Is this supposed to be a Cryptic Crossword??
ACROSS
ACROSS
1 - Hide it away without revealing contents (7) - SECRETE [E]
5 - Wanderer who made progress according to the book (7) - PILGRIM [GK]
9 - Fellow affected by unreasonable desire (5) - MANIC [E]
10 - Breadth uncertain when holder of the ashes gets indigestion (9) - HEARTBURN {BREAdTH*}{URN} How do we decide to delete 'D' or is it a Typo for 'breath'?
11 - Not pleasant when there's plenty of room to lose business worth two million (6) - ODIOUS (co)(mm)ODIOUS
12 - Pisces? (8) - STARFISH [CD]
14 - Unhealthy mass of fluid in tissues (5) - EDEMA [E]
15 - To commit to the charge of another (9) - RECOMMEND [E]
18 - One has the skill to achieve a smart end (9) - TRADESMAN*
20 - Walks a horse around quietly (5) - S?E?S ?
22 - Priest in order which is unsullied (8) - PRISTINE*
27 - Furnish with all that is needed (5) - EQUIP [E]
28 - Fearful cries from the elite incarcerated by Nazi police (7) - SCREAMS {S{CREAM}S}
29 - Top palindrome (7) - ROTATOR [CD]
DOWN
1 - Moons around when advanced in sleepiness (9) - SOMNOLENT {MOONS*}{LENT}
2 - Short and clear (7) - CONCISE [E]
3 - Inspire with spirit (9) - ENCOURAGE [E]
4 - Reflected sound (4) - ECHO [E]
5 - Unusual places in it for modelling (10) - PLASTICINE*
6 - Expected after real time (5) - LATER {REAL+T}*
7 - Dissolute fellow holding cash in the ordinary way (7) - ROUTINE {ROU{TIN}E}
8 - Time taken for the moon to revolve around the earth (5) - MONTH [E]
13 - Perform turn in some sort of delirium — great! (10) - TREMENDOUS {TR{EMEND}O{U}S*} ? (Addendum - {TREMEN{DO}{U}S} - See comments)
16 - Give wrong route, having cried out in fog (9) - MISDIRECT {MIS{CRIED*}T}
19 - He flew in from Barcelona via Torremolinos (7) - AVIATOR [T]
21 - Wear out tyre, you might say (7) - EXHAUST [CD]
22 - Longs for coniferous trees (5) - PINES [DD]
23 - Higher land on the moon! (5) - TERRA [E]
20A The only word that fits is STEPS. How the horse sets in is a mystery.
ReplyDelete13D {TREMEN{DO}{U}S. delirium tremens.
24A The point is that he is not required except to complete the sentence {LI{CH}E}{E}
ReplyDeleteThe point also is that Manna is wearying of setting too many crosswords. Otherwise how do brilliant clues like 12A fit in with the nonsense.
Msg from Ajeesh,
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I think 20A is SKEWS.
To start aside, to shy, as a horse.
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Since we are side-STEPping the issue and horsing around, here is the answer for the Sunday teaser:
ReplyDeleteThe encryption is based on a=z, b=y,…… y=b,z=a as many pointed out. But that was the easy part of the puzzle.
slob=holy
slim=horn
sly=hob
all=zoo
irk=rip
old=low
told=glow
tilt=grog
Dr Venkatesh, Suresh, David John, Dr Surti, KTR, Roshan Rao, Ajit, Abhijeet
The tougher part was the clue which itself was a puzzle.The Latin reference, as you no doubt would have translated into 'title of the puzzle above', which refers to :Have a BASH AT it ! Now, here I had put BASH AT in caps. Anagram of this is ATBASH, which is the ancient Hebrew code based on the key of reversing the alphabet.Ergo...
confusion confounded, for me at least. :
ReplyDeleteNow I don't feel so bad about not solving most of the clues.
ReplyDeleteP.S.: Hm... the URL of the blog is now registered blogspot.in.