Continuing from Nagpur
ACROSS
1 - Hundred going through summer in France tear-jerking with the others (2,6) - {ET {C}E}{TERA*}
5 - Mean fortuneteller (6) - MEDIUM [DD] Is a Medium a fortuneteller?
9 - Izzat of swine going around others with a bit of enthusiasm (8) - {P{REST}IG}{E}
10 - Get easily into a kind of sandals (4,2) - SLIP ON [DD]
12 - It may get filed (4) - NAIL [CD]
13 - Musical groups from Trinidad bend least to manipulation by leader of strings (5,5) - {STEEL BAND*}{S}
15 - Material for the first three of fabulously rich (6) - {FAB}{RIC}
17 - Emirate to question a sailor (5) - {Q}{A}{TAR}
20 - Poor, born and dead before youth leader (5) - {NEE}{D}{Y}
21 - Cover put around mischievous fellow, it’s clear (6) - L{IMP}ID
24 - Envy hep PTA going all out on a celebration (5,5) - HAPPY EVENT*
27 - Jump-start to woman in island (4) - {J}{AVA}
29 - Field of vision? (6) - OPTICS [CD]
30 - Issac, tic is set right; another complaint is here (8) - SCIATICA* (Addendum - Seems to be an error here, I think Gridman intended ISAAC and not ISSAC)
31 - Turn on many in retreat with ultimate prurience (6) - {EX{C}IT}{E}
32 - Not that you use this almanac once in twelve months (8) - YEARBOOK [CD]
DOWN
1 - Use some complex pendulums (6) - EXPEND [T]
2 - Believe old statesman changed diet (6) - {CR}{EDIT*}
3 - One may say it or hear it while leaving (2-2) - TA-TA [E]
4 - Not initiating alarm is good (5) - (-f)RIGHT
6 - From the books of 41 in Electricity Board (2,3) - E{XLI}B
7 - One member, frail, putting in appeal for freedom from punishment (8) - {I}{M}{PUN{IT}Y}
8 - Service car on street line (8) - {MINI}{ST}{RY}
11 - The first of whizkids became suspect on casting off last computer accessory (6) - {W}{EBCAM(-e)*}
14 - Clownish hit not completed on New York’s leader (4) - {ZA(-p}{NY}
16 - Dwell over an experience again (6) - RELIVE [E]
17 - Who in France gets Puducherry’s capital joke? (4) - {QUI}{P}
18 - Measure article about man put in a high position (8) - {EN}{TH{RON}E}
19 - Hastily-posted in-charge is tyrannical (8) - {DESPOT*}{IC}
22 - Icon’s a different appearance in gambling house (6) - CASINO*
23 - Material mother produced on query (6) - {DAM}{ASK}
25 - Craft brings end to any chat going off course (5) - {Y}{ACHT*}
26 - Opening of house in pleasant corner (5) - NIC{H}E
28 - Beautiful exhibition (4) - FAIR [DD]
GRID
Enjoyed working on the c/w today.
ReplyDelete9 - Izzat of swine going around others with a bit of enthusiasm (8) - {P{REST}IG}{E}
Is this a forerunner of more and more Indian words to be seen in the clues from now on?
30 across - Issac, tic is set right; another complaint is here (8) - SCIATICA* (Addendum - Seems to be an error here, I think Gridman intended ISAAC and not ISSAC)
Took a little time to realize that there was printing error.
3 down TA-TA and 6 down EX LIB were really clever ones.
BTW, a good bit of French here. Guess Gridman is a Francophile.
Richard
In 5A, I don't think a Medium can be classified as a fortuneteller
ReplyDeleteA medium communicates with the dead and generally it is believed will make sinister predictions about the future, if our horror movies are to be believed
ReplyDeleteHi Col
ReplyDeleteBelow is the extract from www.thesaurus.com
Main Entry: fortuneteller
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: predicter
Synonyms: augur, clairvoyant, diviner, medium, mind reader, mitt reader, oracle, palm reader, palmist, predictor, prophet, seer, soothsayer, spiritualist, tarot reader, tea-leaf reader
Didn't realise that today's Gridman CW is a Pangram, till I saw Shuchi's post at Crossword Unclued. Read about it at her blog, the link to her blog is available on the left hand side.
ReplyDeleteHello Colonel, it's very easy to miss a pangram, isn't it? I wonder if there have been pangrams before but we never noticed.
ReplyDelete9 - Izzat of swine going around others with a bit of enthusiasm (8) - {P{REST}IG}{E}
Is this a forerunner of more and more Indian words to be seen in the clues from now on?
In this case I didn't even see the need of using "izzat" when a better-understood word like "honour" would have served the same purpose. It's not as if IZZAT is the answer or its letters are required in the clue.