An easy crossword in which the setter has a field day with some farm concerns.
Across
1. Begin to understand a fibre (6) COTTON :: DD - when you understand something, you cotton on to something, not just cotton
4. Spice queen perhaps joined a parent (8) CARDAMOM :: card a mom
10. Demonstrators gather around trees (9) PICKETERS :: pick eters*
11. Heartless, filthy lucre (5) CRUEL :: lucre*
12. Primarily we bake this grain (5) WHEAT :: w heat
13. Beg for the forever young Peter's control (3,6) PAN HANDLE :: Pan handle
14. Take money unlawfully when you, say, check into a resort on the way back (7) TROUSER :: u in rev. of resort
16. Cut a whip (4) CROP :: DD
19. Fibre project near England (4) JUTE :: jut E
21. Plasterboard left by wry lad carelessly (7) DRYWALL :: drywal* L
24. Cancels completed amusement park attractions (9) OVERRIDES :: over rides
25. Colorado firm's first class drink (5) COCOA :: co co a
26. Iced over at roughly zero Fahrenheit (5) FROZE :: zeroF*
27. Gur can somewhat easily be manufactured from this grass (9) SUGARCANE :: gur can eas*:: I had momentary hesitation before deriving the complete anag fodder
28. Former river user made a revelation (8) EXPOSURE :: ex Po user*
29. Enemy thus lost his head for an unborn child (6) FOETUS :: foe t[h]us
Down
1. Manage policeman's white convertible (4,4) COPE WITH :: cop ewith*
2. Added head constable inside to catch underworld leader (6,2) TACKED ON :: ta(c)ke don
3. Patent on shirt perhaps (5) OVERT :: over T
5. Poison one hundred after Chicago gangster is forced to leave London club (7) ARSENIC :: Aresn [-Al] i c :: club is 'football club'
6. Overbearing pronouncements by a conservative (9) DICTATORY :: dicta Tory
7. Rotten influence on Yen (6) MOULDY :: mould Y
8. Grain to fight with alien (6) MILLET :: mill ET
9. Use spice to inflict severe punishment (6) PEPPER :: DD
15. Hides right inside large landowner's empty lands (9) SQUIRRELS :: squi(R)re l[and]s
17. Histogram to exclude map (3,5) BAR CHART :: bar chart
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18. Civil service has thinner janitors (8) CLEANERS :: C(leaner)S
20. Training ensured for final consumer (3-4) END-USER :: ensured*
21. Layout of French symbol (6) DESIGN :: de sign
22. Drink for commanding officer's female charge (6) COFFEE :: CO f fee :: this is the word we are writing clues for in DIY COW this week.
23. Compensate toppers of regional engineering college's open university program (6) RECOUP :: acrostic
25. Selection of escargot for shipment (5) CARGO :: telescopic
Across
1. Begin to understand a fibre (6) COTTON :: DD - when you understand something, you cotton on to something, not just cotton
4. Spice queen perhaps joined a parent (8) CARDAMOM :: card a mom
10. Demonstrators gather around trees (9) PICKETERS :: pick eters*
11. Heartless, filthy lucre (5) CRUEL :: lucre*
12. Primarily we bake this grain (5) WHEAT :: w heat
13. Beg for the forever young Peter's control (3,6) PAN HANDLE :: Pan handle
14. Take money unlawfully when you, say, check into a resort on the way back (7) TROUSER :: u in rev. of resort
16. Cut a whip (4) CROP :: DD
19. Fibre project near England (4) JUTE :: jut E
21. Plasterboard left by wry lad carelessly (7) DRYWALL :: drywal* L
24. Cancels completed amusement park attractions (9) OVERRIDES :: over rides
25. Colorado firm's first class drink (5) COCOA :: co co a
26. Iced over at roughly zero Fahrenheit (5) FROZE :: zeroF*
27. Gur can somewhat easily be manufactured from this grass (9) SUGARCANE :: gur can eas*:: I had momentary hesitation before deriving the complete anag fodder
28. Former river user made a revelation (8) EXPOSURE :: ex Po user*
29. Enemy thus lost his head for an unborn child (6) FOETUS :: foe t[h]us
Down
1. Manage policeman's white convertible (4,4) COPE WITH :: cop ewith*
2. Added head constable inside to catch underworld leader (6,2) TACKED ON :: ta(c)ke don
3. Patent on shirt perhaps (5) OVERT :: over T
5. Poison one hundred after Chicago gangster is forced to leave London club (7) ARSENIC :: Aresn [-Al] i c :: club is 'football club'
6. Overbearing pronouncements by a conservative (9) DICTATORY :: dicta Tory
7. Rotten influence on Yen (6) MOULDY :: mould Y
8. Grain to fight with alien (6) MILLET :: mill ET
9. Use spice to inflict severe punishment (6) PEPPER :: DD
15. Hides right inside large landowner's empty lands (9) SQUIRRELS :: squi(R)re l[and]s
17. Histogram to exclude map (3,5) BAR CHART :: bar chart
.jpg)
18. Civil service has thinner janitors (8) CLEANERS :: C(leaner)S
20. Training ensured for final consumer (3-4) END-USER :: ensured*
21. Layout of French symbol (6) DESIGN :: de sign
22. Drink for commanding officer's female charge (6) COFFEE :: CO f fee :: this is the word we are writing clues for in DIY COW this week.
23. Compensate toppers of regional engineering college's open university program (6) RECOUP :: acrostic
25. Selection of escargot for shipment (5) CARGO :: telescopic
An easy crossword in which the setter has a field day with some farm concerns.
ReplyDeleteAnd on that farm you had some
spices,(Cardamom and Pepper)
fibres, (Jute and Cotton)
grains, (Wheat and Millet)
beverages,(Cocoa and Coffee)
and all under the umbrella of 16a CROP
I was able to do most of it and was beginning to be happy till I saw CV's byword that it is an easy CW. So my happiness was short lived! Enjoyed doing it anyway.
ReplyDelete1A- That is why Sunnet probably said 'beginning to understand'.
Kishore,
ReplyDeleteIf the escargots are on the way,when will they reach the destination?!
Google today has a writeup on Sir C.V.Raman
Only time will tell
DeleteOff track - hope the polluted, post Diwali air clears up in Delhi, soon. All the allergies playing up!
ReplyDeleteI understand you had a heavy smog for the last two days.
ReplyDelete27A Gur - The setter had intended the meaning as jaggery. But, can 'gur' be used as such for this purpose without referring to the Indian connotation.
ReplyDeleteThe dictionary shows gur as a small group of languages of W Africa, spoken chiefly in Burkina-Faso and Ghana, forming a branch of the Niger-Congo family.
'Check Chambers' is my brief answer.
DeleteGur is there in OED as jaggery
DeleteGud !
DeleteCan someone enlighten me on this: Isn't SUGARCANE good enough to be &lit also?
DeleteMany argue that Cacao is the original name and Cocoa is a corruption.
Just noticed that Sunnet mentioned &Lit at 3:32.
Delete1A : From The Free Dictionary
ReplyDelete2. To come to understand. Often used with to or onto.
Since Often != Always, So went with cotton = begin to understand
27A : Gur can somewhat easily be manufactured from this grass(9) .
Sowewhat easily = eas was not an obvious derivation, but went with it as the clue yielded something close to an &lit
The theme was crops as Kishore has noted. Sugarcane can also be added to the list
THE CW was a pangram as well.
A pangram & none of us noticed it!?
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