Welcome 'Dextrous' Textrous.
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1 - Confusing babble about zero, one and hundred (7) - CHAOTIC {CHA{O}T}{I}{C}
5 - Is new art retrospective on time and motion? (7) - TRANSIT {TRA}{N}{SI}<-{T}
9 - Electrical device now has a new port (7) - ADAPTOR {AD}{A}{PORT*}
10 - Spread quietly, avoid going around river (7) - PERVADE {P}{E{R}VADE}
11 - Metal appropriate in sound (5) - STEEL (~steal)
12 - Beat skin ruthlessly, end in terrible wound (9) - SNAKEBITE {BEAT+SKIN+E}*
13 - Dry, small, chilly region around a pole (9) - SARCASTIC {S}{ARC{A}{S}TIC}
16 - A place to hide money, say (5) - CACHE (~cash)
18 - Sneaks up on southern uprisers in a riot (9) - SURPRISES {S}{UPRISERS*}
21 - Speak again about commercial outfit (9) - READDRESS {RE}{AD}{DRESS}
24 - Country tea consumed at home (5) - CHINA {CH{IN}A}
25 - Song, it comes back to me when the program is shown (7) - AIRTIME {AIR}{TI<-}{ME}
26 - Vision expert is seen in hollow religious group (7) - OCULIST {O}{CUL{IS}T}
27 - Time streams head off to underground passages (7) - TUNNELS {T}{fUNNELS} (Correction - {T}{rUNNELS} - See comments)
28 - One who chooses English church official (7) - ELECTOR {E}{LECTOR}
DOWN
1 - Pic finally includes sibling in frame (7) - CHASSIS {C}{HAS}{SIS}
2 - Novice director replacing you with master (7) - AMATEUR {A(-u+ma)MATEUR}
3 - Tease a little bird I'm going to eat in a stew (9) - TITILLATE {TIT}{I'LL)(EAT*}
4 - Military group chopped off dead body (5) - CORPS CORPSe
5 - One with quick steps can depart in a whirl (3,6) - TAP DANCER*
6 - Doctor eager to give consent (5) - AGREE*
7 - Dog jumps around home, upset (7) - SPANIEL {SPA{NI*}EL<-}
8 - Because of that article, soldiers get past (7) - THEREBY {THE}{RE}{BY}
14 - Vulgar tales remade in vulgar sets (9) - TASTELESS {TALES+SETS}* (Correction - {T{ASTEL*}ESS*} - See comments)
15 - Blame university taking the place of one building (9) - STRUCTURE {STR(-i+u}UCTURE}
16 - Fruit's in vogue, we're told (7) - CURRANT (~current)
19 - One may give you an elevating experience over snow (3,4) - SKI LIFT [CD]
20 - Dabble in small subject (7) - SMATTER {S}{MATTER}
22 - Inspire endless nonsense (5) - DRIVE DRIVEl
Nice debut, Textrous. Keep em coming.
ReplyDelete12 - Beat skin ruthlessly, end in terrible wound (9) - SNAKEBITE
ReplyDeleteReminded me of Bangalore's own Jim Corbett - Kenneth Anderson.
Actually I like KA better than JC. Most of the places in his books are near Bangalore: Magadi, Yelagiri, Denkanikotta....
And of course, being buried in the Hosur Road cemetry Author and friend to all wild animals and little birds - as his tombstone reads.
His tombstone
27 - Time streams head off to underground passages (7) - TUNNELS {T}{fUNNELS}
ReplyDeleteAnno correction
T (-r)UNNELS
Runnels are streams, head off=unnels.
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ReplyDeleteDeepak
ReplyDeleteMy thought too was the pseudonym reminds us strongly of the word 'dextrous'.
Kishore
Did you notice that the pseudonym, if anagrammed, will give ...
CV,
ReplyDeleteand give you another chance to mention my halitosis?
I'd rather go with EX TUTORS, whether you would like to put the tail in the beginning is your choice.
BTW, May I clarify that in the comparison of KA vs JC, I am talking about their writing skills and not shikar.
CVasi Sir: Anagram of textrous yields Rex Stout, famous American detective fiction writer, creator of fictional detective. Nero Wolfe.
ReplyDeleteKrishnan
ReplyDeleteYou have it!
Kishore
ReplyDeleteLOL. I never thought of that! Masters and Johnson!
I read JC as a lad of 15 years in Durgapur, WB. I came to know of KA much later.
ReplyDeleteJohns on?
ReplyDeleteTut tut, CV.
Kishore!!??
ReplyDeleteCol. Sarcasm at its best- or is it worst? Really a hilarious cartoon. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteIt was a jumble for me-the exchange between CV & Kishore. Had to look up 'halitosis',then go to the anagram of textrous,put in M & J and finally get it! Nice and interesting.
ReplyDeleteAn impeccably clued puzzle - no stray words, smooth surfaces. Very promising debut. [Just a small niggle: the repetition of small = S.]
ReplyDelete14D: I think the anno is {TALES}* in {SETS}*.
No sour text.
ReplyDeleteJust completed Sunday's crossword.
ReplyDeleteAMBULANCE CHASER was a good one; as an insurance man, I have had to deal with quite a few of them in my time.
Can't figure out what CHESS has to do with music? Am not a chess player, though I'm a music lover; of the English classics and instrumentals.
A bit of a RUPEE. A bit -a nickel as the yanks call it; may be the compiler had that in mind for the rupee, though now we can buy more of that with the US nickels? How the mighty falls !
Otherwise, I liked the French flavour to the crossword and enjoyed it. No doubt, ALAN BATES and SAINT SAENS are proper names that I'd like to avoid seeing !!
Nice to see new compilers coming in. A breath of fresh air sure can help.
ReplyDeleteThis is good stuff and a welcome change. The new style had me thinking a bit more. Highly satisfying
ReplyDeleteDid not know 'dexterous' is spelt 'dextrous' also. Learning all the time...
ReplyDeleteRaju @ 12:22,
ReplyDeleteSee the link provided over the word Chess in the main post.
Very refreshingly different today. Dextrous cluing by Textreous.
ReplyDeletePERVADE Where does avoid fit in? Vade? Didn't like it.
PIC finally includes soibling in frame-- CHASSIS . PIC?
STRICTURE vs STRUCTURE-- not bad
Dog jumps around home upset-SPANIEL ? WHY? IN aund yes, but what happens to SPAEL?
Weird.
Any way better oof with TEXTROUS than a few others who were here before. You know who i mean?
Pardon a few spelling errors. Being posted at 1155 PM and my night is still young ! Sorry folks.
ReplyDeleteRaju,
ReplyDeletePERVADE Where does avoid fit in?
Def=Spread
quietly= P
avoid=EVADE going around river R
P E(R)VADE
1 - Pic finally includes sibling in frame (7) -
Pic finally =C
includes= HAS
sibling=SIS
frame= C HAS SIS
Dog jumps around home upset-SPANIEL ? WHY? IN aund yes, but what happens to SPAEL?
7 - Dog jumps around home, upset (7) -
Dog =SPANIEL
jumps=LEAPS around home=IN, upset=reversal/anagram indicator
Hence, SPA(NI)EL<-
Thanks, Kishore: It is so simple and silly of me. I must have been somnolent when I did this crossword. Now, it figures. Sometimes, the simplest will be elusive and the hardest gets cracked in a jiffy.
ReplyDeleteI also lose the benefit of topicality by posting my comments very late at night and there are demands by the LOH wanting to shut the lights off, the day's grind taking a toll,although I eat a lot of lotus, and lastly, that part of one's lateral thinking shutting off for the day.Above all, the posting itself gets to be annoying, pushing me back and forth to log in, on this Notebook.