7 - Teach Mickey Mouse to be humble (8) - {CON}TRITE ? (Addendum - {CON}{TRITE} - See comments)
9 - Handkerchief for you is in the room of a flat to measure out (6) - {R{U}M}{A}{AL(-ft)*}
11 - Wife of Siva is on the mountain (9) - ANNAPURNA [DD]
12 - Roles played by the runner-up (5) - LOSER*
13 - Bully in Madrid even is a sissy (6) - {COW}{A}{R}{D}
14 - Bad sign (8) - NEGATIVE [DD]
17 - Warn the male cleaner (9) - {DETER}{GENT}
22 - Arrange to regularly cull a mule if necessary at last (8) - {C}{L}{ASS}{IF}{Y}
23 - Nothing in the secret writing (6) - CYPHER(~cipher)
25 - Establish the workshop (5) - PLANT [DD]
27 - They may be sung by lovers for their ladies! (9) - SERENADES [E]
28 - Heartlessly out not to be responsible for the beachcomber (6) - LOAFER (floater-t*) ?
29 - Old man, he is misguided in his own country (8) - HOMELAND*
DOWN
1 - To play off mark (7) - SCRATCH [CD]
2 - Strange nomadic leader is in United Kingdom immediately at noon (7) - {U{N}K}{NOW}{N}
3 - Way the boat is undecorated (5) - {ST}{ARK}
4 - Draw the bridge (4) - PULL [DD]
5 - Regularly Juliet follows the crazy acts in a close-fitting garment (7) - {CATS*}{U}{I}{T}
6 - Confused ruler has settled within the borders of Baghdad (7) - B{LURRE*}D
8 - Ones employed in news agencies (9) - REPORTERS [E]
10 - Make an attempt for the regular head veejay to be thrown away (4,1,2) - {H}{A}{V}{E} {A} {GO}
15 - Girl in Ohio at the end of the day can somehow finally cause some trouble (9) - {ANN}{O}{Y}{ANC*}{E}
16 - Blue head fairy has odd assets in the city (7) - {B}{ELF}{A}{S}{T}
18 - First start checking acupressure points under lateral areas of the shoulder blade (7) - {S}{C}{A}{P}{U}{L}{A}
19 - Scholar is an under-performer specifically in the Atlantic (7) - {BA}{HAM}{AS}
20 - Cheese first is cut in pieces for her dad (7) - {C}{HEDDAR*}
21 - Salvation Army is held in an offensive attack (7) - CRU{SA}DE
24 - Go over the chicks (5) - BROOD [DD]
26 - Young person is regularly there in Norway (4) - {T}{E}{E}{N}
HERE are a couple of photographs of Suresh and his family
Good Morning: Tried Mickey Mouse=Rat, but didnt fit it, so filled up as contrite. Also, not very ok with the heartless part of 28a
ReplyDeleteAlso, Con=study, but teach is a variant I am not aware of
ReplyDeleteGood morning everyone
ReplyDelete11A - This was an interesting one. Goddess Parvati, Lord Siva's wife, is 'the daughter of the mountain' ('Parvati' from 'Parvat' = moountain) and also 'Girija' (born of a mountain). It is a curious coincidence that Annapurna is a mountain in the Himalayan ranges.
Since the last letter was 'a' I was thinking in terms of a name ending with 'durga' which is also another name for Parvati. Good clue.
RUMAAL could not be conjured up because of two a's.
Liked HOMELAND,CLASSIFY, CATSUIT, BAHAMAS etc
Here's a big surprise.
ReplyDelete3 - Way the boat is undecorated (5)
There's "boat" in the clue. A 5 letter word. Answer is not "Prahu."
Nita, you can't be serious.
Colonel, Congrats on getting RUMAAL.
ReplyDeleteNJ has added a new dimension to Crosswords. Jumble the clues and match the numbers
ReplyDeleteThanks Suresh,
ReplyDeleteFor a change I managed to read NJ's mind!!!
7A Mickey Mouse is a slang for trivial or trite. How con means teach and not study I don't know
ReplyDeleteMickey Mouse: INFORMAL DISAPPROVING
ReplyDeletedescribes something such as an organization, machine or course of study that you think is not as good or serious as it should be. (Cambridge dict)
Thanks Suresh & Sandhya,
ReplyDeleteIs contrite a definition for humble? Being contrite is being remorseful, right?
ReplyDeleteYou are right Shyam.
ReplyDeleteIn 26d, is Norway unnecessary? ThErE iN, has teen regularly, without including Norway. But then the sentence would be incomplete and meaningless.
ReplyDeleteManaged to complete the crossword by making inspired guesses and trying to make sense of it later.
ReplyDelete"12 - Roles played by the runner-up (5) - LOSER"
ReplyDeleteRude and politically incorrect. Coming in second doesn't make one a "loser."
@Dan: Exactly my thoughts when I saw this clue in the morning.
ReplyDeleteCo-incidentally, today's Times crossword also has a clue for running-up.
Operation mounted, coming after 21 (7,2)
where the answer to 21 is WINNER.
@Dan & Shuchi: Arithmetically wrong if more than 2 players, politically wrong either way.
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