ACROSS
1 - Fresh eggs a change from fruit? (10) - {GREEN}{G{A}GES*}
6 - Temporary quarters Bill arranged for congressman (4) - {CA*}{MP}
9 - A large aquatic American animal (7) - MUSKRAT [E] is semi-aquatic and not aquatic
10 - Same as remainder (7) - RESIDUE [CD]
12 - Said again and again (8) - REPEATED [E]
13 - Disturbed Ian goes to quarter to meet her (5) - {A{N}NI*}{E}
15 - Gold given to holy man to enact short religious dramas (5) - {AU}{TO}{S}
17 - Mark ingested a peculiar mixture (9) - DESIGNATE*
19 - Militant strike leader? (9) - AGGRESSOR [CD]
23 - Clumsy and unsuitable (5) - INEPT [E]
24 - Start or finish for the scholastic session in United States (8) - {TERM}{IN}{US}
27 - Old boy's seen and heard to be blue (7) - {OB}{SCENE}(~seen)
28 - Dust particles reduced from timber (7) - SAWDUST [E]
29 - A fizzy drink (4) - SODA [E]
30 - Stuffing not replaced on bear (10) - {PADDING}{TON} Eerie again this clue was there verbatim in yesterday's TELEGRAPH CW!!
DOWN
1 - A contest for recreation (4) - GAME [DD]
2 - I see a new way, simplest of all (7) - {EASIE*}{ST}
3 - When you're better off she goes (5) - NURSE Is that so ?
4 - Struck by posers? (9) - ATTITUDES [CD]
7 - Dead and decomposed into extra matter (7) - ADDENDA*
8 - Choice testimonial given to Penny (10) - {P{REFER}ENCE}
11 - Rock ‘n' roll (7) - STAGGER [CD]
14 - Dreadful result of having a claim redirected to us (10) - {CALAMI*}{TO}{US}
16 - Odd respect for emblem of authority (7) - SCEPTRE*
20 - Fancied one at the party, we hear (7) - GUESSED (~guest)
22 - No end of a fight but gets calm when one leaves flowers (7) - {BOUt}{QUiET}
24 - Greek character from the Territorial Army (5) - {THE}{TA}
25 - He made a win for the King (5) - {I}{R}{WIN} Awful!!
26 - A light gun for ten dollars (4) - {S}{TEN}
Hi all
ReplyDeleteCouldn't get 1A, 15A and 21A. Not sure of a couple of annos. Yet to go through the comments from the boss.
28A and 25D - The clues could have been formed slightly differently.
Never thought I'd say this, but there is now a race for the most cavalier setter in THC.
ReplyDeleteBhavan,
ReplyDeleteNJ is far ahead in the race, Manna at least has some flashes of brilliance unlike NJ where there is absolute darkness all around.
@ Col: You took the words out of my keyboard for 30a! Loved your illustration for 19a. You should watch 'Achmed, the Dead Terrorist' if you have not already done so.
ReplyDeleteAchmed
There are many other episodes on You Tube.
@ Col: 838:
ReplyDeleteTamaso maan jyotirgamaya as echoed in The Prayer of St. Francis:
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon:
where there is doubt, faith ;
where there is despair, hope
where there is darkness, light
where there is sadness, joy
O divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Special reference is invited in above to: 'to be understood, as to understand'. Very relevant in this context. Hope people who matter are listening. Hope, it does not amount to 'people hearing without listening' as the words of 'Sounds of Silence' of Simon and Garfunkel go.
ReplyDeleteOr even Newman's :Lead, kindly Light, amid th'encircling gloom,
ReplyDeletelead thou me on!
Re: 26d STEN: It shares the surname EN with the BREN, ST standing for the names of the inventors and BR standing for BRNO (not Bruni !). In both EN stands for Enfield where the small arms factory was located and which also lent its name to the ubiquitious Lee Enfield or SMLE. While Bren and LE were 0.303 inches calibre, the STEN was 9mm. I vaguely remember some WW2 yarn that 9mm ammo meant for the STEN was also usable on a German gun. Was it Mauser or MP ? I am not sure. Maybe the Col. can shed more light.
ReplyDelete12 daytime hours no activity ?
ReplyDeleteOK an easy FIFA one after today's match. Supporter before Russian fatcat car sent off today (6)
Brazil?
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZiL
ReplyDeleteDeepak Sir, Is there any difference between semiaquatic and amphibian?
ReplyDeleteSubramaniam,
ReplyDeleteOf course there is, look it up in a dictionary
Giri: ZiL cars used to figure in all those cold war novels as cars used by the Politburo et al.
ReplyDeleteKishore,
ReplyDeleteYes, and reading of Politburo members used to bring to mind Brezhnev like characters!