Nice one, Arden !
ACROSS
1 & 12 ac. A thing doctor gave for care is a worry (1,6,2,5,7) A MATTER OF GRAVE CONCERN (A MATTER+(GAVE FOR)*+CONCERN)
10 Rough one in Paris gets censored (5) UNCUT (UN CUT)
11 Against flowing but coming together (9) CONFLUENT (CON FLUENT)
12 See 1 ac.
13 Up in the sky it follows the sailor (3,4) DOG STAR (DOGS TAR)
14 Unit in retreat left holding nothing (5) TROOP (PORT< holding O)
16 Salesman is on edge and dressing-down (9) REPRIMAND (REP RIM AND)
19 Round becomes special around the hour (9) SPHERICAL (SPECIAL around HR)
20 Follow directions before you approach courts (5) ENSUE (E N SUE)
22 Extremely familiar, can it become violent? (7) FRANTIC (FR+(CAN IT)*)
25 Plead for one more place inside (7) IMPLORE (1+MORE with PL inside)
27 In Greece society makes rules (9) REGENCIES (IN GREECE S)*
28 A river in spate leaves behind usual flotsam (5) INDUS (T)
29 Need one control mix-up to claim no contest (4,10) NOLO CONTENDeRE (NEED ONE CONTROL)*
Reminded me of "Nolle Prosequi" sometimes issued by Bertie Wooster, when he is worried about being
"Preux Chevalier" or otherwise.
DOWN
2 Man of wild actions — Henry gets some protection (9) MACINTOSH (M+ACTIONS* protecting H)
Reminded me of the book The Freedom Trap by Desmond Bagley which was made into the movie The
Mackintosh Man
3 Tax on ownership changed from low to high (5) TITHE (TITLE-L+H)
And like the B. Bengaluru Municipal Corporation, take only Garbage Cess and not garbage
4 Rum fruit cake (9) ECCENTRIC (2)
I remain, Yours truly
5 Had drunk the top off (5) OWNED (dOWNED)
6 Get a leg up and set off the explosive (9) GELIGNITE (LEG< IGNITE)
7 Watch out, the drink comes right after (5) ALERT (ALE RT)
8 Came in as a wild teen all angry (7) ENTERED (TEEN* RED)
9 Country should allow a conservative to return (6) MUSCAT (MUST outside (A C)< )
Man O Man ! Richard, and I, who have been there will confirm it is a city and not a country
15 Fear gripped the old city, it being morally very strict (9) PURITANIC (PANIC grips (UR IT))
17 Mattress specially made as replacement for chilly extremes (9) PALLIASSE (SPECIALLY+AS-ChillY)* New word more me
18 He is missing the second bar somehow (9) ABSCONDER (SECOND BAR)*
19 Congress gets affronted by its inclusion…. (7) SAFFRON (T, CD)
But they were the ones who put it in our flag ;-)
21 ....nonetheless, poor son follows first lady (4,2) EVEN SO (EVE SON*)
23 A good investor, perhaps (5) ANGEL (CD)
I am looking for one ...
24 Stones the dog (5) CAIRN (2)
26 Gave no drink and ran (5) PLIED (supPLIED)
ACROSS
1 & 12 ac. A thing doctor gave for care is a worry (1,6,2,5,7) A MATTER OF GRAVE CONCERN (A MATTER+(GAVE FOR)*+CONCERN)
10 Rough one in Paris gets censored (5) UNCUT (UN CUT)
11 Against flowing but coming together (9) CONFLUENT (CON FLUENT)
12 See 1 ac.
13 Up in the sky it follows the sailor (3,4) DOG STAR (DOGS TAR)
14 Unit in retreat left holding nothing (5) TROOP (PORT< holding O)
16 Salesman is on edge and dressing-down (9) REPRIMAND (REP RIM AND)
19 Round becomes special around the hour (9) SPHERICAL (SPECIAL around HR)
20 Follow directions before you approach courts (5) ENSUE (E N SUE)
22 Extremely familiar, can it become violent? (7) FRANTIC (FR+(CAN IT)*)
25 Plead for one more place inside (7) IMPLORE (1+MORE with PL inside)
27 In Greece society makes rules (9) REGENCIES (IN GREECE S)*
28 A river in spate leaves behind usual flotsam (5) INDUS (T)
29 Need one control mix-up to claim no contest (4,10) NOLO CONTENDeRE (NEED ONE CONTROL)*
Reminded me of "Nolle Prosequi" sometimes issued by Bertie Wooster, when he is worried about being
"Preux Chevalier" or otherwise.
DOWN
2 Man of wild actions — Henry gets some protection (9) MACINTOSH (M+ACTIONS* protecting H)
Reminded me of the book The Freedom Trap by Desmond Bagley which was made into the movie The
Mackintosh Man
3 Tax on ownership changed from low to high (5) TITHE (TITLE-L+H)
And like the B. Bengaluru Municipal Corporation, take only Garbage Cess and not garbage
4 Rum fruit cake (9) ECCENTRIC (2)
I remain, Yours truly
5 Had drunk the top off (5) OWNED (
6 Get a leg up and set off the explosive (9) GELIGNITE (LEG< IGNITE)
7 Watch out, the drink comes right after (5) ALERT (ALE RT)
8 Came in as a wild teen all angry (7) ENTERED (TEEN* RED)
9 Country should allow a conservative to return (6) MUSCAT (MUST outside (A C)< )
Man O Man ! Richard, and I, who have been there will confirm it is a city and not a country
15 Fear gripped the old city, it being morally very strict (9) PURITANIC (PANIC grips (UR IT))
17 Mattress specially made as replacement for chilly extremes (9) PALLIASSE (SPECIALLY+AS-C
18 He is missing the second bar somehow (9) ABSCONDER (SECOND BAR)*
19 Congress gets affronted by its inclusion…. (7) SAFFRON (T, CD)
But they were the ones who put it in our flag ;-)
21 ....nonetheless, poor son follows first lady (4,2) EVEN SO (EVE SON*)
23 A good investor, perhaps (5) ANGEL (CD)
I am looking for one ...
24 Stones the dog (5) CAIRN (2)
26 Gave no drink and ran (5) PLIED (
9D-Is MUSCAT a country
ReplyDeleteor is it is the capital city of OMAN?
Please ref. my comment
DeleteThat apart, a minor grammar issue with this clue also.
DeleteA really nice CW. Was gently led up the garden path, struggling with 'lone contender' for quite some time in 29A and scratching my head since there was one letter short.
4 Rum fruit cake (9) ECCENTRIC (2)
ReplyDeleteHow?
Rum and Fruit cake are synonyms. See ECCENTRIC
DeleteUnderstood. Thanks.
Delete4D : Rum and Fruit cake ! I could swallow both had they been not "Eccentric" !!
DeleteEven though the Cat is away, the mice are not playing ;-)
ReplyDeleteCol.Saheb,
DeleteI think I'm the only mouse playing around here, whether the cat is there or not !! Who could that cat be ?
17 Mattress specially made as replacement for chilly extremes (9) PALLIASE
ReplyDeleteBut PALLIASE has only 8 letters.
It is double S
DeleteRight..Thanks.
DeleteMain post since corrected
DeleteThanks, Deepak. You might have to continue making corrections when I am away.
Delete17D : Correction in Anno needed as pointed out by Meenakshi @ 10:17 and Suresh @ 10:25
ReplyDelete4 Rum fruit cake (9) ECCENTRIC (2)
ReplyDeleteIt should be fruitcake and not fruit cake.
Thanks Renga ! Noted the correction.
DeleteWelcome to Vikram, Sivaram and Lavanya, new bloggers on this site. They have mentioned in their first post yeserday that they have been regular visitors. With their avid interest, I am sure they will enrich the discussions.
ReplyDelete23D : A good investor, perhaps. (5) ANGEL
ReplyDeleteRef. Kishore's comment. "I am looking for one..." On Earth!? I think you need wings....
The meaning of my comment was that I am looking for an angel investor.
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DeleteO.K. Forgive my inquisitiveness ! BTW you were looking quite young yesterday and within 24 hours you seem to have grown older
Deleteby at least 10 more years !! May I know the mystery behind it please ? May be you have seven more Avatars in store to surprise
us from time to time in future !!! :)
Yesterday I logged in through an id where my afternoon photo was uploaded, whereas today I logged in through another id where my evening photo was uploaded.
DeleteKishore,
DeleteIn this Avatar you look quite youngish and handsome too ! You look like a college boy !! That's the reason I mistook you for somebody else yesterday !!! BTW when was this photo taken ?
Maybe 5 years back, (when I used to dye, I think) !
Delete...hmm that's the mystery behind your youngish look ! Thanks for answering all my questions patiently ! :)
DeleteHi MB,
DeleteAre you by any chance Iyer?
No, but I am an Indian ! :-)
DeleteNice one...
DeleteBut I am fairly convinced you must be very fond of Iyers ...... get what I mean ! ! ! :-)
Well, I'm fond of everyone, no caste, no creed and no religion ! Good-night my friend, I'm an early to bed and early to rise type !! :-)
DeleteThe error in 9D is regrettable. Hope there is an apology in the paper tomorrow. The clue for INDUS was poor with too many redundant words. Why are four dots present in the ellipsis in 19D and 21D? Since approach courts is the same as SUE, I was confused by the you in 20A. Otherwise the crossword was good.
ReplyDeleteTo the poster: should there be a space between n and ! in Nice one, Arden !?
There should be no space, but I like it that way !
DeleteKishore is our poster boy !
DeleteOnly for two days a week. Tomorrow the regular poster boy takes over.
DeleteMay I know those two days please ?
DeleteUsually Mon and Fri. But I swap days when my crossword appears. Won't be kosher to blog my own.
DeleteTo answer madhu-gopaal, the newcomer:
ReplyDeleteI have seen old books in which the exclamation mark and the question mark were printed with one space at the end as Kishore does sometimes here.
I would think that that was the practice in early centuries.
I would think that that makes sense as the ? or ! applies to the entire sentence and not just the preceding word.
But if his were true, even the full stop must be preceded by space.
The practice of using space before ? or ! must have been given up because that would have meant having sufficient number of these types in the case to be inserted wherever needed in the compositor's stick (in older methods of printing).
I am not sure which of the two practices were taught as correct in our typing institutes of yore. One of the reasons I preferred to keep the ! a space away was that in some situations, especially, where the previous letter is an l or a vowel, it can be mistaken for an l. This habit must have spread to the use of ? too.
DeleteYes, I too follow your method of leaving a space btn the last word and ! or ?
DeleteThanks Chaturbasi. Since this is a language site frequented by language enthusiasts and learners. it will be good if posters (and setters) adhere to practices advocated by standard manuals of style for English language. Ofc, it is my kind suggestion and 10 paise (though the latter's value is going down even as I type this).
DeleteThis should apply more to setters as they are publishing in the newspaper. I do not think it is correct to have four dots in an ellipsis (19D & 21D).
Madhu
CV, have you changed your name ?
DeleteThe mind boggles as to how a person, who objects to an extra space, can start a sentence in the the lower case.
A caveat is also issued to all those posters hereinabove who did not end their sentence with a period otherwise known as full stop, in the absence of one or more of other accepted closing punctuation marks.
DeleteAnd pray, is the space to be eschewed when using an emoticon or smiley. I ask this, since one person has used one above.
DeleteBy the way, as I am a space cadet, I am still learning how to use space. I remember in the era of non-proportional fonts (eg. in the typewriter), a sentence was followed by a double space. I don't think anyone uses that any more.
DeleteWhen we used to type ex-tempore, as it were, culmination of a sentence was followed by a double thump on the space bar.
DeleteHow does it matter whether there is a space or no space?
DeleteSpace is nothing and nothing matters !
DeleteIt is just vacuum !
DeleteHow does it matter whether there is a space or no space?
DeleteIt matters to MS Word! Place a space before ? or ! and grammar check will place a squiggly green line underneath.
And pray, is the space to be eschewed when using an emoticon or smiley.
Earlier I preferred typing no space between an emoticon and punctuation, then found that some platforms would gobble up the punctuation mark and transform my ":-)!" or ":-)!" to convey emotions I had not intended. Thus caution trumped preference and I began to make sure every emoticon I typed had spaces around it.
Today I'm for stylistic minimalism in casual chat. I use the emoticon in lieu of punctuation ;-)
Agreed it happens in MS Word. What could be the logic for this? To my mind it makes no difference if there is or isn't a space before the ! or the ?
DeleteI feel the genesis of the issue may lie in the way MS Word code is written. Probably the period+space combo is used as a marker. For example, in the iPad, after that combo, the next letter is automatically in the upper case.
DeleteI remember sometime back Raju Umamaheswar raised a point, saying, we have 474 members(now 478)and how many are actively participating and how to attract them. Lo, there were Vikram,Sivaram,Lavanya and (which)Gita, all regular visitors but commenting for the first time yesterday. What could be the reason ? Simple, it was the puzzle set by Incognito. Let there be more puzzles on the lines of Sankalak,Gridman,Incognito,After Dark etc, limited to 18 CWs or so in a month. This could definitely encourage beginners and average solvers to gain more experience and have confidence later to solve other setters offerings of medium to hard range puzzles.
ReplyDeleteTo gain confidence you need to comment and get your doubts cleared
DeleteYes, Col.Saheb, that is the most important point. Hope beginners/average solvers will take note of it.
DeleteArden turned to be arduous what with NOLO CONTENDERE AND REGENCIES.
DeleteClever construction of REPRIMAND as one would naturally flow to assume that the word also be ending in ING !! Aren't DRESS DOWN and DRESSING DOWN two different words? Yeah ! To dress down is to strip oneself to smart casual over the weekends whereas DRESSING DOWN means to reprimand or to scold , chide etc. as we all are so used to be with our respective wives !. This is wonky English language for us !!
Where does the word Congress relate to their bette -noire, SAFFRON? A dig at Diggie Singh !
Black Friday at "D" Lal Street!
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