ACROSS
1 - A detailed study (8) - RESEARCH [CD]
5 - Island mostly has the whisky (4) - MALT
9 - Appropriate to run short of the gin cocktail (8) - BECOM{ING*} Anno pending
10 - A giant tropical grass (6) - BAMBOO [CD]
12 - Hold out till the end (4) - LAST [DD]
13 - Teenager is in trouble because of the French perfume (10) - {ADO}{LE}{SCENT}
15 - Duty to fix this kind of starch (9,5) - {OBEDIENCE} {PLANT}
21 - Brain training in the spiritual way (10) - MEDITATION [CD]
25 - Surround the girl caught in pain (6) - {TWIN{G}E}
26 - A document finally has a questionnaire for an editor to be certified (8) - {A}{T}{TEST}{ED}
27 - Direction of the rising sun (4) - EAST [E]
28 - Branch heads exchange three new male members (8) - {BR}{ETHRE*}{N}
DOWN
1 - Fighters again reside in the borders of Laos (6) - {RE}{BE}{L}{S}
2 - Dismisses the case briefly put up in Kansas (5) - {
3 - Assamese leader abandons the lamas wandering for donations (4) - ALMS
4 - Preserve the birdcages regularly for dog like mammals (7) - {CAN}{I}{D}{A}{E}
6 - Prominent feature of an ancestor appeals to another adult outside (5,5) - {A{DAM}S APPLE*}
8 - Need no time for the Lilliputian (5) - SHORT
11 - Anyhow clean out the new pickle (4) - ALEC
14 - Beneficial factors (10) - ADVANTAGES [E]
16 - Lineage as a result of a small offshoot (9) - BLOODLINE Anno pending
18 - Consumes some wheat sticks (4) - EATS [T]
19 - Bird and duck appearing in list (7) - {RO{O}STER}
21 - Comrades cheer the teams (5) - MATES* How is cheer and anagram indicator?
23 - A stringed instrument (5) - SITAR [E]
After a long gap someone has sent family photographs. Today we have GITA IYER and her family, a whole website full of them in fact. Follow the link against her name to go to her homepage and view the snaps.
Good morning
ReplyDeleteThe ones that eluded me: 11A, 13A, 15A, 17A and 6D.
17A - got only the second half - PRELUDE. A few were mere guesses. Same doubts about annos.
Today's choice - ADAM'S APPLE. Liked it. Just the other day Kishore had mentioned it, in response to my conundrum on apples eaten in the Garden of Eden.
Perhaps I could not get 13A because I took GNOME for 8A.
ReplyDeleteLiked the cartoon for 21A - the guy who is levitating. But isn't it 'transcendental'? Or was it intentionally spelt so for humour?
ReplyDeleteWith the usual 'inexplicables' at least finished the job by 8:30. Now can forget it for the rest of the day
ReplyDeleteDo you know why the forthcoming meeting of ours is called Sloggers and Bloggers?
ReplyDeleteSloggers are those who put in strenuous work to create puzzles.
Bloggers are those who write on them.
Sloggers are those who make such heavy work of the puzzles that they think of one word (SCARCELY) and write a repeat clue for another word which they disposed of only seconds ago (SHANGAIED).
Bloggers are those who put ??? against the clues.
And so on.
Hi CV, please look at the fag-end of yesterday's posts. Ref to yours 07:34 posted there today, did you miss mine @ 08:54?
ReplyDeleteRichard,
ReplyDeleteYou seem to be doing a lot of testing of embedded links in the old CW's. Just for your info if you want to embed a link this is the way to do it
(a href="Copy and paste the link between the quotation marks">Enter here the name you want displayed< instead of the ( and end it with > instead of ) if I had put in the < and the > the result would be as seen below
Enter here the name you want displayed
CV@9:01,
ReplyDeleteI thought as much, it was a copy paste gaffe by NJ, so obviously she is using a list of clues from which she just does a copy paste job with no application of mind
Richard
ReplyDeleteI did see your comment and I did understand it.
But honestly...I had to revisit it to see what the comment was.
While your answer sees the possibility of a remark based on the use of I, it makes Deepak an intelligent adult that he really is. S's repartee is an unforgettable one and makes Deepak once more an innocent, curious child. S's comeback is unforgettable.
No application of mind makes for a careless & uncaring setter (4, 5).
ReplyDeleteThanks CV @ 09:09
ReplyDeleteEver since you so graciously guided me on how to do it (through an email message), I have been following the same method. Only when in doubt I happened to try it out on old pages. I am amazed that you caught me. :)
Carefree, careless, uncaring (4,5)
ReplyDeleteGita @ 09:20
ReplyDeleteYour clue is a cakewalk. No prizes for guessing.
Btw, I visited your site after a long time. Tell me what, your home page shows all of you in shirts of identical design? Was there a dress code in force?;)
Gita @ 09:24
ReplyDeleteI would read the first adjective as 'callous'.
@Richard - ;-). Cheap clothes off a platform in Bali, Indonesia...
ReplyDeleteI apologize for the many broken links. I haven't updated the site since Jan. I used to diligently update on the 1st of every month but I don't seem to find the time anymore. Wait! - I have 30 minutes or so everyday that NJ is the setter!!! Yep - if NJ is setting Monday's puzzle, I'm updating my home page.
On some days, ~1.30 pm, sounds that come out of my mouth = $%^&*(& (4,5).
ReplyDelete@Richard - sure, callous. There's a whole slew of words I can use to describe her crossword setting skills, and I bet she wouldn't get most of them.
Deepak
ReplyDeleteTo err is human but when a setter offers a crossword for public consumption in a reputable paper they have to be pretty careful, revise copy not once but twice to ensure that it is free from blunders.
We have no doubt that the mistake is the setter's. And it is a mistake that put so many solvers in a tizzy.
Some clues in today's crossword too have iffiness about them. And even words that are amenable to good wordplay have been dismissed with E clues, for reasons that can be guessed.
Bloggers on UK crosswords do occasionally question the use of definitions, AInds, etc, etc, but it's not soooooooo bad!
Once a reputed setter visited the blog and explained how a certain mistake had happened: even before he did so I could guess it; I knew he had done the dictionary work but that he had mistaken an i for an l (you know when the font is sans-serif and in bold, there is a tendency for the ink from the dot above i to overflow with the letter appearing to be an l).
Am I right in thinking that solvers are ready to condone mistakes but not careless mistakes?
ReplyDelete@C 9:37 - Yes. Won't condone careless mistakes made by uncaring setters who won't ever improve.
ReplyDeleteCareless mistakes once in a bluemoon may be condoned but if done regularly, like NJ does at will, should be castigated
ReplyDeleteGita. Going back to yesterday's question. Do you know Hemant Parulkar, My accountant friend in Roseville and his wife Aswini
ReplyDeleteHas NJ ever tried solving New Indian Express crosswords? She should to learn what lovely, admirable, imaginative clues can be written!
ReplyDeleteAfter Subbu's great interpretation of the 21a comment, I saw another great one today in the subject line of a email from India Plaza: "Father's day is tomorrow. Gift your dad now !"
ReplyDeleteThe second sentence is also capable of great misinterpretation.
One more possible candidate:
Sloggers and Bloggers wants to recommend a certain candidate for dismemberment !
FIFA:A player’s nickname is mixed up code (4)
Apropos Col, Subbu and CV posts:
ReplyDelete"kahan se tu aaya aur kahan tujhe jana hai
khush hai wahee jo iss bat se begana hai"
(from Geet Gaata Chal O Saathi Gungunaata chal song from the movie Geet Gaata Chal (1975) starring Sachin Pilgaonkar in his first role as an adult)
The post @ 17:06 in Mandarin reads:
ReplyDeleteSadeRa-Chun iford0412 said ...
take a look at blog relax, work worn out ....<.........
Deepak, please delete the 17:06 post in Mandarin, since it is likely to lead to sites inappropriate for this blog or even a virus.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the nice words CV Sir, Kishore Sir and Richard Sir. Yet Deepak Sir didn't answer the question.
ReplyDeleteS @ 18:51 So many of us Knighted at a time!
ReplyDeleteLOL Richard.
ReplyDeleteRichard @ 20:40
ReplyDeleteBetter this than be benighted by NJ's clues.
Well said, CV.
ReplyDeleteKishore, I'm clueless!!! Tough ones today and yesterday...
ReplyDeleteMy FIFA clues for the day
The striker's approaching, we hear (5)
His french is quaint, perhaps (7)
He gets funny when an american's breathing at his back (7)
VJ:
ReplyDeleteThe coloured goalie is raw? (5) GREEN
A player’s nickname is mixed up code (4) DECO*
VJ 2 LA QUINTA
ReplyDeleteOh my, I knew it was an anagram (for code), but couldn't quite figure out the name. Well my SQ is pretty limited.
ReplyDeleteLA QUINTA's right. BTW, thanks for correnting me. I didn't know it was (2,5)
VJ: The Green one is a triple: Colour, Goalkeeper, raw
ReplyDeleteOops, there I go again. (2,6). I thought it was (8)
ReplyDeleteKishore, yea I noticed that. Wasn't quite familiar with the name and hence couldn't solve it.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first read the clue, I thought you were looking for a black/ African goalie. lol
VJ: You could not miss Green. He is the British goalkeeper who got into limelight for letting in a rolling ball. BTW, the Sun says this of the British team (paraphrasing Churchill): "Never in the field of World Cup conflict has so little been offered by so few to so many !
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