10! I made it in time.
ACROSS
1 Captain Cook circled island (5) CHIEF {CH{I}EF}
4 Hero's dancing to trendy captivating western beat (9) HORSEWHIP {HERO'S*}{W}{HIP}
9 Parties for pirates perhaps (7) ANAGRAM Defintion by example
10 World without railway? Good god! (5,2) GLORY BE {GLO{RY} BE}
11 Relative standardized admission test pursued by a kid (5-4) GREAT-AUNT {GRE}{A}{T-AUNT}
12 Architect of Torah in a way (5) HORTA*
13 Declare a song provides motivation (6) REASON [T]
15 Suburban areas free of slums around India (8) MOFUSSIL {MOFUSS{I}L*}
18 Cutting tool, China made, was rejected (8) CHAINSAW {CHINA*}{WAS<=}
19 Change into suit (6) BECOME [DD]
22 State of concrete mass (5) REALM {REAL}{M}
24 Call a local rent agent (9) DESIGNATE {DESI}{AGENT*}
26 One fumes when burning with anger (7) INCENSE [DD]
27 Strong feeling about bestselling book (7) EMOTION {EMOT}{1ON}<=
28 Flying abroad, met an attractive man (9) DREAMBOAT*
29 Notice at first the missing question (5) POSER POS
DOWN
1 Often hiding cold fury is a mistake (7) CLANGER {C
2 Senseless and mad abandoning society (5) INANE IN
3 Oldest conifers cut across top of ben (5-4) FIRST-BORN {FIRS}{T-{B
4 Time to overcome hesitation with wit (6) HUMOUR {H{UM}OUR}
5 Throwing up at once (5,3) RIGHT NOW* Up as Anind?
6 Deal with overturning hard time (5) EPOCH {EPOC}{H}<=
7 Typos here ruined a surprising announcement (3,6) HEY PRESTO*
8 Succeed like an electric car maker getting through a litigation (7) PREVAIL{P{REVA}IL}
14 Sudden influx in each naval base (9) AVALANCHE*
16 Committee made up of a bunch of drug addicts? (4,5) USER GROUP [DD]
17 Grit, independence and pride totally part of California (3,5) SAN DIEGO {SAN D}{I}{EGO}
18 Sobbed having to accommodate a royal bore (7) CARRIED {C{A}{R}RIED}
20 Adele, a Norwegian given name for a girl (7) ELEANOR [T]
21 A group showing positive outlook (6) ASPECT {A}{S{P}ECT}
23 Musical note that is unchanged going up or down (5) MINIM <=>
25 Taking up voyage under a false name (5) ALIAS {A}{SAIL<=}
GRID
Superb!
ReplyDeleteNice one today. Smooth.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the excellent CW that I was looking forward to from Buzzer, though I was found wanting in a few including the magic word.
ReplyDeleteWithin/ without always catches me off guard. Glory be to Him!
Filled in Chief for 1A, but had to look here for anno. What a cook.
ReplyDeleteLiked 'Realm' as well.
4A- Caught off guard with hip for trendy. Trying to get 'in'.
very few comments indicates most are deeply engaged in cracking the puzzle.
ReplyDelete'Up' is a legit anag signal.
ReplyDeleteIt means 'rebelling'.
In rebelling, there is disturbance.
Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThe shipwreck too ...
ReplyDeleteBhavan,
ReplyDeleteCouldn't get a few, but enjoyed a lot. Thanks.
Dreamboat means 'an exceptionally attractive person or thing, esp a person of the opposite sex'.
ReplyDeleteIn the cartoon, the woman finds that the man is not a dreamboat, I think.
That gels with the def in the crossword.
Meanwhile, boys can have their dreamboats, I think. Ha ha - he he.
1 Often hiding cold fury is a mistake (7) CLANGER {CoLd}{ANGER}
ReplyDeleteNot clear how O and D are removed? Does often mean alternate letters and hiding for removal?
Often hiding= regularly hiding= alt letter removal. Just often would do, but not in this case.
DeleteSome very nice clues..
DeleteIn case of 1D, not sure how precise the indicator is. Well, "often" translates to "frequently" and "often hiding" gives the sense of "frequently hiding," so far so good. But for the indicator to work on the fodder, felt the indicator should have followed the fodder, like "cold hiding frequently" or "cold frequently hiding."
An intriguing puzzle! Had a smooth ride in the bottom half but a bumpy one on the top. I was running around the island to find out who Captain Cook was and miserably failed to spot him. After seeing the blog my face turned :-( (Silly of me not to get such a simple answer!) Yet happy to get 60% or so. Thank you Buzzer. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Colonel Sir, for the hilarious DREAMBOAT cartoon! :-)
ReplyDeleteLots of blanks. But the quality of the puzzle was just superb.The surfaces were so smooth & even the "easier" clues were very devious.
ReplyDeleteAwesome as usual. Things happened like magic. Firstly the puzzle being available online and solving it in the phone on a lovely drive to Galle.
ReplyDeleteBuzzer: The purveyor of pithy posers! Many lovely clues.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I had similar questions about 1A and 5D, though, thanks to Chaturvasi, the second is cleared up. I thought 'often' by itself is an indicator selecting alternate letters.
Also, what's the role of 'totally' in the cryptic reading of 17D?
Reva has been taken over by....Mahendra?
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