ACROSS
1 - Scruffy Frenchman in derelict surroundings (7) - UNKE{M}PT
5 - One may cough up this thing (6) - PHLEGM [E]
10 - It can be self-addressed and sealed (8) - ENVELOPE [CD]
11 - Head priest had to turn back the screen (6) - {P}UR{DAH<-} Where did UR come from (Addendum - {P{U}R}{DAH<-} - Thanks to Kishore)13 - Undoubtedly there is a small ancient city in the East (4) - {S}{UR}{E}
14 - Speed up the car mostly in reverse to have fun out on the beach front (10) - {
16 - Generally the leader is in to grade the sharpness of the knife (6) - DA{G}GER*
18 - Even swan in the river is stuck in severe rainfall (8) - {DO{W}{N}{PO}UR} 21 - Language in the tea state is first spoken in with ease (8) - {ASSAM}{E{S}E}
25 - Work with the curator for an accountant (10) - {BOOK}{KEEPER}
27 - Refuse the breakfast cereal (4) - BRAN [DD]
30 - I notice the tailless hooter in the wet land (6) - {ME}{AD}{OW
31 - Device in gyms ultimately is for the instructor (8) - {S}{TRAINER}
32 - Call for the French darner (6) - {NEED}{LE}
33 - Particular Monsieur indeed (7) - DE{SIR}ED
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2 - Certainly not even once the priest turns up (5) - {N}{E}{VER<-}
3 - They are slippery at the tip off the stilettoes (4) - 4 - Father will see the end of the dynasty of government in the Roman Catholic Church (6) - {PAPA}{C}{Y}
6 - Target a theatre (5) - HOUSE [DD]
7 - A duo never tries to do hard work (9) - ENDEAVOUR*
8 - He smears most of the masala on the fish (7) - MAHSEER
9 - Tansen's education derived by pure instinct (6) - SENSED [T]
12 - Wild lemon fruit (5) - MELON*
15 - Foreigner deletes one virus (4) - GERM
19 - Small cut in the round cake is odd (4) - {NI<-}{C}{K}
20 - At the same time our man finally receives the cricket trophy (5) - {AS}{HE}{S}
21 - White disc in French (7) - ALBUMEN [CD]
23 - Overlook one dangerous goon leaving Ohio again (6) - {I}{GNO
24 - Chemical element has spirit overheard (6) - METTLE (~metal) This should have been 'Spirit has chemical element overheard'
26 - Heartlessly Ken is in the college on the hill (5) - {K
28 - Parameters of the grassland (5) - RANGE [DD]
29 - Leaders delighted after having Indian curd (4) - {D{A}{H}{I}
GRID
Hi
ReplyDeleteOnce Burqa and now purdah. France wouldn’t approve! Phlegm reminded of Achmed.
11a head priest=PR+turn=U,HAD
Missed on 17d, same doubt on 26d
Off for a week. Leave you with a delightful clue from Jeffrey Archer’s ‘Shall we tell the President’:
Gathering of those in favour of buccaneering (10)
Good morning folks:
ReplyDelete1A - nice clue.
14A - brought a smile.
21A - Poor clue, made me recall the BENGAL-BENGALI discussion here.
33A - Can Monsieur ( = 'Mister' in French) be equivalent of SIR? Poetic licence...
8D - a cute clue.
12D - Liked this.
17D - GASCONADE - this flashed at once, having used it in a humour piece recently after a Google search. The intention was to play a pun with GAS.
26A - Same doubt about OLL from college.
22A - OCTROI
ReplyDeleteDeepak, you may have recalled the forced stopovers we used to have at city entrances ('octroi gates').
30A wet land is actually a wet meadow
ReplyDeletePuzzling over whether (I mean 'weather'?) this is English/American/Indian, and trying out possible misspellings is not my idea of a fun puzzle.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to Monday!
NB (yeah, throw in French as well)- From a recent English Whirled Wide video clip: We should all lurn to right like that, shouldn't I?
I just didn't get 6 DN. target = house = theatre? Can someone throw some light?
ReplyDelete@ LNS - It's all guesswork or imagination being stretched. Target of a movie exhibitor or theatre person is a (full) HOUSE. ;-)
ReplyDeleteLNS,
ReplyDelete6D: I think it's to do with curling (the sport). The target there is called "house."
LNS @ 9:04,
ReplyDeleteI only know that if the House threw Light it would be classified a lighthouse ;-)
Richard, VJ and COL: So I wasn't the only one.
ReplyDeleteIt's the 'muddy old hat' syndrome in action.
ReplyDeletelol yea, the "muddy old hat" thingy still remains a mystery.
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