ACROSS
1 - Paired set of condiments found on the dining table (4,3,6) - SALT AND PEPPER [CD]
8 - Favourite tree fruit (4,5) - {LOVE} {APPLE}
10 - Real society incorporated will start off at this place (7) - {S}{INC}{(
12 - Doll set outside very quietly on the last table (6) - {PU{PP}{E}T}
14 - Conscious of a weak character (5) - {A}{WAKE*}
16 - Feels sorry for most of us behind the French street (4) - {RUE}{(
19 - Principal dome (4) - ARCH [DD}
20 - Finally come in if I chant loudly for the clan leader (9) - {CHI{E}FTAIN*}
21 - Group of musicians will train out one head officer (4) - {TRI(-an)*}{O} ?
22 - City in Czechoslovakia? (4) - OSLO [T]
25 - Colour of the flower (5) - LILAC [DD]
29 - Quality of the fabric (7) - TEXTURE [E]
32 - Attack a freedom fighter shortly (5) - SNIPE(
33 - Take advantage of an expert on hand (9) - {AVAIL}{ABLE}
34 - Father has undue influence over the harvestmen (5,8) - {DADDY} {LONGLEGS} Anno for longlegs pending
2 - Pay the deposit (7) - ADVANCE [DD]
3 - Cut off the plant to tantalise (5) - TEASE(-l)
4 - Return the ballpoint he first wrote with to his sister's son (6) - {NEP<-}{HE}{W}
5 - Look at the summit, overheard (4) - PEEK(~peak)
6 - First pillage of the gangster's gold is in the group of islands (5) - {P}{AL}{AU} First time I am hearing of these islands !!
8 - Kind of surgery that may be used to correct eyesight (5) - LASER [CD]
11 - Expressed the fundamental part of the seed (7) - RADICLE(~radical)
13 - Music box for the Portuguese leader is set in a casino finally (5) - {P}{IAN*}{O}
15 - It is disgusting to change the law guarding future leaders (5) - {AW{FU}L*}
18 - Hundreds hit the jackpot (5) - SCORE [DD] Answer should have been SCORES !
23 - Supreme Court has a doubt about the pouch of a dishonest person (7) - {SC}{UM}{BAG}
24 - Drop of oil is perfect to trim the first eight overweight people (5) - {O}{BES(
26 - Get a teetotal adult at home (6) - {A}{TT}{A}{IN}
28 - Cute designer top from the fabric (5) - {TWEE}{D} ?
30 - Solvent on the edges mix only oil to gel (5) - {X}{Y}{L}{O}{L}
31 - Not make it to the show when left in place of right (4) - FAI(-r+l)L
Hi
ReplyDelete21A TRIO is fine. TRAIN - AN(ONE)+O (head officer)=TRIO (musical group)
Others, still undecided...
Good morning folks:
ReplyDelete15D - It is disgusting to change the law guarding future leaders (5) - {AW{FU}L*}
The above one exactly describes some of the clues today. Could not get a few of the right-hand side bottom corner.
1A - Paired set of condiments found on the dining table (4,3,6) - SALT AND PEPPER [CD] - It was intended to be a nice clue, but can salt be called a condiment? I am not sure.
9A - Hand over the French notice (5) - {LE}{ADS} ? - Singular-plural mix-up.
22A - City in Czechoslovakia? (4) - OSLO [T] - Clever one, for a change.
6D - First pillage of the gangster's gold is in the group of islands (5) - {P}{AL}{AU} - A Google find for me. The sound of it (Palav) was appetizing.
18D - Hundreds hit the jackpot (5) - SCORE [DD] - 'Score' equals 20. A hundred is five-score. 'Scores' is multiples of 20 and definitely lower in value than 'hundreds'' Looks like our English was getting spoilt by solving such clues all this time, but now our arithmetic is also running the risk of getting ruined.
daddy longlegs:
ReplyDeletedaddy-father
undue-long
influence-legs (staying power)
Is today's puzzle a Pangram, excepting for 'Z'?
ReplyDeleteExcept for a few erroneous ones, a nice puzzle overall. Could get it done with without much trouble.
ReplyDelete23D was real funny.
Really liked 10A, 19A, 21A, 22A, 33A, 34A, 5D, 6D, 11D, 12D, 15D, 23D, 26D, 30D and 31D
Sorry, missed this one.
ReplyDelete17D - He may not be the classy sort of person! (9) - UNREFINED [CD]
'Such a person may not be deemed classy' may have been more correct.
18D: SCORES cannot be the answer because it would not fit with the latter part of the clue i.e. "hit the jackpot" The clue would then have to be "Hundreds hits the jackpot" which is grammatically incorrect.
ReplyDelete34 A - Quite a stretch getting to the answer from the clue
ReplyDelete21 A - Group of musicians - Trio? Obscure German band.
ReplyDeleteGiridhar, Trio: Band of 3 musicians. Example: Greenday.
ReplyDeleteWhat I meant to say was there was a German band by the name Trio.
ReplyDeleteHowever I don't know whether this is what the setter meant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trio_(band)
I don't think so. It's too obscure.
ReplyDelete9 A Leads - here again the clue leads to a solution which does not match the definition
ReplyDelete16 A , I thought was a good clue.
ReplyDeleteDeepak, Is today a record in terms of time taken (for THC, that is)?
When a group of musicians or a band has only three members they are known as a 'Trio'
ReplyDelete@Giridhar,
ReplyDeleteNo there have been days when I have not been able to complete a NJ CW!
@VJ,
ReplyDeleteWhat I meant is that 'hundreds' can only lead to 'scores'. Hit the jackpot can lead to 'score'
@ Deepak, I agree. Either way, double definition does not fit.
ReplyDeleteThe clue for OSLO may be clever but it has appeared before in THC, THC(Sun) [i.e., Everyman) and NIE and perhaps elsewhere too.
ReplyDeleteGreat minds thinking alike are likely to produce the clue.
Many clues here have problems; some have been noticed and some not.
I was just about to write on OSLO when CV Sir beat me to it.
ReplyDeleteIt's an old chestnut. Many crossword guides online use it as example for the hidden clue type.
22A is clearly outdated as Czechoslovakia is long gone
ReplyDelete32 AC: A sniper is not a freedom fighter.
ReplyDeleteA sniper is a marksman who shoots from a hidden position - that's my understanding. Here's the dictionary.com definition:
snip·er (snī'pər)
n.
A skilled military shooter detailed to spot and pick off enemy soldiers from a concealed place.
One who shoots at other people from a concealed place.
@ ALL
ReplyDeleteLong time listener-first time caller: I was thinking, just some ramblings ....
9A: Isn't 'hand over' singular? Hows the ans 'LEADS'?
14A: I felt 'AWARE' is more befitting than 'AWAKE' for a synonym of 'CONSCIOUS'. Aint it?
(http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=conscious&gwp=13)
29A: 'Texture' refers to type of print or the feel one gets of a fabric - I may be wrong but how does this show quality?