Another new setter. Our newbie's offering will be welcomed by all the budding CW enthusiasts.
25 - Deal includes considerable risk for attorney (9) - BARRISTER {BAR{RISk}TER}
ACROSS
1 - Declares putting a donkey before rest foolish (7) - ASSERTS {ASS}{ERTS*}
5 - Read this as a warning to troublemakers (4,3) - RIOT ACT [CD]
9 - Oriental opening result (5) - EVENT {E}{VENT}
10 - Outcome of a fishing expedition? (3,6) - NET RESULT [CD]
11 - Star borne by an Arabian dromedary (9) - ANDROMEDA [T]
12 - Wash and rinse the graduate (5) - BATHE {THE+BA}*
13 - Does pie throwing describe one occurrence? (7) - EPISODE*
15 - Disorderly janitors I left for harmful programs (7) - TROJANS JANiTORS*
17 - Constrain eight wandering in Tennessee (7) - TIGHTEN {EIGHT+TN}* (Correction - {T{IGHTE*}N})
19 - Nail a messy worker in a moment (7) - TINTACK {TI{NTA*}CK}
21 - High-minded dynamite inventor exploded (5) - NOBLE {NOBEL}*
23 - Hamlet, for instance, on show at The Kennel Club? (5,4) - GREAT DANE [DD]
26 - Return it to the church offering (5) - TITHE {TI<-}{THE}
27 - The next remedy conceals to an utmost degree (7) - EXTREME [T]
28 - Novel detective plays ragtime (7) - MAIGRET*
DOWN
1 - Transparent film expert placed before gallery (7) - ACETATE {ACE}{TATE}
2 - Calming gent Daisy disturbed (9) - STEADYING*
3 - Handled endless terror in an old-fashioned way (5) - RETRO TERROr*
4 - Solemn hesitation in church after wrongdoing (7) - SINCERE {SIN}{C{ER}E}
5 - Blasted crater before time to withdraw (7) - RETRACT {RETRAC*}{T}
6 - Scurrying brown vole is well past its prime (9) - OVERBLOWN*
7 - The Grateful Dead ultimately includes a grown-up (5) - ADULT [T]
8 - Torn clothing for lace makers (7) - TATTERS [DD]
14 - At risk making a phone call (2,3,4) - ON THE LINE [DD]
16 - Easy pace for a moving neat cart (2,1,6) - AT A CANTER*
17 - Very likely ten can (7) - TENABLE {TEN}{ABLE}
18 - Close tie for intimate garment (7) - NIGHTIE {NIGH}{TIE}
20 - Most intense lament is in French (7) - KEENEST {KEEN}{EST*}
22 - An explosive end to inflation (5) - BURST [CD]
24 - Express disapproval, giving it back for all the performers (5) - TUTTI {TUT}{TI<-}
Nice first offering. Liked the 23a 'omlet best.
ReplyDeleteUnable to view the cartoon :(
ReplyDeleteRead the text, and tried to visualise :P
Sandhya,
ReplyDeleteSomeone mentioned the other day that if you do a 'refresh' on the page the cartoon becomes visible. Try that.
A very nice debut. The French detective and the Elsinore Prince my favourites.
ReplyDeleteGood to have all this new blood.
@kishore
ReplyDeleteBizarre - I always referred to the great Dane as omelette, but nobody ever thought it was funny. Glad to know you are on my wavelength.
@Colonel: Thanks, it worked :))
ReplyDeleteDD, thanks for sharing my catamaran on at the same hertz. Few think my ideas are funny too. ;-)
ReplyDeleteSandy, did what your eyes see match with what you visual-eyes-ed.
ReplyDeleteNice offering and enjoyed doing it.Could not get 19A.
ReplyDeleteAnother thought, DD. Mebbe you floated that joke in Blighty where S'peare jokes might not be liked. How do folks like jokes on the Royals? For eg: the spoof on the Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine'?:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/thebeatles519.shtml
Would the reported stiff upper lip curl or open out in a resounding guffaw?
Apropos Veer's comment on yesterday's post:
ReplyDeleteYes, I finished it before I started.
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* Faster than fairies, faster than witches ...
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FTL
I think I was zipping along at the speed of a positron from Switzerland to Italy, give or take a few nanoseconds.
* from 'From a Railway Carriage'-Stevenson
Great picture of the Great Dane, Deepak
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ReplyDeleteNo - all subjects are fair game! My chaps just don't think I'm punny.
On the subject of positrons. My son and a friend are jetting off to geneva today to visit CERN. Very proud of him as he organised it all himself, but am just hoping that my mad little scientist can actually get himself to the airport at the right time for the flight back.
Maybe he could use the accelerator, David.
ReplyDeleteNice. Quite a few anagrams, so a real 'Mover and Shaker' this!
ReplyDeleteDD, All the best to dd* with the LHC.
ReplyDelete* I presume it is J not T, since he is into Physics, not physique. BTW, my younger son too is a tower at 75 inches.
Easy and simple one! Good to see new setters.
ReplyDelete11Across - Not seen by many, so long 'Telescopic' clue.
ReplyDeleteYep tis J. I originally thought he was taking his girlfriend away to Switzerland for the weekend, but no, it's a "man-date" with his physics "bro-mance".
ReplyDeleteLooks like both our little seeds have become beanstalks. I think mine may have overtaken me when I go back in November.
@Kishore (9:47): The cartoon turned out to be a letdown - what I visual-eyes-ed was definitely more interesting ;)
ReplyDeleteMine overtook all in the family nearly a year back. I can equal him only by standing on a step. Height does have its disadvantages in India, bus roofs, railway berths, leg space, shoes, readymade stuff all fall short. Worst size 14 shoes have to be imported since efficacy of custom made ones can be known only after the fait accompli is delivered.
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed. Could not get 5 and 19 Ac.
ReplyDeleteWelcome aboard, Mover.
ReplyDeleteBhala, the first thought that crossed my mind when I saw the 'name': maybe his name is Shekar.
11A: Andromeda is not a star!
David Dobson, very envious of your son, but I hope he and his friend thoroughly enjoy their trip. Your 10:02 reminded me of an episode from he sitcom The Big Bang Theory. (I'm not able to find a video online at the moment, but if you ever get the time, it's the 15th episode from the 3rd season.)
[Oh, and those particles were neutrinos, rather than positrons. The latter case would have caused a LOT more brouhaha. :-)]
As for the 09:17, sometimes people use that just for fun or to characterise others who don't speak English well. So, yes, it's sometimes considered a joke at least in this part of the world. :-)
@navneethc
ReplyDeleteI've see that episode, and Jake's trip did remind me of it!
When he gets his friends round it does often sound like an episode of TBBT.
I am just hoping he makes it home - much like Sheldon he is ridiculously clever, but not terribly practical - his last sole journey should have been a 1 stop, 20 minute train ride, but he managed to end up in the next county. (although he has inherited my good looks, so you can't tell he's a geek until he opens his mouth ;-) )
Very nice puzzle. Did not see the name of the setter until I visited Col's blog. All the while, I kept thinking it was Sankalak since the puzzle seemed simple and elegant while I was solving it :)
ReplyDelete@K 9:57 - does anything slip by you? That particular neutrino being faster than light is incredibly amazing news ( it probably warrants more than even the two adjectives that I used). Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and all the other time machine fantasizers will surely say, "I told you so!"
ReplyDeletehis last sole journey should have been a 1 stop, 20 minute train ride, but he managed to end up in the next county. (although he has inherited my good looks, so you can't tell he's a geek until he opens his mouth ;-) )
ReplyDeleteHA!
Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and all the other time machine fantasizers will surely say, "I told you so!"
ReplyDeleteWilling to make a bet, veer? ;-)
@navneethc: I am neither an over the top optimist nor a cranky doubting thomas. But if someone says their error margin is +/- 7 nano seconds over some 60 nanoseconds it does sound interesting, doesn't it? The possibilities if true are of course endless, but history is strewn with two camps - one where established theories have always been cast aside as new evidence comes to light and two, where premature predictions have been wrecked on the shoals of cold logic right away or sometime later. Where this falls is still up in the air, but the CERN dudes are pretty good at what they do I think. So if its wrong, I am sure it will be an honest error not an egregious exploitation.
ReplyDeletePersonally though, having been brought up on a steady diet of Einstein, I cannot imagine it being faster than light and hence would bet that the time machine is still science fiction, but hey, I need to do more reading to understand if the speed of light in vacuum being the fastest possible is a mathematical certainty that is true beyond all doubt,or only a theoretical limit because existing science cannot come up with anything faster even as a prediction.
I am neither an over the top optimist nor a cranky doubting thomas....
ReplyDeleteI was not accusing that the scientists of exploiting anyone.
I need to do more reading to understand if the speed of light in vacuum being the fastest possible is a mathematical certainty that is true beyond all doubt,or only a theoretical limit because existing science cannot come up with anything faster even as a prediction.
I am neither an over the top optimist nor a cranky doubting thomas....
I was not accusing that the scientists of exploiting anyone. But your OTTO line about the authors made me want to exploit you of $200. :D ;-)
I need to do more reading to understand if the speed of light in vacuum being the fastest possible is a mathematical certainty that is true beyond all doubt,or only a theoretical limit because existing science cannot come up with anything faster even as a prediction.
It's a mathematical certainty if you accept the two postulates. But in science, the proverbial singing fat lady is the experiment.
As for purely theoretical predictions, it has been done before: it's called the Tachyon, a particle which can only travel faster than light.
I'm not really good with typing late-night posts, am I?
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