ACROSS
1 - Florid style of two colonels after other ranks retreat (6) - {RO<-}{CO}{CO} CO for Colonel ?
10 - Counted on everything being put into bonds (7) - {T{ALL}IED}
11 - Within the home are the most intimate (7) - {NE{ARE}ST}
12 - A resounding comeback! (4) - ECHO [CD]
13 - Playwrights can be both staid and smart (10) - DRAMATISTS*
16 - Seats of judges or bishops (6) - CHAIRS [CD]
17 - Like the brow of a person in stitches? Hardly (7) - KNITTED [DD]
20 - Take a forward pace to catch a bird for him (7) - {STEP}{HEN}
21 - Proposal that creates a stir (6) - MOTION [DD]
24 - Made a ruling — on paper only? (10) - UNDERLINED [CD]
25 - A cue left, points to solution of the mystery (4) - {C(L}UE} &lit
27 - Sent on a way out to a stretched state (7) - {TENS*}{I}{ON}
29 - With tact and art one may be able to draw attention of a crowd (7) - ATTRACT*
30 - Jeopardise a call for peace (8) - {END}{ANGER}
31 - Confine an enemy to a prescribed area (6) - INTERN [CD]
DOWN
1 - Cut down expenses (8) - RETRENCH [E]
2 - Indifferent, like the centre of an iceberg lettuce? (4,7) - {COLD} {HEARTED} Anno not clear
3 - A piece of money (4) - COIN [CD]
5 - A residence for mature people in principle (8) - {TENE{MEN}T}
6 - Factory turned into a colony (10) - {PLANT}{ATION*}
7 - Fasten to unite (3) - TIE [DD]
8 - Powerful alkali in crude form (6) - POTASH [CD]
9 - Deck for a party by the navy (5) - {A}{DO}{RN}
14 - In which to carry documents for an unusual court hearing? (7,4) - SPECIAL CASE [DD]
15 - Percentage in favour of a marriage settlement (10) - {PRO}{PORTION}
18 - Trust in cleaner I licked into shape (8) - RELIANCE*
19 - The best, though little used, as paths go (8) - UNBEATEN [DD]
22 - Take stock of the Ulster settlement (6) - RUSTLE*
23 - The French girl has to act according to law (5) - {LE}{GAL}
26 - Take one aback — aback like mad! (4) - STUN<-
28 - Don returns to move in assent (3) - NOD<-
Hi
ReplyDeleteClue 8d already answered by The Colonel ages back in the left hand panel. Liked UNBEATEN. With KNITTED brows I thought: Can I call rice as unbeaten phova ? Would past tense of Tally Ho used by fox hunters and air force pilots be TALLIED hoed ? No TENS*-I-ON, ENDANGER yourself by ATTRACTing the NE(ARE)ST INTERN.
2 - Indifferent, like the centre of an iceberg lettuce? (4,7) - {COLD} {HEARTED} Anno not clear
ReplyDeleteCOLD like an iceberg
HEARTED like lettuce
CO and OC are used as Commanding Officer / Officer Commanding but not as abbreviation of Colonel.
ReplyDeleteFor eg: OC 108 squadron !!
4a. I think terracing a garden means creating steps on it.
2d: Is lettuce extra roughage in the clue, since centre of an iceberg is cold hearted.
PS: Iceberg Lettuce is also a variety of lettuce.
ReplyDelete4 - Get a move on to terrace the garden may be (4,2,2) - STEP IT UP [CD] What is Garden doing here
ReplyDeletemay be garden is mentioned with reference to step cultivation...
Exactly what I meant in 0837.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, 8D POTASH which is a CD here, is also cited as an example of a charade under annos on the left hand side of this blog. Curious are the variations of a crossword !
ReplyDeleteNice one from Manna..I should say. for 11 A I wrote closest and stayed their for a long time.
ReplyDeleteGood day
Mathu
So now you become Co Gopinath
ReplyDeleteYes, he loses his L board. ;-)
ReplyDeleteColonel supports venoumous creatures (6)
Simple one from Manna today. 3 Down - I had it as Chip instead of coin.
ReplyDeleteChip- a. A small disk or counter used in poker and other games to represent money.
b. chips Slang Money (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chip)
Lot of Cobras clues from Kishore recently :)
ReplyDeleteHe may be using even windscreen vipers on his car.
ReplyDeleteOld Boy, cars also lead us to these serpents (6)
ReplyDeleteSouth American graspers rhyme with Penukonda (8)
Right among kids' toys in the Wild West (8)
Why get hiss-terical about a few creepers, as my friend Kaa says: Trussssssssst in me, jusssssst in me.
Ohhhh, my sinussss !
10 a - bonds = tied? Is it ok?
ReplyDeleteSubramaniam,
ReplyDelete'put into' will have to taken as doing double duty
Counted = Definition = {T{ALL}IED}
on
everything = ALL
being
put into = Inserticator
put into bonds = TIED
Aproximately 19200 counts later in the counter for visitor numbers ....
ReplyDeleteI see 'something' unknown.
ReplyDeleteMagic figure 333,333?
ReplyDeleteThat is just around 10000 away, Richard. BTW, this one is much more esoteric. And the clue lies in both the mails read together. As of now, I can envisage only one person here cracking it. Not because of lack of IQ or whatever, because it is information known only to one person here. Others will have to do some guess work and search to locate it. Further, some slight sleight of hand is also involved. But it is all logical. Also, for the record the number right now is 323250 and the correct count would be about 19500 counts later.
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