ACROSS
7 Gets mad about America reinforcing support (6) GUSSET {G{US}SET*}
8 Close scrutiny of poorly grasped English you used once, maybe twice (5,3) BEADY EYE {B{E}AD}{YE}{YE}
9 Glee from silly spat starting to go wrong (4-4) PART-SONG {SPAT+
10 Secret to treasure over concealed rock (6) TOTTER [T<=]
11 Coloured and gilded gold ornament (5) ADORN {AD{OR}N*} Coloured as AInd?
12 Hoover's lacuna (6) VACUUM [DD]
14 Shed core aspiration with loss of air supply? 'ear, 'ear! (4,4,7) DROP ONES AITCHES*
17 Former yield reportedly better (6) EXCEED
18 Stupidly looks 'within' empty spaces (5) GAWPS {GA{W}PS}
22 Left in own, bottomless, recurrent void (6) HOLLOW {HOL
23 Pointless note sent in, that is brazen (8) IMMODEST {M
24 Bailiff lists recovery of excess fine (8) TIPSTAFF {TIPS}{FAT<=}{F}
25 Servant's need to be called important (6) LACKEY (~lack){LAC}{KEY}
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1 Already decided to make caddy turn (3,3,3) CUT AND DRY*
2 Prepared his pitch for a goddess (6) ISHTAR {HIS*}{TAR}
3 Havens put up for pet (5) STROP<=
4 Pole tuning guitars grooves in the snow (8) SASTRUGI {S}{GUITARS*}
5 Mess city created affecting all parts (8) SYSTEMIC*
6 Memory blocks released by pieces of eight? (5) BYTES [CD]
8 Bankrupt son's conviction is mind-boggling (7,6) BEGGARS BELIEF {BEGGAR}{S} {BELIEF}
13 Clerk providing pound tip for pretty escort (3-6) PEN-PUSHER {PEN}{P
15 Count possibly short, cannot be matched (8) PEERLESS {PEER}{LESS}
16 Pet to display say, collars and ties (8) NECKWEAR {NECK}{WEAR}(~ware)
19 Sailor on vessel gets spirit away (6) ABDUCT {AB}{DUCT}
20 Pulled up zip tags to poison (5) TOXIN {TO}{NIX<=}
21 Minor beats up lad, going unnoticed in these days (5) SMALL {LAMS<=}{L
GRID
7a yield->cede
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Delete22a (own bottomless) recurrent(twice) hold own ->hol ow. My understanding
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DeleteTypo corrected
Delete11AC coloured = distorted. So, could work as anagrind.
ReplyDeleteMy doubt is about gilded here.
Whether gilded can mean inclusion? Normally, you gild outwardly, right?
Gild: to cover something with a thin coating of gold or something similar.
DeleteBut what's the problem in the clue? AND* is outward
DeleteI see your point. Thanks.
DeleteEasier compared to yesterday? We have a few weird words as expected, which only Vasant can remember if repeated later!
ReplyDeleteFar easier Paddy. But with words like Ishtar,Sastrugi, Strop one might sooner become Gajani(with short time memory loss!)
Delete:)
Delete1d: already decided = cut and dried.
ReplyDeleteIs 'cut and dry' grammatically correct?
Both mean fixed beforehand or decided in advance
Deletehttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/34793/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-cut-and-dried
DeleteSeen the link. Thank you.
DeleteThe boyncer and the dancer - Part 25
ReplyDeleteHaving woken up with a start, SS found the obese cop shouting at the person next to him.
" What are you carrying in that SMALL vial? TOXIN?"
The SYSTEMIC circulation of SS was now regulated.
Kayal having come straight from her performance seemed to be dressed IMMODEST. She was a foreigner in Poland.
BEADY EYED cop: "You there. Are you being ABDUCTED?"
"Not Sir. I am a dancer booked for my next assignment in America and going there". She showed her papers.
Random questions thrown and not in a CUT AND DRY fashion.
The grand finale: The cop was beaten HOLLOW when he stretched his hand towards the PEERLESS SS asking for his papers.
What happened next and what did he show?
22A- Which is recurrent?
ReplyDeleteOwn=hold both are bottomless!
DeleteThank you Vasant.
DeleteAll the best for S&B meet at Coimbtore!
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ReplyDeleteQuite tough for me, particularly with many new exprerssions/words like gawp, sastrugi, tipstaff, ishtar, beggars belief
ReplyDeleteOf late, I am coming across, in The Guardian Cryptic Crosswords, a particular way of cluing, which is not understood by me. The clue in today's crossword is here:
ReplyDelete16AC and 11AC: Controlling back of Wallace and Gromit in animation (10)
The answer is MODERATING, which is fine.
But it is bifurcated in the grid as 16AC:MODE and 11AC as RATING!
Can you explain what type of cluing is this? Is it acceptable?
Similar clue on 2nd May:
Delete16DN and 14DN 100 locks for furniture (6)
Solution, of course, is C+HAIRS
and broken down into:
16DN as CHA and 14DN as IRS
Since both are independent words on their own, I think it is just laziness on the part of setter to combine them into one clue.
DeleteWhat type of cluing-lazy cluing😀😀
1st clue is fine- 2 independent words. But the second IRA ? (even if cha is for tea.) I agree with you about casual,lazy cluing.
DeleteVasant, IMHO, the def applies to each after splitting. Mode is a way of operating/controlling. Rating/dominating/controlling. IRS is Bureau.
DeleteWriting a single clue for two words in two slots - I have seen this before years ago. MODE RATING is OK. The division must be natural. It can't be MODERA TING or MOD ERATING. Each division must be a word in its own right. The other G clue I don't like. In any case TH IA sw doesn't admit the device.
DeleteSorry. IRS.
ReplyDeleteThis has ref. to yesterday's discussion- clue in today's ET
ReplyDeleteYou should not reveal this leg (3)
S&B Meet report at the following link
ReplyDeleteS & B Meet Coimbatore
Thank you Col.
Delete5a: mis(hil̷l̷)t
ReplyDelete10a: menisci – m(e̷t̷i̷c̷u̷l̷o̷u̷s̷l̷y̷)+(incise*)
14a: take it from me (cd)
4d: clip the wings of (cd)
7d: hecatomb: {(macbeth)+(b̷a̷n̷q̷u̷)o}*
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