2 - It's all right to regularly play without any injury (6) - {SAFE}{L}{Y}
7 - Players in a race, overheard (4) - CAST (~caste)
9 - Way to work with other ranks (4) - {DO}{OR}
10 - Sit in our stall for the painted pictures (13) - ILLUSTRATIONS*
12 - The Spanish soldier is caught in an unpleasant country (7) - {B{EL}{GI}UM}
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17 - Figure out the witty remark (5) - CRACK [DD]
19 - Eagles fly over the northern country (7) - {SE{N}EGAL*}
21 - It's different for the peacekeepers in America to be even curable (7) - {UN}{US}{U}{A}{L}
23 - They may be made over the mike (13) - ANNOUNCEMENTS [CD]
27 - The Italian rejects operating the pride member (4) - {LI<-}{ON}
28 - Drive through an empty European country (4) -
29 - Language first known in the rewritten books (6) - {BO{K}KOS*}
DOWN
1 - Odd chap will fail to notice the shortened rear edge of the shirt (6) - {C}{A}{MIS
4 - The French arrive with the Shakespearean king (4) - {LE}{AR}
5 - Weed does camouflage the taro root (4) - EDDO [T]
6 - He goads Henry to yank the large cask (8) - HOGS(H)EAD*
11 - Boy in Britain will measure an instrument (7) - {TIM}{B}{REL}
14 - Excessive spending in a large city by six quiet new bridge players on the ship (10) - {LA}{VI}{SH}{NE}{SS}
16 - Time out the reactions displayed in a game plan (8) - SCENARIO
20 - It's not quite right to be critical (5) - ACUTE [DD]
22 - A film on the street in the city (6) - {A}{U}{ST}{IN}
24 - Mexican child in North America (4) - {N{IN}A} ?
25 - Bye-bye to the spies in Ohio (4) - {CIA}{O}
26 - Initially most offerings now kept for brother (4) - {M}{O}{N}{K}
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ReplyDeleteNita has got a Nina ! One can bet one’s C-A-MIS(-s)-E on it. Long ANNOUNCEMENTS and ILLUSTRATIONS. Religious : MONK, VEDA, a reverse cross in 9a ! ACUTE was cute, as anybody in their right angled ways would note. SP(-a)IN, a bit iffy. The usual odd and even game in CAMISE, UN-US-UAL
Hi folks
ReplyDeleteFor a few days, the comments section could be abuzz.
A good number of four-letter words. (No reading between the lines, please !)
9A Took DOOR as a guess, being unsure of anno. LION, LEAR, ATTIC, MONK and LEAR were easy ones.
ILLUSTRATIONS was a nice anagram. STALAGMITE, a ten-word answer to a two-word clue !
BELGIUM, VEDA, UNUSUAL, HOGSHEAD, SCENARIO, SECLUDE, CIAO etc. were good. LAVISHNESS was a heavy dose of charades.
11 - Boy in Britain will measure an instrument (7) - {TIM}{B}{REL} What measure is REL ?
ReplyDelete{TIM}{BR}{EL}
28 - Drive through an empty European country (4) - SKIP or SPIN ? Anno pending SP(-a)IN
ReplyDeleteEmpty = hollow = heartless. Of course this is all guesswork.
11 - Boy in Britain will measure an instrument (7) - {TIM}{B}{REL} What measure is REL ?
Took Britain as BR. Then EL becomes the measure.
28 - Drive through an empty European country (4) - SKIP or SPIN ? Anno pending
ReplyDeleteSP(-a)IN
28a SPIN
ReplyDeleteDrive= for a spin
empty country SP(-a)IN
11A TIM(BR) EL (measure ell misspelt?)
Thanks Sandhya & Bhavan,
ReplyDeleteMy mistake
Sorry that should be 'go for a spin'
ReplyDelete22 - A film on the street in the city (6) - {A}{U}{ST}{IN}
ReplyDeleteHow is anyone supposed to arrive at U from the word film ? Because the two are vaguely related through certification ? Or is there another connection ?
Certification and (Universal) Studios/Pictures too, but still a bit vague
ReplyDelete13 - Specifically the lapel is cut with an instrument that's sharp (7) - {SC}{ALPEL*}
ReplyDeleteHad to google that Specifically = sc
From wikipedia :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scilicet
SC comes from scilicet abbreviated as sc., which is Latin for "it is permitted to know".
It provides a parenthetic clarification, removes an ambiguity, or supplies a word omitted in preceding text.
Does anybody know the present scheme of rotation of setters?
ReplyDelete28 - Drive through an empty European country (4) - SKIP or SPIN ? Anno pending
ReplyDeleteSP(-a)IN
Maybe the clue would be better served as:
28 - Turn into heartless European country (4)
Heartless would indicate removal of "A" while I think empty would indicate removal of "PAI" from SPAIN..
The two K's in BOKKOS reminds me of Kishore's permutations and combinations poser of a few days ago: So, Kishore, if you can remember, what was the fallacy in your argument that all of us so failed to spot the other day? Thank you, Veer
ReplyDeleteSPIN - I had the right logic but wrote SPAN instead and got stuck with AUSTIN. Cycling and crosswording do not go well together
ReplyDelete28A: I think "empty" is all right. Well in this case the rim/ boundary is thick and the hollow center portion is tiny.
ReplyDeleteKishore @ 8:46
ReplyDeleteNita Jaggi - 6 or 7 (let's see after this round)
Gridman - 6
M Manna - 7
Neyartha - 2
Spiffytrix - 2
Cryptonyte - 1
Sankalak - 6
Can we expect Gridman to make surprise appearance on Diwali day?
ReplyDeleteHey guys can sb give me the anno for 14D.... does 'quiet new bridge players' stand for {SH}{NE}...if it does...how?
ReplyDeleteN wht measure is "El"?
Good morning all, wishing you all cruciverbalists a Very Safe and Happy Deepavali.
ReplyDeletenormurray
ReplyDeletequiet = SH
bridge players = N E (North and East the others being W - West and S - South)
@normurray:
ReplyDeleteExcessive spending in a large city by six quiet new bridge players on the ship (10) - {LA}{VI}{SH}{NE}{SS}
Large city : LA
Six: VI
Quiet: SH
new bridge players : NE
on the: down clue LA VI SH NE lying on top of
ship: SS
Excessive spending = definition = LA VI SH NE SS
In all honesty given the plural bridge players is sufficient to indicate NE (North and East positions on bridge table), "new" is gratuitous and not quite necessary in my opinion
PS: other interpretations for new: new can indicate "n" in which case bridge players becomes only "E" which does not make sense, or new can indicate anagram of bridge players E and N as NE. which would be quite unnecessary as well
normurray, sh = quiet. ne is bridge players. In bridge terminology the players are identified by the position they sint, namely, north, south, east and west. Hence n and e are bridge players.
ReplyDeleteEll is a measure of length. I haven't found a dictionary which gives El as an alternative spelling for Ell. Maybe somebody in the group will be able to enlighten
Apparently El is a symbol for exaliter, an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10 to the power 18 litres.
ReplyDeleteDeepak @09:03 NJ was 6 in the last round, if I remember right
ReplyDeleteThanks, Deepak, for the rotation info.
ReplyDeleteVeer: I did give the fallacy in the next couple of days. In short: After, giving n! and n!/r!s!t! sort of thing, I mentioned about multiple occurences. In fact, multiple occurences should have got mention immediately after n!. After n!/r!s!t!, they were redundant since they were already factored into the second formula. So, I was talking through my fedora when I mentioned multiple occurences.
Yes NJ did have 6 in the last round but Spiffytrix got 2 and Cryptonyte got 1 so the 10th slot of NJ's has gone missing, not that I miss it!!
ReplyDeleteHow is anyone supposed to arrive at U from the word film ? Because the two are vaguely related through certification ? Or is there another connection ?
ReplyDeleteBhavan, we arrive at U by looking at the name of the setter. This is is one of the regular usages of NJ
Fully concur with Veer's reservations on LAVISHNESS
ReplyDeleteSuresh
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that reservations were available in these crosswords.
I would like to do some advance booking!
Since I seem to have many thoughts today!
ReplyDelete10 - Sit in our stall for the painted pictures (13) - ILLUSTRATIONS*
Would the clue be better if worded as:
10 - Sit in our stall painting pictures (13) - ILLUSTRATIONS*
"painting" or the more convoluted "for the painted" as anagrind is not active enough to indicate anagramming, I think
@Suresh: maybe the "excessive" in the clue refers to too many subsidiary indications..
ReplyDelete@Kishore: Thanks, was always suspicious that it could be a through the fedor-ah moment, and am glad to find it so. I had not logged on for a few days, hence I posed the question without knowing you had already answered..
happy diwali to all
ReplyDeleteHope NJ will have the fun on the festive day for a change by offering a neat puzzle without puzzling clues. Since saturday is a no issue day we will have a break on saturday in this blog.
today seems to be a ok for NJ. STALAGMITE, BOKKOS, TIMBREL, eluded me.
By the way who is setting cws on sundays any idea?
Mathu
Mathu
ReplyDeleteThe Col has answered this question a few times here. It is syndicated from the Guardian UK and the setter is Everyman, I guess.
Thanks Richard for your reply.
ReplyDeleteIn your first comment of the day can i read "ten letter" word for a two word clue instead of ur own words...
Normally you are the one very careful about the spellings...and keep posting rejoinders immediately..thats why i asked...sorry
Mathu
or is it right to say a tenword
Mathu, my apologies. It was an inadvertent error that crept in when I was leaving in a hurry. I meant it to be a 'ten-letter word'.
ReplyDeleteApropos the ten-letter-word, anybody game to write a ten word letter (or even shorter) which is pregnant with meaning ?
ReplyDeleteGlad CV’s disliked actress-model looses a thousand but gains the king of Kishkinda, I misheard. (5, 9)
ReplyDeleteA ten-word letter in Hindi could run like this: (with apologies to all Bollywood scriptwriters)
ReplyDeleteMain jald se jald tumhare bacche ki maa bannewali hoon!
It contains ten words and also meets with the other requirement.
Great work, Richard. It would be worse if the heroine said to the hero (in the same vein):
ReplyDeleteMain jald se jald tumhare maa ki bacchi bannewali hoon!
Thus rendering null and void, the hero's future plans ...
ReplyDeleteLetter from a daughter
ReplyDelete10 words
"Amma,
I have to own up! Veetle vishesham varudhu.
- D- - - - - -r."
The above was being typed when R's letter was posted.
ReplyDeleteMy missive:
ReplyDeleteDear Ms X,
I remain,
Yours truly,
XXX OOO
Y
In Tamil Nadu, within months of a young couple getting married, curious neighbours would ask the mother/mother-in-law "Enna, veetle edhavudhu vishesham irukka?" meaning whether the bride has become pregnant.
ReplyDeleteCV & Richard, both your lines (and mine) remind me of a dialogue from a movie: "Men want just one thing...
ReplyDeleteBoth seem to have taken the p-word literally :-)
ReplyDeleteLetter from a girl.
ReplyDeleteX -
My tummy has become ).
Looking for shotgun.
- Y.
No. of words: 10.
CV, are you passing off the convex as a word ? Or do you want to start the second sentence with "Pa" ?
ReplyDeleteI counted ) as a word.
ReplyDeleteThe girl herself is looking for a shotgun so she and the man can have a shotgun wedding.
Inspired by CV:
ReplyDeleteChummy,
Know something rummy,
I will be a Mummy,
Dummy
Shotguns to right of them, Shotguns to left of them, Shotguns in front of them...
ReplyDeleteCV 1915 Reminded me of Surangini, one o clock stanza.
ReplyDeleteJi,
ReplyDeleteSoon we'll be three.
No more free!
Bibi.
Hey,
ReplyDeleteSomebody knocked me up. Don't know who
Help!!!!
A bun is in the oven,
ReplyDeleteBaker's name, guesses anyone ?
Solution to 1834 required in next 27 hours.
ReplyDeleteRemember the guy who felt his wife was unbearable, impregnable and inconceivable.
ReplyDelete18:34
ReplyDeleteHAPPY DEEPAVALI
Dislike Deepika Padukone? Why?
ReplyDeleteBTW, nice one, Kishore.
ReplyDeleteCV 1909, Encountered with a negative answer, the next line usually is: Enna, planning-ah?
ReplyDelete1834: Bingo. Did not want to make Deepak lose a kilo and hence picked on your likes and dislikes :-)
Wouldn't mind losing quite a few kilos !!!
ReplyDeleteMe too, Deepak, but I had scope for reducing only one kilo...
ReplyDelete