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ACROSS
8 Picked up a date in full-body suit (6)
9 Essential food items for adolescents delivered (8)
10 Rock music without / with metal (8)
11 Frequently reviewed math, sci though I understand you (6)
12 Jailbird to assist guard (8)
13 Local travel mostly arranged before noon (6)
14 Bohemian robe at Nike stores (7)
17 Empty building housing most ancient astronomer (7)
20 Chiefly unselfish bonding using nobility to unify humanity (6)
22 A tear circled face reflecting heated exchange (8)
25 Fair leader squirming in this scared reel (6)
26 Initiates deals (5,3)
27 Retired soldier with army worn by death and rivalry (8)
28 Fancy student amidst new hires (6)
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1 Cast enacted absorbing love story (8)
2 Positions article controlled by likes (6)
3 First Hispanic gent touring India (6)
4 Junk mailer left rotting in jail for pigs primarily (7)
5 Some puff or get itchy? No way! (6,2)
6 Siva left crackers for Diwali, perhaps (8)
7 Secure host for a TV show (6)
15 Regularly trains KIA's rides for liquid transporters (8)
16 United Nations entering current engagement in flood (8)
18 Clear display (8)
19 Spooner's put meat as ingredient in pulao (3,4)
21 One required to polish floor cushion (6)
23 Hard navigating grand city in skirt (6)
24 Bits of mixed assorted spices adding lingering aroma! (6)
24D - MASALA - first words after of;
ReplyDeleteClue - bits
19D - BAY LEAF - ingredient in pulao; Put - Lay; Meat - Beef; spooner means changing first words - Bay Leaf
15D - TANKARDS - Liquid Transporters; regularly TrAiNs KiAs RiDeS
6D - FESTIVAL - Diwali ; {SIVA LEFT}* anagrid - crackers
14A - BEATNIK - Bohemian; telescopic; roBE AT NIKe
Delete👏 Specially for 19D
Delete14A: stores as telescopic indicator was 👌
Delete12A, conserve=guard
ReplyDeletecon is jailbird, serve is assist
so, con+serve= conserve
2D Asanas=positions(def.)
ReplyDeletearticle=an, controlled by is an indicator
likes mean as, as
so, As+(an)as= Asanas
17A, Ptolemy=Ancient astronomer(def.)
ReplyDeleteEmpty building, EY(we take these letters)
Empty building also mean plot=plot
most=m
housing is indicator
even building suggests (indicator) to construct word
so, (Ey)+(plot)+m(most)
Ptolemy
please suggest any help or correct me
Your annotations are not correct for 28a, 17a
DeleteSathia
28A, Relish=fancy(def.)
Deletestudent(learner)=L plus
Hires, it gives
Relish
(Empty+ Ol (ol D))*=Ptolemy
Deleteold is most ancient
Building is indicator
Got it !
You can fine tune it further.
DeleteAncient- old
Most ancient- ol
Building- anagrind
Housing- containment indicator
(Empty)*- ptemy
Pt(ol)emy
Thanks, good
Delete14.ac.Beatnik.(ro)be + at + Nik(e)
ReplyDelete11.ac. Gotcha. m(a)t(h) s(c)i (t)h(o)u(g)h. Letters in brackets to be read in reverse order.
5.dn.Forget it. (puf) f or get it(chy.).
6.dn.Festival. Siva left. Anagram. Rearranging the letters.
7.Anchor. ( Host for a TV show) . secure= anchor.
11A, I tried hard and got answer too but for annotation.
DeleteFrequently is to take letters, selectively, reviewed is reversal indicator..right!
m(a)t(h) s(c)i (t)h(o)u(g)h.
Gotcha
Thanks for clarity sir
13A, Tavern
ReplyDeleteDefinition, I am little confused as Local can not qualify as definition
before Noon, N comes first
travel mostly means trave
By arranging we get
N(noon)+(trave)*
Tavern
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ReplyDeleteah, yes! Posed challenge.
DeleteTravel mostly arranged- (Trave)*- Taver
Deletefollowed by N
Tavern- Local
Definition is not fully justified. Saw dictionary but no clear mention.
DeleteLocal is inn = tavern
DeleteSathia
5A PROTEINS-essential food items; for {PRO}, adolescents (teens) {TEINS} delivered
ReplyDelete20 A
ReplyDeleteChiefly = First letter selector
U nselfish B onding U sing N obility T o U nifty = UBUNTU
Humanity = UBUNTU
👍 chiefly - you may call it Acrostic indicator
DeleteWhere is HP indicator for teens becoming teins?
ReplyDelete'delivered' is a standard HP indicator
Delete22 A
ReplyDeleteA = A
Tear = RENT
Face = MUG
Reflected = Reversal ind.
.MUG > GUM
Circled = Container ind.
A R ( GUM ) ENT = ARGU.ENT = Heated exchange
10A SCANDIUM-metal; rock {MUSIC}*, without/with {AND},
ReplyDelete20A UBUNTU-humanity; chiefly Unselfish Bonding Using Nobility To Unify
22A ARGUMENT-heated exchange; {A TEAR}* circled face {MUG }<= reflecting
1D ANECDOTE-story; cast {ENACTED}, absorbing love {O}
Check your anno for 22Across
DeleteIn lieu of 20A
ReplyDelete3D SENIOR-first; hispanic gent {SENOR}, {I}ndia
In lieu of 22A
Delete4D SPAMMER-junk mailer; {l}eft rotting jail {S(-l +P)AMMER} for {p}igs
17a PTOLEMY =astronomer
ReplyDelete(EMPTY)*=PTEMY, most ancient =OLd̶
housing =container ind,
so PT(OL)EMY.
28a RELISH=fancy
student =L, amidst new (hires)*
RE(L)ISH
9a PROTEINS=essential food items
for=PRO, adolescents=teens, delivered-(~TEINS)so, PROTEINS
28 A
ReplyDeleteStudent = L
New = Anagrind
Hires > REISH
Amidst = container ind.
Fancy = RE( L ) ISH = RELISH
23d GHAGRA=skirt
ReplyDelete(H)a̶r̶d̶ navigatiing (G)r̶a̶n̶d̶+
AGRA=city ,G(H)AGRA
16d: inundate = flood.
ReplyDeleteCurrent - in, united nations - UN, engagement - date.
18d: manifest = clear / display.
21d: buffer = cushion.
Polish - buff - polish.
26 A
ReplyDeleteDeals = LEADS
Initiates = LEADS OFF
27 A
ReplyDeleteRetired Soldier = VET
Army = TA ( Territorial Army )
Death = END
Worn = container ind.
Rivalry = V( END ) ET TA = VENDETTA
25A:afraid=scared
ReplyDelete(fair+leader)*=(afraid+reel)
8a. ONESIE - Full body suit
ReplyDeleteONE. - A
SIE - See (Date)
Picked up. - HP Ind for Sie