Solid opener from Gridman with a fair distribution of clue types. Quite a few answers were in the plural. There are 3 DDs and 5 CDs so Colonel couldn't have chosen a better day to take a break :)
ACROSS
1 Many libbers disbursed small amounts (8) DRIBBLES D + (LIBBERS)*
5 Papers on street in steady flow (6) STREAM ST + REAM ahem ... apparently not always...
9 Arrest Bachelor of Science in court perhaps, taking time (8) OBSTRUCT C(BS)OURT* + T
10 Wave for a painter's tool (6) ROLLER (DD)
12 Friends get sharp rebuke on return (4) PALS SLAP<-
13 Delights partner Sue in bits (10) ENRAPTURES (PARTNER SUE)*
15 Parts of flower make our neighbour's head turn from one direction to another (6) SEPALSn(+S)EPAL'S
17 Ring a note for new arrival (5) ARENA A + RE + N + A A=arrival as in ETA I think
20 Yet you might occasionally tell this person: "You're yet to grow up!" (5) ADULT (CD)
21 Spy organisation comes back with said office-worker in India to criticise (6) IMPUGN MI<- + (~)PEON
24 Played charades in a kind of transport (5,5) SEDAN, CHAIR (CHARADES IN)*
27 Note: Gridman's a quiet showman (4) MIME MI + ME
29 Bad guy having change of heart in wave (6) ROTTER ROll(+TT)ER wave back ...
30 They are in the main, accustomed to pitching (8) MARINERS (CD)
31 Dispirit Poles embracing dead shot (6) SADDEN S(DEAD*)N
32 Character who never became 20? (5,3) PETER,PAN (CD)
DOWN
1 The indigent, back in empty dormitory, is sad-looking (6) DROOPY Dormitor(POOR<-)Y
2 Slight what may be added to injury (6) INSULT (DD)
3 Reportedly obstructed poet (4) BARD (~barred)
4 One who has done some stretches (2-3) EX-CON (CD)
6 Solicitor trapped red fish (5) TROUT T(R)OUT
7 It is an equipment for blow-ups (8) ENLARGER (CD)
8 Notices fellow-shooter (8) MARKSMAN MARKS + MAN
11 Miss father's slangy greeting (4,2) PASS,UP PA + SSUP Ugly slang word and I'm glad it is not included in standard dictionaries
14 Tired team leader is not bumbling (4) DEFT FED<- + T
16 A white land? (6) ALIGHT A + LIGHT
17 Female leaves US city in ship (4) ARGOfARGO
18 Pauses by accountants going over a revolutionary scheme (8) CAESURAS C(A RUSE<-)AS
19 Wrongly touted a number that's no longer current (8) OUTDATED (TOUTED A)* + D
22 Admit defeat - I've pug to let loose (4,2) GIVE, UP (I'VE PUG)*
23 Arabian, for example, has issue with spice (6) SEASON SEA + SON
25 Pleasant to admit extremely adorable relative (5) NIECE NI(E)CE
26 Mental picture of what a film star might guard zealously (5) IMAGE (DD)
28 Nothing close to canoe in river (4) NILE NIL + E
ACROSS
1 Many libbers disbursed small amounts (8) DRIBBLES D + (LIBBERS)*
5 Papers on street in steady flow (6) STREAM ST + REAM ahem ... apparently not always...
9 Arrest Bachelor of Science in court perhaps, taking time (8) OBSTRUCT C(BS)OURT* + T
10 Wave for a painter's tool (6) ROLLER (DD)
12 Friends get sharp rebuke on return (4) PALS SLAP<-
13 Delights partner Sue in bits (10) ENRAPTURES (PARTNER SUE)*
15 Parts of flower make our neighbour's head turn from one direction to another (6) SEPALS
17 Ring a note for new arrival (5) ARENA A + RE + N + A A=arrival as in ETA I think
20 Yet you might occasionally tell this person: "You're yet to grow up!" (5) ADULT (CD)
21 Spy organisation comes back with said office-worker in India to criticise (6) IMPUGN MI<- + (~)PEON
24 Played charades in a kind of transport (5,5) SEDAN, CHAIR (CHARADES IN)*
27 Note: Gridman's a quiet showman (4) MIME MI + ME
29 Bad guy having change of heart in wave (6) ROTTER RO
30 They are in the main, accustomed to pitching (8) MARINERS (CD)
31 Dispirit Poles embracing dead shot (6) SADDEN S(DEAD*)N
32 Character who never became 20? (5,3) PETER,PAN (CD)
DOWN
1 The indigent, back in empty dormitory, is sad-looking (6) DROOPY D
2 Slight what may be added to injury (6) INSULT (DD)
3 Reportedly obstructed poet (4) BARD (~barred)
4 One who has done some stretches (2-3) EX-CON (CD)
6 Solicitor trapped red fish (5) TROUT T(R)OUT
7 It is an equipment for blow-ups (8) ENLARGER (CD)
8 Notices fellow-shooter (8) MARKSMAN MARKS + MAN
11 Miss father's slangy greeting (4,2) PASS,UP PA + SSUP Ugly slang word and I'm glad it is not included in standard dictionaries
14 Tired team leader is not bumbling (4) DEFT FED<- + T
16 A white land? (6) ALIGHT A + LIGHT
17 Female leaves US city in ship (4) ARGO
18 Pauses by accountants going over a revolutionary scheme (8) CAESURAS C(A RUSE<-)AS
19 Wrongly touted a number that's no longer current (8) OUTDATED (TOUTED A)* + D
22 Admit defeat - I've pug to let loose (4,2) GIVE, UP (I'VE PUG)*
23 Arabian, for example, has issue with spice (6) SEASON SEA + SON
25 Pleasant to admit extremely adorable relative (5) NIECE NI(E)CE
26 Mental picture of what a film star might guard zealously (5) IMAGE (DD)
28 Nothing close to canoe in river (4) NILE NIL + E
B, Nice to see 'ellas stamp
ReplyDelete11 Miss father's slangy greeting (4,2) PASS,UP
Almost made me think of WASSUP
Loved the ref to Nepal
I felt it was directly linked to Wassup. My anno for this is:
DeleteFather's = PA'S ie PAS
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slangy greeting = 'SUP (contraction of WASSUP) -- I hear it from my son all the time!
27 Note: Gridman's a quiet showman (4) MIME MI + ME
ReplyDeleteTalking of setters, we seem to be missing ole Tony. Not yet back from the honeymoon?
Incidently, observing the stamp made me realise that ARGO starts with an Alpha and ends with an Omega...
ReplyDeleteyes,, i agree with you, its nice to see a greek stamp depicting ,,,In Greek mythology, the Argo (in Greek: Ἀργώ) was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to retrieve the Golden Fleece. It was named after its builder, Argus.
ReplyDeleteGood one from Gridman and I loved the cartoon
ReplyDeleteCan you pl. explain 14D- Deft ?
ReplyDeleteIf you look at Tired = Fed up, the rest will fall in place
DeleteWhich is what Deepak was yesterday
DeleteThank you, Bhavan.
Delete"Do anything,but stop the blog."
ReplyDeleteTalking about punctuations,:
An English professor wrote the words, “Woman without her man is nothing” on the blackboard and directed his students to punctuate it correctly.
The men wrote: “Woman, without her man, is nothing.”
The women wrote: “Woman: Without her, man is nothing.”
Just dropping the comma would also set it right. You don't have to insert don't as the but will take care of the negation.
DeleteHahaha !!
DeleteYou are right,Kishore. But a slip is a slip whichever way you look at it. I am happy That I was able to convey what I wanted to in spite of my howler! Thank you once again for setting the record straight.
DeleteYes, in a crossword there must be a limit to the number of lights that end in -s (the plural form or verb in simple present tense).
ReplyDeleteThe limit is not prescribed anywhere but a setter must keep a watch over the number because the termination -s (like others such as -ed or -ing) is a dead giveaway to part of the answer.
Let me count the -s words here (whether plural or verbal): there are six of them.These could have been fewer.
Whether six instances of a thing out of 34 lights is disproportionate may be left to the taste of the individual solver.