Neyartha makes me refer the dictionaries more than any other setters. Which is not a bad thing at all. Really enjoyed this puzzle. The theme is building materials as far as I can see is this. May be it is his own sometime soon? Let me know if you spotted any other motifs.
ACROSS
1 Desire to go around the sultanate is feminine (8) WOMANISH (WISH around OMAN)
5 Put forward the tense lasso as a form of worship (6) LATRIA (LARIAT with T moving ahead)
9 Antique bit sent back with an exposed frame (8) OUTDATED (TAD<= inside OUTED)
10 The Iron Lady shows no hesitation in getting the plant stalks for roofing (6) THATCH (THATCHer)
11 Colour of tee marker designed by an unlawful vendor (5,9) BLACK, MARKETEER (BLACK + TEE MARKER*)
14 Houses from which one shouldn’t throw stones? (5) GLASS (CD)
16 Messed up the timing in the darkness (5-4) NIGHT-TIME (THE TIMING)*
17 Alliance revealed in newly minted coin capturing a revolutionary ballroom dance (9) COGNATION (COIN* outside TANGO<=)
19 Reportedly scare away the Scotsman with a Middle Eastern spice (5) SUMAC (~shoo + MAC)
20 Morrison Carter in trouble for crime abetting illegal drug trade (14) NARCOTERRORISM (MORRISON CARTER)*
23 Democrat Hershey remains concealed to some degree (6) RATHER (T)
24 Alien to create trouble with a substitute for the unlisted (2,6) ET,CETERA (ET + CREATE*)
25 Bond with // concrete (6) CEMENT (DD)
26 Round sum pocketed by a pompous elder relative (8) GRANDDAD (ADD<= inside GRAND)
DOWN
1 Will, at an earlier point in time, was reported to be with the lumber (4) WOOD (~would , past tense of will)
2 Some elements of rock //music (5) METAL (DD)
3 Hints about Switzerland being overwhelmed by a Greek character’s gambles (7) NUANCES (CH replaced by NU in CHANCES)
4 Industrial Revolution kickstarter may rile up the driver (5,6) STEAM, ENGINE (STEAM + ENGINE)
6 Engineer, chastised after losing margins, was most pale (7) ASHIEST (cHASTISEd)*
7 Metallic element seen with another element in Utah’s borders (9) RUTHENIUM (RHENIUM outside UT)
8 Bone archer broke in disgust (10) ABHORRENCE (BONE ARCHER)*
12 Preying bird is powerless to go back up north, getting caught in a heat transfer device (11) REGENERATOR (RApTOR outside RENEGE<=)
13 Being self-absorbed, underwent initial turmoil like Ptolemy’s universe (10) EGOCENTRIC (GEOCENTRIC with G<=>E)
15 Napier proposed one for logarithm calculation (9) ALGORITHM (LOGARITHM)*
18 Nature of some tides in a Mediterranean arm and an Italian river needed for energy (7) APOGEAN (AeGEAN with PO for E)
19 Ship’s doctor takes out the model of the caviar yielding fish (7) SURGEON (StURGEON)
21 In haste, Edward gets to the horse (5) STEED (T)
22 One may bury his head in this to ignore danger (4) SAND (E)
ACROSS
1 Desire to go around the sultanate is feminine (8) WOMANISH (WISH around OMAN)
5 Put forward the tense lasso as a form of worship (6) LATRIA (LARIAT with T moving ahead)
9 Antique bit sent back with an exposed frame (8) OUTDATED (TAD<= inside OUTED)
10 The Iron Lady shows no hesitation in getting the plant stalks for roofing (6) THATCH (THATCH
14 Houses from which one shouldn’t throw stones? (5) GLASS (CD)
16 Messed up the timing in the darkness (5-4) NIGHT-TIME (THE TIMING)*
17 Alliance revealed in newly minted coin capturing a revolutionary ballroom dance (9) COGNATION (COIN* outside TANGO<=)
19 Reportedly scare away the Scotsman with a Middle Eastern spice (5) SUMAC (~shoo + MAC)
23 Democrat Hershey remains concealed to some degree (6) RATHER (T)
24 Alien to create trouble with a substitute for the unlisted (2,6) ET,CETERA (ET + CREATE*)
25 Bond with // concrete (6) CEMENT (DD)
26 Round sum pocketed by a pompous elder relative (8) GRANDDAD (ADD<= inside GRAND)
DOWN
1 Will, at an earlier point in time, was reported to be with the lumber (4) WOOD (~would , past tense of will)
2 Some elements of rock //music (5) METAL (DD)
3 Hints about Switzerland being overwhelmed by a Greek character’s gambles (7) NUANCES (CH replaced by NU in CHANCES)
4 Industrial Revolution kickstarter may rile up the driver (5,6) STEAM, ENGINE (STEAM + ENGINE)
7 Metallic element seen with another element in Utah’s borders (9) RUTHENIUM (RHENIUM outside UT)
8 Bone archer broke in disgust (10) ABHORRENCE (BONE ARCHER)*
12 Preying bird is powerless to go back up north, getting caught in a heat transfer device (11) REGENERATOR (RA
13 Being self-absorbed, underwent initial turmoil like Ptolemy’s universe (10) EGOCENTRIC (GEOCENTRIC with G<=>E)
15 Napier proposed one for logarithm calculation (9) ALGORITHM (LOGARITHM)*
18 Nature of some tides in a Mediterranean arm and an Italian river needed for energy (7) APOGEAN (A
19 Ship’s doctor takes out the model of the caviar yielding fish (7) SURGEON (S
21 In haste, Edward gets to the horse (5) STEED (T)
22 One may bury his head in this to ignore danger (4) SAND (E)
Hi all
ReplyDeleteCould not get a few. THATCH - Lady Maggie should be thrilled over being remembered - NIGHT-TIME, ABHORRENCE, RATHER, ET CETERA, STEED, ASHIEST, METAL and some others came easily.
David, as I did, may have felt nostalgic on solving WOMANISH, which was quite a cute clue, remembering the lovely country of our temporary domicile some years ago, at different periods, of course.
15 Napier proposed one for logarithm calculation (9) ALGORITHM (LOGARITHM)*
ReplyDeleteHe made no Bones about it, or did he!
WOMANISH brings me to MANISH, a name common in Gujarat and thereabouts.
And also Manish Tiwary, Cambridge+Yale-educated man from Bihar, often seen on TV screens.
DeleteKishore, I remembered you too lived in Oman for a short while, didn't you?
And Manish Malhotra. Some Manishes can be womanish...
DeleteRichard, not lived, visited a few times, mainly to visit a college in Al Rusayl, close to the S Q University.
For those who did not get my 833:
Deletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier%27s_bones
Thanks Kishore.. from one of "those"
DeleteRegarding the theme, Deepak, I took it as building materials:
ReplyDeleteThatch, Glass, Cement, Wood, Metal,
and Sand
ReplyDeleteOther than apogean, wood and nuances, i pretty much finished them all ( of course,with big fat help from anagrammer, anagram solver, google, yada, yada, yada). neyartha must have decided to go easy today.
ReplyDeleteI think it is a question of your getting better rather than Neyartha going easy (as explained earlier by Gridman)!
DeleteBy the way, what is yada, yada..?
ReplyDeleteI remembered
Yada yada hi dharmasya
Glanir bhavati bharata
Abhyutthanam adharmasya
Tadatmanam srjamy aham
(Bhagavad Gita (Chapter IV-7)
King Richard..... I salute thee
DeleteNamostute...
DeletePar is baar deri kyun?
Deletei used all possible search engines to solve clues and pretty much cracked them . @ padmanabhan , wow! i didnt quite think of it that way... yes, i am getting better with seach engines... i agree..hahaha
DeleteIf you can't solve all the clues, it does not matter. You can still open Col's blog at 8.30a.m.( as most of us do), understand the logic and over a few months get the hang of it.With search engines, thrill will be lost in a few days,IMHO
Delete@ Richard:
ReplyDeleteBesh. Besh. Engaeyo Poyitteenga
Somehow I have not got to read the BG, though now and then I buy a volume and should have at least three by now!!
I recommend you to attend Bhagavad Gita Class by Swami Paramarthananda on every Sunday evening from 6 pm to 7 pm (punctual time) at Bala Vidya Mandir, IV Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar. It is really good.
DeleteEnjoyable CW. Did not fill in Nuances and Regenerator since I could not figure out the annos.
ReplyDeleteAs I understand, yada,yada... should be something like bla, bala... or etc..etc.
ReplyDeleteWhish is a far cry from "Yadha" quoted so nicely by you and already salutrd by others. Here is my Plus one !!
Solved yes, but as for enjoying, no.
ReplyDeleteNice one today. I needed the net for latria,Ruthenium & nuances.
ReplyDeleteOver all today's puzzle was a :
Eatery adding doughnut centered drink reportedly to please. (7)
Deli+gh+t?
DeleteNormally I find your clues very hard to crack.
DeleteBut managed to unravel this "power cut" : )
:-)
DeleteIn response to Richard@11:15
DeleteAccurate department head confiscates a note. (4,2)
In response to Bhavan@11:17
DeleteOuch .. If Bhavan is finding my clues tough I need to work harder on my cluing.
@barbadkatte, one or two earlier ones I had tried had indirect anagrams. So once bitten ... : ) I do enjoy them though.
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DeleteBhavan @12:10
DeleteGuilty as charged. I have been avoiding this of late :). So may be over time the cluing will improve.
In response to Richard@11:15
DeleteAccurate department head holding a note. (4,2)
dead on
DeleteIn response to Ajeesh@1:35
DeleteAn extra fertilizer (5) [..p..]
super
DeleteYes absolutely in unrequited love. (5)
Deletequite
DeleteWill stop monopolizing the board. See you folks tomorrow
DeleteDe + light?! Power cut, which we are "enjoying" everyday in TN !
ReplyDeleteWe have that joy for eighth of a day here.
DeleteNot had chance to do today's crossword as was recovering from my 14.5 hour drive (and breakdown en route). But I am now safely in Bangalore. Would be great to meet up with those of you in Bangalore. Drop me an email to feast@fastmail.fm.
ReplyDeleteOnly today I enjoyed Neyartha's puzzle.
ReplyDeleteRichard @ 8.38 MT should only be seen and not heard at all
ReplyDelete4D - I remembered my primary school days, when i first came across Industrial Revolution and James Watt invention.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving it. :)
ReplyDeleteTruly enjoyed today's. Got most of it :-). Need to get more consistent at solving though..
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