ACROSS
1 - Nothing in brothers' room but instruments (6) - {CELL{O}S}
4 - Go ahead and get a drink. You'll need it travelling (8) - {PASS}{PORT} My COD
10 - Tom hesitates twice to become provision supplier (7) - {CAT}{ER}{ER}
11 - RAF chef disposed to haggle (7) - CHAFFER*
12 - The nymph who answered back (4) - ECHO [DD]
13 - Unwilling to be laid up? (10) - INDISPOSED [DD]
16 - Return to quarter to make safe (6) - ENSURE Anno pending
17 - Restaurant where light refreshments are served (7) - TEAROOM [E]
20 - Father on board a ship develops a strong feeling of sorrow (7) - (PA)(SS)(I)(ON)*
21 - Pest found in arched part of shoe (6) - INSTEP*
24 - A stroke for which the team will get an allowance (10) - {SIDE}{RATION}
25 - A hair style (4) - AFRO [E]
27 - Friendly – but not entirely self-confident? (7) - {AM}{I}{ABLE}
29 - Leo and Nora both join up to meet her (7) - {LEO}{NORA}
30 - New rate certain to be considered valuable (8) - {TREA*}{SURE}
31 - Pound Pete's exchange with another pound (6) - {PEST{L}E*}
DOWN
1 - A dog to the Spanish a bird to us (8) - {COCKER}{EL}
2 - His widow no longer has to keep his dinner hot (4,7) - LATE HUSBAND
3 - These blades love classical art (4) - {O}ARS Anno pending
5 - Notice writer included to whom it was attributed? (8) - {A{SCRIBE}D}
6 - Give voice about a holiday maker speeding (10) - {S{CAMPER}ING}
7 - A changeling (3) - OAF [E]
8 - There's much abuse when one's involved in commerce (6) - {T{I}RADE}
9 - A sphere of action (5) - ARENA [E]
14 - Determined attempt to get utter sot off rum (5,6) - STOUT EFFORT*
15 - Bars professional writers (10) - {PRO}{SCRIBES}
18 - Socks and shoes (8) - FOOTWEAR [E]
19 - Capable of keeping an appointment with it (2-2-4) - {UP-TO}-{DATE}
22 - Obliquely across the French book (6) - {AS}{LA}{NT}
23 - Struggles hard to arrange traps (5) - TOILS [DD]
26 - Old king has a fondness for cabbage plants (4) - COLE [DD]
28 - In all probability he was fired in anger (3) - IRE [T]
1 - Nothing in brothers' room but instruments (6) - {CELL{O}S}
4 - Go ahead and get a drink. You'll need it travelling (8) - {PASS}{PORT} My COD
10 - Tom hesitates twice to become provision supplier (7) - {CAT}{ER}{ER}
11 - RAF chef disposed to haggle (7) - CHAFFER*
12 - The nymph who answered back (4) - ECHO [DD]
13 - Unwilling to be laid up? (10) - INDISPOSED [DD]
16 - Return to quarter to make safe (6) - ENSURE Anno pending
17 - Restaurant where light refreshments are served (7) - TEAROOM [E]
20 - Father on board a ship develops a strong feeling of sorrow (7) - (PA)(SS)(I)(ON)*
21 - Pest found in arched part of shoe (6) - INSTEP*
24 - A stroke for which the team will get an allowance (10) - {SIDE}{RATION}
25 - A hair style (4) - AFRO [E]
29 - Leo and Nora both join up to meet her (7) - {LEO}{NORA}
30 - New rate certain to be considered valuable (8) - {TREA*}{SURE}
31 - Pound Pete's exchange with another pound (6) - {PEST{L}E*}
DOWN
1 - A dog to the Spanish a bird to us (8) - {COCKER}{EL}
3 - These blades love classical art (4) - {O}ARS Anno pending
5 - Notice writer included to whom it was attributed? (8) - {A{SCRIBE}D}
6 - Give voice about a holiday maker speeding (10) - {S{CAMPER}ING}
7 - A changeling (3) - OAF [E]
8 - There's much abuse when one's involved in commerce (6) - {T{I}RADE}
9 - A sphere of action (5) - ARENA [E]
14 - Determined attempt to get utter sot off rum (5,6) - STOUT EFFORT*
15 - Bars professional writers (10) - {PRO}{SCRIBES}
18 - Socks and shoes (8) - FOOTWEAR [E]
19 - Capable of keeping an appointment with it (2-2-4) - {UP-TO}-{DATE}
22 - Obliquely across the French book (6) - {AS}{LA}{NT}
23 - Struggles hard to arrange traps (5) - TOILS [DD]
26 - Old king has a fondness for cabbage plants (4) - COLE [DD]
28 - In all probability he was fired in anger (3) - IRE [T]
Hi
ReplyDelete2 - His widow no longer has to keep his dinner hot (4,7) - LATE HUSBAND
pun or dd for the word 'late'=dead, behind expected time
Kishore
ReplyDeleteBefore I saw your Comment and before you saw mine, I have posted one on the very same clue in the Orkut community: THCS.
And I have posted an addendum there...
ReplyDelete28 - In all probability he was fired in anger (3) - IRE [T]
ReplyDeleteAgree that it is a hidden word and hence a slight amount of padding is allowed to make the clue read better. But there is more padding than words for the cryptic reading! I assume that the first "In" in the clue is the hidden word indicator with the second "in" serving as the linkword to def. and we are supposed to get IRE from "all probability he was fired". A bit much, I must say.
veer
ReplyDeleteI too paused over the clue/solution (as you know, I don't solve THC of certain composers).
I don't say the clue for IRE is bad but you have aptly pointed out the muchness in it.
Certainly, it does not have the finesse that we find in the clue 14dn Determined attempt to get utter sot off rum (5,6) STOUT EFFORT and a couple of other clues for long words/phrases.
No doubt there is a master in their provenance.
CV Sir: Thx for the comment. I am sure you paused over the lameness of Leonora - I could not believe that the entire answer was given gratis.
ReplyDelete29 - Leo and Nora both join up to meet her (7) - {LEO}{NORA}
Actually it still brought a smile because it reminded of a masterpiece clue that is one of my all time top 5 - I am sure you will recognize the setter. I think the clue goes like this:
Two girls, one on each knee (7)
Nice one from Manna
ReplyDeleteMy cod is 14 D. 24 A & 22 D eluded me.
Mathu.
COD-passport given to 4 Ac. Some very good ones mixed up with very ordinary ones.Could not believe Leonora.Thought I was either wrong or missing something!"Two girls...." one of my favourite ones too.
ReplyDelete22d-Is 'as' a standard abbreviation fro across?
Padmanabhan
ReplyDeleteTo answer your query.
Just now I had a look at the relevant clue.
AS is not even a non-standard abbr. for across. Pathetic, I would say.
Readers are invited to write clue for any word of their choice but wordplay exactly smilar to LEONORA.
ReplyDeleteThe clue would be considered acceptable only in this exercise and is not be taken as a model for a full-fledged crossword worthy of publication.
I am sure you paused over the lameness of Leonora
ReplyDeleteVeer, no, I didn't.
For the simple reason that I didn't do the crossword.
Any comment of mine follows another here.
(Down clue)
ReplyDeleteCon on tact for making contact (7)
ANT and LION ........
ReplyDeleteFor 3D, ars (Latin) = arts. Thus classical arts. (Movie buffs might remember 'Ars gratia artis', the motto of MGM.)
ReplyDelete@kvk: Thanks for the meaning of ARS.
ReplyDeleteGood detection kvk on ars. With baser thoughts I would not have got it
ReplyDeleteGreat, KVK.
ReplyDeleteOn the Leonora, Patella thread:
A Bengali followed by a Mumbai locality is a Hindi rabbit (9)
Echoing CV,
The clue would be considered acceptable only in this exercise and is not be taken as a model for a full-fledged crossword worthy of publication
Suresh: With baser thoughts I would not have got it
You would have got to the bottom of it !
CV@10.54-Thank you for the clarification.
ReplyDeletePiper following a bag is a Scot.
@Kishore: i think, Hindi rabbit is KHARGOSH, not KHARGHOSH.
ReplyDeleteAgree Sandy, I meant the phonetics..
ReplyDeleteLee had his way with the extra hours (6)
ReplyDeleteSugar on cane completes Pongal (9) :P
ReplyDeleteCombined to get her (8)
ReplyDeleteOver, following a walk, a contestant is declared victorious with no other contestants (1,8)
ReplyDeleteWhy go to such lengths when we have,
ReplyDeleteMan and Mohan, Indian PM (8)
Chat with Urvasi, but that's bound to bring the setter out (10)
ReplyDelete;-)
Special wow for kvk and the immediately preceeding two !
ReplyDelete