Neyartha is his usual self. I'm stumped by 8D and I have my doubts on 10A.
ACROSS
1 Check on the contributors riled by the loss of a right (11) OBSTRUCTION CONTrIBUTORS*
9 Cheer up on seeing a selection of the art enclosures (7) HEARTEN [T]
10 Revolver of the beneficiary caught with an antelope sent ahead
for all to see (3,3) AIR GUN (~heir){AIR} {G(+u)UN(-u)} What is 'caught' doing in the clue? (See comments) How is an Air Gun a revolver?
11 Relish the sample (5) TASTE [DD]
12 Hatemonger troubled by her disappearance with a small generator
(7) MAGNETO hATEMONGer*
15 Rubbing this on one’s wounds may make them worse (4) SALT [GK]
16 Australian physiologist’s wedding dessert is a pastry with dry
fruits (6,4) ECCLES CAKE {ECCLES} {CAKE}
20 Nature of some unattainable grapes (4) SOUR [GK]
23 Antelope watch at the annexe in retreat (7) GAZELLE {GAZE}{LLE<=}
26 Fee to hold party reversed on seeing a gnawing mammal (6) RODENT {R{OD<=}ENT}
27 Silver smuggled in crumpled apron of the model (7) PARAGON {PAR{AG}ON*}
28 Modified Hope’s report on an atmospheric layer (11) TROPOSPHERE*
DOWN
2 Resentful of the second-grade replacement for Taiwan’s
microblogging service (6) BITTER (-tw+b)BITTER
3 A little bite from the upset insect (4) TANG <=
4 Ineffective peacekeepers’ average’s under par (10) UNAVAILING {UN}{AV}{AILING}
5 Pungency of the star’s net at the sea (8) TARTNESS*
6 Cactus, plentiful, forces out the French in lowa (7) OPUNTIA {OPUleNT}{IA}
7 Software to generate tweaked pictures? (9) PHOTOSHOP [{PHOTOS}{HOP}&GK]
8 Not random for the Democrat leader to make way for the Pole at
the rear (6) CAUSAL ? (Addendum - CAU(-d+s)SAL - See comments)
13 Excessively praises resident Curie when she lowers the pH
slightly (10) ACIDULATES {A{CI}DULATES}
14 Announced simple covers for the fur hats of some British
soldiers (9) BEARSKINS (~bare){BEAR}{SKINS}
17 Domestic’s browser button guide (4,4) HOME HELP {HOME} {HELP}
19 Season to put a coat around the egg-shaped counter (7) FLAVOUR {F{LAVO<=}UR}
21 Agent (dangerous) in Vietnam gets colour from the fruit (6) ORANGE [MD]
22 Moneylender taking a page out of the successful coup leader
(6) USURER USURpER
25 Moonfish obtained by some shopaholics (4) OPAH [T] gangnam style !!!
Hello friends
ReplyDeleteHad problem with only the top left corner. Gave up at 8-28 am.
A few guesses with no clear annos like OFFLOADING, AIR GUN, GAZELLE, ORANGE and others. Yet to check from the blog.
Somehow put in MEGATON in place of MAGNETO (so simple) and got stuck for some time.
Liked SMACK, PARAGON, TROPOSPHERE, TANG, FLAVOUR (nice one!), OPUNTIA, HOME HELP, USURER, BEARSKINS and a few others.
On the whole, I was not happy with the surface part.
'caught' is a homophone indicator, I think. 'heir' caught (heard) gives AIR.
ReplyDeleteThanks CV.
Delete8 Not random for the Democrat leader to make way for the Pole at the rear (6) CAUSAL ? CAU(-d)(+S)AL
ReplyDeleteCAUDAL adjective : Relating to the tail or tail end
Thanks Bhavan
Delete'caudal' does not go with 11A-Taste
DeleteNo theme jumped out at me. Did I miss it?
ReplyDeleteBitter, Tang, Taste, Flavour, Orange, Salt..
ReplyDeleteThe theme is rather obvious.
Of course, once you explain it that way :)
DeleteSour is also there.
ReplyDelete..... + Tartness
Delete8D- If it is caudal,it does not suit the crossing of 11A (Taste)Causal only suits. 'S' is also a pole-democratic leader?
ReplyDeleteMy mistake the answer is CAUSAL and not CAUDAL
DeleteCan 'acidulates' be added to the theme list?
ReplyDeleteHave the same reservations as Deepak on AIR GUN. I did not think that air guns revolved.
ReplyDeleteFunny clues. What is 'for all to see' doing in 10A? (one example obviously)
ReplyDelete13D could have been considered a fairly good clue but for the 'when she' ending
A week of this? Oh dear
for all to see = U as in the film classification, so in GNU (antelope) U is sent ahead to become GUN.
DeleteI had the same doubt for 13D as to what is "she" doing in the clue.
Don't know what you mean by "this" exactly, but Neyartha's run is for 2 days not a week :)
K, my bad
DeleteFor some reason, at first glance, I had put in megaton as well, but thanks to "tartness", rectified it soon enough. Was completely thrown off "when she" in 13D though.
ReplyDeleteStraight forward one. Needed the net for Causal & opuntia. So no Samosas for me today.
ReplyDeleteABCDE: Yesterday's demand ?
Large knave knocking George out in silty soil (5)
How are "not random" and "causal" connected?
ReplyDeleteCausal means 'being the cause or causes' therefore it is 'not random'
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