Have to get used to Manna's style for the next week, with so many CD's and DD's !!! 6A and 10 A though I have entered I am unable to annotate the same, the entries are based on the crossings
ACROSS
1 - Hold up a wicket and add to the score (9) - {PROP}{A}{GATE}
6 - Make hot iron (5) - BRAND ? (Addendum - The anno would be [DD])
9 - Stiff and thoroughly wet (5) - STEEP [DD]
10 - To a child, where that hum comes from? (3,6) - TOP SECRET ?
11 - Honest company Chairman’s relative standing (5,5) - ABOVE BOARD [CD]
12 - Lady accommodates one who succeeds (4) - HE{I}R
14 - One by one sides lining up (7) - ELEVENS [CD]
15 - Network of lines with note found on relic (7) - R{ET}ICLE*
17 - Unusual dialect in the Kremlin, for example (7) - CITADEL*
19 - He has to stand to take part of telephone, to speak (7) - HANDSET*
20 - Foreigner without a legal right (4) - (-a)LIEN
22 - Unhappiness caused by a slump (10) - DEPRESSION [DD]
25 - Ditch a worker, getting acrimonious (9) - {TRENCH}{ANT}
26 - Hotel about a quarter empty (5) - IN{A}NE Where did E come from (Addendum - E from East, though quarters normally are SE, SW, NE & NW)
27 - High pressure area, torrid generally in the interior (5) - RIDGE [T]
28 - Engineer told Lee to model low cut dress (9) - D{EC}OLLETE
DOWN
1 - Dad’s Army fare (5) - {PAS}{TA}
2 - In a short time giving a signal to men assembled outside (3,6) - ONE M{OMEN}T*
3 - Runs in and gets the picture (10) - APPREHENDS [DD]
4 - No one performs proper proceedings in a court (7) - ACT{I}{ON}S Confusing clue with no proper indicators etc
5 - More confused by the inclusion of a sovereign (7) - EM{PER}OR*
6 - Last stopping place for a drink, you could say (4) - BIER (~beer)
7 - Eager to give consent (5) - AGREE*
8 - Check on fellow cleaner (9) - {DETER}{GENT}
13 - Stop but don’t sit down yet (10) - {STAND}{STILL}
14 - Non-stop commercial flight? (9) - ESCALATOR [CD]
16 - Found one entry to criticise (9) - CAST{I}{GATE}
18 - Lee takes a side giving shelter from the wind (7) - LEE{WARD} Poor clue
19 - His beliefs are contrary to his religious community (7) - HERETIC [CD]
21 - Some of the most able men do better and better (5) - EMEND [T]
23 - A young relative will be critical about one point (5) - NI{E}CE
24 - Piece of land Saladin failed to save (4) - ACRE [DD]
26a: I would parse it as IN(A)N E
ReplyDeleteHotel about a - IN(A)N
quarter - E (here; can also yield N W or S)
6a DD.
ReplyDeletei - What's the make/brand of your bike?
ii - He used a brand/hot iron to mark the animal with the seal.
I don't think we need to sweat over 6ac; as for 10ac, I haven't solved this xwd; only if the answer is confirmed we can try to parse it.
ReplyDeleteI thought quarters were SE, SW, NE and NW ?
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