Answer and anno for 19A left for a rookie commenter till 10 AM.
ACROSS
1 Friend backs rewriting diary of engraver (8) LAPIDARY {PAL<=}{DIARY*}
5 Final outcome of demolition of shop in Union Territory (6) UPSHOT {U{SHOP*}T}
9 A large sum put on Indian champion's first brief (7) LACONIC {LAC}{ON}{I}{Ch...n}
10 Restrain setter beginning to lament after collapse of mart (7) TRAMMEL {MART*}{ME}{La...t}
11 Son or heir can assemble locomotive (4,5) IRON HORSE*
12 Second showing of some fairer undertaking (5) RERUN [T]
13 Conversant with Indian state's working (4) UPON {UP}{ON}
14 Head of chefs has same rice going around differently for desserts (3,6) ICE CREAMS {Ch..s} in {SAME+RICE}*
17 Stupid waffle about small measure by top fliers of the past (9) LUFTWAFFE {WAFFLE}* over {U}{FT}U/Top? See comments
By Panzerfaust9000 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
19 Good, fifty per cent of business from fishing equipment (4)?A?F (Addendum - GAFF {G}{AFFair} - See comments)
By Markus Bärlocher - Markus Bärlocher, Public Domain, Link
23 Small half of audio equipment (5) MICRO MICROphone
24 Looking for agent killing millions, detectives stop dirty emigre (9) GERMICIDE {CID} in {EMIGRE}*
25 Keyboard instrument from first of concerts I ravel carefully (7) CLAVIER {Co...s}{I+RAVEL}*
26 Praise a couple of pages the ruler read out (7) APPLAUD {A}{PP}{LAUD}(~lord)
27 Separate, son's in a trance (6) SUNDER {S}{UNDER}
28 One left messy sidelines in a state of inactivity (8) IDLENESS SiDELINES*
DOWN
1 Swift land of small population (8) LILLIPUT [CD]
2 Small photo: with no tip, little flute (7) PICCOLO {PIC}{COLOn}
By Yamaha Corporation - Yamaha Music Europe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
3 Endless night spent in deputy's boat (6) DINGHY {D{NIGHt}Y}
4 Audiophile's old equipment that might prompt a new Guinness entry? (6,7) RECORD CHANGER [DD]
6 Write about nearly matched colour (3-5) PEA-GREEN {PE{AGREEd}N}
7 Fellow's head is lost — instrument is boring (7) HUMDRUM {cHUM}{DRUM}
8 Gift for old money (6) TALENT [DD]
10 From that point on, coherent dwarf became indistinct (13) THENCEFORWARD*
15 Express opinion rat is eliminated — it's poison (8) ATROPINE {RAT*}{OPINE} Reverse deletion
16 Turkish officials find fees to be distributed (8) EFFENDIS*
18 On the high side from Delhi's fashionable release (7) UNCHAIN {UNCHA}{IN}
20 Fire up with a new, primarily interested partner (7) ANIMATE {A}{N}{In...d}{MATE}
21 Male in loose coats gives big blows (6) SMACKS {S{M}ACKS}
22 Info request as ace leaves for drink (6) TIPPLE {TIP}{PLEa}
GRID
1 Friend backs rewriting diary of engraver (8) LAPIDARY {PAL<=}{DIARY*}
5 Final outcome of demolition of shop in Union Territory (6) UPSHOT {U{SHOP*}T}
9 A large sum put on Indian champion's first brief (7) LACONIC {LAC}{ON}{I}{C
10 Restrain setter beginning to lament after collapse of mart (7) TRAMMEL {MART*}{ME}{L
11 Son or heir can assemble locomotive (4,5) IRON HORSE*
12 Second showing of some fairer undertaking (5) RERUN [T]
13 Conversant with Indian state's working (4) UPON {UP}{ON}
14 Head of chefs has same rice going around differently for desserts (3,6) ICE CREAMS {C
17 Stupid waffle about small measure by top fliers of the past (9) LUFTWAFFE {WAFFLE}* over {U}{FT}
By Panzerfaust9000 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
19 Good, fifty per cent of business from fishing equipment (4)
By Markus Bärlocher - Markus Bärlocher, Public Domain, Link
23 Small half of audio equipment (5) MICRO MICRO
24 Looking for agent killing millions, detectives stop dirty emigre (9) GERMICIDE {CID} in {EMIGRE}*
25 Keyboard instrument from first of concerts I ravel carefully (7) CLAVIER {C
26 Praise a couple of pages the ruler read out (7) APPLAUD {A}{PP}{LAUD}(~lord)
27 Separate, son's in a trance (6) SUNDER {S}{UNDER}
28 One left messy sidelines in a state of inactivity (8) IDLENESS S
DOWN
1 Swift land of small population (8) LILLIPUT [CD]
2 Small photo: with no tip, little flute (7) PICCOLO {PIC}{COLO
By Yamaha Corporation - Yamaha Music Europe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
3 Endless night spent in deputy's boat (6) DINGHY {D{NIGH
4 Audiophile's old equipment that might prompt a new Guinness entry? (6,7) RECORD CHANGER [DD]
7 Fellow's head is lost — instrument is boring (7) HUMDRUM {
8 Gift for old money (6) TALENT [DD]
10 From that point on, coherent dwarf became indistinct (13) THENCEFORWARD*
15 Express opinion rat is eliminated — it's poison (8) ATROPINE {RAT*}{OPINE} Reverse deletion
16 Turkish officials find fees to be distributed (8) EFFENDIS*
18 On the high side from Delhi's fashionable release (7) UNCHAIN {UNCHA}{IN}
20 Fire up with a new, primarily interested partner (7) ANIMATE {A}{N}{I
21 Male in loose coats gives big blows (6) SMACKS {S{M}ACKS}
22 Info request as ace leaves for drink (6) TIPPLE {TIP}{PLE
GRID
18D:Remembered this ad
ReplyDeleteUnche log unchi pasand
Influence of Mrs. CV in the clue?
While the top of half went in easily, the bottom half took a while to unscramble..the German plane, Clavier, Sunder took some time to yield.
ReplyDeleteThanks Gridman.
I had ft by u->ftu and stuck forever. That and atropine needed crossings. Others were cold solve. Gridman great for confidence boost mid-week
DeleteStuck and needed help in SW corner. Glad I was able to get 'thenceforward' (hardly used word nowadaya) and Luftwaffe with the help of crossings. I got stuck on'Micro' for a long time.
DeleteGridman is a confidence booster- yes 100%
19 A
ReplyDeleteGAFF (G)ood (AFF)air
Good Affair, Sureshji!
Delete2D: Gridman uses the old chestnut with telling effect.
ReplyDeleteThe reverse deletion of Atropine was nicely done.
How many here have seen a 'Record Changer' and the good old 'Juke Box'
ReplyDeleteI
DeleteSeen both but never had a chance to operate them.
DeleteHave seen a coin operated juke box.
DeleteKoshy's restaurant on St Marks Road in Bangalore had restaurant named 'Juke Box' as they used to have a Jukebox in the 60's, had been there very often in 61-62 as a kid
DeleteOne of the attractions of Marina beach in the days of yore was the Juke box in Buhari's- making even non vegetarians go in!
DeleteI had occasion to see and hear an old hand wound gramaphone with a big HMV (remember the dog?) loudspeaker. Those old records had only one song on each side.
DeleteWhat is the gender of the dog? Reverberating question in all my mgmt classes abt lateral thinking.
DeleteHave one hand wound gramophone. Doesn't work.
DeleteA correction to my 9.12- I meant to say vegetarians, but mention Buharis and one automatically goes to the non veg side!
DeleteAnd another in Amin Cafe near Royapettah police station. I have operated both using 25P coins. (People used to get bored since Come September would play many a time!!)
DeletePrasad@9:21: I think male Nipper by name
DeleteYes, it was a rage those days.
DeleteMy 9.35 is for CGB's 9.33- come September( some students also used to say this)
DeleteAnyone heard of MSM- March/ Sept./ March?
Prasad @ 9:21. Where is the doubt 'HMV' is His Masters Voice.
DeleteCol, you would be surprised to know how many don't know the full form or fail to recollect immediately even today. I try it with every batch of mgmt students I teach.
DeleteOk, that's because HMV is not seen in India of late
DeleteI OWN one made by Sanyo-- this is a three -in-one. an SW-MW radio+ a tape deck WITH a ten-record - stack up changer, bough in my bachelor days in Nairobi. It is still functional, though a bit scratchy due to lack of use. I teamed this up with a Kenwood amplifier+ a tape deck+ a record player- single with four speakers mounted on the walls- two in the living room and two in the dining area. I have also added a CD player to the whole outfit and can also now using an USB used to attach to my Note book for listening to music directly from the net. Recently, the Kenwood tape dck got dysfunctional and I had given it to a repairer who hunted high and low for a belt and it is now ok. My wife is insisting that I should trash the whole lot and buy a new Music system and I am resisting stoutly as I get full surround sound effect in the house , ;listening to all my vinyl records - plenty, of English classicss. I don't know whether CV and Deepak had seen this compact cabinet specially designed by me sitting in the corner of my living room, whn they visited me a couple of times here. CV brought back lots of old memories naming this as Record changer in his clue. If possible, I shall send a screen shot of this unit later. I love old music system and DO NOT intend disposing it off. They have teir roightful place in my house and heart !
DeleteI have seen both. My age is 75.
ReplyDelete17a top/upper (class), Brit collaq used before.
ReplyDeleteSomething is still wrong in the wordplay
DeleteStupid =Anagram Indicator
waffle = Anagram foddr
about = Indicator for encircling
small measure = FT
by = Link connecter
top = U
That will become {L{FT}WAFFE*}{U}
Ft by U can also mean ft near u
DeleteVasant "by" has a forward looking nature. Near is also forward looking when we say "short distance away"
DeleteBy indicates near- we also say nearby or adjacent (could be either side)
DeleteI went back to my working sheet and checked.
ReplyDeleteThe noting is L (U FT) WAFFE*
The anag of waffle goes around ft which is adjacent to u. Something adjacent to x can be on either side of x. The position is not indicated in the clue.
A doubt about 2D-
ReplyDeleteJust looked at the colon in the clue and doubt cleared. Nice one!
A different take on 'Ice cream'-in stead of screaming.
ReplyDeleteThe bouncer and the dancer - Part 12
ReplyDeleteLeave it to (P)Smith?
Smith was an army veteran having worked with the LUFTWAFFE. After retirement he being interested in the occult sciences spent a few years in a Kerala ashram. He came to be known as SUNDER Smith (SS!).
Life in Shangri-la had turned HUMDRUM. The bouncer busy in his farm spraying GERMICIDE on the PEA GREENS. The dancer whiling away her time in IDLENESS.
To pep up things a party was proposed for the ensuing New-year. There was plenty of local TALENT. A gentleman who could play the CLAVIER. Larry the LILLIPUT who was adept on the PICCOLO.
Richard who said he would bring in his RECORD CHANGER.
ICE CREAMS were to be offered on the house. The bar was fully stocked to cater to those who wished to TIPPLE.
The local residents invited their friends and relatives too. Amongst that motley crowd was our SS who arrived on D-day with a girl wearing a MICRO-mini and cried out "Leave it to me. I will be the MC".
Everone APPLAUDED.
What happened next?
Going great guns! Naalai thodarum- looking forward to more of the New Year party.
Delete9a role of "put"? The clue works better without it, IMO.
ReplyDelete'Put' probably in the sense of placed. But like you say, it works without it as well.
DeleteWhere is the doubt
DeleteA large reward was put on the head of the murderer
I is Indian ...first, as I is not Indian but India
DeleteYou wd. have preferred India's?
DeleteNo, I meant that the anno is the way I wrote and not I for indian
DeleteMight have been used as filler between sum and on IMO.
ReplyDeleteMSM
ReplyDeleteIf you failed in March go for the
Re-exam in September. Again failed?
Take the March exam. Ha ha
+1. This was very popular during our school days too.
DeleteGridman's crossies too are like March exams. The March exams are always said to be easier than the Sept ones.
Does not the same thing hold good for the re- exam they have these days?(for copying, paper leak etc.)Students have a legitimate grouse and I sympathise with them.
DeleteYes.
DeleteAnyone remember the other MSM- the Rly.?
ReplyDeleteMSM= Madras and Southern Mahratta Railways. BBCI= Bombay Baroda & Centra India.
DeleteGIP= Great Indian Peninsula Railways.
Wish the country is reconfigurated in terms of four provinces like before. All this nonsense of river water disputes make me sick !
Thank you Raju. I was scratching my head for the expansion of MSM. I did not know about the other two.SR- Southern Railway- used to be called SIR- South Indian Rly.
DeleteWe used to have the MSM MSS MSR car registrations in Chennai.Later became TMS etc. Shri MGR ordered that TMS 1 be alloted to the singer. I have seen his sandal colour Ambassador with registration no. TMS 1.
ReplyDeleteGreat! These kind of special no. plates are given on request/ payment in U.S.?
ReplyDeleteVasant,
ReplyDeleteGood memory.
The dog is Nipper. Here it is.
https://www.google.co.in/search?q=dog+in+hmv+logo&oq=dog+in+HMV&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l3.8146j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Just added a photo in the main post of a record changer and cabinet belonging to Raju
ReplyDeleteThat was quick, Col . Thanks
DeleteAt my age I should be ever thankful to Gridman for helping me to have confidence in myself.
ReplyDeleteCrossword 12295
ReplyDeleteAcross1 .. buck (dollar) saw (anagaram)
5.... prompt.... pro mp t
9 daunt.... d. Aunt
10 .. explicate ... ex p (lic) ate
11 inflect DD
12 . Swahili ... was (anagram) hi. Li
13 .. endue.... endu(r)e
14 initiated....in it i dated( anagram)
16... talking to... total (anagram) king(raja)
19 ... which.... witch
21
Refusal... anagram
23 ... epithet( another one)
24 Ex officio.... ex o f f i c i o
25 haulm... transport (haul) m
26 affray.... a ff ray
Turrets. DD
Down
ReplyDelete1 bedtime stories
2 chuffed... chu(m) f fed
3 So there ....s o the re
4wrestling ... w (rest) l ing
5 pipes. DD
6 origami... o. Marg oi
7 pianist
8
Behind the times (newspaper)
15 ironed out ... anagram
17 lift off... DD
18 In so far... stylish(in) afros anagram
19 ...
Whither
20 in house( heinous anagram)
22 lucky. Clu(k. Y)