4 - Friendly advice to the gangster (8) - {INFORM}{AL}
8 - Want expensive cloth in the house (6) - {DEAR}{T}{H}
9 - Extra fitting (10) - ATTACHMENT [E]
10 - Busy in University, stop fighting for a second (2,2) - {U}{P TO(-s)*}
11 - Firstly some things outside will be put away (4) - {S}{T}{O}{W}
13 - Be rude at home to the talkative adults out today (6) - {IN}SULT(-ad)*}
15 - Sparkle on the tip of the gem is not a salient feature (7) - {G}{LISTEN(-a)*}
17 - Almost climb on an animal (4) - BOAR(-d)
19 - Democratic head has not lessened the use of the language (7) - ESSELEN(-d)*
21 - Go along with the notice to this place (6) - {AD}{HERE}
22 - It may be fixed on the wheel (4) - TYRE [CD]
25 - Check the regular case back mostly at noon (4) - {(-e)S(-a)C}{A}{N}
26 - Small animal in the stove (10) - SALAMANDER [DD]
27 - Rebuilt a lodge having existed for a very long time (3,3) - AGE OLD*
28 - Unnecessary pin is in the steamship (8) - {NEEDLE}{SS}DOWN
1 - Stench in the river, overheard (5) - ODOUR(~oder)
2 - One may tip this service worker (6) - WAITER
3 - Sing in the church aisle in front from a part of the Bible (5) - {CH}{A}{NT}
4 - Small daughter will not sit down to cook by your side (2,3) - IN TOW(-s-d)*
5 - Set an item at home for an outsider initially (7) - {FACT}{I{O}N}
6 - Excuse the soldiers in an operation (9) - {RE}{MISSION}
7 - Cancellation intended after the yearly leave of an adult (9) - {ANNU(-a)L}{MENT}(~meant) No indicator for the homophone though, unless NJ feels meant is spelt as ment!!
12 - Watering-hole in the sanctuary (5) - OASIS [E]
14 - Catch the man in the morning at the far side of the table for Chinese Checkers (5,4) - {BOARD} {G}{AM}{E}
15 - First to get a dry area to dig outside the sign on the burial site (9) - {G}{RA{V}EYARD*}
16 - All always start yelling (5) - {EVER}{Y}
19 - Cheer the Spanish lady in time at the departure terminal (7) - {EL}{EVA}{T}{E}
20 - Fix the newsreader (6) - ANCHOR [DD]
22 - They may be high or low during the day! (5) - TIDES [CD]
23 - Agricultural farmer finally is in an old city of Albania (5) - {R}{UR}{AL}
24 - Nasty attack when Democratic head is in place of the President (5) - SNI(-p+d)DE
Good morning all.
ReplyDeleteExcept the following two, could solve all, though after breaking the head over a few.
18A - Very well absorbed popular sound (4) - O{IN}K
Could not guess this one. Very cleverly set.
19A - Democratic head has not lessened the use of the language (7) - ESSELEN(-d)*
Maybe a Google search would have helped.
A bit of 'grammar policing':
4A - Friendly advice to the gangster (8) - {INFORM}{AL}
INFORM is a verb, so the verb form 'advise' should have been suitably used.
27A - It should have been (5-5), as AGE-OLD has a hyphen in between.
7D - Cancellation intended after the yearly leave of an adult (9) - {ANNU(-a)L}{MENT}(~meant) No indicator for the homophone though, unless NJ feels 'meant' is spelt as 'ment'!
ReplyDeleteThis was a real irritant because of the incorrect clue.
Wrote 4D as ON TOW and could not find 4A as a result. The tendency to look for complicated answers in NJ's Crosswords makes me miss the easy and obvious
ReplyDeleteCorrection:
ReplyDeletePlease read the last sentence of my first post as "27A - It should have been (3-3), as AGE-OLD has a hyphen in between."
Thanks
I think 6D 'Excuse' 'Remission' - not a good clue, from a grammar(verb, noun), as well as, a meaning perspective
ReplyDeleteGiridhar, as nouns, though "excuse" and "remission" are synonymous, "excuse" that appears in the clue is a verb. So is it a non-standard clue? I'm asking this 'cause I'm not familiar with the standards.
ReplyDeleteNo point in splitting hairs over grammar with NJ's clues
ReplyDeleteI missed out on Al Capone. I liked the BOAR followed by Oink!
ReplyDelete@Dan. Excuse and remission being synonymous as nouns, the clue is okay.
ReplyDelete10A - Busy in University, stop fighting for a second (2,2) - {U}{P TO(-s)*}
ReplyDeleteWhen so much of liberty is taken in grammatical matters, it was a refreshing surprise to find UP TO spelt accurately as two separate words.
In these days of SMSese and journalese, writing UPTO is commonly encountered. Other similar errors are 'inspite' instead of 'in spite', 'infact' instead of 'in fact' and 'percent' instead of 'per cent'.
@Richard,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info, I was aware of 'in spite' and 'in fact' but never realised that it is 'PER CENT' and not 'PERCENT', I have always been writing percent. However PERCENTAGE and PERCENTILE are correct forms.
Regarding 'UP TO' I have also been a culprit on many occasion.
However at a number of places on the web it is written as PERCENT so it appears that both are acceptable nowadays
ReplyDelete@ Deepak, I remembered what had happened in the office where I worked as an editor.
ReplyDeleteI was insistent on our style-guide which stipulated the way of writing and spelling words. The point on 'UP TO' got so etched the new recruits' minds that they started spelling INTO as IN TO, e.g. 'They entered in to agreement' and 'he barged in to the room'. :)
OED gives 'percent' as US and 'per cent' as UK. So like Hinglish Americanese is also acceptable.
ReplyDeleteHi all,
ReplyDeleteThis is for all those who follow my blog. From tomorrow I shall start sharing family photographs of those who follow my blog and are interested in sharing their family photographs. The photographs will also be retained at a separate blog, name of which is 'THCC Families' and the link to which is shown in shown under 'Links' on the left hand side panel.
For a start I will be posting the photograph of my family tomorrow.
Those interested can send me the photos at my e-mail ID deepakgita@gmail.com and I will put it in the THCC Families blog, a link to the same will be posted along with the main post of the day's CW on the day after I receive it.
In case you are single you can send one of yourself or one with your parents, the choice is yours.
This way we get to see each other rather than just being names without faces.
Once we run out of family photographs you could send other interesting photographs about you and your family which you would like to share with others for example photo's while on holiday or some important event involving you, etc.
So go ahead and start sending in the photographs
Great idea Colonel. Will send you in a day or two
ReplyDeleteSure, will send in few pics.
ReplyDelete@ Col: Great idea. Apart from sharing our interest in crosswords, from the email id given by you, it appears we share something else. My wife's name too is Gita and spelt as such...
ReplyDelete1d Odour also appears in todays ET4299 as 17a "Nothing to do with the old place causing a smell"
ReplyDelete@Rich: Your IN TO reminds me of the time when my son was learning the alphabet. He was not getting the sounds right for "arrow" and was pronouncing it 'yarrow'. Similarly 'yapple' and so on. It took nearly half an hour of vocalising with him to get it right. We carried on with other letters till he surprised me with Y for 'acht'...
ReplyDeleteHey All, What's with the Mandarin here ?
ReplyDelete19A was weird. Today I felt nostalgic for the 80's when they used to have words like 'gadi', 'anicut', 'tapal' etc as staple fillers. We hated them then.
ReplyDeletein to, up to are somewhat bearable when compared to where ever and when ever - people use them
ReplyDeleteRe 6D Excuse:
ReplyDeletePerhaps this is nitpicking, but excuse as a verb and remit (verb) may be synonyms, but not excuse as a noun and remission.
Also up to - busy, stretching a bit?
20 D Anchor was a good clue as was 18 A Oink
For the record, I am a beginner.
Re the post above:
ReplyDeletebut then as the Colonel says in his post earlier - "No point..."