1 - Star workers are inside (7) - ANT{ARE}S
5 - Batting crease about to be wiped as a precaution (2,4) - IN C(-re)ASE
8 - In topping clothes? (7,2,4) - DRESSED TO KILL [CD]
10 - Arab fell in dock (4) - MOOR [DD]
11 - TV programme - repeat - Coast? (4,5) - {ECHO} {BEACH}
12 - Various priests press soldier about battle, initially (10) - {MONS}{IG<-}{NORI<-} ) 14 - Shot captures Bond's boss leaving ceremony (4) - PO{M}P
16 - City, very big in Asian country (4) - {LA}{OS}
17 - Aim to get black, each one after being this (6,4) - {OBJECT} {B}{ALL}
19 - Turn out once more - what did you say? (4,5) - COME AGAIN [DD]
21 - Austrian composer, a Lothario (4) - WOLF [DD]
23 - Non-executive investor who keeps his mouth shut? (6,7) - SILENT PARTNER [E]
24 - Ring in variegated crest of duck (6) - SC{O}TER
25 - Follows advice and pays attention (7) - LISTENS [DD]
DOWN
1 - Assistant in Dubai deli (4) - AIDE [T]
2 - Artful touches of nudism in film (3,5,2,5) - THE SOUND OF MUSIC*
3 - Check all others before shower (8) - {REST}{RAIN}
4 - Plant in small border (5) - {S}{EDGE}
5 - Train in club on piece of gymnastic equipment (4,5) - {IRON} {HORSE}
6 - Goes up with Conservative members (6) - {C}{LIMBS}
7 - Chilean politician in Brazilian port on sub submerged in the drink? (8,7) - {SALVADOR} {AL{LEND}E}
9 - Man attached to the Spanish place of worship (6) - {CHAP}{EL}
12 - Spite shown by married woman (6) - {M}{ALICE}
13 - Something requiring little thought in Reno, surprisingly goes without support (2-7) - NO-{BRA}{IN}ER*
15 - Race officials set staggering charges (8) - {STE*}{WARDS}
18 - Everyone in base, except Tom, gets to vote (6) - B{ALL}OT(-tom)
20 - Plane crashes in Asian country (5) - NEPAL*
22 - Love Seve's finish (4) - (-seve ballest)EROS
GRID
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteI found the top right-hand side corner a bit tough.
Liked 8A, 3D, 13D and a few others.
2D - Artful touches of nudism in film (3,5,2,5) - THE SOUND OF MUSIC* - A good anagram clue, but how uncomplimentary to a classic family movie !
Quite easy today.
ReplyDelete8A - Dressed to Kilt, Dressed to Kill - what's the difference?
17A - didn't get this one
5D - I like
7D Cute. I had to get salvador via crossing before I got the rest.
Didn't get the following two:
ReplyDelete12 Ac MONSIGNORI - the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles awarded by HH the Pope. The word derives from the Italian word monsignore, and the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord". The title is associated with honorary awards just as "Sir" or "Chevalier" is with a knighthood.
17 Ac OBJECT BALL (used in Snooker).
Otherwise, an easy puzzle.
11 Ac Echo Beach - got the answer from the clues (repeat and coast) and the crossings.
ReplyDeleteWikipedia has he the following info:
This was a short-lived British television soap opera that aired on ITV from January to March, 2008. Set in the fictional Cornish coastal town of Polnarren, it featured an actor of Indian origin Chandeep Uppal. She plays the role of Narinder Gurai, a terminally ill barmaid who escaped to Polnarren to live out her final days in peace. Those interested in the plot can look up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Beach_(soap)
@ Gita
ReplyDelete'Dressed to kill' means 'dressed in fancy or stylish clothes to impress someone'. This hyperbolic expression dates from the early 1800s where kill is used in the sense of "to a great or impressive degree."
Sometimes, dressed to the nines is also used which also means elaborately attired. The phrase 'to the nines' in the sense of "superlative" dates from the late 1700s and probably alludes to the fact that nine, the highest single-digit numeral, stands for "best."
Kilt is a short, pleated skirt, esp. a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands. It also refers to similar skirts worn by women, girls, and boys. Here the term
'dressed in a kilt' would be appropriate. But this would not fit in with given in with the clue today - 'In topping clothes'.
EROS was a toughie.Never heard of this golfer
ReplyDelete13 Dn No-brainer - (in Reno)* outside support (Bra) - for something requiring little thought.
ReplyDeleteIt means something that requires little mental effort or intelligence to perform or understand. The term is often applied to decisions which are straightforward or sometimes to people who appear to lack intelligence.
Its origin in the US is interesting. First used there in the 1950sin the sense 'requiring little mental effort' sense, the word appeared in 'The Berrys' cartoon, by Carl Grubert featured in the Long Beach Independent issue of December 1959.
The term was first used to mean 'easily made decision' in the Canadian newspaper The Lethbridge Herald, January 1968. It was in a report on an ice-hockey game: "He'd break in on a goalie and the netminder would make one of those saves that our manager-coach, Sid Abel, calls "a no-brainer."
The term was later used also for individuals apparently lacking intelligence. Tom Alibrandi in his 1979 novel Killshot pens this line: "I'll unanimously be voted the no-brainer-of-the-month award."
Source: www.phrases.org.uk
I agree totally with Suresh on 22 Dn. I have also not heard of Seve. This Spanish professionalgolfer, whose full name is Severiano "Seve" Ballesteros Sota, a former World No. 1, is mentioned as one of the sport's leading figures from the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s.
ReplyDeleteHowever, it was easy to solve from the clue 'love' and the 2nd and 4th letters r and s.
It was mentioned on this forum that the Sunday Crosswords appearing in The Hindu are taken from The Guardianthose where these had appeared earlier and are available on the net.
How much nicer would it be were The Hindu to assign one of our own Indian compilers like Gridman or Neyartha to set these puzzles!
Colonel's interest in golf must have helped him on the answer to 22D
ReplyDelete@Suresh,
ReplyDeleteYou are right about Seve I have come across his name many a time while watching Golf on TV
The last I played a round of golf at a tournament in Calcutta, I played to a handicap of 120 or so and the organisers at the award ceremony wanted to send my card to the BCCI since it was a near double century
ReplyDelete@Venkatesh - I know what 'kilt' means. The expression Dressed to Kilt has been used interchangeably with Dressed to Kill, and I was wondering about that. It turns out that Dressed to Kilt (Scots wear Kilts for special occasions now) might have been the root of Dressed to Kill. Dressed to the Hilt, Dressed to the Nines all mean the same idiomatically ...
ReplyDeleteMore on Dressed to Kill ..a Hilt is worn after dressing up completely just before you go out to battle. Dresses to the Hilt is when you you are all dressed up + the extra Hilt to Kill, so Dressed to Kill came out of that.
ReplyDeleteMr Suresh, Use of Calcutta may draw some ire from some local fanatics sir. We the previous generation people may not prefer the new names. I still use Madras instead of Chennai, Mount Road instead of Anna Salai
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