1 - English author at home on river, Welsh one (6) - {R}{USK}{IN}
4 - Waste energy making jam (6) - {SCRAP}{E}
8 - Supporter, in front of five at a party, showing off (7) – {BRA}{V}{A}{DO}
10 - Overpraise what's comparatively monotonous (7) – FLATTER [DD]
11 - Hijacker could make mistakes seizing one in middle of tattoo (9) – {T{ERROR{I}S}T}
12 - Bloomer at university contributing to endless row (5) - {L{UP}IN
15 - Forge opposite has iron put on it (11) – {COUNTER}{FE}{IT}
19 - Puzzle concerning returned loan (5) – {RE}{BUS<-}
20 - One name put forward beforehand (2,7) – {I}{N} {ADVANCE}
22 - Justify angry tirade after conflict (7) – {WAR}{RANT}
23 - Severe wind close to shore (7) – {AUSTER}{E}
24 - Pocket piece for tavern worker (6) – {POT}{MAN}
25 - Female thespian's agent (6) – {F}{ACTOR}
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1 - Special beer at a discount (6) – REBATE*
2 - Odds on pointer finding a bird? (7) – {SP}{ARROW} No longer seen in Bangalore
5 - Patch of ground shown in map, east of US city (9) - {CHAR{LOT}T}{E}
6 - PM in car spy bugged (7) - {AUTO}{PSY*}
7 - Misbehaving, English bishop and social worker (6) – {E}{RR}{ANT}
9 - Novel by Hardy, say, with surprise ending (6,5) – {OLIVER} {TWIST}
10 - Working at anagram of "mirage"? (4,7) – FATA MORGANA* Nice clue
14 - Girl touring one, an American state (9) – {LOUIS{I}{AN}A}
15 - Jazz fan taking in nude floor show (7) – {CA{BARE}T}
16 - Thrash man for touching (7) – {TAN}{GENT}
17 - Mature women in class (4,2) – {GRO{W} UP}
18 - Facing northeast in wind (6) – {VE{NE}ER}
21 - View held by Mavis Tate (5) – VISTA [T]
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ReplyDeleteMissed a few today. Some of them could be proper names.
RUSKIN, BRAVADO, TERRORIST, COUNTERFEIT, REBUS, IN ADVANCE (a poor clue, IMO), WARRANT, POTMAN, FACTOR, REBATE, SPARROW, OLIVER TWIST, CABARET, TANGENT, GROW UP etc fell easily.
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ReplyDelete9d succeeded in making me think of Thos Hardy initially, and then why the Dickens Hardy was being referred to if the answer was OLIVER TWIST, then realised Stan Laurel’s partner was involved. Can’t forget ‘Putting pants on Philip’, where in his kilt and sporran ‘Philip has but one weakness-women, at the sight of a pretty girl, he has spots before his eyes’:
Putting pants on Philip
Well, he ain’t not chasing no FATA MORGANA in LOUISIANA. Is he a TERRORIST with the BRAVADO FACTOR ?
Could the present British PM Gordon Brown be called a TAN-GENT ? Is it ERRANT or does it WARRANT it ?
And I forgot to mention that IMO AUTOPSY was the best.
ReplyDelete2d: The new airport seems to be last sanctuary of this bird in Bangalore
ReplyDelete13d Does anyone recall the Indian version Mungerilal played by Raghuvir Yadav in Walter Mathau's role ?
ReplyDeleteRaghuvir Yadav is a wonderful actor - enjoyed ML ke haseen sapne. He recently has acted in Peepli live. 80s TV considering that DD was in charge did have some good stuff coming out.
ReplyDeleteYes Giridhar, those days - a far cry from today's glut of channels - we really enjoyed watching serials like NUKKAD.
ReplyDelete'English' author does it refer to his nationality or the language he writes in? I do like his stories though.
ReplyDeleteFriends in this forum might have read that the disappearance of sparrows is partly attributed to the mushrooming of microwave towers. Read here: MICROWAVE TOWERS AND SPARROWS
ReplyDeleteNukkad, Yeh jo hai zindagi, Rajni, Waagle ki duniya, and of course Malgudi days - walk down nostalgia lane.
ReplyDeleteMushrooming of flats and drastic reduction in greenery started the trend, (disappearance of sparrows ) which is now accelerating I guess. The start of the day used to be signaled by the chattering of sparrows, now it is more likely noise of traffic.
ReplyDeleteThe Real Mr Bond (I refer to the Indian Ruskin) lives at Landour near Mussoorie and is often accessible at the local book shop.
ReplyDeleteSparrows are not seen at Chennai too Col Sir - very sorrow state
ReplyDeleteDeepak. Thanks for the SP link. I was unable to figure how SP could mean odds. The link clarifies
ReplyDeleteI had a call from Delhi,from one of the followers of my blog (Sorry I could not get the name) with the complaint that my clue was wrong as 'Oliver Twist' is by Charles Dickens and not by Hardy. The caller was of the impression that that I formulate the clues as well, I clarified to him that the clues are from The HINDU newspaper, further as I was on the golf course I could not give him additional clarification.
ReplyDeleteOn getting back home and checking the clue I see where the caller has got misled as was also Kishore @ 8:32.
The definition in the clue is 'Novel' and not 'Novel by Hardy'. Hardy has been included in the clue to get OLIVER.
It should have been 'chirping' of sparrows - not chattering.
ReplyDeleteDeepak,
ReplyDeleteI too initially checked the list of Hardy novels after seeing 9D, of course nothing fit in. The word 'say' signified something other than a straight forward answer I think.
Deepak 1829 I had got mislead around 0730 (and not 0832) and spotted the TWIST (pun intended) around 0732 once the crossings were in. I merely reported my wanderings at 0832.
ReplyDeleteTata to yesterday's 5d-ta
ReplyDeleteKishore,
ReplyDeleteI meant your comment at 8:32 and no that you were misled at 8:32
9D's a nice one. I thought "say" in the clue made it pretty clear that we don't need a Hardy's novel.
ReplyDeleteRichard, I wonder why you'd call 20A a poor clue. I thought it was succinct and sharp.
Deepak, 1853: I know, just pulling your leg ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnd at Mussoorie you can put a rusk in Ruskin.
ReplyDeleteIn the weekend CW, I came across a new usage for "that is to say"
ReplyDeleteGenerally, we have been using viz. (namely).
Here, the latin form scilicet was taken with the abbreviation SC.