ACROSS
1 - Officer Commanding and accountant at Mumbai suburb for special
event (8) - OCCASION {OC}{CA}{SION}
5 - Meditative word about many bone cavities (6) - MANTRA {M}{ANTRA}
10 - Surprised at a stag hastening out (6) - AGHAST {A+STAG+H}* can also be a [T]
12 - Incline to be low in body fat (4) - LEAN [DD]
13 - Nothing rockets after worker's delays (10) - TEMPORISES {TEMP}{O}{RISES}
15 - Girl leaves Disney classic in dead ember (6) - CINDER CINDERella
17 - The sort of tiger one doesn't fear (5) - PAPER [CD]
20 - A night flier's direction to lower (5) - ABATE {A}{BAT}{E}
21 - Animal climbing over Rex's body front (6) - BREAST {B{R}EAST}
24 - One church takings squandered on a sport (10) - ICESKATING {I}{CE}{TAKINGS*}
27 - Fool's slip? (4) - LOOF* (Correction - GOOF [DD] - See comments)
29 - With which the reservoir will well up (6) - INFLOW [CD]
30 - Conspicuous friend, quiet and competent (8) - PALPABLE {PAL}{P}{ABLE}
31 - Allow Henry to be destructive (6) - LETHAL {LET}{HAL}
32 - America angry as head of fanatics leaves showing exceptional
interest (8) - USURIOUS {US}{fURIOUS}
DOWN
1 - Having to wait at one end of a telephone connection (2,4) - ON HOLD [CD]
2 - Lowly worker brings container back for brandy (6) - COGNAC {COG}{NAC<-}
3 - London locale very passionate, having not a bit of tension
(4) - SOHO {SO}{HOt}
4 - Muse of poetry exchanges sides, say (5) - ORATE (-e+o)ORAT(-o+e)E
6 - Fisherman loses fifty in rage (5) - ANGER ANGlER
7 - Patterns undergo alteration in part of church (8) - TRANSEPT*
8 - Skill that crafty people have (8) - ARTISTRY [CD]
11 - Poles and English are thinly spread (6) - SPARSE {SPARS}{E}
14 - Father is backing engineer (4) - SIRE {SI<-}{RE}
16 - Be held back in steady argument (6) - DEBATE {D{EB<-}ATE}
17 - Expensive shop destroyed (4) - POSH*
18 - Usual change of side at the end of the household (8) - FAMILIAL FAMILIA(-r+l)L
19 - Try wearing a bra and become very angry (4,1,3) - HAVE A FIT [DD]
22 - Volume cut twice in embarrassing mistake (3-3) - BOO-BOO BOOk-BOOk
23 - Gives nothing following oral stumbles (6) - OFFERS {O}{FF}{ERS}
26 - Comes close and gets head of nanny to be lifted (5) - NEARS (-h+n)NEARS Not sure of anno (Addendum - (+n)N EAR(-n)S - See comments)
28 - Son's standard for box (4) - SPAR {S}{PAR}
26 - Comes close and gets head of nanny to be lifted (5) - NEARS (-h+n)NEARS Not sure of anno
ReplyDeleteComes close=def=nears
gets=earns
head of nanny, ie n, to be lifted
(+n)ear(-n)s
23 - Gives nothing following oral stumbles (6) - OFFERS {O}{FF}{ERS}
ReplyDeleteIn this one, the parsing might be:
nothing = O
following = ff (ff. ▶ abbreviation • folios. • following pages)
oral stumbles = sounds of hesitation = ERs
I had GOOF (DD) for 27A
ReplyDeleteSuresh, didn't notice that Colonel had it as loof. I had the same answer as you did.
DeleteDitto, Bhavan
DeleteI have a doubt on 20A.
ReplyDeleteI thought 'abase' (as in aria X abase) was lower & 'abate' to mean lesser in quantity and not strictly lower (or recede as in floods)
supporter surfaces overt...nice offering...
ReplyDelete9A. Wonder whether there were Hogsheads at Hogsmead
ReplyDeleteSir,
ReplyDeleteCan you pls tell me how "Henry" became HAL in 31A and Quiet as P in 30A
Biju Thomas
Hal (meaning: Home Ruler) is a variant of Henry. Students of literature who have studied Henry IV may be familiar with the name Hal, who was the son of Henry IV.
ReplyDeleteQuiet as P is one of the crossword conventions, just like Model = T.
Thank you sir
ReplyDeleteBIju
P comes from pianissimo (as F comes form fortissimo) both from music, whereas T comes from Ford Model T
DeleteSPAR (28D) also figures in today's HT:
ReplyDeletePole in a bit of a quarrel (4)