ACROSS
1 Mourns madly around saint and gets fake medicines (8) NOSTRUMS (MOURNS* outside ST)
5 Crazy logic: After I watered the plants, I ________ the cat! (6) KICKED, LICKED, PICKED, MILKED or something else? I've no idea.
10 Birds of the Women’s Royal Naval Service (5) WRENS
11 Set up rink around paid thoroughfares (9) TURNPIKES (SET UP RINKS)*
12 NATO sent back into empty bay for study of plants (6) BOTANY (NATO<= inside B
13 The lion pulverised a stone tool (7) NEOLITH (THE LION)*
17 Exciting adventures experienced when key anthropoid goes around now (9) ESCAPADES (ESC + AP[AD]E S) S from?
19 Toothed wheels got from special aerial fireworks (9) SPROCKETS (SP + ROCKETS)
20 I left ritual and became an extremist (5) ULTRA (R
21 Explosive on a street is high sounding with little import (7) BOMBAST (BOMB + A + ST)
23 Top ace found wrapped around boot front (6) TOECAP (TOP ACE)*
28 Refill, without energy, and transform into decorative ruff (5) FRILL (R
29 Nepali language found in kosher parlours (6) SHERPA (T)
30 Unfaithfulness when answering: On which road do adults live, if infants live on Infantry Road? (8) ADULTERY (CD)
DOWN
1 Indian aristocrat is disoriented, Bwana (5) NAWAB (BWANA)*
2 Aspartame, say, given as a sop (9) SWEETENER (DD)
3 Mutilated siren has come back from the dead (5) RISEN (SIREN)*
4 Yoga enthusiast sits on some material (3) MAT (T)
6 Without preparation, I’m on time, you hear? (8) IMPROMPTU (I'M + PROMPT + ~YOU)
7 Ghurkha weapon hidden back in Kirkuk (5) KUKRI (<=T)
9 Nut compartment found under the bonnet? (9) CRANKCASE (CRANK + CASE)
14 Rommel confused defectors by replacing hundred with ten (6,3) DESERT, FOX (DEFE
15 Hand over ledgers for getting bank statements (9) PASSBOOKS (PASS + BOOKS)
16 Male bird over a ring is insanely excited (4-1-4) COCK-A-HOOP (COCK + A + HOOP)
18 Shamus, flawed but with time replacing force (9) DETECTIVE (DE
22 Perhaps, girl is ahead of engineering graduate (5) MAYBE (MAY + BE)
24 Layoff! Get rid of unknown! Throw around waste meat (5) OFFAL (LA
25 Nursery rhyme bird asked to put kettle on (5) POLLY (E)
17 Exciting adventures experienced when key anthropoid goes around now (9)
ReplyDeleteShould this have been:
17 Exciting adventures experienced when key anthropoids go around now (9) ?
Milking the cat reminded me of Lord Ayappan and tiger’s milk
Hi all
ReplyDeleteLiked the crossword.
NOSTRUMS, WRENS, TURNPIKES, BOTANY, NEOLITH, PANIC, ESCAPADES, SPROCKETS, ULTRA, BOMBARD, FRILL, SHERPA, SWEETENER, RISEN, IMPROMPTU, PASSBOOK, CRANKCASE (too good!), OFFAL, SAD, POLLY and others were good.
30A will for sure invite (instigate?) comments.
1D - Someone will say 'Assante Sana' (thank you very much) for using a Swahili word in the clue.
Karibu
DeleteRe my post 8:30 am
Delete21A - I had first put in BOMBARD, then changed it to BOMBAST to accommodate DESERT FOX. Missed changing it in the list. Pls read it as BOMBAST.
Nice crossword, which read quite smoothly. Easier than some of the other setters, but good for today as I have to dash off on an escapade!
ReplyDelete10a This is a DD.
ReplyDeleteThe Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS), the women's branch of the Royal Navy, is popularly and officially known as the Wrens.
Today's crossword was mostly:
ReplyDeletePuzzle for man wandering around Indian city (7)
Anagram
DeleteIt has to be ANAGRAM !
DeleteRight right as a bus conductor would say
DeleteCall me nuts, but I liked crankcase !
ReplyDeleteYes, I too changed from Bombard to Bombast.
Much easier than I expected from Incognito. All fell in fairly fast, though I started late after watching Del Porto getting defeated.
ReplyDeleteRe 5A, While I was not sure, I decided that "kicked" is the option to pick. Watering the plants indicates care, and kicking the cat connotes the opposite - and hence it is crazy logic (or so I rationalized).
ReplyDeleteI leave it to others to decide how crazy is this logic...
Gave water to plant = watered
DeleteGave milk to cat = milked
:-)
Yes, Milked seems right.
DeleteCan understand your logic, but need to get into the setter's mind! Had me fixed for a minute.
ReplyDeletePlease read 'foxed' for 'fixed', above.
ReplyDeleteUsually cat licks everything it likes,so i licked the cat!
ReplyDeleteAfter I watered the plants, I licked the cat!
Smooth. Thanks Incognito.
ReplyDeleteNobody wants to swing the cat at the setter for this clue?
ReplyDeleteMilked with Nagesh's crazy logic seems to be the same as Incognito's.
ReplyDelete23A, crazy shoes. It's like walking on tiptoes.
ReplyDelete6 Without preparation, I’m on time, you hear? (8) IMPROMPTU
ReplyDeleteplease change 8 to 9. :)
Thanks to CV sir and Col, managed to download today's crossword on Orkut, despite three attempts earlier that were unavailing. I still prefer the pen on paper solving as there is an emotional mental block to divorce the poor pen from the paper. As much as one would love to receive letters from one's loved ones from a postman's knock, than emailing each other. How steeped are we in the good ol' days, when we have the modern technology at our finger tips-- can it bring the lovers' lips together, however?Orkut is a nostrum , tho'!! The crossword page facing you also hides your face from your spouse , isn't it?
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the online solving as it is quite orderly and systematic. Today's was full of unusual words and phrases. I lied the CRANK CASE and DESERT FOX -- very foxy, as we have only heard of DESERT RATS !!
Seems to be SANKALAKs prodigy.
ReplyDeleteYou mean protege, I presume
DeleteHi All,
ReplyDeleteThanks to all those who liked it and those who didn't. I know there is enough milk of human kindness sloshing inside all of you to forgive my little transgressions. It was amusing to see all the things that people wanted to do to cats. Erwin Rommel was my Incognito clue for this puzzle, with his nickname 'Desert Fox'. Glad to note that 30a did not invite the expected comment, though this clue was solved on The Hub by the expected commenter/commentator.
It is so heartening to observe more members getting into active discussion. There is always safety in numbers.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, the apple of everyone's EYE was missing.
Ingot coin minted for someone who wants to remain without a name (9)
ReplyDeleteThe setter of today's CW who reset cognition
DeleteRICHARD:Nameless author of a contributor to our solving pleasure.
ReplyDeleteVijay Sarvagam:
Prodigy? Prot'ege?
Sartvavyaapi !! Aham Astu.
Twam-eva sharanam mama!
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