In a hurry, off for a golf tournament. Foxed by 5A and 5D and some annotations if my hurried answers are correct
ACROSS
1 - A diversion in daddy’s day (7) - {PAS}{TIME}
5 - Serious matter of security (7) - ??R?E?T {Addendum - EARNEST [DD] )
9 - Graduate tries to mingle with eminent teachers of music (7) - {MA}ESTRI*
10 - A stupid fellow took food just to foment trouble (7) - {A}{GIT}{ATE}
11 - A river in South Argentina (5) - NEGRO [E]
12 - Send for a taxi? (9) - TRANSPORT [DD]
13 - But is overelaborate when it is jutting out (9) - OBDURATE Anno pending (Addendum - OBTRUSIVE* )
15 - Her aim is to model as queen (5) - MARIE*
16 - Cure Henry in the use of frill of lace (5) - RUC{H}E
18 - Student leaves shelter of plane tree to take tea, we hear, going inside (9) - PENETRA{T}E(-l)*
21 - One who acts routinely, giving name to gold love apple (9) - {AU}{TO}MATON Anno pending (Addendum - {AU}{TOMATO}{N})
24 - Make one care for her (5) - ER{I}CA
25 - Antoine may be from a public school (7) - ETONIAN*
26 - Beg leaderless men to negotiate (7) - (-m)EN{TREAT}
27 - Has the point to be correctly put in cover (7) - SHEATH*{E}
28 - Excited a gent in an erroneous manner (7) - IGNITED Anno pending
DOWN
1 - Getting sanctimonious fellows to see something spicy (7) - {PI}{MEN}{TO}
2 - Gets to hit somehow with deceitful craftiness (7) - SLEIGHT* How did T become L? Printers Devil?
3 - Bring in another reduction (9) - INTRODUCE* Nice clue
4 - Tied up many running wild with a command (5) - EDI{C}T
5 - Battle to establish a male line? (2,7) - ?? A?A?G?N (Addendum EL ALAMEIN*)
6 - Daring operations against a competitor (5) - RAIDS [CD]
7 - Inflame with love, our name, in a correct manner (7) - ENAMOUR*
8 - The rate fixed for entertainment (7) - THEATRE*
14 - Powerlessness to mince quiet Eastern curry (9) - IM{P}OTENC*{E}
15 - The one mat ruined by insect infestation (4,5) - MOTH EATEN*
16 - They learn about adders but don’t take one note (7) - {RE}ADERS(-d)*
17 - Do teach going round the terminal (7) - CATHODE*
19 - Time for Al to make a point to give nourishment for sustenance (7) - {AL}IME{N}T*
20 - No longer played one’s part as demanded (7) - EN{ACTED} Anno pending (Correction - {EX}{ACTED})
22 - Being wet, Tom is in trouble (5) - MOIST*
23 - Ivan makes a point to find his birthmark (5) - NA{E}VI*
GRID
I haven't done this crossword and my answers are from the clue sheet above without the use of the grid.
ReplyDeleteI bet you would have had them with more time.
20 - No longer played one’s part as demanded (7) - EN{ACTED} Anno pending EX ACTED
With the sole exception of 5 down, completed the crossword by 7 am.
ReplyDelete5 across - Serious as security deposit (7)
EARNEST, which means both 'serious' and 'security depostit' (more commonly EMD 'earnest money deposit'). I hope I got it right.
11 across - A river in South Argentina (5)
Got this after a Google search. Who would expect a river to bear such a name? Possibly, it means 'Black River'.
15 across - The one mat ruined by insect infestation
Since 'moth-eaten' is a compound word, a hyphen between 4 and 5 would have been appropriate.
5 down - Battle to establish a male line
This has bugged me too.
Richard
20 down - Just as CV did, I have put it as 'EXACTED'. I missed it in the above answers.
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21 - One who acts routinely, giving name to gold love apple (9) - {AU}{TO}MATON Anno pending
ReplyDeleteI think this is N (name) on this side of AU (gold) and TOMATO (love apple).
Only some compilers like Sankalak, Neyartha and Gridman are meticulous about indications for the lights, whether they are hyphenated or unhyphenated, etc. etc. The same word may be hyphenated or not as per the part of speech but such niceties are beyond some compilers.
ReplyDelete2 - Gets to hit somehow with deceitful craftiness (7) - SLEIGHT* How did T become L? Printers Devil?
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's a printing mistake, for "Gels to hit" or "Gets to hil" doesn't make sense. Such mistakes arise out of sheer carelessness on the part of the composers and also their being impervious to seeing errors in their work in print.
Re the same clue. What do you think - that "to" is redundant there or "to" is a legit connector?
ReplyDeleteAgain, not using the grid, but a little bit of googling foloowing some vague recollections
ReplyDeleteand without the use of crossword pattern / anagram search software:
EL ALAMEIN (anag of a male line, I think)
The G in your word configuration now needs a relook.
I find that you have the correct answer at 13 ac with a final E (a checked letter for 5d) except that the given pattern against the clue has G instead of the required E at position 7.
ReplyDeleteThis proves that I did not use any electronic aid, does it? LOL.
I said I didn't solve this crossword.
ReplyDeleteYes, the final E at 13ac is correct, but the answer as such is OBTRUSIVE, anag. of butisover, 'elaborate' from 'overelaborate' being the AInd.
John's answer from elsewhere reproduced here.
And as the solution is a long one and as it has the masterly touch and as the device used is not in accordance with the whole tone and tenor of the compiler's oeuvre, the provenance of the clue is in the realm of speculation.
When the cat is away, the mice will play!
ReplyDeleteAnd when one of the players is an old bandicoot, fed on the nicest of tidbits to be found in kitchens and sewers and known for its wily ways to avoid any traps that might have been laid, the action is bound to be all the more domineering!
@Chaturvasi
ReplyDeleteYou are, of course, a cat at this.Got all annos and filled the blanks without the grid
Cat-and-mouse game going on here, eh?
ReplyDeleteCol, when you were at the golf course, you must have certainly heard of Tiger Woods having survived a road crash.
Richard
@CV
ReplyDelete13 across - Try OBTRUDING instead of OBTRUSIVE. See if you can solve 5 down. E?, A?A?G?N. Just a suggestion. I could be wrong.
Richard
Hi all,
ReplyDeleteThanks fo keeping the blog active. My answers today were filled in without the paper as I left at 5:30 AM, and I hate doing the CW without paper and pencil, thats why so many mistakes etc etc. Will have a look at the paper now that I am back.
The tournament was nothing much to talk about as I did not fare too well, the only consolation being that as I have started the game just about 18 months ago, for that period of practice I seem to be improving, the down part was that I lost 6 balls in the various hazards on the course!!!
@Richard,
No I did not hear of Tiger Woods car crash, hope he was not injured!
@ Chaturvasi,
Don't know how I missed out on EL ALAMEIN having studied it in Military History, must be because I was in a hurry to get to the Golf Course, I had to be there by 6 AM. I was foxed by the G I had put in.
OBTRUSIVE and EL ALAMEIN are correct. I don't know from where I got the G in there!! must have been looking elsewhere, thats the problem of not having the paper
ReplyDeleteGot it, though I entered ODURATE for 13A I actually had OBTRUDING that's where the G came from
ReplyDeleteVow! Solving the CW without the newspaper and posting it before 6 AM! That is what I would call commitment.
ReplyDeleteConsidering the handicap, the effort was not bad although it did not carry the usual hallmark of quality
ReplyDeleteAnd Chaturvasi sir, the wily old cat spotted the anagram in 13 AC. I was puzzled by the 'overelaborate' word as it did not fell with the def and the answer. Credit MM for a good clue.
ReplyDeleteI meant gell (fell was a type)
ReplyDeletegosh.. typo for typo
ReplyDeleteThanks Vikram
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