Saturday 24 March 2012

No 10419, Saturday 24 Mar 12, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - Moved to protect the king, actors were in the forefront (7) - CASTLED {CAST}{LED}
5   - Language friar used with topless woman (6) - FRENCH {FR}{wENCH}
9   - Kingdom not fancied by very many (5) - REALM {REAL}{M}
10 - Police officer's one habit is unworldly (9) - SPIRITUAL {SP}{I}{RITUAL}
11 - Massaging technique for first of septuagenarians, breaking hiatus (7) - SHIATSU {S}{HIATUS*}
12 - Inch GOC into a tricky situation with an Italian dish (7) - GNOCCHI*
13 - Totally sane wanderer? (5) - NOMAD {NO}{MAD}
14 - Bold elf we set up as partner (9) - BEDFELLOW*
16 - Greeting learners — desis hurtling down ski run spots (9) - HILLSIDES {HI}{LL}{DESIS*}
19 - Blame unsteady walk (5) - AMBLE*
21 - Nimmi hesitant — hesitant at the very least (7) - MINIMUM {NIMMI*}{UM}
23 - Revolutionary's road, we hear, to a smoker's item (7) - CHEROOT {CHE}{ROOT}(~route)
24 - Declaration: “Roughed up, I'm not safe” (9) - MANIFESTO*
25 - Get up, carbon copy India's topping designer wear (5) - GUCCI {G}{U}{C}{C}{I}
26 - Insect in group set out boorishly (6) - TSETSE {T{SET}SE*}
27 - Banter by boy hit hard (7) - KIDDING {KID}{DING}
DOWN
1   - Mushy merchants stomping in the garden maybe (14) - CHRYSANTHEMUMS*
2   - Must aid ground such as Chepauk or Eden Gardens (7) - STADIUM*
3   - Thus one's movements are not free (7) - LIMITED [CD]
4   - Unsettled, as one burst rashly cutting into Doctor of Education (9) - DISTURBED {D{I+BURST*}eD}
5   - Throw fine fish (5) - FLING {F}{LING}
6   - Essence of English book about Greek character (7) - EPITOME {E}{PI}{TOME}
7   - Central leader to uncoil confusion at groupthink (7) - COUNCIL {C}{UNCOIL*}
8   - Everybody fighting? Tired fighting? (3-2,9) - ALL-IN WRESTLING {ALL-IN} {WRESTLING}
15 - It protects one's dress from looking bad on the surface (4,5) - DUST CLOAK [CD]
17 - Proverbially, clouds have these of silver (7) - LININGS [CD]
18 - Consider: If mates are all of uniform size, their dresses should be of … … (4,3) - SAME FIT*
19 - Got order negatived to skip it (7) - AVENGED NEGAtiVED*
20 - No birch felled to make airways (7) - BRONCHI*
22 - Shot with lots of English? (5) - MASSE {MASS}{E}




5 comments:

  1. 1 - Mushy merchants stomping in the garden maybe (14) - CHRYSANTHEMUMS*

    Reminded me of old Freddie Threepwood in Leave it to Psmit, where due to a communication gap (if I may call it that) he ends up wearing a chrysanthemum in his buttonhole instead of a carnation.

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    1. And the code word: "Tomorrow there will be rain in Northumberland " to which the reply will be "Good for the crops". Unforgettable Plum.

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  2. Love to get into the world of PGW !! One cannot just have enough of it.

    Loved 1A too- nice cluing and nice surface reading. If I remember right, we had a discussion about "en passant" some time back.

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  3. Neat and very enjoyable crossword today.

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  4. Enjoyed the crossword, PGW and the link to masse.

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