ACROSS
1 - Cheer at the trainer’s discomposure (7) - TEACHER* Misplaced anagram indicator
5 - Cancelled as allowed in the deed (7) - DE{LET}ED
9 - No missile hold up by building worker (5) - {MAS}{ON} <- )
1 - Cheer at the trainer’s discomposure (7) - TEACHER* Misplaced anagram indicator
5 - Cancelled as allowed in the deed (7) - DE{LET}ED
9 - No missile hold up by building worker (5) - {MAS}{ON} <- )
10 - Willing sufferer the scholar — to his cost maybe (9) - {MA}{SOCHIST*}
11 - A bumper cocktail may be faced by a corkscrew? (6) - OBELIA Don't ask me how, but this word was the only thing I could fit in after a Google search
11 - A bumper cocktail may be faced by a corkscrew? (6) - OBELIA Don't ask me how, but this word was the only thing I could fit in after a Google search
12 - The Spanish are after an adjustable clasp knife for a quarter (8) - SCALP*{EL}{S}
14 - I, Neptune, begin to be absurd! (5) - INEPT [T]
15 - Admitting quiet guys to a club can cause dismay (9) - {A}{BA{SH}{MEN}T}
18 - Calling up English school-case, say (9) - {E}{VOCATIVE}
20 - Created a scare over large areas (5) - ACRES*
22 - He steals from others’ pockets (3,5) - CUT PURSE [E] My dictionary shows it as one word. Never heard this word for pickpocket earlier
24 - She is cunning to win over an editor (6) - {ED}{WIN}{A}
26 - The broadcast set up rare openings (9) - APERTURES*
27 - Follow with points on girl (5) - {EN}{SUE}
28 - Will find another answer to the problem (7) - {RE}{SOLVE}
29 - To cut up Sid’s ‘tec reveals the answer (7) - DISSECT*
DOWN
1 - Put off time to go up (9) - {TEMPO}{RISE}
2 - True sea — change can be severe (7) - AUSTERE*
3 - Girl in theatre make up (9) - HENRIETTA*
4 - He does roam, we hear, around the capital (4) - ROME (~roam)
5 - Dead secret resolution caused outrage (10) - DESECRATED*
6 - Confined to a nearest pub (5) - LOCAL [DD]
7 - The use of three banks ensured progress in this craft (7) - TRIREME [CD]
14 - I, Neptune, begin to be absurd! (5) - INEPT [T]
15 - Admitting quiet guys to a club can cause dismay (9) - {A}{BA{SH}{MEN}T}
18 - Calling up English school-case, say (9) - {E}{VOCATIVE}
20 - Created a scare over large areas (5) - ACRES*
22 - He steals from others’ pockets (3,5) - CUT PURSE [E] My dictionary shows it as one word. Never heard this word for pickpocket earlier
24 - She is cunning to win over an editor (6) - {ED}{WIN}{A}
26 - The broadcast set up rare openings (9) - APERTURES*
27 - Follow with points on girl (5) - {EN}{SUE}
28 - Will find another answer to the problem (7) - {RE}{SOLVE}
29 - To cut up Sid’s ‘tec reveals the answer (7) - DISSECT*
DOWN
1 - Put off time to go up (9) - {TEMPO}{RISE}
2 - True sea — change can be severe (7) - AUSTERE*
3 - Girl in theatre make up (9) - HENRIETTA*
4 - He does roam, we hear, around the capital (4) - ROME (~roam)
5 - Dead secret resolution caused outrage (10) - DESECRATED*
6 - Confined to a nearest pub (5) - LOCAL [DD]
7 - The use of three banks ensured progress in this craft (7) - TRIREME [CD]
8 - Suggest time and place to avail of palm fruits (5) - DATES [DD]
13 - Elaborate pastries — that is where to find them (10) - PATISSER*{IE}
16 - Her endless speech in a tiara, for example (9) - {HE(-r)}{ADDRESS}
17 - Will examine the work of Manet (9) - {TEST}{AMENT*}
19 - Water spouts as means of exit (7) - OUTLETS [DD]
21 - Put out again? (7) - REISSUE [E]
22 - Seat of a person of authority (5) - CHAIR [DD]
23 - It was in as far as last month (5) - UNTIL Poor clue
25 - Availed of services of American editor (4) - {US}{ED}
Literature students will remember that 'cutpurse' is somewhere in Shakespeare's Hamlet. Rather an ancient word.
ReplyDeleteAnd perhaps Dickens has Fagin mentioned as 'cutpurse'. Don't remember.
ReplyDeleteWhich are the most wonderful clues in a Manna crossword?
ReplyDeleteDon't give me the clues at all. Just give me the blank grid. And I will give you the clue numbers.
Here they are bound to be 15a, 18a, 5d, 13d, 17d.
Impeccable! Clues of which any setter can be proud of!
The clues for short words don't have legs to stand on!
Mystery of mysteries!
I am planning to waste some time and write a post on my blog to show why I think the clues for short words are not as good as those for the long ones. When I upload it, I will give a pointer here.
ReplyDeleteAs I mentioned in the mainpost cutpurse is there in the dictionary, but as a single word and not two as indicated by Manna.
ReplyDeleteManna did have some excellent clues in yesterday's CW
Quite curiously enough, 'cutpurse' matches perfectly with the Hindi 'pocket-maar'.
ReplyDeleteRichard
@Richard,
ReplyDeletePickpocket matches pocket-maar better than cutpurse which in hindi could be 'kaat-purse'!!
My remarks on the clues for short words:
ReplyDeletehttp://dailydozen.blogspot.com/2010/02/oh-short-ones.html
Came to your blog via today's article in The Hindu by Divya Kumar. Hope to crack crosswords more skillfully from perusing your blog. Great work Sir.
ReplyDeleteDear Gopinath, I have been doing crossword of the hindu for the past 35years. Due 2 old age It appears difficult some times. Congrats 2 open a BLOG.ThanQ,Sarma.v.k.
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