ACROSS
1 - Might be made to do a stretch (10) - EXTENDIBLE [CD]
6 - Cry very little and softly (4) - {WEE}{P}
9 - Drink in the air (7) - DRAUGHT (~draft)
10 - Turn to riots to get food (7) - RISOTTO*
12 - Regain possession of tailless dog (8) - RETRIEVE(-r)
13 - Mountains to lie in a direction! (5) - RANGE [DD]
15 - An ape may have a temporary cessation of breathing (5) - APNEA*
17 - He attacks when put out by a worker (9) - {ASSAIL}{ANT} (Addendum - {AS}{SAIL}{ANT} Thanks to Raghunath)
19 - ’A pen’s rote badly’ — that’s common language! (9) - ESPERANTO*
21 - Arranged for resort in this country (5) - {SPA}{IN}
23 - To lie, for instance in return, not proper for a vassal (5) - LIE{GE<-}
24 - Tim is top to adapt a cheerful outlook (8) - OPTIMIST*
27 - Leave to play for the town (7) - {GO}{SPORT}
28 - Staff instruction to get a move on (7) - ALLEGRO [CD]
29 - Faint colour one found in high explosive (4) - T{I}NT
30 - Do get a line reconnected to the embassy (10) - DELEGATION*
DOWN
1 - Aims and finishes off (4) - ENDS [DD]
2 - Calling in used articles used in part payment (5,2) - TRADE IN Anno pending
3 - Reign around river in Africa (5) - NIGER*
4 - Generally at sea (2,3,4) - IN THE MAIN [DD]
5 - Became drunk with lager after generous consumption (5) - LARGE* NJ's favourite
7 - Country is curious as I note (7) - ESTONIA*
8 - He objects to patterns being changed (10) - PROTESTANT*
11 - It is in the stars, unhappily, that there will be difficulties (7) - STRAITS*
14 - To flee, catch a scheduled plane (4,6) - TAKE FLIGHT [DD]
16 - Surprisingly eager to fall in with the plans (5,2) - AGREE TO*
18 - Perhaps it doesn’t take long to bake (9) - SHORTCAKE [CD]
20 - Keep going producing most of the alternative response (5,2) - PRESS ON(-e)*
22 - Stupid person, say, taking first-class spear! (7) - {ASS}{EG}{AI}
24 - Followed newly made route, beyond what is customary (5) - OUTRE*
25 - The dalmatian and I went off wandering in the island (5) - MALTA(-and i)*
26 - A disagreement over the time (4) - {NO}{ON}
I don't solve this compiler's crosswords but I find that, as of now, 28ac remains unsolved in other forums. You've not only solved it but rightly identified it as CD. After I saw that, it took me a moment to realise that by 'staff' the compiler means the orchestra conductor's 'baton'. Now my question is: does 'staff' convey exactly the sense that's intended?
ReplyDeleteCol,
ReplyDelete17 - He attacks when put out by a worker (9) - {ASSAIL}{ANT}
I think the anno should be:
When = AS, Put Out= SAIL and worker= ANT
@Chaturvasi,
ReplyDeleteStaff does not convey the meaning exactly, but in a sense it does lead to Baton as staff means a stick or pole. I couldn't find a link any where which would explain the various signals used by a conductor while using the baton. Obviously one of the signals is for Allegro.
@Raghunath
I guess you are right
2- Calling in used articles used in part payment (5,2) - TRADE IN Anno pending
ReplyDeleteI think it's simply
calling = TRADE (as in, profession)
in = IN
used articles used in part payment: definition e.g. I gave my E50 as a trade-in for a new iPhone.
An interesting aside: the word 'trade' is hidden, reversed in 'used articles'.
The second used seems to be superfluous and why part payment?
ReplyDeleteAfter I saw that, it took me a moment to realise that by 'staff' the compiler means the orchestra conductor's 'baton'. Now my question is: does 'staff' convey exactly the sense that's intended?
ReplyDeleteAs an amateur musician I can confidently assert that the word 'staff', as this compiler uses it, most probably means the template that is used to write musical notes (you might have seen the notes fall at different places along five lines). Along with annotations for pitch and speed, musical composers may also write down symbols to instruct musicians to change tempo (intensity). Allegro is one such tempo, and I believe it has a unique symbol that appears on the staff.
Because in a trade in, the traded in item has some value, that value is used as part payment.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Aash Anand's interpretation of 'staff'.
ReplyDeleteIn fact I solved a similar clue in the morning today, from the Times Championship 2009 Qualifier 4 puzzle:
On which notes are written for teachers (5)
I think the second 'used' in 2d makes sense - the first 'used' is used as an adjective to modify 'items', while the second 'used' is used as a verb to tell us that the 'used articles' serve as part payment in a transaction. It would mean the same thing as 'second hand articles used in part payment'.
ReplyDeleteHi Aash,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the enlightenment. For others interested here is alink with more explanation
http://method-behind-the-music.com/theory/notation
Aash,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the 'staff' explanation.