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1 Log back for low grade yellow metal bars (10)
Ans: goldbricks - Log back is gol, low grade is D, and goldbrick is a worthless, yellow brick.
9 Or turn back in part for a talking bird (6)
Ans: parrot - or turn back is ro, and 'part' takes 'ro' to provide parrot
10 Information spread by a professional hedonist daughter at front of arcade (10)
Ans: propaganda - pro for professional. pagan, paganism is hedonism and pagan is a hedonist, d for daughter and a is the front of arcade.
11 Wait for a northern Chinese province (6)
Ans: taiwan, wait a N anagram is Taiwan, a chinese province.
12 Fate of French saint in at the end of the day (7)
Ans: destiny French is de, saint is st, in and end of day is y. de st in y forms destiny.
16 Zoroastrian is after being equally balanced! (5)
Ans: Parsi, is comes as si after par meaning equally balanced.
17 Weapons hidden in farm sheds (4)
Ans: arms, contained in farm sheds
18 Ram in an iron supporting structure (5)
Ans: frame, iron's chemical symbol is fe and ram comes inside fe to form frame, supporting structure
19 To change an opinion of a lambskin (5)
Ans: budge - direct clue. budge(noun) means lambskin and also to change the opinion (verb)
20 Initially, take handcuffs underground for a robber (4)
Ans: thug initially take handcuffs - th and underground ug forms thug, a robber
21 Overheard a big sound of an English poet (5)
Ans: noise I dont know the reason. if you find it please provide me the clue.
22 A cold hairdo for a female performer (7)
Ans: actress, a c from cold and tress is a hairdo and joining these give actress
27 Mass of jumble seaweed for the French (6)
Ans: ??? - I dont even know the answer. will update it once I get the solution tomorrow.
29 Wrong thing of vision is the ability to see in reduced light (5,5)
Ans: Night Sight - wrong thing is night and vision is sight. night sight is ability to see in low light
30 Every other four true x-rays are a physical model of the solar system (6)
Ans: orrery - orrery is the first mechanical model of solar system created by George Graham and named in the honor of the fourth earl of orrery. I googled for this answer and not yet understood the clues provided.
31 Make a set ethics for a philosophical theory (10)
Ans: aesthetics, anagram of a set ethics to provide the answer meaning a theory.
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2 Vegetable pod found in book racks (4)
Ans: okra - found in book racks meaning vegetable pod
3 To expel many English strong sweet wine (6)
Ans: deport d is 500 meaning a large number, E in English and port, a sweet wine or dessert wine forms deport, to expel
4 Practical joke on a person selling scrap (6)
Ans: ragman, rag is a practical joke as in ragging, man for person and ragman is one who is a ragpicker selling scraps.
5 Metal container of aluminium in waterways (5)
Ans: canal , can is a metal container and al is symbol of aluminium. Joining these two give canal, a waterway.
6 Outpouring of a flood (5)
Ans: spate, a direct clue
7 Infer game could be a let down (10)
Ans: Drawbridge - Infer means draw and bridge is a game. joining these two give drawbridge which is a bridge structure that could be letdown.
8 Lack of generosity gave sharp pain to one head (10)
Ans: stinginess , sting is a sharp pain and one is i. joining these and filling the word give stinginess which is lack of generosity.
12 Fed up in it for one on clarification (10)
Ans: definition , fed up gives 'def', 'in' and 'it' taken as is, 'i' for one and 'on' taken as is. joining all these give definition which is clarification.
13 Heard of immobile things used for writing (10)
Ans: stationery , stationary is immobile things and stationery which sounds like the former is used for writing.
14 Merrily chat after the fourth of July in a sailboat (5)
Ans: yacht , fourth of July is 'y' (what a clue!!! I initially thought it to be Independence day and took ID and was stuck for a while), y - chat anagram is yacht which is a sailboat.
15 Circle very large Greek alphabet (5)
Ans: omega , o is circle and mega is very large. omega is a greek alphabet
23 Tightly hold a group of hatched chickens (6)
Ans: clutch , cult is a group and ch for chickens to provide clutch meaning hold tight. (If you have a better interpretation, please share!)
24 Discriminatory person is covered by right act (6)
Ans: racist , r in right, act and is form racist, a discriminatory person.
25 African country has a Norwegian head in key article (5)
Ans: Kenya , Key, article 'a' and 'N' Norwegian head form Kenya, an african country.
26 Small time periods for wise men (5)
Ans: Sages , S in small, ages - time periods form sages - wisemen
28 Bird is fashionable, overheard (4)
Ans: chic , chic is fashionable and chick which also sounds similar is a bird
1 Log back for low grade yellow metal bars (10)
Ans: goldbricks - Log back is gol, low grade is D, and goldbrick is a worthless, yellow brick.
9 Or turn back in part for a talking bird (6)
Ans: parrot - or turn back is ro, and 'part' takes 'ro' to provide parrot
10 Information spread by a professional hedonist daughter at front of arcade (10)
Ans: propaganda - pro for professional. pagan, paganism is hedonism and pagan is a hedonist, d for daughter and a is the front of arcade.
11 Wait for a northern Chinese province (6)
Ans: taiwan, wait a N anagram is Taiwan, a chinese province.
12 Fate of French saint in at the end of the day (7)
Ans: destiny French is de, saint is st, in and end of day is y. de st in y forms destiny.
16 Zoroastrian is after being equally balanced! (5)
Ans: Parsi, is comes as si after par meaning equally balanced.
17 Weapons hidden in farm sheds (4)
Ans: arms, contained in farm sheds
18 Ram in an iron supporting structure (5)
Ans: frame, iron's chemical symbol is fe and ram comes inside fe to form frame, supporting structure
19 To change an opinion of a lambskin (5)
Ans: budge - direct clue. budge(noun) means lambskin and also to change the opinion (verb)
20 Initially, take handcuffs underground for a robber (4)
Ans: thug initially take handcuffs - th and underground ug forms thug, a robber
21 Overheard a big sound of an English poet (5)
Ans: noise I dont know the reason. if you find it please provide me the clue.
22 A cold hairdo for a female performer (7)
Ans: actress, a c from cold and tress is a hairdo and joining these give actress
27 Mass of jumble seaweed for the French (6)
Ans: ??? - I dont even know the answer. will update it once I get the solution tomorrow.
29 Wrong thing of vision is the ability to see in reduced light (5,5)
Ans: Night Sight - wrong thing is night and vision is sight. night sight is ability to see in low light
30 Every other four true x-rays are a physical model of the solar system (6)
Ans: orrery - orrery is the first mechanical model of solar system created by George Graham and named in the honor of the fourth earl of orrery. I googled for this answer and not yet understood the clues provided.
31 Make a set ethics for a philosophical theory (10)
Ans: aesthetics, anagram of a set ethics to provide the answer meaning a theory.
Down
2 Vegetable pod found in book racks (4)
Ans: okra - found in book racks meaning vegetable pod
3 To expel many English strong sweet wine (6)
Ans: deport d is 500 meaning a large number, E in English and port, a sweet wine or dessert wine forms deport, to expel
4 Practical joke on a person selling scrap (6)
Ans: ragman, rag is a practical joke as in ragging, man for person and ragman is one who is a ragpicker selling scraps.
5 Metal container of aluminium in waterways (5)
Ans: canal , can is a metal container and al is symbol of aluminium. Joining these two give canal, a waterway.
6 Outpouring of a flood (5)
Ans: spate, a direct clue
7 Infer game could be a let down (10)
Ans: Drawbridge - Infer means draw and bridge is a game. joining these two give drawbridge which is a bridge structure that could be letdown.
8 Lack of generosity gave sharp pain to one head (10)
Ans: stinginess , sting is a sharp pain and one is i. joining these and filling the word give stinginess which is lack of generosity.
12 Fed up in it for one on clarification (10)
Ans: definition , fed up gives 'def', 'in' and 'it' taken as is, 'i' for one and 'on' taken as is. joining all these give definition which is clarification.
13 Heard of immobile things used for writing (10)
Ans: stationery , stationary is immobile things and stationery which sounds like the former is used for writing.
14 Merrily chat after the fourth of July in a sailboat (5)
Ans: yacht , fourth of July is 'y' (what a clue!!! I initially thought it to be Independence day and took ID and was stuck for a while), y - chat anagram is yacht which is a sailboat.
15 Circle very large Greek alphabet (5)
Ans: omega , o is circle and mega is very large. omega is a greek alphabet
23 Tightly hold a group of hatched chickens (6)
Ans: clutch , cult is a group and ch for chickens to provide clutch meaning hold tight. (If you have a better interpretation, please share!)
24 Discriminatory person is covered by right act (6)
Ans: racist , r in right, act and is form racist, a discriminatory person.
25 African country has a Norwegian head in key article (5)
Ans: Kenya , Key, article 'a' and 'N' Norwegian head form Kenya, an african country.
26 Small time periods for wise men (5)
Ans: Sages , S in small, ages - time periods form sages - wisemen
28 Bird is fashionable, overheard (4)
Ans: chic , chic is fashionable and chick which also sounds similar is a bird
