ACROSS
1 - A tin radio-mast can be used for this novel reconstruction (13) - DRAMATISATION*
8 - Well qualified man and boy in charge of stone work (7) - {MA}{SON}{IC}
9 - Show zeal then thus, especially within (7) - ENTHUSE [T]
11 - Tottered as a result of wound (6) - REELED [CD](Addendum - (DD) - See comments)
13 - New pieces almost all outstanding (8) - {ESPECI}{AL
15 - Imbricated pieces of baked clay (5) - TILED [CD]
16 - Recalling an aroma coming into being (7) - {NA<-}{SCENT}
18 - One afflicted with serious degree of intellectual subnormality (7) - AIRHEAD [CD]
19 - Rove freely in all directions (5) - RANGE [E]
21 - Away from the standards (7) - OFFBEAT [CD]
23 - Deliver soldier's signal (6) - {RE'S}{CUE}
25 - Charge for keeping silver in reserve (7) - {STOR{AG}E} Are Storage and Charge synonymous?
26 - One church amidst others is most affluent (7) - {R{I}{CH}EST}
28 - Turning points in town? (6,7) - STREET CORNERS [CD]
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2 - Ribbed cotton and woollen material left out for boy (7) - RUSSELL ?
3 - An uncommissioned soldier (3) - MAN [E]
4 - Time to perform with fine perception (4) - {T}{ACT}
5 - Avoids walking under a ladder? (5,5) - STEPS ASIDE [CD]
6 - Small part but it helps to take it in (5) - TITHE [T]
7 - He sees eye to eye with anyone who is patient (7) - OCULIST [CD]
8 - Deserving an order, otherwise promises to pay (11) - {MERIT}{OR}{IOUS}
10 - It lets one see the bigger picture (11) - ENLARGEMENT [CD]
12 - Shrub related to honey suckle (5) - ELDER [CD]
14 - Having assumed a clerical habit recommended by the stock broker (10) - INVESTMENT [DD]
17 - Starting point on a Great Lake is weird (5) - {E}{ERIE}
18 - A fellow at scene of hostilities may receive open insult (7) - {A}{F}{FRONT}
20 - Greek letter clear to indicate central mass (7) - {NU}{CLEAR}
22 - Rub out important date on quarter (5) - {ERA}{SE}
24 - Italian spirit (4) - BRIO [E]
27 - Able to have sufficient power (3) - CAN ?
I dont know if I can can the can in 27a. Missed on Brio.
ReplyDeleteJournalism blues:
ReplyDeleteA farmer in the US tells the city reporter: 'What we can eat, we eat. What we cannot, we can.'
Next day, a report appears: 'The farmer said what they could eat, they ate and what they couldn't they could.'
A lot better today.
ReplyDeleteRichard, LOL
25 - Charge for keeping silver in reserve (7) - {STOR{AG}E} Are Storage and Charge synonymous?
ReplyDeleteThis is not in defence, but a vague guess.
Vented dams and catchment areas get the 'charge' or 'get chargesd' with river water.
I am not sure if it makes sense.
Read 'charged' in place of 'chargesd'.
ReplyDeleteI think it's in reference to storing electricity - like charging a battery or something.
ReplyDelete25 - Charge for keeping silver in reserve (7) - {STOR{AG}E} Are Storage and Charge synonymous?
ReplyDeleteSortof.. Charging/Discharging device = "Capacitor" ..
Not too sure about Reeled and Russell..
ReplyDeleteChmabers defines charge as an accumulation of electricity, which can be taken to be a form of storage.
ReplyDeletePrasanna@09:08. I have no problem with reeled. It is a DD meaning Tottered and wound
ReplyDeleteRussell --- Maybe. Trying to find a word for ribbed cotton and woollen material
Russell from Russel cord. Look it up on Wikipedia
ReplyDeleteSuresh, nice fine, but why "left out"?
ReplyDeleteIt is a DD meaning Tottered and wound
ReplyDeleteWill have to reluctantly agree...I had ROLLED (DD) ... but couldn't find 2D...
@Suresh 09:37 .. great find. Thanks! .. Now I 'Reel'ise..
ReplyDeleteVJ Ask for Manna
ReplyDeleteGood Morning all
ReplyDeleteNice one. Probably Manna visited the blog yesterday and made amends..Except for Russel and Brio I m through... Liked Nascent, Especial and steps aside..
Mathu.
I guess it is:
ReplyDeleteRibbed cotton and woollen material - RUSSEL
Left - L
(RUSSELL)*, though no actual jumbling of letters is involved.
Reeled could be an attempt at a poor double definition, with 'wound' intending to mean the wrapping over of a reel around a drum in the cryptic definition.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't find any material named russel
ReplyDeleteShyam,
ReplyDeleteReeled is a DD no doubt on that
Col
ReplyDeleteI obtained the aforesaid definition of Russel from the Chambers. No confusion regarding the anno.
This link has it as well...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.absp.org.uk/words/textiles.html
Suresh, LOL yea look like only Manna can answer.
ReplyDeleteAnd in my previous comment, fine = find
Shyam, fine, but "out" seems out of place.
ReplyDeleteVJ
ReplyDeleteI took out as the anagram indicator, keeping in line with Manna's anagram clues that have no jumbling as such. But out *may* also be construed in the sense of 'out to prove' or in this case, 'out to reveal' a boy's name.
Shyam, I see what you mean. I think only Manna can clarify his intentions.
ReplyDeleteBut "out to reveal a boy's....."? Well more than it giving out a boy's name it's more likely to reveal something else.
VJ
ReplyDelete:D... You have got a bit cheekier there, I guess!
Incidentally CAN is also a DD and the two definitions in the clue are reproduced verbatim in the Chambers.
ReplyDeleteCan:
To be able
To have sufficient power
To have skill in
To be a possibility
Col:
ReplyDeleteDid you watch KBC last night? One Q was on Gol Gappa and I recalled the refreshing comments here on the 4th March 2010(when I had just started looking into this blog).One of the 4 options for the Q was Pani Puri but that was Not the correct answer. Any reason?
Suresh@9.37
ReplyDeleteWikipedia gives definition for RUSSELL CORD and not Russel. Then how do we get the anno?
(Don't tell Ask Manna!)
yesterday masonic was a clue today it was an answer...any brethren here???
ReplyDeletemathu.
If RUSSEL is a word as Shyam has suggested then what Manna intends is that if 'left' is out of boy (RUSSELL) you will get RUSSEL which is 'Ribbed cotton & woolen material'.
ReplyDeleteThe online Chambers does not have RUSSEL nor could I find it anywhere on the net. The link given by Shyam is from a British Scrabble group. I have never understood some of the scrabble words, some of which make no sense at all.
Hi Col
ReplyDeletei did a google search of "Ribbed cotton and woollen material" (with the quotes) and got a Concise English Dictionary link which confirms what I have stated. But it does not stop there!
http://thehinducrosswordcorner.blogspot.com/2010/03/no-9792-wednesday-17-mar-10-m-manna.html
Manna has clued the word already once, Google says!
But my only gripe in your argument is regd. the proposition. Manna has used a 'for' and not an 'of' as you suggest. So I have to stand by my anno posted at 10:03 :)
Can some one explain how we get 'ious' in the meritorious clue 8D?
ReplyDeleteBenkiman: promises to pay is IOUs. Check this out: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/IOU
ReplyDeleteIs this anno acceptable for RUSSELL CORD(as in Wikipedia)
ReplyDeleteRibbed cotton and woollen material-definition
material=cord(short for corduroy) left out to get the boy's name'
RUSSELL CORD - CORD = RUSSELL!!!
Sumitra,
ReplyDeleteRUSSELL CORD = Cotton + woolen fabric that's ribbed.
CORD =/= material 'cause CORD is synonymous with rib. Like RUSSEL CORD, corduroy is again a ribbed fabric, like the name suggests.
I think we just gotta accept the fact that something just doesn't fit.
Sumitra, I think you got the intended anno. Def would be boy And 'cord left out of Russell Cord
ReplyDeleteI just got a spam msg from someone called Charles Russell. Co-incidence?:))
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