Saturday 20 August 2016

No 11782, Saturday 20 Aug 2016, Gridman

Gridman is after girls today

 ACROSS

1 Girl's move over one year in arrogance (8) AUDACITY {AUD}{AC{I}T}{Y}
6 Joint work needed in part (4) KNEE (T)
9 Girl provided money at last to revive (6) VIVIFY {VIV}{IF}{Y}
10 Girl, training with journalist, coped with change (7) ADAPTED {ADA}{PT}{ED}
13 Cosies up to girl's figure (9) ISOSCELES {COSIES*}{LES}
14 Girl in the beginnings of stupid relationship to break off (5) SEVER {Stupid}{EVE}{Relationship}
15 Good girl's spirited (4) GAME {G}{AME}
16 A girl in position for help (10) ASSISTANCE {A}{S{SIS}TANCE}
19 Fast route, say, has style (10) EXPRESSWAY {EXPRESS}{WAY}
21 Girl's key unvaried (4) SAME {SAM}{E}
24 Oats provided by street girl (5) AVENA {AV}{ENA}
25 Wages hammered in key AP pact (3-6) PAY-PACKET {KEY AP PACT*}
26 Girl's row more energetic (7) GUSTIER {GUS}{TIER}
27 Be off, girl, with Aunty heartily (6) AVAUNT {AVA}{aUNTy}
28 How some things come and go? (4) EASY (CD)
29 Girl and daughter tore off the sides of netted fabric (8) SUEDETTE {SUE}{D}{nETTEd}

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2 Regular schoolchildren wear it (7) UNIFORM (DD)
3 A calm hearing for each (6) APIECE {A}{~PEACE}
4 One deputy rudely stills writers of pastoral poems (9) IDYLLISTS {I}{DY}{STILLS*}
5 Pays attention to not hard but extremely easy periods (5) YEARS {(-h+{easY})EARS}
7 Odd? (3,4) NOT EVEN (CD)
8 Don steers men to rewrite statements of support (12) ENDORSEMENTS {DON STEERS MEN*}
11 These things we own as groups (6) ASSETS {AS}{SETS}
12 With Inspector-General, shake leg; with Accountant-General, do the same — altogether move rapidly (6-6) WIGGLE-WAGGLE {W}{IG}{LEG*}-{W}{AG}{LEG*}
17 Lawyers want to win __ __ __, no matter what (2,3,4) IN ANY CASE (FIB&D)
18 National shoots plane over island (6) NEPALI {PLANE*}{I}
20 Delights from soft rental agreements (7) PLEASES {P}{LEASES}
22 Bolt, when he has a doubt, won't __ __ __, will he? (3,1,3) ASK A NUT Not sure how to classify this
23 Harm mother over a long period (6)  DAMAGE {DAM}{AGE}
25 Livens up, getting side benefits (5) PERKS (DD)


One=I, Year=Y, Provided=If, Training=PT, Journalist=Ed, Good=G, Key=E, Street=Av, Daughter=D
Deputy=Dy, Hard=H, With=W, Inspector-General=IG, Accountant-General=AG, Island=I, Soft=P (Piano)

Color/Font Scheme

DefinitionSolutionComponent lettersEmbedded links, Anagram IndicatorC/C indicatorReversal IndicatorHidden word IndicatorLetter Pick indicatorDeletion IndicatorHomophone IndicatorMovement IndicatorPositional IndicatorSubstitution, IndicatorLink/Connector, Extraneous


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19 comments:

  1. 15 Good girl's spirited (4) GAME {G}{AME} G AMY

    Probably typo?

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    1. Looks like Gridman intended it to be Gamy but Game seems to fit as well (Ame is a girl name too, though less popular than Amy)

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  2. Did Indian girls' performance in Rio make Gridman dedicate this CW to girls?

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  3. Girl power!Timely theme or is it just a coincidence...the crossword as beautiful as the game played by PV Sindhu last night..

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  4. 1. His timeless task made easier by the bronze medallist(6)
    2. Drop Shots Ind. hussy played to win silver(6)

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    1. Nice compliments to the medalists. Sakshi took a while- neatly done.

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  5. Thanks Grindman for making us to follow soooo... many girls today!

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    1. Grindman has lost the direction to be the setter! ;-)

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    2. He will be a Grindman if he thinks setting crosswords is a grind!

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    3. ram - wrt to your message above. You sure can... but I am not liable for any consequences that follow. Stalkers may be on watch now.

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  6. My grouse is that Gridman did not include any Indian name this time, unless we include Eve & sis (U).
    A walk in the park (today's CW) with a bevy of girls! Constitutional?

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  7. A consummate puzzle. After some initial hiccups I could find out the solution thanks to crystal like clues. Very happy. Thanks GM sir.

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  8. Ok I did not like the xword per se tho the theme is appreciated.. How is Gus a girls name? They seem way Arbit and forced upon ..

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    1. +1. Not a fan of lot of proper nouns :) and 7,17 and 22 down not cryptic enough I thought

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  9. Girls especially the English ones....not my cup of tea!

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  10. Thanks for your Comments.
    Srividya - Gus is generally a boy's name as you seem to think but it is also a girl's name. It means 'auGUSt, dignified, holy.
    All names were checked before a word with the letter-string inside was chosen.
    Just a gimmick as a change from humdrum.
    Agree a couple of clues are non-cryptic. Luckily, though the HC is indeed a 'cryptic' crossword, it is not called as such. Does that allow for these lapses into non-cryptic clues? Probably not.

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