dn vindaloo-goan dish
ReplyDeletevinoo (mankad): indian cricketer.
kid-lad< . vin(dal)oo.
5 dn spray gun. s-small request -pray.g-german. peacekeepers-un
s pray g un.
14 dn sunglasses.shades
wildebeests-gnus< girls-lasses.
in lieu of 18 d
ReplyDelete1 dn cellars-crypts callers*
2D- Oval- yOuVe A Large- Alt. letters
ReplyDeleteDef.- Cricket ground
3Dn PSYCHOLOGY - study of personality
ReplyDeleteFrom shop coyly
'Shop coyly' has only 9 letters whereas enu is 10.
DeletePerhaps G from Go as Shay mentioned. I don't know where enu comes from for this.
Deleteenu is enumeratiion- 10 letters.
Delete'Shop coyly' has only 9 letters. It needs extra G. But no indication to pick only G from go.
Go back may indicate 'go' in reverse in PsycholOGy. But we have to leave out O from Coyly.
Thank you
Delete23A - DESSICATE - Dehydrate;
ReplyDeleteLocal = Desi, (C)lubs, mCcArTnEy regularly
2D - OVAL - cricket ground;
yOuV A (L)arge
3D - PSYCHOLOGY - study of personality
{SHOP COYLY} with (G)o, anagrid - perhaps
In lieu of 2D
Delete11A - WHITE - color
Cry about - wet souns like WHET
adopting (I)ndia or {WH(I)TE}
In lieu of 3D - A lot of enthusiasts have solved it before me. This is my final one!
Delete22A - RICKETY - a bit shaky;
CRICKET - C (scoring or removing C and adding (Y)et making it RICKETY
23A - spelled as DESICCATE. Sincere apologies for the misspelling. I have to draw the crossword on paper as I do not have an interactive version.
Delete2D is incorrect.
Delete3D- Psychology- Study of personality- G in (Shop coyly)*
ReplyDeleteGo? O extra?
I meant to strike the o in Go and take only G but don’t know how to do it on the typed response. I wonder how Col does it.
DeleteO extra in the fodder
Delete11Ac LILAC - {CAL(I}L<=}
ReplyDelete21Ac HALCYON - {ONLYCHA(-p)}*
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ReplyDelete21A- Halcyon- (Only chap- P)*- To become happy
ReplyDelete19 SHADOWY=dark
ReplyDeletecold=S(-N)OWY +HAD
(N)orth replaced by HAD
5d SPRAY GUN=painting tool
ReplyDeleteSm̶a̶l̶l̶+ PRAY=request, Gu̶n̶ +UN=peace keepers
10a LEAST=meanest
ReplyDeleteLAST=go on, about, (to contain)En̶g̶l̶i̶s̶h̶
L(+E)AST
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ReplyDeleteIncorrect annotation
Delete26 oman (namo) <
ReplyDelete16ac grownup
(g) (r) own up(take responsibility
5dn spray gun (s) (pray) (g) (un)
7D:tabernacle=temple
ReplyDeletespread(table), pickled=anagrind
(crane)*, {tab(crane)*le}
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ReplyDeleteincorrect annotation
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ReplyDeleteIncorrect annotation
DeleteIn lieu of 5d, already answered my 3rd
ReplyDelete15a GROWNUP=adult
(G)o̶o̶d̶, (R)i̶g̶h̶t̶, +OWN UP (take responsibility )
13A:respond=return
ReplyDelete(so)+(respond)=sponsored
There may be a special at 4 PM today
ReplyDelete6D:olio=stew
ReplyDeletedrop of olive(o), (oil)*
used=anagrind, {(o)(oil)*}
olio=spanish style stew
DeleteHappy birthday wishes Ajeesh. Have a great year ahead
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday & Many Happy Returns of the Day, Ajeesh!
Delete22D: sailor’s coat= reefer
ReplyDelete(Ref(e)er)
Sathia
27A: cause= wreak
ReplyDeletedevastation = wreck
(+a) with (-c)
Sathia
24D CAKE = bakery item { about C+ mAKE-M, make bar millions}
ReplyDelete8D STRAPPY = with belts { gifts PARTS back<< +PY case of PeltrY}
27A WREAK = cause devastation {devastation WRECK - C, clubs + A amateur}
25A AW(OK)E = stir
ReplyDeletefear - awe
fine - ok
Special at 4 PM by Harish Kamath
ReplyDelete16D: strain = overcharge
ReplyDeleteSay O +ve is charge (it means Over charge)
Sathia
1dn. Cellars (crypts). Rearranging letters from callers.
ReplyDelete2.dn. Oval. (Cricket ground). yOuVe A Large.
3.dn. Psychology. shop coyly + g (go). And rearranging the letters.
28a. OVERGRAZE. - Consume grass in excess
ReplyDelete(-l)OVER - Fan, crossing line (L)
GAZE. - Watch
R. - Royal
Engaging - Insert Ind for R
20D yet to be solved.
ReplyDeleteSathia
There seems to be an error in the clue.
DeletePyrenes is the seed of apples. There is a tennis tournament in Pyrenees (near Pyrenees mountains) To my knowledge there is no tennis player by that name.
Probably it is DD.
DeleteIn Latin apple stones are called Pyrenea
Pyrenees or pyrenea is a place in Spain where they conduct Tennis tournaments.
Sathia
4d PRISED: forced
ReplyDelete(A(PRISED))*: kind of : DESPAIR (RA)
Yes, it is a DD and a tennis tournament- not a player.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ter%C3%A9ga_Open_Pau%E2%80%93Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es