Liked the new treatment for Okapi.
ACROSS
6 Stare at some geegaw kleptomaniacally? (4) GAWK [T]
9 Cancel a contract — replace Listener within (4,2) TEAR UP {T{EAR} UP<=}
13 Do legatees get weaving on these? (9) HEIRLOOMS {HEIR}{LOOMS}
14 Denizen in zoo gets nothing about a raga (5) OKAPI {O}{KAPI} Never thought 'Kapi' could be sung ;-)
16 Comic or pundit is in a state of breakdown (10) DISRUPTION*
19 A sign of good health needing no facial colouring (4,6) ROSY CHEEKS [CD]
21 Troublemaker runs into club (4) BRAT {B{R}AT}
24 Work on a nervous disorder of the eye (5) OPTIC {OP}{TIC}
25 Somehow broach tie with one who shares the digs (9) COHABITER*
26 Big lie (7) WHOPPER [DD]
27 Add spice to a certain time of year (6) SEASON [DD]
28 Angry speech from red worker (4) RANT {R}{ANT}
29 One with burning desires (8) ARSONIST [E]
DOWN
2 Nothing to write -- in good break! (7) OPENING {O}{PEN}{IN}{G}
3 How lilts are sung in a carefree manner (6) AIRILY [CD]
4 I am to show one’s inside to make up (9) IMPROVISE {I'M}{PROV{1'S}E}
5 Chinese guild’s tool for serving (5) TONGS [DD]
7 Air Force to hang about one Pakistani neighbour (7) AFGHANI {AF}{HANG*}{1}
8 Group of flats, perhaps, requiring important endorsement
(3,9) KEY SIGNATURE [DD?]
11 Careless agent holding prune (6) SLOPPY {S{LOP}PY}
12 Scene where action takes place (7,2,3) THEATRE OF WAR [CD]
18 Cold cover makes one leader of contingent to step up (3-3) ICE-CAP {1}{C}{E-CAP<=}
20 Don’t stand a kind of work stoppage (3-4) SIT-DOWN [DD]
22 Don’t start speeches — get provisions! (7) RATIONS oRATIONS
23 Old boy ain’t trying to get (6) OBTAIN {OB}{AINT*}
25 About to remove wrong URL from circular (5) CIRCA CIRCulAr
Nice one.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping to see Kagyur Tulku Rinpoche's photo for 19a
His wifes cheeks are equally rosy!
DeleteThe muddied Ganga...
DeleteReminded of the nursery rhyme- " Rosy cheeks, dimple chin..."
ReplyDeleteNever expected Kapi raga to enter the world of CW's. I was still doubtful while entering if Gridman would include the name of a raga (which many may not be aware as indicated by Col.)I am myself nowhere near an expert but still heard about it- if not musically in many jokes and cartoons- during the 27A.
ReplyDeleteNot right Padmanabhan, it's actually
ReplyDeleteChubby Cheeks, dimple chin
Rosy lips, teeth within
Curly hair very fair
Eyes are blue, lovely too
Teacher’s pet, “is that you”
Yes, yes, yes.
Heard it too long ago and had it all mixed up. Did not hear my grandson singing it, but only my son and that decades ago! Thank you Col.!
DeleteI am glad that I atleast got the dimple chin right, that is 50%! I am reminded of an old joke (probably reality those days)my father used to tell. British offivers in India in the pre independent days were asked to take an exam. in the vernacular language.On a dictation of 'yanai',one officer wrote 'panai' (both 2 letter words in Tamil and he was given 50% marks!- for non Tamils here one is an elephant and the other is a pot!
DeleteThe Col must have brushed up his knowledge of nursery rhymes as the grandchild is growing...
Delete"flats" in 8D was meant to mislead and I was for a long time until I got the crossings. But still did not know its musical meaning until I saw the blog.Kapi and then musical flats airily singing!
ReplyDelete25A - is it essential to include 'wrong' ? wouldn't URL by itself be enough ?
ReplyDeleteWrong makes the surface reading better
Delete...is it essential?...
DeleteSince the letters U R L don't appear in the same order in "circular", it is a good practice. Some setters don't think it is necessary. But by adding an anagram indicator to URL, this setter has shown good attention to detail and is being scrupulously fair to the solver.
OK..Thanks Colonel , Bhavan .
DeleteAnother entertaining puzzle from Gridmaster.
ReplyDeleteMore apt to call him a Gridmaster:-)
DeleteWhat would you call one who may some day set a ring-shaped circular crossword?
DeleteHave been travelling during the past two days and today too. Missed all the fun.
ReplyDelete6A Stare at some geegaw kleptomaniacally? (4) GAWK [T]
'Kleptomanically' has been used in the sense of 'stealthily' here. Does the surface sound OK? I thought 'kleptomania' is an irresistible desire to lift things, stealthily of course.
Perhaps stealing a look...
I enjoyed the punch in 13a,25a,29a(though repeated often).reg.12d is it not theatre or war? Anyway quite a nice puzzle.I enjoyed it very much.
ReplyDelete6A Stare at some geegaw kleptomaniacally? (4) GAWK [T]
ReplyDeleteCould not find this word: kleptomaniacally. Found kleptomaniacal, which is termed as an adj. which is what the word in the clue intends to convey.
See
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kleptomaniacally
radical - radically
kleptomaniacal - kleptomaniacally
When someone stares at an object kleptomaniacally, one is looking at it with a secret desire to steal it, though one may not actually carry out their intention.
Col.
ReplyDeletePl. remove spam
This series of Gridman's crossies are a sheer delight. Smooth flow , unlike the muddied Ganges, with underflows of Yamuna and Saraswati at the Sangam, with tortoises coming a-nibbling your feet !!
ReplyDeleteI think CW is the only place where Gridman would use 'aint', rightly so.
ReplyDelete:-)
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