Arden's beautiful, evocative surfaces can even get your pulse racing. Ref. 18d. I went, like, woof ! I cannot share the intended sketch on public channels !
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1 Sprinkle some water in the garden plot, silly (14) SCATTERBRAINED (SCATTER, RAIN in BED)
10 A super hero has no black soul (5) ATMAN (bATMAN)
11 Rapid rise comes to ruin (9) DISREPAIR (RAPID RISE)*
12 Escort a dilapidated ship (7) COASTER (ESCORT A)*
I had always thought coasters were those thingies that supported your glass when you took a respite
from drinking
13 Bread and some butter one gets after drink (7) CHAPATI (PAT 1 after CHA)
14 A man of god from the past (5) PRIOR 2
Every saint has a past and every sinner a future. So, better be sinners: you have a future ...
16 Opening with a composer about love — no good exaggerating (9) OVERDOING (O VERDI about O NG)
19 A secluded place for prayers, one in front of church (9) PLEASANCE (PLEAS AN CE)
Read with 18d
20 Managed child property (5) RANCH (RAN CH)
22 Lassitude makes a monkey go round a hoop (7) LANGOUR LANGUOR (LANGUR around O)
25 Article on Rome’s difficult proposition (7) THEOREM (THE ROME*)
Ref. 3d
27 Policy aims often are different (9) MANIFESTO (AIMS OFTEN)*
In the next few months, lots of parties are going to pull this out of their hats
28 A lightweight animal (5) OUNCE 2
However much it gains weight, it remains an ounce
29 Fireworks when a girl overtakes Daisy, say (9,5) CATHERINE WHEEL (CATHERINE overtakes WHEEL=as in Daisy wheel)
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2 Tower in the outskirts of Pisa is between two rivers (9) CAMPANILE (PisA between CAM and NILE)
3 Rise or fall, it’s the same principle (5) TENET <>
What goes up must come down and what goes down must go up. Except our age and my weight
are exceptions to the first part
4 Comforter distraught, owner died (9) EIDERDOWN (OWNER DIED)*
5 A rudimentary language of sorts (5) BASIC CD
6 He was great, relaxed, an exceptional sort (9) ALEXANDER (RELAXED AN)*
7 Animal found in Chechnya largely (5) NYALA (T)
8 A flower for the beloved (7) DARLING 2
9 Crazy to store up having small capacity (6) MADCAP (DAM< CAPacity)
15 Change positions of soldiers with riffle (9) RESHUFFLE (RE SHUFFLE)
As more skeletons tumble out of cabinets, reshuffles are on the cards. A reshuffle is the ultimate
sleight of hand. Nothing really changes. All the cards are still there, only hidden away from view.
17 The conductor will allow about a hundred in South Indian city (9) ELECTRODE (LET about C in ERODE)
24's favourite town
18 Topless Spanish missus is nice — leaves one in bliss, perhaps (9) IGNORANCE (sIGNORA NiCE)
19 Controversy about corrupt policeman (7) POLEMIC (POLICE M)*
21 Impede selection of food (6) HAMPER 2
23 Good book having a single verse (5) NONET (NT having ONE)
24 Teacher will rise and greet a holy man (5) RISHI (SIR< HI)
What's happened to his white thatch of hair ?
26 Age record? Nothing with church (5) EPOCH (EP O CH)
I agree 18d is very good! Great fun!
ReplyDeleteBut, on critical examination, 'is' does not seem to work in cryptic grammar.
"leaves one"- Is it part of the def.? I think it is part of the wordplay and only Bliss seems to be the def.
ReplyDeleteGood but tricky CW. I am glad my 18D was not exposed much!
'in bliss, perhaps' should be the definition
Delete22A :Please note Typo in answer
ReplyDeleteSince corrected
DeleteThanks, for the corrections
ReplyDeleteIs Signora Spanish or Italian? My search says Italian. For Spanish it says Señora.
ReplyDeleteYou are right
DeleteTopless carried the day- Spanish or Italian!!
ReplyDeleteI am a 'scatterbrained' fellow to have filled 1 Across as 'featherbrained' ! How silly of me (either way) !! I ignored the Spanish lady instead caught hold of Italian lady and cut her top
ReplyDeleteto get my answer for 18 Down !!!
:-)
ReplyDeleteDeception of all kinds! All is fair in love,war & CW's?
Hope so :-)
DeleteResults of Hindi crossword now up on Crossword Unclued.
ReplyDeleteA Shudh Mallu took the cake!!
Delete@Kishore Enjoyed solving xword ! Tnx .
DeleteHappy to note that my name was in the all correct entries. It took two days for me to write the anno with Hindi words. For the efforts to write, I think everyone deserves a prize; but above all the prize should also go to setters for making the cryptic Hindi CW easy for people like me who have limited knowledge of Hindi. Congrats Vipin Nair for winning the prize.
DeleteWinner of Hindi crossword wears a sash in Kenya (7)
Delete{NAIR}{OBI}
DeleteLooks like all the regular customers were so hung up on the signora that they forgot to look in here today !
ReplyDelete24 Teacher will rise and greet a holy man (5) RISHI (SIR< HI)
ReplyDeleteWhat's happened to his white thatch of hair ?
As per the hint given by Sridhar Panchmal in orkut, the clue can be written as
Sadhu to tonsure at this place of pilgrimage (5)
Friends, I am keeping my head of hair!
ReplyDeleteYou are the head of the pack
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