Friday the 13th ;-) I always have trouble with Gridman's four letter words!! (No pun intended)
ACROSS
1 They work in harness to dress lad in a novel manner (8) SADDLERS*
5 One was delivered on the Mount (6) SERMON [CD]
9 Sick America's charged one for the deception (8) ILLUSION {ILL}{US}{ION}
10 Female takes a chance with body searches (6) FRISKS {F}{RISKS}
12 A number of playing cards called by Greek warrior (4) AJAX {A}{JAX}(~jacks)
13 Maybe Lawrence's Mellors is willing to maintain 'er (10) GAMEKEEPER {GAME}{KEEP}{ER}
15 Almost become flustered going through circular valley (6) COOMBE {CO{O}MBE
17 Criticise the Spanish expert group (5) PANEL {PAN}{EL}
20 Inclined to address fast (5) LEANT (~lent)
21 Humorist Buchwald and Ben's father in film (6) ARTHUR {ART}{HUR} Does HUR in BEN-HUR mean it's his fathers name?
24 Clothing that's not overt — clothe not too ornately (10) UNDERDRESS {UNDER}<=>{DRESS}
27 With a brief drink upfront, this makes an interesting short story (4) NOTE ?
29 Unlikely to be affected, I take millions to a French one (6) IMMUNE {I}{MM}{UNE}
30 A season's has ended! Go to sleep (4,4) FALL OVER {FALL} {OVER}
31 Roughly see, take headgear and get away (6) ESCAPE {ES{CAP}E*}
32 California court employs sources of big pricks (8) CACTUSES {CA}{CT}{USES}
DOWN
1 Tears held back by boy in wind (6) SPIRAL {SPIR<=}{AL}
2 Roald paid out about fifty of this money (6) DOLLAR {DOL{L}AR*}
3 Girl misses catch in a group of students (4) LASS
4 Trio and Jat, each lost time serving Spanish wine (5) RIOJA {
6 Most exuberant — at heart rather affected with fear (5) EERIE
7 Girl, locked up, is abused (8) MISSPENT {MISS}{PENT}
8 Son rises to warble endlessly with son — they flare sometimes (8) NOSTRILS {NOS<=}{TRIL
11 Deprived as beer's spilt with tips from flirt (6) BEREFT {BEER*}{F
14 Alternative in exercise in Golconda, perhaps (4) FORT {F{OR}T} Gridman appears to have read P as F ?
16 Lacking setter's refurbished gear (6) MEAGRE {ME}{GEAR*}
17 Valued Horner's discovery (4) PLUM [DD]
Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner,
Eating a Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said 'What a good boy am I!
18 Suggesting I have to follow everything American (8) ALLUSIVE {ALL}{US}{I'VE}
19 Father cleverly mined many spread over large area (8) PANDEMIC {PA}{MINED*}{C}
22 Figures out love's effervescent among saints (6) SOLVES {S}{LOVE*}{S}
23 Brides released bits and pieces (6) DEBRIS*
25 Bowler's approach to cricket score is informed (3-2) RUN-UP {RUN}-{UP}
26 Tribal doctor curtailed thrush (5) SHAMA SHAMAn
28 Saint illuminated the narrow opening (4) SLIT {S}{LIT}
GRID
19 Father cleverly mined many spread over large area (8) PANDEMIC {PA}{MINED*}{C}
22 Figures out love's effervescent among saints (6) SOLVES {S}{LOVE*}{S}
23 Brides released bits and pieces (6) DEBRIS*
25 Bowler's approach to cricket score is informed (3-2) RUN-UP {RUN}-{UP}
26 Tribal doctor curtailed thrush (5) SHAMA SHAMA
GRID
6 Most exuberant — at heart rather affected with fear (5) EERIE lEERIEr Not sure if this is right
ReplyDeletechEERIEst? Means rather is also part of efd.
That's Def and not 'efd' at the end in above comment.
DeleteC for 'catch' in 3d? Have seen c for 'caught' used in cricket.
ReplyDeleteAny ideas on 27A?
ReplyDeleteNone. Came here hoping to find the answer. Lore,Note seem to be candidates
DeleteI too thought of LORE.
DeleteHazarding a guess here: DOTE
DeleteWith A short drink (=NECtar) upfront, this (i.e. DOTE) becomes an ANECDOTE, a short interesting story. The drink in Gridman's mind might be different ...
This is correct except that I had 'neck' = drink.
DeletePl see dict. 'Neck' as a verb has that meaning as well.
A last-minute revision introduced the C and exercise mistakes, The intended answer that will be published is FORT.
I have no Comment on Hur. Maybe my source was itself wrong. Don't know!
Apologies.
18d Suggesting = allusive ? Suggesting = adj ?
ReplyDeleteThink 14D meant to be PORT, with Golconda referring to a port (style) wine
ReplyDeleteIsn't Golconda a brand name?
DeleteHow did I forget that? Golconda Ruby wine by Shaw Wallace.
Deleteregarding 21 across,the hebrew word "ben" and "bin" would mean "son of " so Judea Benhur should be Judea son of hur like mohammed bin Tughlaq. so HUR is the father of judea the hero of benhur.
ReplyDeleteOddly, Muhammad bin Tughlaq's father was Ghiyathuddin (born Ghazi Malik) who took on the title Tughlaq. So there too, it was not really his father's name.
Delete21 Humorist Buchwald and Ben's father in film (6) ARTHUR {ART}{HUR} Does HUR in BEN-HUR mean it's his fathers name?
ReplyDeleteThe name of the character in the movie BENHUR is Judah Ben-Hur. One interpretation of it might be on the lines of the Middle Eastern usage of 'bin/ben' as son of (it is even used in official forms in Kannada), but then Ben's father may not be the right way to describe him because ben is not a person's name. If Ben is taken as a person's name, then there is uncertainty of whether Ben's father is Hur or somebody else. If it is a case of false capitalisation, then it will lead to the meaning of 'son of's father' which is odd. Judah, in place of Ben might be more apt.
Copy paste from Wikipedia
DeleteJudah Ben-Hur—a Jewish prince of Jerusalem who is descended from a royal family of Judaea; son of Ithamar; enslaved by the Romans and later becomes a charioteer and follower of Christ. The name Ben-hur derives from the Hebrew for one of King Solomon's twelve district governors (1 Kings 4:8); it also means "Son of white linen".When Wallace first introduces his readers to Judah, he is described as a seventeen-year-old youth wearing garments of "fine white linen".Wallace chose the biblical name because it could be "easily spelled, printed, and pronounced."
12A Expected Ajeesh's comment: Greek Warrior/ HOLLAND FOOTBALL CLUB
ReplyDeleteI am surprised 6d has not invited any Comment so far.
ReplyDeleteIs this clue-type accepted?
It is a telescopic clue but the fodder is not patent and has to be derived from the def "Most exuberant".
I think there was a similar one sometime ago in THC.
I don't think any UK crossword has this indirect device.
Is it then a THC peculiarity?
In most clue-types we have to get components from def's.
Why can't we occasionally get the T fodder from a def?
That's because we considered 'rather' as part of the def, rather than a tel indicator.
DeleteSomewhat similar device in the Times crossword from a couple of days ago:
DeleteSchool’s middle entrance is appropriate (8)
And another from yesterday:
DeleteVanished in the middle of sending message to court (7)
14D I was confused between PORT & FORT but convinced myself maybe FT = Fitness Training in some xyz crossword dictionary :-) and reluctantly settled for FORT
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