ACROSS
1 - Powerless rogue has nothing to cover (8) - {IMP}{O}{TENT}
5 - Get the better of teacher (6) - MASTER [DD]
10 - Merely frozen water for the magistrate (7) - {JUST}{ICE}
11 - Stretcher (7) - ELASTIC [E]
12 - Soak to the skin dear, topless woman (6) - D(-ea)R{(-w)ENCH} Unusual way to indicate deletion
13 - To get ahead, receive in excess (8) - OVERTAKE [DD]
15 - Do they throw away their lines? (4) - CAST [DD]
16 - Bearing being sent away? (10) - DEPORTMENT [CD]
18 - Children alone are cared for in these homes (10) - ORPHANAGES [E]
20 - Solo dance in city (4) - OSLO*
23 - Dry dean perks up with song (8) - {SERE}NADE*
24 - Mason’s weapon? (6) - MORTAR [DD]
26 - Press output doesn’t begin incitement to riot (7) - (-s)EDITION
27 - Examine leading ultra’s act in ancient soldiers’ shelter (7) - {TEST}{U}{DO}
28 - Fifty-five leave villages in a rampage for stored fodder (6) - SILAGE(-lv)*
29 - Ma’am and gals concoct mixtures (8) - AMALGAMS*
DOWN
1 - June 1 discussion turned out to be marked by imprudence (15) - INJUDICIOUSNESS*
2 - Own groups around the leader of Sikhs (7) - POSSE{S}S
3 - Fool at church showing evidence of nervousness (6) - {TWIT}{CH}
4 - Name that’s yielding up another name (4) - NOEL<- )
6 - Expedition in the manner of the French metropolis going round river (8) - {A}{LA}{C{R}ITY}
7 - Measure a solution: bird’s shedding tear (7) - {TIT}RATE* Loved doing this in the Chemistry labs though overall I hated Chemistry
8 - From where people come out refreshed (10,5) - RECREATION ROOMS [CD]
9 - Postpone, for the holiday has finished (5,4) - {LEAVE} {OVER}
14 - Girl accepts Dan’s withered flower (9) - CEL{AND*}INE
17 - Phantom occupation that’s unforgettable? (8) - HAUNTING [DD]
19 - Biased but not to full extent (7) - PARTIAL [DD]
21 - A necessity when up is mandarin orange (7) - {SA}{TSUM}{A}<- )
22 - Labour around polls (they say): if inflamed it needs to be removed (6) - TO{NS}IL (NS~poles) Nice clue
25 - Exciting time for a piece of news (4) - ITEM*
GRID
Gridman may have intended "Soak to the skin" to be the def, and DR to be simply derived as an abbr. for 'dear' but it seems you have taken 'skin dear' to be a strip indicator to get DR from 'dear'.
ReplyDeleteOur Indian films are full of scenes where the heroines get drenched even on a hot summer day.
Gridman seems to have been in the sidelines on a film shoot.
22D Colonel You got the anno for NS very nicely
ReplyDeleteChildren alone are cared for in these homes (10)
ReplyDeleteI believe a bit of crypticity is involved in the above clue.
Orphans are those left lonely or left behind by one or both parents so "Children alone" can be interpreted as children rendered lonely.
The dictionary meaning for 'sere' is 'dry and withered'.
ReplyDeleteIt might be a poetic word, not one in everyday usage.
I can remember when I first came across this word for the first time. Like so many other words.
It was in a poem by Ben Jonson in my school textbook (back in the late 1950s).
Here is the poem (taken from the Internet):
It is not growing like a tree
In bulk doth make Man better be;
Or standing long an oak, three hundred year,
To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere:
A lily of a day
Is fairer far in May,
Although it fall and die that night—
It was the plant and flower of light.
In small proportions we just beauties see;
And in short measures life may perfect be
This long post, entered in response to a query since deleted, is retained as it makes a point and quotes a beautiful, meaningful poem.
ReplyDelete'Sere' in the poem I presume refers to the meaning 'withered' rather than dry as dry appears by itself.
ReplyDeleteStrumpets yesterday and wenches today - not the most flattering descriptions of womanhood. Gridman does appear to like his "olde english", what with sere turning up as well!
ReplyDeleteD6: I think the anno can be a bit different .
ReplyDeleteExpedition in the manner of the French metropolis going round river (8) - {A}{LA}{C{R}ITY}
Expedition -> Alacrity
in the manner of the (french) -> A La
metropolis going around river -> C{r}ity
@sriks7
ReplyDeleteYour annotation does not appear to be any different from what I have given
Sorry that did not come out right,...
ReplyDeleteI meant {A la}{C{R}ity}
Where the definition is only "Expedition"
instead "Expedition in the manner of"
In the manner of = A la http://www.thefreedictionary.com/a+la
@sriks7
ReplyDeleteOk, I get the point, I have indicated 'in the manner of' also as part of the definition, which should have been Expedition only
I had managed to solve many clues early this morning, while a few others had bugged me.
ReplyDeleteLogging in late in the evening after being away from the desk for long, nice to see this blog get more and more interactive as each day passes.
All this would look like a battle of wits for a novice here. But everything is without any malice and is all fun.
When all is said and done, it is great to have the final say from David.
Keep it up, friends!
Richard