ACROSS
1 Study US Bureau member's care about unknown alliance (11) CONFEDERACY
9 Frankness of club's head skipping around (7) CANDOUR {C
10 One endless line between two sides for cordial (7) LIQUEUR {L}{QUEU
11 Honour learner with international daggers (5) OBELI {OBE}{L}{I}
12 Urge setting out of merits in kitchen appliances (3,6) EGG TIMERS {EGG} {MERITS}*
13 One has mid-shift in office building (5) ADMIN {A{MID*}N}
15 Duelling contest might provoke "words" (9) SWORDPLAY {WORDS}* [RA]
18 Does this plant family yield analgesic? Yes and no (9) ANGELICAS* [CD]
22 Trains NCO to fly really fast (9) TRANSONIC*
24 Subtly suggest alien has gun slung around (3,2) GET AT {G{ET}AT}
26 Confine and cane wildly as a means of punishment (7) PENANCE {PEN}{CANE*}
27 The best pick one and keep quiet (7) OPTIMUM {OPT}{1}{MUM}
28 Two wandered away and concentrated less (7,4) WATERED DOWN*
DOWN
1 Malay croc creeps along as a fair attraction (9) CYCLORAMA*
2 New cone ordered for the present occasion (5) NONCE {N}{CONE*}
3 Feeling strongly, point to proposal by a learner (9) EMOTIONAL {E}{MOTION}{A}{L}
4 Breadwinners, under fifty, will become knowledge-seekers (7) EARNERS
5 Endless ballet! Great old movement in music! (7) ALLEGRO {
6 Native of Malaya quizzed (5) YAQUI [T]
7 We will make mocking remark about setter (8) JEWELLER {JE{WE'LL}ER}
8 Malay dagger among kukri, sword, etc. (4) KRIS [T]
16 Happy and frivolous, indeed (9) DELIGHTED {DE{LIGHT}ED}
17 Youth leader's wild chats with fellow — fellow in boat (9) YACHTSMAN {Y
19 Study opening in religious establishment (7) CONVENT {CON}{VENT}
20 Hapless victim cried to get help (7) SUCCOUR (~sucker)
22 Ultimately, just any slip, boo, is mistake (4) TYPO Tail Acrostic
23 One section summoned up fresh power (5) SINEW {1}{S}<={NEW}
25 Speed of van? (5) TEMPO [DD]
GRID
Cold and super solve. 1a and some more looked like the guiding hand to KG. 4D was aha thanks gridman.
ReplyDelete1a) care* should be CARE<=
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DeleteClear grid on a cloudy day!
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DeleteThanks Gridman. Enjoyed thoroughly.
ReplyDeleteA good balance of all clue types such as anagrams, part anagrams, reverse anagrams, charades, CD,DD, T, H, acrostic, letter deletions/additions and WPs.
Perhaps Spoonerism, &lit, letter shifting/replacement would have made it fully complete.
Very smooth, nice one GM. Thanks.
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DeleteWith due respect to PSK
ReplyDeleteWhen we analyse a CWD from the point of view of clue types, we can say what clue type each is.
In any CWD there are likely to be more charades than any other clue type.
Of course these charades may differ from one another in the handling of components.
Any preponderance of any other clue type such as anagrams, hidden, HP may be pointed out but these lesser known clue types will anyway be fewer or absent.
We can list these other clue types, head acrostic, tail acrostic (nice term, Col.) etc. But we cannot say such and such clue types are absent and if they were there, a fuller works would have been on display.
Not every word will be amenable to every clue type.
Fully agree.
DeleteWas amazed at using 12 different clue types in this single CW. In fact most of the CWs from Gridman use wider range of cluetypes. This is in sharp contrast to CW compiler beginners having a tendency to lean more towards 2 or 3 cluetypes.
Lot of learning from GM of how to make CWs more interesting for solvers.
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ReplyDeleteEnjoyed solving my last CW from U.S.- that too of Gridman.
To join all of you from Friday.
Welcome back, Paddy.
DeleteWelcome back, Paddy!!!
DeleteWelcome back, Paddy.
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