ACROSS
1 - Tingling sensation of use to seamstresses (4,3,7) - PINS AND NEEDLES [DD] or Paresthesia
10 - Info obtained by taking pound off top of door (5) - INTEL lINTEL
11 - Two Hindus translated mystery stores (9) - WHODUNITS* That should be 'stories' and not 'stores'.
12 - Remit order to include engineer for Roman warship (7) - TRIREME {TRI{RE}ME*}
13 - Italian three bursting in on divorcee and me; Outrageous!
(7) - EXTREME {EX}{TRE}{ME}
14 - Prize assignment keeps bishop on the line (5) - PLUMB {PLUM}{B}
20 - Scotland’s own follows Saint Mark (5) - STAIN {ST}{AIN}
22 - Underpants heard in the stable? (7) - NICKERS [DD] (Addendum - (~knickers) - See comments)
25 - Musical passage; it was composed for the masses (7) - INTROIT {INTRO}{IT}
27 - Play made moral with exaggerated emotions (9) - MELODRAMA*
28 - Mad buccaneer is beheaded (5) - IRATE pIRATE
29 - Unchanging overhead features in sunny holiday brochures
(5,4,5) - CLEAR BLUE SKIES {CLEAR} {BLUE SKIES}
DOWN
2 - Improperly reusing it for clandestine affairs (9) - INTRIGUES*
3 - Soothe beginner in rescue (5) - SALVE {SA{L}VE}
4 - The state of a fresh sweater (3,6) - NEW JERSEY {NEW} {JERSEY}
5 - Love surrounded by what gets blown gives terminal necklace
(5) - NOOSE {NO{O}SE}
6 - Formulate a question in mathematical terms (9) - EQUATIONS*
7 - River entering initial impressions in legends (5) - LOIRE {LO{I}RE}
8 - Resists werid nuns (7) - SISTERS*
9 - Important chief in circus (6) - BIGTOP {BIG}{TOP} Enumeration should have been (3,3)
15 - Does he stop the nobleman; the one serving drinks ? (9) - BARTENDER {BART}{ENDER}
17 - Would a recluse dwell in this art museum? (9) - HERMITAGE {HERMIT}{AGE} (Addendum - [DD] - See comments)
18 - Drink up! Bore about element to go into great detail (9) - ELABORATE {ELA<-}{BOR{AT}E}
19 - Candy I’m cooking is full of energy (7) - DYNAMIC*
21 - Spice got from one crazy over Margaret (6) - NUTMEG {NUT}{MEG}
24 - Escargot made both Poles fall ill (5) - SNAIL {S}{N}{AIL}
ReplyDeleteHi all
Maybe because of the right mood and good weather, it was CLEAR BLUE SKIES in terms of solving.
10A and 9D are only guesses. Will confirm from the blog.
Somehow, got many like PINS AND NEEDLES, WHODUNITS (the clue contains a typo - it should read 'stories'), STAIN, MELODRAMA, IRATE, INTRIGUES, NEW JERSEY, SISTERS, HERMITAGE, BARTENDER, ELABORATE, THICK, NUTMEG and a few others at first look.
NOOSE was classic. Laughed my neck out. Google Mama helped in getting TRIMERE.
As I mentioned the other day, my church choir experience helped to get INTROIT instantly.
DeleteRead Trimere above as TRIREME.
Delete22 - Underpants heard in the stable? (7) - NICKERS [DD]
ReplyDelete~knickers NICKERS
I too took it as a homophone. But I think 'to nicker' is a verb. (ref thefreedictionary.com)
DeleteKNICKERS - underpants
DeleteNICKERS - characteristic sounds made by horses (in the stable)
OK, I have no issue if any dictionary mentions it as a noun. I only referred to the immediately available thefreedictionary, which gives only the verb form of a horse neighing.
DeleteNice,quick & interesting one from Mover.
ReplyDelete17D- how do we get 'age'?
Though filled in (k)nickers thanks to crossings, horse sound was new to me.
ReplyDeleteNo Age business. It is a DD (or CD) Hermitage is a museum. It is also a place where a recluse would stay.
ReplyDelete23 - Have young pupil in grotto (5) - CALVE {CA{L}VE}
ReplyDeleteThe same has been differently worded in NIE today as
25 Left in primitive dwelling to give birth (5) CA(L)VE
Suresh raised the same question yesterday, as to how it keeps happening so often...
DeleteEerie? Kishore would have propped up some theory...
A gentle breeze
ReplyDeleteEasy one today. Wrt 22A, at least to me "heard" seemed to be doing double duty as both homophone indicator and in the definition. Not sure if I am missing something.
ReplyDeleteAlways liked Mover. Interesting one today, even though missed out on couple.
ReplyDelete"Pins and Needles" cartoon is hilarious.
Apologies to any one who was waiting for the bonus clue. Between power cuts & work I did not have time to do any thing more than briefly look in the morning.
ReplyDeleteWas I like this today ?
Top cover for hard working animal(6)
Good evening all! Had to leave early in the morning, so missed solving the CW then. Mover made it very smooth sailing with clear blue skies all the way. By threat, does anyone solve The Economic Times CW? I do that too, and would love to join a blog for that, as well.
ReplyDeleteI do that. There is an orkut group that has the ET CW. I am not aware of any blog that carries solutions & discusses the answers.
DeleteThis group in Orkut was active solving the ET CW, till about 8 months ago but due to fall in participation, it's died a natural death. Interest also waned, because the CWs are recycled repeatedly.
DeletePlease read 'threat' as 'the way'!
ReplyDeleteNice CW today. Terminal necklace was the definition of the day.
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