1 - Nothing left in safe (3,5) – {ALL} {RIGHT}
5 - Credit is doubled in emergency (6) – {CR}{IS}{IS}
9 - In stand is English paper (8) – {TREAT}{IS}{E}
10 - Italian chap’s dear ring (6) – {ANGEL}{O}
12 - Opening of Coward musical - seat required (5) – {C}{HAIR}
13 - On a plan is new US city (9) – ANNAPOLIS* Home to the US Naval Academy
14 - Range of hills in sight? Possibly after excited 10 straddles horse (5,7) – {GOLAN {H}E}{IGHTS*}
18 - Part of New York State close to Binghamton is alight (6,6) – {STATE}{N} {IS}{LAND}
21 - Deliberately tested someone in Detroit, mischievously (5,2,2) – TRIED IT ON*
23 - Delete article written in Gaelic (5) – ER{A}SE
24 - Motive for crime head denied (6) – (-t)REASON Nice clue
25 - Drop a type of spider (4,4) – TRAP DOOR [DD] Would have never got this had to Google search for it.
26 - Stop to catch ram, initially in fold (6) – C{R}EASE
27 - Access for transport (8) – ENTRANCE [DD]
DOWN
1 - Strongly criticise a course of action? About time! (6) – {A}{T}{TACK}
2 - US general on track, with room to manoeuvre (6) – {LEE}{WAY}
3 - Place between Bury Post Office and southern end of avenue (9) – {INTER}{PO}{S}{E} Capitalization of Bury done to mislead the solver
4 - See you in Spain? (5,2,5) – HASTA LA VISTA [E] Arnie's famousline from The Terminator
6 - Approach enclosure on horseback (3-2) – {RUN}-{UP}
7 - Furtive and sly at the resort (8) – STEALTHY* Last to fall was foxed by resort, which is the Anagram indicator here, was all the time thinking of a holiday resort!
8 - Film director crosses out name, finally (8) – {SCORSES*}{E}
11 - Marathon participant was, eventually (2,3,4,3) – IN THE LONG RUN [DD]
15 - Landlord in name supported by steward (9) – {IN}{N}{KEEPER}
16 - Mysterious man, holding up boozer, is after key (8) – {E}{SOT}{ERIC}
17 - Bishop, notice, in mature and witty conversation (8) – {B}{AD}{IN}{AGE}
19 - Bar parlour accommodating circle (6) – SALO{O}N
20 - Listens to beginning of eulogy in vehicle (6) – HEARS{E}
22 - Waste sleep harbouring bit of resentment (5) – D{R}OSS Intelligent guess, hearing DOSS and DROSS for the first time.
Good morning everyone
ReplyDeleteToday's crossword was a geography student's delight, or was it a scourge?
11D - Marathon participant was, eventually (2,3,4,3) – IN THE LONG RUN [DD]
Having initially put it down as ON THE LAST LAP because of the the running involved, I got stuck for a while.
7D - Furtive and sly at the resort (8) – STEALTHY* Last to fall was foxed by resort, which is the Anagram indicator here, was all the time thinking of a holiday resort!
Deepak, on the contrary, I hit upon the anagram just on surface reading. Having run this blog almost without a break on a daily basis for so long, you don't surprise us if you felt that way. You badly need a holiday, boss !
8D - Film director crosses out name, finally (8) – {SCORSES*}{E}
This is only one that eluded me.
20D - The HEARSE has re-surfaced !
Hi Richard,
ReplyDeleteYou are lucky that the intended meaning of resort struck you at the first reading while I was unlucky. It always happens that the first meaning of a word that strikes you gets embedded in the mind and everything revolves around that meaning. Best thing in such cases is to leave the CW for a while and come back again.
3 - Place between Bury Post Office and southern end of avenue (9) – {INTER}{PO}{S}{E}
ReplyDeleteNice play with words, good enough to hoodwink anyone.
12 - Opening of Coward musical - seat required (5) – {C}{HAIR}
And this as well. The first thing one would look for is a musical by Noel Coward !
Richard
That is a useful tip, Deepak. I would keep it in mind.
ReplyDeleteRichard
A very easy one this time. Was able to complete all.
ReplyDelete16 Dn should be man (ERIC) harbouring SOT and E
{E(SOT)(E)RIC)} meaning mysterious
23 AC ER(A)SE was good
Erse ois Irish form of Celtic (Gaelic)
I got 25Dn Trap Door, then found it was DD.
Lots and lots of anagrams and DDs, a solver's delight.
"8D - Film director crosses out name, finally (8) – {SCORSES*}{E}
ReplyDeleteThis is only one that eluded me. "
It just took me a second to figure this one out. I think you badly need some movie time, Richard. LOL.
...a geography student's delight?
ReplyDeleteRichard,
Wait for a crossword that is to appear some seven weeks later. You can again revel in geography!
@ Dan
ReplyDeleteMy erratic working hours hardly afford me any movie time. Would you believe I have not watched many movies during the past decade? The only names that come to mind are TITANIC and DEVDAS. Maybe, I need a break too !
Richard
@Venkatesh,
ReplyDeleteMysterious man, holding up boozer, is after key
Mysterious = Definition
man = ERIC
holding up = position indicator
boozer = SOT
is after = position indicator
key = E
man holding up boozer = {SOT}{ERIC}
man holding up boozer is after key = {E}{SOT}{ERIC}
7 - Furtive and sly at the resort (8) – STEALTHY* Last to fall was foxed by resort, which is the Anagram indicator here, was all the time thinking of a holiday resort!
ReplyDeleteTo keep you engaged for a while (if you have time to spare, that is!) here I take recourse to Gridman's clues over the past several years, clues in which he uses 'resort' one way or the other.
Culled from my dB of the setter's clues.
Solving some of them cold may be hard, but for any latter ones I will give some hints later.
Resort to a massage among the abstainers (5)
Move out of cave at resort (6)
King uppish about dance in Maldives resort (7)
Vast is the holiday resort, to begin with (8)
Criminal resorts (9)
Need cynic resort to filth? (9)
Finding he’s in a low resort can be sticky (8)
A country that lacks spirit may have to resort to this (6,9)
Writers resort to it by mistake (6)
Assemble again at a holiday place? (6)
Fish I’ve found in Wales resort (8)
Richard, Titanic????? OMG!!! That's just as old as the wreck.
ReplyDeleteMy movie habit does sound disastrous, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteRichard
Richard, seriously!!!
ReplyDeleteJust the opposite of mine.
@CVasi sir,
ReplyDeleteI got the last five:
Finding he’s in a low resort can be sticky (8) AD{HES}IVE
A country that lacks spirit may have to resort to this (6,9) PETROL RATIONING
Writers resort to it by mistake (6) ERASER
Assemble again at a holiday place? (6) RESORT
Fish I’ve found in Wales resort (8) ALEWIVES
I too don't have time to watch movies.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is I am not one who can do two things at a time, leave alone ashtavadhanam.
There are people who let the movie run on the TV while they are writing browsing the/a ... (what, I leave it to you to fill in).
If I have to watch a movie I must allot the time required - which I am not able to do.
Well, in my time, when I was a student, I have seen movies. Some of them unforgettable:
Cleopatra, A Farewell to Arms, Charade, Fanny, Far fom the Madding Crowd, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Stalag 47, The Great Escape, Mackenna's Gold...
These films are memorable in another way. Most of these were seen with friends at a theatre complex in Madras when multiplexes were unheard of and where there was a theatre which had continuous runs.
To add a nostalgic tinge to this, that theare buidling has been razed to the ground.
But nothing has come up there as subsequent buyers including a top political party in singara Chennai feel that the plot is hexed.
I got VACATE, INDECENCY and RESORT
ReplyDeleteI must add that if I want to see a movie I go to the theatre.
ReplyDeleteI have booked seats for 'Vinaithandi varuvya' tomorrow. I also plan to see 'Tamil Padam'.
I don't go to English movies any more. I don't enjoy them as I used to do in the past.
Excellent clues with 'resort':
ReplyDeleteKing uppish about dance in Maldives resort (7) (K)(U)RUMBA
Resort to a massage among the abstainers (5)A(RUB)A – massage-RUB in AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)
Move out of cave at resort (6) VACATE (cave at*)
Vast is the holiday resort, to begin with (8)(SPA)CIOUS
Need cynic resort to filth? (9) INDECENCY (need cynic*)
Criminal resorts (9) may be GANGLANDS
Multitasking while watching a movie... Well that's blasphemous!
ReplyDeleteHow do you get PETROL RATIONING?
ReplyDeleteDROSS Was in the answers in the ET CW of Friday, last:
ReplyDelete17 What’s held back by shyness or dignity is worth nothing (5)DROSS<- [T]
@dan
ReplyDeleteThis is a straight clue. 'SPIRIT' in this case stands for PETROL. A country having shortage of petrol has to resort to PETROL RATIONING
Thanks Venkatesh
ReplyDeleteWe had another 'resort' clue from Gridman earlier this month (6th March) - THC:
ReplyDeleteModel of one Kent resort (5)
And one of Nita Jaggi's some months back:
Pass by the Spanish resort taken up by an English (6).
14A Horse has been abbreviated to H. I don't see this as a standard abbreviation. Or am I missing something?
ReplyDelete'horse' is a street name for 'heroin'.
ReplyDelete'horse' is not abbreviated to H but 'heroin' is.
So horse = heroin = H.
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ReplyDeleteThanks CV. I did not realise that heroin would make one horse around
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