ACROSS
1 - One may come across these clappers in the hall! (8) - AUDIENCE [CD]
5 - Officers finally are able to scrutinize (4) - {S}{CAN}
9 - Big paper drawing of a performer (8) - BAGPIPER* Couldn't resist this picture.
12 - Captain's row (4) - RANK
13 - Disturb the worker, a signore travelling outside (10) - {ANT}{A}{GONISE
15 - Respect phoning the characters in the market (8,6) - SHOPPING CENTRE*
17 - Fish gear designed on time is cut short in the building for you to notice the reflection (5,9) - {GREA*}{T} {BARRAC
22 - Film the modern art in the river (4) - ?A?E
25 - Step off a beacon (6) - {A}{LIGHT}
26 - Laser image of an incomplete golf unit is a ring of tiny weight (8) - {HOL
28 - Wannabe candidate (8) - ASPIRANT [E]
DOWN
1 - Start off to smear the ash holder with this colour (6) - {
3 - Throw off an Italian following the maze on both sides (4) - {E}{M}{IT} How do we reverse ME ?
4 - Cold hair dye first invented in an Indian city (7) - {C}{HENNA}{I}
7 - Lacking the sense of fashion reviewed by ninny and Edward (9) - {NI<-}{TWIT}{TED}
8 - Earth tone found in the brooch recognised (5) - OCHRE [T]
14 - They are usually focussed on celebrities (10) - SPOTLIGHTS [CD]
16 - Weigh a hen hastily making this sound (9) - HEEHAWING*
18 - Battery fluid with a Spanish hero (4) - {A}{CID}
19 - Very loud courageous character has no ego (7) - RAUCOUS
20 - Give a monk the front palace instead of the house (6) - (-h+p)PERMIT
21 - Warning a gangster going up the side of the room (5) - {A}{LA<-}{R
23 - Main line accepted at the start of an obviously odd ritual (5) - {A}{O}{R}{T}{A} 'O' from obviously?
24 - Indian vegetable in an Asian desert (4) - GOBI [DD]
Hi folks
ReplyDeleteBAGPIPER, ANTAGONISE, SHOPPING CENTRE, GREAT BARRACUDA, AVARICIOUS, CONDOLENCE, NITWITTED, SPOTLIGHTS, HEEHAWING - phew ! A Pearl Harbour of words today !
22A has eluded me.
4D - All our friends from the olden Madras would have smiled.
All said and done, some nice clues.
22A - Film the modern art in the river (4) - ?A?E
ReplyDeleteThe definition here is either film or river.
If at all it is river, four river names fit in here.
YARE (England)
TAWE (Wales)
NAZE (England)
SAVE (France)
Anno, anyone?
So if it is river, let the imagination flow. If film, let it develop.
I thought today's puzzle wasn't bad. Was a lot better compared to what we've had in the last 4-5 days.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what 22A is. Nothing seems to fit.
23D: AO from "start of (a)n (o)bviously"
ReplyDeleteVJ @ 8:49
ReplyDeleteThen what is the use of 'accepted' in the clue?
Yea, that worried me, but "accepted" appearing as a redundant word made more sense than abbreviating obviously as O.
ReplyDeleteMain line - def
ReplyDeleteaccepted - A
at the start of an obviously - O (here 'an' is intrusive)
odd ritual - every other letter of the word - R T A
Whether 'odd ritual' is a sufficient ind for the operation is debatable.
Chaturvasi, is A = accepted, acceptable? Never seen it happen before. An example would help.
ReplyDeleteVJ
ReplyDeleteWhen I give an anno it does not necessarily mean I approve of it. I am merely being helpful to the blogger and his numerous followers and commenters.
I haven't checked but please look at that looooooooong and (in my opinion) disreputable list of abbreviations, for which Suresh earlier and someone hesitantly yesterday have given the URL.
Most likely 'A = acceptable, accepted' is in it. I don't find it in Chambers, though.
Chaturvasi, LOL, got it!
ReplyDeleteYesterday I attended the 100th birth anniversary celebrations of Kothamangalam Subbu.
ReplyDeleteWriter, film producer/director/dialogue-writer, lyricist, villupattu performer.
One of his sons is a friend of mine.
What I learnt at the function was the song 'kannum, kannum' from the film VB (following the trend of referring to Hindi film titles by their initials) [we saw a video/audio clipping, also ta to Kishore) was penned by Subbu.
I am one of those who collected weekly instalments of Thillana Mohanambal from Vikatan and bound it into a book (like 'CID Chandru' of Devan) and treasured them for years.
22A is AARE, which is the name of a river
ReplyDeleteA for film (NJ style)
ARE is modern english version of 'art'
23d
ReplyDeleteI took "odd ritual"as an anagram of rite and ofcourse could not get anywhere!
Mathu's comment erroneously put under the S&B post has been deleted from there and reproduced here
ReplyDeleteGood Morning all
Relatively an easy offering from NJ. Except for great barracuda ( ofcourse i am not familiar with species and animals being a strict vegetarian..haha ) 22 a i could pick them all and wonder the setters name was wrong or what? I hope she wanted to keep the solver in a good mood on her "de"parting day.
good day. Nice to see the participants list of f and b 2 getting longer day by day... i would also love to be part of it but due to a previous commitment could nt able to confirm. anyway let me see.
Good day
Mathu
Big paper drawing of a performer (8) - BAGPIPER* Couldn't resist this picture.
ReplyDeleteDeepak
Wrt the pic you have chosen for the clue.
Is it a hint, dear friend, that the forthcoming S&B meeting will be spirited?
In any case I suspect you have a sardonic sense of humour, with your suggestion that if one consumes one cup too many of the contents of the package, one might well turn into a performer.
Nice one CV:))
ReplyDeleteDeepak. Did you see my post of 10:08. We now have the answer to 22A
Mathu in the other thread corrected his f and b to S&B but my advice to him is that he needn't be apologetic.
ReplyDeleteFor f and b is in a way correct! Food and beverage!
Or floggers and bloggers, for the setters are floggers, beating the same dead horses over and again.
The S & B meet will definitely be spirited
ReplyDeleteSuresh,
ReplyDeleteI saw your 10:08 post but the ART - ARE connection just went over my head like a bouncer!!
How art thou Deepak?
ReplyDeleteOr should I say where art thou?
ReplyDeleteArt is the archaic form of are
ReplyDeleteSuresh, that's a nice find. "modern art = ARE" is nice.
ReplyDeleteOnly in cinemas, Central Station is shown to make the viewers understand that the plot is changed to Chennai.
ReplyDeleteYou followed suit, Col.?
Subramaniam,
ReplyDeleteI selected that image as Central Station is a prominent landmark of Chennai.
Wonder if you have heard the ribald song 'Central Station pakkathile Wall Tax road....'
How is travelling R in 13A? Missed out on that, 21 and 22A, 11 and 23D.
ReplyDeleteNavneeth, Travelling is the anagram indicator. Out side is the deletion indicator for r (right)
ReplyDeleteOutline, outside...
ReplyDeleteGridman, we await you eagerly.
Thanks, Suresh. :)
Nothing weird about outline and outside Navneeth. Quite acceptable terms in crosswords. Just needs getting used to.
ReplyDeleteIf 22A had been worded as 'Mature Modern art in the river'it would have been a really good clue
ReplyDelete21A - doesn't 'desire to obtain wealth' indicate a noun? In which case, how can it be avaricious which is an adjective?
ReplyDeleteI'm a relatively new solver, guess I'm missing something...
@ The Martist 18:56
ReplyDeleteRe your query on 21A -
I had posted the following comment around 7 am IST at the Orkut community:
21A - AVARICIOUS
There seems to be a noun-adjective conflict here.
To which Bhavan from Australia had responded immediately as follows -
21A - AVARICIOUS
There seems to be a noun-adjective conflict here.
Richard, no there isn't. The said desire is AVARICIOUSNESS. Somebody lost their head or ness so all is well : )
You can have a hearty laugh.
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ReplyDeleteThe Martist, I think the key word is "kind of." It's a clear indicator that you don't have to look for the exact answer. It's all just, well, kind of....
ReplyDeleteAnd it's the kind of crossword where you dig up questions and make your own answers.
Thanks Richard and VJ...advice well received :)
ReplyDeleteA clue from ET today:
ReplyDeleteShe gives her boy a first-rate rise (5){SON}{IA<-}
This could be classified as an &lit clue in the Indian context!
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ReplyDeleteVenkatesh, why is that an &Lit?
ReplyDeleteVJ, perhaps it is with reference to the possible / perceived future prime minister of India.
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