Wonderful surfaces from Gridman! I had to cheat for 8d and 12d ...
Across
1 A ready source for money in the dairy farm (5,3) MILCH COW (CD)
6 Press down no small philatelic item (4) TAMP (STAMP-S)
9 Something soothing entertains the Election Commission still (6) BECALM (BALM around EC)
10 Charm girl, married, and pour out softly (7) ENAMOUR (ENA M POUR-P)
13 Strain following bad returns from domestic animals (9) LIVESTOCK (STOCK following EVIL<)
14 Hold firmly the grand file (5) GRASP (G RASP)
15 He tells the police about the Navy boat (4) NARK (N ARK)
16 Following a variety in a fashion (5,1,4) AFTER A SORT (AFTER A SORT)
19 Fast! A true and complete list! (2,4,4) AT FULL TILT (A T FULL TILT) My COD.
Sounds like a request to certain secretive bankers!
21 Begin ignoring second bakery item (4) TART (START - S)
24 Once in twelve months youth leader leaves before time (5) EARLY (YEARLY-Y)
Some people in some parts of India pronounce EARLY as if it is Y-EARLY, like they pronounce EARTH as YEARTH
25 Stoic wandering around Riga wildly is debauched (9) ORGIASTIC (STOIC* around RIGA*)
26 Once Maple played as model (7) EXAMPLE (EX MAPLE*)
27 Lambast original tyrant's harsh treatment (6) THRASH (T HARSH*)
28 Drug hoarded by damosel pushed back (4) SOMA (T<)
Reminded me of The Blessed Damozel by DG Rossetti, oft quoted by Madeline Basset in Wodehouse books
29 A number to cut back on a game (8) NINEPINS (NINE SNIP<)
Down
2 Agreeable deliveries (not new) become frozen (3,4) ICE OVER (NICE OVER -N)
3 Contract provision nails broadcast (6) CLAUSE (~CLAWS)
4 Advice to a drug addict:stop being so stupid! (4,3,2) COME OFF IT (2)
with cross ref to 21a
5 Cause smoke, reportedly (5) WREAK (~REEK)
7 A village officer — bad guy— gets nil fruit (7) AVOCADO (A VO CAD O)
8 Precipitates movement for vagrants (12) PERIPATETICS (PRECIPITATES*)
It was rather pathetic that I thought this was spelt with a H after the first T. I was disabused of my wrong notion today!
11 Shaggy dog's coat (6) AFGHAN (2)
12 Royal house's crooked agent (English) schemes outside (12) PLANTAGENETS (PLANS outside (AGENT* E))
17 Show how opponents may ease up? (9) ENLIGHTEN (E N LIGHTEN)
18 Call attention to little dog getting set (4,2) PLAY UP (PUP getting LAY)
20 On which the cubit was measured (7) FOREARM (CD/E/GK)
Being Forewarn=Forearm
22 Unfair to have dismissed quiet worker (7) ARTISAN (PARTISAN-P)
23 A forgotten Maharashtra town's primarily politic ruler (6) SATRAP (SATARA -A P) some may have a doubt which A to forget ...
25 No ace lost in sea (5) OCEAN (NO ACE)*
GRID:
Across
1 A ready source for money in the dairy farm (5,3) MILCH COW (CD)
6 Press down no small philatelic item (4) TAMP (STAMP-S)
9 Something soothing entertains the Election Commission still (6) BECALM (BALM around EC)
10 Charm girl, married, and pour out softly (7) ENAMOUR (ENA M POUR-P)
13 Strain following bad returns from domestic animals (9) LIVESTOCK (STOCK following EVIL<)
14 Hold firmly the grand file (5) GRASP (G RASP)
15 He tells the police about the Navy boat (4) NARK (N ARK)
16 Following a variety in a fashion (5,1,4) AFTER A SORT (AFTER A SORT)
19 Fast! A true and complete list! (2,4,4) AT FULL TILT (A T FULL TILT) My COD.
Sounds like a request to certain secretive bankers!
21 Begin ignoring second bakery item (4) TART (START - S)
24 Once in twelve months youth leader leaves before time (5) EARLY (YEARLY-Y)
Some people in some parts of India pronounce EARLY as if it is Y-EARLY, like they pronounce EARTH as YEARTH
25 Stoic wandering around Riga wildly is debauched (9) ORGIASTIC (STOIC* around RIGA*)
26 Once Maple played as model (7) EXAMPLE (EX MAPLE*)
27 Lambast original tyrant's harsh treatment (6) THRASH (T HARSH*)
28 Drug hoarded by damosel pushed back (4) SOMA (T<)
Reminded me of The Blessed Damozel by DG Rossetti, oft quoted by Madeline Basset in Wodehouse books
29 A number to cut back on a game (8) NINEPINS (NINE SNIP<)
Down
2 Agreeable deliveries (not new) become frozen (3,4) ICE OVER (NICE OVER -N)
3 Contract provision nails broadcast (6) CLAUSE (~CLAWS)
Cartoon by Rishi
4 Advice to a drug addict:stop being so stupid! (4,3,2) COME OFF IT (2)
5 Cause smoke, reportedly (5) WREAK (~REEK)
7 A village officer — bad guy— gets nil fruit (7) AVOCADO (A VO CAD O)
8 Precipitates movement for vagrants (12) PERIPATETICS (PRECIPITATES*)
It was rather pathetic that I thought this was spelt with a H after the first T. I was disabused of my wrong notion today!
11 Shaggy dog's coat (6) AFGHAN (2)
12 Royal house's crooked agent (English) schemes outside (12) PLANTAGENETS (PLANS outside (AGENT* E))
17 Show how opponents may ease up? (9) ENLIGHTEN (E N LIGHTEN)
18 Call attention to little dog getting set (4,2) PLAY UP (PUP getting LAY)
20 On which the cubit was measured (7) FOREARM (CD/E/GK)
Being Forewarn=Forearm
22 Unfair to have dismissed quiet worker (7) ARTISAN (PARTISAN-P)
23 A forgotten Maharashtra town's primarily politic ruler (6) SATRAP (SATARA -A P) some may have a doubt which A to forget ...
25 No ace lost in sea (5) OCEAN (NO ACE)*
GRID:
25a ORGIASTIC
ReplyDeleteThere was a sturdy young man of Nasik
Whose tendencies were all orgiastic
In rave parties forever
He was quite aquiver
Till all the deeds made him very sick.
Some T leaves missing in 12D!!
ReplyDeleteI too had to cheat because of that
DeleteOops, I did not count
DeleteApologies.
DeleteEscaped checks at many stages.
This kind of mistake happens when there are same two letters in a component.
After having taken AGENT, when we work on other components we think we have accounted for a particular letter without realising there are two of those letters in the word breakup (T in this instance).
Knowing this, when I check I usually write out the components and strike out the letters. In this case I might have thought I have done it without doing it.
Tough for me :-(
ReplyDelete23 A forgotten Maharashtra town's primarily politic ruler (6) SATRAP (SATARA -A P) some may have a doubt which A to forget ...
ReplyDeleteTrue. I take this as a mere observation by a keen solver.
I don't think crossword clueing conventions require (in this instance) indication of which A is to be removed.
In this particular case I feel it hardly matters as I don't think one can solve this clue without seeing a couple of crossings in the grid. In my case I looked for the Maharashtra town after getting the answer
DeletePrecipitates movement for vagrants (12) PERIPATETICS (PRECIPITATES*)
ReplyDeleteIt was rather pathetic that I thought this was spelt with a H after the first T. I was disabused of my wrong notion today!
How Pathetic
Nice 'claws' in CV's cartoon. Talk of small print!
ReplyDeleteMixed bag for me today- win some (happy) loose some (pathetic) Happy to have spent an interesting hour. So happy to have got all clarifications immediately on the blog. Thank you Col. & Kishore.
There once lived a young nark,
ReplyDeleteWho when walking though a park,
Spotted some hags,
Wearing torn rags,
And exclaimed, "Weel done, cutty-sark!"
Please look for Burn's poem Tam O' Shanter at
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1279/1279-h/1279-h.htm#link2H_4_0316
For me, today, it was a sort of खट्टा मीठा (sweet and sour) experience! Tough puzzle. :(
ReplyDeleteDetails of the no hic! meet on 06 Sep at the following link WHEN RAJU MET CV
ReplyDeleteNo hic! Probably they are heeding the dire warning in the last stanza of the Burns' poem cied above!
DeleteI am where I am !! It is CV who took the trouble of travelling to meet me !! The caption should be CV meets Raju. (mountain meets mohammed ? No, it should be the other way around !! Thanks to him . He also gave me a few tips on software for compiling, an area where my head is literally in the clouds !!
DeleteNo Sudoku in the Delhi edition.
ReplyDeleteGridman is always good - some a little tough, so one enjoys the tussle!
It is there on TH website under misc.section.
DeleteGood one, Gridman - thank you. Some very nice surfaces there. I especially liked the clues for PERIPATETICS, SATRAP, NARK, THRASH... on second thoughts, too many to list!
ReplyDeleteThe missing T in 12 didn't register as the answer jumped out from the clue!
Thanks to the blogger and the cartoonists too.
A wonderful cw.3d- I was simply nailed.12d-nice blocks(plans for schemes & crooked agent)came in handy for us to raise the edifice.In fine a well-rounded puzzle thanks to GM.
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