Moved quickly today.
ACROSS
1 Good fortune enjoyed by a setter, perhaps? (4,2,3,5) LUCK OF THE IRISH [C&DD] With Irish coming from RISHI* (See comments for more on this)
10 Decapitated coiffure set as a kind of wave (5) RADIOhAIRDO*
11 Adapted clone data based on unscientific observations (9) ANECDOTAL*
12 Sartre’s misguided apprehensions (7) ARRESTS*
13 Charges air-conditioning expenses (7) ACCOSTS {AC}{COSTS}
14 It can clear the nose when fun is turned into science fiction (5) SNUFF {S{NUF<=}F} I never knew that snuff is made from tobacco leaves!
16 Some black-market art I bravely turned over to judge (9) ARBITRATE [T<=]
19 Fennec or Field Marshal Rommel (6,3) DESERT FOX [DD]
20 Shaky movie boxer? (5) ROCKY [DD]
22 Broke stones as king slept (7) KNAPPED {K}{NAPPED}
25 Central, though it could be unclear (7) NUCLEAR*
27 Unstuck though taken in by the underworld (9) DISLODGED {DIS}{LODGED}
28 Quietly, Frost becomes first (5) PRIME {P}{RIME}
29 Disjointed all-rounder? (3,2,4,5) MAN OF MANY PARTS [CD]
DOWN
2 Offers meats at a lower price? (9) UNDERCUTS [C&DD]
3 We hear the sniffer is acquainted with the facts (5) KNOWS (~nose)
4 It enables one to raise the standard in Arizona (9) FLAGSTAFF [DD]
5 Animal desire in this year (5) HYENA {H{YEN}A} 'in' on double duty
6 Limits of Indonesian dictator lacking true signal (9) INDICATOR {IndonesiaN}{DICtATOR}
7 Radicchio tastes good in little bits (5) IOTAS [T]
8 Roman leader’s domain where you’d hear only the blessed Adriatic (4,3) HOLY SEE {HOLY} {SEE(~sea)}
9 Humorously sarcastic publicity for nymphs (6) DRYADS {DRY}{ADS}
15 Admonition follows if returning with asbestos? (9) FIREPROOF {FI<=}{REPROOF}
17 Occasion for a pugilist after Christmas (6,3) BOXING DAY [CD]
18 In vain he sought to get gold from St. Michael (9) ALCHEMIST*
19 Head of Daimler, U.K. brought back style to noble estate (7) DUKEDOM {D}{UK}{EDOM<=}
21 Inhabitant of English city likely to bowl out a batsman? (6) YORKER [DD]
23 The crime committed by the firing party? (5) ARSON [CD]
24 Belief created when retreating deity meets mother (5) DOGMA {DOG<=}{MA}
26 A crop deviously handled will yield oil (5) COPRA*
ACROSS
1 Good fortune enjoyed by a setter, perhaps? (4,2,3,5) LUCK OF THE IRISH [C&DD] With Irish coming from RISHI* (See comments for more on this)
10 Decapitated coiffure set as a kind of wave (5) RADIO
11 Adapted clone data based on unscientific observations (9) ANECDOTAL*
12 Sartre’s misguided apprehensions (7) ARRESTS*
13 Charges air-conditioning expenses (7) ACCOSTS {AC}{COSTS}
14 It can clear the nose when fun is turned into science fiction (5) SNUFF {S{NUF<=}F} I never knew that snuff is made from tobacco leaves!
16 Some black-market art I bravely turned over to judge (9) ARBITRATE [T<=]
19 Fennec or Field Marshal Rommel (6,3) DESERT FOX [DD]
20 Shaky movie boxer? (5) ROCKY [DD]
22 Broke stones as king slept (7) KNAPPED {K}{NAPPED}
25 Central, though it could be unclear (7) NUCLEAR*
27 Unstuck though taken in by the underworld (9) DISLODGED {DIS}{LODGED}
28 Quietly, Frost becomes first (5) PRIME {P}{RIME}
29 Disjointed all-rounder? (3,2,4,5) MAN OF MANY PARTS [CD]
DOWN
2 Offers meats at a lower price? (9) UNDERCUTS [C&DD]
3 We hear the sniffer is acquainted with the facts (5) KNOWS (~nose)
4 It enables one to raise the standard in Arizona (9) FLAGSTAFF [DD]
5 Animal desire in this year (5) HYENA {H{YEN}A} 'in' on double duty
7 Radicchio tastes good in little bits (5) IOTAS [T]
8 Roman leader’s domain where you’d hear only the blessed Adriatic (4,3) HOLY SEE {HOLY} {SEE(~sea)}
9 Humorously sarcastic publicity for nymphs (6) DRYADS {DRY}{ADS}
15 Admonition follows if returning with asbestos? (9) FIREPROOF {FI<=}{REPROOF}
17 Occasion for a pugilist after Christmas (6,3) BOXING DAY [CD]
18 In vain he sought to get gold from St. Michael (9) ALCHEMIST*
19 Head of Daimler, U.K. brought back style to noble estate (7) DUKEDOM {D}{UK}{EDOM<=}
21 Inhabitant of English city likely to bowl out a batsman? (6) YORKER [DD]
23 The crime committed by the firing party? (5) ARSON [CD]
24 Belief created when retreating deity meets mother (5) DOGMA {DOG<=}{MA}
26 A crop deviously handled will yield oil (5) COPRA*
1 Good fortune enjoyed by a setter, perhaps? (4,2,3,5) LUCK OF THE IRISH [C&DD] With Irish coming from RISHI*
ReplyDeleteI took it as an Irish Setter
14 It can clear the nose when fun is turned into science fiction (5) SNUFF {S{NUF<=}F} I never knew that snuff is made from tobacco leaves!
ReplyDeleteWe used to call it 'gunpowder'.
Snuff is the stuff that you stuff in your nose and then the whole world explodes
Don't see many people using the 'stuff' nowadays
DeleteI think they have an 'nuff of it
DeleteMy grandfather used it. Called 'mooku podi'
Delete'Snuff' puts me in mind of a story poem that my Dad read to me when I was a boy of some eleven years:
DeleteTHE SNUFF BOX
A village pedagogue announced one day
Unto his pupils, that Inspector A
Was coming to examine them. Quoth he:
'If he should try you in Geography
Most likely he will ask - "What's the earth's shape?"
Then if you feel as stupid as an ape
Just look at me: my snuff-box I will show,
Which will remind you it is round, you know.'
Now the sagacious master, I declare,
Had two snuff-boxes - one round, t'other square;
The square he carried through the week, the round
On Sundays only.
Hark! a footstep's sound:
'Tis the Inspector. 'What's the earth's shape, lad?'
Addressing one by name. The latter, glad
To have his memory helped, looked at the master;
When, piteous to relate, O, sad disaster!
The pupil without hesitation says:
'Round, sir, on Sundays, square on other days.'
Women too use snuff.
DeleteMaybe it is women of a particular community who use snuff but I can't say more.
A few days ago a crawling child died in Chennai after it ate all of the snuff from a small packet left carelessly by the grandmother of a family living on the platform.
A nagging doubt about that poem:
DeleteWas it a Sunday school?
Otherwise, the children would not have seen his round box on weekdays.
That was Gurukulam! At Gurukulam no holidays. (then, no inspectors also!). We knew the joke, with square on one of the weekdays (say Wednesday) and round on all other days.
DeleteCvji, I enjoyed the poem.
In poetry form, the joke looks even better.
1 Good fortune enjoyed by a setter, perhaps? (4,2,3,5) LUCK OF THE IRISH [C&DD] With Irish coming from RISHI*
ReplyDeleteMy take: SETTER = IRISH SETTER
Mine too.
Delete7 Radicchio tastes good in little bits (5) IOTAS [T]
Indicator for hidden word? Cannot be 'in'.
Irish setter may have been the intention but I feel RISHI* also works (and quite diligently that too!!)
ReplyDeleteHow many people solving this CW across the country know that RISHI is a setter?
DeleteI tried googling Rishi setter & setter Rishi, without luck.
'Perhaps', perhaps is the anagrind for RISHI*?
DeleteIn this age of avatars, Gridman is the setter. Rishi is a friend some of us know. CV is the patriarch of TH crosswords. Rishikesh is a participant in several forums and occasionally pens clues for contests and crosswords.
DeleteBut that's a no-no being an indirect anagram.
DeleteThe above is not to take away from the fact that Deepak has noticed something which was probably not intended by the setter (Mover in this reference), and missed by quite a few of us.
DeleteBy the way, Rishi is not a Delhi gent (he is a Chennaite!)
Yes, appreciate the Col thinking laterally. What's the Delhi conn?
DeleteI cracked Kishore's quip this time Delhi gent = ~dilli gent ;-)
DeleteWonderful to have crept into Kishore's crooked mind and come out clean!
DeleteMan of many parts, Rishi is.
DeleteRaghunath
DeleteWhile I am somewhat flattered by the Col's anno for Clue 1a, I might inform you that an Internet surfer might know that Rishi is a setter if they have searched with the right terms.
See first and subsequent message here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/rec.puzzles.crosswords/PdLgiL1gjtg
See also under C. G. Rishikesh here:
http://bestforpuzzles.com/people/r.html
See also the intro box here:
http://www.crosswordunclued.com/2009/10/make-your-own-crossword-grid.html
I entered rishi setter & setter rishi. What were the words needed?
DeleteGoogle 'Rishi Crossword setter' and the first result you will get is 'Crossword Who's Who - G - Best for Puzzles'
DeleteThanks.
DeleteRishi is omnipresent in many avatars !!!
DeleteHe advice is nourishing to new solvers and setters.
DeleteHe is flourishing as an established setter.
All of us are cherishing our association with him.
Isn't one indirect anagram (10a) bad enough for this puzzle to invent another in RISHI* ?
ReplyDeleteOne murder or two, you can be hanged only once!
Delete:-)
DeleteUnless, of course, the files go missing !
Delete7 Radicchio tastes good in little bits (5) IOTAS [T].
ReplyDeleteWhat is [T] indicator?
T is for 'telescopic' - another term by which this type oc clue is known as. Also known as hidden or en clair.
DeleteSee under 'Annotations' at left side bar.
DeleteI did not meant that!
DeleteWhere is [T] indicator in the clue?
I think 'in' was the intended [T] indicator, but it does not work
DeleteI'm with Ramesh and Raghunath on this one. "in" doesn't work in this particular case. It's misplaced badly.
DeleteI did not get the anno of 27A
ReplyDeleteUnstuck though taken in by the underworld (9) DISLODGED {DIS}{LODGED}
Can someone please explain ? Is Lodged = Underworld ? Where does Dis come from ?
DIS is underworld
Delete... and 'taken in' is lodged
Delete27A : I took it as DISGORGED
Delete...but doesn't hold water !
DeleteThanks Suresh & Col.
Delete1A: I think it's in reference to Irish setter, the dog, like some of the other solvers have hinted.
ReplyDeleteAnd "perhaps" is perhaps to indicate that the answer refers to a setter of a different kind - and not the kind of setter that compiles crosswords.
The above seems more fair IMO
VJ
DeleteThere is no doubt that that was the setter's intention (he is a good friend of mine, by the way, and I know him from the Seventies). I am sure he did not have me in his mind when he wrote the clue.
The Col, with tongue planted in his cheek, gave the anno that he did - knowing well that that will elicit a whole lot of Comments.
Anyway, every dog has his day!
... and the cat is out of the bag !
DeleteAnd there must be still one or two, keeping their cards close to their chests and waiting for an opportune moment(like Kishore did the other day) to let the cats...!!
Delete1A : I thought of filling it as "Luck of the idiot" but didn't as 8D was objecting to it. :) Anyway Thanks Mover. You kept things moving for me today. I was floored by Scintillator yesterday. From a low of 30% I could rise upto 75% today.
ReplyDeleteNeat puzzle on the whole, except for the indirect anagram & [T] issue. The ALCHEMIST clue was a good anagram.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt. I was googling for St.Michael with no result !
Delete20 Shaky movie boxer? (5) ROCKY [DD]
ReplyDeleteWere it intended as a DD, 'shaky boxer?' would have sufficed.
This looks like a Triple Definition:
Shaky, Movie, Boxer.
Apart from Rocky Balboa, that Mover refers to, on whom the movie series starring Stallone is based, there was also another famous boxer, Rocky Marciano. The only person to hold the heavyweight title and go untied and undefeated throughout his career, he passed away in the 1950s.
18D: Is "from" an adequate anagram indicator?
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DeleteAgree with you. It is not.
DeleteI feel the clue is a semi &lit and not a pure Anagram.
DeleteAccording to Shuchi's post regarding list of anagrinds, FROM is listed! So maybe it is valid.:)
DeleteIrish setter is what worked for me! However, I shall Google Rishi crossword setter - should be interesting.
ReplyDeleteWhere has Doc - Gayathri, gone? She would have enjoyed this Xword - surely a samosa and tea day!!
My Salaams to Mr C G Rishikesh, Chaturvasi, Gridman - one and all !!
ReplyDeleteRegards to my favourite setter, Irish or otherwise!
Thanks, Rita, for your greetings.
Delete"... my favourite setter, Irish or otherwise!"
This in itself is a clue, with 'Irish' as anag fodder and 'or otherwise' as anag ind.
...reading between the lines !
DeleteSuresh wrote: Man of many parts, Rishi is.
ReplyDeleteYes, all parts intact, though some are much the worse because of age. So I am taking medicines.
Interesting views on the origin and meaning of the expression 'luck of the Iriah' here http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_origin_of_the_term_%27Luck_of_the_Irish%27
ReplyDeleteThe link has already been given by Col in the blog.
ReplyDeleteOh!
DeleteAll said and done, to me, Rishi is a JET-SETTER, PACESETTER and TRENDSETTER !!!
ReplyDeleteGood crossie, Bhavan. Was there any vein of hint to animals in the crossword ?
ReplyDeleteBody parts clues was a good one.
Irish Setter, Boxing Day(Boxer), Fox, Hyena ---
I'd like to see the Irish turn to Rishidom instead of Dukedom !
I'm in a house set in a neck of woods Maryland and could do the crosswords in peace.