ACROSS
1 - Furniture for ministers (7) - CABINET [DD]
5 - Wake up call gets journalist frightened (7) - {ALARM}{ED}
9 - Creator of the enigmatic smile (8,2,5) - LEONARDO DA VINCI [CD]
10 - U.S. State loses article in the end to an original American (6) - INDIANa
11 - Need, in a part of Mumbai, for spring onion (8) - {S{CALL}ION}
13 - German eleven afflicted by headache (8) - M(I)GRA(I)NE*
15 - Beaten and browned (6) - TANNED [DD]
18 - Live, conquering desire (6) - RESIDE*
19 - Way to order a meal of one's choice (1,2,5) - A LA CARTE [E]
22 - He clucks wildly and laughs (8) - CHUCKLES*
24 - Kind of justice that has grace and beauty (6) - POETIC [CD]
27 - Rules for a good life featured in film (3,12) - TEN COMMANDMENTS [DD]
28 - Loser is confused by primates (7) - LORISES*
29 - Workers, shown the way, managed successfully (7) - {HAND}{LED} Workers?
DOWN
1 - First of stars dropped from musical rewritten to include key element (7) - {CAL{C}IUMs*}
2 - Light-haired hero of fiction, about 50 (5) - {B{L}OND} My COD
3 - Malawi of old (9) - NYASALAND [E]
4 - A spot put up by some people in the Nilgiris (4) - {TOD}{A}<-
5 - Bad diction could give away a compulsive drinker (6) - ADDICT [T]
6 - It takes quite a beating in the smithy (5) - ANVIL [CD]
7 - Title for church people, new symbol accepted by Othello for one (9) - {MO{N}{SIGN}OR}
8 - Police officer, new in performance, acted reluctantly (7) - {DE{IG}{N}ED}
12 - Unity in a number (3) - ONE [DD]
14 - It generates heat in the kitchen (3,6) - GAS BURNER [CD]
16 - Media personality, not necessarily a sailor (9) - ANCHORMAN [CD]
17 - The Spanish royal moose (3) - {EL}{K}
18 - Artist's performance — it is in clear confusion (7) - {REC{IT}AL*}
20 - Matter to be investigated in the end is covered (7) - {EN{CASE}D}
21 - In the skin it is a bit of a tender mismatch (6) - DERMIS [T]
23 - They are tied in unions (5) - KNOTS [CD]
25 - The French not upset in relating to voice quality (5) - {TON}{AL}<-
26 - Make slow progress with a part of the foot (4) - INCH [DD]
1 - Furniture for ministers (7) - CABINET [DD]
5 - Wake up call gets journalist frightened (7) - {ALARM}{ED}
9 - Creator of the enigmatic smile (8,2,5) - LEONARDO DA VINCI [CD]
10 - U.S. State loses article in the end to an original American (6) - INDIAN
15 - Beaten and browned (6) - TANNED [DD]
18 - Live, conquering desire (6) - RESIDE*
19 - Way to order a meal of one's choice (1,2,5) - A LA CARTE [E]
22 - He clucks wildly and laughs (8) - CHUCKLES*
24 - Kind of justice that has grace and beauty (6) - POETIC [CD]
27 - Rules for a good life featured in film (3,12) - TEN COMMANDMENTS [DD]
DOWN
1 - First of stars dropped from musical rewritten to include key element (7) - {CAL{C}IUM
2 - Light-haired hero of fiction, about 50 (5) - {B{L}OND} My COD
6 - It takes quite a beating in the smithy (5) - ANVIL [CD]
7 - Title for church people, new symbol accepted by Othello for one (9) - {MO{N}{SIGN}OR}
8 - Police officer, new in performance, acted reluctantly (7) - {DE{IG}{N}ED}
12 - Unity in a number (3) - ONE [DD]
14 - It generates heat in the kitchen (3,6) - GAS BURNER [CD]
16 - Media personality, not necessarily a sailor (9) - ANCHORMAN [CD]
17 - The Spanish royal moose (3) - {EL}{K}
20 - Matter to be investigated in the end is covered (7) - {EN{CASE}D}
21 - In the skin it is a bit of a tender mismatch (6) - DERMIS [T]
23 - They are tied in unions (5) - KNOTS [CD]
25 - The French not upset in relating to voice quality (5) - {TON}{AL}<-
26 - Make slow progress with a part of the foot (4) - INCH [DD]
Not even one comment? Something which has not happened since the first few days after I started this blog in Feb 09.
ReplyDeleteNice puzzle
ReplyDelete100% after a long time..but with some help of google though.
7d is my cod.
The reason i am not commenting now a days is all my queries and doubts have been answered even before i sign in..when such huge wealth of knowledge is available in free flow..i just wanted to enjoy the shower.
Mathu
1A reminded me of a old joke: Christine Keeler opened the drawers and the whole cabinet fell down.
ReplyDeleteQuite a breeze today also. That's why I like Sankalak's days in the THC.
ReplyDeleteHe does the simple things very well.
Apart from the error in 29 that Deepak pointed out, there is no c/c indicator for police officer in 8. Sankalak is slipping up.
ReplyDeleteOne wonders- w.r.to Col.'s comments about lack of participation,
ReplyDeleteDuring NJ days comments section is full and overflowing,but our grid on the paper remains mostly empty!
@ Vikram, it is IG (police officer) + N (new) in DEED. Fine it is.
ReplyDeleteThere's an indirect anagram in 13A. II for eleven is unfair in my opinion.
11 for eleven is unfair - No.
ReplyDeleteIndirect anagram is unfair - Yes.
I think recently Veer had summarized correctly that only single letter abbreviations are allowed (although with a degree of reluctance) for use in anagrams.
Sankalak's puzzles in this run have been good in general but plagued by indirect anagrams and unusual slips like 'workers'
Sankalak's puzzles have always attracted fewer debates and hence comments. But overall I personally feel there is a decline in the participation here over the past few weeks.
ReplyDeleteRe.participation-
ReplyDeleteI am sure all of us do follow the blog quite regularly,but maybe many are not joining the discussion.It would be interesting to compare the visitor count.
one more thing-Kishore has to start the ball rolling first thing in the morning.That probably kick starts the whole process!!
ReplyDeleteAs I've mentioned earlier, I come in late, so I don't comment if the issues are covered. Same yesterday (but didn't have time for the Interrobang)
ReplyDeleteToday's puzzle was a bit too easy I felt
As enjoyable as ever, Sankalak's puzzles leave you feeling good.
ReplyDeleteit was quite an easy/enjoyable puzzle..but felt the treatment for 29c was quite harsh
ReplyDeletei don't know if im being slightly broad minded here but hands did make sense for workers.
its not unusual to refer to workers as (helping) hands or as 'the number of hands working at something'.
just my 2cents there
Quite boring when we can finish almost the entire CW at first pass. Glad everyone enjoyed it
ReplyDeleteShreyas 'Hands' for workers is fine. The problem is the word is hand. The 's' has to be removed from workers in the clue
ReplyDeleteTo paraphrase and translate Faiz's 'Aur bhi gham hai zamaane mein, mohabbat ke siwa' (and that too rather cryptically): there are other adhesives in the world other than love (of CWs)...
ReplyDeleteI for one, do not agree with Alex: There are plenty of worlds to dip my hands in, without actually conquering them or getting conquered by them. And hence, I move on, looking for verdant prairies to graze in. Also, rendering me handicapped to participate in the kick off at the ack emma. Will, of course, pop my head in once in a way, for old times sake.
Cheerio and may your grid always end up fully filled !
Re: Participation,
ReplyDeleteI generally follow all the comments here on most days but only occasionally comment.
'Guess it has got mostly to do with the schedule. I don't see the post early in the morning when I am actually doing the cw and by the time I log back in the evening to consume the comments made here, there are few points left to be made :-)
Thanks for all the effort Col & Ors! Please keep going :-)
Refer Padmanabhan's 13:56
ReplyDeleteJust for info following is the number of visits for the past week
Mon 21 Mar - 425
Tue 22 Mar - 479
Wed 23 Mar - 465
Thu 24 Mar - 443
Fri 25 Mar - 458
Sat 26 Mar - 391
Sun 27 Mar - 328
Mon 28 Mar - 385 (Upto 7:00 PM)
Prassana @ 17:52
ReplyDeleteCol & Ors !! ;-) OR is regularly used in CW's and in the Army and it means 'Other Ranks'
Can I say I am waiting for NJ and some excitement, or will everyone jump on me.
ReplyDeleteAny "Konar Notes" for Kishore's 17.47
ReplyDeleteBeing a student of Law, Ors. is always "Others" for me... ;)
ReplyDeleteCol.Deepak Gopinath & Ors. V. Nitaa Jaggi & Anr.
is a usual syntax where "Ors." denotes 'others' and "Anr." denotes 'another' :-)
Col.
ReplyDeleteIt averages to about 400 which sounds good.Of course,I presume multiple visits by the same person will also get counted.One thing is for sure-persons following the blog and those participating in the discussion don't seem to be connected.
I'm new to the blog, I just wanted to say I enjoy going through the Col's analysis as well as the comments.
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