ACROSS
1 Number is Twist and Shout (8) THOUSAND*
5 Never allowed the Republican leader in this country (6) NORWAY {NO{R
11 Puerto Rico's in trouble these 30 days (5) APRIL {A{PR}IL}
12 Order in for the most part, have fun at home (6) ENJOIN {ENJO
13 Oh my, the guy I leave with — boring couple of hours (5-2) HEIGH-HO {HE}{I}{G{HO
14 With ease swimming in these waves! (5,3) WHITE SEA*
15 Piece of information about a European island, it's also a city (6) TAIPEI {T{A}IP}{E}{I}
18 Twice fasten a clothing accessory (6) TIEPIN {TIE}{PIN}
20 Span of violinist's first time in orchestra (8) OVERARCH {O{V
22 Total silence mostly when around holy men (7) SADDHUS {S{ADD}HUS
25 Recharge cell regularly in a way (6) RELOAD {R{
27 New tabloid not to improvise (2-3) AD-LIB
28 Traumatising, man lost terribly to a player (9) GUITARIST TRAU
29 Lack of resistance in the end (6) DEARTH {DEA{R}TH}
30 Wrongly tuned, say, erratic (8) UNSTEADY*
DOWN
1 Flow said to be restricted (4) TIED (~tide)
2 Disappointing and sad, first off, it's rude (9) OFFENSIVE {OFF}{
3 He zooms around to gossip (7) SHMOOZE*
4 Lake in Northern Oregon that's dirty? Not anymore (2,6) NO LONGER {L} in {N+OREGON}*
6 Instrument installed in autocar inaccurately (7) OCARINA [T]
7 Fight erupted over reduction in the quality (5) WORTH {ROW<=}{TH
8 Make a lot of noise over something fancied, like gold (9) YELLOWISH {YELL}{O}{WISH}
9 Network's selection of game shows (4) MESH [T]
14 Wind that's difficult to face (9) WITHSTAND*
16 A coffee initially and one slice of bread for each individual (3,6) PER CAPITA {PER} {C
17 Dislike an adaptation (8) AVERSION {A}{VERSION}
19 Live like some religious folks? (7) INHABIT {IN}{HABIT}
21 Rile up a worker that's confident (7) RELIANT {RILE*}{ANT}
23 A letter from abroad finally received — awfully late (5) DELTA {
24 Second-generation philosopher (4) SAGE {S}{AGE}
26 Time during for instance, a holiday (4) STAY {S{T}AY}
GRID
Though looked difficult at first, pieces started falling in one by one except I had problems with a/c 10,12 & 13.
ReplyDelete12A- Does the instruction 'for the most part' pertain to the preceeding or following part? The placement of comma did not help either.
13A- Boring is the instruction for insertion?
13A Boring is insertion ind. Leave (GO) boring couple of hours (HH), will it not be H{GO}H, rather than G(HH}O?
Delete1D- here 'said to be' refers to the preceding word 'flow'. I get a doubt if 'tied' or 'tide' is the correct solution.
ReplyDeleteTide said (so as) to be tied.
DeleteTrue. No problem about that part. My doubt is about 'said to be' refers to what- flow/ restricted? Is there any rule?
Delete16a if A is per, one slice (also per) is extra??
ReplyDelete16d
DeleteI took 'per' for each and only 'individual' as def. I am not sure if I am right.
ReplyDeleteI think A=Per
DeleteCoffee initially=C
One =A
Slice of bread=pita
Definition=for each individual
16D Per = (prep)for each, or A, An...as in it costs 10 Rs per year, it costs 10 Rs a year.
Deletecoffee initially= C, one= A, slice of bread= Pita.
John Lennon the GUITARIST felt that his mind was UNSTEADY.
ReplyDeleteHe flew past NORWAY and over the WHITE SEA and come to India, where there are
a THOUSAND SADDHUS to give SAGE advice.
That was in the past. These days you have a lot many wearing YELLOWISH dresses. Some come in pant, suit and a tie with a TIEPIN. They know English having read
Wodehouse. What ho, HEIGH HO and what not!! There is no DEARTH of such people.
One can even RELOAD their computers, STAY at home and listen to their talk over the computers and smart phones. They may say something of WORTH but at times sound OFFENSIVE. Some have an AVERSION for present day happenings, good or bad.
May we learn to separate the wheat from the chaff and not get too TIED down.
+1
DeleteNice as usual.
ReplyDeleteThe medley goes on! Thanks CGB. :)
ReplyDelete22A. SADDHUS. Sadhu is the standard spelling, right? Any basis for saddhu?
ReplyDeleteYes, the free dictionary gives the spelling as saddhu.
ReplyDeleteI agree with CV. This is not a red herring clue to throw the solver on a wrong track. License is well but the clue must have some indicator of a variance in the spelling. Sad though that Saddhu is permitted in the freedictionary. Saddhu ate Khaddhu and became a Buddhu !
Deleteto wit, we solvers were made 11 across fools !
DeleteSadhu or Saddhu is there in Chambers. As it is a literal rendering of a word in Hindi both can be used in my view
DeleteTo nitpick, If Marathi is pronounced as Maratti, why not chapathi as chapatti? If Pasupathi is Pasupathi why shouldn't it be Pashupatti ?
DeleteIn my humble opinion, Sadhu should have been left as Sadhu and not Saddhu, which has an accent on double d !! May be, Saadhu,with an accent of two a's as pronounced phonetically should be more appropriate!
But I concede , one can always justify, depending upon the need of the grid ! Right , CV & Deepak?
That is why I said that words in other languages can be spelt differently in English whereas if you were to write Sadhu in Hindi there would be only one way to write it
DeleteI always mock and entertain my wife while she's driving , by pronouncing in English the Tamil Kanesh for Ganesh etc. There used to be this Tamil guy in our office in Bombay who is to call my f-i-law as POCHAPPA for Bojapa ! Hilarious and multifarious pronunciations are possible when you translate Tamil to English . Its my pastime in the car !
DeleteChambers includes spelling variants of words that were used during the Raj. These might crop up in word finders.
ReplyDeleteSetters may be prudent in using current spellings that are widely used in books and newspapers.
Would any Indian newspaper use the spelling 'saddhu' now?
If driven into a corner and unwilling to change fills, the setter must at least give a hint in the clue to the sp. var. Just as US spellings (which too should not be used in a crossword in a paper that uses Br sp) are flagged.