A morning constitutional with Neyartha!
ACROSS
7 One taking steps to become dull is... (10) PEDESTRIAN [DD]
9 ...supported by a discarded business voucher (4) UPON
10 Guide complained to the auditor in front of a place for taking steps (8) SIDEWALK (~sighed){SIDE}{WALK}
11 Decadent letters from the commander-in-chief feted recently (6) EFFETE [T]
12 Monk, female, gets overwhelmed by a follower with a wild rose (5) BRIAR (-f+b)BRIAR
14 Cheer a couple of pages with the boy smuggling uranium (7) APPLAUD {A}{PP}{LA{U}D}
17 Wind in rough weather (7) WREATHE*
20 Benign molten lava run around copper (9) AVUNCULAR {LAVA+RUN}* over {CU}
22 Paper one might make a detective's job easier (5) TRAIL [CD]
25 Undermine the amplifier designed before the elf's departure (6) IMPAIR AMP
26 Tea set pieces covering up unsuccessful tidying projects (8) CLEANUPS {C{LEAN}UPS}
27 Shed tears after entertaining new social climber (4) SNOB {S{N}OB}
28 Issue reversal after participating in the recent development of a metric unit (10) CENTIMETRE {CEN{EMIT<=}TRE*}
DOWN
1 More interesting to get rid of a line of business (6) METIER ME
2 Band's piano exchanged for the Yankee's animal in a shelter (5) STRAY STRA(-p+y)Y
3 Practical jokers lose the right to get some portable timepieces (7) TICKERS T
4 Induce the German to follow directions by a short general (8) ENGENDER {EN}{GEN}{DER}
5 Conceal the hand-warming fur cylinder before the Spanish retreat (6) MUFFLE {MUFF}{EL<=}
6 Force husband to consume potato salad in a place for taking steps (8) FOOTPATH {F}{POTATO*}{H}
8 I cry in the audition, ending up as a concern for an optometrist (7) EYEBALL (~ i){EYE}{BALL}(~bawl)
15 Father (an animal doctor) shelters the workforce in a place for taking steps (8) PAVEMENT {PA}{VE{MEN}T}
16 High-class fur's cut deftly, showing a way to profit from someone else's property (8) USUFRUCT {U}{FURS+CUT}*
18 Malar ran gently to hide order (7) ARRANGE [T]
19 A grand one might lead to prison time! (7) LARCENY [CD]
21 Revolutionary longing to pack up a supporting undergarment within reach (6) NEARBY {Y{BRA}EN}<=
23 Corrupt arbiter — one trading places with the UN leader? (6) IMPURE (-u+i)IMP(-i+u)URE
24 Sponsorship for an armour plate (5) AEGIS [DD]
GRID
6d cry->bawl
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DeleteThanks I forgot to type that in
DeleteIt Is 8d. Sorry. accessing from phone.
DeleteWoes of a Chennai PEDESTRIAN.
ReplyDeleteNot a CENTIMETRE of space to walk. Oh, that will be making mountain of a mole hill but the fact remains that in most of the roads there is no PAVEMENT.
What to talk about FOOTPATH and SIDEWALK.
All he wanted was to go to the NEARBY monument and WREATHE it that rainy day.
He had to walk UPON potholes filled with IMPURE water and his trip was IMPAIR-ed.
However we can APPLAUD him for his ingenious way out!
He requested the STRAY guy with a horse who usually offers rides to children
to take him out through the BRIDLEWAY!
CGB confirms walking in Chennai is no constitutional.
ReplyDeleteLoved friar=>briar, particularly B as A follower. Nicely done. Could not get it easily.
Imagine our hearts to be mobile tickers!
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DeleteFound this tough especially the upper half..a little less than an hour of morning workout.Thanks Neyartha and Col.
ReplyDelete+1. Spent more time in bottom right too.
DeleteNeyartha took us along the SIDEWALK for an American and FOOTPATH for we Indians as the PAVEMENTS were nowhere NEARBY. His AVUNCULAR compiling is no PEDESTRIAN work. His clues always send our TICKERS miss a beat or two. I APPLAUD his sending us on the wrong TRAIL, as they ENGENDER to re-ARRANGE our minds not to STRAY and IMPAIR our thought process. I APPLAUD his creative efforts that are not for the EFFETE minds. He CLEANs UP IMPURE thoughts. That's his METIER !
ReplyDeleteI sympathise with the the WEATHER conditions in Delhi that's WREATHE(D) in smog , causing grief to the MUFFLE(r) man there !
Raju walking alongwith CGB!
DeleteNice stories both!
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