End of another fine round from Gridman. Yesterday someone was talking of the shortest clue, somewhere, and we have one at 29A today.
ACROSS
1 The rising times (8) MORNINGS [CD]
5
Slope disconcerted
pacers (6)
ESCARP*
There are 7 more six letter words which can be formed with these 6 letters!10 Cut with a singular cutting implement? (7) SCISSOR SCISSORs
11 Excitedly
learns about love in
Italian city (7)
SALERNO {LEARNS*}{O}
12 Fixed leader of Naxalites and suffered (6) NAILED {N}{AILED}
13 It is fit for a queen in the retiring room (8) BEDCOVER [CD] Queen by itself cannot mean 'queen sized cot'.
15 Nervous characters among ousted gypsies (4) EDGY [T]
16
Gems in vehicle brought by
black relatives (10)
CARBUNCLES {CAR}{B}{UNCLES}
18 One is late for this examination (10) POSTMORTEM [CD] The enu should be (4-6)
20 Returning,
I bag
Romanian coins (4)
BANI {BAN}{I}<=
23 Sending a virtual letter (8) EMAILING [E]
24 Former student's revised manual (6) ALUMNA*
26 Vague idea to write about fish (7) INKLING {INK}{LING}
27 Head catching breath before one in Kenya's capital (7) NAIROBI {N{AIR}OB}{1}
28 Gathers roaming angels (6) GLEANS*
29
0 (8)
GOOSEEGG Shouldn't the enu be (5-3)?
DOWN
1 Explaining wrongly old university course in extraordinary springtime (15) MISINTERPRETING {MIS{INTER}PRETING*}
2 Coming down reportedly for checking (7) REINING (~raining)
3 Children on State's top disputes (6) ISSUES {ISSUE}{S}
4 You finally left rogue wallowing in blood (4) GORE ROGuE*
6 Uniting made possible by special bonus (8) SPLICING {SPL}{ICING}
7 Landing by a royal competitor (7) ARRIVAL {A}{R}{RIVAL}
8 Strong patrician given to putting off (15) PROCRASTINATING*
9 Wrong blame's overwhelming second radio model maker (9) ASSEMBLER {AS{S}EMBL*}{ER} Anno for ER not clear
14 Congratulate the man over time for sponsorship (9) PATRONAGE {PAT}{RON}{AGE}
17 U.S. oilmen produce a liquid mixture (8) EMULSION*
19 Leading sports journalist gets the French hamper (7) SHACKLE {S}{HACK}{LE}
21 Top opening into which a woman would let a hand go (7) ARMHOLE [CD] ? Why woman only? See comments.
22 Confederates run away from gatherings (6) ALLIES rALLIES
25 Serious about international circle (4) INTO {INT}{O}
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