Not a very enjoyable offering today when compared to Gridman's normal standards.
1 - The sort of flight that might be aimed at outer space (8) - UNMANNED [CD]
5 - Quiet and rather dour about body cloth (6) - {SH}{ROUD*}
10 - Suave lawyer takes signboard the French overlooked (7) - {DA}{
11 - Make more secure near the front section of Ennore (7) - {TIGHT}{EN} Tight & near ?
12 - Indifference about second hint (6) - {S}{LIGHT}
13 - Credit to one old actress taking time over card game (8) - {CR}{I}{BB}{AGE}
15 - Emotional sensation doesn't begin with unknown goat (4) - {
18 - When you … … …, you might receive cut of meat you ordered or go out of service (3,3,4) - GET THE CHOP [DD]
20 - Shaw's man is identified with these members (4) - ARMS [CD]
23 - Pansy's love resides here (8) - IDLENESS [CD] 'Love in idleness' is another name for Pansy see the link.
27 - Make happy a clergyman in valley (7) - {GL{A}{DD}EN}
28 - Shiv, do wander seeking peace (6) - DOVISH*
29 - Santa's drawer? (8) - REINDEER [CD]
1 - Thing in use is dud — terribly inferior (15) - UNDISTINGUISHED*
2 - Teacher, I have a letter (7) - {MISS}{I'VE}
3 - Protest sounds from the stable (6) - NEIGHS (~nays)
4 - Advantage that isn't central (4) - EDGE [DD]
6 - Belonging to a family from an eyrie, perhaps (4-4) - HIGH-BIRD [CD] or is it HIGH-BORN [CD]
7 - Presumably the direction in which cases leave hospital (7) - {OUT}{WARD}
8 - Not a safe turn for a driver (9,6) - DANGEROUS CORNER [CD]
9 - One with a pulling influence (9) - ATTRACTOR [CD]
14 - No fair attribute to a beauty (5,4) - BLACK SPOT [CD]
17 - Talks about country importing Western goods heartlessly (4-4) - {CHIN-{W}A}{G
19 - See one servant coming up in city of Israel (3,4) - {TEL AV}{I}{V} <-
21 - Cleverly I reused what was left over (7) - RESIDUE*
22 - Make misters ministers, say (6) - ORDAIN [CD]
25 - Bad guy good in mining matter (4) - {O{G}RE}
Good morning
ReplyDeleteSome very innovative clues.
Liked SH+ROUD, DA+SHING(-le), HAVE A GO, GLADDEN, DOVISH (this one took time), REINDEER (good one), MISSIVE (cute! Not MISS, but the clue), NEIGHS (good homophone with NAYS), OUTWARD, TEL AVIV (could get this at first glance, as a small country like Israel may not have another city with a 3,4 character pattern), RESIDUE, ORDAIN (brilliant!), OGRE (very nice one) etc.
1D - UNDISTINGUISHED - awesome anagram.
21D - a 'clever' anagrInd.
Hi Deepak, just read your top comment. Opinions and tastes can differ.
ReplyDeleteWe have manned flights also going to outer space
ReplyDelete10A - So, my take @ 08:30 as DA+SHING(-LE) looks OK.
ReplyDeleteThe anagrams were no brainers
ReplyDeleteProbably G believes the moon landing conspiracy theory, and also that Soviet claims may be counter propaganda !
ReplyDeleteOnly difference I had with Deepak's views is I took actress BB as Barbara Bach and not B Bardot. Agree Bardot is older.
Plus too many CD's/DD's (some were brilliant though) which is always my crib, 11 as per my count
ReplyDeleteThere is some concern over Gridman's choice of clue word for DASHING.
ReplyDeleteSUAVE means bland, polite, of soft flavour (in the sense of being polished) while DASHING is generally used in the context of being spirited or showy (.e.g., he cut a dashing figure in his new suit.) I would not consider them as being synonymous.
6D HIGH BIRD? At first, I thought, HAWK BIRD but it HAWK didn't fit..
ReplyDelete1A is ambiguous.
Like 15A a lot.
7D and 17D were nice
6d - high born i think, not high bird. didn't like dashing - definitely not a synonym for suave (almost an antonym, one would think)
ReplyDeleteDidn't quite get the origin of the last V in 19 D, is V connected to 'see' in any way?
ReplyDeleteGridman is not wrong in DASHING as SUAVE leads to DEBONAIR leads to JAUNTY leads to DASHING
ReplyDeletev. is an abbr. of L. vide, which means 'see'.
ReplyDeleteIt is used in bibliographical references when the reader is asked to see some ref.
Thanks CV
ReplyDeletenear = stingy = tight = close = near
ReplyDeleteAnother Sandhya here! (8:46)
ReplyDeleteIt's not me - the regular on the Orkut crossword forums.
Re the def for DASHING, I think opinion may be divided as it is here indeed.
ReplyDeleteThink of the word OFFER in the innermost, smallest circle of some concentric circles.
The synonyms in the immediately near bigger circle will be bid, proposal, present, tender, proposition, invitation.
In the next larger or outer circle will be compromise, gift, suggest, overture.
In the outermost circle will be sale, bribe.
(Idea derived from Bradford: The guide to Solving Crosswords by B. J. Holmes, which has a graphic.)
I think 'suave' is in the outermost circle from 'dashing'.
Got 3D as BLEATS (anagram of stables)and was wondering whether 'from the' can be an anagram indicator. And consequently struggled with the top left corner till I figured it out.
ReplyDeleteVenkatesh,
ReplyDeleteI just saw your 2337 and 0005 post on yesterdays blog.
If all that is from your memory, brilliant. But in case you are copy pasting from somewhere please indicate the source and italicise such portions, as I don't want to be hauled up for hosting copyright violations
Good morning all
ReplyDeleteI fully go with Col Deepaks' view. not an enjoyable offering. once again my view as Gridman do a NJ or Neyartha get "Slightly Tightenned" however I was gladdened by give a go for the longest undistinguished anagram in the first look itself. However I get a chop as Shrouded in an unmanned crossing a Dangerous corner. I felt outward the crossing as my Arms are pulled down by an attractor and got a black spot by filling up the residue. I became an ogre on seeing this ibex and idlessness settles in.
Good day.
Mathu
Sandhya is right on 6D It should be HIGH BORN.
ReplyDeleteKishore you are an ATTRACTOR for some serious competition!!
ReplyDeleteSuresh
ReplyDelete'from the' is a valid anag ind. So it's quite possible to get BLEATS from STABLE. But that was not G's intention as you discovered later.
HIGH BORN it is, as summed up by CV at the Orkut group
ReplyDelete'once again my view as Gridman do a NJ or Neyartha get "Slightly Tightenned" '
ReplyDeleteI am sorry I am unable to understand what Mathu means by this. Could he or someone help.
Deepak
ReplyDeleteI think you need to delete 'Anno pending' against 26a as it appears to have dawned on you before you posted what you typed.
Deepak 1012: Fine, as long as it does not go 1A.
ReplyDeleteCV,
ReplyDeleteMy interpretation is, Mathu means his views are 'slightly reinforced' about Gridman going the NJ and Neyartha way, I don't know though in which way he is equating NJ & Neyartha
Didn't get to solve today's puzzle 'cause had to leave home early. Having read the clues and annos here, don't think I can now go back and solve this crossword.
ReplyDelete13A: BB was nice.
10A: On checking the thesaurus entries for "suave" and "dashing," I found one common synonym for both the words i.e. "debonair." So I think it's all right
2D: I was under the impression that "teacher = miss" is an innocent kindergarten thing. After finishing elementary school, we stopped calling our teachers "miss." Could somebody throw some light on the usage?
VJ Your understanding of 'miss' is correct. It is a term used by children to address their female teachers. Nothing else
ReplyDeleteMiss/female teacher
ReplyDeleteIf G uses it, it's recorded in Chambers.
didn't get my paper today, so I re-created the grid on a graph paper and went ahead. For some reason, it felt very tedious today. Maybe my mood... I guess it doesn't feel the same unless I have the newspaper in my hand! :)
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon
ReplyDeleteNormally I look for a pleasant soliving if it is from Sankalak or Gridman. Both NJ and Neyartha creates a little annoyance on my part by way of their creepy clueing and imaginative answers ( again i am referring the single/double word syndrome ). But Gridman by far most friendly took break intermittently to try giving us a puzzle a bit away from his usual self.
That is what i intended to mention...but thanks to this blog my understanding improved considerably...
Thanks once again... today i just try to do a kishore act...thats all...
by the way i am giving you the link of my blog...Just have a look at it and share your views.
http://mindbeatsofamadwhoisjustshortofgenius.blogspot.com/
Good day
Mathu.
Re two Sandhyas here 08:49 and 09:20
ReplyDeleteI suggest the latter-day entrant here add an initial to her username for proper identification. No offence please.
Or maybe a profile image for one of you
ReplyDelete@Richard & Suresh: Thanks for your suggestions. Will do.
ReplyDeleteSandhya @18:04 Which Sandhya are you?
ReplyDeleteSuresh, 1804 Sandhya is the one that came in late today. She's also the latest Sandhya. A profile check would clarify that.
ReplyDeleteSandhya@1804 came in later today but i think i'm the latest entrant to this blog so shall add my initial. am now sandhyas (for srinivasan). definitely no offence taken. am really enjoying this blog, thanks to all of you. unfortunately cant change my google profile but shall identify myself from now on.
ReplyDeletesorry - identifying myself didn't really work, so have taken your advice and added a picture to my profile.
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