ACROSS
1 - Ring number at place where actors may be filming (2,8) - {O}{N} {LOCATION}
6 - See start of Schneider Trophy (4) - {S}{POT}
10 - Device used by sailors on Ark Royal (5) - SONAR [T]
11 - Boastful talk in front of groom as deacon prepared (9) - {G}{AS}{CONADE*}
12 - Local lingo in citadel abroad (7) - DIALECT*
13 - Young child being led, trod awkwardly (7) - TODDLER*
14 - Derogatory post in section of newspaper (8,6) - {PERSONAL} {COLUMN}
18 - Such as dates that can't be kept? (9,5) - FORBIDDEN FRUIT [CD]
20 - Trendy drink, one had by daughter in flat (7) - {IN}{SIP}{I}{D}
23 - Audible cries of disapproval at college drinking spree (5-2) - (~boos){BOOZE}-{UP}
24 - Among other things, bury one in a US city (5,4) - {INTER} {A}{L{I}A} My COD
25 - Woman with husband leaving Japanese dish, last of nine (5) - {SUShI}{E}
26 - Poet dropping in to play a prank (4) - LARKin
27 - Behind me, a lush fumbled with the wine bottle (10) - {ME}{THUSELAH*}Never realised bottles had such names.
DOWN
1 - Working towards the same goal, team gives forward support (6) - {ON}{SIDE}
2 - Listen and learn, dean ordered (4,2,3) - LEND AN EAR*
3 - Reprimand fielders in unsuitable footwear for cricket (6,8) - {CARPET} {SLIPPERS}
4 - Tensed, screwed up? (9) - TIGHTENED [DD]
5 - Attack from the start (5) - ONSET [DD]
7 - Pawn nobleman's precious stone (5) - {P}{EARL}
8 - Bother about closing of station by NY borough (3,5) - {THE BRO*}{N}{X}
9 - The groom may wait a moment (4,4,6) - HOLD YOUR HORSES [DD]
15 - Be eager to land in US naval base (4,5) - {LONG} {BEACH}
16 - Worldwide valuers in resort (9) - UNIVERSAL*
17 - Refuse to entertain ICI functionary (8) - {OFF{ICI}AL}
19 - Giving address, look round quiet church (6) - {S{P}EE}{CH}
21 - Indian lute, one carried by celebrity (5) - {S{I}TAR}
22 - 500 pixies endlessly dig (5) - {D}{ELVEs}
1 - Ring number at place where actors may be filming (2,8) - {O}{N} {LOCATION}
6 - See start of Schneider Trophy (4) - {S}{POT}
10 - Device used by sailors on Ark Royal (5) - SONAR [T]
11 - Boastful talk in front of groom as deacon prepared (9) - {G}{AS}{CONADE*}
12 - Local lingo in citadel abroad (7) - DIALECT*
13 - Young child being led, trod awkwardly (7) - TODDLER*
14 - Derogatory post in section of newspaper (8,6) - {PERSONAL} {COLUMN}
18 - Such as dates that can't be kept? (9,5) - FORBIDDEN FRUIT [CD]
23 - Audible cries of disapproval at college drinking spree (5-2) - (~boos){BOOZE}-{UP}
24 - Among other things, bury one in a US city (5,4) - {INTER} {A}{L{I}A} My COD
25 - Woman with husband leaving Japanese dish, last of nine (5) - {SUS
26 - Poet dropping in to play a prank (4) - LARK
27 - Behind me, a lush fumbled with the wine bottle (10) - {ME}{THUSELAH*}Never realised bottles had such names.
1 - Working towards the same goal, team gives forward support (6) - {ON}{SIDE}
2 - Listen and learn, dean ordered (4,2,3) - LEND AN EAR*
3 - Reprimand fielders in unsuitable footwear for cricket (6,8) - {CARPET} {SLIPPERS}
4 - Tensed, screwed up? (9) - TIGHTENED [DD]
5 - Attack from the start (5) - ONSET [DD]
7 - Pawn nobleman's precious stone (5) - {P}{EARL}
8 - Bother about closing of station by NY borough (3,5) - {THE BRO*}{N}{X}
9 - The groom may wait a moment (4,4,6) - HOLD YOUR HORSES [DD]
15 - Be eager to land in US naval base (4,5) - {LONG} {BEACH}
16 - Worldwide valuers in resort (9) - UNIVERSAL*
17 - Refuse to entertain ICI functionary (8) - {OFF{ICI}AL}
19 - Giving address, look round quiet church (6) - {S{P}EE}{CH}
21 - Indian lute, one carried by celebrity (5) - {S{I}TAR}
Wrote HOLD ONES HORSES followed by PERSONAL INSULT and wasted a lot of time over a fairly easy and good crossword
ReplyDeleteSuresh
ReplyDeleteI understand what you say.
Yes, the clue is ambiguous.
In such phrases the clue must make it clear whether we have to use 'one's' or your/his/her.
As a setter, I take care to make it clear what I expect.
I shall try to examine Gridman's dB and cite some clues.
What one might do when one does not want to talk (4,4,5)
ReplyDeleteNot a great clue maybe, but you are sure the answer is HOLD ONE'S PEACE.
Try:
Walker told to be careful (5,4,4)
watch your / one's step?
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, the Hold your horses clue was not clear to me as well as to the ones / your. Infact, the clue seemed to want to solve for Hold Ones Horses, but in my case the crossings did not agree.
That clue, again not at all a great one, makes it clear that it is WATCH YOUR STEP.
ReplyDeleteThis is what one will tell a walker, not WATCH ONES STEP.
veer
ReplyDeleteI didn't solve this crossword and so I didn't experience the dilemma. But the clue as written leaves the solver pretty unsure.
Actually when I am unsure, I normally leave that portion blank and complete the rest of the grid. Today I did not do that and got into a mess
ReplyDelete8D X denoting By is a bit weird, I thought. Not wrong, like a 6 by 4 plank or 6x4 plank. But different
ReplyDelete9 The groom may / wait a moment (4,4,6) HOLD YOUR HORSES
ReplyDeleteThe latter part 'wait a moment' (in what is called 'an imperative mood' as in Gridman's clue cited above) leads clearly to HOLD YOUR HORSES.
But re the first part: if we take it as an elliptical statement, it will lead to HOLD HIS HORSES.
Even if we take the entire clue as a statement and recall grooms in north Indian weddings coming on a horse (a scene that I witness outside a wedding hall near my home), I think it doesn't lead to HOLD YOUR HORSES.
On further thoughts and 'research'
ReplyDeleteThe solving of a crossword clue depends also on the knowledge of the solver and the milieu in which the puzzle appears.
The problem here is I took the word 'groom' to mean 'bridegroom'.
If we take the word to mean 'a stableman who tends horses', then there is no ambiguity and the clue will lead to HOLD YOUR HORSES. (It is assumed that you are a Mallaya or a Ramaswami owning a number of thoroughbreds.