What is Sunnet celebrating?
ACROSS
1 Means of attracting attention of army chief having an expression of disgust (6) COUGHS {CO{UGH}S}
4 Brown's riotous third anniversary (8) BIRTHDAY {B{THIRD*}AY}
10 Willing to roughly evict peer (9) RECEPTIVE*
11 Some tax on elastic fibre used for transmitting electrical impulses (5) AXONE [T]
12 Set a standard starting place for an auditor (5) PARTY {PAR}{TY}(~tee)
13 Furniture worker found around every street (9) HALLSTAND {H{ALL}{ST}AND}
14 Able to repair sled tapers (7) CANDLES {CAN}{SLED*}
16 Endlessly long period (4) YEAR YEAR
19 Bar coat (4) CAKE [DD]
21 Swell dance at midday ain't starting (7) BALLOON {BALL}{
24 Family's barely egalitarian (9) CLASSLESS {CLASS}{LESS}
25 Firecracker of a story (5) SQUIB [DD]
26 Value of one final letter sent in before (5) PRIZE {PR{1}{Z}E}
27 Star before M.Curie's shot (3,6) TOM CRUISE {TO}{M+CURIES}*
28 Unethical fellows throw saints outside hospital room (8) SHYSTERS {SHY}{ST{ER}S}
29 Take away nine and score (6) TWENTY {29-9}
DOWN
1 Shell's vehicle near a yard (8) CARAPACE {CAR}{A}{PACE}
2 Indifferent to one auditor's association (8) UNCARING {UN}{CA}{RING}
3 Joyful occurrence near Puducherry (5) HAPPY {HAP}{PY}
5 Ponzi deal lynch-pin arrested in the best possible manner (7) IDEALLY [T]
6 Reformed naval star of South African Republic (9) TRANSVAAL*
7 Tree sent a message back heartlessly (6) DEODAR RAD
9 Wants husband to enter enlightened society (6) WISHES {WIS{H}E}{S}
15 Metal layer's song copy with musical notation (4,5) LEAD SHEET {LEAD} {SHEET}
17 Result of mixture (8) SOLUTION [DD]
18 Arrogance of partners to head off theft (8) SNOBBERY {SN}{
20 It sends out core jet's slurry (7) EJECTOR*
21 Supervisor circumambulates award chests (6) BOSOMS {BOS{OM}S}
22 Assesses sister and manages (6) SCOPES {S}{COPES}
23 Note by relative to unknown group (6) FAMILY {FA}{M-I-L}{Y}
25 Disseminate soup recipe inside (5) STREW {ST{R}EW}
GRID
Bhargav's Talepiece
The bouncer and the dancer - Part 41 and 42
SS used to KEEP TAB on Rita, a DIVA and a dancer of EXTRAordinary TALENT. She was the one who could easily EXHILARATE the crowd.
He had thought of the BIG PICTURE long back. With her in the team the PROSPECT of his 'CAPTURE' of Shangri-la sooner than later was bright.
INVOKING Rita an ENIGMAtic personality was not really difficult for SS. Neither rhyme nor REASON would convince her, but BEHESTing her with money in the right quantity would. And keep her away from playing TRUANTS!
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TRANSVAAL.
A BIRTHDAY PARTY is arranged by DEODAR for his sister Rita with TWENTY CANDLES.
A FAMILY function with CAKE and BALLOONS.
The mobile rings. It's a phone call from SS and Rita is RECEPTIVE and YIELDS to his request to join his team as a dancer for a few months.
What happened next?
Nice grid, Sunnet!
ReplyDeletePRIZE, HAPPY, FAMILY also fit the theme.
22D: Is S for Sister a standard abbreviation?
ReplyDeleteStandard, not sure. Seen it christian institutes for women. sc sisters of charity.
DeleteHi! The standard abbreviation for Sister is Sr.
Delete27AC before = previous to/prior to. My understanding.
ReplyDelete27a in the sense ten TO three.
ReplyDeleteThe following was my clue in one recent crossword:
ReplyDelete22DN Inexperienced animal eats everything (6)
The following is the clue in the Guardian's Cryptic:
1DN IMMATURE animal eats everything (6)
Ha ha!!
C(ALL)OW.
ReplyDeleteGood one. When we do more than one Cw coincidences are not that rare, it seems.
Thank you Sunnet for a nice celebration and an enjoyable CW.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteSunnet's Birthday by any chance?
ReplyDeleteIts 24th dec as per this blog.
DeleteIt did not strike me to check the blog for setters' birthdays. Thank you and noted for future ref.
Delete1A- S from?
ReplyDeleteCOS: CHIEF OF STAFF
DeleteThank you KKR. I took it as Commanding Officer and was hence searching for S.
DeleteNitpicking on this. COS/Chief of Staff is not the Army Chief. Chief of Staff is only a Principal Staff Officer. The Army Chief is known as the Chief of Army Staff or COAS
DeleteThanks for the inside information!
DeleteUnfortunately, the dict. does not have anything to say on:
CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF or COAS
Is Army Chief not the General?
DeleteUS, COS (CSA) is the highest ranking official.
DeleteThank you Prasad. You have a ready answer for every question. I did not know that there was a difference in this also between U.S, & others.
DeleteI had to Google her out!
ReplyDelete23Down {M-I-L} = Mother-in-law
Of all people why would one have to google for a MIL?!
ReplyDeleteDo you know that anagram of Mother in law is 'woman Hitler'?
Certainly, I do!
Delete😀😀
DeleteMB
DeleteThat is wordwise or worldly wise?
Both, 50 - 50. :)
DeleteBest of both wor(L)ds!
DeleteAcronymfinder.com ranks mother-in-law in third position, first and second being military and million respectively.
ReplyDeleteAtleast somewhere she is behind two others
Delete:-)
DeleteAnd someone said....
ReplyDeleteAdam and Eve were the happiest, and the luckiest, couple in the world. because neither of them had a mother-in-law!!
That lack of training and her inexperience is the root of all saas bhi kabhu bahu thi debate.
DeleteSeriously MB, I was trying to fit in kin, but ultimately because of group I tried family and worked back.
ReplyDelete:)
DeleteHey guys , watch out ! There may be some M-I-Ls amongst the bloggers here . They may outlaw the bloggers who pick on them !
DeleteWe badly miss the "tut tut's".
ReplyDeleteLaw needs to be respected - in and out.
ReplyDelete😀😀
DeleteThat's a good one CGB!
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