ACROSS
1 January, for one (8,5) CALENDAR, MONTH (E)
10 Catholic English king looked to be having unobstructed vision (5-4) CLEAR-EYED (C + LEAR + EYED)11 A tale about coir, say (5) FIBRE (FIB + RE)
12 Grown up boy lost head last month (5) ADULT (
13 Such friends as may take flight (9) FEATHERED (CD)
14 Leaving out royalty in a short passage from a book (6)
16 Salt kept by artist in wooden container (5) BORAX (RA inside BOX)
19 Condiment bottle found in French street in U.S. state (5) CRUET (RUE inside C
25 Marine creatures that NASA seeks to reform (3,6) SEA,SNAKES (NASA SEEKS)*
26 Hardened pastry with a bit of demerara (5) CAKED (CAKE + D)
27 They accommodate future children (5) UTERI (CD)
28 Two aliens, quiet, trained in proper behaviour (9) ETIQUETTE (ET + ET + QUIET)*
29 Repository of ideas gets six British tongues go wagging (10,3) SUGGESTION,BOX (SIX B TONGUES GO)*
DOWN
2 It is enough to have competence (8)
3 Bird, for example, seen over the centre of Crete (5) EGRET (EG +
5 It transfers heat from aspiring abstainers involved in torrid arrangement (8) RADIATOR (AA + TORRID)*
6 Not broadcasting because of a fear of hit, perhaps (3,3,3) OFF,THE,AIR (FEAR OF HIT)*
7 A tunic, thanks to the playwright (6) TABARD (TA + BARD)
8 Hydrocarbon associated with a number in gasoline (6) OCTANE (E)
9 Composer of some clever distinguished works (5) VERDI (T)
15 Father hiring out for bringing up children (9) PARENTING (PA + RENTING)
17 Irresponsible one leaving feels sick, disoriented (8) FECKLESS (FEELS S
18 Parrot or fowl, a tad tasty, with two eggs (8) COCKATOO (COCK + A+ T + OO)
22 Consume as you drink, say (3,2) USE,UP (~YOU SUP)
23 Cake — a barrier to the French (6) GATEAU (GATE + AU)
24 Real class is inherent here in a saint’s birthplace (6) ASSISI (T)
26 Cold, hard metal container, one for making butter (5) CHURN (C + H + URN)
ReplyDeleteHi folks
Another interesting offering from Sankalak.
Specially liked CLEAR-EYED, FEATHERED, BORAX, CRUET, FIB+RE, UTERI, EGRET, DAY OFF, RADIATOR (very intelligent matching of AA of Alcoholics Anonymous with Aspiring Aspirants - an intended hint?), OCTANE, PARENTING, HID+DEN, USE UP (nice homophone for You Sup), GATE+AU and a few others.
CALENDAR MONTH, ADULT, EXCEPT, BROOCH, SEASNAKES, ETIQUETTE, SUGGESTION BOX, OFF THE AIR, TABARD, VERDI, FECKLESS (a new word for me - can go well with reckless), COCKATOO, ASSISI (as I had said once earlier, religion helps!) were smooth.
The only guess is 26D, yet to be verified from the blog. 26A - BAKED could have been clued differently, in my humble opinion.
Correction: Aspiring Abstainers.
DeleteOh, 26D is CAKED not BAKED. That was my sole error.
DeleteAdULT! Thanks CV sir, Richard and Padmanabhan for the recent tutorial on that one :)
DeleteINSTant case of ULTimate gratitude being shown...
Delete14A Leaving out royalty in a short passage from a book (6) ESTOPS ? Anno pending
ReplyDeleteI took it as {EXCE(-R)PT}
And 2D as ADEQUACY. At first, I too put it in as ADEQUATE and got stuck for some time.
Deletei don't know why i mistook cockatoo for omelette ( two eggs, fowl... confused me) and got stuck there. was convinced because i filled 26 a as creme instead of caked, (since it contained eme from demerara).... lulled in false sense of correctness.
Deleteotherwise, not a bad crossword solving day. could have done better.
Switchover from samosa...
Delete14A Leaving out royalty in a short passage from a book (6) ESTOPS ? Anno pending
ReplyDeleteI took 2d as ADEQUACY to make 14A EXCEPT
2d adequacy
ReplyDelete14a except
2d adequacy
ReplyDelete14a except
Though I filled in Suggestion box thanks to crossings, I could not spot the anagram trying to fit in VI for six.Nice start for the morning.
ReplyDeleteI also had to change from adequate to adequacy, due to 'except'. Looking back, competence has to be adequace and not adequate.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the corrections everyone.
ReplyDeleteHi Bhavan
DeleteI noticed as the first thing in the morning that it was your day out today.
Your idea of publishing the completed grid has caught up. It is so convenient. Congrats and thanks too.
In passing...
Local Area Network in Australia - Is it called the LAN Down Under? ;)
I took Aspiring Abstainers as Alchoholics Anonymous (AA). Got to the answer nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteApparently, it was the intention of the setter to suggest AA, as mentioned in my post 8:30, which had an error, which was corrected subsequently.
ReplyDeleteOops! Missed that part.
DeleteNice run from Sankalak. I had fable for 11A without reading the clue carefully and did not notice the mistake till I looked at the post here.
ReplyDelete+1. I too did the same mistake till I looked at Orkut post by Pankajam
DeleteI almost fell into that trap too. This blog saved me. I nowadays do not fill in an answer unless I can reasonably explain it ( Something that this blog has taught me ). I could not explain Fable. So I tried again and got fibre.
DeleteYesterday, there were comments on :LOOKING THE OTHER WAY, meaning that Sankalak's crosswords didn't need one to 'look the other way'. Looking at it my way, Looking the other way would actually mean to turn a blind eye or to ignore, isn't it?( Like The Haryana Govt is doing with regard to the AAM
ReplyDeleteoops: my last sentence above got cut off !
ReplyDeleteread: with regard to the AAM and BANANA REPUBLIC boy.
Correct me if I'm looking at it in any other way!!
Just solved the Wednesday issue on line from ORKUT. Any way of getting a print- out of the same? Can any one help me or at least send me a copy for my records and collections by scanning? Please
ReplyDeleteemail to: sapraj2711@gmail.com
Just sent the grid with clues to your g mail ID. I am sure you will be able to take a print out.
ReplyDeleteThanks Paddy: I did get it and thanks. I shall take resort to the site if need be. Bhavan was also kind enough to assure me of a stead supply from his own resources. Thank you both. However, I shall still miss out in active blogging since I do the crossies late nights in the bed.
DeleteI put in reckless for feckless but on seeing the clue breakup realise that the latter is correct. Goofed up badly on borax but managed the rest
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