This is another smooth sailing puzzle from Sankalak. There isn't much to say other than "Thank you" for another enjoyable run.
ACROSS
1 Cheated and transgressed, pocketing a 1000 (7) SKINNED (SINNED outside K)
5 Independent lawmaker in cap is easily understood (6) LIMPID (I + MP inside LID) I read that as lawbreaker but wouldn't make a difference to the wordplay or answer I suppose ...
11 Old American statesman seen one more time escorting group head (5) AGNEW (ANEW outside G)
12 Kind of charges about chiefs (9) OVERHEADS (OVER + HEADS)
13 Wordsworth’s narcissi (9) DAFFODILS (CD)
14 Felines // of a civilian service club (5) LIONS (DD)
15, 22 Picture about big cat // that entered the world unfettered (4,4) BORN, FREE (DD)
17 A drink for Poles dancing with chaps (7) SCHNAPS (NS + CHAPS)*
21 Enthusiasm of opera singer returning before Italian unknown (7) AVIDITY (DIVA<= IT + Y)
22 See 15
26 Flower with a bovine feature (5) OXLIP (OX + LIP)
27 Cathedral that made tenor giddy (5,4) NOTRE,DAME (MADE TENOR)*
29 What the careful shopper looks at before ordering? (5,4) PRICE, LIST (CD)
30 Elect an additional member for work in company time (2-3) CO-OPT (OP inside CO + T)
31 Play on words is beginning to hurt? Impose a penalty (6) PUNISH (PUN + IS + H)
32 Black eyes // for people who excel! (7) SHINERS (DD)
DOWN
2 Raw material for paper — a fake exposed around the north (5) KENAF (FAKE* outside N)
3 Gaseous element with weight is a unit of force (6) NEWTON (Ne + W + TON)
4 Exit CO in confusion — that is strange (6) EXOTIC (EXIT CO)*
6 Medicine for Alan, thin, needing treatment (8) INHALANT (ALAN THIN)*
7 Plant, reportedly excellent, seen in thick fog (3-6) PEA-SOUPER (PEA + ~SUPER)
8 Neglect of a tool for shaping metal containing bits of some unusual substances (6) DISUSE (DIE outside S U S)
9 A loan unlikely to be repaid (3,4) BAD, DEBT (CD)
10 Not the kind of person who would enjoy a Mediterranean cruise (7) SEASICK (CD)
16 In US, lover misbehaving causes disgust (9) REVULSION (IN US LOVER)*
18 A padre’s time spent for those who can adjust to changing conditions (8) ADAPTERS (A PADRE'S T)*
19 Tool for use at home, a bit unwieldy, endlessly stretchable (7) UTENSIL (U + TENSILe)
20 Happening in the outskirts of Sarh evokes the kind of heaven that is an intense joy (7) SEVENTH (EVENT inside SarH)
23 Take drugs now and then? A pleasure, father! (6) JOYPOP (JOY + POP)
24 The worst itches reveal the result of a sharp pain in the side (6) STITCH (T)
25 It gives warning of a bit of ergot in pig’s meat (6) BEACON (E inside BACON)
28 Love shown by a tinamou running wild (5) AMOUR (T)
ACROSS
1 Cheated and transgressed, pocketing a 1000 (7) SKINNED (SINNED outside K)
5 Independent lawmaker in cap is easily understood (6) LIMPID (I + MP inside LID) I read that as lawbreaker but wouldn't make a difference to the wordplay or answer I suppose ...
11 Old American statesman seen one more time escorting group head (5) AGNEW (ANEW outside G)
12 Kind of charges about chiefs (9) OVERHEADS (OVER + HEADS)
13 Wordsworth’s narcissi (9) DAFFODILS (CD)
15, 22 Picture about big cat // that entered the world unfettered (4,4) BORN, FREE (DD)
17 A drink for Poles dancing with chaps (7) SCHNAPS (NS + CHAPS)*
21 Enthusiasm of opera singer returning before Italian unknown (7) AVIDITY (DIVA<= IT + Y)
22 See 15
26 Flower with a bovine feature (5) OXLIP (OX + LIP)
29 What the careful shopper looks at before ordering? (5,4) PRICE, LIST (CD)
30 Elect an additional member for work in company time (2-3) CO-OPT (OP inside CO + T)
31 Play on words is beginning to hurt? Impose a penalty (6) PUNISH (PUN + IS + H)
32 Black eyes // for people who excel! (7) SHINERS (DD)
DOWN
2 Raw material for paper — a fake exposed around the north (5) KENAF (FAKE* outside N)
3 Gaseous element with weight is a unit of force (6) NEWTON (Ne + W + TON)
4 Exit CO in confusion — that is strange (6) EXOTIC (EXIT CO)*
6 Medicine for Alan, thin, needing treatment (8) INHALANT (ALAN THIN)*
7 Plant, reportedly excellent, seen in thick fog (3-6) PEA-SOUPER (PEA + ~SUPER)
9 A loan unlikely to be repaid (3,4) BAD, DEBT (CD)
10 Not the kind of person who would enjoy a Mediterranean cruise (7) SEASICK (CD)
16 In US, lover misbehaving causes disgust (9) REVULSION (IN US LOVER)*
18 A padre’s time spent for those who can adjust to changing conditions (8) ADAPTERS (A PADRE'S T)*
19 Tool for use at home, a bit unwieldy, endlessly stretchable (7) UTENSIL (U + TENSIL
20 Happening in the outskirts of Sarh evokes the kind of heaven that is an intense joy (7) SEVENTH (EVENT inside S
23 Take drugs now and then? A pleasure, father! (6) JOYPOP (JOY + POP)
24 The worst itches reveal the result of a sharp pain in the side (6) STITCH (T)
25 It gives warning of a bit of ergot in pig’s meat (6) BEACON (E inside BACON)
28 Love shown by a tinamou running wild (5) AMOUR (T)
KENAF, PEA-SOUPER, JOYPOP - all new learnings for me. Thanks Sankalak and Col. (for the hyperlinks)
ReplyDeleteCol,
Hope you are doing well now.
Regards
Thanks David,
DeleteMuch better now, though I still have a slight pain and a bit of swelling
May be I should just add a boiler plate. "Unless stated otherwise Sankalak's Crosswords are always nice/neat/smooth/". Found the going a little tougher today. Joypop prevented me from consuming an additional 350 Kilo calories. Needed the dictionary for Pea-souper & Kenaf. Liked 14A the best.
ReplyDeleteABCDE :
ReplyDeleteCraftily rig madras carnival (5,4)
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DeleteCraftily rig Madras carnival (5,4)
DeleteMardi Gras
DeleteIIT Chennai Carnival - Mardi Gras
Delete:) I was thinking of the original one celebrated on Fat/Shrove Tuesday.
DeleteI could get 'kenaf' with the help of crossings, but not the other two. After seeing the blog, peasoup seemed vaguely familiar.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bhavan for the rare manuscript of 'daffodils. One to be preserved! More precious than an autograph. Thanks to the net we are able to access treasures.
+1. That is another wonderful part of this blog. The kind of pictures and links which come with answers is really very good. Thanks Bhavan & Col. for the effort that you put in.
DeleteBeautiful poem, one of the few that I can remember in entirety from school days. Looking at the manuscript it would seem that it got edited a bit before the published verison.
Delete3 Gaseous element with weight is a unit of force (6) NEWTON (Ne + W + TON)
ReplyDeleteI solved it as NEON + WT = NE(WT)ON
+1
Deletewith - insertion indicator ?
Delete9D In lighter vein, reminded me of our younger day's joke: Gandhi KaNakku
ReplyDeleteExcellent end to the run, learnt a couple of new words today. Thanks for the Daffodils link.
ReplyDeleteMy stock of CW's for the Sunday specials' running out. Need contributions from aspiring setters
ReplyDelete12a Is it OK that about = over? I am missing something
ReplyDeleteThat's right, you're not missing anything
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