Two awesome reversals in 26 and 27a. No Monday blues with Monastic Monstrance rubbing shoulders with a Vibrant Steel Band, a Minx and Matinee Idols. Sushi being made in a Wok-en !
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1 Antics played after a short while for the recluse (8) MONASTIC (MOment NASTIC*)
6 Fool loses point, buddy (4) CHUM (CHUMp)
9 It has uniform content (6) KITBAG (CD)
10 Energetic brother and worker come after six (7) VIBRANT (VI BR ANT)
13 Hot air and special light solution for the head (4,5) HAIR SPRAY (H AIR SP RAY) Some hairsprays can be so sweet smelling that they attract insects, necessitating use of pest sprays
14 Chinese cooking vessel English became aware of (5) WOKEN (WOK EN)
15 For half-a-minute kiss pert girl (4) MINX (MINute X)
16 Strong protest about leaving sacred receptacle (10) MONSTRANCE (reMONSTRANCE)
19 Got on possessing vision? No, more than that! (10) FARSIGHTED CD (FARED around SIGHT)
21 Clinched the game from the cooler? (4) ICED 2 Not very sure if iced a game is same as clinched a game, but I am game to further information on this. See comments
24 Cared about a tree (5) CEDAR (CARED)*
25 Greens keeper (5,4) SALAD BOWL (CD)
26 Artists return small prize (7) DRAWERS (S REWARD<) The reward was taken back after it was found that the athlete had used a banned substance - will power
27 Lincoln and old mother back formless organism (6) AMOEBA (ABE (Abraham Lincoln) O MA<)
28 Nevertheless I follow Himalayan hoax (4) YETI (YET I) Remembered the Himalayan blunder of the '60s
29 In the gloaming, not entirely visible, attempt business (8) INDUSTRY (IN DUSk TRY) Sometimes the whole business is not visible
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2 Nothing to hold down one on a point of view (7) OPINION (O PIN 1 ON)
3 Head nun has a former actress accepting book (6) ABBESS (A BESS around B) Ref. to 'Liz' Taylor or some other Bess/Elizabeth ?
4 Animal and insect in old plane (5,4) TIGER MOTH Reminded me of Biggles' Camel Squadron
5 A man with extremely dirty flock of birds (5) COVEY (COVE Y)
7 Daughter leaves shade to get the man to listen (7) HEARKEN (HE dARKEN)
8 Old amenities refurbished for greatly admired film stars (7,5) MATINEE IDOLS (OLD AMENITIES)* Sometimes created at the 330pm show only to be ushered out by the 630pm show
11 Perfect example through warrant officer on road (6) BYWORD (BY W/O RD)
12 Ace had myself squirming in a very bashful manner (12) SHAMEFACEDLY (ACE HAD MYSELF)*
17 Ned ablest in assembling West Indian drummers (5,4) STEEL BAND (NED ABLEST)*
18 Bit about right knife (6) PIERCE (PIECE about R)
20 Bright girl nearly eaten by rodent (7) RADIANT (DIANa inside RAT) Reminded me of The (New) Radiant Reader
22 Jimmy, bird’s on perch (7) CROWBAR (CROW on BAR)
23 Overdraft and debt notices are loathsome (6) ODIOUS (OD IOUS) In
one word, two ways to owe money
25 Exotic food for you and me in boat (forget puris to begin with) (5) SUSHI (US inside SHIp)
Re 21A, from ODE:
ReplyDeleteverb [with obj.]
N. Amer. (informal) clinch (something such as a victory or deal).
Thanks,Bhavan.
DeleteReally enjoyed solving this one!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gridman! Salad bowl was the best!
Good day all.
Liked many clues.
ReplyDelete15A - Knew MINX only as a puss without tail and not as a glamour-puss with a tale.
8D - In the days of yore, down south, only the late MGR was referred to as matinee idol in trade journals.
Cat without tail is Manx, I think.
DeleteSilly me!
DeleteBut it still makes sense in its own cryptic way, if you read it carefully
DeleteI took K from Kiss and solved as MINK. probably a mistake?
DeleteThings are dull today. Just to pep up the atmosphere, sharing a forward received in email.
ReplyDeletePuns for Educated Minds
1. The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian .
3. She was only a whisky-maker, but he loved her still.
4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.
5. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
6. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
7. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
8. Two silkworms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
9. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
11. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
12. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway One hat said to the other: 'You stay here; I'll go on a head.'
13. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
14. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.'
15. The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
16. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
17. A backward poet writes inverse.
18. In a democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.
19. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.
20. If you jumped off the bridge in Paris, you'd be in Seine .
21. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, 'I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.'
22. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says 'Dam!'
23. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, 'I've lost my electron.' The other says 'Are you sure?' The first replies, 'Yes, I'm positive.'
24. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.
Hahaha Nice one! ☺
DeleteWhen you are stressed you eat Ice Cream, Chocolates and Sweets.
ReplyDeleteYOU KNOW WHY?
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Because "Stressed" spelt backwards is "Desserts".
Then I would like to eat it starting from the other end...
ReplyDeleteI finally located the video I wanted to insert for MONSTRANCE.
ReplyDeleteDave Allen in:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/upEBdKFGlPg
Look at the bit starting around 2.17
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ReplyDeleteYeti[The Abominable Snowman] reminds me of the Russian Foreign Minister Molotov who was nicknamed " The Abominable No Man ' by the Americans as he used to veto all resolutions with a cryptic "NYET" in the early days of the UN.
His cock-tail was rather explosive
DeleteThank you Richard for the nice puns. Enjoyed them all. Of course, thank you Col. for the desserts!
ReplyDeleteThank you Richard for the nice puns. Enjoyed them all. Of course, thank you Col. for the desserts!
ReplyDeleteToday's Gridman was quite a piece of creativity.
ReplyDeleteMy clue of the day: SALAD BOWL. I got misled thinking that Greens referred to the putting green in the golf course.
Any way by which I can solve the Guardian in the Metroplus on line? It shows up as a puzzle, but I reckon, can only be printed to be solved? What's the big idea then?