Three answers per commenter as usual till 6 PM (Annotations Compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment.
THROUGH THE WEEK
ACROSS
6 Ruler in strange part of Greco-Roman church (7)
7 Cleric loses head destroying archaeological find (5)
9 Figurine, railway official's small figurine (9)
10 Petty officer starts boasting of some useless navies (5)
12 Work with puzzle maker - no senior - in washing, dressing, etc. (8)
14 Gain entry into X and Y, say (6)
16 Each writhes in pain (4)
18 Its impression may be a mark of illiteracy (5)
19 Insignificant lake (4)
20 Dress up fool to go ahead of the ambassador (6)
21 Beat salt with dupe played out (8)
24 French account - not big - is an unnecessary extra (5)
26 Showy display with a grim hairdo (9)
29 Queen's out of bed, beginning to burst forth (5)
30 Unceasing French summer network's resistance recalled (7)
DOWN
1 Payment for part of a serial? (10)
2 Set right the fan? (6)
3 Talk food? (4)
4 With 'vest' this garment will be most audacious! (3)
5 Muse of learner, one in company (4)
6 Catchphrase of man - man with palindromic name (5)
8 Credit to employer going over one squad car (7)
11 Hairstylist has no hesitation in making cutting remark (4)
13 Fit to have pique squashed (5)
15 Direct worker to be one in charge? (10)
17 Water gives you none of this measure (7)
18 Bound by ocean phenomenon, we're told (4)
22 Rebuked son to leave and drank (6)
23 20+3 or 26-3: sign that may be placed at the beginning (5)
25 Sway doesn’t start of the ill-mannered one (4)
27 Order to marry and be outstanding (4)
28 Part of nasty or stylish enclosure (3)
Enjoy
SOLUTION GRID
28d STY (T)
ReplyDelete27d O WED
18d TIED (~tide)
16A: ACHE (EACH)*
ReplyDelete18A: THUMB (CD)
13D: EQUIP (PIQUE)*
AC 9 Figurine, railway official's small figurine (9)STATUE TTE
ReplyDeleteAC 18 Its impression may be a mark of illiteracy (5)THUMB CD
DN 3 Talk food? (4)CHAT DD
1 D Payment for part of a serial? (10) INSTALMENT (DD)
ReplyDelete8 D Credit to employer going over one squad car (7) CRUISER ( CR U ISER , DEF: squad car)
11 D Hairstylist has no hesitation in making cutting remark (4) BARB ( BARB -ER def: making cutting remark)
ACROSS
ReplyDelete6 Ruler in strange part of Greco-Roman church (7) (MONAR*)(CH)
30 Unceasing French summer network's resistance recalled (7) (ETE)(R)(NAL<=)
DOWN
1 Payment for part of a serial? (10) INSTALMENT (DD)
replacement for 1 Dn
Delete15 Direct worker to be one in charge? (10) (COMMAND)(ANT)
I suggest that as this special appears today because there is no THC, if there is any duplicate among the three answers entered by anyone of us, let us leave it as it is without taking another to 'compensate' for duplicate.
ReplyDeleteLet three clues taken be three clues taken.
This helps new setters to gauge how their work is received.
7A-Relic- (Cleric-C)*
ReplyDelete19A- Mere- DD
21A- Pulsated- (Salt+ Dupe)*- Def.-Beat
2D & 3D: Kosher?
ReplyDeleteBoth seem to be okay.
ReplyDelete12A Work with puzzle maker - no senior - in washing, dressing, etc. (8) {TOIL}{(-s)ETTE(-r)}
ReplyDelete26A Showy display with a grim hairdo (9){POMP}{A}{DOUR}
6D Catchphrase of man - man with palindromic name (5){M}{->OTTO<-}
Kicking myself for trying to work out a palindrome starting with M!
ReplyDeleteNo wonder I missed 12A also. Thank you SP.
Now I am doubtful about 10A only.
:)
Delete17d Calorie (cd)
ReplyDelete24a Frill Fr (-b)ill
29a Erupt Er Up t(-o)
20A - CLOTHE {CLOT}{HE}
ReplyDelete4D - BRA BRA(-vest)
22D - LAPPED (-s)LAPPED
10a Petty officer starts boasting of some useless navies (5) BOSUN (initial letters from boasting onwards)
ReplyDelete14a Gain entry into X and Y, say (6) ACCESS (axes homophone)
2d Set right the fan? (6) ORIENT (dd, as in the fan company)
2D:That was my point!The clue would be ok in a say brand crossword but here?
DeleteI agree with you.
DeleteWhy shouldn't brand names appear in a crossword that doesn't brand itself as such?
DeleteThought it wasnt fair..Many might know Orient as a fan brand..but then as everyone seems to have got the answer...my objections seems trivial
DeleteRead many might NOT know
DeleteI don't think so. Orient fan is as old as me. I remember from my childhood about our Orient table fan which used to work very well. It lasted till I was 30!
Delete28d the surface seems to make sense but in a hidden clue, the answer must not be too patent. Ideally the letter string must be spread over two or more words. It must begin at the end of a word or end in part of a word. Setters learn these things from observation during or by experience of solving or by reading manuals.
ReplyDeleteAn enclosure in a vast yard (3)
DeleteGood one.
DeleteIs there any other example of a clue where the letter string is telescopic in two folders? Of course, here the letter string is not exactly telescopic running over multiple words. Besides, the devicei must be used for lengthy words.
ReplyDeleteBrave librarian had adequate support (3)
DeleteRaju, how come there are no comments from you on the absence of a CW in the paper? Anyway, there are three left here for you to solve
ReplyDeleteOld English essayist, without a bit of elegance, in a new beachwear (7)
ReplyDeleteAnswer may be found in a news report in ToI, Chennai edn, page 11
5D: CLIO; {C(LI)O} ; Defn: Muse
ReplyDelete23D: EQUAL ; CD or DD ( not very sure of this)
25D: LOUT ; (-c)LOUT ; Defn: ill mannered one
23D Definition by example
DeleteThank you, Col.
DeleteThanks to Sadhya for the Holiday special
ReplyDeleteSorry, Col, I clean forgot , despite your alert yesterday that there could be a Special today. Thanks CV for your alert by email- it woke me up to log in . I always rush to open when there is a Special and contribute my bit. Clean fare from Sadhya !! POMPADOUR is the clue of the day !!
ReplyDeleteNice puzzle by Sadhya..
ReplyDeleteLots of clues that seemed to come from a seasoned setter..
& as CV sir said whats wrong in having a brand name & north indian snack..as everyone got those two without any problem
Have a couple of thoughts which would have occurred to many of you who are either seasoned setters or solvers. However, here I go. Is it at all possible to make the THCC Specials online? Two, can the setters take up with The Hindu the issue of the wrong letter appearing in red?
ReplyDeleteBy online if you mean interactive version then the same is available at the Across Lite link. You will have to download the Across Lite program onto your computer
DeletePlease download AcrossLite freeware and install on your machine.
ReplyDeleteIt is available for Win as well as IOS.
Once installed, you can open any AcrossLite puzzle interactively on your machine.
You can d/l a puz and later solve it at leisure.
An AcrossLite version of this puz is available by clicking on Sadhya 2 above.
When THC is interactive, why the Sunday Crossie is not so?
ReplyDeleteSadhya has just informed me that there is a set of letter strings hidden in the grid. Shall wait till 6 PM before I upload the solution grid
ReplyDeleteThe Sun crossword, as has been said many times, is not original. The Observer publishes it. The arrangement may not allow interactive solving here. The software they use will be different - that cannot be used here. If that is to be put in local software, more work is needed.
ReplyDeleteAre the letter strings the same or different? At 6 p.m. please let us have the completed grid so thst we can try and see if we can spot them.
ReplyDeleteDifferent
DeleteThree-letter words? ARC, LET, TAT, ERE, LOT,PAD, ILL, OUR... far too many?
ReplyDeleteI could see AIR & TAN
ReplyDeleteI will upload the solution grid with the hidden feature highlighted at 8 PM
ReplyDeleteSo...
ReplyDeleteWe have 7 days in 1 day!
I returned just now from an evening concert.
ReplyDeleteThanks for revealing the embedded day strings. I was off the mark, yet made some discoveries of my own.
Thanks for hosting a hol spl to keep us occupied.