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ACROSS
1 She can't decide if article is caught in drier found faulty (8) DITHERER {DI{THE}RER*}
5 Mirthful Officer Commanding, relaxing in a month, has date (6) JOCUND {J{OC}UN}{D}
9 General issue backed in current movement (3,4) LEE TIDE {LEE} {EDIT<=}
10 Got mean arrangement for a kind of dynamo (7) MAGNETO*
11 Thus roil about accepting all but city lawyer (9) SOLICITOR {SO}{LI{CITy}OR*}
12 Art I left for you — a 'Hamlet' prop (5) SKULL SK(-i+u)ULL
13 Girl went up (4) ROSE [DD]
14 Girl's able to see — any number can be, by itself (9) DIVISIBLE {DI}{VISIBLE}
17 Lingering radiance with wild, great flow (9) AFTERGLOW*
19 Proper conference (4) MEET [DD]
23 Requires massages, we are told (5) NEEDS (~kneads)
24 Exaggerate deliveries to gallery (9) OVERSTATE {OVERS}{TATE}
25 Ease Congress leader's second return to Golconda (7) COMFORT {Co...s}{MO<=}{FORT}
26 Explanations about a child by head of state (7) REASONS {RE}{A}{SON}{St..e}
27 Stonemason Soma sets out to revise poem (6) SONNETsToNEmaSON*
28 Ready, having cut earlier (8) PREPARED PRE-PARED
DOWN
1 Comic — so rudely misleading! (8) DELUSORY*
2 Report is about royal support (7) TRELLIS {T{R}ELL}{IS}
3 Show development of Venice (6) EVINCE*
4 What leveller does — when odd ones remain? (4,6,3) EVEN THINGS OUT [C&DD]
6 Argos 1001 — head of clan determined as very pleasurable (8) ORGASMIC {ARGOS}{MI}{Clan}
7 A French question a learner found different (7) UNEQUAL {UNE}{QU}{A}{L}
8 Act back to back on the French sketch (6) DOODLE {DO<=>OD}{LE}
10 Allowance for slip-ups — e or r? (6,2,5) MARGIN OF ERROR{E+OR+R}* [RA] (Addendum - ErroR - See comments)
15 Beach shoes are discarded (8) SEASHORE*
16 Under pressure, return sweets (8) STRESSED <=
18 One is not bound to be such a one (7) FREEMAN [CD]
20 Attract by altering our name flamboyantly (7) ENAMOUR*
21 Tricks, undergoing a change within, get raps (6) KNOCKS KN(-a+o)OCKS
22 Scare spread on Poondi's top slope (6) ESCARP {SCARE*}{Po...i}
GRID
1 She can't decide if article is caught in drier found faulty (8) DITHERER {DI{THE}RER*}
5 Mirthful Officer Commanding, relaxing in a month, has date (6) JOCUND {J{OC}UN}{D}
9 General issue backed in current movement (3,4) LEE TIDE {LEE} {EDIT<=}
10 Got mean arrangement for a kind of dynamo (7) MAGNETO*
11 Thus roil about accepting all but city lawyer (9) SOLICITOR {SO}{LI{CIT
12 Art I left for you — a 'Hamlet' prop (5) SKULL SK(-i+u)ULL
13 Girl went up (4) ROSE [DD]
14 Girl's able to see — any number can be, by itself (9) DIVISIBLE {DI}{VISIBLE}
17 Lingering radiance with wild, great flow (9) AFTERGLOW*
19 Proper conference (4) MEET [DD]
23 Requires massages, we are told (5) NEEDS (~kneads)
24 Exaggerate deliveries to gallery (9) OVERSTATE {OVERS}{TATE}
25 Ease Congress leader's second return to Golconda (7) COMFORT {C
26 Explanations about a child by head of state (7) REASONS {RE}{A}{SON}{S
27 Stonemason Soma sets out to revise poem (6) SONNET
28 Ready, having cut earlier (8) PREPARED PRE-PARED
DOWN
1 Comic — so rudely misleading! (8) DELUSORY*
2 Report is about royal support (7) TRELLIS {T{R}ELL}{IS}
3 Show development of Venice (6) EVINCE*
4 What leveller does — when odd ones remain? (4,6,3) EVEN THINGS OUT [C&DD]
6 Argos 1001 — head of clan determined as very pleasurable (8) ORGASMIC {ARGOS}{MI}{C
7 A French question a learner found different (7) UNEQUAL {UNE}{QU}{A}{L}
8 Act back to back on the French sketch (6) DOODLE {DO<=>OD}{LE}
10 Allowance for slip-ups — e or r? (6,2,5) MARGIN OF ERROR
15 Beach shoes are discarded (8) SEASHORE*
16 Under pressure, return sweets (8) STRESSED <=
18 One is not bound to be such a one (7) FREEMAN [CD]
20 Attract by altering our name flamboyantly (7) ENAMOUR*
21 Tricks, undergoing a change within, get raps (6) KNOCKS KN(-a+o)OCKS
22 Scare spread on Poondi's top slope (6) ESCARP {SCARE*}{P
GRID
Bhargav's Talepiece
The bouncer and the dancer - Part 38
Some years back in Nairobi....
Three men were sitting in a mini-conference - Maj. Gen. Jackson, Col. Sam and Lt. Gombu.
The MEET had been organised to EVEN THINGS OUT and give COMFORT to the STRESSED members.
It was decided that a list NEEDS to be PREPARED and kept in safe custody for future use. Gombu REASONS that the list be prepared in duplicate and distributed to two persons as a precautionary measure. Once done they ROSE and departed in different directions.
To unwind Gombu went to the mess and joined the merry makers...
Gombu could not but be gay in such a JOCUND company.
1D) Defn: misleading
ReplyDeleteSoln: {sorudely}* = DELUSORY
Anind: comic
2D) Defn: support
report =TELL; royal =R
soln: {{T{R}ELL}{IS}} = TRELLIS
3D) Defn: show
Anind = development
Soln: {VENICE}* =EVINCE
4D) Defn: what leveller does
when odd ones remain
Soln: EVEN THINGS OUT
6D) Defn: pleasurable
1001 in roman = MI; head of clan = C
Soln: {{ARGOS}*(MI)(C)} = ORGASMIC
Anno for 4d?
DeleteDouble Definition
Delete23ac needs (kneads)
ReplyDelete24ac overstates
Deliveries - overs+ tate(gallery)
27ac sonnet .stonemason-soma
15dn seashore (shores are)
20dn enamour (our name)
ReplyDelete10D: Allowance for slip-ups — e or r? (6,2,5)
ReplyDeleteMargin of Error
Definition by example , I think.
14A: Girl's able to see — any number can be, by itself (9)
Divisible
Girl is Di
Able to see is visible
11A:Thus roil about accepting all but city lawyer (9)
Solicitor
Thus is so
Anagram Roil
around(accepting)
City without y (all but city)
9A:General issue backed in current movement (3,4)
Leetide
General is Lee
Issue is edit; reverse(backed) edit
14A Girl went up (4)
Rose. A double definition
Iss
Srinidhi, rethink your anno for 10D
DeleteA double definition
Delete1st Def: Allowance for slip-ups
2nd Def: A def by example e or r
The word error has error with the the first r having a space or margin?
Nope, think again
DeleteMargin of error {ALLOWANCE(=MARGIN)}{FOR+E+OR+R}*
DeleteSlip-up is the anagram indicator.
Revisit pls.
Delete11A) IMO
Deletethus=SO; about = reversal indicator; {roil}*=LIOR;
Soln: {(SO)LI(CIT)OR}
(roil)<=
Delete1a dithered drier and the
ReplyDeleteThe anno to be shown as 'The in anagram of drier'
DeleteTypo in soln?
Delete5a jocund of + jun+ d
ReplyDeleteWhere is OC. Anno not proper
DeletePc from officer commanding Jun month and d FM date
Delete1a ditherer article -the and drier
ReplyDelete10a magneto anagram of got mean
10a magneto. Got mean anagram
ReplyDelete1d derisory - so rudely anagram
ReplyDelete3d evince - Venice anagram
20 d enamour - our name anagram
10a magneto. Got mean anagram
ReplyDelete1d delusory so rudely anagram
ReplyDelete3d evince Venice anagram
16d stressed desserts reversed
ReplyDeleteUma Sundar, please not you are permitted to give only 5 answers
ReplyDeleteRead 'note' for 'not'
Delete5a: jocund - {j(o)(c)un(d)}
ReplyDelete11a: solicitor - so(thus)+(ro(cit)il*)
25a: comfort - (c)(mo<=)fort(col...)
4d: even things out(dd)
8d: doodle - (do)(do<=)(le)
17 A. Lingering radiance with wild, (great flow)*.
ReplyDelete25 A. Ease Congress leader’s second return to Golconda. {C}{O}{M}FORT.
28 A. Ready, having cut earlier. {PRE}{PARED}.
8 D. Act back to back on the French sketch. {dood}{le}. DOODLE.
16 D. Under pressure, return sweets. (desserts) <= STRESSED.
17 A. AFTERGLOW.
Delete25a ??
DeleteComfort Ease
DeleteC Congress leader
Om moment back
Fort Golconda
17A AFTER GLOW = (Lingering radiance) (with wild = ANAGRAM INDICATOR) , (great flow )* (9)
ReplyDelete18d freeman not bound -free one man or men
ReplyDeleteAs such I am not a rookie . I am 81 and have been, with varying degrees of success, trying to solve crossword puzzles of this genre for the last sixty years. Today, except 2a and 1d I got everything right.For happiness derived from such an achievement I owe not a little to Gridman.
ReplyDeleteWhen I see the exercises being given to rookies in Annotation in thess blog s l feel I am not using my grey cells fully to tease out the reasons that went on in the minds of the setter. I used to be satisfied the grid is filled with plausible clues and assess my effort comparing it with answers which apeear subsequently. I should ponder a little more I think. Thank you.
I take a bow for your efforts and eagerness to improve at your age. CW solving is a great leveller- it evens things out! Gridman brings joy to all.
DeleteOnce again a 100% without outside help.
Parsing of 10 D quite tricky.
Tricky as in edgy?
Delete:-)
Delete26a reasons issue is son and ? Reagent rea .or head can be sear
ReplyDeleteRecheck pls.
Delete21d knacks also mean sharp blow
ReplyDeleteUndergoing a change within?
Delete22d escarp from scare and p poondis top escarpment is a slope
ReplyDelete28a prepared pare is cut earlier is pre
ReplyDelete19a meet also means proper
ReplyDeleteSo what is the annotation?
Delete7D UNEQUAL- UNE(french A one) QU(question) AL(a learner)
ReplyDelete7D Def is different
ReplyDelete12 SKULL- SKILL (art) U comes in for I. not sure how is it hamlet prop
ReplyDeletehttps://www.shmoop.com/hamlet/yorick-skull-graveyard-symbol.html
Deletethanks
ReplyDelete5ac JOCUND = mirthful J(OC)UN(D) Officer Commanding (OC) in month (JUN) + D (having date)
ReplyDelete12 ac SKULL = Hamlets Prop; Skill -i+u (i.e. Art=Skill in which I left (i replaced) for u
26 ac REASONS = explanations ; RE(A SON)S RE = about (A SON) a child S (head of state)
7 dn UNEQUAL = different (UNE = 'a' in French QUA = question (who?) + L (learner)
21 dn KNOCKS = raps Knacks = tricks -a+o (change within)
26A re a sons about re , a child son s head ofo state
ReplyDelete7D GREENERY -DD
ReplyDeleteIncorrect
DeleteRe a son s
ReplyDeleteExplanations
26 A
7d: unequal - un+(que*)+a+l, my understanding
ReplyDeletePl ignore 7D Greenery, was an error, Answer is Unequal as already solved earlier
ReplyDeleteAnnotations for 19A and 10D are still to be spelt out
ReplyDelete19A MEET (means both proper and conference)
ReplyDelete19a: meet(dd)
ReplyDelete10d: margin of error(dd)
10D is not a DD
Delete10D MARGIN OF ERROR
ReplyDeleteMARGIN=allowance
OF ERROR= for e or r (anagram - indicator is slip-ups)
Anagram indicator 'slip-ups' amidst 'for' & 'e or r'.....Is it kosher?
Delete9A LEE is General alright, but how is edit=issue. Is there such a meaning?
ReplyDeleteCopy paste from Free Dictionary...
DeleteVerb 1. issue - prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"
publish, bring out, release, put out
publicize, bare, publicise, air - make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare"
edit - supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"
19A Meet (DD)
ReplyDelete27A Remove "Soma" from stonemason => Sonnet ( Poem )
10A Gotmean => Magneto (Anagram)
Col.
ReplyDelete10 D is classified ad RA. Is 'margin' meant as indicator?
E/r are edges (margin) of error.
DeleteE OR R is not equal to error.
DeleteMargin of cannot be classified as Anagram indicator?
10d is not a reverse anagram.
ReplyDeletesree_sree is spot on.
The clue is: Allowance for slip-ups — e or r?
'Allowance for slip-ups' is the def.
The word play is e or r?
My thinking is e or r is the margin of ErroR
The question mark is for the clue being unusual.
Classification: occasional or special or other or not classfiable
Then it should have been E and R and not E or R
DeleteMargin is singular. E or R, either one of them is margin of error. E and R gives margins of error.
DeleteThat's right. Either of the letters is margin of error. Hence 'e or r'.
DeleteRight, my mistake.
DeleteWith this explanation, I wonder if the clue would work with just
DeleteE or R?(6,2,5)
without the def: allowance for slip-ups?
DeletePrasad,
DeleteEven after your "Tricky as in edgy" comment I could not fully grasp it. Great you were able to get- a really special clue.
Vasant,
The way you have put it, it has no def. It becomes a rebus type of clue (with letters)
Yes.Prasad, Paddy & CV Sir. It would have been a rebus clue a la gegs.
DeleteBut I am sure Gridman will never clue like that. He would always be fair to solvers. While almost all of us got the answer to the clue, only Prasad got the parsing. That is fairness. And the parsing gave us the a ha moment.
DeleteCall it reverse letter indicator clue!
ReplyDeleteCGB's story taking a poetic turn with Wordsworth remembered.
ReplyDeleteWordsworth? I missed that part- I am not so good in literature.
DeleteRemember Daffodils "A poet could not but be gay,
DeleteIn such a jocund company"
(Refer the last lines of the story)
To Vasant
ReplyDeleteWithout the definition, just 'e or r' won't work.
I meant it would have been a rebus sort of clue a la gegs
Delete10 down: I could cold solve it immediately as MARGIN OF ERROR - though I wonder whether SLIP UPS should have been only SLIP_UP as there is no indication of any plural situation, in the wordplay--- Allowance(s) for Margin(s) of Error(s). We come across many clues wheren we cannot categorize this type of clues ! I discussed this with CV over the phone and he feels he was right in the cluing the way he did as slip-up or slip -ups are both OK
ReplyDeleteA Freudian slip ?
In the latest 1 Across Group ( Cracker) there is a clue PASS BY? (5) similar to this? As the competition is still on, I desist from giving the answer here.
Each compiler comes out with his or her own ingenuous clues and that's the wonder and esotericism of cryptic crosswords !
Yeah..the pass by clue is different as is the m o e clue
Deletemargin of error covers multiple slip ups too as long as they dont add up and cross the margin provided.
Delete😀😀
DeleteRaju, I went there to check out and ended up submitting. Your comment gave the answer but enjoyed solving the rest.
Delete1d delusory so rudely anagram
ReplyDelete3d evince Venice anagram