The feel-good feeling continues with Gridman.
ACROSS
1 Restraint shown by soldiers almost battered in France (11) FORBEARANCE {F{OR}{BEA
9 Unrestrained, a member of Parliament is engaged in tirade (7) RAMPANT {R{A}{MP}ANT}
10 One who is resting is coach (7) SLEEPER [DD]
11 It leaves one without strap (5) THONG
12 Police Department arrested Sue wrongly on my false nomination (9) PSEUDONYM {P{USE*}D}{ON}{MY*}
13 Spin with double endlessly, right and left (5) TWIRL {TWI
15 Action taken about pamphlet is belittled (9) DETRACTED {DE{TRACT}ED}
18 Visionary's sincere innovation in physical training (9) PRESCIENT {P{SINCERE*}T}
21 State boy covers the cook (5) APRON {AP}{RON}
22 Top military officers set to lose every second bar (9) BRASSERIE
24 Army officer on literary category (5) GENRE {GEN}{RE}
26 Had the recumbent one in the studio (7) ATELIER {ATE}{LIER}
27 They try out canopies over bed (7) TESTERS Second meaning is new to me
28 Disposition to moderate the last word with a bit of tolerance (11) TEMPERAMENT {TEMPER}{AMEN}{T
DOWN
1 Primary move in the flight? (5,4) FIRST STEP [C&DD]
2 Run into short lad — a tough guy (5) RAMBO {RAM}{BO
3 Like some Christians, start educating a number to be virtuous (9) EVANGELIC {E
4 Did some key work all over again (7) RETYPED [CD]
5 Just developing new climb (7) NASCENT {N}{ASCENT}
6 Aim to have the setter change text (5) EMEND {E{ME}ND}
7 A matchless woman? (8) SPINSTER [CD]
8 A measure in an Indian village (4) GRAM [DD]
14 It is a zero-calorie cooler for the drinker (3,5) ICE WATER [CD]
16 Progress of wandering angel through a continent in painlessness (9) ANALGESIA {A{ANGEL*}SIA}
17 It is laid on the table for a meal (6,3) DINNER SET [CD]
19 Body part that may have heard of the perpetration of a murder (7) EARDRUM*
20 Playhouse has the rate revised (7) THEATRE*
22 Church official loses the French rosary component (4) BEAD BEAD
23 Holy one's appeal to one new head of temple (5) SAINT {SA}{1}{N}{T
25 A relative article — not soft but a little naive (5) NIECE (-p+n)NIECE
GRID
For 11A), I had the anno as {Thing -i + o} (the addition of o from with-out). Not sure if it is the intended anno though.
ReplyDeleteExactly! That was the intended anno.
Delete22 Top military officers set to lose every second bar (9) {BRASS}{(-s)ERIE(-s)}
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandhya
DeleteThe every second device is usually used to pick every second letter, but Gridman has cleverly used it here to delete every S
DeleteNon-statutory warning issued in the interests of the well-being of members of this blog.
ReplyDeleteMen of weak hearts are advised not to follow the second link in 11ac. lest they should have any sudden stoppage of the important organ.
:P
DeleteAre you going to insist on printing the after-effects on the pack? :-)
DeleteRight in there we throng!
DeleteThere was a young woman of Penang
ReplyDeleteWhose favourite garment was the thong
Try as she might
She could no sight
Attract - little she knew it was wrong.
There was a young siren in Chittagong,
DeleteWho sometimes wore a teeny thong,
When she was on the beach,
So many men would reach,
The beach, that the queue was pretty long.
Would have been 100% if not for TESTERS. I didn't know the second meaning EITHER (like today's blogger), so oscillated between TESTERS and TASTERS.
ReplyDeleteThere was a poor young man of Penang
ReplyDeleteWhose strides were steady and strong;
Once as he walked
He suddenly halted -
For, on one of his feet there was no thong.
Enjoyed the lilting song by Teresa Teng. Thanks Kishore. :)
DeleteThat's the only song I've ever sung publicly !
DeleteGood to know you are a singer too ! :)
DeleteI most certainly am not! Please note use of the word 'only' in above. It was Bangkok and I was wooed into Karaoke by a Chinese friend called Susan Wu
DeleteNoted now 'only' ! :)
DeleteNice one from Gridman. Thoroughly enjoyed it 100% Thank you Gridman. :-)))
ReplyDeleteThanks for the entertaining limericks guys :)
ReplyDeleteThey had the inspiration!
DeleteThanks to 11Across!
DeleteThank you very much Mr.Gridman. I completed in ten minutes flat and did not have to seek dictionary or google search. You made my day today.
ReplyDeleteWow!
DeleteWhile on the subject of THONGS, here is an interesting query :
ReplyDeleteWhat do thongs and barbwire have in common?
They both protect the property without blocking the view.
Tut tut, MB. They both protect properly without ....
DeleteGoing one step further?
Delete:-) View has already been provided by the links!
ReplyDeleteOne might subscribe to that view
DeleteRose bushes have thorns.
ReplyDeleteBut George Bushes look for WMDs
Delete“But he who dares not grasp the thorn
ReplyDeleteShould never crave the rose.”
― Anne Brontë