ACROSS
1 - Please CO, surprisingly, serving up a thin slice of meat (8) – ESCALOPE*
5 - Cartoonist, first to satirise my article (6) - {S}{MY}{THE}
9 - Bond girl, a gem (9) – SOLITAIRE [DD]
11 - Leaves female dropped in stews (5) – (f)OLIOS
12 - Complete dive, reportedly (5) – WHOLE(~hole)
13 - What a horse may have on coat so rain disperses (9) – {CAP}{ARISON*}
14 - Ephemeral insect - it may seen on the ground in summer (3-3,7) – {ONE-DAY} {CRICKET} Nice clue
18 - Tornado destroyed British livestock farm completely(4,3,6) – {ROOT AND*} {B}{RANCH}
19 - Reformed rascal met wise guy (5,4) – SMART ALEC*
20 - Right old racket made by French sculptor (5) – {R}{O}{DIN}
22 - Indian leader Ben-Hur beheaded cruelly (5) – (b)NEHRU*
23 - Tough line taken by hospital department (9) – {STRING}{ENT}
24 - Out-and-out tirade by a leader in Reichstag (6) – {A}{R}{RANT}
25 - A nob meeting a head of state too (2,4,2) – {A} {S WELL} {A}{S}
DOWN
1 - John's leaving a London location after eastern film star (8) – {E}{ASTWOOD} Anno not clear
2 - Lloyd Webber's instrument found in small room by orchestra's leader (5) – {CELL}{O}
3 - Loose-limbed Latin male gets under it (5) – {L}{IT}{HE}
4 - American musician caught heading for historical French city with a royal(6,7) – {PRINCE} {C}{H}{ARLES}
6 - Book a sail (9) – MOONRAKER [DD]
7 - Attempts to outwit Italian in NI store, foolishly (5,2,2) – TRIES {IT} ON*
8 - Sense changes in a city in the Ruhr valley (5) – ESSEN*
10 - Coppers stride out displaying camaraderie (6,2,5) – ESPRIT DE CORPS*
15 - One who talks incessantly, here with Arabs, possibly (9) – EARBASHER*
16 - A complete change of policy concerning revolution (5-4) – {ABOUT}-{TURN}
17 - Medical complaint? Hint - iris affected (8) – RHINITIS*
19 - A children's favourite may be followed by Barbara and Monica et al (5) – SANTA I wonder if he is related to our infamous Santa Singh of the sardar jokes ;-)
20 - Fume about name of line (5) – RA{N}GE
21 - Live with wife in valley (5) – D{W}ELL
HERE are some snaps of tpa (TP Anantheswaran) and his family
1 - Please CO, surprisingly, serving up a thin slice of meat (8) – ESCALOPE*
5 - Cartoonist, first to satirise my article (6) - {S}{MY}{THE}
9 - Bond girl, a gem (9) – SOLITAIRE [DD]
12 - Complete dive, reportedly (5) – WHOLE(~hole)
13 - What a horse may have on coat so rain disperses (9) – {CAP}{ARISON*}
18 - Tornado destroyed British livestock farm completely(4,3,6) – {ROOT AND*} {B}{RANCH}
19 - Reformed rascal met wise guy (5,4) – SMART ALEC*
20 - Right old racket made by French sculptor (5) – {R}{O}{DIN}
22 - Indian leader Ben-Hur beheaded cruelly (5) – (
23 - Tough line taken by hospital department (9) – {STRING}{ENT}
24 - Out-and-out tirade by a leader in Reichstag (6) – {A}{R}{RANT}
25 - A nob meeting a head of state too (2,4,2) – {A} {S WELL} {A}{S}
DOWN
1 - John's leaving a London location after eastern film star (8) – {E}{ASTWOOD} Anno not clear
2 - Lloyd Webber's instrument found in small room by orchestra's leader (5) – {CELL}{O}
4 - American musician caught heading for historical French city with a royal(6,7) – {PRINCE} {C}{H}{ARLES}
6 - Book a sail (9) – MOONRAKER [DD]
8 - Sense changes in a city in the Ruhr valley (5) – ESSEN*
10 - Coppers stride out displaying camaraderie (6,2,5) – ESPRIT DE CORPS*
15 - One who talks incessantly, here with Arabs, possibly (9) – EARBASHER*
16 - A complete change of policy concerning revolution (5-4) – {ABOUT}-{TURN}
17 - Medical complaint? Hint - iris affected (8) – RHINITIS*
19 - A children's favourite may be followed by Barbara and Monica et al (5) – SANTA I wonder if he is related to our infamous Santa Singh of the sardar jokes ;-)
20 - Fume about name of line (5) – RA{N}GE
21 - Live with wife in valley (5) – D{W}ELL
HERE are some snaps of tpa (TP Anantheswaran) and his family
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ReplyDeleteThough not set by our set set of setters, two clues on the army theme 10d Esprit de corps and 16d About turn, funniest was 19d Santa, best was 14a One Day Cricket ( with a double meaning on ground); though Smythe, the WW2 cartoonist had to be Googled, 1a Eastwood turned up after the mention of Spaghetti westerns, a good homophone in 12a Whole, it was a change to see an Indian leader in 22a for whom two cups of tea would be a good clue.
1a: Clint Eastwood, film star. Eastern=E+a+London location St Jonhs Wood- Johns (leaving)
ReplyDelete@ Col: Re19d: Both are bearded wonders
ReplyDeleteAlso 2 ref.s to Bond movies, 9a Solitaire and 6d Moonraker
ReplyDeleteEveryone seems to be in Sunday mood. I just got back from a golfing out, fared better than on earlier occasions :-)
ReplyDeleteYes Deepak. Nobody wants to work on a Sunday
ReplyDeleteAll quiet on the western front ! Suresh, this aint work, if it was yu would ask your juniors to do it ;-)
ReplyDeleteIn Hotels only on Sundays (ok on Saturdays too) special items are usually made available. Here at the comments sections, it seems, specials are available only on week days! Nothing special today.
ReplyDelete@ Col: You seem to be a avid follower of the Tiger's footsteps, chasing all those birdies ;-)
ReplyDelete@ subbu: A special at your request:(Continuing the Indian defence forces):
ReplyDeleteField Marshall Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw,MC
During World War II, Manekshaw saw action in the Burma campaign on Sittang River as a Captain with the 4/12 Frontier Force Regiment.
Manekshaw was leading a counter-offensive against the invading Japanese Army in Burma. During the course of the offensive he was hit by a burst of LMG bullets and was severely wounded in the stomach.
Major General D T Cowan spotted Manekshaw holding on to life and was aware of his valour in face of stiff resistance from the Japanese.
Fearing the worst, Major General Cowan quickly pinned his own Military Cross ribbon on to Manekshaw saying, "A dead person cannot be awarded a Military Cross." But luck was on the young Captain's side and he survived to be one of India's most popular Army Chiefs.
Flamboyant by nature, Manekshaw always had his way with people, including his seniors and even the country's Head of Government.
Just before the Bangladesh operations in December 1971, the then prime minister Indira Gandhi asked Manekshaw ,who was the Army Chief then, "General are you ready" (for the war). Pat came the reply from the dapper officer, "I am always ready sweetie."