No 14138, Tuesday 02 Apr 2024, Vidwan

Solution to 13A 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

8   It goes into more than one rule (6) POLITY {POL{IT}Y}

9   Part of Indian diet (3-5) LOK-SABHA [CD]

10 Returns two-fold praise (4) LAUD<=

11 Unmanageable sappers' works, involving resistance (10) REFRAFCTORY {RE}{F{R}ACTORY}

12 Election Victory! Back to people finally! (4) VOTE {V}{TO<=}{p...lE}

13 How to get a message carried by the waves? (10) D?M?D?L?T? (Addendum - DEMODULATE [CD] - See comments)

17 Part of mega lavish celebration (4) GALA [T]

18 Medico retained by business for data repository (2-3) CD-ROM {C{DR}OM}

19 Support black sensitivity (4) BEAR {B}{EAR}

21 Travelling faster than word of mouth? (10) SUPERSONIC [CD]

23 Chance of noble backing king (4) RISK {SIR<=}{K}

24 Can a small magazine art possibly be a symbol of constitutional democracy (5,5) MAGNA CARTA {CAN+A+MAG+ART}*

28 Large, adult, male black sheep (4) LAMB &lit

29 Left ousts judge! Removal leads to poll! (8) ELECTION E(-j+l)LECTION

30 Slight wound (6) INSULT [DD]

DOWN

1   Beverage Company from California, County Los Angeles (4,4) COCA COLA {CO}{CA}{CO}{LA}

2   Focus on awfully mean, defining quality of a person (6,4) MIDDLE NAME {MIDDLE}{NAME*}

3   Reportedly procure for channel - small derivatives (2-8) BY-PRODUCTS {(~buy)BY}{PRO}{DUCT}{S}

4   It indicates pitch conditions like erodability, flatness basically (4) CLEF Acrostic

5   Right, right! Acres for a vegetable! (4) OKRA {OK}{R}{A}

6   No right plan for unwise (4) DAFT DrAFT

7   Country kid, keeping regularly ahead (6) BHARAT {B{aHeAd}RAT}

14 Run into idle idiot (5) MORON {MO{R}ON}

15 Popular and kind of mostly modern timeless tactic (10) DEMOCRATIC {MODERn+tACTIC}*

16 Independent bills are questionable source of moral belief in individual and political freedom (10) LIBERALISM {I+BILLS+ARE}*{Mo..l}

20 Gathering up litter inside well (8) ASSEMBLY {A{MESS<=}BLY}

22 A new blue rum lacks potency (6) UNABLE {A+N+BLUE}*

25 Part of body of knowledge about Catholic revolutionary (4) NECK {K{C}EN}<=

26 Each item has a receipt (4) CHIT [T]

27 Managed King's file (4) RANK {RAN}{K}

Reference List

Sappers = RE(Royal Engineers), Resistance = r, Victory = V, Business = COM, Black = B, King = K, Left = L, Judge = J, Company = CO, County = CO, Small = S, Right = R, Acres = A, Run = R, Idle = MOON, Independent = I, New = N, Catholic = C

No 14137, Monday 01 Apr 2024, Karaoke

Solution to 26A 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   Chinese system of iron housing development, excludes parsonage essentially (4,4) FENG SHUI {FE}{HoUSING}*

6   Inactive? Nail in charge! (6) SUPINE {SU{PIN}E}

9   Without initial experience, nun gets around musical instruments (6) SISTRA  {SISTeR}{A}

10 Training at hill station in Kerala to review every year (3,5) PER ANNUM {PE}{MUNNAR<=}

11 Winsome move? - No, it is a bad situation (6,4) PRETTY PASS {PRETTY}{PASS}

12 Cut of meat from wild animal, swapping internally (4) LOIN L(I<=>O}N

13 Criticize maliciously in damaging whisper (8) BADMOUTH {BAD}{MOUTH}

15 Times forgotten in light conversation during drink (6) CHICHA CHIt CHAt

16 Absent-minded Tom settles in filthy dwelling (6) SCATTY {S{CAT}TY}

18 Private party with setter at branch shortly (8) DOMESTIC {DO}{ME}{STICk}

20 Opposing content of share (4) ANTI {quANTIty}

21 Flight attendant wets a dress in turbulence (10) STEWARDESS*

23 Naughty Romeos at restaurants (3,5) TEA ROOMS*

24 Warrior from bustling Oman takes over banks of Zambia (6) AMAZON {OMAN}* over {Za..iA<=}

25 Inspirational song by worker near border (6) ANTHEM {ANT}{HEM}

26 Rifles in bag worn by persons of ordinary grade (8) R?N?A?K?  (Addendum - RANSACKS {RAN{SAC}KS} - See comments)

DOWN

2   Desperate retainer leaves Norway for African state (7) ERITREA RETAInER*

3   Reach gallery main gate on return (3,2) GET AT {TATE}{Gate}<=

4   Enduring oppressive tax (5-4) HEAVY-DUTY {HEAVY}{DUTY}

5   Cast doubt on Indian lawmaker on every atrocity, criminal happening basically (7) IMPEACH {I}{MP}{Ev..y}{At...y}{Cr...l}{Ha...g}

6   Husband leaves boxers' groups (5) SORTS ShORTS

7   Forfeits plane crashing on foreign site (9) PENALTIES {PLANE*}{SITE*}

8   Nurse works in our specialty hospital mainly (7) NOURISH {IN+OUR}*{Sp...y{Ho...l}

14 Head of the family felt sumptuous about a recipe (9) MATRIARCH {MAT}{RI{A}{R}CH}

15 What did you say about egomaniac? (4,5) COME AGAIN*

17 Punish rook at hideout stashing money (7) CONDEMN {CON}{DE{M}N}

18 Maid's cabinet (7) DRESSER [DD]

19 Hot merchandise on the shelves (2,5) IN STOCK {IN}{STOCK}

21 Sort out matters first to attack suddenly (5) STORM {SORT*}{Ma...s}

22 Theatrical entertainment rewound from handycam ardently (5) DRAMA [T<=]

Reference List

Around = A, Training = PE, Time = T, Party = DO, Norway = N, Husband = H, Recipe = R, Money = M