ACROSS
1 - Food for canaries Rex found in bedside clutter (8) - BIRDSEED {BI{R}DSEED*}
5 - How yam got entangled in a pile in a barn (6) - HAYMOW*
10 - Transport collection of works (7) - OMNIBUS [DD]
11 - On Burke's turning out to be a dressing-down deliverer (7) - REBUKER {RE}{BURKE*}
12 - Old daughter sour about smells (6) - ODOURS {O}{D}{SOUR*}
13 - After drunken sprees, son has a round of coffee (8) - ESPRESSO {SPREES*}{S}{O}
15 - Board member questioning a second leaving (4) - KING (a)(s)KING
16 - Does one go round and round on this trip? (6,4) - CIRCLE TOUR [CD]
18 - Cordials we served the dramatist (5,5) - OSCAR WILDE*
20 - Pair of quarters (4) - HALF [CD]
23 - Voyage-ending vessel? (4,4) - LIFE RAFT [CD]
24 - Rash, we tangled ship's rope (6) - HAWSER*
26 - Regarded abandoning a faulty canal maker (7) - DREDGER REGaRDED*
27 - Animal disease follows endless gloom and downpour (7) - MURRAIN {MURk}{RAIN}
28 - In conclusion, the girl followed (6) - ENSUED {EN{SUE}D}
29 - The girl has a little measure to make public (8) - ANNOUNCE {ANN}{OUNCE}
DOWN
1 - An encyclopaedia, for one (4,2,9) - BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE [CD]
2 - Exhausted by baseball play? (3,4) - RUN DOWN [DD]
3 - Bonus distributed, head of rogues roped in to buy off (6) - SUBORN {SUBO{R}N*}
4 - Slow down! Don't start contract! (4) - EASE lEASE
6 - Australian beer's splashed around good inns (8) - AUBERGES {AU}{BER{G}ES*}
7 - Manages naughty dames OK (5,2) - MAKES DO*
8 - A scholar looks it up to gather some information (4,2,9) - WORK OF REFERENCE [CD]
9 - Tailor-made guideline for what you may put on? (5,4) - DRESS CODE {DRESS} {CODE}
14 - Tell wrongly, tell: “Woman performing well” (9) - MISINFORM (~miss){MIS}{IN}{FORM}
17 - Put off big-league scoundrel (8) - PROROGUE {PRO}{ROGUE}
19 - Those who spill information said to have storage facilities (7) - COFFERS(~coughers)
21 - Just say no to sailor's mark (7) - ABSTAIN {AB}{STAIN}
22 - Bun, bob or beehive? (6) - HAIRDO [CD]
25 - Willing to give up clever last word (4) - AMEN Anno pending (Addendum - AMENable - See comments)
25 - Willing to give up clever last word (4) - AMEN Anno pending
ReplyDeleteAMEN-able
Nice to see the two pillars of knowledge on either side of the grid.
You mean propped up two strong pillars?
ReplyDeleteI did not miss the bus (omnibus) but missed the bun !! (nice way of putting it)
same here
DeleteRef 13 Across, ET had this clue today:
ReplyDeleteDirections to papers to get business backing of payment for drink (8,6)
(E)(S)(PRESS)(O C<-)(OF)(FEE)
Except for 22D and 27A, which I could not solve, this was a pretty fast afair, comparatively speaking. 15-20 minutes, I'd guess.
ReplyDeleteOops! Affair, not afair.
ReplyDeleteCV,
ReplyDeleteRead Muthiah's article in today's Metro Plus and ref.to your letter in it. I have a Hindi dictionary and looked up 'Jugaad'(pronounced as Jugaar) and the meanings given are- way, device, manoeuvre, manage etc. which has a +ve connotation whereas 'sodhappal' has a -ve connotation. Am I correct?
I believe that the word actually means a kind of make-shift vehicle. From that it has acquired some extended meanings.
ReplyDeleteIn any case, I have suggested a Tamil word that conveys the meaning of 'muddle' (in which sense the word is used, I believe).
Kishore and others should be able to explain better.
BTW, if you see the reverse of the Metroplus backpage (in Chennai edition, in which the Miscellany is printed), you will see a surprise in the ad at right bottom for a forthcoming Tamil film.
I was not aware of the film when I wrote to the Miscellany writer.
C. G. Bhargav, not seen in these parts, is on a long visit to the US. He seems to have time hanging on his hands (as can be expected when grandfathers go abroad) and is writing thoughts from the working years gone by.
ReplyDeleteSee, if you like,
http://businesswithac.blogspot.com/
CV, you are absolutely collect. It is a makeshift vehicle in its original sense. But it also signifies the ability to 'achieve the ends', notwithstanding constraints, and by extended meaning 'getting things done'.
ReplyDeleteCGB did sent the link to me earlier. His rem.s prove that he, not Kelvinator, is the coolest one.
CV,
ReplyDeleteI saw that Ad, but I did not connect. Probabl;y I must have seen it before reading about your letter!