1 Three answers per commenter (with annotations) upto 6 PM.
2 Guess from the clues who the setter is.
ACROSS
1 Bird of western Australia caught between poles (4)
3 Sharpness a bad tempered woman, sends in a bad way
(10)
10 Cut short the movement of the dog's appendage (7)
11 Cardinal number to wrap up ten times (7)
12 Not educated enough to be acclaimed here (5)
13 Use this gearing device too much? (9)
14 Left helpless being castaway (8)
15 Vicious creatures (6)
18 Means of relieving the undesirable (6)
20 Unnecessary pointers to the south (8)
24 Moved across with great speed (4,1,4)
26 Listless dissatisfaction (5)
27 Beginner hesitates to commit to memory first (7)
28 Drew as conclusion from facts (7)
29 Be mesmerised to sell sterling differently (10)
30 Hand-me-down stuff (4)
DOWN
1 They run into minutes (7)
2 A rare apparatus to charge liquid with gas (7)
4 Holy aspiration permitted (8)
5 Regard as most valuable (6)
6 Entertained at evening meal (5)
7 He thinks I come first (7)
8 Sorrow displayed by Danes on a ship (7)
9 Irritated and made insane (8)
16 They have fiery temper in tone with their hair (8)
17 Men had energy enough to get the large herring here
(8)
18 Deep continuous sounds like distant thunder (7)
19 Aid team intervene to reconcile somehow (7)
21 Castrated men employed in a harem (7)
22 Slid out of control (7)
23 Way of dressing the top (6)
25 Declare invalid (5)
Scanned copy of CW as it used to appear in the print edition in 2003
To attempt the CW on a separate page follow the link THC 7723
Enjoy
Scanned copy of CW as it used to appear in the print edition in 2003
To attempt the CW on a separate page follow the link THC 7723
Enjoy
1A : Bird of western Australia caught between poles (4) SWAN {S{WA}N}
ReplyDelete1A-SWAN- (S) WA (Western Australia) (N)- S&N being poles
ReplyDelete10A- Cut short- Def.
Cur- Dog
Dog's appendage- tail
1D- Seconds- CD
10A : Cut short the movement of the dog's appendage (7) CURTAIL {CUR}{TAIL}
ReplyDeleteCompensating for 1A
ReplyDelete8D- Sadness
Sorrow- Def
{(Danes)SS}*
3 Sharpness a bad tempered woman, sends in a bad way (10) {SHREW}{DNESS*}
ReplyDelete24 Moved across with great speed (4,1,4) MADE A DASH
DOWN
4 Holy aspiration permitted (8) {H}{ALLOWED}
21D : Castrated men employed in a harem (7) EUNUCHS (E)
ReplyDeleteCompensating for 10A
ReplyDelete20A : Unnecessary pointers to the south (8) NEEDLESS {NEEDLES}{S}
3A SHREWDNESS {shrew} (sends)*
ReplyDeleteVenkatesh has beaten you to it @ 10:58 !
Delete2D AERATOR (a rare to)*
ReplyDelete6D DINED (DD)
ReplyDelete13A - OVERDRIVE [DD]
ReplyDelete14A - STRANDED [CD]
30A - USED [CD]
13A Use this gearing device too much? (9) OVERDRIVE ( CD)
ReplyDelete28 Drew as conclusion from facts (7) DEDUCED (E)
ReplyDelete27 Beginner hesitates to commit to memory first (7) {LEARN}{ER}
ReplyDeleteCompesating for 13A
ReplyDelete17D Men had energy enough to get the large herring here (8) {MEN}{HAD}{EN}
Compensating 14A
ReplyDelete19D MEDIATE (aid team)*
In the Anno we have two "A"s and single "E"
DeleteIn the solution we have two "E"s and single "A"
You're correct.
DeleteAnno's correct, but the clue's worded wrongly.
DeleteACROSS
ReplyDelete14 Left helpless being castaway (8) STRANDED [2]
DOWN
9 Irritated and made insane (8) MADDENED [2]
16 They have fiery temper in tone with their hair (8) REDHEADS [2]
23 Way of dressing the top (6) HAIRDO
ReplyDelete25 Declare invalid (5) ANNUL
23 D & 25 D clues
ReplyDelete12A Not educated enough to be acclaimed here (5) NOTED (T0
11A TENFOLD DD
ReplyDelete7D EGOTIST CD
ReplyDelete29D SPELLBOUND Anag of (B+SELL+POUND)
ReplyDeleteSorry that should have been 29A
DeleteDoesn't look like any of the setters we have seen since the time I started the blog. I do see shades of carelessness like ....
ReplyDeleteAgree with you fully. The level of difficulty as well as the level of correctness is totally different.
ReplyDeleteColonel @ 2:27 : "I do see shades of carelessness like ...."
ReplyDelete...November, Juliet ?
Leftovers
ReplyDeleteAcross - 15, 18, 26
Down - 5, 18, 22
15D: ESTEEM [DD]
ReplyDelete18D: RUMBLES. [DD]
22D: SKIDDED [DD]
Quite straight-thinking compiers those days? Nowadays, the compilers are revamped with computerised parsing facilities and hence more circuitous and convoluted-- and Interesting?
ReplyDeleteRaju,
DeleteYour answers deleted as there were no annotations, moreover the quota till 6 PM is 3 only whereas you have given 6 answers
Noted. Thanks. I have no serious knowledge of the technical annotations. Again, I thought normally once you have declared some as unsolved, the limit of three was not applicable. I abide by your rules
DeletePlease see the opening remarksin the main post.
DeleteLeftovers
ReplyDeleteAcross - 15, 18, 26
15A BRUTES (E)
ReplyDelete18A REMEDY (DD)
26A ENNUI (E)
Thank you, Col for the Sunday Special.
ReplyDelete