A 11A opener from Arden
ACROSS
9 - Spanish saint protected many people who were Arab (7) - SARACEN {SA{RACE}N}
10 - Head office circular was pretentious (7) - OROTUND {O}{ROTUND}
11 - It is brilliant to thrash the crooked one (7) - LAMBENT {LAM}{BENT}
12 - Full, busty not by accident lascivious (7) - LUSTFUL {FULL+bUSTy}*
13 - Ruled by a king, the Roman goes fashionable (9) - MONARCHIC {ROMAN*}{CHIC}
15 - Manipulate height on one side (5) - RIGHT {RIG}{HT}
16 - Some people have high class pitch (7) - BITUMEN {BIT}{U}{MEN}
19 - A line he may draw (7) - PAINTER [DD]
20 - The law is said to be effective with it (5) - TEETH [CD]
21 - Got here with an order for the right cheese (9) - CAMEMBERT {CAME}{MBE}{RT}
25 - Fruit kept for nearly a month in a safe place (7) - APRICOT {APRIl}{COT}
26 - He keeps a record of attack over one on the way (7) - DIARIST {DIAR<-}{I}{ST}
28 - Let off the hook, the sailor loves to travel (7) - ABSOLVE {AB}{LOVES*}
29 - Former US president would not allow a flower arrangement
(7) - IKEBANA {IKE}{BAN}{A}
DOWN
1 - Years spent in a shanty town, one finds it safe (6) - ASYLUM {A}{S{Y}LUM}
3 - One has millions at the top (4) - ACME {AC{M}E}
4 - Cans piled up before the child is give-away (6) - SNITCH {SNIT<-}{CH}
5 - Strangely aloof with small pieces of paper (8) - FOOLSCAP {ALOOF+PCS}*
6 - Group or not, music is composed (10) - CONSORTIUM*
7 - By mid-August the fellow was kept in the dark over the shootout
(8) - GUNFIGHT {auGUst}{N{F}IGHT}
14 - Butter and fetter will make it rickety (10) - RAMSHACKLE {RAM}{SHACKLE}
16 - Wager on two boys is a sell out (8) - BETRAYAL {BET}{RAY}{AL}
17 - Suppose tories assembled around one man (8) - THEORISE {T{HE}ORISE*}
18 - Such nuances make for excellent connections (8) - NICETIES {NICE}{TIES}
22 - It may hold back free capital (6) - MADRID {MAD<-}{RID}
23 - The Spanish pilgrim comes up to the old prophet (6) - ELIJAH {EL}{IJAH<-}
24 - Big man shows interest in a painter (6) - TITIAN {TIT{I}AN}
27 - Top copy gets marked (4) - APEX {APE}{X}
wow. i drew a blank today, found around 3 or 4 is all...
ReplyDelete7A reminded me of the Lucky Luke tagline "shoot faster than his shadow" and the illustration where he is shooting at a wall/fence and the shadow shows that his hand is still hovering over his holster, gun still inside (in situ).
ReplyDeleteThe cyclic order of the setting set seems to have gone for a toss.
ReplyDeletelot of news things to me
ReplyDeleteGood cartoon aw usual for 7D
ReplyDeleteJust when I thought iwas getting a hang of things, Arden happens:(
ReplyDeleteI am reminded of the quote "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans".
DeletePGW quotes:
DeleteUnseen, in the background, Fate was quietly slipping the lead into the boxing-glove.
I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with the bit of lead piping.
Typical Arden panache
ReplyDeleteGood CW and enjoyed doing iy, although I could not get a few. Particularly, I was in the dark about 7D!
ReplyDeleteSorry! Pl. read it as 'it' & not 'iy'.
ReplyDeleteHalf an hour of pure bliss . Thank you Arden. 18D was the clue of the day for me.
ReplyDeleteToday's crossword was :
The coach's idea of restricting the class to one round of jujitsu per batch was splendid. (6)
Superb !
DeleteDid you not get a feeling of deja vu with 18D. Can't say if it was THC or Guardian or what.
DeleteIn response to Krishnan @1:13
DeleteA privilege for a conservative (5)
In response to Suresh@1:14
It is the first time I have come across this. I have just restarted solving crosswords, so it is quite possible that this or something similar has appeared in The Hindu that I am unaware of.
May not be the same wording for the clue. But Nice Ties for niceties, definitely I have seen earlier. May not be Hindu.
DeleteKishore: Unknown: and Krishnan:
ReplyDeleteThe most unexpected happens more than the expected. Some call it a miracle and others , Fate or Karma
Going back to yesterday's comments on the Aerogram, whoever devised the same in those days must have been an origami expert. How many of you didn't cut open an aerogram , as directed, and DIDN'T find yourself with two pieces that had to be rejoined to read the message on the reverse side? Like the postage stamps these days that need more than the tongue or that yucky paste (they call it gondh?) that they keep on dirty tables in the POs to be affixed on the envelopes?
ReplyDeleteOne cannot escape looking Mr Beanishly sheepish and would want to go under the ground to escape from the amused gaze of others around !!
Actually the original aerogram and inland letters did not have this problem The the Indian posts seem to have copied an American system and messed it up
DeleteOriginally we only pasted one side. Now it comes sealed on all sides and thence the confusion. If I don't wear my glasses when opening anything is possible, because we have to cut 3 sides to read the letter and a 75% probability of cutting the wrong side.
DeleteRightly said Raju sir. It was indeed nightmarish to cut open an aerogram correctly despite the instructions.
DeleteMay be I will take a look at what I still preserve for memory sake.
PS: Not to speak of the wrath of any other family member accusing you of deliberately trying to 'destroy evidence'if the mail is from the spouse's side !!
ReplyDeleteThe side flaps I don't paste at all; I merely insert them.
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Only thoughtful people in our country know how to seal an envelope. This must be done by leaving some inner space. That way we can insert letter opener and cut it open. What nine thoughtless people out of ten do is to apply gum to the whole of the flap - when we cannot insert the letter opener.
Another annoying thing is numerous staples that the letters that we receive through courier have on them. It's a chore removing them.
Some envelopes have the enclosure stapled to the cover: we can't pull out the letter after opening the envelope.
Where are those secretaries to take care of these things? Can't leave these things to mindless 'despatch clerks'.
Here is an interesting article on a lady compiler who - I learn - has been composing puzzles for UK publications for more than 25 years.
ReplyDeletehttp://puzzles.telegraph.co.uk/site/article_full_details?article_id=34
This is the Centenary year of Alan Turing, the code-breaker. An article in India Today shows that he has an India connect. His father was an ICS officer in Madras Presidency who rose to become Secretary for Agriculture & Commerce in Madras. His maternal grandfather Stoney was Chief Engineer of the MSM (Madras & Southern Mahratta) Railway. His house in Coonoor is now with Nandan Nilekani!
ReplyDeleteMr Venkatesh - A few days ago there was a Google Doodle on him, which was interactive
Delete10 a was very tough :-(
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