Thursday 30 July 2009

No 9598, Thursday, 30 Jul 09, Gridman

Have added an new category of type of clue E (Easy) from easy crosswords where there is no crypticness
ACROSS
1 - Praises a couple of head coaches distributing mails (8) - {A}{CC}{LAIMS*}
5 - See, turning tail is a girl (6) - {LO}{LITA*}
9 - Poacher at the end infuriates park-keepers (7) - {R}{ANGERS}
10 - In which action won’t last long (7) - PLAYLET [E]
11 - Get in, seer, for development of Tanzanian region (9) - SERENGETI*
12 - I am a little short on feet (5) - {I}{AM}{BI(-t)}
13 - A man may wear it under shirt or over! (4) - VEST [E]
14 - Getting old boy to be exercising with last drop of vigour ebbing (9) - {OB}{T(-r)AINING}
17 - Elderly women have sold ideal out (3,6) - OLD LADIES*
19 - Spare wood without a bit of etching (4) - {(-e)BONY}
23 - Same song almost comes to nothing (5) - {DITT(-y)}{O}
24 - Such a dog is no-one’s pet (9) - OWNERLESS [E]
25 - When returning, Marc’s spewing out a cutting remark (7) - {SA<-}{RCASM*}
26 - In mid-October, rig out for French friend some paperwork (7) - {O}{RIG}{AMI}
27 - Thriving — with just one flower? (6) - {A}{BLOOM}
28 - Paper-pushers? (8) - NEWSBOYS [E]
DOWN
1 - Sailor and artists I have gathered are harsh (8) - {AB}{RAS}{IVE}
2 - Places in the middle (7) - CENTRES [E]
3 - Getting on with an egg I scrambled (6) - AGEING*
4 - Is there no place for mistress in this part of the house? (6,7) - MASTER BEDROOM [CD]
6 - Plaudits for speeches substituting Romeo by Victor (8) - O(-r+v)VATIONS
7 - He has nothing to do! (4,3) - IDLE MAN [E]
8 - Get retrograde Communist to leave an unconventional assembly (6) - ATTAIN ? Anno pending if the answer is correct
10 - Earnings that you may not want to make public (7,6) - PRIVATE INCOME [E]
15 - Where one may find riches for girl caught in dole difficulty (2,6) - EL {DORA}DO*
16 - In the limits of Gooty man moves stealthily with female athletic wear (3,5) - {G}{Y}{M} SLIPS
18 - Pass coming at a subsequent time by a student (7) - {LATER}{A}{L}
20 - Ass comes up with nil herb (7) - {O}{REGANO<-} )
21 - Poem by spies on a Ukrainian port city (6) - {ODE}{SS}{A}
22 - Mental ability to find supporter in ultimate distress (6) - {BRA}{IN}{S}

2 comments:

  1. Sir

    Retrograde Communist {DER <-} removed from ATTAINDER gives the answer.

    But ATTAINDER in the dictionary has a meaning which cannot be linked to Unconventional Assembly.

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  2. @Ramna,
    Though I got the answer from the crossings, I am unable to work it out. ATTAINDER does not appear to be correct from the point of view of the wordplay in the clue

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