Welcome to our new setter Gigabyte. Bouquets and brickbats welcome with your solutions.
Three answers per commenter upto 6 PM. Annotations compulsory as usual.
ACROSS
1. Modern extremely showy mélange is an affliction (8)
5. Strip a bone good in France (6)
8. A part of a building included within a shadow that provides shade (8)
9. Teach first child substance (6)
10. First time stake. Is that me? (9)
11. Warm favourite returns with identification (5)
14. Group leader and efficient actor (5)
16. Withered rose is like Cupid (4)
18. Project to secret service (4)
20. Outer fit love etc (4)
21. Half of me? (4)
22. Open melted trove (5)
23. Gossip but without bitterness in a tongue (5)
26. Gallant Indian monkey king in happiness (9)
29. Seat on elephant, deer for rabbit in a place in Bengal (6)
30. Remove under territory (8)
31. Woe returns about CSR activity for a type of account (6)
32. Contrived incentive with debts (8)
DOWN
1. Glue drug with sky to create through trickery (11)
2. Rich man is no Robert (5)
3. Unit converted not green (8)
4. Indian gardener without injury in General Electric– first refined unknown art of faking illness (9)
5. Vote replaced victory with rejection as routine (4)
6. Sew temporarily messy lockless stable (5)
7. Openings, beginnings of a leaf (5)
12. Foremost properly polish an instrument (5)
13. Concentrated? – makes it less so (11)
15. Colouring process – strike oddly sick (5)
17. Excessively furnish on top of electronic joke (9)
19. Company factory without yield producing non-protein substance (8)
24. Vowels without me and you in two directions for long periods of time (5)
25. Subject to plundering within (5)
27. Potato state where Ida exclaimed ahoy! without limits (5)
28. Switzerland in pain for food? (4)
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31 Across: E(SCR*)OW <-
ReplyDelete4d Indian gardener without injury in General Electric - first refined unknown art of faking illness (9) MAL[i] IN GE R
ReplyDelete29a Seat on elephant, deer for rabbit in a place in Bengal (6) HOW(+)D(-R)AH
22a Open melted trove (5) OVERT*
11.A. TEPID. {PET<}{ID}
ReplyDelete16.A. EROS. SORE*
ReplyDelete24 D: AEONS (A E O (WOVELS WITHOUT I AND U) N S)
ReplyDelete29A: HODAH Anno: HOW(-R+D)AH
ReplyDeleteHOWDAH
Delete1D: SKULDUGGERY(GLUE DRUG SKY)
ReplyDelete8A:UMBR(ELL)A
2D:NOBOB( NO)( BOB)
Read Anno of 1D as (GLUE DRUG SKY)*
ReplyDelete10A : First time stake. Is that me? (9) DEBUTANTE (DEBUT+ANTE)
ReplyDeleteWelcome, Gigabyte!
Thanks :)
Delete9A TISSUE {T (each) issue (child) } def substance
ReplyDelete5D ROTE { (-v ) (+r ) ote} def : routine
27 D IDAHO { Ida + (a) ho (y) } def : potato state
1. Modern extremely showy mélange is an affliction (8) SY (NDROME)*
ReplyDeleteExtremely showy = S Y with MODERN
CV@ 10:34 : Something seems amiss in 4D
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteThanks for your tip.
Delete4d Indian gardener without injury in General Electric - first refined unknown art of faking illness (9)
Revising the answer to MAL[i] IN GE R Y
Sorry for having been careless at first. Not using the grid.
3. Unit converted not green (8) ROENTGEN* --- a unit of radiation exposure
ReplyDelete25 D. Subject to plundering within (5) UNDER (T)
ReplyDelete13D: DESATURATES (cd)
ReplyDelete30A: SUB(under)+TRACT(territory)
32A: SPUR(incentive)+IOUS(debts)
Nice puzzle, great debut. Some comments reserved for later when all solutions are out
Thanks - look forward to your comments!
DeleteCongrats Gita. Liked many a clue and the wordplay variations. Just a couple of points if I may -- do look at surface reading even after finishing the clues, sometimes it helps in making the story more plausible. 13D was a longish word, and since it was a CD (in fact probably just an E), some wordplay may have helped. As it is, I had to wait for all the crossings to be in place before I could enter it with confidence. And 19D seems to have almost all the letters in the same order in the clue itself. It kind of made it easier, but then was left wondering whether it could really be so!
DeleteNice work, look forward to more
Noted with thanks!
Delete14A Group leader and efficient actor (5) {G}{ABLE} Clark Gable - actor
ReplyDelete5A : Strip a bone good in France (6) RIBBON {RIB+BON} Def : Strip. Rib = A bone, Bon = Good in France
ReplyDeleteWelcome GB :) [ ch 3 ? :) ]
ReplyDeleteCouldn't decipher that one
DeleteI thot GB IS Gita Iyer :)
DeleteWelcome Gita :)
Welcome GB Gita.
ReplyDeleteThank You
Delete17A : Excessively furnish on top of electronic joke (9) OVEREQUIP (OVER+E+QUIP) Def : Excessively furnish.
ReplyDeleteYou mean 17D
DeleteTypo : 17 Down. Yes
Delete18. Project to secret service (4) TO SS
ReplyDelete26. Gallant Indian monkey king in happiness (9) CHE (VALI) ER
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about Hanuman(ji) and gave up! :)
Delete+1! (But then he was not king)
DeleteAgreed :)
Delete21 A : AYE
ReplyDeleteIYER (THIS ANSWER NEEDS NO ANNO !!)
GITA IYER says so.
CGB it's not Gita Iyer
DeleteAnd 21A is not AYE
DeleteOh! I thought GB was Gita Iyer and Half of her is Iyer.
DeleteWe have quite a few Gitas in this forum in the form of members and spouses...
DeleteSuperb Debut, GB!
ReplyDeleteA doubt on 15D; will wait for the solution to clarify.
Thank you
Delete19. Company factory without yield producing non-protein substance (8) CO FACTOR (-Y)
ReplyDeleteWelcome GB! Nice one
ReplyDeleteA fine debut, GB! Gita ki kasam...
ReplyDelete:)
Delete23a: YAKUT = "a tongue" (a language spoken in Siberia)
ReplyDelete{YAK}{bUT} from 'gossip' and 'but without bitterness'
21a: BYTE
ReplyDeleteAlthough CGB got the word wrong, his comment about this not need annotation is right - it is literally half of the setter's pseudonym.
Both the "ME" clues, 10A & 21A, were very good!
ReplyDelete+1
DeletePre-empting any doubts from MB
ReplyDeleteThe me in 10 & 21A clue is not Me !
Not a catcall, this. We have been hearing a lot of me-ows these days...
DeleteAye-ow! No more.
Delete15d: BATIK = colouring process
ReplyDelete{BAT}{IK} from 'strike' and (doing double duty) 'strike oddly'= [strike odd letters from] sick'
23A - YAKUT - YAK (Gossip) +(-B)UT ( But - B) - Def - Tongue
ReplyDelete15D BATIK - BAT (Strike) + (-S) I (-C) K - Def - Coloring process, (Wouldn't oddly be S C though?)
Sowmya you have duplicated the answers. Pl try the leftovers, if any.
DeleteThanks, not much left now:( but will try
DeleteWelcome to the amateur setters' club, Gigabyte. Enjoyed your debut crossword. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for being so encouraging. Was a trifle nervous when the clock hands approached 10:30 this morning
ReplyDelete28D CHOW - CH (Switzerland) + OW - (Pain) -Food (Def)
ReplyDeleteLeftovers
ReplyDeleteAcross - 20
Down - 6, 7, 12
Abhay's anno has cleared the doubt of 15D which makes the clue even better; you do expect red herring in clues!
ReplyDelete12D PHONE - P + HONE
ReplyDelete6D: BASTE. {STAB(-l)E}*
ReplyDelete6D- Baste- (Stable)*- L
ReplyDeleteDef- Sew temporarily
6D - BASTE - (Stable-l)* - Sew - Def
ReplyDeleteThree of you posting the same answer almost together! Telepathy? ;-)
DeleteJust like we used to hear of Cong (O), Cong (R), Cong (R) or JD(S), JD(U), we have many Gitas here, as I said earlier - Gita D, Gita K, Gita R, Gita I and so on.
ReplyDeleteI suggest that GB add an initial to her moniker in this blog for immediate identification.
It is just a suggestion. No offence please. :)
Will do but don't know how to add an SB after Gita That will be Gita Sarma Balakrishnan
DeleteI think you can edit it in your blogger profile. Some expert may please come in and guide.
DeleteI guess only two are left to be solved:
ReplyDelete20A Outer fit love etc (4)
7D Openings, beginnings of a leaf (5)
6D Sew temporarily messy lockless stable (5) --- BASTE [anagram of STABLE - L ; def = sew temporarily]
ReplyDelete7D Openings, beginnings of a leaf (5) --- OCULI (DD)
12D Foremost properly polish an instrument (5) --- PHONE [P(roperly) HONE ; def = an instrument]
20A ECTO Anag of Etc and O for love
ReplyDelete7D OCULI Anno anyone?
20A- Ecto
ReplyDeleteDef.- outer
(Etc)*O
Welcome Gita. More Gigabytes please. Enjoyed your (belated?) debut.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much
Delete"oculi" is a plural form of "oculus": the organ of sight. ... [botany] the leaf bud or beginnings of a leaf in a plant | [architecture] a circular aperture
ReplyDeleteGitaSB aka GB:
ReplyDeleteTry this way.
Click your name that appears here. On top right, click EDIT PROFILE.
Under EDIT USER PROFILE, after Privacy, you have Identity. Add the initials to the Display name.
Don't miss to go to the bottom of the page and click Save profile.
Done Thanks
Delete:-)
DeleteAnd happy to see that you are a part of the ITC family, where I worked for10 years
DeleteWe have been with ITC for 27 years now!
DeleteI left ITC in 1988. Last with Travel House (Financial Controller) Delhi
Delete29a Seat on elephant, deer for rabbit in a place in Bengal (6) HOW(+)D(-R)AH
ReplyDeleteI think here 'deer' is used for D and 'rabbit' for R.
Perhaps in this crossword there are other instances too where a single letter component is indicated by a word that begins with that letter.
I am not sure if this is an accepted practice in clueing.
I invite others to chip in with their opinion.
Would love to hear from experts on this. I hesitated on these but found this practice in quite a few Hindu Crosswords and hence thought it to be standard practice.
DeleteIt can be used only if it is a standard abbreviation in use in some field.
DeleteI too was initially thrown off by this, then saw the pattern regularly appearing. Don't think it is a standard practice, and am quite sure it doesn't appear in The Hindu. There would be some cases where it appears so (eg o = old, s = small), but these are accepted abbreviations that would be found in a dictionary
DeleteWill remember for future -
DeleteAuthorises support of boxer to second English school (9) LEGALISES {LEG}{ALI}{S}{E}{S} This appeared on 17th July. Could not find second and school being abbreviated as S in dictionary Maybe there is some other explanation that I am missing. There were others like this too.
Don't know about 'school', but 'second' (the unit of time) for S is standard. For starters, this link might be useful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword_abbreviations
DeleteS for school is there in abbreviations.com. Like we write St. Joseph's H.S., I guess
DeleteNice debut Gita.
DeleteA purist will frown on the 'Legalises' clue. Apart from the abbrv issue, there are connectors like 'of' and 'to'. These have no role in the wordplay. It's difficult but attempt should be made to avoid these.
'of' is iffy, but I don't see the problem with 'to' as a connector [X to Y --> XY]
DeleteBit all the Bytes of GIGABYTE-- thanks . Too late to post as all have been solved .
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the breed of setters, Gita. Good construction of clues especially, BYTE and OCULI. and above all CHEVALIER-- I had inserted BALI( Vengali style?) and then I realised, MAURICE CHEVALER and bowed to him gallantly.
Isn't it NABOB? is there a variation-- NOBOB?
I wonder, why all compilers still quote names of old Hollywood stars-- More familiar with them?
Bit all the Bytes of GIGABYTE-- thanks . Too late to post as all have been solved .
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the breed of setters, Gita. Good construction of clues especially, BYTE and OCULI. and above all CHEVALIER-- I had inserted BALI( Vengali style?) and then I realised, MAURICE CHE-VALI -ER and bowed to him gallantly.
UMBRELLA is a tool of the day in this monsoon season !! very well devised !
Isn't it NABOB? is there a variation-- NOBOB?
It is Nabob
DeleteSo it is Na as in Hindi
DeleteFor a moment I thought that NOBOB was a Kolkata influenced spelling.
Delete:)
DeleteBut 'No robert' in the clue leads to NABOB. I also hesitated. Do we take 'Na' for no? (like Ya for Yes)
ReplyDeleteI am sorry for the typo.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to say ",,,leads to Nobob'
The clue as written directly led to NOBOB; perhaps a hindi indicator would have been more apt like The rich man is no delhi robert?
ReplyDeleteNa is and enclitic form on No.
DeleteS for school is not there in Chambers.
Well done Gita, a good debut.
... and a 105 comments to boot
DeleteCentury on debut!
DeleteA century & n.o.- more to come.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I did not notice yr comment when I filled the earlier one at 3.21.
DeleteHas been a good tutorial for me. Thank you all. Special thanks to Col Gopinath for egging me on
ReplyDelete