ACROSS
1 Give order to coach (8) INSTRUCT [DD]
5 The new in-charge's primarily strict codes of conduct (6) ETHICS {THE*}{IC}{S
9 Stopped the heartless priest indeed (8) DETERRED {DE{T
10 One – thus we stand proverbially (6) UNITED [CD]
12 Almost draw back vehicle (4) CART TRAC
13 Unusual about hundred touches in English shield (10) ESCUTCHEON {C+TOUCHES}* in {EN}
15 Girl and friend get spicy sausage (6) SALAMI {SAL}{AMI}
17 Big arrrangement of sails in vessels (5) BRIGS {B}{RIGS] B for Big?
20 One periodical endlessly recalled epic (5) ILIAD {1}{DAIL
21 Reason to turn around the object the other way (6) MOTIVE {MO{IT<=}VE}
24 Timely lifts installed outside new hospital department (6-4) HEAVEN-SENT {HEAVE{N}-S}{ENT}
27 Home for endless data (4) INFO {IN}{FO
29 Politician in aisle drops the French legal defences (6) ALIBIS {LIB} in {AIS
30 He's a dive going awfully wrong. That's sticky (8) ADHESIVE*
31 Indicate odd edge to letter (6) DENOTE {
32 Unusual coy certain to trap player – it gets all the attention (8) CYNOSURE {CY{N}O*}{SURE}
DOWN
1 Charge put in writing, say (6) INDICT
2 It's done while closing up in theatre (6) SUTURE [CD]
3 Artist and engineer in a combination that's uncommon (4) RARE {RA}{RE}
4 Old statesman stripped messy water plant (5) CRESS {CR}{
6 Order I left for Tamil leader's healthful drink (5) TONIC (-i+t)TONIC
7 Daring, some wanted to appoint rep – I demurred (8) INTREPID [T]
8 Dean sues wily African (8) SUDANESE*
11 One held by British fashion designer is attractively old-fashioned (6) QUAINT {1} in {QUANT} Thanks to Google
14 Put down face up (4) LAID <=
16 Fool accepts mad, mad marketing technique (6) ADMASS {A{MAD*}SS}
17 Turkish officer entertains five of a group (4) BEVY {BE{V}Y}
18 Didn't quite catch the crumbling of his dream (8) MISHEARD*
19 Obsession to give face-lift to headless country (8) FIXATION {FIX}{
22 Working country leaves initial direction undisturbed (2,4) IN SITU
23 Hold fast the company at this place (6) COHERE {CO}{HERE}
25 Order cited in a different manner (5) EDICT*
26 Children's favourite character in an odd yarn (5) NODDY [T]
GRID
22D. I parsed it as: country Tunisia, delete 'a' and rearrange.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the indication for deleting A
DeleteAt 22d there was a different, perfect clue. At the last minute, I changed it completely for some personal reason. The idea came after just a few moments of thought at a busy place. Mr Prasad, sorry it troubled you. However, the anno, once you hit upon it, is much simpler!
ReplyDeleteThank you, sir.
DeleteMay be farfetched, but I took 'leaves initial' as indicating deletion of the first letter of the alphabet.
ReplyDeleteWell, well, well. Mr Prasad your anno seems to work, if we take 'working' to be anag ind and then deleting a (initial letter) from the fodder Tunisia. I hand it to you!
ReplyDeleteThanks again. The crossings helped me. Although I am not an engineer, my knowledge of construction terminology helped me, thanks to L&T construction where I worked as a secretary.
DeleteThen, direction will be misleading. I looked at Tunis and deletion of N as direction to arrive at situ
DeleteIn that case what is the role of 'direction' in the clue?
DeleteTunis is not a country
Delete... and would GM resort to indirect anag?
DeleteI think it is-
DeleteWorking - In situation
Country leaves initial direction - nation - n = ation.
Giving In situ.
But I still feel it needs one more deletion indicator.
I still don't get the 'direction' part.
ReplyDeleteSame thinking here
DeleteThe idea was not carried out properly. The clue is defective. I didn't realise it until SS wrote above. Sorry.
Delete31D: "odd" to have picked even letters!
ReplyDeleteSorry that's 31 A
DeleteOdd can mean every other, not necessarily 1,3,5...
Delete17AC - B for Big seems to have no support from dictionaries.
ReplyDelete...Unless Gridman intends Big B!!!
DeleteNo Aspartame, No Exa this run?
ReplyDeletePleasant surprise to see Gridman's 10 letter grid this morning. Nice puzzle as usual.
In Situ anno awaited from the horse's mouth despite Prasadji's valiant attempt to reverse engineer the solution
Noticed the change in order after Exc last puzzle
DeleteYes. And it doesn't seem to be just the order. Some have gone missing too.
DeleteEscutcheon !! Lol.. if once i werent once a historical romance buff :) Iliad...Mary Quant..CR is it :) Gridmanji is revealing his grey hairs with these.. but its still fun.. though I have reservations on some clues as above debated :)
ReplyDeleteI thought the anno for 1D was - ~INDITE (hp of indite which means to write or compose i.e. put in writing)
ReplyDeleteIndict hp is indite
DeleteThat was my intention.
DeleteThanks Ramki
DeleteA 24A cc. enjoyed solving the puzzle!
ReplyDelete