ACROSS
1 - Tom's cry, one unwelcome to a performer (7) - CATCALL [DD]
6 - More perilous for winter sportsman to follow religious instruction (7) - {RI}{SKIER}
9 - Spoil the brilliance as would a spinner with the ball (4,3,5,3) - TAKE THE SHINE OFF [DD]
10 - Preserve a way with an unfounded rumour (6) - {CAN}{A}{RD}
11 - A small, hard growth, future source of timber (3,5) - {A}{S}{H} {PLANT}
13 - Intrude into a church, chasing mad crone (8) - {ENCRO*}{A}{CH}
15 - The right willow is pinker (6) - {R}{OSIER}
18 - MC, goin' out, is likely to succeed (6) - COMING*
19 - Such a medicine is not to be swallowed (8) - EXTERNAL [CD]
22 - Food that a dreamy eleven cooked (5-3) - {READY-M*}{IX*}
24 - Village where some meat is permitted (6) - {HAM}{LET}
27 - A frivolous person's big bribe: it left bishop confused (15) - FLIBBERTIGIB(B)ET*
28 - Old president left in mountain pass close to Washington (7) - {L}{IN}{COL}{N}
29 - Title always held by attendant in hotel (7) - {P{EER}AGE}
DOWN
1 - A bit of skin removed — lice at fault (7) - {CUT}{ICLE*}
2 - Book returned by boy is a symbol (5) - {TO<-}{KEN}
3 - PM's time (9) - AFTERNOON [CD]
4 - Suggestive look by old general, right? (4) - {LEE}{R}
5 - Old wine in a new bottle (6) - REHASH [CD]
6 - The rise of a super star! (3-2) - SUN-UP [CD]
7 - A lotion is converted in a state of separation (9) - ISOLATION*
8 - One who proves something wrong is a judge? True, sadly (7) - {REF}{UTER*}
12,17 - Reportedly notices tool, one used at very high levels (3,3) - (~eyes}{ICE} {AXE}
16 - A detective in action (9) - OPERATIVE [DD]
17 - See 12
18 - Giving attention to a vehicle with faulty fuel (7) - {CAR}{EFUL*}
20 - “Speaking words of wisdom, __ __ __'' (Beatles song) (3,2,2) - LET IT BE [E] Listen to it below
21 - It is formed when blood clots in an NRI, FBI suspect (6) - FIBRIN*
23 - In passing, son is upset by aggressive young chap (5) - YOBBO* (by+boy ?) Not sure of Anno
25 - Sign where books are kept without track (5) - LIBRA
26 - Decoration in fabric for a soldier and red-cap (4) - {GI}{MP}
Hi everyone
ReplyDelete27A FLIBBERTIGIBBET was a monster of a clue and anagram. Got it after a search. Many clues made nice surface reading, like TAKE THE SHINE OFF. READY-MIX, CUTICLE, CAREFUL, COMPANION, ICE AXE, OPERATIVE, FIBRIN etc were well clued. SUN-UP and AFTERNOON were cute.
LET IT BE had appeared recently -maybe it was a different setter - and the Colonel had given a link to the sound-track of the Beatles' hit. If it is a repetition, SO BE IT!
Hi
ReplyDeleteLemme be 27a and play a mistaken identity gag (that’s the OPERATIVE word) today, from the additional duck on an aircraft in 10a, or a Shakespearean character in 24a, to the car in which JFK was shot in 28a, to the Cockney version of a female cockroach in 13a, and have some (i) SOLATION.
Yobbo and Gimp had to be confirmed by Google.
12,17d reminded of Hari’s areas.
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ReplyDelete23 - In passing, son is upset by aggressive young chap (5) - YOBBO* (by+boy ?) Not sure of Anno
ReplyDeleteIn passing=obiter dicta=ob
son=boy
upset= rev ind
aggressive young chap=yob-bo<-
Kishore
ReplyDeleteThank you for the anno.
I was yet to cotton on to it.
Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer can't write a newspaper piece without the phrase 'obiter dicta' in it.
Since Deepak has asked us to keep the discussion on the S&B Meet II going until his return by noon, I am quoting posts from last night:
ReplyDeleteDr D Srinivasan said...
I will attend definitely (if second time participation is allowed), this time just to meet the additional 3 most admired people of this Forum - Shuchi, Kishore and Richard.
Deepak Gopinath said...
So that's 6 so far (Veer, CV, Kishore, Richard, Dr DS & Self), Shuchi & Vinod are yet to respond, being local however we can always convince them to attend
@DS - Oh my! What a compliments! I would rather rate CV, Shuchi and Bhavan as the top three here, without reflections on the rest.
Shuchi and Vinod, are you reading this? It will be a privilege to have you both in company.
@DS Please read it as 'What a compliment!'
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ReplyDeleteOh my! What a compliment! I would rather rate CV, Shuchi and Bhavan as the top three here, without reflections on the rest.
ReplyDeleteFully agree with Richard on this assessment.
CV, judges' obiter dicta can create hell in certain cases, last year, in my opinion, the Karnataka HC did so in the well known Samsung case, with incomplete knowledge of law and procedure and the lame excuse was 'the relevant provisions of law had not been brought to the notice of the court.' Factually, this is correct as court procedure requires things to be place before the court. But for all other hoi polloi, ignorantia juris non excusat.
Good morning, peerage and gimp eluded me. Sankalak as usual presents a neat puzzle.
ReplyDeleteI would rather rate CV, Shuchi and Bhavan as the top three here...
ReplyDeleteI would say all members of this blog have their strengths and weaknesses. So all are equal.
I can't go on mountain trails.
I can't 'sap'.
I can't give a quick answer to 2 + 2.
I can't write a program.
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FLIBBERTIGIBBET;PEERAGE;YOBBO AND GIMP eluded me. But for that enjoyable. Even ready mix and exteral took some time, after filling up I just hit at the back of my head myself with a chuckle.
ReplyDeleteGood day
Mathu
Richard and Kishore,
ReplyDeleteI had met CV sir, Bhargav & Col among others, in the 1st meet.So this time around, I will have a chance to interact with others I had listed whom I admire here. The list, I have in mind is indeed long but since Suresh expressed that he may not come and I know Bhavan is far far away, I did not specify their names.
Yes, I missed to mention Vinod which was an oversight.
Having experienced the First Meet,, it will be a cracker of a day which I look forward to.
Good morning, peerage and gimp eluded me
ReplyDeletePeerage eluded Plum too, for quite some time. He got it just 6 weeks before he died at. His reaction:'He had no ambitions left now that he had been knighted and there was a waxwork of him in Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum'.
3 DOWN - IS A JOKE ON COMMUNITY(AFTERNOON), WHICH OUR PM IS. IT IS IN BAD TASTE
ReplyDeleteVijay, While I appreciate your right to your views, I would not read too much inner meaning to the clue.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a good clue with not other intent.
Besides it is afternoon and not noon
Apart from what Suresh has said -
ReplyDeletePM could be PM of any country. How does the solver conclude that it refers to the leader of our country?
PM may be Prime Minister on surface reading but in wordplay it is abbr. of post-meridiem - after noon.
Going by the tone and tenor of Sankalak's oeuvre, he's unlikely to pack his clues with any hidden meaning.
I agree with Suresh. I think we should read only post meridian into the PM and not prime minister (Indian) into it.
ReplyDeleteFrankly, I do not understand Vijay's accusation. Can someone explain how Sikh and noon are related?
ReplyDeleteSudalamani,
ReplyDeleteI don't think we need to discuss that issue here, it is not in good taste to a certain community
Sure Col
ReplyDeleteI stand by your decision. If possible, I request someone to mail me at sudalai.murug AT gmail DOT COM. No hard feelings, please.
No more takers for S & B II
ReplyDeleteJustice Krishna Iyer who turns 95 this month shares his birthday with Pandit Nehru (14 Nov).
ReplyDeleteHis younger brother was a famous DGP of Tamil Nadu who has written his memoirs in Ananda Vikatan - Shri VR Lakshminarayanan.
If I am allowed I would like to join S & B II. My brother and daughter are residing at Vignan Nagar and JC Nagar.
ReplyDeleteI would take this opportunity to visit them.
ReplyDeleteMuthaiah,
ReplyDeleteThere is no requirement of any permission from anyone, everyone is welcome, the only requirement being that information be given regarding attendance so that numbers attending can be estimated.