Sunday 10 March 2013

No 2729, Sunday 10 Mar 13



ACROSS
1   Brewing agent may be obtained from Mediterranean country shortly (4) MALT MALTa
3   Pairs a pal's circulated for valuations (10) APPRAISALS*
9   Type of broad-leaved weed in harbour (4) DOCK [DD]
10 Does a full dish of ravioli constitute this? (6,4) SQUARE MEAL [CD]
12 Do as promised, get rid of virtually all of blades? (4,4,4) KEEP ONES WORD {KEEP} {ONE}{S WORD}
15 One who buys nearly clean jumper (9) PURCHASER {PURe}{CHASER}
17 In a week, wood flooded (5) AWASH {A}{W}{ASH}
18 Patriarch, one rejected by church (5) ENOCH {ENO<=}{CH}
19 Fool's heartless gibe about one aide (9) ASSISTANT {ASS{1}'S}{TAuNT}
20 Two members making a large amount of money (2,3,3,1,3) AN ARM AND A LEG [DD]
24 Injudicious act giving cheek about king (10) IMPRUDENCE {IMP{R}UDENCE}
25 Collection of reminiscences about northern girl (4) ANNA {AN{N}A}
26 Indecisive leader in industry runs firm (10) IRRESOLUTE {I}{R}{RESOLUTE}
27 Attempt from bunker, initially with wood (4) BASH {B}{ASH}

DOWN
1   Damaging allegations over captain and fish (10) MUDSKIPPER {MUD}{SKIPPER}
2   What key sportsman could use for a change? (6,4) LOCKER ROOM [CD]
4   Indignation is shown when card game's cut short (5) PIQUE PIQUEt
5   What delay motorists? Stupid arrows do round centre of Tokyo (9) ROADWORKS {ROADWOR{toKyo}S*}
6   Form of refreshment in America coeds concocted (3-5,4) ICE-CREAM SODA*
7   Elderly French artist almost set up (4) AGED DEGAs <=
8   Old sailor's dry wit (4) SALT [DD]
11 To perform a social duty for others, preside at awards ceremony? (2,3,7) DO THE HONOURS [DD]
13 Film Spaniard's house on one of the Costas (10) CASABLANCA {CASA}{BLANCA}
14 Snapshot in public house got Harpo upset (10) PHOTOGRAPH {PH}{HARPO+GOT}*
16 Wear still to be treated in part of building (9) STAIRWELL*
21 A Caledonian racecourse (5) ASCOT {A}{SCOT}
22 Married in one, a short skirt (4) MINI {M}{IN}{1}
23 Box in last of fights on equal footing (4) SPAR {S}{PAR}

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19 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath10 March 2013 at 08:33

    Todays special at 10:30 will be by Doppelganger

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  2. Chaturvasi10 March 2013 at 08:49

    Do we have any dish in India that would qualify for being called 'square meal'?

    I can think of some triangular meals, but square?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath10 March 2013 at 09:03

      All festival spreads can be considered as square meals. If you look at it literally Parathas are sometimes made as squares.

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    2. Deepak Gopinath10 March 2013 at 09:04

      I didn't notice Afterdarks comment at 8:50 when I made my comment regarding Parathas

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    3. Richard10 March 2013 at 10:02

      In most cases, square meals alone lead to round shape, rather rotundity...

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    4. Kishore10 March 2013 at 10:15

      Bread toast ( as made in Bangalore bakeries), several biscuits, Cv's cake ...

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    5. Kishore10 March 2013 at 10:17

      Several Indian sweets like burfies, sohan papdi, ...

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  3. Shrikanth10 March 2013 at 08:50

    14D- How does one decide that public house stand for p & h? Are they standard abbreviations?

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    1. Suresh10 March 2013 at 09:05

      PH is a standard abbreviation for PUBLIC HOUSE

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    2. Deepak Gopinath10 March 2013 at 09:09

      P for Public I think is commonly accepted, like in PA (PublicAddress) Systems. H for house is a regular, in crosswords at least.

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    3. Deepak Gopinath10 March 2013 at 09:11

      PH is not listed in Chambers

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    4. Suresh10 March 2013 at 09:13

      I found the abbreviation for PH on Wiktionary

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    5. Chaturvasi10 March 2013 at 10:08

      It is in Chambers XWD A Dictionary of Crossword Abbreviations.

      Gridman has used this abbr. in a clue in the past or maybe in a forthcoming puzzle; don't remember.

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    6. Raghunath10 March 2013 at 10:18

      PH has been used regularly in the Eco Times syndicated CWs

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  4. Shrikanth10 March 2013 at 08:52

    Some Paratha's maybe? As an aside, down south they call Briyani as Oru Soru as it is a single dish complete meal. :)

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  5. Richard10 March 2013 at 10:06

    Cartoon for 22D :-)

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  6. Padmanabhan10 March 2013 at 10:12

    You mean "mini cartoon"? :-)

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  7. PKPSwami10 March 2013 at 14:07

    Nice puzzle.Leading clues.'s' is overlapping in two blocks of the clue 1d.muds:allegations;Then how is it 'skipper' for captain.It should have been kipper only.Otherwise quite enjoyable.

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