ACROSS
1 - Retire drunk and have a good night (5,5) - SLEEP TIGHT {SLEEP} {TIGHT}
6 - Proper for Henry given vehicle for becoming chief (4) - BUSH {BUS}{H} (Addendum - ARCH {ARC*}{H} - See comments)
9 - Tests the gold first then does business (7) - ORDEALS {OR}{DEALS}
10 - Tokens for telegraphs, say (7) - SIGNALS [DD]
12 - Gave beer possibly as the drink (8) - BEVERAGE*
13 - Unwise person, possibly an imbecile (5) - IDIOT [E]
15 - Moves gently to be free from pain (5) - EASES [CD]
17 - Learn nothing of an Irish county (9) - CONNAUGHT {CON}{NAUGHT}
19 - Heavy metal found on Gibraltar (4,5) - ROCKMUSIC [CD]
21 - All right for GI to wear cap with a plume (5) - SHAKO [CD?]
27 - Can side out from being surrounded (7) - INCASED*
28 - Repeat some of the composite rates (7) - ITERATE [T]
29 - Invalid having no significance (4) - NULL [E]
30 - Backer has been upset by agent (10) - BENEFACTOR {BENE*}{FACTOR}
DOWN
1 - See post is dealt with (4) - SPOT*
2 - Going on and on to no purpose (7) - ENDLESS [DD]
3 - Aircraft which levels off (5) - PLANE [DD]
4 - Cases for incessant use (9) - INSTANCES*
5 - Heats up due to inconsiderate speed (5) - HASTE*
7 - The place of the bibliophile? (7) - UNAGING Another mix-up between clue and solution? (Addendum - READING - See comments)
8 - Stumbling that can get us lost (10) - HESITATION [CD]
11 - GI has skills to produce acceptable music from stringed instruments (7) - GUITARS {GI+ARTS+U}*
14 - Blues associated with the early 1930s (10) - DEPRESSION [DD]
16 - Tries the quality quite enough aboard ship (7) - SAMPLES {S{AMPLE}S}
18 - This fruit is not downed (9) - NECTARINE [CD]
20 - Convention demands an advisory board (7) - COUNCIL [DD]
22 - War that may be put across (7) - ATHWART*
24 - Girl to take heed not to obstruct (5) - HEDGE {HED{G}E*}
25 - Battle ground zone around Northern capital (5) - ARENA {ARE{N}A}
26 - Be told by a woman captured (4) - HEAR {HE{A}R}
7 - The place of the bibliophile? (7) - UNAGING Another mix-up between clue and solution?
ReplyDeleteI had this as READING (DD), so 6A became:
6 - Proper for Henry given vehicle for becoming chief (4) - BUSH {BUS}{H}
ARC*H
Thanks, Bhavan. I put in Library and had the whole North East washed out.
ReplyDeleteThree more days before some sense prevails in the form of Neyartha.
ReplyDeleteBhavan, I did not think that this offering was senseless.
ReplyDeleteI had library too and then realised in a short while that it was wrong
ReplyDeleteI thought it had to be library,but it was not fitting with crossings. What else to do but look here for guidance?
ReplyDeleteI could not get the connection between fruit & downed. But nectarine fitted the crossings. Any clues?
I also do not know how scull means handy
ReplyDeleteSuresh, I said it was senseless not only because of the dodgy clues (6A,21A, 7D, 8D), but also for the mindless verbatim repetition of clues.
ReplyDeleteNearly one-third of the clues have appeared in previous THC (possibly Manna's own) puzzles as they appear here. And a couple of clues lead to "external" sources.
I did not notice the copycat bit. But this has happened regularly and not necessarily from his own clues. Yes you have a point there.
ReplyDeleteSuresh @ 10:18,
ReplyDeleteScull also means an 'oar' besides being a type of boat also. See the link in the main post
Padmamabhan: Same clue by Manna appeared on 22nd April and Kishore gave thie explanation:
ReplyDeleteThis fruit is not downed (9) - NECTARINE [CD]
The nectarine cultivar group of peaches have a smooth skin. It is often referred to as a "shaved peach" or "shaven peach" due to its lack of fuzz or short hairs.
Since it does not have hairs, it is not 'downed'.
Sorry for misspelling your name, Padmanabhan.
ReplyDeleteTks Deepak
ReplyDeleteNo major 3 downs except for GLAMIS CASTLE.
ReplyDeleteA well set grid, and well-enjoyed Sunday doing it.
Will any golfer annotate the CLANGER which means a stupid mistake == Conservative C-A-G-R. A bit off my line as I hate this game of Gentlemen of leisure which has been picked up by those countries colonized by the Brits. They needed to bask in the sun due to their cold climate but do we Indians have to, in the sweltering heat of 40C and above? Even cricket is a game of five days in those days , which lets the players soak in a lot of vitamin D.
I'd rather be indoors and do my crosswords in an AC-ed comfort.
No offence meant to any golfer or cricket buffs.
Endless repetition of clues by this setter, as in 2D!
ReplyDeleteRaju @ 12:17
ReplyDeleteConservative = C
golfer = LANGER (See BERNHARD LANGER)
making a stupid mistake = {C}{LANGER}