Crisp concise clues from Vulcan. Though I found some definitions a bit iffy and some clues making it look like a quick CW.
ACROSS
5 Girl’s changing second name? Dislike it fundamentally (7) MAIDENS Anno pending (Addendum - {S+NAME+Dislike+It}* - See comments)
9 Alsatians tore into an attacker (9) ASSAILANT*
10 Indulge in intricate roles (5) CATER [T]
11 It’s a lot of paperwork! (7) ORIGAMI [CD]
12 Woke up, drank tea — fresh and cheerful (7) ROSEATE {ROSE}{TEA*} (Addendum - {ROS{TEA*}E} - See comments)
13 Do this if you don’t want to pay any cash (5,4) FLASH CARD [CD]
15 Remains in dire straits (4) REST [T]
17 A large number killed (4) SLEW Anno not clear [DD] - See comments
18 Protectors of god’s vision above all (9) EYESHADES {EYES}{HADES}
22 A target set out for a sporting event (7) REGATTA*
25 Lessons about time primarily for us humans (7) MORTALS {MOR{T}ALS}
26 From 1st of October change the egg supplier (5) OVARY {O}{VARY}
27 Develop and train a sprinter (9) TRANSPIRE*
28 Small southern bank perhaps (7) SLENDER {S}{LENDER}
29 Current’s rough we’re told (7) DRAUGHT (~draft) I have always been mispronouncing this word!
DOWN
1 Separate attention rich guy’s attracting (4,3) TEAR OFF {T{EAR} OFF}
2 Firm’s old books evacuated — neat and it’s organised (9) OBSTINATE {O}{BookS}{NEAT+IT}*
3 Vegetable chap’s cooking and eating at home (7) SPINACH {SP{IN}ACH*}
4 Get rid of iced tea. A shot of rum ordered (9) ERADICATE {ICED+TEA+A+R}*
5 Pilot: “Temperature inside the cabin rising” (5) MOTOR {MO{T}OR<=}
6 Cut in proportions, say (6) INCISE {IN}{CISE}(~size)
7 Very old art form (5) EXTRA {EX}{ART*}
8 Certain force goes into it in excess (7) SURFEIT {SUR{F}E}{IT}
14 Where we’d like to be in reality too (9) DREAMLAND [CD]
16 Winning the last audition without leader (9) ENDEARING {END}{hEARING}
17 Difficult and dangerous (7) SERIOUS [DD]
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| That looks wicked. My mouth is on fire just looking at it! |
20 Believe an accused (7) SUSPECT [DD]
21 Continued to be sober as told (6) STAYED (~staid)
23 Standard list (5) GRADE [DD]
24 Branch’s top 2 positions vacant? More likely (5) APTER chAPTER
5 Girl’s changing second name? Dislike it fundamentally (7)
ReplyDelete(Second NAME Dislike It)*
17 A large number killed (4)
Double Defn. Slew=large number, as in a slew of measures were taken by RBI to arrest the fall of the Rupee
The bugbear raises its ugly head again. Shouldn't it be Girls (maidens) and not Girl's?
DeleteMaybe Girl's can be interpreted as Maiden's ...
DeleteCV had clarified that the apostrophe need not figure in the enu.
DeleteI came here to raise that very point. Girl's doesn't work.Don't know if this is a misprint.
Delete***
Thanks to all readers and commenters on my notes yesterday about my MDU visit.
Mrs PP: An Eng-Tam dict. that I possess has against market - kaalnadaith thaamani.
Possible that 'thaamani' became corrupted to 'thaavani', considering men's dreams revolving around that article of feminine clothing.
But, Kishore, no light in a crossword can be possessive unless it is part of a phrase.
DeleteThe def here should have been girls.
I agree. The clarification you had issued was for a phrase.
Delete29 Current’s rough we’re told (7) DRAUGHT (~draft) I have always been mispronouncing this word!
ReplyDelete;-) Must be making you feel daught !
Yes it is :-)
DeleteThat looks wicked. My mouth is on fire just looking at it!
ReplyDeleteTry Sri Racha ...
That should have been Sriracha.
Deletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriracha_sauce
Deletesays
Within the United States, Sriracha sauce is most commonly associated with the version produced by Huy Fong Foods, colloquially known as "rooster sauce" or "cock sauce".
No thanks. I'm not going to try any of those!
DeleteWe usually make it at home regularly. Maybe I can get you some next time we meet.
DeleteAfter I eat it, will it remind me of 'There was a man from Madras ...'?
DeleteAnd for those who say "it's not rocket science", let me assure you that it gets the afterburners going
DeleteI wonder how it would have ended when Madras became Chennai
DeleteThere were some men from Chennai,
DeleteWho used to use a necktie,
In addition to their hands,
To hold tight their pants,
To control the fire at their r*ct*
Pardon the above usage, but limericks are supposed to be risque ...
DeleteAnd post facto, when I Googled it, the word means something else, so it is a purely fictional one here.
DeleteAnnouncing a ompetition for a limerick with the beginning to read as
ReplyDeleteThere was a man from Chennai,
Who's ...
The composer of the one I like best is welcome to join me for a drink at home!
Drink is one thing, but who will pay for the fare to and fro Chennai? :-)
DeleteSorry, it should have been Bangalore, not Chennai. Somewhat I thought it was CV's offer!
DeleteThere was a man from Chennai
ReplyDeleteWho was fond of ghee called 'nei'
He had dollops & dollops
Without any letups
Now his illness docs need to certify.
Certify or Rectify?
DeleteOMG! R*ct*-fy ?
DeleteI still stick to 'certify'. When patients are admitted in hospitals with strange or imagined illnesses (which our politicos get the moment they are summoned to the court), docs need to certify!
DeleteSorry, Deepak, didn't notice the prescribed first word of your second line.
ReplyDeleteBut naturally I put in 'who was'.
Will see if I can come up with 'who's' which is 'who is' (not 'who was')
I have broken Deepak's prescription. My excuse: I saw his "ompetition" announcement after I posted the limerick. So, will my limerick be accepted as an entry or should I have another go?
DeleteSince the second word in the first line is 'was', the first two words of the second line can only be 'who was".
ReplyDeleteSo my entry stands.
Other versifiers too can have 'who was'.
Who's is probably the entomo-ursine ref to "whose" !
DeleteMy mistake. The second line should start with 'Whose'
DeleteThere was a man from Chennai
ReplyDeleteWho was famous for his hawkeye
Forever finding slips
And making smart blips
He was soon devoid of any ally.
Deepak
ReplyDeleteThanks for your clarification. Back to working on my keyboard.
There was a man from Chennai
ReplyDeleteWhose wife was wont to be high
When her oomph
Reached 150 kmph
He in pain was holding his thigh.
From 00 mph to 150 in 20 seconds flat, sound like a formula one ...
DeleteThere was a man from Chennai,
ReplyDeleteWhose spicy masala kadalai,
When consumed on Marina beach,
Was said to be enough to teach,
How to kiss one's *ss goodbye !
Can someone complete this?
ReplyDeleteThere once was a man from Chennai
Whose cerebral prowess none could deny
His wit, even when risque,
With admirers went OK
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You did it yourself ! See:
DeleteThere once was a man from Chennai
Whose cerebral prowess none could deny
His wit, even when risque,
With admirers went OK,
but who will pay for the fare to and from Chennai ?
Repetition of the same rhyme not allowed, although the rule has been broken in the past.:-)
DeleteThe same word cannot be repeated at the end of ll,1,2,5.
DeleteI was just pulling R's leg ;-)
DeleteThere once was a man from Chennai
Whose cerebral prowess none could deny
His wit, even when risque,
With admirers went OK,
but who will for him his tickets buy?
There once was a man from Chennai
ReplyDeleteWhose cerebral prowess none could deny
His wit, even when risque,
With admirers went OK.
Of parallels there was not one alumni.
"not one among the alumni', as the singular is alumnus?
DeleteYes, I had that in mind but mistyped. Thanks for rectifying.
ReplyDeleteCertified...
Delete5 Girl’s changing second name? Dislike it fundamentally (7) MAIDENS
ReplyDeleteCan't the above be read as: Girl 'is' changing second name? Dislike it fundamentally (7) MAIDENS
2 Firm’s old books evacuated — neat and it’s organised (9) OBSTINATE {O}{BookS}{NEAT+IT}*
I feel here the apostrophe makes the clue iffy. Firm's = Company's a noun. How does the ans turn out to be an adj? Or is it alright?
5 Girl’s changing second name? Dislike it fundamentally (7) MAIDENS
ReplyDeleteCan't the above be read as: Girl 'is' changing second name? Dislike it fundamentally (7) MAIDENS
Come on, Raghunath!
How can 'girl' be def. for 'maidens'?
I'm sorry, did not pay enough attention.
Delete2 Firm’s old books evacuated — neat and it’s organised (9) OBSTINATE {O}{BookS}{NEAT+IT}*
DeleteI feel here the apostrophe makes the clue iffy. Firm's = Company's a noun. How does the ans turn out to be an adj? Or is it alright?
's = is
WP: O BS (TINATE)*
Firm is noun in surface reading and adj as def.
So far so good.
Purists will object to the singular 'is' organised for two components 'neat' and 'its' which are organised.
2 Firm’s old books evacuated — neat and it’s organised (9) OBSTINATE {O}{BookS}{NEAT+IT}*
Delete2 Firm 'has' old books evacuated — neat and it’s organised (9) OBSTINATE.
Is it how it's read?
This would be my take and reads OK I think
DeleteAlthough on second thoughts, there might be a small problem. Because of the connector 'and', for the clue to be grammatical it should be 'are' organised
DeleteSorry CV, I didn't notice you had covered this in your 9:55. There's so many comments, many not related to subject, it seems easy to overlook
DeleteCV,
DeleteMy 2 cents on "Girl's vs Girls".
Can't we read Girl's in the possessive? In that case, the answer is also in the possessive - Maiden's. The surface also includes "it" in the second part which refers to the act of her ( the girl's) changing her name? On the other hand, if it is to be girls, what does "it" refer to on surface?
There is a difference between the following:
(A) I dislike the girl changing her name
(B) I dislike the girl's changing her name
In (A), I dislike the girl, no matter she changes her name or not. In (B), I dislike her act of changing name.
12 Woke up, drank tea — fresh and cheerful (7) ROSEATE {ROSE}{TEA*}
ReplyDeleteI thought of the anno as: ROS(EAT*)E. Drank the anagram of TEA
You're right
DeleteAgain both seem to work. My anno was rose outside tea. Drank is the cont ind and fresh is the anagrind.
DeleteSecond thoughts again! Why would 'drank' be an anagrind? Drunk yes
DeleteI did not mean to say drank is the aanagrind of TEA. I meant drank as consuming (inside) with fresh as anagrind.
DeleteThere once was a man from Chennai,
ReplyDeleteWhose skills you could not deny,
He was quite bad at addition,
long division and subtraction,
But really knew how to multiply!
There once was a man from Chennai
ReplyDeleteWho could play violin, flute or shehnai
But when asked if he could
Play a song from Bollywood
He said, 'Sorry, Hindi maloom nai'
That takes the cake!
DeleteNice.
DeleteIf instruments could speak...
Perhaps yes. Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan was an adept. When the Carnatic music maestro played Tamil film songs on his violin, you could well hear the words. Believe me.
I believe you. I once heard him play live at the Koniamman temple in Cbe in 1980, accompanied by his wide smile!
DeleteK @ 9:58 I was just pulling R's leg
ReplyDeleteWas reminded of an incident wherein I got into trouble once. A close woman acquaintance, after decades of stay in the West, had visited India.
After listening to her put-on English accent, I unwittingly commented, 'You seem to roll your R's very well'. Then I bit my tongue.
Luckily enough she was slow in understanding. It saved my day.
I know only three R's ;-)
DeleteThere was s man from Chennai,
ReplyDeleteWhose liking was for curd rice in dhonnai,
And the sight of his tool,
Made many a woman drool,
Not for curd rice, but for this vennai!
What is 'Dhonnai' ?
DeleteIt is small cup made of dried leaves.
ReplyDeleteGoogle for Thonnai
ReplyDeleteOk
DeleteEasy one today.
ReplyDeleteCV Sir @ 8:59
kuch nahi chahiye -- koncham nei kodunge :)
Nice offering from Vulcan. Loved many clues. Agree with the preamble from Col.
ReplyDelete19 Spicy sauce from a state in the east — eggless — with hot topping (7) HARISSA {H}{A}{oRISSA}
ReplyDeleteIs H abbr for hot? If not then the clue needs the abbr indication as topping indicates first position.
Yes H is abbr for hot
DeleteTks. Couldn't find it in Chambers or crosswordunclued's list.
DeleteHotel ads- H/C Running water
ReplyDeleteExactly! H and C are from letters on taps.
ReplyDeleteYes. Forgot about that. H & C.
DeleteI got into problem, with 17D, as the word PARLOUS also fits in, as DD.
ReplyDeleteThe man from Chennai by Richard @ 9:57 has won the drink at home, though CV, Kishore & Bhargav too are welcome to join. My contribution towards the competition
ReplyDeleteThere was a man from Chennai,
Whose wife was not from the south,
In stormy weather,
They fought forever,
With fire spewing out of their mouth
Congos, Richie. I recognised that oe as a clear winner.
DeleteDeepak, lines 2 and 5, in a limerick, have to rhyme with line one ...
Reworked
DeleteThere was a man from Chennai,
Whose wife was from Madurai,
After the Tsunami,
Alongwith a Mami,
They relocated to Kovai
Wow! I really feel humbled. I had created it in a hurry and at random. Thank heavens, the grey cells are still on in spite of the grey hair.
DeleteAs for Deepak's offer, honestly, I am not a regular drinker. In fact, owing to that there seems to be a severe shortage of C2H6O - I hope it is right, Kishore - in my system. Given a chance, I am worried, I might make up for the abstinence over a long period.
Anyway, keep that coupon valid for some time. Cheers!
Nice, Deepak. All TN refs
DeleteThere was a man from Chennai
ReplyDeleteWhose head was held high
In the heavy rain
He stepped into a drain
And ended up with a broken thigh
Can't again get the block in the orkut-- only a dark black blank !!
ReplyDeleteRichard : In Hindi, Its not nai but Nahi ! but I wonder why an 'n' is added as Nahin-- P'haps, a nearest transcription to the umlaut about the last syllable in Hindi. Reminded me of the song from Javani Divani (old) when Jaya Bhaduri keeps saying "abhi nahin abhi nahin" to Randhir Kapoor's exhortation for a roll in the hay !!
All the same, enjoy Deepak's impeccable ''Hospitali(ty)ization ! A good offer for a sun-downer is never to be spurned ! Have a double Russian spirit for me too !! Prosit !! Nostrovia !!
Hi Raju, thanks. I always take care of the spellings. I wrote 'nai' in the place of 'nahin' to go with Chennai and also, with tongue firmly in cheek, to refer to the practice to say 'nai' for 'nahin' in the southern parts of India.
DeleteRaju, poetic licence, you can call it.
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