ACROSS
1 - Mollycoddled, as was little Pamela by editor (8) - {PAM}{PER}{ED}
5 - A small ruse devised to give a guarantee (6) - {A}{S}{SURE*}
10 - Flower that means a great deal to you and me (5) - {LOT}{US}
11 - Melba, more devious but unforgettable (9) - MEMORABLE*
12 - Lack of proportion shown by Dr. Alan in very cold setting (9) - I{MB}{ALAN}CE
13 - Eskimo (5) - INUIT [E]
14 - Finding wife in a wood — a twist (5) - T{W}EAK
16 - Extinct creature that drove nomads to distraction (8) - MASTODON*
1 - Mollycoddled, as was little Pamela by editor (8) - {PAM}{PER}{ED}
5 - A small ruse devised to give a guarantee (6) - {A}{S}{SURE*}
10 - Flower that means a great deal to you and me (5) - {LOT}{US}
11 - Melba, more devious but unforgettable (9) - MEMORABLE*
12 - Lack of proportion shown by Dr. Alan in very cold setting (9) - I{MB}{ALAN}CE
13 - Eskimo (5) - INUIT [E]
14 - Finding wife in a wood — a twist (5) - T{W}EAK
16 - Extinct creature that drove nomads to distraction (8) - MASTODON*
18 - What a guard has to be (8) - WATCHFUL [CD]
20 - Firmly fix, as a newspaper might its correspondent (5) - {EMB}{ED} Anno pending
24 - Abu or Everest, for instance (5) - MOUNT [CD]
25 - Perhaps a tourist looking for spectacles (9) - {SIGHT}{SEER}
27 - For mending a pencil, PA gets a gadget (9) - APPLIANCE*
28 - Modern Pataliputra (5) - PATNA [E]
29 - Role, as reversed, for a governor (6) - {SA<-}{TRAP<-} )
30 - One seeking to spill paints around artist (8) - ASPI{RA}NT*
DOWN
1 - He needs a hand for making forecasts (7) - PALMIST [CD]
2 - Not saying anything about a lawyer prone to change (7) - MUT{A}{BL}E
3 - A support for art (5) - EASEL [CD]
4 - In winter miners find fur here (6) - ERMINE [T]
20 - Firmly fix, as a newspaper might its correspondent (5) - {EMB}{ED} Anno pending
24 - Abu or Everest, for instance (5) - MOUNT [CD]
25 - Perhaps a tourist looking for spectacles (9) - {SIGHT}{SEER}
27 - For mending a pencil, PA gets a gadget (9) - APPLIANCE*
28 - Modern Pataliputra (5) - PATNA [E]
29 - Role, as reversed, for a governor (6) - {SA<-}{TRAP<-} )
30 - One seeking to spill paints around artist (8) - ASPI{RA}NT*
DOWN
1 - He needs a hand for making forecasts (7) - PALMIST [CD]
2 - Not saying anything about a lawyer prone to change (7) - MUT{A}{BL}E
3 - A support for art (5) - EASEL [CD]
4 - In winter miners find fur here (6) - ERMINE [T]
6 - Table napkin (9) - SERVIETTE [E]
7 - Free, like Shelley’s Prometheus (7) - UNBOUND [CD]
8 - English football team, one always with weight (7) - {EVER}{TON}
9 - Protozoa with no fixed form (7) - AMOEBAE [CD]
15 - Traditional Hindu warrior (9) - KSHATRIYA [E]
17 - Way of cooking, usin’ ice, crushed (7) - CUISINE*
18 - Marsupials cut up flying mammals (7) - {WOM<-}{BATS}
8 - English football team, one always with weight (7) - {EVER}{TON}
9 - Protozoa with no fixed form (7) - AMOEBAE [CD]
15 - Traditional Hindu warrior (9) - KSHATRIYA [E]
17 - Way of cooking, usin’ ice, crushed (7) - CUISINE*
18 - Marsupials cut up flying mammals (7) - {WOM<-}{BATS}
19 - Satchmo’s speciality (7) - TRUMPET [E]
21 - Meat and a cuppa, a drink for the convalescent (4,3) - {BEEF} {TEA}
22 - Inactive daughter chased by crazed matron (7) - {D}{ORMANT*}
23 - Going back topless or getting out (6) - (-r)EGRESS
26 - Note about a small part of Indian river (5) - T{A}{PT}I
22 - Inactive daughter chased by crazed matron (7) - {D}{ORMANT*}
23 - Going back topless or getting out (6) - (-r)EGRESS
26 - Note about a small part of Indian river (5) - T{A}{PT}I
20A EMBED is a DD. The word also is used to refer to a assigning a journalist to travel with a military unit at wartime
ReplyDeleteToday's was a 15 minute crossword. Colonel you must have had a relaxed morning
ReplyDeleteI did not know that Louis Armstrong was also called Satchmo.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY PONGAL OR SANKRANTI TO EVERYBODY
ReplyDeleteHAPPY PONGAL or SANKRANTI to all
ReplyDeleteHi all
ReplyDeleteWith a travel schedule today, I had wished everyone a happy Pongal / Makar Sankranti in advance yesterday. I repeat my greetings.
Just back from a long-distance drive. Could complete about 80% of the c/w early this morning and then had to leave. Had a peek into the blog on my lappy on the way. Missed the fun of completing.
I guess there is a holiday for newspapers today and hence, alas, no crossword tomorrow.
Richard
Colonel
ReplyDeleteIf there is no newspaper tomorrow, you can still publish the page for some interesting interaction on a chosen subject. Can't think of so many people being jobless tomorrow.
Richard
I shall post the Cryptic CW which came in the TOI last Sunday without a grid of course and shall whiten the answers so you will have to highlight it to see the answer. That way everyone will get something to do.
ReplyDeleteI am still to get questions for the tete-a-tete with Shuchi.
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteI just started doing the Hindu crossword and discovered your site. For 23 Down, I got EGRESS but I can't figure out why. Could you explain?
Thanks. Your site is a great resource.
@Orko,
ReplyDeleteThis is how it has to be worked out
23 - Going back topless or getting out (6) - (-r)EGRESS
Going back = REGRESS
topless = indication for deletion of the top of REGRESS which is (-r)
or = connector
getting out = Definition = (-r)EGRESS