Monday 29 October 2012

No 10605, Monday 29 Oct 12, Gridman

Off to the Haberdashers with Gridman today.

Starred clues are undefined but they belong to the same category
ACROSS
1* Fragrance relating to the mouth (8) BALMORAL {BALM}{ORAL}
5* Restrict one article (6) BANIAN {BAN}{1}{AN}
9   Bubble makers are turning over altered rotas (8) AERATORS {A{ERA<=}ATORS*}
10 Shabby old garment has label on (6) RAGTAG {RAG}{TAG}
12 Everyone individually would, to a T, instruct (4) EACH tEACH
13 Take note: beast sheds pounds to get publicity (10) ANIMADVERT {ANIMal}{ADVERT} Pounds and 'AL'?
15 Girl discarded medals (6) DAMSEL*
17 Unsteady gait by ace in subarctic ecosystem (5) TAIGA {GAIT*}{A}
20 Time with one seductive woman (5) HOURI {HOUR}{I}
21 Quit — or not quit? (6) RESIGN {RE}{SIGN}
24 One who goes after a pride? (10) LIONHUNTER [CD]
27 Individuals heard in the bygone days (4) ONCE (~ones)
29 Sarcastic piece — one’s no good (6) BITING {BIT}{1}{NG}
30 They have sweeping powers in a building (8) JANITORS [CD]
31* Little Augustus’s established (6) GUSSET {GUS}{SET}
32 Others not hard — relax! (4,4) REST EASY {REST} {EASY}

DOWN
1* Burmese leader more indolent, without a bit of initiative (6)  BLAZER {B}{LAZiER}
2* Trembling Carol hugs one (6) LORICA {LOR{1}CA*}
3   Having knowledge of boy leaving Canadian city (4) ONTO torONTO 'Tor' and boy?
4* One short month, in operation (5) APRON {APR}{ON}
6 Judicial sentence on a minor (5) AWARD {A}{WARD}
7 I had admitted Pinter presentation is courageous (8) INTREPID {I'{PINTER*}D}
8* Time to pull up Provincial Armed Constabulary? (8) NIGHTCAP {NIGHT}{CAP<=}
11* Direction to where shopping can be done (6) SMALLS {S}{MALLS}
14* Appeal on a harsh kind of punishment (4) SARI {SA}{RI}
16* It’s wrong to take top off (6) SARONG {SA}{wRONG}
17* To Agra, regularly (4) TOGA {TO}{aGrA}
18* British VIP’s endless request (8) PHILIBEG {PHILIp}{BEG}
19* Copper has much to set about (8) CULOTTES {CU}{LOT}{TES<=}
22* Side changed in southern African country (6) ANGORA ANGO(-l+r)RA
23* Judge hesitant to return approval (6) JERSEY {J}{ER}{SEY<=}
25 Part of door? Something else! (5) HINGE [DD] (Correction - [T])
26 Lift up the Orient behind (5) ELATE {E}{LATE}
28 Don’t like to hold back Scot’s outfit (4) KILT [T<=]

28 comments:

  1. Hi all

    Quite a challening one today. Could complete about 90% because the time is up. I guess the theme is clothings.

    Goli soda is back with AERATORS. My COD - 25D HINGE, excellent telescopic clue.

    That one, EACH, ANIMADVERT, DAMSEL, TAIGA, BITING, AWARD, INTREPID, NIGHTCAP, SARONG and some others fell at first look. Put in LIONHUNTER by way of guess. Appears to fit in.

    Guesses: BALMORAL (if it indeed is, very nice one!) LORICA, TOGA, JANITORS, ELATE.

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  2. 3D Having knowledge of boy leaving Canadian city (4) ONTO torONTO 'Tor' and boy?

    I had set my eyes on ONTARIO minus Rio, often an abbreviation for Rosario, a boy's name. Kept wondering what ONTA the camel was doing here. :)

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  3. 3 Having knowledge of boy leaving Canadian city (4) ONTO torONTO 'Tor' and boy?

    http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Tor

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  4. Richard
    Ontario is a province and not a city in Canada.
    California (US) has a City of Ontario.

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    1. Thanks Venkatesh. Because of that mistake I got stuck.

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  5. I thought nightcap is a drink , I did not know it is also a garment. Thanks Gridman.

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    1. It means both ways - last thing to don and last thing to down...

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  6. Lot of help from google machan today. Most of the theme words unknown.

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  7. Wonder if Kishore is in the thick of Sandy.

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    1. Looks like Kishore's way of speaking in cryptic form is a contagiously transmitted syndrome...

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    2. Nothing cryptic in my comment, Richard

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    3. Just kidding. Kishore loves to be in the eye of the storm...

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    4. As indicated in my post on Sat, Eye jhave gone west and no longer able to report on events in oriental US

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  8. Similar issues with 13A and 3D but could fill with the crossings. LORICA could be guessed.

    Took some time to spot the telescopic hinge!

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  9. Crosswords of this type are interesting till you find the theme. Once the theme is found out, the charm is lost as you know what to look for. So they give only partial satisfaction like the clues. A full-fledged cryptic is always enjoyable and I prefer them. This is only from my point of view. Others may have many reasons to differ.

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    1. Very true, tend to concur. Buzzer's fantastic CW of yesterday became a mite easier for the same reason.

      But it becomes easier while clueing since only one part has to be addressed, therefore the clues can become more versatile and innovative

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    2. I say a mite easier since Buzzer had not starred the thematic clues. Had that been done it would have become a whole lot easier!

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  10. Sometimes I find it difficult to get the theme first. Until then it could be frustrating.

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  11. I am a beginner and huh!! Had no clue!

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  12. Can someone explain anno of 13A, please?

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  13. Can someone explain anno of 21A, please?

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  14. Anno for 14D - SARI? And the {SA} in 16D - SARONG?

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  15. SA = IT = sex appeal. Commonly used in crosswords.

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