Awesome long anagrams. Quite a few people names: John, Yogi Berra, Simon, JFK, Ali Bacher, Lollobrigida, Ian, Ray,(any more?); place names: Africa, Canberra, Germany, Zagreb, JFK, America, Bulgaria, Polynesia/Tahiti ...
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1 Pin up covers by a North African (6) LIBYAN (BY covered by NAIL<) The Colonel there had a unique 15a, in absentia, leading to execution of a 18a
4 John joins a yogi, say in the capital (8) CANBERRA (John=restroom=CAN, BERRA)
9 Gets it at home, along with the dogs (6) INCURS (IN CURS)
10 Pretty conservative which is not doing any good (8) CHARMING (C HARMING)
12 It is soothing to speak of a royal residence (8) BALMORAL (BALM ORAL)
13 In Germany you managed to get one fruit (6) DURIAN (You in German=DU, RA(1)N) This fruit is so smelly that in Malaysia some shops prohibit cutting it on their premises
15 In such a trial romance precedes marital problems (5-7) COURT MARTIAL CD (romance=COURT MARITAL*) The punishment for such a romance, can, as we have already seen, be a shotgun wedding
18 Draw that near making execution legal (5,7) DEATH WARRANT (DRAW THAT NEAR)* If that shotgun is actually used, puts the above mentioned swain out of the miseries that he may face in the future
21 A man’s fat, retired, creating foul air (6) MIASMA (MIAS M A<)
22 Tailor raincoat for one from Zagreb (8) CROATIAN (RAINCOAT)*
24 Upset Simon had to express disapproval (8) ADMONISH (SIMON HAD)*
26 To grow, fishy scale consumed (8) ESCALATE (SCALE* ATE) For a good work-out, walk up a de-escalator, i.e. an escalator going down.
27 Small youngster, extremely shy (6) TEENSY (TEEN ShY)
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1 Relaxed and placed second (4-4) LAID BACK 2 Nice to do this type of puzzle in a relaxed way, without the frenzy.... but power played truant today...My half done cartoon will probably be uploaded later in the day
2 Taxi brought up sick American – could this be the cause of sickness? (8) BACILLUS (CAB< ILL US)
3 Important trailer made timeless by JFK, for example (7,8) AIRPORT TERMINAL (IMPORTANT TRAILER-T)* This terminal is the last place for many leaving US
5 Ali Bacher’s got a complaint (4) ACHE (T)
6 It is termed Bulgarian but placed somewhere else (7,8) BERMUDA TRIANGLE (TERMED BULGARIAN)* I thought of making a cartoon for this, but the idea disappeared
7 Growing mostly fruit (6) RAISIN (RAISINg)
8 Heartache over article on Miss. Lollobrigida (6) ANGINA (AN GINA) Gina, who said I don't have to make sense ! I am Italian !, in Come September, did probably cause a few heart-burns, heart-ACHEs, heart-breaks an(d)-ginas.
11 Throw one in with a game (7) CANASTA (C(AN)AST A)
14 A way to follow a food waiter (7) STEWARD (STEW A RD) I hope he gets some Idiappam with the Ishtew
16 Polynesian volunteers attack Scotsman (8) TAHITIAN (TA HIT IAN)
17 Fish for smart lad (8) STINGRAY (STING RAY) Reminded me of Steve Irwin
19 Devil drink will kill (6) IMPALE (IMP ALE) I can just about imagine Vlad holding a bottle of the devil drink when going about his business
20 River rodent coming up the runway (6) TARMAC (CAM RAT)< Granted that Cam was called Granta earlier, when Cambridge was called Grantebrycge
23 Initially placed on board time to call for attention (4) PSST (Placed SS T)
How to solve a crossword...
ReplyDeleteWatch the short video clip here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/crossword-blog/2013/jun/06/crossword-blog-short-film-crosswords
Nice. After that watch how to compose a crossword, courtesy Shuchi:
Deletehttp://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=U1VPUZDr-fY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DU1VPUZDr-fY
Watched it :P
DeleteI meant the one suggested by CV.
DeleteExcellent CV, would have been much better if they could have roped in Mr Bean to do the role of the man.
Deletelol, nice video and nice cast
DeleteWhile I watched it and also read the interview, I had missed another video clip that was mentioned in it:
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSRlEcGDAbc
Hilarious!
CV,
DeleteNice video. An editing error perhaps, as 5 D is being filled in while it is indicated as an across clue.
My, my, that's some attention to detail, Raghu.
DeleteI too did not notice the error. Raghunath's observation made me a setter all the more anxious, though I take as much care as possible to be accurate.
DeleteBrilliant. :) There was this tweet from a young man who is a follower of this blog, that mentioned about how he noticed a colleague in his office bus solving a crossword and after a clumsy intro, how he was more interested in peering into the crossword more :)
DeleteThanks. My PCs speakers are not working, so the clip had my undivided attention on the visual.
DeleteNo matter that your speakers weren't working. It was a silent movie - with no dialogues spoken.
DeleteThe second one withnthe nun asking for a rubber reminded me of a clue which went:
DeleteFeminine part of the family(4) something something N T
The correct answer is AUNT
For a good work-out, walk up a de-escalator, i.e. an escalator going down.
ReplyDeleteTried it many times - never reached the top!
Kishore's crispy quips, alas, seem to run the risk of impaling the brilliance of clue construction...
ReplyDeleteWhile I agree that I do go overboard with my comments, nothing, I repeat, nothing can take away Arden's brilliance...
DeleteOn considering the merits of Richard's proposition, how about this:
DeleteAll observations not pertaining to the construction of the clue will, in future, be posted under Comments and not in the main post. Is that okay ?
Not okay. Please continue with your observations/comments in the main post itself.
DeleteIf you had noticed, I made the additional comments under the heading Notes and Queries while the clues, solutions and annos stood alone.
DeleteShould I follow the CV model, Colonel ?
DeleteKishore 10:26 Please, please, do not think that I connected the inherent quality of the clues with your mastery over words. I referred to them as two different different things altogether. It was just a light-hearted banter. Maybe my way of having worded it gave it a different connotation.
DeleteMy apologies to both you and Arden.
Please ignore the duplication of 'different' in the second sentence above. It was a typo.
DeleteOften we hear people say 'Different different people should be given separate separate responsibilities' though.
Richard, no apologies are required. But, frankly, since we are on the subject, why don't we set up a protocol for this. Let us see what the Boss says.
DeleteI think the boss has given his thought/approval already for you to do as you have done.
DeleteI did it differently as I wanted to give the answer/anno against each clue without any comment as most beginners - the non-regulars - will come here for either or both.
If you do as you do and if others do as they do, the regulars will at once know who the day's blogger is without having to scroll down to see the tag.
Like CV has said "Do as you do"
DeleteJi, Shrimaan / Huzoor !
Delete6 It is termed Bulgarian but placed somewhere else (7,8) BERMUDA TRIANGLE (TERMED BULGARIAN)* I thought of making a cartoon for this, but the idea disappeared
ReplyDeleteI thought you made the cartoon, but it disappeared from the blog!
Like the ships did in the answer.
DeleteGood one CVji. Enjoyed the clip and as usual passed it on to 10 people.
ReplyDeleteNice one from Arden.
ReplyDeleteShould Yogi be in caps in 4A ?
I had initially thought yogi meant Bear. I had vaguely heard of the other Yogi and was not happy at the reference to him as I thought it a bit obscure.
DeleteYes, it should have been Yogi.
DeleteThe convention with capitalization is, you can falsely capitalize words that don't need to be, but can't take away those that must be.
3D -t*
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ajeesh, will correct it
Delete23 PSST
ReplyDeleteNice to have words without vowel. GYPSY is another such word.
13A DURIAN chips are extremely popular in Thailand and Malaysia. They taste somewhat like chakka chips (Jackfruit chips)
3dn To get AIRPORT TERMINAL, a T has to be removed ('timeless')from IMPORTANT TRAILER before making anagram.
Do setters have liberty with punctuation marks?
15A should have a comma after "In such a trial"
21 A man’s fat, retired, creating foul air (6) MIASMA (MIAS M A<)
How do we get SAIM for 'fat'?
If we break it as retired (rev) A M'S AIM, how does fat give AIM?
Saim is lard, grease.
DeleteAs Raghu says, lard and grease mean the saim.
DeleteGridman once used SYZYGY.
DeleteThat was in THC 10580 in a week when his grids had many words suggested by members here.
Gridman has also had PSST. That was in THC 9250. Both CWDs can be obtained by google-searching for The Hindu Crossword relevant number.
On places You have missed ZAGREB, probably over-sight.
ReplyDeleteNope, it is mentioned
DeleteARDEN has taken us to places unknown. Great crossie. Made me wonder why yesterday's equally good one by Arden brought in only 6 TA hit I s on the blog as opposed to 40 today ?!! No one commented on that. Are my comments coming in too late for any one to notice? Where did ye-all go? Places?
ReplyDeleteCOL: Like your Sundal Special, with three only answers, don't ye think we must have a minimum number of hits , say ten? I'm baffled when there is blogger-apathy!!
If Kishore and Richard create a Jugal-kosh-bandhi, Chaturvasi is now creating a Chathur-kosh- bandhi !