Wedding Bells are ringing.
ACROSS
8 Ceremoniously eat some dessert in Spain (4) DINE {D
9 Fitter, sailor, learner, king (5) ABLER {AB}{L}{ER}
10 Request soft fish (4) PRAY {P}{RAY}
11 In the beginning, men entertaining ladies on deep-sea yachts produce sequence of pleasant notes (6) MELODY Acrostic
12 Small carols are composed about husband's learned men (8) SCHOLARS {S}{C{H}OLARS*}
13 Arabs vie to become rough (8) ABRASIVE*
15 Bird doctor's circular letter on PETA, for example (6) DRONGO {DR}{O}{NGO}
19 Former thespian and tax-man? (7) EXACTOR {EX}{ACTOR}
22 Joined in marriage by clergyman in little dilemma at first (6) WEDDED {WE{DD}E}{D
24 Sacrifice male feline with round mark of the beast (8) HECATOMB {HE}{CAT}{O}{MB}
26 Sinner's vile order circulated in absence of right (8) EVILDOER {VILE+ORDE
28 Come upon a river in spate (6) ARRIVE {A}{RIVER}*
30 X skis haphazardly (4) KISS*
31 American island's path for 14 and 16 to walk together (5) AISLE {A}{ISLE}
32 Operates oars in narrow straits (4) ROWS [T]
DOWN
1 Drink half with new European (4) WINE {WI
2 Thane cop renovated empty tomb (8) CENOTAPH*
4 Invokes divine favour on Elizabeth having Latin and English students initially (7) BLESSES {B{L}{E}{S
5 Twisted hot rod is placed on animal — it's traditional (8) ORTHODOX {HOT+ROD}*{OX}
6 Phoebus's one vote gets nothing (6) APOLLO {A}{POLL}{O}
7 A Mangalorean redhead or two (4) PAIR {PAI}{R
14 Some boys travel on a horse to get girl getting married (5) BRIDE {B
16 Presently Prince Harry starts to get romantic with Meghan at first — carries a couple of rings! (5) GROOM {G
18 Studied, I hear — before beginning of class-test — an organic gem (3,5) RED CORAL (~read){RED} {C
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20 Retraces movement for providers of food and drink (8) CATERERS*
21 American singer is hot — look after lovingly (7) CHERISH {CHER}{IS}{H}
23 1 Salad mix for 1 unit of currency (6) DALASI*
27 Live fashioning face covering (4) VEIL*
29 Promises Victor offers with sincerity at first (4) VOWS Acrostic
GRID
Bhargav's Talepiece
The bouncer and the dancer - Part 48
Grand opening of Gemini School of Dance.
Smith walked down the AISLE of the CHAPEL between ROWS of chairs and invited the Pastor to inaugurate the Gemini School of Dance.
He was not exactly ORTHODOX but wanted to be seen as such.
Well-WISHERS had assembled.
When the Pastor ARRIVED the song and MELODY was subdued.
The PAIR of Kayal and Lily offered a simple PRAYER.
After his speech the Pastor BLESSED everyone and left.
Those present adjourned to WINE and DINE in the restaurant.
4d b(l)ESS e s, my understanding
ReplyDeleteUnintentional error corrected
DeleteIs he in wedding mood? Anniversary time, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteCelebrating the Harry-Meghan wedding
DeleteAny family wedding in the offing?
DeleteDeepak is correct, as always :)
DeleteAs usual a walk in the park
ReplyDeleteI had more time to walk in the park after completing the CW.
DeleteWhy walk in the park, when you can traipse down 31a, sir? :)
DeleteToo late for that.
Delete24a mark of the beast(ram),MegaByte.
ReplyDeleteMB stands for Mark of the Beast
DeleteI hope MB doesn't object to that !
DeleteAny dictionary where I can find that? I thought it was 666
DeleteBRB
DeleteCol Sir @ 10:04...
DeleteA feather in my cap!
Accepted gleefully!!
Hi Sir! Chambers Dictionary has the following entry under MB
DeleteMB abbrev: Manitoba (Canadian province); mark of the Beast; Bachelor of Medicine; megabyte(also Mb)
mb or mbar abbrev: millibar
'Swatisaid ;)
DeleteThanks Doc! So many titles!! :)
DeleteChambers next edition will perhaps include your name MB! :)
DeleteThe new generation might interpret BRB as Be Right Back instead of Big Red Book Kishore! :)
This place is infested by old codgers like me! The newbies will have to learn the jargo. For us, at a party WTF is "Where's the food " :)
DeleteHa ha Kishore:)
Delete23d I that exchange(s) instead of mix would read better.
ReplyDeleteI thought.
DeleteThank you Incognito for the nice enjoyable fare. Had to Google the Gambian currency.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteKKR: You are being paid back in the same coin for using 3 0r 4 unusual and unheard of words in your Sunday headache special !
DeleteTopical theme in Incognito's trademark style. I think it is quite difficult to write clues which are dubbed easy by many.
ReplyDeleteCol. to take care of spam.
ReplyDeletePaddy,
DeleteThis spam came because of walk in the park and traipse, perhaps?
No bugs in our park!
Delete14D. Some boys travel ... Some = 1?
ReplyDeleteSome boys=B
DeleteTravel on a horse=Ride
Thank you. My point is: One letter is taken from 'boys', understood. So we should take some to mean one?
DeleteYes. The first letter. Most of is used to indicate all except the last.
DeleteThis time I got all except 15A, 24A,7D and 23D. Thank you Incognito!
ReplyDeleteMELODY, ARRIVE, CATERERS also could fit the wedding theme!
ReplyDeleteThanks Incognito - some new words learnt today were DRONGO and DALASI
Clue in yesterday's(Sunday)TOI-
ReplyDeleteChildren love very loud running water (9)
Are you expecting the answer?
DeleteOr referring its coincidence to Arden's clue in the recent puzzle?
The coincidence. Anyway, you have given the answer by your comment.
DeleteThe bouncer and the dancer - Part 48
ReplyDeleteGrand opening of Gemini School of Dance.
Smith walked down the AISLE of the CHAPEL between ROWS of chairs and invited the
Pastor to inaugurate the Gemini School of Dance.
He was not exactly ORTHODOX but wanted to be seen as such.
Well-WISHERS had assembled.
When the Pastor ARRIVED the song and MELODY was subdued.
The PAIR of Kayal and Lily offered a simple PRAYER.
After his speech the Pastor BLESSED everyone and left.
Those present adjourned to WINE and DINE in the restaurant.