Good stuff for the most part. Liked ASCENT, AGREEING, CROSSING, COVER , COOLANTS, ASININITY and WEARINESS. However some of the synonyms/abbreviations seem far-fetched to me. Also repeated use of the same constructs (husband=H, that man/woman=HE/HER/SHE, Spinner=I) were not to my liking either. Looks like I got out of the wrong side of the bed today!
ACROSS
1 Bank has no source to money (6) ASCENT [hAS + money=CENT]
4 Tricks with a bit of ingenuity create chances (8) CHICANES [Ingenuity CHANCES]* Not sure anagram indicator between fodder works
10 Puts money into fashionable undergarments (7) INVESTS [fashionable=IN + undergarments=VESTS]
11 Female superhero? (4,3) IRON MAN [Fe=IRON + male=MAN]
12 Settling for a young girl with a little intelligence (8) AGREEING [A + young=GREEN + Girl outside Intelligence]
13 Calling for attention to that woman’s lost husband (6) CAREER [attention=CARE + that woman=HER - Husband]
15 Hood and cape cover nocturnal being (4) COWL [Cape + nocturnal being=OWL]
17 Increase in regular charge (9) INFLATION [IN + regular=FLAT + charge=ION] ION=charged particle?
20 Adoring mail to one who would lend you a ‘Spinner’? (3,6) FAN LETTER [spinner=FAN + one who would lend=LETTER]
21 Gamble on first letter or second letter (4) BETA [gamble=BET + first letter=A]
24 Integrated and tuned properly with basic instruments (6) UNITED [TUNED + Instruments]*
25 You might need at least one to solve this clue (8) CROSSING [CD]
28 Such a person has Cyclopean vision (3-4) ONE-EYED [CD]
29 Sister has a civil engineer’s degrees (7) NUANCES [sister=NUN outside A + Civil Engineer + 'S]
30 Editor initially alters/changes Shelley’s conclusion on a type of wind (8) EASTERLY [Editor + ALTERS* + shelleY]
31 That man’s back in vehicle reserved for those who are late (6) HEARSE [that man=HE + back=ARSE]
DOWN
1 Compliance with a tender can put right initial errors (8) ABIDANCE [A + tender=BID + CAN* + Errors]
2 Caught deliveries from fielding position (5) COVER [Caught + deliveries=OVER]
3 Ate duck with that lady (6) NOSHED [duck=NOD outside that lady=SHE] duck=nod?
5 Spinner goes into that woman to produce successor (4) HEIR [spinner=I inside that woman=HER]
6 Coal’s not burning due to liquids that prevent heating (8) COOLANTS [COALS NOT]*
7 ‘No urn’ became disastrous; Cricket Australia left out champion (6,3) NUMBER ONE [NO URN BECAME - Cricket Australia]*
8 Many a star’s hot (6) SUNDRY [a star=SUN + hot=DRY] dry=hot?
9 Madness due to a tiny sin I made (9) ASININITY [A TINY SIN I]*
14 Draft some baffling clues endlessly and publish (9) BLUEPRINT [Baffling + cLUEs + publish=PRINT]
16 Exhaustion arises when thrashing and kicking husband out (9) WEARINESS [ARISES WHEN - Husband]*
18 Commercial involving Jekyll finally taking ecstasy and his alter ego, organic compound (8) ALDEHYDE [commercial=AD outside jekylL + Ecstasy + his alter ego=HYDE]
19 Generosity left a really good engineer saving seventy euros, tops! (8) LARGESSE [Acrostic]
22 Our ref resolved commotion (6) FURORE [OUR REF]*
23 Freedom for engineering prospect (6) ESCAPE [Engineering + prospect=SCAPE] Is E for Engineering from say B of E?
26 Provoke dog to follow lion regularly (5) INCUR [lIoN + dog=CUR]
27 Poem on village’s kinky lady following Spinner without any top (4) IDYL [spinner=I + LADY - Any*]
Prospect/Scape ?
ReplyDeleteI thought 3D was {NOS}{HER}
ReplyDeleteClue indicates past tense and from Chambers: nosh slang noun food. verb (noshed, noshing) intrans to eat.
DeleteFrom thefreedictionary: NOD: 2. incline, bob, bow, duck, dip
Delete23 Freedom for engineering prospect (6) ESCAPE [Engineering + prospect=SCAPE] Is E for Engineering from say B of E?
ReplyDeleteChambers gives E = Engineering
An article on Page 6 of The Hindu, Bangalore Ed "1,000 villages to be declared open defection-free on Republic Day" !!!
ReplyDeleteBeing a professional fault-finder as an online editor, I too noticed it at first sight.
DeleteApart from headlines, even the first paragraphs of news items often have basic grammatical mistakes. I have notice a couple in the past three days.This just takes away from reading pleasure. And the Readers' Editor, when he rarely notes a terrible spelling mistake, calls it a 'spelling quirk'. What is a 'quirk'? That the sub-editors did their jobs right but some technical glitch mysteriously altered the spelling at some later stage?
DeleteAnother item from today's paper.... not a quirk, but a bus that goes close to the speed of a commercial jet
Deletehttp://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/bmtc-bus-put-on-sale-online/article6728564.ece
I am not sure if they will prescribe norms, a la political defections, on the threshold beyond which defections (sic) will be permitted enmasse!
DeleteThat brings me to an old joke: a person who had just come to a town in England asked his hostess as to the location of the w/c. She, to his surprise, told him, every Sunday on the lawn opposite the town hall, duly presided over by Rev. Thompson. She had, of course, mistaken the w/c to mean the W.C.
DeleteAll ye-grammar gremlin fiends: You've the rap(p)ed the knuckle right . I used to write the Kenya Press for such bloopers when they used the word rape for rap, referring to the politicians being pulled up !
DeleteThe word the thliipped through twice above !! read write to the press
ReplyDeleteI have a doubt. Someone pl. clarify
ReplyDelete'That woman' refers to 'She' or 'Her'?
With my limited grammar, I understood that it has to be "that woman's" to become her. But I have frequently seen the use of that woman for 'her'. Am I wrong?
I gave it to 'that woman'
DeleteI gave it to 'her'
Passes the substitution test so it seems good enough ..
On the other hand 'that woman's ' would also work for 'her' as :
It's 'that woman's ' thing
It's 'her ' thing
Further , 'that woman's' could also equal 'hers' as
It's ' that woman's' !
It's 'hers' !
It's all a matter of the context we regard thus
Hope that didn't confuse things more for you !
Merry Xmas all !
What did you give her?....
DeleteOnly a curious question? It kills the cat!
DeleteNo viewpoint as a setter?!
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DeleteIn 31A, it is 'He' for that man (I presumes man's is for the surface reading)
ReplyDeleteI think the setter intended 'he' for 'that man' and 's as 'has' so that it works like 'that man' has 'back' , compelling the solver to join the parts together . He can correct me if he wishes.
DeleteYes, Aakash is right. The 's is meant to be read as 'has'
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8D-Can sundry be called many? It is closer to diverse,assorted than many as in sundries for extras in cricket.
ReplyDeleteASCENT, NUANCES & ESCAPE failed me. As pointed out by Col, prospect is SCOPE only - how it leads to scape? Anyway happy to solve the rest.
ReplyDeleteProspect also means ". a view or scene, esp one offering an extended outlook", which is the same as scape.
DeleteThank you Suresh sir.
Deletewonderful web,the one,spun&woven by the spider,the master-weaver using fine-warped yarns as in 4,11,13a & well- wefted ones as in 18 d . The resultant fabric comes out so nice, perceptible to the commoners like me owing much credit to the Spinner. Thank you the spinning master.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sir :)
DeleteThank you Sridgar. You have given it some clarity.I was also thinking on those lines only, but seemed round about.
ReplyDeleteHer = That Woman sounds fine to me. Can you see that woman? = Can you see her?
ReplyDeleteWhen the wordplay part of the clue fro 4 across is read with a comma as follows -
" with a bit of ingenuity, create chances", I feel it's a clear enough instruction to rearrange 'chances' with 'i'.
Whether this is acceptable to solvers, I'm not sure.
Duck=Nod and Dry=Hot are both listed in thesaurus as valid synonyms.
ReplyDeleteThank you Srivatsan.
ReplyDeleteMine was a general query and you are not the first one to use it. My confusion arises when it is used for both Her & She. Then we have to decide depending on other things like crossings etc.
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