I started off thinking it was Sankalak but when I found the unusual inconsistencies I went back to take a look at the setters name and VOILA it was NJ, no wonder!!
ACROSS
2 - Problem in the morning is back for the woman (6) - {MA<-}{LADY}
7 - Merchandise we cover on arrival (4) - W{AR}E
9 - Imitates the orangutans (4) - APES [DD]
10 - Folk tales for a painter and two before dark is simple to start with (7,6) - {A}{RA}{B}IAN {NIGHT}{S} Anno for IAN not clear
12 - Sailor is back to an establishment in the borders of Kolkata with a weapon (7) - {BA<-}{ZOO}{KA}
13 - Advent a different kind of philosophy (7) - VEDANTA*
15 - Charge one in the cab (4) - {TAX}{I}
17 - Command an English princess in Connecticut (5) - {E}{DI}{CT}
18 - If not, then the Spanish wars at last are a bit of an event (4) - {EL}{S}{E}
19 - Girl and men together trouble the fairy (7) - GREMLIN* Gremlin - Fairy!!!
21 - What one pays to a legendary icon? (7) - TRIBUTE [E]
23 - I spot one soul not in a correct posture (5,8) - LOTUS POSITION*
27 - Tiny bit of a cat (4) - {A}{TOM}
28 - Keen, successful woman going west (4) - AVID <- )
29 - Bird in a seaport (6) - COCHIN Anno pending. Never heard of Cochin bird? (Addendum this is a [DD] - See comments below and the new link given for Bird)
DOWN
1 - Accountants hand over a fruit (6) - {CAS}AB{A} Anno for AB pending
2 - Rapid transformation of a best oil possibly held by French men (10) - M{ETABOLIS*}M
3 - Set of all points on a lake when one is taken in place of two hundred (4) - LOCI(-h+i)
4 - Early morning notice is up for William and the Nigerian leader (4) - {DA<-}{W}{N}
5 - Driving fast on the outskirts of Russia in silence (4) - {R}{A}{SH}
6 - Net pages we best design around South Island (8) - WEB{SI}TES*
8 - Dirt in Greece I am to clean without family people (5) - {GR}{IM}(-cl)E(-an)
11 - Leave behind a graduate new teacher (7) - {A}{BA}{N}{DON}
13 - Bids farewell to the seat by making the last speech (7) - VACATES
14 - Country to raze out the barium unit in the first month of the year (10) - AZER*{BA}{I}{JAN}
16 - A tree oil is to be spread on the natural object (8) - AEROLITE*
20 - Tins somehow cover quarter of the small picture (5) - INS{E}T*
22 - Teen lacks energy for the good midday bowling game (6) - {T(-e)EN}PIN Anno pending for the PIN
24 - Army at the beginning of the meandering point of a slow moving river (4) - {TA}{M}{E}
25 - Major river state (4) - OHIO [DD]
26 - Eager for one initially to come home (4) - {I}{T}{C}{H}
GRID
In the link you posted for Cochin, if you went to the disambiguation page there is a Cochin Chicken. Maybe this is what it means. I don't know how you figured out Cochin.I was not getting anywhere near it
ReplyDeleteThanks Suresh,
ReplyDeleteCochin I got from seaport after seeing the crossings on the grid
Maybe your recent trip to Guruvayur has helped.
ReplyDeleteThe Cochin clue gives me a sense of deja vu. Maybe this or similar clue has figured before
In a hurry, I read the very first clue (2 A) as 'The woman is back with the problem in the morning'. Hint ! Hint !
ReplyDelete29 Across - I had put it down as Cochin as a wild guess because of the seaport clue. Never knew about the Cochin chicken. The learning process never seems to stop.
1 Down - Accountants hand over a fruit? AB = hand? I too can't dig this.
5 Down - 'Driving fast' is in noun sense, whereas 'rash' is an adjective.
Richard
Richard,
ReplyDeleteAB stands for Able Bodied Seaman or a hand on a ship.
Possible Anno for PIN in tenpin. Pi for Pious or good and n for noon
ReplyDeleteThe usage of pi for good is corroborated on Wikipedia's page on Crossword Abbreviations
ReplyDeletecol sir,
ReplyDelete29 AC Bird in seaport
Coagulation factor C homolog, cochlin (Limulus polyphemus), also known as COCH, is a human gene+IN
SEE coch in wikipedia
1 - Accountants hand over a fruit (6) - {CAS}AB{A} Anno for AB pending
ReplyDeleteCould Hand mean a deckhand or a sailor = AB?
Till got on to your blog, I did not notice the setter's name.
Hi Suresh,
ReplyDeleteYou are right about AB and PIN. Sorry for the late response, was busy whole day
Well I filled out 1 Down as {PA}{PAY}{A} as "hand over" could mean PAY and the article a follows it.
ReplyDeleteI still don't know how PA could mean accountants though.