Gridman's CD/D
ACROSS
1 Old chair found broken in crashed car (7) ARCHAIC
5 Nearly glowed with great numbers of flowers (6) LILACS {LI
10 Sailor with people gets eternal punishment (9) TARNATION {TAR}{NATION}
11 Accept first-class master to prepare for firing (4,3) TAKE AIM {TAKE} {A1}{M}
12 The French fellows in court are merciful (7) CLEMENT {C{LE}{MEN}T}
13 New leader very distressed and anxious (5) NERVY {N
14 The painting comes down on head (9) LANDSCAPE {LANDS}{CAPE}
16 Pinpoints some Canadian dwellings? (5,2,2) HOMES IN ON {HOMES} {IN} {ON} ON for Ontario
19 Defeats in circuitous tours (5) ROUTS*
21 Noise for more superior, limitless eating place (7) DINETTE {DIN}{
23 When first of computers was put into reboot mode (7) OCTOBER {O{C
24 Uttered sharply in a couple of pages in colour that are published (6,3) RAPPED OUT {R{A}{PP}ED} {OUT}
25 Sturdy material dacoits' leader looted out of Maharashtra town (5) KHAKI KHA
26 Sort again and do some more keyboarding (6) RETYPE [DD]
27 Obtains information all around to get back salted-away savings (4,3) NEST EGG {NE{ST EG}G}<=
DOWN
1 Hopeful attempt that can cheer you up at night? (1,4,2,3,4) A SHOT IN THE DARK [DD]
2 Attractive girl may be in the soup (7) CRACKER ? [DD] Girl? Does one put crackers in Soup ?
3 As a point of fact, learners went for radical insurance employee (7) ACTUARY ACTUA(-ll+r}RY
4 Acumen — lot needed in what you may do for a fruit salad (3,1,5) CUT A MELON*
5 Poem from the really rich (5) LYRIC [T]
6 They jump, they are people born on February 29 (7) LEAPERS [DD]
7 Monster! See him involved in terrible race! (7) CHIMERA {C{HIM}ERA*}
8 At dinner table, it is second or more than that (7,7) ANOTHER SERVING [CD]
15 Some — but not making a XI, obviously (4,2,3) NINE OR TEN [CD]
17 A handful for Roman foot-soldiers (7) MANIPLE [DD] Handful?
18 Surfeit from a connection in a dirty place (7) SATIETY {S{A}{TIE}TY}
19 Captures again — what a dissatisfied film director orders (7) RETAKES [DD]
20 One takes this to show offence (7) UMBRAGE [CD]
22 Take the honey and run! (5) ELOPE [CD]
GRID
2 Attractive girl may be in the soup (7) CRACKER ? [DD] Girl? Does one put crackers in Soup ?
ReplyDeleteI do :)
I put them in my tea and not soup
DeletePrawn crackers in clam chowder
DeleteMushroom soup is sold in our place with crackers.
DeleteLatest update in the THC Setters page. Incognito talks about Kishore or should it be the other way around?
ReplyDeleteTa couple of typos... Mail sent to you, Deepak. Thanks for hosting
DeleteDone.
DeleteThanks again
Delete@Kishore: Enjoyed reading your bio :P
DeleteThanks, Sandy
DeleteK-Read your Bio. You did not disappoint. The alphabets following your name are indeed impressive to say the least, more than making up for the lack of farming output!
DeleteThat's bcos I was collecting letters when my friends were collecting stamps. Btw MS has a piece on SFX in ET today
DeleteThank you. Will ook it up.
DeleteRe 12a, was Atlee clement?
ReplyDeleteIs it a poser or a statement? He was Clement Atlee, but whether he lived up to his name will have to be confirmed by historians. I am far from it.
Delete4 Acumen — lot needed in what you may do for a fruit salad (3,1,5) CUT A MELON*
ReplyDeleteWhat is the anagram indicator? SALAD?
Or is it just 'needed'?
DeleteInstead of Melon I cut a Lemon for salad and landed in soup! Otherwise a satisfactory solve. :)
DeleteI missed the 'fruit' part in the clue. So the error!
DeleteCD player's like the original after the repair work.;)
ReplyDeleteFinished the crossword in under 45 minutes, my first ever. Happy beginning to the day. Thanks Gridman! :-)
ReplyDelete1A- The extra R gets 'Crashed'!
ReplyDeleteLiked 'Leapers' Our former PM Morarji Desai was one.
ReplyDelete22D was funny. Good one, Gridman
ReplyDelete'the' in clue could have been avoided.
DeleteOld chair found broken in crashed car (7)
ReplyDeleteI had it as
Old = Defn,
Chair found broken = Chai ( Broken = Incomplete )
In = C/c Indicator
Crashed = Anag Ind
Car = Anag Fodder = {AR {CHAI} C}
Doesn't seem alright.
DeleteI go with Ramesh. :)
DeleteRaghu, what is the issue that you see ?
DeleteI felt that broken was not incomplete, but Chambers gives both as synonyms. So you are correct.
DeleteI took it as-
DeleteBroken chair- (chair)*
Crashed car- CA
Rather- (chair CA)*
Old- Def.
2 Attractive girl may be in the soup (7)
ReplyDelete2 Attractive girl may be in a soup (7) perhaps makes better surface reading. Talks about an attractive girl who may be in some sort of trouble
Girl in trouble is "in the soup" or "in a soup"? I think it is 'the'.
DeleteAccording to Free Dic.-
Delete5. in the soup in trouble or difficulties
You are right. I got my idiom wrong
DeleteI took 16 ac some Canadian dwellings? = Homes in On as a CD, So I managed to sneak in a CD even in the across clues ( Not sure if Gridman intended it that way )
ReplyDeleteI too think it is a CD.
DeleteBut isn't it another level of indirection? Canadian to Ontario to ON?
DeleteI've been out of touch, and quite irregular with logging on to this blog, lately.
ReplyDeleteWhat have I missed?
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DeleteKishore, I read your bio that has all the ingredients of yourself - wit, pun, satire etc etc! It really makes an enjoyable reading. Believe me, the smile on my face remained stuck even after I had finished reading! It was so hilarious!! :)
ReplyDeleteFiction is usuaaly stranger than fact ...
DeleteInseparably twined.
DeleteOne must laugh at oneself before laughing at others. It is rare that one gets an opportunity to write one's own epitaph before someone else writes a horrible one for him
Delete"He never grew up"-a truthful confession! lol
DeleteHey.... I wanna know how to solve this type of crossword.... I tried to solve one today for the first time but only got 2... Is this a vocabulary dependent puzzle or the words are formed from the hints........... And am I too young to solve a crossword at the age of 15
ReplyDeleteHi Rajat, welcome to the gang. Pl visit Crossword Unclued using the link given on the left panel of this page for how to go about it. Learn to recognise different types of clues and how they work and keep on trying. Refer this blog for the clues you are not able to solve and understand how it is unravelled. And no, you are not too young. One of the ace Indian solvers Mohsin is around 21 and he started out around 6 years back. Maybe a few years later, we'll see you there... All the best
DeleteTo Rita Mathur
ReplyDeleteI am not sure if the Comments above explain to you what you thought you missed while you were away.
You haven't missed much except perhaps an in-joke.
I guess you got the idea you missed something when you read today's preamble.
Well, sometimes Gridman's crosswords have some CDs - cryptic definitions.
Maybe because some of the recent crosswords - or at least the earlier ones in this cycle - did not have the CDs, the Colonel said Gridman had probably broken his CD player - meaning compact disc player.
And with today's crossword having some CDs, he has jocularly remarked that Gridman's CD player has been fixed!
Kishore,
ReplyDeleteI am not able to locate MS article on today's ET on net. Could you pl. give me the page no. so that I can locate it? (I have been blind to it!)
Here you are, Paddy:
Deletehttp://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/spiritual-atheist/remains-to-be-seen/
Thank you so much Kishore.
DeleteClement Attlee was known for his modesty.Churchill is said to have made a wicked comment "Attlee is a modest man who has a lot to be modest about".
ReplyDeleteChaturvasi sir, thank you so very much for filling me in. Makes the comments so much more interesting to read.
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