ACROSS
7 - Displayed Roman ad covering the front of truck in a haphazard way (2,6) - A{T} RANDOM*
9 - Father leaves article away in a remote place (3,3) - FA(-the)R {OFF}
11 - Weapon on the submarine is there before at midnight (9) - {BOOMER}{AN}{G}
12 - More certain for a senior around to trap the queen (5) - SU{RE}R Where is 'U' from ?
13 - Girl holds an Asian in charge of the language (6) - GA{E}L{IC}
14 - Move outside the mark on the club (8) - B{L}UDGE{ON} 'L' is what mark?
17 - Duke has been true about the certificate of debt (9) - {D}EBENTURE*
22 - Forced to be at home, sister has time for a journalist (8) - {IN}{SIS}{T}{ED}
23 - Representatives are mature in the Northern Territories of Sweden (6) - {AGE}{N}{T}{S}
25 - Keep away in the shop (5) - STORE [DD]
27 - Bovine is not tall to be on a sharp point (9) - {SHORT}{HORN}
28 - Get exhausted to be dismissed at the wicket (3,3) - RUN OUT [DD]
29 - I see in the campus, a new plant (8) - CAPS{IC}UM*
DOWN
1 - Waste paper in the repair shop (7) - GAR{B}AGE What paper is 'B'
2 - Caught the bird from the French up in a dishonest way (7) - {C}{ROOK}{ED<-} )
3 - Mostly only an arab has thermal energy (5) - SOL(-o){AR}
4 - Priests drop six in the vehicles (4) - (-vi)CARS
5 - Animal, showing anger is over an intruder (7) - {BOAR}{DER<-} )
6 - A very loud boy will initially take an insult (7) - A{FF}{RON}{T}
8 - Wanting help in the north-east, end one angry Asian on the ship (9) - {NE}{ED{I}N*}{E}{SS}
10 - Intellectual acuity (7) - AGILITY [CD]
15 - Criticises the German for nothing on the constructed stage (9) - {DER}{O}GATES*
16 - Announcement made public by the press (7) - RELEASE [E]
18 - Narrow opening in the front of the fort exists in the river (7) - {F}{IS}S{URE} Second 'S' from where?
19 - To surprise an Anglo-Saxon, somehow don’t cover the boat (7) - {AS}TO{U}ND*
20 - At home, sign mostly on a church bill (7) - {IN}VOI{CE} Anno for VOI pending
21 - Tidal waves to cross the star in the morning at one (7) - {T}{SUN}{AM}{I} Have physically seen the effect of a Tsunami at Car Nicobar in Dec 2004
24 - The sacred text of Islam (5) - KORAN [E]
26 - Large flightless Australian birds (4) - EMUS [E]
Black squares - 74 (33%)
White squares - 151
GRID
18D. There is a river called Sure somewhere in Europe. You can google it
ReplyDelete1D B is a size of paper. Maybe that is like seven for time.
Colonel you won yesterday's contest on seven
Deepak,
ReplyDeleteMay I attempt to provide notes for
At home, sign mostly on a church bill (7)
At home, - IN
sign - V
mostly on - o (ignoring n)
a - one - 1 - I
church - CE
bill - def
The surface reading? Upto 'church' it makes sense but later it fades out.
If O is derived from ON by ignoring half of it, it's not 'mostly on'
ReplyDeleteThanks Chaturvasi for annotating the INVOICE!!
ReplyDeleteSuresh,
Did find a SURE river. Yes, my wild guess of SEVEN yesterday was on the mark. The paper size is B-series, like B0, B1, B2 etc and not just B, anyway there is no point trying to tear one's hair out on NJ's clues
Will 'mostly on' give c?
ReplyDeleteWas about to post a comment on 20 down (INVOICE), as I had put it in as a wild guess. And, VOI-LA, there was CV ready with the explanation.
ReplyDelete24 across - I confidently went by the original and authentic spelling 'Quran' and got stuck on the horns of the bovine. With a 'u' thrown in, I was banking on something ike 'stouthorn' but it was not found in the dictionary. Holy Cow !
Richard
On the day of the tsunami, I was visiting a friend's home in the Bay area in California, when the Sun TV was giving news about the catastrophe.
ReplyDeleteOn the day of Rajiv Gandhi's death, I woke up in a hotel room in Hoganekkal and on coming out and watching the inactivity I got the news from a young boy.
On the day his mother died, I was at a school to pick up my child when a bunch of young mothers who had come there on a smiliar errand broke the news to me.
Col Sir,
ReplyDeleteFor the first time I solved complete crossword.Thank u very much for ur blog and all followers.
Svemuri,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, keep it up, you will find yourself getting better by the day
Congratulations from me too svemuri
ReplyDeleteMy wife is a vemuri from Machilipatnam. Wonder if we are related