ACROSS
1 - A dunderhead came into line when spoken to (9) -{A}{D}{DRESSED}
6 - A caper that is found in pleasant icing (5) - ANTIC [T]
9 - On direction halt machine (5) - {LATH*}{E}
10 - Fall in love, but become discouraged (4,5) - LOSE HEART [DD]
11 - We in Paris are about to create mayhem — how sweet! (10) - {N{ECTARE*}OUS}
12 - Object to a newspaper report (4) - ITEM [DD]
14 - Sister, not proper rain dried the grapes (7) - RAISINS* Kismis in Hindi
15 - Mother agitated to steer vessel powered by water vapour (7) - {STE{AM*}ER*}
17 - Severe hesitation caused by breast bone pain (7) - {STERN}{UM} What is paining here?
19 - Company excited over minor Greek letter (7) - OMICRON*
20 - Africa's most valuable currency (4) - NILE [CD]
22 - Given a new meaning if one leaves carrier when scheduled (10) - {TRAiN}{SLATED} Is this definition correct?
25 - Premises for social entertainment after sunset (9) - NIGHTCLUB [CD]
26 - Charges for calls (5) - TERMS [DD]
27 - It's a bloomer (5) - ERROR [E]
28 - Breaks up Ray's raids by arrangement (9) - DISARRAYS*
DOWN
1 - Everybody gets to back quarter to search for him (5) - {ALL}{EN<-}
2 - You may find him on the Yard (9) - DETECTIVE [CD]
3 - Mathematical drawings of face of buildings (10) - ELEVATIONS [CD} Why Mathematical?
4 - Joins up in army, as I leave (7) - SOLDiERS
5 - Record last direction, we get, to decide the issue (7) - {DISC}{US}{S}
6 - It causes discomfort to the current ambassador (7) - {AC}{HE}
7 - Quality paintings reflected sex appeal (5) - {TRA<-}{IT}
8 - Sailing boat is able to move round a Cornish river (9) - {CA{TAMARA}N}
13 - Parliamentarian giving ale to girls getting drunk (10) - LEGISLATOR*
14 - Don made a charge on development of one strain (9) - ROSINANTE* This is the name Don Quixote's horse
16 - Bans deserter from entering heath despite having first class backing (9) - {MO{RAT}OR}{IA}
18 - Furnished with crystalline high polished smooth limestone (7) - MARBLED or MURALED [CD] ?
19 - Large vehicle (7) - OMNIBUS [E]
21 - Regal sort of drink (5) - LAGER*
23 - Quoits thrown by ancient Greek athletes (5) - DISCS [CD]
24 - A leading performer (4) - STAR [E]
1 - A dunderhead came into line when spoken to (9) -{A}{D}{DRESSED}
6 - A caper that is found in pleasant icing (5) - ANTIC [T]
9 - On direction halt machine (5) - {LATH*}{E}
11 - We in Paris are about to create mayhem — how sweet! (10) - {N{ECTARE*}OUS}
12 - Object to a newspaper report (4) - ITEM [DD]
14 - Sister, not proper rain dried the grapes (7) - RAISINS* Kismis in Hindi
17 - Severe hesitation caused by breast bone pain (7) - {STERN}{UM} What is paining here?
20 - Africa's most valuable currency (4) - NILE [CD]
22 - Given a new meaning if one leaves carrier when scheduled (10) - {TRA
25 - Premises for social entertainment after sunset (9) - NIGHTCLUB [CD]
26 - Charges for calls (5) - TERMS [DD]
27 - It's a bloomer (5) - ERROR [E]
28 - Breaks up Ray's raids by arrangement (9) - DISARRAYS*
DOWN
1 - Everybody gets to back quarter to search for him (5) - {ALL}{EN<-}
2 - You may find him on the Yard (9) - DETECTIVE [CD]
3 - Mathematical drawings of face of buildings (10) - ELEVATIONS [CD} Why Mathematical?
4 - Joins up in army, as I leave (7) - SOLD
5 - Record last direction, we get, to decide the issue (7) - {DISC}{US}{S}
7 - Quality paintings reflected sex appeal (5) - {TRA<-}{IT}
8 - Sailing boat is able to move round a Cornish river (9) - {CA{TAMARA}N}
13 - Parliamentarian giving ale to girls getting drunk (10) - LEGISLATOR*
16 - Bans deserter from entering heath despite having first class backing (9) - {MO{RAT}OR}{IA}
18 - Furnished with crystalline high polished smooth limestone (7) - MARBLED or MURALED [CD] ?
19 - Large vehicle (7) - OMNIBUS [E]
21 - Regal sort of drink (5) - LAGER*
23 - Quoits thrown by ancient Greek athletes (5) - DISCS [CD]
24 - A leading performer (4) - STAR [E]
Hi
ReplyDeleteOmigod, OMICRON ! Hey soldier, remember our interaction on SOLDERing some time back (wrt Toni) ? Also, AD-DRESSED to you, men all lined up as in ‘Dahiney sajj’. MORATORIA must have brought back some memories, Richard: I can bank on it !
STERNUM reminded of a line from Asterix in Britain : My pilum is harder than your sternum. Continuing on Frenchmen, N-ECTARE-OUS was quite creative, n'est-ce pas ? BTW, did you know Paul ALL-EN<-’s middle name was Gardner ? If you didn’t, better LATH-E than never. On should we DISC-US-S about DISCS ? What about the Discos. Did the STAR at the NIGHTCLUB have the TRA<-IT, better known as ‘IT’ ? Ask the DETECTIVE why math i 3d.
Hi everyone
ReplyDeleteHaving negotiated to G for a few days, at first look I could sense a different strain in today's clues as I went through. Then it dawned on me that it was a Manna Day.
I filled all the slots except 26A - TORTS, TURNS??? Also unsure about a few.
ADDRESSED, ANTIC, LATHE, LOSE HEART (liked this), NECTAREOUS* (did not know there was an adjective in this form), ITEM, RAISINS, STEAMER, STERN+UM, OMICRON, NILE (nice play on river current), TRANSLATED, NIGHTCLUB, ERROR (in fact I was looking for a flower - a favourite of the setters being 'bloomer'), DISARRAYS, ALLEN, DETECTIVE, ELEVATIONS, SOLD(-i)ERS, DISCUSS, ACHE, TRAIT, CATAMARAN (as I once mentioned here earlier, this word is of Malayalam origin), LEGISLATOR, ROSINANTE, MO{RAT}OR+IA<- (tricky one), MARBLED, OMNIBUS, LAGER*, DISCS, STAR...
DISC appears in two places.
The first sentence to read 'Having negotiated G...'
ReplyDeleteOops again... CATAMARAN is of Tamil origin.
ReplyDelete14a Ref to Kismis by Deepak. In schooldays, this was popular with two 's'es in place of one. Missed 14d.
ReplyDeletePut in Marbled as I thought it was crystallised for of limestone, both being CaCO3.
Agree with Deepak's doubts on 17a, 22a and 3d
Richard,
ReplyDeleteI think Catamaran is of Tamil origin "Kattu-maram" literally meaning 'tied wood'
Richard, with all those Marans from TN in politics. even this maran comes from there.
ReplyDeleteThanks Deepak, I corrected myself @ 08:34.
ReplyDeleteGood morning Colonel and others
ReplyDelete'TRANSLATED = given a new meaning' seems fine.
'translate' is also to change form, convert.
11a, 16d are very good.
14a is totally messed up!
Shuchi,
ReplyDeleteYou are right on 14A, I wonder how 'not proper rain dried the grapes' !!
14 - Sister, not proper rain dried the grapes (7) - RAISINS*
ReplyDeleteSister - SIS+ RAIN not proper (*)= RAI(SI)N(S) dried grapes
14D got me today. Never read Don Quixote and did not dawn on me to google it
ReplyDelete18D would be MARBLED since it is form of limestone
ReplyDeleteVenkatesh @ 0903,
ReplyDeleteIf you look properly you will notice I have already given the anno so no further explanation was required, I was discussing the surface based on Shuchi's comment, looks like you did not understand my comment.
I have read Don Quixote, but quite forgot the name of the horse he used to mount !
ReplyDeleteTough cookie today. As Richard said it was a shift in the rhythm. Disc appears twice in the grid, but also twice in the clues!
ReplyDeleteAVA, I am discouraged by 10a and 6d causes me discomfort.
ReplyDeleteGood morning
ReplyDeleteA relatively pleasant offering from Manna. But for two or three everything fell in place. Some by crossing. Nectareous, Rosinante, and Morator were real teasers.
Good day
Mathu
Kishore 08:30 - Yes, MORATORIA brought back memories of the banking days. Honestly, the moment I got the answer, somehow I was sure you would comment on it. Did you compare our first posts yesterday? Many similar thoughts. Great .... think alike?
ReplyDeleteAVA, please continue to form sentences from the daily answers. It is really fascinating to go through yours and Kishore's creations. (Kishore apparently has not copyrighted the art.)
BTW, what do we call such sentences? A crossword containing all letters of the alphabet is a PANGRAM, as we all know.
We need a name for such sentences formed out of the day's answers to the clues.
Answers, anyone? (I am tempted to coin COMPREHENCE - a comprehensive sentence.) ;-)
14 - Sister, not proper rain dried the grapes (7) - RAISINS*
ReplyDeleteOther than the surface, the wordplay is bad too.
There is a word of difference between 'dried grapes' and 'dried the grapes': 'dried grapes' will lead to a noun, 'dried the grapes' should give an answer in past tense verb-form.
'Sister, not proper rain' has the anagram indicator stuck in the middle. That is just not proper.
+1 for sentences formed out of the daily answers. I really enjoy reading them in the comments.
ReplyDeletePANSWERS ?
ReplyDeleteLIGHTHOUSE
ReplyDeleteAn answer word is known as 'light' (see Chambers) and as the sentence includes as many of the answer words as possible, we may call it a LIGHTHOUSE.
We usually blitz through it like panzers. :-)
ReplyDeleteCV, the first one in would be ALIGHTHOUSE, the second one BLIGHTHOUSE, with shares of blight, Blighty, vilayti, whatnot...
ReplyDeleteomicron was brilliant - a new word for me. thanks. added a pic to my profile, as you can see.
ReplyDeleteThe blog now has 200 followers, though I wonder how many are still following after joining.
ReplyDeleteThe 200th follower is another Sandhya which adds to the confusion with two Sandhyas already commenting here, however the newest follower has identified herself as SandhyaP.
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ReplyDeleteRegarding PANSWERS, sometimes it Peters out and sometimes it PANS out.
I, too, have put up a profile picture.
ReplyDeleteDon Quixote's [with side kick Sancho Panza] life is epitomised in the classic Peter "o"Toole and Sophia Loren Musical Movie "The Man of La Mancha'
ReplyDeleteHi. First-time commenter -- Navneeth, from Chennai.
ReplyDeleteCould someone explain to me the NOUS in the 11A and the NE in 1D?
Could someone explain to me the NOUS in the 11A and the NE in 1D?
ReplyDeleteNOUS is the French word for WE.
Navneeth,
ReplyDeleteNE stands for North East or one of the quarters, the others being NW, SE and SW.
Dr RP has explained NOUS in the preceding post.
Thanks a lot, Dr. Pankajam and Col. Gopinath.
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