Wednesday 10 August 2011

No 10229, Wednesday 10 Aug 11, Neyartha

Doggies day today, besides the French connections.
ACROSS
1   - Arms go missing as irate Chamberlain scraps U.K. government department (7,6) - SPECIAL BRANCH (SPECIAL BRANCHarms*)
9   - European's fried potato strips? (6) - FRENCH [CD]
10 - Union leader preparing treacle may develop sores (8) - ULCERATE {U}{LCERATE}
11 - One in the water not thinking clearly (3) - OAR Anno pending
12 - European leader inside old German kingdom's borders ignored by the publisher (6) - ISSUER aISSU{E}Rp <- No reversal indicator
13 - Bishop removing the page's cough drop from the old European prison (8) - BASTILLE {B}{pASTILLE}
14 - Large commercial ship built with reliance on … (5,5) - OCEAN LINER*
17 - … check given as per the auditor's command (4) - REIN (~reign)
18 - Red alert in part of the valley (4) - DALE [T]
19 - I tug O'Neill somehow to the tonsil remover (10) - GUILLOTINE*
21 - Literary Nobelist Andre protecting westbound Rod's counterpart from the massacre (8) - GENOCIDE {G{ENOC<-}IDE}
23 - Get rid of the Yankee for being dishonest (6) - SHIFTY {SHIFT}{Y}
25 - Greek character caught with fish eggs (3) - ROE (~rho)
26 - Model roasted turnips for the meat skewer rotating dog (8) - TURNSPIT {T}{URNSPIT*} That would have been one helluva hot dog!!
27 - Old European coins with the subject mostly sent back (6) - LIVRES  eLIVERS <-
28 - Army officer's encounter with the coordinated work stoppage (7,6) - GENERAL STRIKE {GENERAL} {STRIKE}
DOWN
2   - Family of flowering plants given to the Trojan prince in the capital (5) - PARIS [MD]
3   - Joined Jack aboard the ocean tug at sea (9) - CONJUGATE {CON{J}UGATE*}
4   - Detest article by physicist on inversion of the hydroxyl radical (5) - ABHOR {A}{B(+h)HO(-h)R}
5   - European royal present to take possession of the old city's first building (7) - BOURBON {BO{UR}{B}ON}
6   - Inherited stellar surroundings of the new church (9) - ANCESTRAL {A{N}{CE}STRAL}
7   - Selection of decor given with the Welsh dog (5) - CORGI [T]
8   - Disciple embracing volunteers raising sick horse (8) - STALLION {S{TA}{LLI<-}ON}
15 - Tea given twice to Latin wife in European country houses (8) - CHATEAUX {CHA}{TEA}{UX}
16 - Small gift from a shopkeeper to the customer has an appealing form (9) - LAGNIAPPE*
17 - RV retiree repurposed for the dog (9) - RETRIEVER*
20 - Apathy of itinerant throwing away the books after shredding (7) - INERTIA INERTIAnt*
22 - A pound of theory's worth in common sense (5) - OUNCE [E]
23 - Rings son to dispose of the second-grade hawks (5) - SELLS (-b+s)SELLS
24 - Pull and adjust (5) - TWEAK [DD]



27 comments:

  1. Reversal indicator in 12a missed?

    Nice ref to cones and rods in 21a.

    16d Lagniappe has appeared not too long back. Was it Neyartha? If so, can it be an indication of N’s location in the US, as this word seems to be Gulf Coast-Louisiana usage?

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  2. That would have been one helluva hot dog!!

    :-)

    Another one for the dog brigade.

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  3. Kishore @ 8:32

    It was NJ and this how she clued it on 07 May 11

    Gift the French man a new computer firm with no money (9) - {LA}{G}{N}{I}{APP(-l)E}

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  4. Guys,

    I am sorry about 12 Ac. It was an inexcusable oversight on my side, and I will take extra care in the future.

    Regards
    Neyartha

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  5. Thank heavens he did not type a instead of u in the salutation ;-)

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  6. Presenting an alternate clue for 12 Ac:

    Rising European leader inside old German kingdom's borders ignored by the publisher (6)

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  7. Rising European leader inside old German kingdom's borders ignored by the publisher (6)

    Throw him in the Bastille and give him a pastille.

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  8. Deepak Gopinath @ 9:50

    Apparently it's an idiom -
    http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/oar

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  9. Liked the revolutionary and doggy themes, which actually culminated in a revolving dog!
    Thought 15D and 21A very elegant.

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  10. Nice observation, DD.

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  11. Just 2 dog names for a theme? Neyartha, could you please clarify if this was really a theme that you had intended or have you gone for unthemed ones these days?

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  12. The theme is on France. Dogs are an aside

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  13. And there are at least 7 clues on this

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  14. Oh! there you go Suresh. I was done in by Col's opening line. I find 5 of them.

    FRENCH, LIVRES, BASTILLE, GUILLOTINE, CHATEAUX

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  15. BOURBON,GENOCIDE(Andre Gide being French),PARIS

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  16. Does Lagniappe also have a touch of French?

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  17. And 3 doggie clues(or 4 animal clues) and 3 revolutionary ones.

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  18. Good, but it will be better if N uses selective themes. 'Music' and 'France' are huge themes with many word choices. Something like 'French Revolution of 1789' alone will make a better theme, for which we have around 4 words today.

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  19. French History will satisfy you for today Sudalamani?

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  20. I am already satisfied today, Suresh ;-) But yesterday, I was not!

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  21. No, nein, nahin, nyet, Nyartha. Please don't network with NJ. Yesterday's was a toughiePEARL. ''toughier'' than the Telegraph Toughie.!! INCREDULOUS- the VERDICT is out .Must you PROLIFERATE with too many alien places and names?INCISIVE, no doubt, but what the heck, Crosswords are not meant to BHEJA FRY, lest the Bheja becomes FLACCID. Please do WATER DOWN or else, there will be many more that will STOP PAYMENT to the newsvendor to buy the HINDU.Set an EXAMPLE AND unify THE SOLVERS TO BE WITH YOU.

    You're indeed a VIRTUOSO.!! God BLESS you.

    Raju Umamaheswar

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  22. Thought 17A was RAIN as in Raincheck. Couldn't follow REIN since there are the ...before check.
    Some really long winded clues!

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  23. Bhala

    check = Definition = REIN (~REIGN)

    given as per the auditor's = Homophone Indicator

    command = REIGN

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