Trouble in the NE and SW. Too many homophones?Across
1 Very beautiful shawls majorly embellish the queen of the Adriatic (6) VENICE Anno not clear
4 Secretary assimilating lawyer's poor handwriting (8) SCRIBBLE (SCRIBE outside BL)
9 My boot could be rugged (6) TOMBOY (MY BOOT)* Not sure if this definition is enough
10 Inferno— a largely grim horror story (8) DISASTER?
12 Upright individual in green state of USA (8) VERTICAL (VERT 1 CAL)
13 Hearts of smallest lives (6) NUCLEI CD
15 It could be a delta output (4) RICE CD
16 Where Tiruchi's fort was built // in great difficulty (2,3,5) ON THE ROCKS DD
19 Car stops beside some watering holes (6,4) SALOON BARS (SALOON as in 'car' and BARS as in 'stops')
20 Darling's gyratory dance move (4) STEP (PETS)*
23 Amateurs were incumbent on soldiers (6)
25 Vehicle test needs alternatively, worker and
driver (8)
MOTORMAN (
MOT OR MAN)
27 Mineral discharge in firm soil found to recede (8) CORUNDUM (CO RUN MUD<)
28 Listen to unpolished lectures (6) COURSE (~COARSE)
29 A giant-killer, a con and a criminal (8) ANACONDA (A CON AND A)*
30 Aunt gets rid of skirts… and belt turns loose (6) UNKNIT (aUNt KNIT)
Down
1 Around western banks of
Tapti, revive
fresh grass (7)
VETIVER (REVIVE around T) a word of Tamil origin. Would banks in plural be right to describe only one letter to be taken from Tapti
2 Novel narrated a fantastic miracle of numbers (9) NUMERICAL (NU ~new+ MIRACLE*)
3 Labourer uprising reported to misrepresent truth (6) COOLIE (COO ~coup+ LIE)
5 Fibre band's not hard (4) COIR (ChOIR)
6 Unexpected rainy hour's not over soon (2,1,5) IN A HURRY (RAINY HOUR -O)*
7 A leaf-insect, so to say (5) BETEL (~BEETLE)
8 Cringers heed rebukes (7) EARWIGS?
11 Aspirant of white collar employment, primarily (7) WANNABE (WAN NAB E) This clue was nice
14 It is base to go behind half-chewed cigar (7) CHEROOT (CHEwed ROOT(=base))
17 Hundred at a wreck on a new boat (9) CATAMARAN (C AT A MAR A N)
18 Be involved in design of emoticon (4,4) COME INTO (EMOTICON)*
19 A cult is disbanded in a Caribbean island (2,5) ST LUCIA (A CULT IS)*
21 Sharp ointment, though not top-class, shows power at first (7) PUNGENT (P+ UNGuENT)
22 Degenerate shed (6) GODOWN (GO DOWN)
24 Australian river range seen to be withdrawing (5)
26 Finally ghee is extracted from preserved dairy product (4) CURD (CUReD)
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