End of an entertaining run from Arden
ACROSS
9 Leave a group of players playing (7) ABANDON (A BAND ON)
10 Ship’s crew immersed in work is no sin (7) STEAMER (TEAM in SERvice)
11 Talk of mail distributed after a month (7) DECLAIM (DEC+MAIL*)
12 Country road ran helter skelter (7) ANDORRA (ROAD RAN)*
13 Reduces fuel controls (9) THROTTLES 2
15 Blue bordering American city greens (5) SALAD (SAD around LA)
16 No time for an Indian meal except fish (7) HALIBUT (tHALI BUT)
19 Recount ran over the cost (7) NARRATE (RAN< + RATE)
The one on the left is the Halibut, but the one on the right may be Hayley Butt
20 Gun recoil is within regulation (5) LUGER (T<)
21 Nurse will attack animal (5-4) NANNY GOAT (NANNY GO AT)
25 Feed prepared by Alice OK? (3,4) OIL CAKE (ALICE OK)*
26 Johnny-come-lately finds most of the place is below standard (7) PARVENU (VENUe below PAR)
29 Things at standstill as initial position is same perhaps (7) IMPASSE (P+ IS SAME)*
DOWN
1 Said to have stopped Italian gangster (6) BANDIT (~BANNED + IT)
3 Afraid easily of intrusive thought (4) IDEA (T)
4 Somehow Melanie lost interest with all the gloss (6) ENAMEL (MELANiE)*
Remember this once common utensil with enamel coating?
5 Killer beasts at home (8) ASSASSIN (ASS ASS IN)
6 Metal like plate will spoil (4,6) LEAD ASTRAY (LEAD AS TRAY)
7 All numbers (other than six and nine initially) could give some protection (8) UMBRELLA (ALL nUMBERs)*
8 Keep an eye, say on mould material (8) ORGANDIE (ORGAN DIE)
14 Comical banter with one having left a place of worship (10) TABERNACLE (BANTER*+ ACE having L)
16 Hanuman first let it get consecrated (8) HALLOWED (H ALLOWED)
17 Member gets drinks easily at first according to terms of law (8) LEGALESE (LEG ALES E)
18 Slight colouring can get in egg by accident (8) TINGEING (Was this supposed to be an anagram of GET IN EGG?) (TIN (IN EGG)*) See comments. Was fairly bushwhacked by Arden.
22 What an infant needs to sleep with family (6) NAPKIN (NAP KIN)
23 Songs on South American port (6) ODESSA (ODES SA) Its files were made famous by Frederick Forsyth
24 Greek character will catch up and make it tight (6) TAUTEN (TAU NET<) The label on a bottle of dope,which I use for my modelling activities, said that it would make the rope taught. Last time I used it, the rope started reciting arithmetic tables.
18D - (TIN}{IN+EGG}*
ReplyDeleteThanks Deepak. Missed the can.
DeleteMissed more than the can and thought that get in egg was the fodder without noticing a
Deletenything wrong.
Suresh, an old friend Deepti Patodia has resurfaced on the Aha site. Unfortunately, LK has got her name wrong as Padotia ! She is one of the Patodia sisters who used to frequent Mindsport.
DeleteDon't know her.
DeleteShe was one of the co-conspirators when BBBDPTT riddle was made up
Delete??! Tom Riddle I know. But who is this?
DeleteI had asked that riddle long back on this forum: The first line, in Hindi, is:
DeleteBibi beeDi peetee thi...
not a clue what u r talking about
Delete@Kishore,
ReplyDeleteHaving put up answers with annos, you are also required to tell us what the caption in 11 D means:)
I think you mean 17d.
DeleteMatthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread
23D- read it as South American port and decided it cannot be odessa,though that was my first choice. Got confused the way Arden wanted.
ReplyDeleteKishore, you could not have chosen a better example for 'legalese'. One of my friends used to say that one will never sign sny official( read Govt./bank) documents if you choose to read it. Heads they win and tails you always lose!
Thank you for reminding about the lovely book by Forsyth.
ReplyDeleteFinally, one from Arden that I could solve! Tingeing made me stop and think.
ReplyDeleteGood day all.
Kishore. You seem to have doubled your face to make it half.
ReplyDeleteWonder why?
Compensating for Bhala
DeleteOr a renewed attempt at slimming
DeleteI thought cutting people down to size was your occupation, being experienced with Bhala's pic.
DeleteI have served him a fait accompli
DeleteNow we know that you are left-headed
DeleteShakespeare lovers can attempt this month's Guardian Genius
ReplyDelete16 Across - No time for an Indian meal except fish (7) HALIBUT
ReplyDeleteIndian meal “THALI”
No time– remove “T”(-)
Except is equivalent to “BUT”
Finally the “fish” variety is “HALIBUT “
Indian meals: veg thali, empty thali, etc…
p.s: while browsing cartoons, i came across this website. Just went thro the clues... Good Job. the 16A did not seem to fulfill ... so thought hard & tried something else... and there it is...
That is what was explained, but in cruciverbalese.
Delete27 D - RAPT - Could it be anagram of PART? 4 - A - ENAMEL one still sees in hospitals.
ReplyDeleteNo. The word play 'in' indicating telescopic and retrieving indicating reversal would lead to the give anno
DeleteNice puzzle.I could finish with difficulty.21a go at for goat gives new range&reach.Likewise 15a,26a,1d&6d are equallynice.On the whole a wholesome entertainer.
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