Sankalak back on track with this one, the misprints in 10A and 15D notwithstanding
ACROSS
1 Flower from inactive flora, oddly (7,6) AFRICAN, VIOLET (INACTIVE FLORA)*
10 Relaxation of regulation leaves tenor cold, however (9) DECONTROL(TENOR COLD)*
11 Tapper’s drink (5) TODDY (CD)
12 A bounder among venal operators (5) LOPER (T)
13 Basic skills that Tim nursed, developed (9) RUDIMENTS (TIM NURSED)*
14 Deal with gossip about conservative king (6) TACKLE (TALE outside C K)
16 Condition immediately followed by onset of eclampsia (5) STATE (STAT + E)
19 Singular, affected rogue (5) SCAMP (S + CAMP)
20 City giving extra cover for empty word of agreement (6) MYSORE (MORE outside YeS)
25 Duck, depressed, gets warm cover (9) EIDERDOWN (EIDER + DOWN)
26 Sounds made by Penny surrounded by busy creatures (5) BEEPS (P inside BEES)
27 Sweet thing puts new university in a spot (5) DONUT (N U inside DOT)
28 Awful libel Enid finds impossible to wipe out (9) INDELIBLE (LIBEL ENID)*
29 Periods spent in school for education — theoretical rather than practical? Yes, including a bit of religion (8,5) ACADEMIC, YEARS (ACADEMIC + YES outside A R)
DOWN
2 Cosmetic from a Pak café, cold preparation (4,4) FACE, PACK (PAK CAFE C)*
3 Like feelings hidden in plain nervousness (5) INNER (T)
4 Coloured lights in the sky with a distinctive character seen around Oregon (6) AURORA (AURA outside OR)
5 Ramayana character on engagement to prove a thing to be true (8) VALIDATE(VALI + DATE)
6 Examining vision with a work book? Have a go! (9) OPTOMETRY (OP + TOME + TRY)
7 Doing a repair job, losing 1000 in it in the finish (6) ENDING (mENDING)
8 Unusual collection of a few shares (3,3) ODD,LOT (ODD + LOT)
9 Itinerant man, heartless guy, captures wily spy (5) GYPSY (GuY + SPY*)
15 In funny act, leader gets torn (9) LACERATED (ACT LEADER)*
17 Poem Muir composed on a big shop (8) EMPORIUM (POEM MUIR)*
18 Ninth month of the Romans (8) NOVEMBER (GK)
21 Came after a girl in the finish (6) ENSUED (SUE inside END)
22 The compact disc I heard was sordid (5) SEEDY (~CD)
23 Like the first lady’s garden (6) EDENIC (E)
24 Positively charged detective on a climb (6) ANODIC (CID + ON + A) <-
26 Glib English turns into nonsense (5) BILGE (GLIB + E)*
ACROSS
1 Flower from inactive flora, oddly (7,6) AFRICAN, VIOLET (INACTIVE FLORA)*
11 Tapper’s drink (5) TODDY (CD)
12 A bounder among venal operators (5) LOPER (T)
13 Basic skills that Tim nursed, developed (9) RUDIMENTS (TIM NURSED)*
14 Deal with gossip about conservative king (6) TACKLE (TALE outside C K)
16 Condition immediately followed by onset of eclampsia (5) STATE (STAT + E)
19 Singular, affected rogue (5) SCAMP (S + CAMP)
20 City giving extra cover for empty word of agreement (6) MYSORE (MORE outside Y
25 Duck, depressed, gets warm cover (9) EIDERDOWN (EIDER + DOWN)
26 Sounds made by Penny surrounded by busy creatures (5) BEEPS (P inside BEES)
27 Sweet thing puts new university in a spot (5) DONUT (N U inside DOT)
28 Awful libel Enid finds impossible to wipe out (9) INDELIBLE (LIBEL ENID)*
29 Periods spent in school for education — theoretical rather than practical? Yes, including a bit of religion (8,5) ACADEMIC, YEARS (ACADEMIC + YES outside A R)
DOWN
2 Cosmetic from a Pak café, cold preparation (4,4) FACE, PACK (PAK CAFE C)*
4 Coloured lights in the sky with a distinctive character seen around Oregon (6) AURORA (AURA outside OR)
6 Examining vision with a work book? Have a go! (9) OPTOMETRY (OP + TOME + TRY)
7 Doing a repair job, losing 1000 in it in the finish (6) ENDING (
8 Unusual collection of a few shares (3,3) ODD,LOT (ODD + LOT)
9 Itinerant man, heartless guy, captures wily spy (5) GYPSY (G
15 In funny act, leader gets torn (9) LACERATED (ACT LEADER)*
17 Poem Muir composed on a big shop (8) EMPORIUM (POEM MUIR)*
18 Ninth month of the Romans (8) NOVEMBER (GK)
21 Came after a girl in the finish (6) ENSUED (SUE inside END)
22 The compact disc I heard was sordid (5) SEEDY (~CD)
23 Like the first lady’s garden (6) EDENIC (E)
24 Positively charged detective on a climb (6) ANODIC (CID + ON + A) <-
26 Glib English turns into nonsense (5) BILGE (GLIB + E)*
Read Shuchi's interview at Blogadda.com at the following link Shuchismita Upadhyay
ReplyDeleteI had 9D as {G{SPY*}Y}
ReplyDeleteDeepak
DeleteYou're hundred per cent right. I think that that was the setter's intention. "[C]aptures" is more an inserticator than an aggregator.
Nice one from Sankalak.
ReplyDeleteWelcoming Shravana with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoW_I4DS0MQ&feature=related
Which is more interesting? The CW or the cartoons?! Good competition.
ReplyDelete3D, is the definition all right? Thought clues like 18D and 23D could have been avoided. Otherwise a nice puzzle.
ReplyDeleteI feel 3D would be an &lit or semi&lit
DeleteHow is laceration funny?unless u r a sadist?
ReplyDeleteWho said laceration is funny? The clue states 'In funny act, leader...' with 'funny' serving as the anagram indicator.
DeleteA certain actress of India, who is going to be a "cover girl", having posed for Playboy in the manner that models usually do for that magazine, has said that she deserves a Bharat Ratna.
ReplyDeleteI just cannot understand how the claim comes in.
Any suggestions?
Not that I'm defending her or something, well, one possible explanation could be that she's the first Indian to appear on the cover of that particular magazine. It's an achievement, all right, and some might argue that the cover has certain artistic value. So it could be categorized as an achievement in the field of art. And people with similar artistic inclination are most likely to believe she's a "gem." Of course, it's a fact that she's an Indian and hence the Bharat Ratna. A long shot.
Delete"Mona, Ye lo sona". Maybe SHE thought it was some kind of a gem
ReplyDeleteSankalak will dethrone NJ on my blog tomorrow
ReplyDeleteHe is 2seventeen going on 2eighteen. Long live Sankalak.
DeleteI am sure that in actual count he has outrun NJ long ago.
Incidentally, Deepak, on your scorecard today, not only NJ=S, but also G=MM
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Sorry folks. Tried it. Was not a cryptic. Just GK...
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