Todays CW, as delightful as ever. Following Bhavan's colour code for the wish list words. GM's taken me to France today.
ACROSS
ACROSS
1 - The French tour that is a must in sight-seeing (6,5) - EIFFEL TOWER [GK]
9 - U.N. techy makes Indian relish (7) - CHUTNEY*
10 - Brochure from the French to process a felt (7) - LEAFLET {LE}{A}{FELT*}
11 - What an addict may need in getting rid of core habits (5) - REHAB [T]
12 - Trumpet a bit hoarsely a few are attractive (9) - TOOTHSOME {TOOT}{H}{SOME}
13 - Language team accepts artist’s question (5) - IRAQI {1{RA}{Q}1}
18 - Monstrous guise ogre ripped off (9) - EGREGIOUS*
21 - The first medical officer is a lazy type (5) - DRONE {DR}{ONE}
22 - A couple more/Than a score (6-3) - TWENTY-TWO [CD]
24 - Irritable film director races in (5) - RATTY {RA{TT}Y}
26 - Carefully nursed a male ballet dancer (7) - DANSEUR*
27 - Bird in paperback? (7) - PENGUIN [DD]
28 - An avatar is such a reasonable being (4-2-5) - DOWN-TO-EARTH [DD]
DOWN
2 - Female green and loaded (5) - FLUSH {F}{LUSH}
4 - A fitting suggestion in a readymade clothes store (3,2,2) - TRY IT ON [CD]
5 - A movement through exit in disapproval (7) - WALKOUT [CD]
6 - Succeed in handing out a piece of roti to everybody (5) - REACH {R}{EACH}
7 - Do reload what could be a gold mine (2,6) - EL DORADO*
8 - Small, yet troublesome complaint (4) - STYE {S}{YET*}
14 - Yielding to a hail without a bit of trepidation (8) - AGREEING {A}{GREEtING}
16 - Last to succeed in such a test (9) - ENDURANCE [DD]
17 - __ __ of 12 go to make a foot (5,4) - EVERY INCH [CD]
19 - Get too big for old, limited undergarment and G-string (7) - OUTGROW {O}{UndergarmenT}{G}{ROW}
20 - Opt to stray into restricted field event (4,3) - SHOT PUT {SH{OT P*}UT}
22 - Ocean movement causes some fetid emotion (4) - TIDE [T]
23 - Way things are going, conclusion will be after a couple of
trials (5) - TREND {TRials}{END}
25 - Tamils’ top repenter is more faithful (5) - TRUER {T}{RUER}
Deepak has got the CHUTNEY he had ordered to go with his MASALA DOSA and SAMBAR, after waiting at his table for 2 days. What a waiter, or, should I say waitee?
ReplyDeleteHowever, the tombola two ducks, 22, is my CoD today, the clue number being a part of the clue and the clue itself being in rhyme. WTG, GM. It got me waxing lyrical:
A certain Colonel from Tripoli
Had a pretty large family.
A couple more
Than a score
Were always at home, usually.
A tour de France today, what with the French Dame included in the sights to see.
On an aside, I draw you attention to the name of the second runner up in the laddoo eating contest held in Bangalore and reported on page 2 of The Hindu, Bangalore edition today....
Photos available at:
http://www.facebook.com/wloce?ref=stream
But I disguise myself quite well, you’ll agree...
TH reports ...commissioning of Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning is of ‘far reaching significance”. Boy, what a pun!
A DOWN-TO-EARTH puzzle.
ReplyDeleteCol's CHUTNEY is ready to serve. LEAF+LET had an easier option in clueing but GM made it more challenging.
12A - I first thought of an elephant connection with the trumpet around.
NOTRE DAME, I guess, is a blogger-suggested answer.
18A - A lecturer in college had termed my error an EGREGIOUS blunder, so remembered it easily.
DRONES are not the lazy ones in times of war. :-) DANSEUR was too close to dancer. PENGUIN had the avid reader in the setter chirping. (Does a penguin chirp, by the way?)
TWENTY-TWO, EXCURSIVE, FLUSH, TRY IT ON, REACH, WALKOUT, EL DORADO, SHOT PUT, ENDURANCE, TRUER were EVERY INCH nice. Perhaps others would not mind AGREEING.
Quite a satisfying exercise. Thanks, GM.
Very apt cartoon for WALKOUT>
ReplyDeletegood one from grid man. penguin shot my BP by two notches. the publication takes it own sweet time to do things.may be they live up to their mascot's name?? sigh!!
ReplyDeletegood day all. have fun
Continuing the Irish city streak:
ReplyDeleteEnough of the hocus,
Enough of the pocus,
I am off this week,
And I plan to seek,
A meeting with POTUS.
The photo of ND has bits of the signboard of Gibert Jeune, Livres Scolaires, visible on the right.
ReplyDeleteI have seen and read Penguin paperbacks costing 2sh6p and 3sh6p: these used to have distinctly coloured covers: if the top and bottom bands were in green, the books belonged to a particular genre or category; thus, yellow, red and so on. The title and author's name was in black in the middle band which had a white background.
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I have lost affection for the brand: when they came to India their books were printed quite shoddily. My letters to the company elicited no reply.
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A letter to DD (initials of the then editor's name) proposing a book elicited no reply.
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They published a horrid crossword collection - I think it was science/GK straightforward in a large-sized grid. It was NJ-esque but I don't think the setter was in business then.
No relation of our DD, tho' the first name is same, I think. This colour coding was also there in the Dragon books which published Enid Blyton: Red, Green and Blue dragons...
DeleteI cant seem to think of Paris without remembering the train accident there:
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_Montparnasse
Kishore
ReplyDeleteIn that competition you must have found the offering toothsome; no doubt, spectators would have found you toothsome; obviously you must be toothsome enough to tuck in laddu after laddu.
Qn: Were they Tirupati laddus?
Someone can try to fill in the blanks -
DeleteWe have a friend who's fond of laddu
For diet's sake without it he could do
Inasmuch as he tries
Doesn't change in size
.......................................
Not me. Just a namesake...
DeleteThe only food competition I participated in was in college. Drinking 10 Fantas to win and having to drink an eleventh as the prize!
Filling Richard's blanks:
DeleteDelhi mein he was called a kaddoo!
I thought 1A was a CD (tour meaning tower in French) & &lit, "tour d'eiffel'
ReplyDeleteWe have a friend who's fond of laddu
ReplyDeleteFor diet's sake without it he could do
Inasmuch as he tries
Doesn't change in size
Of the laddu or himself, I tell you
What a start to the morning ! An excellent enjoyable GM special followed by a lively discussion ! Can't ask for more.
ReplyDeleteCol. Enjoyed the Walkout very much, but felt sad also at the state of affairs, so well brought out by the cartoonist!
Neat one from Gridman today. Liked 5D-Walkout the best.
ReplyDelete5d Reminded me of
Pace of aboriginal journey (9) .a.....u.
hmm..
DeletePace of aboriginal journey (9) .a.k...u.
walkabout
Delete:)
DeleteNice crossword. 11A lit too ?
ReplyDeleteRichard regarding yesterday's clue
ReplyDeletedetcepxenu (10,7)
I took it as unexpected returns true. Which fits the bill as well. May be crossings helped to break the deadlock.
I too solved it instantly as UNEXPECTED RETURNS.
ReplyDeleteIn clues such as this we need to wait for a crossing or two before we can be sure of the answer.
I wouldn't say it is ambiguous. I would call it 'deferred answer clue'.
BACKBITER was too easy.
G once had this clue:
C
-- (Not obvious!)
T
C(OVER)T
DeleteLiked today's offering very much. Some nice wordplay, but a couple of straightforward ones too.
ReplyDeleteLike Suresh, for 1A, I thought there was some cryptic element to it, was initially looking for a homophone indicator for 'tour'. Didn't give it too much thought as Bhavan's shortlist was fresh in my mind.
And as far as 1D is concerned, my take is 'Old hand is rambling'! EX+CURSIVE
Enjoyable!
So, Gridman has been my Alpha and Omega on this trip. A lovely way to finish. It's been a pleasure to share time with you all every day, and hope to be back soon (with a less hectic schedule, so I'm not doing the crossword at obscure hours). Take care and happy cross wording mes amis
ReplyDeleteAu revoir !
DeleteEnjoyed GM today with 100% success rate. Kishoreji! Where do you pick up all these trivia! You are the spice of this blog!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliment! I just keep my eyes and ears open, that's all. In addition to having an elephantine size, I have been blessed with the eidetic memory that goes with it. However, such a memory can sometimes be a curse, as I have realised from time to time....
DeleteConsidering I suggested the words from Paris (after-effect of a recent trip, perhaps), I'm grateful to Gridman for respecting the request.
ReplyDeleteToday's CW was enjoyable as always.
And as the tagline for McD goes, "I'm Loving it."
only one thing: eiffel tower isn't just gk: french for tower is tour, so there's a certain amount of wordplay there which you're not giving the setter credit for. :-)
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