Thursday, 24 August 2017

No 12094, Thursday 24 Aug 2017, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Son's caught — bound to be in need of money (8) STRAPPED {S}{TRAPPED} Two defintions
6   Fiddles by company partners (4) CONS {CO}{N}{S}
9   Ignores loss of direction in parts of the crossword (6) LIGHTS sLIGHTS
10 Nothing right with ferocious dog, maybe — it goes round and round (7) ORBITER {O}{R}{BITER}
13 Patience an elector developed and displayed (9) TOLERANCE*
14 Cine disaster sets off emotion in relative (5) NIECE {CINE*}{Em...n}
15 Despot, losing cart in crash, gets another vehicle (4) AUTO AUTOcrat
16 No good space? Sort out first — it has to be a safe place (10) STRONG ROOM {SORT*}{NG} {ROOM}
19 Army officer, alas, loses head in a statement that lacks details (10) GENERALITY {GENERAL}{pITY}
21 Get news of vital organ losing its edge (4) HEAR HEARt
24 Rex, in small projection, has to pay for everyone (5) TREAT {T{R}EAT}
25 Make more than one range in different piles (9) PLURALISE {URAL} in {PILES}*
26 Hell! Finer settlement meets with refusal (7) INFERNO {FINER*}{NO}
27 Water-heater from big crude carrier (6) BOILER {B}{OILER}
28 Tell trade union to brighten (4) GILD (~guild)
29 Banner: King goes aboard ship (8) STREAMER {ST{R}EAMER}

DOWN
2   Journey allowed for one in a big carriage, perhaps (7) TRIPLET {TRIP}{LET}
3   Wood and roe scattered on the beach (6) ASHORE {ASH}{ROE*}
4   Wrong stop somewhere in South Africa in period after birth (9) POSTNATAL {STOP*}{NATAL}
5   Herd chauffeured (5) DROVE [DD]
7   Busy, stopping nowhere (2,3,2) ON THE GO [CD]
8   Indian woman abstainer goes over fifth brand in public shopping area (6,6) STREET MARKET {STREE}{T {MARK}{abcdE}T}
11 Good, live with as many as grahas, say (6) BENIGN {BE}{NIGN}(~ nine)
12 It is odd — will it result in night? (7,5) STRANGE THING {NIGHT}* [RA]
17 Make public an issue and have numerical advantage (9) OUTNUMBER {OUT}{NUMBER}
18 A Tamil leader is caught between two alternatives for speaker (6) ORATOR {OR}{A}{Tamil}{OR}
20 Paying attention, husband leaves for new requisite (7) NEEDFUL (-h+n)NEEDFUL
22 Its look is no good (4,3) EVIL EYE [CD]
23 Plate creature tossed up (6) LAMINA <=
25 Devout supplement about debt notice (5) PIOUS {P{IOU}S}

GRID

16 comments:

  1. As the interactive version of The Hindu Crossword has stabilised and appears regularly I am stopping the procedure of posting the clues and grid. However in case there is a delay in the interactive version appearing, I will post the clues and blank grid.

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  2. Fifth brand -> e mark. What is the indicator to exchange, pls.

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    1. Where does the last T come from?
      Is Indian woman 'Sree' or 'Stree' as shown? It has to be 'Sree' with TT.

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    2. I get it now. Indian woman is STREE. The last T is part of TT.

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  3. Hat trick of 'Walk in the park' CW's.
    Niece makes a comeback.
    Is benign good or harmless?

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  4. I took 2d Defn as 'one in big carriage'. A cryptic way of indicating a triplet.

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  5. Indian woman - STREE
    abstainer - TT
    goes over - c/c ind
    fifth brand - the whole phrase yields MARK E (you wouldn;t say E mark - cf. Mark 1 Mark 2 etc, thus STREE T(MARK E)T
    in
    public shopping area def

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  6. The Col has given it correctly. The Comment is by way of explanation to a query above.

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  7. Slightly tougher than yesterday's offering! Yet it was an enjoyable solve.
    Thanks GM. :)

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  8. Replies
    1. Please see the link to crossword unclued article on lights given above. This was the last blog that appeared in CU

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    2. Thank you. Didn't know that.

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