1 - By which the grave tidings came? (6,7) - SPIRIT WRITING [CD]
8 - Deserved to be on the sea in France before the tide turns (7) - {MER}{ITED*}
9 - Scene of military activity where the Territorial retreat before regular soldiers (7) - {THE}{AT<-}{RE}
11 - Push learner for a scoop (6) - {SHOVE}{L}
15 - Register a horse for a race (5) - ENTER [CD]
16 - Friends accepted as being institutionalised (7) - {IN}{MATES}
18 - Italian state where one is surrounded by wine and beer containers (7) - {VAT}{I}{CAN}
19 - Susie's undisciplined children (5) - ISSUE*
21 - On Agra road, Scot takes over management of land (8) - {AGRA}{R}{IAN}
23 - The French sees to the contract for renting a house (6) - {LE}{SSEE*}
25 - Pushing briskly (7) - DRIVING [CD]
26 - He is ostracised, but not in theatrical company (7) - {OUT}{CAST}
28 - The fish that's reeled in? (6,7) - SOUSED HERRING [CD] Had to Google search this one.
DOWN
2 - Meaning to turn up with the right drink (7) - {PU<-}{R}{PORT}
3 - Become weak to go up the hill (3) - ROT<-
4 - Not correct to edit with a flood of feeling (4) - TIDE*
5 - There may be no work to do in it (10) - RETIREMENT [CD]
6 - Girl then reveals old form relating to tenant of the Crown (5) - {THE{G}N} Never heard this word before, had to google search this also.
7 - Information about events placed on board (7) - NOTICES [CD]
8 - That's the beauty of Britain (4,7) - MISS ENGLAND [CD]
10 - It lets one see the bigger picture (11) - ENLARGEMENT [CD]
12 - Be sorry not to start getting the bird (5) -
17 - Fare for journey to the East (5) - {TRIP}{E}
18 - After green I proceed despite suffering from giddiness (7) - {VERT}{I}{GO}
20 - To support the mark, America steps in (7) - {S{US}TAIN}
22 - Incursions by the police? (5) - RAIDS [CD]
24 - Anyway Pedro has no right to become an idiot (4) - DOPE
27 - May find art in Jack (3) - TAR*
Good morning folks
ReplyDeleteGot stuck at 1A (thought of SPIRIT PRAYING), 28A (something like TOSSED HERRING?), 3D (R?T) abd 6D (??E?N).
MERITED, THEATRE, SHOVEL, IRONICAL, ENTER, INMATES, VATICAN (good one), ISSUE, AGRARIAN, LESSEE (clue setting not OK), DRIVING, OUTCAST, PURPORT, TIDE, RETIREMENT, NOTICES, MISS ENGLAND (liked this), EGRET etc. were all good.
DISCHARGED, TRIPE, VERTIGO, SUSTAIN, DOPE and TAR were left out of my list.
ReplyDeleteDISCHARGED, PU<-R-PORT, VAT-I-CAN, (-r)EGRET, SHOVE-L, AGRA-R-AIN were nice. What price Miss Scotland et al, if MISS ENGLAND is the (and not a) beauty of Britain.
ReplyDeleteMissed on THEGN. Like Richard, thought of TOSSED HERRING, but could not find it in Google, then thought of SOUSED, and found that indeed there was such a thing.
Richard
ReplyDeleteRe your praise for the clue to a longer entry in the grid...
Over the years I have found that this composer's clues for long or perimeter words/phrases are very good while those for shorter ones (e.g., LESSEE, as you have rightly pointed out) go abegging wrt def, part of speech, grammar or usage.
See, for instance, my post:
http://dailydozen.blogspot.com/2010/02/oh-short-ones.html
It seems that the hand that makes the tyger! tyger! burning bright/ In the forests of the night also makes the lamb.
THEGN is an older form of THANE - which will immediately be recognised and understood by readers of Will's Macbeth.
ReplyDeleteIs the Vatican an Italian state?
ReplyDeleteCongrats Colonel on getting words like Thegn and spirit writing. And all wrapped up by 8.30
ReplyDeleteSuresh @ 9:27
ReplyDeleteOne of my lucky days with Manna it seems.
Kishore @ 8:40
ReplyDeleteI too TOSSED the HERRING around for a while, till Mr Google helped me out, luckily it was not a RED one.
Never liked Biology. So Soused Herring posed no problem. Once I found Herring as the second word I opened the Herring page on Wiki and got my answer.
ReplyDeleteCol:
ReplyDeleteCan you explain the VERT part in Vertigo? Though I got the word right, I can't figure out the anno
Vert means green
ReplyDeleteThanks Suresh. New learning for the day
ReplyDeleteDr DS,
ReplyDeleteFor further info on Vert see VERT
And has Gridman used that?
ReplyDeleteHere is a previously published clue in THC:
27 Turns away when going round the green (6)
13:35 AVERTS?
ReplyDeleteCol@13.15
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Link.
More on this, I will interact on Sunday in person
Cv 908,915: No chance of stripes in the forests of Dunsinane?
ReplyDeleteDo read the second item here.
ReplyDeleteAbout use of pseudonyms for The Guardian cryptic but not for the 'quick' crossword.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/2010/aug/04/crosswords-hugh-stephenson
Very revealing!
Hi
ReplyDeleteOut early today, hence fitted in here. After yesterday’s Vatican, today Jerusalem in clue 1a with an answer of M(IS-SION)ARY, along with TESTAMENT is sure Manna from the sky. I ADMIT it is hard to SWALLOW an INSIPID ROAST, but is it ACADEMIC to be AGITATEd about ERRONEOUS inclusion of MOSS and SCARABS in a PLATE GLASS MEMENTO, CONTINGENT upon a TOSS ? IBSEN (Nesbit(–t) <-) was great. NEW POTATO, TAN-GENT, IDLES, ROAST, AU-DI-O, ADMIT were nice.