ACROSS
1 - A looser sort of spray (7) - AEROSOL*
5 - A garden had been cultivated on the island (7) - GRENADA*
10 - Lake province (7) - ONTARIO [DD}
11 - One Frenchman gets the girl (5) - IRENE {I}{RENE}
12 - They will have to stop playing (9) - ORGANISTS [CD]
13 - Was commended for having deferred payment (3,6) - GOT CREDIT [DD]
15 - Quoits thrown by athletes (5) - DISCS [CD]
16 - Am confused over sound of crow or parrot (5) - MACAW {MA*}{CAW}
24 - Same as impudence, impertinence (5) - NERVE [E]
25 - Surprisingly a mere lad gets hold of a gemstone (7) - EMERALD*
26 - Not many can provide a word which means the opposite (7) - ANTONYM*
27 - He is tasked in the preparation of bank payment order (7) - DRAFTER [CD]
28 - Oriental or English back (7) - EASTERN {E}{ASTERN}
DOWN
1 - An entanglement of ways to cause surprise (7) - AMAZING {A}{MAZING}
2 - Hold in high esteem (7) - RESPECT [E]
3 - Frightener in the field (9) - SCARECROW [CD]
4 - Foreign language I long to work up (5) - LINGO*
5 - Cross female taking silk? (9) - GEORGETTE Anno pending
7 - Stars again bring stoppages to work (7) - ARRESTS {STARS+RE}*
8 - America in a sore upheaval causes excitement (7) - AROUSES {ARO{US}ES*}
14 - May describe a bed in Australia (4,5) - DOWN UNDER [CD]
15 - Assigns time for going round school, and sets off (9) - DETONATES {D{ETON}ATES}
16 - Bad dreams I interpret wrongly (7) - MISREAD*
17 - First class opening for artist causes ill feeling (7) - CHOLERA {C}{HOLE}{RA}
19 - Managed to change gear when about to set out (7) - ARRANGE {AR{RAN}GE*}
23 - Mischievously irritate (5) - SHAKE ?scare. I had put tease and stuck for 21 A.
ReplyDeleteNot yet done this crossie today. Had to go out to get elephant poop !
ReplyDelete5 - Cross female taking silk? (9) - GEORGETTE Anno pending
ReplyDeleteIncomplete anno, but does George have something to do with St George's Cross...
18A and 21A have the enumerations mixed up if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteWhich makes
21 - The opposite of a long drive in green terms (9) - SHORT PUTT
and gives TEASE for 23D like Pankajam said.
I had TEASE too for 23D and put down SHORT PUTT for 21A and thought there was an error in the enumeration, which is there in any case.
ReplyDelete5 - Cross female taking silk? (9) - GEORGETTE Anno pending
ReplyDeleteKishore is right. It is George + Ette, but how is one E lost?
-ette (suffix) : Forming nouns denoting:
(1) female, as usherette
(2) small, as kitchenette
(3) esp in tradenames, imitation or substitute, as Leatherette
This is not Ximenian, not Libertarian, but Mannaian, an new genre
ReplyDeleteOr Errorian
ReplyDelete23D-I put in 'tease' which sounds correct. And I put in short putt - as against long drive in Golf as indicated by 'in green terms'. I hope I am right.
ReplyDelete21A-This link gives "short putt', but it is made of 2 words (5,4) and not as a 9 letter word as in the enumeration.
ReplyDeletehttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_short_putt
Agree with Suresh
ReplyDeleteThose who are not regular visitors of Shuchi's blog, please check out her Top 10 clue collection.
ReplyDeleteI found these very creative and interesting:
FT13601 (Alberich): Honestly? No, otherwise (2,3,3)
FT 13657 (Alberich): Man United playing away later rued foul (9)
@aclueaday on twitter: Risk acne eruption without this? (8)
Independent 7702 (Anax):Stupid cow needed my ring for this (7,8)
I go with Paddy. Short Putt and Tease.
ReplyDeleteIs Quoit a disc or a ring?
ReplyDeleteAre discs used by athletes? I thought thy would use a discus.
An error pointing out errors. Shd be they and not thy
ReplyDeleteSuresh@11.45-
ReplyDeleteDiscus is sometimes referred to as disc.
Nice to see two guys discussing about discus and discs ;-)
ReplyDelete9A had me stupefied... Is jack here referring to Jack and the Bean Stalk? N whr does the AI come frm?
ReplyDeleteJeevan,
ReplyDelete9 - Jack, a good man of high class, will refrain from voting (7) - ABSTAIN {AB}{ST}{AI}N 'N' from ?
Jack=sailor, usually called AB for Able Bodied.
A good man=saint=st
high class is A1 (A one)=AI
N seems to be extra as noted by Deepak.
Refrain from voting is the defn=ABSTAIN.
Kishore
ReplyDeleteI will tell you how you derive STAIN after AB.
A good man - SAINT
of high class - so drunk, so sozzled, so 'tight' that he is 'of high class' and is staggering - STAIN (anag. of 'saint'
Thus: AB-STAIN*
Aah, that explains the N. Thanks CV. You are high class ;-)
ReplyDeleteGood one CV
ReplyDelete@aclueaday on twitter: Risk acne eruption without this? (8)SKINCARE*
ReplyDeleteIndependent 7702 (Anax):Stupid cow needed my ring for this (7,8)WEDDING CEREMONY*
FT 13657 (Alberich): Man United playing away later rued foul (9)ADULTERER??
ReplyDeleteYes, Rengaswamy.
ReplyDeleteMan United= married man
playing away= committing adultery
later rued=fodder, foul is Aind.
A good clue with excellent surface reading, poetic or sporting def for word reqd and apt anagrind. Also pleases football fans.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, I can understand a married man 'ruing' or 'repenting' at leisure.
An adulterer, I suppose, looks before he leaps either for just once or repeatedly. So I wonder why he should rue.
Re Anax clue.
ReplyDeleteIf even to start with I have such a poor opinion of the woman whom I am marrying (calling her 'cow'), what are the chances of the wedding turning into a long-lasting marriage?
Once Dave chided Gridman for using words such as 'strumpet' etc (in the same bunch of six puzzles) saying that the setter's view of women was not quite edifying.