Solution to 17D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only 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 Suggest plan - "50% to quit for change of government" (6) PUTSCH {PUT}{SCHeme}
4 Bar or joint mostly housing animals from the east (8) OBSTACLE {EL{CATS}BOw}<=}
10 Boss to lead with articles (3,6) TOP BANANA {TOP B}{AN}{AN}{A}
12 Thrill from fifteenth US expedition (7) ENTHUSE [T]
13 Rebuffed most of adamant boy's prayers (7) ORISONS {IROn<=}{SONS}
14 Voila! Cricket has turned around (5) CIRCA [T<=]
15 Spreadsheet not set up, somehow given a new form (8) RESHAPED {sPREADSHEet}*
18 Spooner's carried food for grandfather, say (8) FOREBEAR (~bore fare to forebear}
20 Force European to take over (5) BARGE {E}{GRAB}<=
23 Cuts sticks (7) CLEAVES [DD]
25 Caught in difficulty, ring for investigator (7) CORONER {COR{O}NER}
26 Guides leaderless groups (5) RINGS bRINGS
27 River trip enthrals old relative (3,6) RIO GRANDE {RI{O}{GRAN}DE}
28 Each must vault in ancient sacrifice (8) HECATOMB {EACH}*{TOMB}
29 Prohibits Spain's recurring problems (6) ESTOPS {ES}{SPOT<=}
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1 Cool head when tackling nice problem (8) PATIENCE {PAT{NICE*}E} Semi&lit
2 Bartender feeding drop of port to expert sampler (7) TAPSTER {TA{Port}STER}
3 Ordered catalogue set (9) COAGULATE*
5 Merry Corsican tourist on vacation kidnapped by barbarian - a slippery killer (3,11) BOA CONSTRICTOR {CORSICAN+To...sT}* in {BOOR}}
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7 Conductor lost hat in program (7) CATHODE {C{HAT*}ODE}
8 Path of exit for one on ship (6) EGRESS {EG}{RE}{SS}
9 Obey corrupt food marketers pinching recipe (4,6,4) TAKE ORDERS FROM {FOOD+MARKETERS}* over {R}
16 Emir brags about component of perfume (9) AMBERGRIS*
19 Marine in nice coat nicked rum (7) OCEANIC {NICE+COAt}*
21 Meet heads of rebellious trade union at work (3,4) RUN INTO {Re...s+Tr..e+UNION}*
22 Burn my school bags (6) SCORCH {S{COR}CH}
24 Stop very sceptical question (5) VISIT {V}{IS IT}
Reference List
European = E, Old = O, Spain = ES, For one = EG, On = RE, Ship = SS, Recipe = R, Fellow = F, My = COR, School = SCH, Very = V
1d- Is head 'Pate'?
ReplyDeleteThen it is ( Nice pate)*
It's nice* in pate!
DeleteYes
DeleteEnjoyed solving a great CW, but had to cheat on a few. Quite a few (enjoyable) tricks of the trade!
ReplyDelete8d- one- example (eg)?
ReplyDeleteI, For one, am a andhraite!
Delete6d south or central?!
ReplyDeleteYou are right - it should be Central to be precise.
Delete17D FEARLESS = Brave { fellow, F+ EARLESS, like Vincent Van Gough}
ReplyDeleteWas the painter earless? What earless indicates here.
DeleteSathia
He cut of one of his ear lobes
Delete24d- stop= visit?
ReplyDeleteYes as a noun (in the sense of trip, or a short stay) - listed in Collins
DeleteTechnically it should be stop by. The detours you take in a journey/travel:short visits are called stop-by/in
DeleteStop as a Noun means a pause, halt, a stay/visit. As a verb it means discontinue, halt motion or still break a journey.
DeleteWe know Robert Frost's poem stopping by woods on a snowy evening.
19d, nicked rum means (-t) from coat?
ReplyDeleteSathia
Rum is anind. Nicked for remiving T from coat.
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DeleteSathia
22d: cor is an exclamation of surprise.
ReplyDeleteProbably my! Would be better.
Sathia
OK, got it. It is short form of My God.
DeleteSathia
17 D Van Gogh was earless, and with F , becomes brave- Fearless
ReplyDelete29A-problems will be spots? And Spain E
ReplyDelete28a still looking for anagram indicator.
ReplyDeleteFound this interesting article in the process
https://lexmanpuzzles.com/toolkit/rules/finer/rule-3/
As per clue it must be 'Must'. Not sure if it is correct- must be!!
DeleteCan somebody explain anno for 10 A?
ReplyDeleteThe anno for 10A has to be corrected Col.
ReplyDeleteWhat I had in mind was
def = Boss
to = TO
lead = PB (chemical symbol)
with = connector
articles = AN, AN, A
Good one!! I did not get it, though I am a Pb myself! (my initials)
DeleteAn enjoyable puzzle but one of the clues was inaccurate. 6D: TUTSI are not South African. They live in Rwanda and Burundi which are countries in central Africa.
ReplyDeletePoint taken. It should have been Central and not South to be precise.
DeleteAlso, in 28A: HECATOMB, what is the indication that 'each' is an anagram? Or is 'vault' on double duty?
ReplyDelete"must" is the anagram indicator. In the sense of "frenzied" (Chambers).
DeleteKrisskross puzzles always look like they are solvable quite easily but they end up consuming a lot of your time !!
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