Sorry, folks, for the delay. Entirely forgot it was my turn to post. Scrambled to it after receiving message from the Col. at 0825 hours. Please take with a large pinch of E.&O.E. Brickbats welcome !
ACROSS
1 Destitute dismissed and criticised (8) STRAPPED (ST RAPPED, st=stumped)
6 Information Bureau’s gone over one bird (4) IBIS (IB'S over 1)
9 Bind hair that’s raised (4,2) LOCK UP (LOCK UP)
10 We embrace the man — Yaleman — in a motorcycle stunt (7) WHEELIE (WE embrace HE ELI)
13 Valuable, yet not having a high tag (9) PRICELESS 2D
14 Woman goes back and forth (5) MADAM <>
15 The French scholar’s Tibetan title (4) LAMA (LA MA)
16 Figure, say, runs to enter one country (10) MONTENEGRO (TEN EG R in MONO)
19 How a swimming woman may emerge unharmed (2,3,5) IN ONE PIECE (CD)
21 Jack to suffer in prison (4) JAIL (J AIL)
24 Big framework mentioned (5) GREAT (~GRATE)
25 Employee, yes, but does he work? (3-6) JOB HOLDER (CD)
26 He chooses Eastern reader (7) ELECTOR (E LECTOR)
27 Respect ace mired badly (6) ADMIRE (A MIRED*)
28 Relaxed and took sake finally to fill completely (4) SATE (SAT E)
29 Very well, you needn’t take it! (8) MEDICINE (CD)
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2 Murthi roughly accepting outsider’s original element (7) THORIUM (MURTHI* accepting O)
3 Don’t begin to fret over primarily turquoise ornament (6) ANKLET (rANKLE T)
4 Go to Argentine leader and Indian leader for sausage (9) PEPPERONI (PEP PERON I)
5 Polishes off these clues? (5) DOWNS 2
7 Two animals in a sort of tenacious expression (7) BULLDOG (BULL DOG)
8 These machines are used in mending the ways (5-7) STEAM ROLLERS CD
11 Queen’s plenty of fur (6) ERMINE (ER MINE)
12 Surely, they would rule that ‘hunny’ is wrong (8,4) SPELLING BEES ref to Honey
17 Not that notices on it display sleaze and one becomes wearied reportedly (4,5) TACK BOARD (TACK ~BORED)
18 A couple of trios make it (6) SEXTET (CD)
20 Stuff on each tandoori, to begin with (7) OVEREAT (OVER EA T)
22 Notice Press featuring new firedog (7) ANDIRON (AD around N, IRON)
23 Grandiose businesses get mineral endlessly (6) COSMIC (COS MICa)
25 Average guy poured out Oriental spirit from big drinking vessel (5) JORUM (JOe RUM)
Someone forgot it's a Friday :-)
ReplyDeleteNo prizes for guessing !
Delete18D SEXTET
ReplyDelete16a MON(TEN)(EG)(R)O - figure TEN say EG runs R to enter one MONO
ReplyDelete1A {ST}{RAPPED}
ReplyDeletedismissed ST (stumped)
criticised RAPPED
Kishore, Please add your Cartoon for the Day. Is it for 19A?
ReplyDeleteNope, Ursula Andress was wearing a bikini, not a one-piece.
DeleteMy blogger functionality is not permitting me to upload pictures at present due to unknown reasons. DG will do the needful for 16a.
Thanks, Deepak, for uploading cartoon
DeleteEveryone must have thought 'Thank God it's Friday'.
DeletePossibly Kishore's computer refused to accept the post in view of the ramifications of 19A. When there was a discussion on this 'atoll' you-know-what here some time ago, I had quoted what had read somewhere that they were of three kinds, bik..., monok.. and oh-no-k....
And thank God you didn't play with good Ursula's family name...
DeleteSpooner could have ...
DeleteIn a lot of places, the bikini looked like UA
Richard, being Mangalore, is surrounded by Kinis, so he must be knowing what he is talking about
DeleteTGIF reminds me of a joke where someone like me who forgot the day of the week and on saying TGIF, was reminded "Sorry, honey, it's Thursday". Of course, similary abbreviated ...
DeleteNow you mastered 'acrostibatics' also...
DeleteTry The Economic Times Crossword borrowed from UK
ReplyDeleteThanks, SR. All errors caused due to the scramble for time.
ReplyDeleteI hope Father McCree (Col. Wyatt-Turner) is forgiving !
Since were are quoting MacLean, who also figured in an IXL clue, may I quote a line with ref. to my goof up of even date:
Delete"This won't look so good in my obituary"
2D : Extra "R" in the answer !
ReplyDeleteRemoved
DeleteRegarding 11D, How are 'plenty' and 'mine' related?
ReplyDeleteLike a mine of information
ReplyDeleteNever thought of it that way. I always thought I could only own mine! But after all, CW is to make you think differently
ReplyDeleteKishore: Malaya in Kiswahili is a strumpet (milder term?) Similarly, Schule in German --isn't it a school--as in Kiswalhili too? However, please desist using this in Kannada or Tulu?
ReplyDeleteMiriam Makeba was my favourite too and her Pata Pata was made equally famous in India by Usha Mami Uthup.
I know what it means in Kiswahili. Otherwise, i would not have mentioned the anecdote.
DeleteHakuna matata, mzee.
Delete'No problem, senior' in Swahili or Kiswahili.
DeleteRemember 'Jambo Bwana' by Boney M? Look for it YouTube.
DeleteMy fav is the one from Safari Sound band
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxb8E-srWVM
In the first frame, you can see the aircraft wing. I have a similar photo in which I shot Mt Kilimanjaro from the air (entroute from Nairobi to Mombasa) and the wing is visible.
Felt 'Jambo Bwana' by Safari Sound Band was better than the one sung by Boney M. What a lilting song so lively and lovely !!
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