Can't get samosa's very easily today. Plenty of little things strewn around today.
ACROSS
1 Indicates place to shoot from commander's vessel (8) FLAGSHIP {FLAGS}{HIP}
5 Not much silver found in lake (6) MEAGRE {ME{AG}RE}
9 Female personnel attached to the princess (7) DISTAFF {DI}{STAFF}
10 At home, young reporter has you and me in old nightmare (7) INCUBUS {IN}{CUB}{US}
11 Bride, with these chemical experiment substances, becomes scatterbrained (9) REACTANTS SCATTER
12 Diminutive born back in the limits of Thalassery (5) TEENY {T
13 Very small can pray finally (4) TINY {TIN}{Y}
14 Theatrical behaviour of buck in Egyptian vessel (9) STAGINESS {STAG}{IN}{E}{SS}
17 Accounts for lists city having a distinctive manner of its own (9) STYLISTIC*
19 I study the sacred picture (4) ICON {I}{CON}
23 Release a preview of art production made by one learner (5) TRAIL {ART*}{1}{L}
24 She and inmate together contrive what's used to control the boat (9) MAINSHEET*
26 A grand ring on the shore (7) AGROUND {A}{G}{ROUND}
27 Date not subject to change (6) STEADY [DD]
28 Sculptures remain around north Indian clan (8) STATUARY
DOWN
1 To form a union, take dear around in gala event (8) FEDERATE {FE{DEAR*}TE}
2 Lay off sailor with stigma (7) ABSTAIN {AB}{STAIN}
3 Thin, lean in shadowy case (6) SCANTY {S
4 Briefly, about the thing mali's broken — it's negligible (13) INFINITESIMAL
6 Stimulating, going out holding chick's top (8) EXCITING {EX{C
7 Bits from marsh retrieved to get best treatment (7) GOBBETS {GOB<=}{BEST*}
8 Tracts from eastern and southern states (6) ESSAYS {E}{S}{SAYS}
10 It's meaningless in character, provided one tilt (13) INSIGNIFICANT {IN}{SIGN}{IF}{1}{CANT}
15 Took a zigzag course in dirty old Salem (8) SLALOMED* Dr DS will object to this!
16 All together, world leaders have south Indian dish thrown around central step (8) UNITEDLY {UN}{I{
18 Student's fall getting support all round (7) TRAINEE {T{RAIN}EE}
20 Pause, vehicle stops short, about to turn a trick (7) CAESURA {CA
21 Totally baffles those behind the batsman (6) STUMPS [DD]
22 Implike person sends up English in quick wit (6) ESPRIT (+e)ESPRIT(-e)
GRID
Briefly - in fine(?) covering 'it'- the thing and simal*
ReplyDeletePlease see the second meaning of 'in fine' here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/fine
More often and more popularly, it is perhaps used in the sense if 'in conclusion'.
I am glad I had done necessary dictionary work.
Yes. Apologies to the setter for the unnecessary doubt
DeleteQuestion mark raises doubts?
ReplyDeleteFree Dictionary gives "In summation" or "In brief" as meanings. So it should be fine.
Came a cropper with a few words-Caesura,Gobbets.
Navneeth
ReplyDeletePlease see my response to your query in yesterday's blog. That's my view, while I always grant my solvers to have theirs.
Yesterday the meeting went off well and the sizable audience appreciated my review (in Tamil) of Sa. Kandasamy's novel 'Perum mazhai Naatkal'.
I was fortunate to be one of the 'sizable'(?) audience and enjoy the review very ably and neatly given by CV in chaste Tamil, a very detailed and 'to the point' review appreciated by all. Thank you CV.
Delete"Cant" appears in 3D & 10D with 2 different synonyms (Tilt & Lean)
ReplyDelete28 Sculptures remain around north Indian clan (8) STATUARY {STA{TUAR<=}Y} North being the reversal indicator
ReplyDeleteHad a doubt about 'north' as a rev ind. Dic says that adj and adverb form of it is 'toward the north'. However, has Gridman broken convention of using this ind in an across clue?
North is not a reversal indicator here ... Try again ;-)
DeleteHe meant 'Raut' as a caste in North India. Check out : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raut_%28caste%29
Deletehttp://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomara_clan
DeleteTomara (also called , , and ) is a clan, some members of which ruled parts of North India at different times. People belonging to the Tomara clan are found among the Rajputs,[1] Jats[2] and Gurjars[3] of northern India.
DeleteWiki
I saw that link. But he has mentioned that Gridman has broken a convention. I assure you that he has not, and yes, I reiterate North is not a reversal Indicator here, it is just an adjective for a North Indian clan
DeleteShouldn't N be capitalised in north?
DeleteI think it should
DeleteAjeesh has it. BTW, Raghu's discovery of RAUT<>TUAR might prompt some one to make a clue out of it
DeleteMy dahl's cooked by Kishore:)
Deleteand I don't want to take credit for plagiarism here. I merely looked at the anno assuming it was correct and commented. That 'north' alone could be used as a rev ind was a discovery.
You got the pulse of a backward caste in India
Delete:-)
DeleteNice one!
DeleteApologies Gridman for the unnecessary confusion about reversal ind.
ReplyDeleteNot just that. It's in fact quite a ruckus ;) 14 out of 22 comments thus far are on that particular clue.
DeleteComedy of a couple of errors?
Delete11A definition in the middle kosher for Composite anagrams right ?
ReplyDeletethe following clue was written by another setter: Adrenaline keeps sap circulating (4)
DeleteI'm okay with both these clues as the indication for the definition in the middle is logical...
Not necessary they must be composite anagrams as such
NERD (rev telescopic) ?
DeleteNo idea about def in the middle for other clue types. Have read in crosswordunclued (i think) that it is ok for CAs
DeleteIf it was OK for other type of clues (all other types), then writing clues becomes much more simpler, even if it is logical.
DeleteI don't think it makes things simpler ...
Deleteyou have to deal with the trouble of separating the indicator from wordplay which would be unfair..
Managed to get 50% only :(
ReplyDeletenice puzzle.smooth surfaces.leading clues.Once I could crack 14a, it became easy to get the long ones 4d&10d.1d -wonderful wordplay at anind stage.ie dear is in gala.wonderful.In southeast cornerI bungled 20d&28a.On the whole a thorough entertainer.Thank you
ReplyDelete4D & 10D- Anything but insignificant & infinitesimal !
DeleteStrange to see a Gridman without any CDs
ReplyDeleteMay be his CD player is out of order
DeleteLend him one?!
DeleteNew post in Crossword Unclued : Sowmya Ramkumar's interview
ReplyDeletehttp://www.crosswordunclued.com/2014/11/interview-sowmya-ramkumar.html
Thank you for your reply, Chaturvasi.
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