Sorry for the incomplete crossword, It's difficult to handle the laptop and a wriggling grand-daughter at the same time. I'm on grandfather duty you see !!!!!!!!!
ACROSS
1 - After fall, look to get an academic qualification (7) - DIPLOMA {DIP}{LO}{MA}
5 - Make fun of an aquatic bird’s short chirp (7) - TWITTER Anno pending (Addendum - {TWIT}{TERn} - See comments)
9 - A sound farewell to Jack while returning (3-1-3) - RAT-A-TAT {RA{T-A-TA}T<-} (Addendum - {RAT}-{A-TAT} <- - See comments)
10 - It’s unpleasant, certainly, entering Euro deposit (7) - EYESORE E{YES}ORE Anno pending (Addendeum - {E}{YES}{ORE} - See comments)
11 - Beneath fashionable fellow to meet artist (5) - INFRA {IN}{F}{RA}
12 - University of Minnesota is being covered by rookie writer
(9) - COLUMNIST {COL{U}{MN}{IS}T}
13 - Heart disease, I admitted, is a Himalayan condition (9) - HILLINESS {H}{ILL{I}NESS}
15 - Object to having reservations slashed (5) - DEMUR Anno pending (Addendum - DEMURe - See comments)
16 - Clearing sale organised around lunchtime (5) - AISLE {A{1}SLE*}
18 - Be glad to reassemble initially broken bike accessory (9) - SADDLEBAG {SAD}{BE+GLAD*}
21 - Fabric etc., knit so loosely (9) - STOCKINET*
24 - Abolish yearly publication, abolish an article (5) - ANNUL ANNUaL
25 - Fleece one for some money (7) - AFGHANI {AFGHAN}{I}
26 - Endeavour to wear torn clothing (7) - RAIMENT {R{AIM}ENT}
27 - Back brilliant wordplay involving the first letter of marriage
(7) - NUPTIAL {NUP<-}{TI{A}L<-}
28 - Bishop disturbed in one’s closing prayer (7) - BENISON{B}{IN+ONE'S*}
DOWN
1 - The German force and Hitler’s first man in denial? (7) - DERVISH {DER}{VIS}{H} ? (See comments)
2 - Poor gift to waiter rejected, one gets fed inadequately (7) - PITIFUL {PIT<-}{I}{FULl}
3 - Large art retrospective is included in church ban (9) - OSTRACISE {OS}{TRA<-}{C{IS}E}
4 - Father does a vanishing act in crazy caper (5) - ANTIC Anno pending (Addendum - frANTIC - See comments)
5 - Turn up sick in extremely arid region, grilled maybe (9) - TRELLISED {TRE{LLI<-}SED<-}
6 - Muesli infected no small part of the intestine (5) - ILEUM MUEsLI*
7 - Unusually hot current passes through strange radioactive
material (7) - THORIUM {HOT*}{R{I}UM}
8 - Come again, run in green terraces (7) - REENTER [T]
14 - Chief transported through renovated aisle (9) - ESSENTIAL {ES{SENT}IAL*}
15 - So this may be a ‘dots’ animal? (9) - DALMATIAN {ANIMAL+TAD}* ?
16 - Sailors can go around a curb (7) - ABSTAIN {ABS}{T{A}IN}
17 - New post — opening for caretaker (7) - STOPGAP {POST*}{GAP}
19 - Crazy capitalists traded article for nothing (7) - BONKERS {B(-a+o)ONKERS}
20 - Left a stuffing to penetrate jelly (7) - GELATIN {GE{L}{A}TIN}
22 - A military habit? (5) - KHAKI [CD]
23 - Arrows essentially kept in the small black quiver (5) - THROB ? Anno pending (Addendum - {THe}{arROws}{B} - See comments)
5 - Make fun of an aquatic bird’s short chirp (7) - TWITTER Anno pending
ReplyDeleteMake fun of - Twit
an aquatic bird's short- Ter (Tern is short)
TWITTER
10 - It’s unpleasant, certainly, entering Euro deposit (7) - EYESORE E{YES}ORE Anno pending
ReplyDeleteEuro = E
Deposit = ORE
Certainly = YES
YES entering E ORE, EYESORE which is unpleasant.
You have already indicated the Anno in your answer which is evident.
15 - Object to having reservations slashed (5) - DEMUR Anno pending
ReplyDeleteDEMURE is coy, reserved. DEMURE slashed is DEMUR or DEMURENESS is reservation which is slashed.
having reservations = DEMURE (adj.)
DeleteDEMURE slashed = DEMUR
I am going to Madras next week. I am demure for the train journeys. ;-)
DeleteMadras???????? hmmmm
DeleteFather does a vanishing act in crazy caper (5) - ANTIC Anno pending
ReplyDeleteIt seems as if its the anagram of 'act in'
Yet can it be:
Father= Fr
Crazy= Frantic
Caper= def ?
23 - Arrows essentially kept in the small black quiver (5) - THROB ? Anno pending
ReplyDeleteArrows essentially [-ar]RO[-ws]
in
the small TH[-e] + black B
Defn: Quiver THROB
Father does a vanishing act in crazy caper (5) - ANTIC Anno pending
ReplyDeleteDefn: caper [-fr]ANTIC
Col.,
ReplyDeleteGranddaughter trying to take over from you so soon?!
That would be a puoc de etat, with the military being unseated by a civilian.
DeleteBTW, congrats are due to the Colonel for managing all those females in the family, wriggling or otherwise, including the latest MU.
9 - A sound farewell to Jack while returning (3-1-3) - RAT-A-TAT {RA{T-A-TA}T<-}
ReplyDeleteThere is no Container indicator.
Can it be
{farewell(TATA)+ jack(TAR)} returning <-
= {(RAT)-(A-TAT)} <- a sound
15 - So this may be a ‘dots’ animal? (9) - DALMATIAN {ANIMAL+TAD}* ?
ReplyDeletea dots animal*= so dalmatian*
'this' is the def
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DeleteFor def, we have to reread the whole clue. It is an &lit.
DeleteDeepak, you know why they call it Jodhpur.
ReplyDeleteB'cos woh dilon ko joDta hai
Answering Padmanabhan's query of yesterday the fear of long words is
ReplyDeletehippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
Presumably it includes the fear of spelling and pronunciation.
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DeleteThis word just proves of one of the greatest axioms of set theory: That a set is a subset of itself.
DeleteDelete
That was a nice, tough one today.
ReplyDeleteTough and interesting puzzle, 15A is especially good.
ReplyDeleteTwo nits: 1) AFGHAN+I is a weak wordplay in 25A 2) In 23D, 'small' for end removal is a bit ambiguous, 'short' works fine though.
In 13A, H=hearts is the Chambers entry but I think the singular is also common in crosswords.
And also in cards. You could play a heart.
DeleteThe German force and Hitler’s first man in denial? (7)
ReplyDeleteAnno: {DER}{VIS}{H} (force=VIS)
Hearing about the Colonel's troubles with his grand daughter I am reminded of one of P.G.Wodehouse's books where he dedicated his book to his daughter ' Without whose co-operaton this book would have been finished much earlier'.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this. Gave me a good laugh :)
DeleteVery enjoyable crossword. Some tricky wordplay, all fair when worked out. 13a, 15a, 27a, 2d, 15d are really neat, 15d especially.
ReplyDeleteThank you Suresh. Obviously the word seems to be a monster as well as a hippo!!
ReplyDeleteJust looked up- sesquipedalian is a long word to which phobia is added to indicate fear. But I am not able to understand the need to prefix 'hippopotomonstro' except for the purpose of making it more sesquipedalian!!
ReplyDeleteIf The Hindu were to publish a book of the best crosswords from the paper, this will definitely find a place in it.
ReplyDeleteThe wordplay in many clues is excellent. The handling of the English language is impeccable. Sreelakshmi, Shyam and others have enthusiastically provided annos for some clues. Others have answered queries on components in clues. When a crossword withstands such intense scrutiny, it must be good!
OTOH, many clues in crosswords published here or elsewhere don't pass even a cursory reading, leave alone post-solving analysis.
Extremely good wordplay. Personally I liked it as it had only one CD and answers where a dic or google were not needed. A containment clue would have made it the perfect crossword, but for me it's still A 1.
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