ACROSS
1 A grave order to second-grade weapon (4,4) ATOM BOMB {A}{TOM B}{OM}{B}
5 Solvent ace has nothing hidden in apartment (6) AFLOAT {A}{FL{O}AT}
9 Everyone sailing is totally confused (3,2,3) ALL AT SEA [DD]
10 Not in accord with old Nicaraguan rebel (6) CONTRA [DD]
12 Hold-all's beginning to halt relatives (4) KITH {KIT}{H
13 Task of worker is to go around messing about (10) ASSIGNMENT ANT around {MESSING}*
15 Was soldier back to begin joining picture in pieces? (6) JIGSAW {J
17 Search for small trial room cut short (5) SCOUR {S}{COUR
20 Well-oiled Greek left disburdened (5) EASED
21 European publication bringing back some light (6) MAGYAR {MAG}{YAR<=}
24 A piece for father's little bird? Too late for that sort of thing (1,3,4,2) A BIT PAST IT {A} {BIT} {PA'S}{T IT}
27 Limitless cane for Indian flour (4) ATTA
29 Endless dearth overwhelmed Rajasthan's premier merchant (6) TRADER
30 Prose Sen composed elicits rejoinder (8) RESPONSE*
31 Joint on free movement (6) REEFER {RE}{FREE*}
32 Educated ones almost matter-of-fact hint stopped short (8) LITERATI {LITERA
DOWN
1 A learner faces question on a US territory (6) ALASKA {A}{L}{ASK}{A}
2 Concerning the dead in recent times (2,4) OF LATE {OF} {LATE}
3 Stakes by letting ace among Indian sons to leave (4) BETS BET
4 Fulfils the requirements of athletic events (5) MEETS [DD]
6 Gone to circulate news at first (5) FLOWN {FLOW}{N
7 John to be trained so as to be working (2,3,3) ON THE JOB*
8 Time ryot begins to cast farm machines (8) TRACTORS {T}{R
11 Important person extensive with police officer (6) BIGWIG {BIG}{W}{IG}
14 Soft note lingered end to end (4) MILD {MI}{L
16 Prophet in South Africa gets Indian delicacy (6) SAMOSA {S{AMOS}A}
17 A burst of this might cause a wardrobe malfunction (4)
18 Bad stratagem: time-out for Bollywood mogul... (4,4) MEGA-STAR {S
19 ... In the role of criminal: take a big breath (8) ASPIRATE {AS}{PIRATE}
22 Lines half-stop teetotallers going around New Zealand (6) STANZA {ST
23 Own incompletely illumined mansion (6) HAVELI {HAVE}{LI
25 A bit calm, say (5) PIECE (~peace)
26 Ancient tribe bringing up some elephantine citizens (5) ICENI [T<=]
28 Mistake drives many away from church recess (4) APSE
I had entered 17d as SEAM, treating it as a CD. I guess both could fit, although I do think SNAP works better.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gridman and DG!
I Took 17d as SEAM
ReplyDeleteI also took it as SEAM.
DeleteThe compiler's answer is SEAM. The phrase "bursting at the seams" was at the back of the mind.
DeleteI too took it as SEAM.
DeleteSo am I.
DeleteI owe an apology to the organisers and participants of the S&B Meet on the 12th. Given that I had said a tentative yes, it was incumbent on me to change that to a 'no' once I knew I wasn't going to be able to attend. Not being a regular visitor of late has been part of the problem - I didn't realise till it was too late that the last list put up on the blog had my name as a confirmed participant. Sorry, folks!
ReplyDelete29 Endless dearth overwhelmed Rajasthan's premier merchant (6) TRADER {DEARTh}* over {Ra...n}
ReplyDeleteI took this to be: {DEART(-h)}*{R}
Overwhelmed is the anagram indicator
That was my intention.
DeleteI could get samosas only in 16D, since Magyars & seam deserted me. An enjoyable outing. Thank you GM.
ReplyDeleteFelt bad about missing the event on Saturday being a local, but happy to the extent I was able to see the snaps. Thank you.
Vasi Sir,
ReplyDeleteIn 18D, why a Bollywood mogul? We have mega star in Tollywood too
Vasi and KKRao: Vasi? Which is the best way to address or refer to any person?
DeleteI read an article about Mrs Sudha Murti today and rpaeatedly she was being refrred to as Murti instead of Sudha or Murthi ! Females have this problem of being addressed by their spouses or father's names , thus being denied their own identity. In these days of unisex references, an actress is also refrred to as an actor. What next? She as a He? Why gender refrences were created ?
I worte to the press recently on this habit adopted ( not adapted !) from the west by journalists of referring to any name by the surname onky thus denying the person his or mostly her individual identity. Bhagat is refrred to asn Bhagat though ee know of Chetan though his broither is also an author with the name Ketan Bhagat.
Indians have a unique way of naming and invariably, especially the andhrites get to be known by their first name-- a place of their ancestors or village such as Daguppati or Kolluri etc !
Comments welcome !
Please do ignore typos in my comments; lest someone gets on to my case !
DeleteWhy, we have 'Kollywood'. I used 'Bollywood' because I thought my international audience would be more familiar with that rather than the variants. If I remember right, 'Bollywood' has been used in at least one clue in a UK crossword.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, from what I see now in present-day films, very little shooting is done in any of these woods but rather outdoor -- in excellent spots in our country and abroad.
Ah .. seam !! came undone :) I had it as stay..some residual memory of the archaci term "burst your stay laces" - else going was smooth. Thanks CV sir..
ReplyDeleteASPIRATE, EASED and HAVELI denied me 16A even though I had answer for it.
ReplyDeleteSo near, yet so far! 24Ac (A BIT PAST IT) was the spoilsport! Yet it was an enjoyable solve. Thank you Gridman.
ReplyDeleteCould get to the puzzle in the afternoon...there was a halestorm in the morning & lots of mopping up jobs at work...
ReplyDeleteLovely crossword..the 10 letter grid..an enjoyable solve...had put snap instead of seam & missed out on 16 D
Vasnt,
ReplyDeleteI think you are still eligible for 16D since that also seems to be an option shared by others!
You may get into a problem with a CW if you spell it as 'halestorm' in sted of hail ! I had a doubt if I am wrong and writing this after a check. Of late I have run into spelling problems like this in CW's. Maybe it is a typo.
Paddy it wasnt a typo! A genuine mistake...thanks for the correction
DeleteRaju.
ReplyDeleteRecently a friend of mine had a similar problem of first name and surname while applying for a U.S. visa ( mismatch between passport and visa) It takes time for us to understand the difference between their and our way of addressing. In TN, we have the practice of having the father's name as the initial or surname as they would call it and they naturally get addressed by that name only.
worse still is the practice in south to have a very looooooooooooong village name as the first name and initial which does not even get filled in the minuscule box, followed by one's father's name and then one's grandfather's name followed by one's family lineage as an Iyer or an Iyengar ! In the process one loses one's own given name and takes on a nickname ( like in my case ¬!) Agony of identity !
DeleteMy grouch is on the dropping of the first name by the media and using the surname for either of the genders .