Thursday 1 September 2011

No 10248, Thursday 01 Sep 11, Gridman

1   - One in the style of but inferior to a city slicker? (11) - SUBURBANITE &lit
9   - King's things in large display by one auctioneering head (7) - REGALIA {REGAL*}{I}{A}
10 - Got wrong. Didn't understand properly (7) - MISTOOK [DD]
11 - Bundling out Yemen's foe (5) - ENEMY*
12 - Purses bogeyman squandered in seconds (9) - MONEYBAGS {MONEYBAG*}{S}
13 - American alternative estuary (5) - DELTA [DD]
15 - In France, it is gobbling up Jimmy, the most dexterous (9) - CLEVEREST {C{LEVER}EST}
18 - They miss the first spot in competitions (7-2) - RUNNERS-UP [E]
21 - Attack is withdrawn, say, at end of June (5) - SIEGE {SI<-}{EG}{E}


22 - A product will last as long as this (5,4) - SHELF LIFE [CD]
24 - Encouragement to Xmas saint endless (5) - TONIC {TO}{NICk}
26 - Hardened spectra dispersed (7) - PRECAST*
27 - Grandmother embraces one former President in blissful state (7) - NIRVANA {N{I}{RV}ANA}
28 - Quantities put out around delta are separated by the same amount of space (11) - EQUIDISTANT {EQUI{D}ISTANT*}
DOWN
1   - Yield to right conclusion in more certain circumstance (9) - SURRENDER {SUR{R}{END}ER}
2   - It's played on base (5) - BUGLE [CD]
3   - Ace rarely erred in this track event (5,4) - RELAY RACE*
4   - Being weak, a name is changed by one startup company (7) - ANAEMIC {A}{NAEM*}{I}{C}
5   - One small measure seen in change that's big (7) - IMMENSE {I}{MM}{ENSE*}
6   - Go for Elia's speciality (5) - ESSAY [DD]
7   - Mark well in Latin (4,4) - NOTA BENE [E]
8   - Shikaris miss Hari running around for certain sports equipment (4) - SKIS ShIKariS*
14 - Stayed back to fish before onset of dawn (8) - LINGERED {LING}{ERE}{D}
16 - Moneylender won't like these but schoolchildren will (4,5) - EASY TERMS [DD]
17 - Ditch worker's cutting (9) - TRENCHANT {TRENCH}{ANT}
19 - Japanese therapy for Utah sis in distress (7) - SHIATSU*
20 - Public Relations even had journalist dressed fussily (7) - PREENED {PR}{E'EN}ED}
22 - Drinks for half the meal endless (4) - SUPS {SUPper}{S}
23 - Fine meal served for old love (5) - FLAME {F}{LAME*}
25 - Animal penned by many a landowner (5) - NYALA [T]


32 comments:

  1. Elegant and very smooth crossword today. Enjoyed it very much.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Well, I know 1d.

    It reminded me of the joke where a Pole who looked at the last line of an eye chart with ‘ZCWSXY’ and remarked that he knew him.

    ReplyDelete
  3. One difference between gridman and the previous setter, is that even though we have an obscure ( to me ) animal, the answer is actually attainable from the clue, rather than demanding an encyclopaedic knowledge of flora and fauna.

    ReplyDelete
  4. 25 - Animal penned by many a landowner (5) - NYALA [T]

    Reminded me of the Nyali bride between Mombasa and Malindi.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Please insert a g in the bride above !

    ReplyDelete
  6. Tomorrows special will be up at 8 AM (as I have to make a trip to the hospital with my m-i-l)and the restriction will be 4 PP (ie 4 answers per commenter) till I find that no more solutions are forthcoming.

    ReplyDelete
  7. New photo shows tan viable (4)

    ReplyDelete
  8. Deepak

    Thoroughly enjoyed both the cartoons.

    Makes our mornings brighter.

    ReplyDelete
  9. The child is clearly glancing at the grandpa's moustache.

    ReplyDelete
  10. DG 841:

    A stammering king contracted and got a mild reproach (3-3)

    ReplyDelete
  11. CV847:
    Reminded me of a Akbar-Birbal story (titled 'GaDDa yeLadavnige miTTai' - Sweet for a beard puller), which applies equally well to moustaches.

    Full story at following link (the second story from the top)

    http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/share-your-knowledge/6870-wisdom-stories-2.html

    ReplyDelete
  12. Happy Vinayak Chathurthi to all! Ganesha was kind, eased thru' this quickly. Loved 6D, 'essay' for 'go for'. Just one nit to pick: the use of 'endless' to indicate 'S' in 22D.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Try:

    Starting trouble heard in the golf links (3)

    ReplyDelete
  14. I quite liked "endless" - it made me smile. Think it's clever word play to split words and then reinterpret their meaning.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Tee-ing off apropos 933 and the chap mentioned in 15a:

    JIMMY:
    Picture you upon my knee
    Just tea for two
    And two for tea
    Just me for you
    And you for me...alone-

    ReplyDelete
  16. A happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all friends out here.

    By the way, does anyone remember 'Come September'?

    ReplyDelete
  17. Anyone who was a movie-goer in the Sixties will never forget the movie.I saw it in theatre when I was in college as a PU student. The title song was very popular and one that echoed from every patti-thotti in Tamil Nadu - areas from where people might have never gone to an English movie.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aBUD_udqFA

    ReplyDelete
  18. REMINDER

    Tomorrows special will be up at 8 AM (as I have to make a trip to the hospital with my m-i-l)and the restriction will be 4 PP (ie 4 answers per commenter) till I find that no more solutions are forthcoming.

    ReplyDelete
  19. Deepak:

    Why this Hitchcockian suspense on your 2nd Sept special ?

    Hope your M-i-L is ok?

    ReplyDelete
  20. Could someone please explain how 1A is an &lit? I thought it was a CD.

    ReplyDelete
  21. The whole clue has to be red to get the definition Navaneet

    ReplyDelete
  22. Raju,

    Just building up the hype for the special that's all.

    M-i-l is fine she had a finger nail surgically removed day before yesterday and has to go for its dressing tomorrow.

    ReplyDelete
  23. Suresh,
    I'm not sure I understand. How does it differ from a CD then?

    ReplyDelete
  24. Navneeth Read discussion on July 26

    ReplyDelete
  25. But 1A here does not have a subsidiary indication, as Chaturvasi called it. Or does it?

    ReplyDelete
  26. Navneeth

    Inferior to a city slicker = {SUB}{URBANITE}

    ReplyDelete
  27. Thanks, Colonel.

    ReplyDelete
  28. @Gridman- I am a newbie but not really happy with a couple of clues.

    "Grandmother embraces one former President in blissful state (7)" - {N{I}{RV}ANA}

    How do we narrow down to Indian prez RV? Is former prez always RV?

    Nyala - I really don't get it why you guys bring in such obscure flora and fauna. I am surprised that people have chided NJ for her obscure animal references but this is not very easy either! Maybe it is straightforward for the seasoned pros, but for newbies it is very tough! Or is your target audience professional solvers?

    ReplyDelete
  29. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  30. Labakku Das

    Please see response in the Comments section of the blog for Friday, Sept 2.

    ReplyDelete

deepakgita@gmail.com