Quite straightforward today
ACROSS
1 - Under world boss dispatched for making protest (7) - {DIS}{SENT}
5 - Strained to set nine in proper order (7) - INTENSE*
9 - Becoming aware that one has to begin work (5) - START [DD]
10 - Editor accepted strange way to be removed (9) - E{STRANGE}D
11 - Commendatory description on book may give confused impression to boy (6) - BLUR{B}S
12 - Keep cash-book (8) - PRESERVE [DD] Never thought Preserve could mean cash-book, couldn't find a link anywhere (Addendum - {P}{RESERVE} - See comments below)
14 - With Jack and Bill together, one can count on them (5) - {AB}{AC}{I}
15 - Clear former wife over one charge (9) - {EX}{ONE}{RATE}
18 - Little known about such a night charger? (4, 5) - DARK HORSE [CD]
20 - Make a deal with Englishman to find her (5) - ADEL*{E}
22 - A born crook, bad — not like the average person (8) - ABNOR*{MAL}
24 - Queen goes later to river of gold — but it makes her more deficient (6) - {PO}{OR}{ER}
26 - Dazzling blend? (9) - HEADLIGHT [CD] What blend?
27 - A type of necktie worn at this race course (5) - ASCOT [DD]
28 - Sends up criminal to hang (7) - SUSPEND*
29 - Coffee break for the teams? (7) - ELEVENS
DOWN
1 - Car control panel proves a blow to trustees (9) - {DASH}{BOARD}
2 - Bone cup, alas, is broken (7) - SCAPULA*
3 - Habit less troublesome, it is found (9) - ESTABLISH*
4 - Unites to equal in competition (4) - TIES [DD]
5 - Put in, put down, put on airs (10) - {INTER}{POSES} (Correction - {INTER}{POSED} - See comments below)
6 - Smart trucks used in mines (5) - TRAMS*
7 - Grain that is produced in Africa (7) - N{I}G{E}RIA*
8 - He may cause a whirlpool we hear (5) - EDDIE (~eddy)
13 - Got up and phoned in — changed the order (10) - REAR{RANG}ED
16 - To go into detail is complicated (9) - ELABORATE [DD]
17 - Curses when running water packs up (9) - {EXE}{CRATES}
19 - Charges for use of another’s property (7) - RENTALS [CD]
21 - “Fixing” a race, the guy will get a complaint (7) - EARAC*{HE}
22 - The quarter has untidy burnt remains (5) - A{S}H{E}S*
23 - A very small brook (5) - RILLE [CD]
25 - It’s an eyesore (4) - STYE [CD]
Deepak,
ReplyDeleteI didn't solve this crossword but re:
5 - Put in, put down, put on airs (10) - {INTER}{POSES}
I suggest it is INTER/POSED
For 'blend', Chambers gives an archaic meaning 'to blind; to dazzle'. It's listed as a verb, though.
ReplyDeleteINTERPOSES as well as INTERPORED fit as per the crossings, both seem suitable to me definition wise
ReplyDeletePut in = INTERPOSES = INTERPOSED
Don't you think for INTERPOSES, it must be 'puts in'?
ReplyDelete12 - Keep cash-book (8)
ReplyDeleteKeep also means castle or preserve (that is a fully guarded area). Here I think the wordplay is P(penny,cash)-RESERVE(book, v.)
We can speculate who wrote this clue.
Okay I see it now with regards to Interposes/interposed.
ReplyDeleteAs regards keep-preserve there was no doubt, it was the cash-book part which I didn't get. The way you put it with penny seems logical but I would not like to speculate who wrote it!!!
A few questions:
ReplyDeleteIn 17A, how does 'running water' = 'exe'?
Also, although I am now familiar with the 'Jack' = 'ab' and 'Bill' = 'ac', how does the substitution work? Is it 'ac' as in 'account', which can be substituted for 'bill'?
And where do the 's' and 'e' come from in 'ashes'? I filled it using the crossings, but had only the 'has' and anagram indicator initially.
Lastly, confused as to how 11A is undoubtedly plural, whereas the clue indicates a singular noun - a printing error, perhaps?
@Aash
ReplyDeleterunning water = river = EXE (name of a river which is popular with CW setters)
14 - With Jack and Bill together, one can count on them (5) - {AB}{AC}{I}
Jack = AB
Bill = account = AC
One = I
count on them = Definition = {AB}{AC}{I}
22 - The quarter has untidy burnt remains (5) - A{S}H{E}S*
Quarter = SE (South East)
has = has
untidy = Anagram indicator
burnt remains = Definition
Grammatical arrears abound here.
Correction errors and not arrears !!
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