ACROSS
1 - Bar traitor masquerading as mediator (10) - ARBITRATOR*
7 - Silver found in church enclosure for animals (4) - {C{AG}E}
9 - Spirit with trade name unknown (6) - {BRAND}{Y} My COD
10 - Such a place to house a king! (8) - PALATIAL [CD]
11 - Insincerely praises one that is more lacking in energy, beginning to sulk (8) - {FLATTER}{S}
12 - Leg-wear used in British honour (6) - GARTER [DD]
13 - Express sympathy to prisoner on state support (7) - {CON}{DOLE}
16 - European with microphone makes controversial speech (7) - {POLE}{MIC}
17 - Separate from others one extremely tardy (7) - {I}{SO}{LATE}
19 - He has given the slip (7) - ESCAPEE [CD]
22 - Middle-easterner confronting the French is fit to be cultivated (6) - {ARAB}{LE}
23 - Red's lads are trained — they equip horses (8) - SADDLERS*
26 - When hungry he could be lethal to his fellowman! (8) - CANNIBAL [CD]
27 - Language that has a changed role in church (6) - {C{REOL*}E}
28 - Hardy mate, funny old actor (4) - STAN [CD]
29 - Physical training needed when stumped in New York's magic turns (10) - {GYMNA{ST}ICS*}
DOWN
2 - Rustic peak of red mountain in Europe (5) - {R}{URAL}
3 - Police officer, reportedly honoured by the British, is excited (7) - {IG}{NITED}(~knighted)
4 - Without it or reason, one would be lacking in sense (5) - RHYME [CD]
5 - Office worker in a county pistol range (6) - TYPIST [T]
6 - Devout English girl's IOU is destroyed (9) - R(E)LIGIOUS*
7 - Exclusive group that can recite love composition (7) - C(O)TERIE*
8 - Means of communication for vintners? (9) - GRAPEVINE [CD]
14 - Attentive employee follows old boy (9) - {OB}{SERVANT}
15 - Learner replaces leader in jerky dance, one who throws refuse around (9) - (-j+l)LITTERBUG
18 - State where the French embargo is operative (7) - {LE}{BAN}{ON}
20 - Malady of soldiers sporting twisted tail (7) - {AIL{MEN}T*}
21 - Refugee's destination (6) - ASYLUM [CD]
24 - Pronouncements by laidback detectives on reserve force (5) - {DIC<-}{TA}
25 - The remains of a priest kept by Red Cross (5) - {R{ELI}C}
1 - Bar traitor masquerading as mediator (10) - ARBITRATOR*
7 - Silver found in church enclosure for animals (4) - {C{AG}E}
9 - Spirit with trade name unknown (6) - {BRAND}{Y} My COD
10 - Such a place to house a king! (8) - PALATIAL [CD]
11 - Insincerely praises one that is more lacking in energy, beginning to sulk (8) - {FLATTER}{S}
12 - Leg-wear used in British honour (6) - GARTER [DD]
13 - Express sympathy to prisoner on state support (7) - {CON}{DOLE}
16 - European with microphone makes controversial speech (7) - {POLE}{MIC}
17 - Separate from others one extremely tardy (7) - {I}{SO}{LATE}
19 - He has given the slip (7) - ESCAPEE [CD]
22 - Middle-easterner confronting the French is fit to be cultivated (6) - {ARAB}{LE}
23 - Red's lads are trained — they equip horses (8) - SADDLERS*
26 - When hungry he could be lethal to his fellowman! (8) - CANNIBAL [CD]
27 - Language that has a changed role in church (6) - {C{REOL*}E}
28 - Hardy mate, funny old actor (4) - STAN [CD]
29 - Physical training needed when stumped in New York's magic turns (10) - {GYMNA{ST}ICS*}
DOWN
2 - Rustic peak of red mountain in Europe (5) - {R}{URAL}
3 - Police officer, reportedly honoured by the British, is excited (7) - {IG}{NITED}(~knighted)
4 - Without it or reason, one would be lacking in sense (5) - RHYME [CD]
5 - Office worker in a county pistol range (6) - TYPIST [T]
6 - Devout English girl's IOU is destroyed (9) - R(E)LIGIOUS*
7 - Exclusive group that can recite love composition (7) - C(O)TERIE*
8 - Means of communication for vintners? (9) - GRAPEVINE [CD]
14 - Attentive employee follows old boy (9) - {OB}{SERVANT}
15 - Learner replaces leader in jerky dance, one who throws refuse around (9) - (-j+l)LITTERBUG
21 - Refugee's destination (6) - ASYLUM [CD]
24 - Pronouncements by laidback detectives on reserve force (5) - {DIC<-}{TA}
25 - The remains of a priest kept by Red Cross (5) - {R{ELI}C}
19 - He has given the slip (7) - ESCAPEE [CD]
ReplyDeletei PUTIN 'escaper'.
Rare case where -er and -ee mean the same person.
Grapevine is my CoD.
ReplyDeleteThis time around, there seem to be lot more CDs from Sankalak than I noticed before. Or was that the case always?
@Kishore, I made the right choice too then.
ReplyDelete21 - Refugee's destination (6) - ASYLUM [CD]
ReplyDeleteReminded me of a joke from the B'desh war times:
These Bengalies use the respectful suffix 'jee' in many names, Bannerjee, Chatterjee, Mukherjee. Look, they even call the people coming in from EP as refugee.
Remember the 'refugee relief' postal stamp which had to be affixed to all mail in those days?
Kishore,
ReplyDeleteIMO there may be a subtle difference. Escapee is always used for a person who has escaped from somewhere, esp. prison, while escaper may also be used for someone who is in the act of breaking lose, e.g., from a prison.
I agree with Col's answer.
May be Suresh or CV sir can throw more light on this.
Venkatesh, agree. However, the difference is not so subtle for the protagonist of the escape.;-)
ReplyDeleteRead about the usage of -ee at http://www.thefreedictionary.com/-ee
ReplyDeleteMust rank as one of the simplest and fastest solved crosswords in recent times for me.
ReplyDeleteI also go with ESCAPEE
I do not see any difference between escapee and escaper. Maybe escaper may also be used for someone who wants to escape from the world (mentally rather than physically) and escapee may be only physical. I looked it up in my antique version of Fowler's Modern English Usage and did not find it. Maybe the distinction does not exist.
ReplyDeleteMuch like among and amongst meaning the same thing even in usage.
Appaently the 'jee' in the Bengali names comes from jha, which is a highly shortened version of 'upadhyaya' . Hence bandopadhyaya, mukhopadhyaya, Chattopadhyaya, Gangopadhyaya (where it becomes uly instead of jee)
ReplyDeleteMy Bengali friends tell me that the etymology of jee has more to do with the British who could not pronounce tongue twisters such as Mukhopadhyaya and shortened it to Mukherjee etc.
ReplyDeleteVikram, what you said is more likely. I wrote my comment from some article in Wiki. They must have been referring to the etymology of the tterm ji in general
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