1 - Generous daily help, albeit disorganised (10) - {CHAR}{ITABLE*}
6 - The French in advertisement are in forefront (4) - {LE}{AD}
9 - Security is lifted in the store (7) - DEPO{SI<-}T )
10 - Possibly able to lead in luminous intensity (7) - {CAN}{DELA*}
12 - Ornamental arrangement of flower beds (8) - PARTERRE [CD] New word for me had to google search it (Addendum - Typo fixed- see comments)
13 - Turn rapidly (5) - WHIRL [E]
15 - Correct with a view to improve (5) - AMEND [CD]
17 - An old scientist claims the work (9) - ALCHEMIST*
19 - Somehow con hunter with a broken spear (9) - TRUNCHEON* How can a Truncheon be called a broken spear?
21 - Ecuador currency named after Antonio Jose (5) - SUCRE [CD]
23 - Nothing to give mother a laugh on a D-day beach (5) - {O}{MA}{HA}
24 - Gasp as he breaks through in the game (8) - P{HE}{AS}ANT
27 - Most unproductive to have pasture leading to gun emplacement (7) - {LEA}{NEST}
28 - Fiend driving vehicle back into dual crash (7) - D{RAC<-}ULA* )
29 - Stags retreat from a plant (4) - REED <- )
30 - Revolutionary arch-saints in the making (10) - ANARCHISTS*
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1 - Poke fun at English with a system of signals! (4) - {COD}{E}
2 - Satisfy with a couple of coins to achieve peace and quiet (7) - {A}{PP}{EASE}
3 - Loose sheet inserted between magazine pages (5) - INSET [CD]
4 - Every second bird in a new tale (9) - {A}L{TERN}ATE*
5 - Cruel to gain riches? (5) - LUCRE*
7 - Retired professors perhaps deserve to be included by heartless old priest (7) - {E{MERIT}(-l)I}
8 - Something that's passed over for you to read? (4,6) - DEAD LETTER [CD]
11 - Young head, that has novelty (7) - {NEW}{NESS}
14 - He's quick to take over (4,6) - FAST BOWLER [CD]
16 - Notes what girl does at Customs (7) - {D}{E}{CLARE} Declare appears again from yesterday
18 - Study an offer made by a competitor (9) - {CON}{TENDER}
20 - Somehow warn UAE, they may be caught off guard (7) - UNAWARE*
22 - Agrees to carefully study scoundrels (7) - {CON}{CURS}
24 - Pat given a quarter back for a metal disc (5) - PAT{EN<-} )
25 - A forceful shot (5) - SMASH [E]
26 - They grow from little acorns (4) - OAKS [E]
GRID
Hi everybody
ReplyDeleteSome nice clues and cute anagrams.
Really liked ALCHEMIST, TRUNCHEON, PHEASANT, DRACULA and a few others.
11D - nice play with 'head' and 'ness'.
14D - FAST BOWLER - quite an intelligent one.
26D - Nice reference to the old saying, 'Great oaks grow from little acorns'.
However, my grouses:
15A - Phrases like 'with a view to', 'looking forward to' etc. should always be followed by a noun or noun clause.
'With a view to improvement / improving' is grammatically correct. Similarly, the oft-used 'looking forward to see you' is wrong, while 'to seeing you' is correct.
30A - The clue 'revolutionary' is singular, while ANARCHISTS is plural. But maybe the setter can justify it with the plural in 'arch-saints'.
Richard
@COL
ReplyDelete12 Ac should be PARTERRE and not PATTERRE
A parterre is a formal garden construction on a level surface consisting of planting beds, edged in stone or tightly clipped hedging, and gravel paths arranged to form a pleasing, usually symmetrical pattern.
12 Ac: This should be classified as E and not CD as it is a straight definition (easy type clue)
ReplyDeletetruncheon is a broken spear or lance. This is the dictionary meaning.
ReplyDeleteThanks Venkatesh,
ReplyDeleteThat was a typo from my side
The answer to 23A really confused me ... I was like, "what's going on here, Omaha and beach?" Then realized it had nothing to do with Omaha, NE. Had never heard of Omaha beach before. Link helped!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I got a question.
How is Coin = P??
Can u pls explain 1A someone how is daily help CHAR??
ReplyDelete@Dan
ReplyDeleteP = Pence
@Vikram
CHAR is short for CHARWOMAN, ie a woman employed as a cleaner, such women are also known as daily help
Vikram, hope this helps.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/charwoman
charwoman = char = A woman hired to do cleaning or similar work, usually in a large building.
I had no clue either. Had to google to figure out the definition.
CHAR appears quite frequently in CW's
ReplyDelete@ Bangalore-based THC fans:
ReplyDeleteIt was so nice to know from some recent posts that THC solvers from Chennai are serious about getting together very soon.
I have plans to be in Bangalore sometime between March 24 and 28. It will be my privilege to meet Colonel Gopinath again.
Besides, I will be more than happy to meet other solvers in and around Bangalore at a common place.
Suggestions if any by email to RICHLAS (AT) GMAIL (DOT) COM - all in lower case, without spaces, please.
Richard
HAPPY UGADI AND GUDI PADWA TO ALL READERS
ReplyDeleteThanks Col Gopinath that was real helpful and is
ReplyDeleteStudy = CON always??
Thanks again Dan
ReplyDeleteHi Col,
ReplyDeleteCan u explain 16D...especially {D} & {E}. Does it refer to musical notes? or does it refer to dollar & euro? or is there something i am missing?
@Vikram,
ReplyDeleteNot always, sometimes CON can mean crook also. You could also have DEN for study.
@tpa
D & E are musical notes the other notes being A, B, C, F & G
29 a singular stag should have been used instead of plural, in my opinion
ReplyDelete29A - The plural of 'deer' is 'deer' and not 'deers'. So STAGS = DEER is perfectly in order.
ReplyDeleteRichard
26d.The clue would have been better if the answer was 'mighty oaks'
ReplyDeleteHi friends,
ReplyDeleteI have a very interesting information about OMAHA.(Ref.Longest Day by Lt.General cornelius Ryan.)The Allied Forces had planned attack in 8 places on 6th of July 1944. A week or so, prior to the operation, a crossword puzzle by a crazy professor appeared inThe Daily telegraph, wherein, 8 answers were the 8 codewords for the attack planned by the Allied forces!!The Secret Service was shocked.GeneralEisenhower cammanded an enquiry.Omaha is one beachhead in Nrmandy, where Gl.Bradly's men suffered murderous opposition resulting in huge casualities.
mrs. Narayanan
hi friends,
ReplyDeleteA correcton .Cornelius Ryan was an Irish -American journalist; not an Army man.
Error regretted.