Buzzers' getting us dressed 'with all C's' for the New Year? Liked 9D.
ACROSS
1 Courageous girl’s taking on incorrigibly corrupt leaders (6) HEROIC {HERO}{I}{C} (Addendum - {HER}{O}{I}{C} - See comments)
5 Clergyman’s religious instruction absorbed by blighter (6) PRIEST {P{RI}EST}
10 Content in sun’s heat, hesitant to pull out (9) UNSHEATHE [T]
11 Charging forward without no good cover (5) LUNGI LUNGIng
12 Criticise hollow talentless boxers (5) PANTS {PAN}{TalentlesS}
13 Close-fitting vest made from say waste fur (9) WAISTCOAT (~waste){WAIST}{COAT}
14 Cruelly Stalin cast out Trotsky in the end (7) NASTILY {STALIN*}{Y}
16 Chariot driver’s salary cut by 1 rupee (7) WAGONER {WAGe}{ONE}{R}
18 Cartier lost and wandering (7) ERRATIC*
20 Cap transmission of bit-rate (7) BIRETTA*
21 Cartridge belt ring old General had registered (9) BANDOLEER {BAND}{O}{LEE}{R}
23 Clamour reportedly for a British statesman (5) BLAIR (~blare)
25 Coffee tray has no rims (5) LATTE pLATTEr
26 Chinkaras are asleep, not astir (9) ANTELOPES*
27 Come down to compromise (6) SETTLE [DD]
28 Clearly show is almost always about popular culture’s origin
(6) EVINCE {EV{IN}{C}Er}
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2 City in Germany has only half the basic needs (5) ESSEN ESSENtials
3 Calculated risk taken in 22’s dressing (9) OVERSKIRT {OVE{RISK*}RT}
4 Clip off a jacket (7) CUTAWAY {CUT}{AWAY}
5 Church seat occupied by reverend having ego for exhibition
(7) PREVIEW {P{REV}{I}EW}
6 Coastline opening allowed current to surge ahead (5) INLET {IN}{LET}
7 Caught one time out in blazing subcontinent, finds protection
from heat (3,6) SUN BONNET SUBcONtiNENT*
8 Clothing item prude less bent on trying? (9,4) SUSPENDER BELT*
9 Conqueror, heroic perhaps, gets a medal (8,5) VICTORIA CROSS {VICTOR}{1A CROSS}
15 Covert operation to nab rebel leader’s link to an accessory
(6,3) STRING TIE {ST{R}ING} {TIE}
19 Conceal them in a box and burn to ashes (7) CREMATE {CR{'EM}ATE}
20 Carburetter internals showed a glass tube (7) BURETTE [T]
22 Conspicuous greenery at the bottom of ocean (5) OVERT {O}{VERT}
24 Chocolate icing plus streusel are toppings set up for a jelly
(5) ASPIC {A}{S}{P}{I}{C}<=
I see the sea of Cs.
ReplyDeleteAnd the dressing on top of it.
21 Cartridge belt ring old General had registered (9) BANDOLEER {BAND}{O}{LEE}{R}
ReplyDeleteReminded me old Sam Browne.
Read more about why it goes over the right shoulder and not the left one at:
Deletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Browne_belt
+1 even though the Sam Browne was basically for the sword and not cartridges. I still fondly remember brassoing all the brass buckles and loops on the Sam Browne
DeleteThe brasso and blanco era. I loved it. And the peppiness of the short guys from 5G: Jai Maha Kali, Ayo Gorkhali
DeleteI too have fond memories of Brasso and Blanco from our life in Benachetty in Secunderabad when we were living in Air Force quarters.
Deleteman-o-man, to undress the dressing -so difficult.
ReplyDelete23 Clamour reportedly for a British statesman (5) BLAIR (~blare)
ReplyDeleteRemember Linda Blair?
8 Clothing item prude less bent on trying? (9,4) SUSPENDER BELT*
ReplyDeleteReminded me of the classic: Why do firemen wear red suspenders?
9 Conqueror, heroic perhaps, gets a medal (8,5) VICTORIA CROSS {VICTOR}{1A CROSS}
ReplyDeleteGreat cross-referencing to the clue number 1a.
Wonder if many know that the first indian to win the Victoria Cross was 2 Lt (later Lt Gen) PS Bhagat, a Bombay Sapper, who should have become the Chief but was denied the same by our great politicians.
DeleteThe last three words of my 8:44 should be replaced by the last three words of 1 Across
Delete+1
DeleteThe link lets us know who the politician referenced was. Great and/or incorrigibly corrupt leader, I suppose, is a point of view.
DeleteI like 11ac LUNGI. Wordplay has been handled very well. Though the clue is for an article of clothing, the surface reading makes it appear as if it is a scene from a duelling scene.
ReplyDeleteSetting a crossword is difficult. Setting a crossword with special effects
(every clue starting with a particular letter, as here) is more so.
Congrats to B.
+ many and not just 1
DeleteOr rather putting it in Roman numerals : +C
DeletePerhaps it should be
Delete+C
+C
+C
...
Or + C !
Deleteto use the factorial notation.
C++ In computer language
DeleteCan certainly congratulate crossword-setter composing clues causing continued clothes cataloging.
ReplyDeleteGeneral Bhagat had also co-authored the Henderson Brooks-Bhagat report which carries an analysis (Operations Review) of the Sino-Indian War of 1962. This report continues to be a classified document even today five decades after its submission as the government feels its contents are not only extremely sensitive but are of current operational value. One reason could be the possible criticism in the report of the political/military structure and the operational errors then.
ReplyDelete1A HER O I C
ReplyDeleteAjeesh,
DeleteHero is the girl from 'Hero & Leander'
Thanks Col
DeleteI think this also works
girl's - her
leaders of On Incorrigibly Corrupt - oic
Now that you mention it your anno looks better
DeleteThat is how I had it too, since I did not know about 'Hero &..."
DeleteThat is what I had in mind too.
DeleteFor once I was not all at sea while tackling a Buzzer.
ReplyDeleteABCDE
Series from which the Phoenix begins and ends (5)
England are the holders
Delete:)
DeleteDonkey embraces man
DeleteClue in reply to a clue?!
DeleteThat is it for this series folks. We have had 'LACK OF FORM','BOWLER','PITCH', 'PATAUDI', 'COW CORNER' & ASHES in this set. Cricket being the common element to all of them. Thanks for participating.
DeleteLiked 17D and 9D.
ReplyDeleteVery innovative and interesting CW from Buzzer, to-day.
Quote from Buzzer yesterday since many might have missed it-
ReplyDelete"Tomorrow is a sequel puzzle of sorts. I'd say see for yourself."
Did he mean 'C' for yourself?
Yes as he had done a 'B' sometime back
DeleteUnfortunately, i got into tangle as i messed-up by mixing-up 8D & 9D, due to my bad eyes.
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