Three answers per commenter with annotations upto 6 PM
ACROSS
8 Eccentric boor seized the French jacket (6)
9 After commencement, 1D puts on southern
dungarees (8)
10 Liberal urging to get second garment (8)
11 Should let learner go and soon get king's clothing (6)
12 A lease taken by friend is related to father (8)
13 Bolt on the bed Lawrence riveted initially (6)
14 Bewildered pupil in ship makes errors (4-3)
17 Girl's cable for underwear (1-6)
20 The skirt king swapped for Henry's garment (1-5)
22 Anyhow certainly no point in education (8)
25 Open University not to receive cayenne (6)
26 Vote to accept returning mother in law's sneaker (8)
27 Old king protects a lady's short dress (8)
28 Westbound old boy cut women's clothing (6)
DOWN
1 Returning priest and everyone follow officer
on boilersuit (8)
2 Married soldier wearing English shoe (6)
3 Headgear from German city on stranger's head
(6)
4 Study about lust and discuss (7)
5 Deck boss fancifully with a clothing item
(3,5)
6 Author ran back right before a hill (8)
7 Bach's disturbed soul is on English jacket
(6)
15 Quiet Asian police officer with black French garment (8)
16 Drink made in potato (8)
18 Kiss the French engineers' ornament (8)
19 After fall, salesman came back with footwear (7)
21 Humanist carelessly discards Mumbai Indians' debutante cap (6)
23 Attempt to swallow one pound hat? (6)
24 Extraordinary desire to live (6)
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8 A Eccentric boor seized the French jacket (6) BOLERO (BOOR*+LE)
ReplyDelete12 A A lease taken by friend is related to father (8) PARENTAL {PA(RENT)AL}
ReplyDeleteRather P(A RENT)AL
DeleteThanks CV Sir!
Deletei made a mistake initially putting it as paternal and only when i put in bonnet i realised my mistake
Delete14A Bewildered pupil in ship makes errors (4-3) SLIP -UPS (PUPIL+SS)*
ReplyDeleteanno : S(PUPIL)*S
Delete3.D.BONNET. BONN+ET
ReplyDelete16A Drink made in Potato anag of INPOTATO POTATION
ReplyDelete21A Humanist carelessly discards Mumbai Indians' debutante cap HUMANIST - MI Anag of Huanst - SUNHAT
ReplyDelete20A The skirt king swapped for Henry's garment T-S(-K)+H IRT T-SHIRT
ReplyDeleteDo we derive T from 'the'?
DeleteIs it a skirt that males wear?
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DeleteLearning along the way :) I derived T from 'the' and the definition was for 'garment'
DeleteYou're right. t is derived from 'the' and is found in a long list of abbreviations. It is said to be used in 'advanced cryptics' though I wouldn't know in what context we could use 't' for 'the' while writing.
Delete17 Girl's cable for underwear (1-6)
ReplyDeleteAs a boy less than 16 years of age (still a minor, I think) I was wondering - quite innocently, let me assure you, and in coming to grips with the English language - how this apparel got this name. I was trying to imagine how the said letter fitted around the waist of a woman. Any idea about the origins of the word?
There is the Y-front. I think there is an explanation for that. But for the letter in the solution to the above clue?
Questions:
ReplyDeleteCan 'debutante' indicate two opening letters?
Why 'debutante' rather than 'debutant'?
Can 'hat' and 'cap' be interchanged?
Do we anagram the word 'humanist' and discard MI or discard MI and anagram?
CV (in a vainly analytical mood, with apologies to the setter)
Debutante is not for the two opening letters, it's part of the definition. Mumbai Indians by itself can be abbreviated as MI like CSK, RR, KKR etc
ReplyDeleteActually I was a bit unsure of this clue. Had the same opinion as Colonel but later inserted debutante as an afterthought.
DeleteSorry to persist. What significance 'debutante' has if it is part of the def as the Col says. A sunhat is a sunhat. Do only debutants wear it? Don't experienced people wear it? Sorry if I am exhibiting any ignorance in this.
DeleteGuess I didn't explain properly. Initially I thought that Mumbai Indians will stand for MI by itself. Later a doubt cropped up. So inserted debutante to indicate the leading letters. TIL that it may not suffice.
DeleteIs there a difference between debutant and debutante?
I took off my hat and wore a cap
ReplyDelete
ReplyDelete27A Old king protects a lady's short dress (8) C{A}{MIS(s)}OLE
15 D Quiet Asian police officer with black French garment (8) {P}{E}{IG}{NOIR}
18 D Kiss the French engineers' ornament (8) {NECK}{LA}{CE}
5 D Deck boss fancifully with a clothing item (3,5)
ReplyDeleteBED SOCKS (DECKBOSS)*
Der Clothing item
7D B lous* e
ReplyDeleteContinuing CV's musings. Can Bach mean B like Dorbala meaning D?
If Dorbala is a famous composer maybe ... On a lighter note ....
Delete19D After fall, salesman came back with footwear (7)
ReplyDeleteSLIPPER (SLIP)(PER<-)
Def Footwear
23d TRILBY
ReplyDelete28a Bodice
18d Necklace
Sorry Annos.
Delete23d {TR{1}{LB}Y} defn Hat
28a {OB <- } {dice} defn Women's clothing
18d withdrawn as already solved @ 11.19 am
1 D Returning priest and everyone follow officer on boilersuit (8) CO+VER<- +ALL
ReplyDelete3 D Headgear from German city on stranger's head (6) BONN +ET
6 D Author ran back right before a hill (8) NAR<- R+A+TOR
1 D 'on' typo?
ReplyDeleteIt was used to denote wearing. Is it wrong?
DeleteI felt 'boiler suit on ...' was correct, rather than '... on boilersuit.'
DeleteOK I get it
Delete13d COT TE R
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, I read somewhere that our friend TE spent some time as a mechanic with the first squadron of RIAF at Karachi
That's 13a
Delete24d RESIDE*
Delete9 A After commencement, 1D puts on southern dungarees (8)
ReplyDeleteOVERALLS (-C)OVER ALL(+S)
Def Dungarees
22a LITERACY
ReplyDelete22a anag {CERTAINLY(-N)}
DeleteThere is an interesting Comment by Shuchi under Saturday's blog.
ReplyDeleteWith AD's spl and Sun THC today, the Col's blog on Skull's CWD does not show up on the opening page of THCC.
Hence this alert.
Please don't miss reading the late Comments there.
Any further Comments on the subject, please place under today's Sun THC.
17.A.G STRING. DEF: UNDERWEAR.
ReplyDelete26A-
ReplyDeleteDef.- Sneaker- Plimsoll
Vote- Poll
Returning Mother in law's- LIMS (I have my doubt if it is SLIM?
I thought that the apostrophe is wrongly placed .. After S it would have made sense.
DeleteShrikanth. Crossword solvers generally ignore most punctuations as misleading. So it is fine as it is. Besides on surface reading it has to be before the 's'.
Delete17A-
ReplyDeleteGridman had a comment on this but did not give out the solution.
Def.- Underwear- G String
Girl- G
Cable- String
4D- Def.- Discuss- Consult
ReplyDeleteStudy- Con
About Lust- sult
26.A.PLIMSOLL.(POLLS+MIL)
ReplyDeleteNice to be back and taking part! (in time)
ReplyDeleteGood to have you back. The blog will be more livelier.
Delete+2
DeleteWelcome back!
DeleteThank you Prasad.
ReplyDeleteBut still the S does not seem to be in place.
ReplyDeleteIf it was mother in laws'. ?
DeletePadmanabhan , agreed even then its a not a perfect reversal
Delete26 Vote to accept returning mother in law's sneaker (8)
ReplyDeleteVote: POLL returning M-I-L's : MILS<- SLIM.
Placing inside POLL gives: P(SLIM<-)OLL. [Unless we take it as(M-I-L) as one and 'S as another -:)]
26 Vote to accept returning mother in law's second sneaker (8) Looks better.
DeleteThought of it first. But avoided as it was very similar to 3A
DeleteAlso thought 'almost smile' device ...but reversal wasnt faling in plavce.
Delete*place*
Delete11.A. SHROUD. (SHOU-L+R D)*
ReplyDeleteCOMPENSATING FOR 26 A
DeleteJust 3 left
ReplyDeleteAcross - 10, 25
Down - 2
Colonel i think you were right on 25A
Delete25 Open University not to receive cayenne (6)
ReplyDeleteWhere is the homophone indicator?
Sandhya Colonel raised the same question when i sent it.. Its the long list bane.. beresford's
DeleteReceive is a valid homophone indicator. Receive as in receiving a signal
DeleteReceive here is being used as an inserticator
DeleteSo it is Deepak. ..........?
DeleteSo where is the homophone indicator? OH! The infamous long list, which I had forgotten after NJ days
ReplyDelete10 a is LEGGINGS LIBERAL L + URGING (EGGING) + SECOND (S) = LEGGINGS
2 D is WEDGIE MARRIED (WED) SOLDIER (GI) + ENGLISH (E) = WEDGIE
ajay
i guess SUN HAT is 2 words....so it should have been clued 3,3
ReplyDeleteajay
That leaves only 25A to be solved
ReplyDelete14A-
ReplyDeleteIs slip ups the proper plural of slip up? I put it in as slips up (as a verb) and got the crossings wrong.
I think slip-ups is the right version for the plural here.
DeleteSlips up without the hyphen is a verb usage. But used as a noun the 's' would come after up. The hyphen is essential for the noun form.
Delete25A U {N{KN}OT} KN is the homophone for cayenne.
ReplyDeleteJust to finish it off, though probably everybody has the answer
Hi Suresh am not sure if cayenne is pronounced as KN more like ki-en...so i am not sure whether it works and morever where is the homophone indiactor??
Deleteajay
Ajay,
DeleteRoss Beresford's list of abbreviations suggests that there is no need for a homophone indicator. Its an abbreviation. Not used as a homophone.
Came running to find some unsolved clues and post them, but to my surprise the show was over by 2:07 P.M. itself !! A record of sorts I believe !?
ReplyDeletei thought i would be the one to wind it up just before the 6pm mark :-)
DeleteThere are some further Comments under the blog on Skull's CWD.
ReplyDeleteGood job, Afterdark !! Apparel maketh a man !! Nicely clothed grid which made every one to wear a smile.
ReplyDeleteI reckon, when you compile a theme crossie, you collect all the words and phrases chosen and THEN weave them into the fabric?
No rags on G-strings from any one? All clothed on modest Victorian style?
Word of my day: PEIGNOIR
Thanks Raju
DeleteRaju, to elaborate on themed crosswords, CW software can help in making one easily. However there are limitations in the no of themes. But you can create word-lists on themes that you want and then fill the grid.
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