ACROSS
1 - City set in a river (8) - ADELAIDE {A}{DE{LAID}E}
5 - Sour detective in Air India beginning to complain (6) - ACIDIC {A{CID}I}{C}
10 - Arab perhaps, sore of throat, leaving Austria (5) - HORSE HOaRSE
12 - Old partner is reportedly nervous in life (9) - EXISTENCE {EX}{IS}{TENCE}(~tense)
13 - White, healthy marine creature (5) - WHALE {W}{HALE}
14 - Following end of earthquake, American lake appears frightening
(5) - EERIE {E}{ERIE}
16 - Residence for English soldiers in canvass shelter (8) - TENEMENT {TEN{E}{MEN}T}
18 - Took steps to seize a theologian, one drug-dependent (8) - ADDICTED {A{DD}{I}CTED}
20 - Lawful support by a student (5) - LEGAL {LEG}{A}{L}
24 - A friend or a fighter with love (5) - AMIGO {A}{MIG}{O}
25 - Present at festival time to greet sage differently (6,3) - EASTER EGG*
27 - Artistic Assistant Engineer's article: “Spasm” (9) - AESTHETIC {AE'S}{THE}{TIC}
28 - Purnima going after insects catches one (5) - IMAGO [T]
29 - Candles for recorders (6) - TAPERS [DD]
30 - A stronghold where abandoned serfs rot (8) - FORTRESS*
DOWN
1 - Accomplish something… (7) - ACHIEVE [E]
2 - … even before a nobleman? That is right (7) - EARLIER {EARL}{IE}{R}
3 - A time to store information for the spy (5) - AGENT {A}{GEN}{T}
4 - Respectable lineage without a trace of snobbery (6) - DECENT DEsCENT
6 - Acrobatic movement to make thee crawl miserably (9) - CARTWHEEL*
7 - Eccentric lady had a meal (7) - DEVIATE {DEVI}{ATE}
8 - Most comfortable officer on endless afternoon nap (7) - COSIEST {CO}{SIESTa}
9 - Enter GI, puzzled by the whole entity! (7) - INTEGER*
15 - Teach hero to become the object when describing action between
two people (4,5) - EACH OTHER*
17 - Becomes a turncoat with shortcomings (7) - DEFECTS [DD]
18 - First male worker is stubborn (7) - ADAMANT {ADAM}{ANT}
19 - Gets dehydrated, stops talking (5,2) - DRIES UP [DD]
21 - On hand, a pineapple? (7) - GRENADE [CD]
22 - Roman army divisions, say, surrounded by big cats (7) - LEGIONS {L{EG}IONS}
23 - Shy cop troubled by thriller movie (6) - PSYCHO* The scene that haunted me for a long time when I was a young
26 - Throw out resident from an obscure Victorian house (5) - EVICT [T]
Another easy puzzle .
ReplyDeleteNice quickie.
ReplyDeleteThe Bates Motel resurfaces.
WHALE
A whale is stout about the middle,
He is stout about the ends,
And so are all his family,
And so are all his friends.
He’s pleased that he’s enormous,
He’s happy he weighs tons,
And so are all his daughters,
And so are all his sons.
He eats when he is hungry,
Each kind of food he wants,
And so do all his uncles,
And so do all his aunts.
He doesn’t mind his blubber,
He doesn’t mind his creases,
And neither do his nephews,
And neither do his nieces.
You may find him chubby,
You may find him fat,
But he would disagree with you,
He likes himself like that.
—Mary Ann Hoberman
That whale sounds more like me
DeleteSankalak is good for health
ReplyDeleteHi Deepak,
ReplyDeleteI had hoped it would remind you of me. Rather selfish, I know. But then you have not met my cousins et al.
Let there be no doubt: I am the whale. And you, my friend, are as admitted by you, the Walrus ! You cannot be both ;-)
Touche
Delete2 nice ones today- Sankalak's CW & Kishore's WHALER!!
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