ACROSS
7 Complain: "It's a small bed" (4) CRIB [DD]
8 Making clear evil anger is bad (9) REVEALING*
10 Ms. Earhart, America's enterprising lady in air, for starters (6) AMELIA {AM}{E
11 Mac's Croatian dressing (8) RAINCOAT*
12 If grants can be organised for firing from aircraft at ground targets ... (8) STRAFING*
14 Goes around bistro redevelopment (6) ORBITS*
16 Little bone of sinuous snake is cut lengthwise easily, in the beginning (7) OSSICLE Acrostic
18 Legendary female I dream about after end of film (7) MERMAID {
21 Walks or stays? (6) STRUTS [DD]
23 Increases soldiers in August mobilisation, after loss of uniform (8) AUGMENTS {MEN} in {AUG
25 Pub date dances around commencement of soiree in capital (8) BUDAPEST {PUB+DATES}* over {S
27 Comedian Hardy's duck's organ (6) OLIVER {O}{LIVER}
29 Ok, a sarong is designed for animals down under (9) KANGAROOS*
DOWN
1 Burns' steamer sails behind cape (8) CREMATES {C}{STEAMER}*
2 Isabella hides murder victim (4) ABEL [T]
3 Revolting Bulgarians throw buns to get sheep (6) ARGALI
5 Pub note rewritten; includes one male singer (8) BARITONE {BAR}{1}{TONE}
6 Dance bar doesn't have love for gramophone record, for example (4) DISC DISC
9 General allowance (5) GRANT [DD]
13 House-trained hornets fly away excitedly! Goodbye! (5) ADIEU
15 Enigma solver's explosive device, I hear (5) BOMBE (~bomb)
19 Riptide flows around head of Navajo brave (8) INTREPID {RIPTIDE}* over {N
20 Sketch box containing egg (7) CARTOON {CART{O}ON}
22 Main container (5) TRUNK [DD]
24 Great river carp (6) GROUSE {GR}{OUSE}
26 Champ's new skin disorder (4) ACNE {AC{N}E}
28 State: Moon's over Washington (4) IOWA {IO}{WA}
Reference List
America = AM, Uniform = U, Duck = O, Cape = C, Love = O, Egg = O, Great = GR, New = N
GRID
ABEL came to Mumbai from LAS VEGAS with his wife AMELIA who was seen in a REVEALING RAINCOAT. His brother GRANT from BUDAPEST joined them.
ReplyDeleteThey had a great time with OLIVER and other family members and friends.
However the day came when they had to leave. Tears in his eyes Abel before bidding ADIEU sang "...yehi BOMBE meri jaan!!"
Nice One!
DeleteThank God he didn't sing the first line of the song,
"Ae dil hain mushkil, jeena yahan"
Who sharafat ka zamaana tha.
DeleteRe:27A. Loved this clue by Manish Jhaveri( the Amul Man) in CCS put up yesterday for foolhardy:
ReplyDeleteAudacious Laurel often used to do this?(9)
I would like to see the revealing raincoat!!
ReplyDeleteGentle breezy start for the week. Thanks to Incognito I had enough time for my morning walk.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting references- Bombe,Riptide,Amelia,Osscicle.
Argali was new to me.
ReplyDeleteRead this article on Rip Current (it says often wrongly called 'Riptide') which could be dangerous and takes one by surprise. One of my friends lost his daughter when she went in to save her children who were pulled in in California beach.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_current
Vizag beaches are unsafe because of the rip currents.
DeleteVizag beach is a misnomer!
DeleteMeaning, there is no beach?
DeleteA sub could reach 600mtr from the beach. They are really ponds with sea water filled horsely hills!!!
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