ACROSS
9 - Abundance of fools not new (6) - OODLES nOODLES
10 - Innards of six first smudge bathroom fixture (7) - VISCERA {VI}{S}{CERA} CERA is not a bathroom fixture, it's a Brand name.
13 - Indian standard (9) - TRICOLOUR [CD]
14 - Horse's general character (5) - LEECH {LEE}{CH} ??
15 - Jokes on every other of granges (4) - GAGS GrAnGeS
16 - The limit of descent — move fundamental part! (4,6) - ROCK BOTTOM {ROCK} {BOTTOM}
19 - Military officer books return vehicle for engineer's village (10) - MONTMARTRE {MO}{NT}{MART<-}{RE} Have heard of medical Officer but MO for Military Officer?
21 - Touches son sliding back in row (4) - SPAT {S}{PAT}<-
25 - Unctuous — because so fatty (9) - SEBACEOUS*
26 - Nag aims to set up a pipe (3,4) - GAS MAIN*
27 - New one — account on one new vitamin (6) - NIACIN {N}{I}{AC}{I}{N}
28 - Lacking in caution, primary raiders are so hot (4) - RASH {R}{A}{S}{H}
29 - Ring for vehicle: I will be working (8) - CARILLON {CAR}{I'LL}{ON}
DOWN
2 - Delighting in fuss over girdle (7) - ADORING {ADO}{RING}
3 - Idle outpouring about a learner (6) - FALLOW {F{A}{L}LOW}
4 - Change a shade less than what it was? (9) - DISCOLOUR [CD]
5 - Clothing not sufficient for organ (5) - LIVER LIVERy
7 - Stuff through tea party (7) - OVEREAT {OVER}{TEA*}
8 - Curse animates heat to a noxious degree (12) - ANATHEMATISE*
12 - Gets a strange fellow to gear up as controller of live theatre (5,7) - STAGE MANAGER {GETS+A}* {MAN}{GEAR*}
17 - Rake in bar providing steel link (9) - KARABINER*
20 - Siemens spells out a rival who cannot be beaten (7) - NEMESIS*
22 - Condition in favour of special order penning a number (7) - PROVISO {PRO}{VI}{SO}
23 - Careless writing — small inch (6) - SCRAWL {S}{CRAWL}
25 - Family member in charge of sound (5) - SONIC {SON}{IC}
Que Cera sera ?
ReplyDeleteWas not very convinced about Leech and Spat either.
Rock Bottom continued the Gridman taste for the risque. ;-)
ReplyDeleteApropos today's events 40 years back:
ReplyDeleteBen Battle was a soldier bold,
And used to war's alarms:
But a cannon-ball took off his legs,
So he laid down his arms.
(Thomas Hood)
29 - Ring for vehicle: I will be working (8) - CARILLON {CAR}{I'LL}{ON}
ReplyDeleteYesterday's ET Bang Ed 4803 had:
14a Means of moving the sick ahead with ringing possibility (8)
yesterday we had a think crossword. Today we have a colour crossword
ReplyDeleteAgree with Deepak's views on cera, MO and Ch for character. It is like saying that SD is a universally accepted abbreviation for Suresh Dorbala
ReplyDeleteOK. Done and dusted. But, but...not the best we've seen from Gridman
ReplyDeleteGuess what Sachin Dohrabawalla would say to that, Suresh.
ReplyDeleteWho's that?!!
ReplyDeleteMy name has certainly been mis-pronounced many ways, like Daruwala, Dwarapalan, and even Doorbell.
ReplyDeleteDuring a communal riot I would be safe as Sarosh Daruwala
Suresh, I don't know. Figment of imagination at 1522 ;-)
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