Solution to 1A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.
Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.
ACROSS
1 Wait around to get in shortly into a U.S. city (7) W?C?I?A ()
5 Perceptible by touch - do wear a hat (7) TACTILE {T{ACT}ILE}
9 Top restaurant opens again - starts to cook (5) ROAST Acrostic
10 Bell tower affected by a river (9) CAMPANILE {CAMP}{A}{NILE}
11 Star in topless trailer, on the beach (9) AMPERSAND {cAMPER}{SAND} Incorrect definition
12 Air you get here is bottled (5) ETHER [T]
13 Excited before midnight (4) AGOG {AGO}{niGht}
15 Happy to get permit for this breed of cattle (8) GALLOWAY {G{ALLOW}AY}
19 Poet shuns cocktail for food (4) EATS kEATS
22 European city provides 50% of things you need to live... (5) ESSEN ESSENtials
24 ..Scent of an odd German in the neighbouring country (9) FRAGRANCE {FRA{GeRmAn}CE}
26 Making things hard for girl in London district (9) ANNEALING {ANN}{EALING}
28 Most unyielding - company set to change (7) FIRMEST {FIRM}{SET*}
29 One thrown out of a game (7) CANASTA {C{AN}AST}{A}
DOWN
1 Previously a spy agency came up in the capital (6) WARSAW {WAS}{RAW}<=
3 ...meanwhile, I'm off to Bury (5) INTER INTERim
4 Port in Alaska sees a variation between sides (9) ARCHANGEL {A}{R}{CHANGE}{L}
5 Intimidate if one is shy (5) TIMID [HIPS] Hidden, Indicator missing?
6 Tea for each one and one for shepherd (9) CHAPERONE {CHA}{PER}{ONE}
7 Exposed fire risk - hard for a European (5) IRISH {fIRe}{rISk}{H}
8 Rulers seem different including the queen (6) EMEERS {EME{ER}S*}
17 Law on working inside with radioactive elements (9) ACTINIDES {ACT}{INSIDE}*
20 Benefit the fat man inside to rise (6) BEHALF {FLA{HE}B}<=
21 Categories of information on time (6) GENERA {GEN}{ERA}
23 Instruments to scan sea floor, ultimately (5) SONAR [Tail Acrostic] Semi&lit
24 Stone or fine cotton? (5) FLINT {F}{LINT}
Reference List
Sides = R,L, Tea = CHA, Hard = H, Queen = ER, Information = GEN, Fine = F
Typically Arden. Happy.
ReplyDeleteStarted with 'Agog' and trundle along trying out all the tricks known to me.
K for cocktail!!
Wondering after getting Ampersand until I saw Col.'s comment.
5A- Tike= Hat?
ReplyDelete10A- Camp from?
Affected:camp
Delete"something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing"
Thank you. New to me.
DeleteTile= cover= hat
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4d archangel is Russian port!. Sitka was called novo/new archangel!!
ReplyDeleteAlaska was part of Russia once
DeleteArchangel is in proper russia. Not alaska!
DeleteWiki did not help me to get the plant in 14D
ReplyDeleteIMHO, evergreen for ling is unfair/vague cluing.
DeleteAnnealing- curious word.
ReplyDeleteHard copper wire is softened by annealing, but steel becomes hard.
5d ardenism in timidate
ReplyDeleteIMO, If plays the role of “provided” which could mean given in “intimidate” or if also means in case, which allows us to remove inate from intimidate to get timid.
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An aside-
ReplyDeleteCouple of days ago (Gridzilla) we had Worst= Best, since they had a common synonym. I was not happy and did a little checking.
In logic, This type is classified as a 'Fallacy' (mistake) - more particularly 'Fallacy of middle terms'. A typical example given is-
God is Love. Love is blind. So, God is blind!!
I can add one from Maths-
4x0= 0, 8x0=0. So, 4=8 (or for that matter any no.x 0 is 0)
So the logic for Worst= Best does not hold good.
But is it good in a CW? I would like a larification from experts.
Dwaitha philosophy. Good and bad are two faces of a coin. Similarly, best and worst😀
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Paddy, OED gives them as synonyms. What's the discussion!
Deletehttps://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worst
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