ACROSS
1 - Scope for former partner to get temporary accommodation (6) - EXTENT {EX}{TENT}
4 - Not easy to grasp by sailors on land (8) - ABSTRACT {ABS}{TRACT}
10 - A married woman in the country (7) - AMERICA {A}{M}{ERICA}
11 - Captain of dance team? (7) - SKIPPER [CD]
12 - Group of persons forming a small division of a large body (4) - UNIT [CD]
13 - Prevented redemption of cold seer in trouble (10) - FORECLOSED*
17 - Container in which chemical reaction takes place (7) - REACTOR [E]
20 - A gatherer of medicinal plants (7) - RIPPLER [CD] (Addendum - SIMPLER [CD] - See comments)
21 - State time to enroll for military service (6) - ATTEST {STATE+T}*
24 - Jolting reminder we get about a lake in U.K. (10) - WINDERMERE {W{INDERMER*}E}
25 - Banking system used for transfer of account from one to another (4) - GIRO Not heard of this before.
27 - Is a crit rewritten to be derisive? (7) - SATIRIC*
29 - Footballers' magazine (7) - ARSENAL [DD]
30 - Throwing out no great measure of distance (8) - SPITTING [DD?] ('Spitlock' is a word we use in the army to mark the outline of a trench to be dug using the tip of the pickaxe, however I cannot find this word anywhere? It's not in Chambers too!)
31 - See lad go mad and get shut up (6) - SEALED*
DOWN
1 - Eva takes a cut from Englishman to withdraw (8) - EVACUATE {EVA}{CUAT*}{E}
2 - Rather chaotic train depot, I fear (11) - TREPIDATION*
3 - You're right to hit one on the head (4) - NAIL [CD]
5 - See GI bed thrown out under attack (8) - BESIEGED*
6 - Clip it and tear out more than one copy (10) - TRIPLICATE*
7 - Make a lap round a high mountain (3) - ALP*
8 - Denunciation of one in commerce (6) - TIRADE {T{I}RADE}
9 - There is no impediment on being the owner of a freehold estate (5) - BARON {BAR}{ON}
14 - Brave tidings given after loyal toast (5,6) - SMOKE SIGNAL [DD]
18 - Preserved food used in mine camp (8) - PEMMICAN*
19 - Moved slowly when the way wasn't stable (8) - STROLLED {ST}{ROLLED}
22 - In a card game, deals cards face upwards (6) - TWISTS ? (See comments for Anno)
23 - Distant hope, probably unattainable (5) - DREAM [CD]
26 - The land lies in ruins (4) - ISLE*
28 - Thank one for a Japanese sea bream (3) - TAI {TA}{I}
30 - Throwing out no great measure of distance (8) - SPITTING [DD?]
ReplyDelete1 throwing out
2 no great measure of distance=spitting distance
18d PEMMICAN reminded me of the pre Asterix cartoon series hero from Goscinny and Uderzo who used to eat pemmican.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oumpah-pah
Unsure about the singular usage of 7d ALP, I learnt from Wiki disambiguation page that we have alps in India too.
A string of words connected to Red Indians:
AMERICA, SMOKE SIGNAL, PEMMICAN
and another connected to war:
ARSENAL, EVACUATE, BESIEGED
25 - Banking system used for transfer of account from one to another (4) - GIRO Not heard of this before.
ReplyDeleteI had not heard of this too. In India we use NEFT and RTGS for local transfers and SWIFT for international transfers. On going to the link given by Deepak, I find it is the transfer system in the US. Must have been picked up by MM on his visit. But the clue is defective. These transfers are transfers of money not account as given in the clue.
These fund transfer methods are usually called the push method where you push the money into some other account, whereas cheques are the pull method where you pull money from some one's account.
ReplyDelete22 - In a card game, deals cards face upwards (6) - TWISTS ?
ReplyDeleteCorrect. In 21 cards/Pontoon/Blackjack.
"If the total value of your cards is less than 21 you may say "Twist me one". Your stake is unaffected, and the dealer deals you one card face up to add to your hand." - http://www.pagat.com/banking/pontoon.html
Thanks, S.
ReplyDelete20 - A gatherer of medicinal plants (7) - RIPPLER [CD]
ReplyDeleteSIMPLER ?
From Chambers : simˈpler noun (archaic)
A gatherer of medicinal plants
25 - Banking system used for transfer of account from one to another (4) - GIRO Not heard of this before.
ReplyDelete19 - Moved slowly when the way wasn't stable (8) - STROLLED {ST}{ROLLED}
For these two, I had the combination of WIRE and (ST)(REELED) , but Colonel's answers look more reasonable.
Bhavan @ 9:03, I had put simpler as well.
ReplyDeleteOnline dictionary listed one of the meanings for "simple" as "A medicinal plant or the medicine obtained from it." For lack of a better answer, I extrapolated to simpler.
25A GIRO - one-upmanship, maybe.
ReplyDeleteWhile working abroad in banks, I headed the foreign exchange depts. For remittances, we as bankers and the expatriate remitters from the UK and the like were advised by the foreign banks to positively mention Giro credit codes for the respective banks.
For once, feeling better that I had known something a good thirty good thirtyfive years ago.
:-))
Kishore:
ReplyDeleteGIRO - There is a Bank run in Kenya called Giro Bank Ltd owned by the Gidoomal family, Sindhi Entrepreneurs. I was wanting to put in AGIO, but desisted before getting the adjoining slots. AGIO and ESPERANTO are words that appear mostly only in crosswords, like I wonder why ever LATIN is clued as a dead language when we all use it one way or the other in our day to day lives. There are many MANNAs out there in the crossword firmament.
SPITTING: Throwing out no great measure of distance ? Ask the Bombayites in the Municipal and High Court buildings. They can SPIT a mile away Holi Aayee re Ayee re Aayee re!!.
ReplyDeleteSandhya: Are you a card player? I have played a few poker games and what we used to call as Ghoo KOt: I don't even remember how I ever got into this!! TWISTS - Why the clue cannot be '' SUNNY SIDE UP?''
ReplyDeleteThanks Deepak for clarifying on CLANGER from the Sunday lot. I knew that LANGER was the correct answer and I concluded that LANGER must be the name of a golfer but I've never heard of him. Isse me maar khathe hai when we are faced with names of places and persons. One of course learns in the process.
ReplyDeleteRaju, I had dealings only with BBK and Diamond Trust when I was there.
ReplyDeleteI too had SIMPLER, WIRE, and I couldn't figure out the open cards or the trot walk ;-(
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone remember the famous Ambi's Cafe that was in Broadway, Madras in the 50's and 60's ? Prabhu
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