So the 'A' was added to prevent confusion in todays paper, the solution shown in the online edition is for 10601 and not the A version.
ACROSS
1 - Bituminous stuff makes snake stop (7) - ASPHALT {ASP}{HALT}
5 - Conservative journalist, receiving extension, rose up (7) - CLIMBED {C}{LIMB}{ED}
9 - Pretend not to see ole toothy hawker dissembling (4,3,5,3) - LOOK THE OTHER WAY*
10 - Antelope in Korea carries busy creature back (6) - REEBOK {R{EEB}OK}<=
11 - One that throbs can stop a URL working (8) - PULSATOR*
13 - Extend one leg somehow to trap a team leader (8) - ELONGATE {ELONG{A}{T}E*}
15 - Bit of bad luck makes girl lose a point and not quite happy
(6) - MISHAP {MISs}{HAPpy}
18 - Wanting more and more grass in the outskirts of Germany (6) - GREEDY {Germ{REED}anY}
19 - Waiter, say, a bit timid and kind-hearted (8) - ATTENDER {A}{T}{TENDER}
22 - Such a sinner, no more a sinner! (8) - REFORMED [CD]
27 - Language that makes a New Yorker a Londoner? (8,7) - AMERICAN ENGLISH {AMERICAN}{ENGLISH}
29 - A clergyman before submission (7) - PREBEND {PRE}{BEND}
DOWN
1 - In general, a lager, with time, deteriorates (2,5) - AT LARGE {A+LAGER+T}*
2 - Working class man with a soft part to play (5) - PROLE {P}{ROLE}
3 - Natural disasters willed by Providence (4,2,3) - ACTS OF GOD [E]
4 - Growth providing support for golfer having a bit of rheumatism
(4) - TREE {T{R}EE}
5 - Copper and agent cease operating (3,3) - CUT OUT {CU}{T OUT}
6 - Articles from the Times revised (5) - ITEMS*
7 - Enchanted engineer and wife had a restless desire to do something
(9) - BEWITCHED {BE}{W}{ITCHED}
8 - Try paid arrangement for a journey (3,4) - DAY TRIP*
12 - Had a meal with bits of apple, tortillas and eggs (3) - ATE {A}{T}{E}
14 - Old system of farming in England with no concealed ground!
(4-5) - OPEN-FIELD {OPEN}-{FIELD}
16 - Dogmatic chap can guide Leo in reform, gaining love (9) - IDEOLOGUE {IDE{O}LOGUE*}
17 - Pickup from a devout establishment (3) - UTE [T]
20 - Everyone escorted by the socialist has arrived (7) - REACHED {R{EACH}ED}
21 - "… the Ides of March” ( Julius Caesar ) (6) - BEWARE [GK]
23 - Creature that is part of an ENT surgeon’s field of study,
technically speaking (5) - RHINO [CD]
25 - Sound produced by the very old—cold stuff (5) - VOICE {V}{O}{ICE}
26 - Untidy collection of things, inexpensive with initial cost cut
(4) - HEAP cHEAP
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Hi all
ReplyDeleteAn enjoyable crossword. When Sankalak is around, one does not have to LOOK THE OTHER WAY. Awesome, longish anagrams seem to be part of the fare.
ACTS OF GOD reminded me of insurance policies due for annual renewal soon.
Got ASPHALT, CLIMBED, REEBOK, GREEDY, REFORMED, AMERICAN ENGLISH, AT LARGE, DAY TRIP, OPEN FIELD, BEWARE, IDEOLOGUE, REACHED and some others at first look.
Liked MISHAP, ATTENDER, OLIVIA (my COD), PULSATOR, BEWITCHED (this reminded me of the popular TV serial) and a few others.
yes, agreed, richard. good CW today. why LOOk THE OTHER WAY, when sankalak is around.
ReplyDeleteNice, straight forward fare today.
ReplyDelete17D - I guess UTE is short for utility vehicle. Any more guesses?
ReplyDelete23D - Rhino barged in immediately, having suffered from allergic rhinitis in my childhood. :)
See the link for 17D
DeleteThanks. In fact, I had checked the link. I was only referring to the possibility of 'ute' having been derived from 'utility' - guess it is an Aussie expression.
Deletehttp://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ute_(vehicle)
DeleteThank you too, AP.
DeleteNo Rhinitis, no rhino!!
ReplyDeleteNot able to forgive myself for not getting the 'Z' in impedance (so basic like R for resistance) in spite of my electrical background- unpardonable (no 22A)
When my daughter was young the paediatrician would prescribe a medicine for throat infections called Rhinolong. A la Hatari.
DeletePrint version of Chennai edition has ignored 10601A totally, though the on line edition carries both. Never seen this happen before.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyable CW to day! Agree - no need to look the other way! Loved 1A - Asp - halt!! Attender made me attend for a bit, as did end zone, in the end.
ReplyDeleteGood morning all.
Missing Doc's comments! Samosas today??
Coasted along.
ReplyDeletePrebend, though solved, was new to me, had to look it up to confirm. Easier and more familiar words were possible, both here, and in place of UTE, but Sankalak spiced it up a bit
American English... awaiting Kishore's comments
ReplyDeleteHe could be busy turning everyone he meets into Uncle Shyam...
DeleteAmerican English is a dialect or a language? I thought it was the former or was I wrong?
ReplyDelete22A: Could it be a DD, with the answer being REFROMER? A Reformer, i.e. one belonging to the group of Protestant Reformers, is a sinner (from a 16th century Roman Catholic point of view, anyway ;-)); and a reformer is one who is no longer a sinner.
ReplyDeleteWonder why 'Acts of God' are disasters. Is it because of human arrogance, which believes that anything other than a natural disaster is something they can control?
ReplyDeleteSomething to sleep over.
Not quite, Suresh. 'Acts of God' are natural disasters. Any disaster that is not natural in its origin is surely to be blamed on man. ;-)
DeleteWhat about all the good that happens. Aren't they also acts of God?
DeleteIs not every human action overseen by God in some way?
Or do you believe that God only created a system with occasional interventions and generally lets the system take charge of what happens?
Is not the randomness propounded by quantum physicists God's way of building in an uncertainty into the system and into what is 'destiny'
DeleteTo you 09:30: Weren't we talking only about disasters? Natural disasters being 'acts of god' does not logically exclude the possibility of god being the source of the some or all of the goodness.
DeleteAlso, note my emphasis on the word natural in my 8:58. :-)
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