ACROSS
1 - The latest girl a man is taking out today (7,4) - CURRENT DATE [DD]
9 - Worthy number to battle around – one shirt torn off! (7) - NOTABLE {NO}{BATtLE*}
10 - Workman begins picking useless things (7) - PLUMBER {P}{LUMBER}
11 - With return of sweetheart, cry of pain? Not at all! (5) - NOHOW {NOH<-}{OW}
12 - Get even a literate in trouble (9) - RETALIATE*
13 - Page placed in correct order (5) - RECTO [T]
15 - C'mon! Mine's the correctly jiggled aid to memory (9) - MNEMONICS*
18 - An ob session for an old kind of recordings? Not exactly
(9) - MONOMANIA {MONO}{MANIA}
21 - Female band member released (5) - FREED {F}{REED}
22 - Protects a fallen observer (9) - SPECTATOR*
24 - Moved fifty to a wretched dwelling (5) - HOVEL {HOVE}{L}
26 - Hardy overwhelming some agents is a fabrication (7) - FIGMENT {FI{GMEN}T}
27 - Gathering scattered pear at top of grange (7) - REAPING {PEAR*}{IN}{G}
28 - Days gone by prefect analysed as tense (4,7) - PAST PERFECT {PAST} {PREFECT*}
DOWN
1 - Cheat a French tutor in puzzle (9) - CONUNDRUM {CON}{UN}{DRUM}
2 - Throw up on road to Erode (5) - RETCH {R}{ETCH}
3 - Scope for confused bowler with old mantra (5,4) - ELBOW ROOM {ELBOW R*}{O}{OM}
4 - Article on more tricky proposition (7) - THEOREM {THE}{MORE*}
5 - A member positioned finally the cane for soldier with a loss
(7) - AMPUTEE {A}{M}{PUT}{E}{E}
6 - Just the same peer (5) - EQUAL [DD]
7 - Harsh about a garment I have after onset of summer (8) - ABRASIVE {A}{BRA}{S}{I'VE} No support today!
8 - Correct time to feel sorry (4) - TRUE {T}{RUE}
14 - Meet a great number on outskirts (8) - CONVERGE {C}{ON}{VERGE}
16 - Dirty Thai offer's no longer broadcast (3,3,3) - OFF THE AIR*
17 - Boy's extremely recondite crossword solution is additional
information (9) - SIDELIGHT {SID}{E}{LIGHT}
19 - Jots down objections besetting gallery (7) - NOTATES {NO{TATE}S}
20 - Broadcast doctor's work in certain plane delivery (3-4) - AIR-DROP {AIR}-{DR}{OP}
22 - Peter's out of danger (4) - SAFE [DD]
23 - Union that is seen in lodge (3-2) - TIE-UP {T{IE}-UP<-} No reversal indicator? Or is it TUP (See comments)
25 - Second of models appearing in dreadful stuff (5) - VOICE {V{O}ICE} (Correction - VOILE {V{O}ILE} - See comments below)
7 - Harsh about a garment I have after onset of summer (8) - ABRASIVE {A}{BRA}{S}{I'VE} No support today!
ReplyDeleteWhat a let down ;-)
Any thoughts on why ob in 18a is in italics?
18 - An ob session for an old kind of recordings? Not exactly (9) - MONOMANIA {MONO}{MANIA}
ReplyDeleteThought Mono was ref to old king of recordings (as opposed to Stereo), but could not completely get the anno
15A should not the clue read ...aids to memory rather than ...aid to memory
ReplyDelete7 - Harsh about a garment I have after onset of summer (8) - ABRASIVE {A}{BRA}{S}{I'VE} No support today!
ReplyDeleteRather BRAve of Gridman to venture outside familiar territory...
23 - Union that is seen in lodge (3-2) - TIE-UP {T{IE}-UP<-} No reversal indicator?
ReplyDeletelodge = put up = PUT<- = TUP
IE in TUP = TIE-UP (union)
Deja vu. We had this earlier.
Delete7. BR Ambedkar was uplifter of the down-trodden.
ReplyDeleteFrom Chambers
ReplyDeletemnemonic
...(in pl, treated as sing) ...; a memorizing aid...
Suresh, I trust the above extract answers your query.
Actually I am not so sure from what you have given above. The online version of Chambers gives mnemonics to mean as follows:'2 (mnemonics) a the art of helping or improving the memory; b a system for this.'
DeleteLoosely speaking I have no problems with it. Just picking a nit. (a fun-spoiler, as I have said earlier)
Just now noticed that 'ob' part in the word 'obsession' in the printed version of the crossword is in italics. This is a quirk in printing that I am quite unable to explain.
ReplyDeleteThat explains the query in the last line of my opening observation
DeleteHi Col ,
ReplyDelete10 A The link given is for sidelight .
Hi Ajeesh,
DeleteThanks for pointing that out. I have changed the link to 'lumber' now.
I had a slightly different answer on 25A.
ReplyDeleteSecond of models appearing in dreadful stuff (5) - VOILE {V{O}ILE}
VOILE is a type of fabric so took the keyword as stuff...
Indeed, VOILE is the intended answer.
DeleteI had voile too
DeleteMe 3
DeleteVOILE it is. I have since corrected the post.
Delete17D. Why is a crossword solution LIGHT. Or am I missing something
ReplyDeleteI have read somewhere that white spaces in crossword grid where we fill in is called as light
ReplyDeleteI found this on website called crosswordman.com, which gives a glossary of crossword terms. Light is given as meaning 'A horizontal or vertical series of white squares in a Grid, in which the solver usually enters one Answer.'
DeleteFor 'light' Chambers has the following meaning, among others:
Deletein a crossword, the word (or sometimes an individual letter in the word) on the diagram that is the answer to a clue.
Reproducing what Dr DS sent to me (less the images) which I did not get
ReplyDeleteHere are 25 Everyday Things....... You Never Knew Had Names
1. Tittle
The dot over an 'i' or 'j.'
2. Lunule
The white, crescent shaped part at the top of a nail.
3. Crepuscular Rays
Rays of sunlight coming from a certain point in the sky. Also known as “God's rays.”
4. Ferrule
The metal part on a pencil.
5. Gynecomastia
Man-boobs.
6. Muntin
The strip separating window panes.
7. Morton's Toe
When your second toe is bigger than your big toe.
8. Arms Akimbo
Exactly what it looks like. Hands on your hips.
9. Desire Path
A path created by natural means, simply because it is the “shortest or most easily navigated” way.
10. Semantic Satiation
What happens when you say a word for so long that it loses its meaning. Limit limit limit limit limit limit limit limit limit.
11. Skeuomorph
“A design feature copied from a similar artifact in another material, even when not functionally necessary.” For example, rivets on jeans, copper color on pennies, the shutter sound on a digital camera, and the pointless handle above.
12. Brannock Device
What is used to measure your feet at the shoe store.
13. Paresthesia
The pins and needles feeling you get when part of your body falls asleep. Bonus! This is known as obdormition.
14. Phosphenes
The lights you see when you close your eyes and press your hands to them.
15. Armscye
The armhole in most clothing.
16. Wamble
Stomach rumble.
17. Feat
A dangling piece of curly hair.
18. Peen
The side opposite the hammer's striking side.
19. Rectal Tenesmus
The feeling of incomplete defecation. We've all been there.
20. Dysania
The state of finding it hard to get out of the bed in the morning.(Must show this to my son!!)
21. Mondegreen
Misheard lyrics.
22. Petrichor
The it smells outside after rain.
23. Philtrum
The groove located just below the nose and above the middle of the lips.
24. Purlicue
The space between the thumb and the forefingers.
25. Aglet
The plastic coating on a lace,
NJ would have got ammo from this list.
DeletePity that you didn't get the pictures. These words will register in one's memory vividly if seen along with the pictures.
DeleteThanks Col for sharing in your blog.CV sir also found these interesting.