It always feels nice to begin the week with a Gridman CW.
ACROSS
1 Bapa over to become superior (5,3) ABOVE PAR*
5 Eskimo boot Greek character found at Karnataka's capital by chance, we hear (6) MUKLUK {MU}{K
11 Lack sailor's good judgment, say (7) ABSENCE {AB}{SENCE}(~sense)
12 Arm-twisting by cruel, rude sons (6) DURESS {RUDE}*{S}{S}
13 Close by a radio announcer and a copper (8) ADJACENT {A}{DJ}{A}{CENT}
15 Right after a woman! Always! (4) EVER {EVE}{R}
16 Titled works opposed to dabblers in art (10) DILETTANTI {TITLED*}{ANTI}
18 What "Don't make war" are, literally (5,5) PEACE TERMS [CD]
20 Father initially neglected grave ache (4) PANG {PA}{N
23 Somehow prod lackadaisical Nair first — one by one, it might form a big pool (8) RAINDROP {NAIR*}{PROD*}
24 Seasoned mariner's act in different ages (3,3) SEA DOG {SEA{DO}G*}
26 Staying away from a date, given so bad on the outside (7) EVADING {EV{A}{D}ING*}
27 Inventor from Minorca (7) MARCONI*
28 Model part of golf course is hollow (6) TROUGH {T}{ROUGH}
29 Beneath one, if a grind turns out to be bad (5,3) INFRA DIG*
DOWN
1 Two fifties make it complete thus (1,7,3,4) A HUNDRED PER CENT [CD]
2 Over a thousand with no-small Indian woman — a symbol of strength (3,4) OAK TREE {O}{A}{K} {
3 She gets fresh after drunk men catch up (6) ENMESH {MEN*}{SHE*}
4 Key order for singer (4) ALTO {ALT}{O}
6 State begins gathering social climbers (8) UPSTARTS {UP}{STARTS}
7 Learn diligently by holding books in light (7) LANTERN {LA{NT}ERN*}
8 Get busy! Night's out! (4,6,5) KEEP THINGS GOING {NIGHTS}* [RA] Something's not eight here
9 Traded yam in a trick and did some woolgathering (9) DAYDREAMT*
14 Have a tough existence — Oliver spewing out disgusting word (4,5) LIVE ROUGH {OLIVER*}{UGH}
17 Doll regularly into watching young plant (8) SEEDLING {SEE{D
19 Subversive head of rebels goes out restlessly (7) AGITATO AGITATO
21 Moreover, one gets into staff operating system (7) ANDROID {AND}{RO{1}D}
22 Porter is one who tolerates (6) BEARER [DD]
25 Foreshadowing by old people (4) OMEN {O}{MEN}
GRID
1d British English, it is 3,4.
ReplyDelete8d i think is &lit. get busy:keep going (keep working), nights out: things in. keep things going inspite of it being night.
ReplyDeleteYesterday when I saw VILLI in Saral's grid, I did think of the villainess in our old films but did not articulate it. The irrepressible Raju has mentioned it in yesterday's blog. Villi is Tamilised fem form of villan.
ReplyDelete+1 For the preamble. Great way to start the week. Thank you Gridman.
ReplyDeletePleasant start to the week. Enjoyable as always. Thanks GM.
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DeleteHouse ace vacated for one wicked woman in Tamil Nadu (5)
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DeleteLot of villas today (11sep).
Delete8DN Can this be classified as RA? Normally, we don't see the anagrind [out here] in the clue, right?
ReplyDeleteI think Prasad's anno might be right. Gridman to enlighten.
DeleteHouse ace vacated for one wicked woman in Tamil Nadu (5) -Nice one sir :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, LV.
DeleteGridman is above par today !
DeleteDELITTANTI is a clever pluralization of delIttante ! only the cognoscenti=e can sense the nuance !
PEACE TERMS reminded me of the MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR of the hippie generation of the sixties who then went on to proceed and procreate more of their kind!
RAINDROP- reminded me of the song- Rain drops are fallin' on my head ! Very poetic cluing by Gridman. However, here in New Haven it has been drizzling and drizzling last two days-- leaving me to hibernate indoors- but I am not complaining because I can do many crosswords. While Nature is giving ROUGH outside, it is good to DAYDREAM inside !
ANDROID - another NEW Age term from a veteran- keeping up with the times , eh ? Gridman knows how to KEEP THINGS GOING !
TWO FIFTIES make a HUNDRED ! not a hundred per cent ! but today's grid scores a CENTUM !
MARCONI's nationality changed without any visa but by a mere anagram of MINORCA?
Fifties:halfs. 2 halfs make 1 (complete) thus: 1 is said as one hundred percent.
DeleteThank you, Raju, for your kind and generous words.
ReplyDeleteThe second in the series of Gridman has housed H's of all hues ! Ha Ha ! Not the restricting haha but the haha moment when you have had all the down clues and then the H is driven home ! Heaven and Hacienda have no hole in the haven ? A Hearty cHeer for your cHatHurai , CHsolvers can haturvasi who resides in the world of grid ! Solvers can have tHeir Heart's content !
ReplyDeleteRead the penultimate line above line as : The tH solvers can tHank cHatHurvasi
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