SunWeb31 by Athos

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ACROSS

1 Steeplechases, no tea and tonguetied (10)

6 Short high tone or insect waste (4)
10 Albert has left the amalgam behind for hot rocks (5)
11 The lingo then is nobly illuminated (4,5)
12 Sounds like a hesitation after a short time, gives an impulse (8)
13 Its hard to have a meal around tea (5)
15 A shy trio for the record (7)
17 Needle before the strike of ten (4-3)
19 Cyprus would be bloody, I hear (7)
21 Underwater breeder, I hear a noise at night around 10:00 before fifty (7)
22 Avoid the fence? (5)
24 Sublime opera is five (8)
27 This band is not on the long acre (9)
28 Sounds like he didn't go sober (5)
29 It is usual for him to be around before noon (4)
30 Edward is back around before the race goes off (10)
DOWN
1 'es not unchanged in the seed (4)
2 Dons the serge while wrapped in thought (9)
3 Clear county to the west (5)
4 Your valley drawn out in verse (7)
5 At present mother is poles apart with coal eyes (7)
7 Eaten before nine, I hear (5)
8 Testily put neatly before fifty (10)
9 Fire north before the firm for a dance (8)
14 Make tea and butter around the black tongued dog in this Dublin village (10)
16 Do remote measurement of distance travelled (8)
18 I ask him for paint in Asia (9)
20 This groupie has a ballot in the river (7)
21 The rector comes around to sing llike this (7)
23 Hundreds at the heart of the ornamentation (5)
25 A red dwarf around the Jamaican 20 down (5)
26 Oh what a noise, my god (4)
Full Solution
ACROSS
1 speechless.
S [TE] EPLECH[A]SES [deletion anagram]
6 beep.
BEE P
10 magma.
AM [AL]GAM [deletion anagram]
11 neon light.
LINGO THEN [anagram]
12 momentum.
MOMENT + UM
13 metal.
ME + T + AL
15 history.
SHY TRIO [anagram]
17 nine-pin.
NINE-PIN
19 redwood.
RED WOOD
21 snorkel.
SNOR [K] E + L
22 hedge.
HEDGE
24 vaporise.
OPERA IS V [anagram]
27 orchestra.
SHORT ACRE [anagram]
28 staid.
STAID [phononym]
29 norm.
MORN [anagram]
30 detonation.
DET O NATION
DOWN
1 same.
S [ES] AME deletion
2 engrossed.
DONS SERGE [anagram]
3 Clare.
CLEAR [anagram]
4 lengthy.
THY GLEN [anagram]
5 snowman.
S + NOW + MA + N
7 eight.
EIGHT phononym
8 petulantly.
PUT NEATLY L [anagram]
9 flamenco.
FLAME N CO
14 CHURCHTOWN.
CHUR + CH [T]OW + N
16 odometer.
DO REMOTE [anagram]
18 Pakistani.
I ASK PAINT [anagram]
20 devotee.
DE + VOTE + E
21 soprano.
PARSON + O [anagram]
23 decor.
CO + D + RE [anagram]
25 Rasta.
A STAR [anagram]
26 Odin.
O DIN

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SunWeb30 by Athos

Welcome to SunWeb30

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ACROSS

1 I am a writer and I met with Simple Simon (6)

4 This firm sets free the regions (8)

9 Brian Cowan returns here for a lay-off (6)

10 Almost clears off outdoors (8)

12 Ten is in the picture (5)

13 Gory nude on board like this (9)

15 Choose this with charge (3)

16 Advance to one of 4 across without Edward (5)

17 Canter about under a spell (6)

22 Set back around the pub for a set (6)

24 Let the artist paint around on it (5)

27 About about before (3)

28 A grey brown fish truck on the south coast (9)

31 The French sphere is around the very old Evil Eye here (5)

32 Most holy, swimmingly (8)

33 David was given it back in a case (6)

34 Adjacent to the Loch (8)

35 The priest came before 27 across to give respect (6)


DOWN

1 Round five, the heir to the throne is one of four here (8)

2 Gushing, if you and I charge five (8)

3 Call a note, suddenly (3,2,4)

5 No sqeaks from this oldie (5)

6 Forward relation (5)

7 First after an error's about to take a firm stand (6)

8 Not blades of grass north of Dublin (6)

11 You have given us mature meat, I hear (6)

14 Sail before the wind (3)

18 The peasants agree without father (6)

19 'e has a bracelet, throw a party (9)

20 Fastener record, for manicure (4-4)

21 Rider on this Loch comes from behind (8)

23 In the south-east this makes a rattling noise (3)

25 With a good chance of success, its not evens off (4-2)

26 Rabbits, goats and cats have a groan here (6)

29 What to do with a hunch (3,2)

30 The five lots have potential (5)

Full Solution

ACROSS

1 pieman.

I AM PEN [anagram]

4 counties.

CO UNTIES

9 Offaly.

LAY OFF [anagram]

10 alfresco.

CLEARS OF[F]

12 inset.

TEN IS [anagram]

13 undressed.

RED NUDE SS [anagram]

15 opt.

OPT [ION]

16 Cavan.

A [D] VANC[E] deletion anagram

17 trance.

CANTER [anagram]

22 tennis.

TE [NNI] S

24 lease.

EASEL [anagram]

27 ere.

[E [R] E]

28 Dungarvan.

DUN GAR VAN

31 Balor.

LA ORB [anagram]

32 smoothly.

MOST HOLY [anagram]

33 dative.

DA [TI] VE

34 nearness.

NEAR NESS

35 revere.

REV ERE

DOWN

1 province.

PR + O + V + INCE

2 effusive.

IF US FEE V [anagram]

3 all at once.

CALL A NOTE [anagram]

5 oiled.

OLDIE [anagram]

6 nurse.

NURSE

7 insist.

SIN + IST [anagram]

8 Swords.

SWORDS

11 mutton.

YOU phononym EWE meat = MUTTON

14 run.

RUN

18 assent.

[P] E [A]SANTS [anagram]

19 celebrate.

E + CELEBRATE [anagram]

20 nail-file.

NAIL FILE

21 derrière.

RIDER + REE [anagram]

23 nor.

[S] NOR [E]

25 odds-on.

ODDS-ON

26 angora.

A GROAN [anagram]

29 act on.

ACT ON

30 volts.

V + LOTS [anagram]

Solved Grid

SunWeb29 by Athos

SunWeb29 by Athos

Welcome to SunWeb29, a little late but worth the wait.

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ACROSS
1 One Mayday and a hundred long fish around, with equal legs (9)
9 One hundred and fifty one with a revolutionary, is a truism (6)
10 Distribute drab coats (9)
11 Doesn't sound like a pleasant beer (6)
12 The priest could be central to the ceremony (9)
13 You have an appointment with Pooh's pal to shoot a star, I hear (6)
17 Whichever way you look at it, you get an energy boost (3)
19 Eve was late to rise (7)

20 The French wise men lasted well (7)

21 A currently elected politician in England (3)

23 Take food in silence, in the knife case (6)

27 Letter cases (9)

28 dr. not DR., unsuited to the airman (6)
29 It sound like it could be done by a bovine (9)
30 A revolutionary after counsel, be afraid (6)
31 The end of 30 across is back before the imposter with this little weapon (9)

DOWN
2 If I was not insincere, it could be a riddle (6)
3 Climbed a hundred in the dales (6)
4 Replay (6)
5 Without fifty one licensees around to get the gist (7)
6 Change about time to find the height (9)
7 Spread wide like dry Orient in 30 across (9)
8 Violence for political ends, with German errors (9)
14 Impairs silent s's with despair (9)
15 Play it again Sally, just for practice (9)
16 Ban the caring publican (9)
17 Led after this legume for belly sound (3)
18 Cleric about with a winner supports Rome, what drivel (3)
22 By order, Daniel is about to be married (7)
24 Males at the summit, teach (6)
25 Rubber 23 across around for todays appliance (3,3)
26 Protrusive insect (6)



Full Solution
ACROSS
1 isosceles.
I + SOS +C+ EELS [anagram]
9 cliché.
CLI + CHE
10 broadcast.
DRAB COATS [anagram]
11 bitter.
BITTER
12 celebrant.
BE CENTRAL [anagram]
13 meteor.
MEET EEYORE phononym METEOR
17 pep.
PEP
19 elevate.
EVE LATE [anagram]
20 ageless.
LE + SAGES [anagram]
21 amp.
A MP
23 sheath.
SH [EAT] H eat in shh
27 envelopes.
ENVELOPES
28 marina.
AIRMAN [anagram]
29 masticate.
MASTICATE - chew the cud
30 scared.
SC A RED
31 derringer.
DER RINGER
DOWN
2 screen.
S [I] NCERE deletion anagram
3 scaled.
C + DALES [anagram]
4 encore.
ENCORE
5 essence.
[LI] CENSEES [deletion anagram]
6 altimeter.
AL [TIME] TER
7 scattered.
SCA + [TT + E] + RED
8 terrorism.
MIT ERRORS [anagram]
14 pessimism.
IM IM P ESS'S [anagram]
15 rehearsal.
RE HEAR SAL
16 bartender.
BAR TENDER
17 pea.
PEA [LED]
18 pap.
A PP [IST] anagram
22 mandate.
M [AND] ATE
24 mentor.
MEN TOR
25 mod con.
CONDOM [anagram]
26 beetle.

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