Across
1. Particular pieces cut up by boy (8) ESPECIAL {PIECES*}{AL}5. Short-tempered agent takes small bite (6) SNIPPY {S{NIP}PY}
9. Get angry about university involved in ruckus (5,2) FLARE UP {FLA{RE} {U}P]
10. Valueless year with Russian manuscript (7) PAPYRUS {PAP}{Y}{RUS|
11. Put on top, per spouse's arrangement (9) SUPERPOSE {PER+SPOUSE*}
12. Other star repeatedly disrobed Greek character (5) THETA {
13. Every other veep not to blow off (4) VENT {V
14. Desi spoiling child no main concern (4,5) SIDE ISSUE {DESI*}{ISSUE}
17. Ousts humble petitioners in the absence of in-charge (9) SUPPLANTS {SUPPL
19. Tamil leader's regret is genuine (4) TRUE {T}{RUE}
23. Be uneconomical with a free set (5) WASTE {W}{A}{SET*}
24. What examinees may appreciate – what may resolve a tie (5,4) EXTRA TIME (DD)
25. Sneaky about gallery that is dignified (7) STATELY {S{TATE}LY}
26. Start without leading trader – a couple of learners out to top the market (7) OUTSELL {OUTSE
27. Part of Pennsylvania very wooded (6) SYLVAN (T)
28. Enquire about takes RAF put out (3,5) ASK AFTER (TAKES+RAF*}
Down
1. Bear is up – almost. Heartily given to gushing... (8) EFFUSIVE {SUFFE2. Is it barred for babies? Yes and no! (7) PLAYPEN (CD)
3. What a judge does sometimes // a waiter does many times (6) CLEARS (DD)
4. Nearabout? (13) APPROXIMATELY (CD)
6. Patronage catapults me in post (8) NEPOTISM {ME+IN+POST*}
7. Upstart leaves locale unfinished after blame's up (7) PARVENU {RAP<=}{VENU
8. Last of many means to turn a lackey (3-3) YES-MAN {
10. Talks of already dispatched food allowances not right (13) PRESENTATIONS {PRE-SENT}{
15. One finally accepts exotic hamper containing English collectibles (8) EPHEMERA {
16. Mocking remark about fortunate setter (8) JEWELLER {JE{WELL}ER}
18. Straighten out poor nuns' endless talk in French (7) UNSNARL {NUNS*}{
20. Tailor Rani met for garments (7) RAIMENT {RANI+MET*}
21. Distorts dance by topstar (6) TWISTS {TWIST}{S
22. Staff gets retinue without one new slogan (6) MANTRA {MAN}{TRA
Reference List
Colour/Font Scheme
Boy=Al, Agent=Spy, About=Re, University=U, Year=Y, Russia=Rus, In-charge=IC, With=W, Gallery=Tate, Learner=L
Right=R, English=E, Talk in French=Parle, One=I, New=N
Right=R, English=E, Talk in French=Parle, One=I, New=N
Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous
GRID
On cloud 9, having cleared Gridman CW without any referrals,though I could not parse a few.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ramesh for clearing them and for the nice blog.
Jeweller took a long time since I was trying to fit in sneer and various other setters!
+1 on jeweller. That was the last one to fall.
Delete12A- Other star disrobed.
ReplyDeleteA couple of days back 'setter'was disrobed!
Setters have tendency to disrobe-be it words and phrases or "letters"!
Delete....and setters!!
DeleteCoincidence-
ReplyDeleteClue in today's ET CW-"Genuine regret following conclusion of fight"
KKR, Padmanabhan, et al: 4d: I didn't intend it as CD. Pl reconsider the clue type.
ReplyDeleteI didn't notice the cluetype, frankly.
DeleteMy guess is: type E [easy]
nearabout itself means approximately
Does the ? mean anything?
ReplyDelete'About' could be indicate a variant of 'near', but I am not able to go beyond tha. Letme keep trying.
DD?
ReplyDeleteYes.
ReplyDeletenearabout - near about - near/about - DD
Then it becomes MD
DeleteDD and & Lit?
DeleteI think we should approximately settle for MD- Near/ About/ Near about.
DeleteNear about, near about. Underway or under way. Can we see the difference in meaning ? The former means in the process wgereas the latter means an underpass . One should see the streamers in the TV news when they use underway to mean under way ! I get my underwear in a twist when I see such errors by the journalists. There are many such bloopers from the so -called media journalists. I have observed them many times in all the TV channels ! Nowadays , for lack of sensational news, they have started unleashing the rookie street journos to go jabbering and repaying the obvious, despite until the anchor is ready to go on to the next item.
ReplyDeleteNear about nearly nearabout...all mean same. near a bout!
DeleteThat also reminds me of my boss who always used to tell the peon to bring in the outstanding man , who is standing outside to see him!
ReplyDeleteTypos in the above. Nearabout- one word, Near about two words. Whereas,
Replaying the obvious, until the anchor———
That also reminds me of my boss who always used to tell the peon to bring in the outstanding man , who is standing outside to see him!
Typos in the above. Nearabout- one word, Near about two words.Replaying the obvious, until the anchor
Raju's joke about 'Outstanding man' brings to mind the joke circulating in our college about a lecturer who was weak in English as well as a little forgetful-
ReplyDeleteOne day a student came late to his class and he could not immediately remember to say 'Get in'. In stead he himself walked out of the class and told the student 'Get out'!!
Not sure if there is a grain of truth in it- came through seniors and was duly passed on to the next generation.
Like the story about a student being asked how an induction motor starts.. Replies vroom vroom, vroooooom, which was used in the movie 3 Idiots as well.
DeleteThough I have seen Three Idiots I dont remember the joke. A student was asked how an induction motor starts
ReplyDeletevrrrrrrrrooOOOOOOMMM
"Stop it"
VVVRRRRROOOoooooom!!
Pictorial representation of the difference!
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