Though Neyartha has a theme today he has not made them starred ones. 24D eludes me
ACROSS
1 - ISI visits teen plagued by predispositions (13) - SENSITIVITIES*
9 - Tractor operator does firmware development out of Wisconsin (6) - FARMER*(-wi)
10 - Sanctify a German sheltering the bridge partners from Human Resources (8) - E{NS}{HR}INE
11 - Absorb the cost of letters from the defense attorney (3) - EAT
12 - Odd view from the food shop counter is a secret (6) - {V}{E}ILED<- )
13 - The Count’s true name is a mystery (8) - NUMERATOR*
14 - Good report on periodic visitor holding advanced degree by door greeter (7,3) - {WEL}(~well){COME {MA}T}
17 - Student in confusion when not finding Switzerland a red state (4) - {L}(-ch)AOS
18 - Die, say, in an area for the Oriental red state (4) - CUB(-e+a)A I feel Dice has been erroneously printed as Die in the clue. (Addendum - My comments are wrong see Ganesh's comments below)
19 - Errant hook designed in a red state (5,5) - NORTH KOREA*
21 - Organ in the returned photo needs proper care internally (8) - PAN{CREA*}S<- )
23 - Shameless piercing (6) - BRAZEN [DD] ? (Correction - BRASSY - Thanks to John)
25 - Commercial rock made with boat propeller sounds (3) - ORE(~oar)
26 - Turpentine spill in the old city cleaned up when stricken by conscience (8) - PENITENT*(-ur)
27 - Feeling up one’s spine when frightened (6) - SHIVER [CD]
28 - Point that resonates when put another way (4,9) - EAST NORTHEAST*
DOWN
2 - Get rid of the partial letter, as expected (5) - ERASE [T]
3 - Images from musical’s adaptation by the artist (9) - SIMULAC*{RA} New word for me
4 - Note that the communist is flagging (5) - {TI}{RED}
5 - Energy to accept stake raised by the red state (7) - VI{ETNA<-}M
6 - Check and agree to a game (4,5) - TEST MATCH
7 - Panic after losing opener to slip (5) - (-t)ERROR
8 - Doctor lent hook to create an opening on the board (8) - KNOTHOLE*
15 - Wise sheik from the east hoards food delicacies (8) - EDUCATED Anno pending
16 - This is made out of something destroyed utterly (9) - MINCEMEAT [CD]
17 - Doppelganger in uniform (4-5) - LOOK ALIKE [DD]
20 - Drunk model tucks into the port and rice dish (7) - RI{SOT}{T}O A favourite for CW setters
22 - Earthenware in a red state (5) - CHINA [DD]
23 - Trouble results when son gets rid of the king’s cap (5) - BE(-r+s)SET
24 - Unfairly depicts saints around the London garden (5) - (Addendum - S{KEW}S - Thanks to Chaturvasi)
24ac is probably SKEWS, 'saints' giving S S and there is a London garden by name Kew (never been to London but what I know from my reading).
ReplyDelete17: I think it's L + AOS after deleting CH from chaos. CH must be some Internet abbr for Switzerland.
ReplyDelete17 Student in confusion when not finding Switzerland a red state (4) L (-CH) AOS CH= Confoederatio Helvetica = SWITZERLAND
ReplyDeleteYes I got the CH just as you'll were typing your comments
ReplyDeleteHave since added the link to the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew in the CW
ReplyDeleteCH for Switzerland is a common abbreviation, and it is also the Internet domain suffix for Swiss sites.
ReplyDeleteFor example, to visit Google India site, you might type in www.google.co.in / www.google.in
To visit the Google Switzerland site, you need to type in www.google.ch !
Col., Dice, as pointed out by raghu in Orkut, is the plural of Die.
ReplyDeleteIn particular, if 18 Ac were to be phrased as:
Dice, say, in an area for the Oriental red state (4) -
The resultant anno would be CUB{-E+A}S ->> Cubas , which I think the compiler didn't intend :)
I feel 'Die' is the correct word to use, though the surface reading might prove very misleading.
23 - Shameless piercing (6) - BRAZEN [DD] ? BRASSY
ReplyDeleteActually I took the meaning of CUBE as DICE or chopping in cooking, that's how I got misled. Maybe a hangover from my stint at cooking lastnight when I hade to dice the onions while making omelette's for dinner ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnyone for the annotation of Educated?
ReplyDelete15 - Wise sheik from the east hoards food delicacies (8) - EDUCATED Anno pending
ReplyDeleteWise - Required definition
sheik - DUDE
As in: A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance : Synonym - Dude (Refer WordWeb)
from the east : Reversal indicator
hoards : CC indicator
food delicacies - Cate (Synonym, as in: Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties)
EDU{CATE}D<-
Thanks Ganesh,
ReplyDeleteI would have never got that one, Dude I had heard of but never connected it to Sheik. Cate is a new word for me
Wish some of our setters would introduce Indian references rather than Unindian ones like: Sheikh = dude and states like Minnesota etc. Reference to Countries is fine, as you are expected to have some GK, but instances such as in today's and Sat CW are beyond most. Result of Neyartha living in the US?
ReplyDelete'Cate' is a term that I first came across when I read Shakespeare in college.
ReplyDelete'Cate' is singular; but it's usu. used in plural, meaning 'choice food, delicacies, dainties'.
'Food delicacies' in the clue might yield CATES, not CATE.
Chaturvasi,
ReplyDeleteI use Wordweb Pro as reference while compiling crosswords, and the entry I used was:
Noun: cate
Pronunciation key: keyt
Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties
I looked up online and found that you are right, it usually occurs as 'cates'.
By the way, for those interested, the word 'cater' has its origins in the word 'cate'
One may use Wordweb as an immediate reference tool but not as ultimate authority.
ReplyDeleteA statement that I made in rec.puzzles.crosswords when someone cited this - it was supported by others.
We don't know where the dB in Wordweb comes from; anyway, in my opinion, it's elementary.
Many standard dicts. are available online if one cannot reach for a print edition.
CH : International coutry code for Switzerland.
ReplyDelete(Since have to deal with country of origin of goods, I know).
See:
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/codes/country.htm