ACROSS
1 - Is seeking a scrap with enemies out (7) - {FO{RAG}ES}
5 - Stage set by lieutenant for school of philosophy (7) - {GESTA*}{LT}
10 - Went without having given a farewell gesture, we hear (6) - WAIVED(~waved)
11 - One trips maybe due to the dogs (8) - POINTERS*
12 - Miss England lost one point for breaking down (6) - GLENDAn*
13 - Person or instrument making notes (8) - RECORDER [E]
14 - Hound fool for the gamble he gets into (6) - {B{ASS}ET}
15 - Put down for PE, does work out (6) - DEPOSE*
18 - Edible flower buds cut by pranksters (6) - CAPERS [DD]
20 - Making a comeback in the starring role about a biblical character (6) - {DA{NI}EL} <-
23 - Thought is led without being considered perfect (8) - {IDEA}{LISEd*} How does the 'D' get deleted?
25 - Alas! Copper found though in careless manner (6) - CASUAL*(alas+cu)
26 - Pole mishandled Laotian subject (8) - {N}{ATIONAL*}
27 - Either pick out or miss (6) - SINGLE [DD]
28 - Amount of money in grass picked up again (7) - {RE{SUM}ED}
29 - Border of a passage (7) - WAYSIDE [E]
DOWN
2 - Clear round for a person of great wisdom (6) - (O)RACLE*(clear+o)
3 - Plus now the front gate is broken (9) - {AD}{VAN}{TAGE*}
4 - Listeners following close bonds in gratitude (7) - {END}{EARS}
6 - Showed clearly the vice had to end right away (7) - EVINCED* (vice+end)
7 - Find a coach outright (5) - TUTOR [E]
8 - In magnanimous manner, bestowed huge quarter to son (8) - {LARGE}{S}{SE}
9 - Return full of beans (8,5) - SPIRITED REPLY [CD]
16 - As he will be dressed in trousers for the game (9) - {P{HEAS*}ANTS}
17 - Tough guy's shell? (4,4) - HARD CASE [CD]
19 - A skilled craft (7) - SCIENCE [CD]
21 - Casino I constructed for a capital (7) - NICOSIA*
22 - Given the name of, rang (6) - CALLED [DD]
24 - Bid farewell in a French manner (5) - ADIEU [E]
1 - Is seeking a scrap with enemies out (7) - {FO{RAG}ES}
5 - Stage set by lieutenant for school of philosophy (7) - {GESTA*}{LT}
10 - Went without having given a farewell gesture, we hear (6) - WAIVED(~waved)
11 - One trips maybe due to the dogs (8) - POINTERS*
13 - Person or instrument making notes (8) - RECORDER [E]
14 - Hound fool for the gamble he gets into (6) - {B{ASS}ET}
18 - Edible flower buds cut by pranksters (6) - CAPERS [DD]
23 - Thought is led without being considered perfect (8) - {IDEA}{LISE
25 - Alas! Copper found though in careless manner (6) - CASUAL*(alas+cu)
26 - Pole mishandled Laotian subject (8) - {N}{ATIONAL*}
27 - Either pick out or miss (6) - SINGLE [DD]
28 - Amount of money in grass picked up again (7) - {RE{SUM}ED}
29 - Border of a passage (7) - WAYSIDE [E]
DOWN
2 - Clear round for a person of great wisdom (6) - (O)RACLE*(clear+o)
3 - Plus now the front gate is broken (9) - {AD}{VAN}{TAGE*}
4 - Listeners following close bonds in gratitude (7) - {END}{EARS}
6 - Showed clearly the vice had to end right away (7) - EVINCED* (vice+end)
7 - Find a coach outright (5) - TUTOR [E]
8 - In magnanimous manner, bestowed huge quarter to son (8) - {LARGE}{S}{SE}
16 - As he will be dressed in trousers for the game (9) - {P{HEAS*}ANTS}
19 - A skilled craft (7) - SCIENCE [CD]
21 - Casino I constructed for a capital (7) - NICOSIA*
22 - Given the name of, rang (6) - CALLED [DD]
24 - Bid farewell in a French manner (5) - ADIEU [E]
7 - Find a coach outright (5) - TUTOR [E]
ReplyDeleteI might sound crazy but I think this involves some anagram of OUT+RT
23 A- Thought is led without being considered perfect (8) - {IDEA}{LISEd*} How does the 'D' get deleted?
ReplyDeleteManna's Day out!
Bhavan, you need to be a touch crazy while solving Manna's CWs.
ReplyDeleteDid not enjoy today's crossword at all. That sums it up
ReplyDeleteFor 23D, I'd guess that "without" is doing double duty. 'Without being' refers to something dead, so '(without) without being' would indicate the removal of the D. :D
ReplyDeleteraju umamaheswar said...
ReplyDeleteGridman and Manna are also following on the footsteps of NJ, throwing all canons of grammar, syntax and norms of compiling to the winds. They all should take a lesson from the compiler of The Daily Telegraph of London. I have been doing these crosswords from my collections and I enjoy them so thoroughly.
Lingam is a Sanskrit word(see 23rd June) and though I did get the answer, I felt very uneasy having even attempted to solve that crossword.
Takes all sorts to muddle your mind with not just lateral thinking but multi-lateral thinking.!!
We solvers have a right to ask the Hindu to appoint a Crossword Editor. Any takers ? Chaturvasi saab? or Shucchiben? Or even Colonel saab, who is always so punctilious?
Raju Umamaheswar
23 - Thought is led without being considered perfect (8) - {IDEA}{LISEd*}
ReplyDeleteIMHO the setter must have clued it as a 9-letter word.
Thought IDEA + is / led without L(IS)ED = IDEALISED (being considered perfect)
Then, he must have forgotten to revise it when the enu was 8.
16D - As he will be dressed in trousers for the game (9) - {P{HEAS*}ANTS}
ReplyDeleteGame is any animal hunted for food or not normally domesticated while a game is a recreational activity with a set of rules.
Use of article 'the' before game (obviously meant to distract the solver with the latter meaning of the word) appears to be inappropriate.
16Dn As he will be dressed in trousers for the game (9) {P{HEAS*}ANTS}
ReplyDeleteGame is any animal hunted for food or not normally domesticated while a game is a recreational activity with a set of rules. Prefixing article 'the' before game is obviously meant to mislead the solver with the latter meaning.