ACROSS
1 Can be caught behind wicket, in short (5,6) WATER CLOSET {C after W}/ {W}{C} Lovely clue
7 James Bond, perhaps gets essential information (3) GEN[DD?] James Bond? (Addendum - aGENt - See comments))
9 Girl’s husband is from Dublin (5) IRISH {IRIS}{H}
10 Twitter has made changes — it’s a monotonous task (9) TREADMILL {TR{MADE*}ILL}
11 Wild shrubs over time grow in wilderness (9) SAGEBRUSH {S{AGE}BRUSH*} &lit
12 Large boat, slow in movement (5) LARGO {L}{ARGO}
13 Outstanding round, green right away (7) OVERDUE {O}{VERDUrE}
15 Once past, the odds go with cattle (4) NEAT {oNcE+pAsT}
18 One Moslem leader following another (4) IMAM {1}{Mo...m}{A}{Mo...m} Semi&lit
20 Church worker finds damp patch (7) SEEPAGE {SEE}{PAGE}
23 Crude can rise and suddenly slip initially (5) CRASS Acrostic
24 Julius Caesar didn’t know how to manage or placate her (9) CLEOPATRA* &lit
26 Sailor on board, used by the cook (9) TABLESALT {TABLE}{SALT}
27 Market place empty in Indian city (5) AGORA {AG{O}RA}
28 Chinese cat goes for cock, perhaps (3) HAYcatHAY
29 All remedies work in Ireland (7,4) EMERALD ISLE*
DOWN
1 Said to be conceited Caledonian on the wall panel (8) WAINSCOT (~vain){WAIN}{SCOT}
2 Tight nighties — what do you call them? (8) THINGIES*
3 He breaks the bar — hauled up to halfway house (5) REHAB {BA{HE}R}<=
4 Long before Julius Caesar’s last words, crew oddly leaves (7) LETTUCE {L}{ET TU}{CrEw}
5 Hawking — quietly he kept gun outside (7) STEPHEN {STE{P}{HE}N}}
6 With wife lived at a resort, it’s a bore (5,4) TIDAL WAVE {W+LIVED+AT+A}*
7 It stops blood, a complaint (6) GOITRE {GO{IT}RE}
8 Hold light to cover lines on both sides (6) NELSON {NE{LineS}ON}
14 Block a row with some fancy metalwork (9) DAMASCENE {DAM}{A}{SCENE}
16 Groups start fighting, fighting’s endless (8) FACTIONS {Fi...g}{ACTION}{lesS}
17 State law to check expensive drug (8) DELAWARE {DE{LAW}AR}{E}
19 Club sandwiches — butter makes a pattern (7) MACRAME {MAC{RAM}E}
20 View from top to bottom, reading in between lines (7) SPECTRA {(-a)SPECT(+a)A} over {R}
21 Put a lid on booze (6) SCOTCH [DD]
22 Kid under wheels of an acid carrier (6) CARBOY {BOY}{<=>{CAR}
25 Material quietly put face up (5) PLAID {P}{DIAL<=}
Reference List
Caught = C, Wicket = W, Husband = H, Large = L, Right = R, Church = SEE, Long = L, Quietly = P, Wife = W, Drug = E, Reading = R
1 Can be caught behind wicket, in short (5,6) WATER CLOSET {C after W}/ {W}{C} Lovely clue
7 James Bond, perhaps gets essential information (3) GEN
9 Girl’s husband is from Dublin (5) IRISH {IRIS}{H}
10 Twitter has made changes — it’s a monotonous task (9) TREADMILL {TR{MADE*}ILL}
11 Wild shrubs over time grow in wilderness (9) SAGEBRUSH {S{AGE}BRUSH*} &lit
13 Outstanding round, green right away (7) OVERDUE {O}{VERDU
15 Once past, the odds go with cattle (4) NEAT {
18 One Moslem leader following another (4) IMAM {1}{M
20 Church worker finds damp patch (7) SEEPAGE {SEE}{PAGE}
23 Crude can rise and suddenly slip initially (5) CRASS Acrostic
24 Julius Caesar didn’t know how to manage or placate her (9) CLEOPATRA* &lit
26 Sailor on board, used by the cook (9) TABLESALT {TABLE}{SALT}
27 Market place empty in Indian city (5) AGORA {AG{O}RA}
28 Chinese cat goes for cock, perhaps (3) HAY
29 All remedies work in Ireland (7,4) EMERALD ISLE*
DOWN
1 Said to be conceited Caledonian on the wall panel (8) WAINSCOT (~vain){WAIN}{SCOT}
3 He breaks the bar — hauled up to halfway house (5) REHAB {BA{HE}R}<=
4 Long before Julius Caesar’s last words, crew oddly leaves (7) LETTUCE {L}{ET TU}{C
5 Hawking — quietly he kept gun outside (7) STEPHEN {STE{P}{HE}N}}
6 With wife lived at a resort, it’s a bore (5,4) TIDAL WAVE {W+LIVED+AT+A}*
8 Hold light to cover lines on both sides (6) NELSON {NE{L
17 State law to check expensive drug (8) DELAWARE {DE{LAW}AR}{E}
19 Club sandwiches — butter makes a pattern (7) MACRAME {MAC{RAM}E}
21 Put a lid on booze (6) SCOTCH [DD]
22 Kid under wheels of an acid carrier (6) CARBOY {BOY}{<=>{CAR}
Reference List
Caught = C, Wicket = W, Husband = H, Large = L, Right = R, Church = SEE, Long = L, Quietly = P, Wife = W, Drug = E, Reading = R
Am still puzzling over 1a. As for 13a, 'green' is 'verdure' so the anno is O + VE(-r)DU(-r)E
ReplyDeleteNote that we usually delete only one instance of a letter and not two or more unless instructed specifically.
So this may be anotther experimentation by Arden as he seems to be doinf of late.
As for 'verdure' I first met the adjectival form of the word in college:
"But here there is no light,
Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown
Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.
Only one R is being deleted so there is no problem
DeleteAge tells! Haste in beating other commenters tells.
Delete7a james bond is a commander
ReplyDeleteA Commander is not equivalent to a General in rank
DeleteJames Bond is AGENT, essentially, GEN
DeleteGood one KKR
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DeletekkR ...nice to see ur anno. i was too thinking for James Bond. Col.sir..I could not get the grid in beta website. earlier I use to view in "Misc" tab. pl.adv.
DeleteWhich is this 'beta website'?
Deletehttps://www.thehindu.com/
Deleteshowing as beta.thehindu.com regularly watching this page. http://beta.thehindu.com/
Delete'Commander' not rankwise but in the sense of 'one who commands'.
ReplyDeleteWonderful grid, many aha moments, especially, 1 Across!
ReplyDeleteThanks Arden for the entertainment, as always!
Is it because of some SEEPAGE that we see FACTIONS to riot and cause a TIDAL WAVE of crime?
ReplyDeleteCorrective measures are OVERDUE. Our Gen. says the army is ever ready to act.
Meanwhile our guy has caught this sudden disorder: AGORAPHOBIA!
He has stopped going on NELSON Manickam Road for his early morning walks and ordered a TREADMILL online!!
Nelson Manickam Road?!! It came very handy for your story, CGB Sir!
ReplyDeleteManickam was the founder of the NELSON
ReplyDeleteType foundry and that is how the road got its name.
Thanks Sir. I know this road but never bothered to dig its history.
DeleteDiscussion out of course perhaps.
DeleteDuring mid-90s, the then Government decided to remove caste-names from the street names. So, Dr. Nair's Road would become Dr. Road and Arct Road will simply become Road!!!
Has it taken place?
No. Arcot still exists in Chennai (Nee,Madras) Arcot is not a caste name.
DeleteBTW Arcot is a town by itself in what used to be North Arcot(!) dt.- of course nowadays I lose track of the newly formed district borders.
The famous twins A.L. Mudaliar (Long time Vice Chancellor of Madras University- my degree cert. is signed by him) & A.R. Mudaliar. Though it is acsate name,they were recognisable only by that name!
They hailed from Arcot.
DeleteA doubt about 20A- Can seepage be called a wet patch? It is basically a leak or the liquid that has leaked. The wet patch is an extension and is created by the seepage. This is my understanding.Awaiting clarification.
ReplyDeleteI think you are right, Paddy. Wet patch could be the after effect of seepage.
Delete28A in my understanding haycock is a mound of hay. Is it fair to define it as cock? I understand the wordplay: cat going away from Cathay (chinese). My issue is with the definition
ReplyDeleteThe clue ends with "perhaps" to mean that it is not cock but haycock. This is my understanding.
DeleteFree dictionary: cock 2 (kŏk)
ReplyDeleten.
A cone-shaped pile of straw or hay
So the clue is kosher!
ReplyDeleteCol.'s link gives this meaning with picture.
ReplyDeleteToo many parallels drawn in the garb of cryptic license. For example, a church may be a part of a bishop's Episcopal jurisdiction but is not a synonym for See, per se. Similarly , a wet patch is not amounting to seepage but a cause of seepage like the one caused in a baby's diaper orin an adult's pad. While I am an ardent admirer of Arden, I wonder, if his such clues will pass muster in an expert cryptic solvers forum, nor can I ever find such oblique clues in the English papers crosswords. Arden tends to be too liberal and elastic in his clueing techniques. Merely to raise the bar.It is always possible to justify but the band has to stop stretching too far, lest it snaps logical inferences. My humble comments are not meant to pick holes.
ReplyDeleteAttempted the puzzle late night after a hectic day at work.. Came a cropper.. Finished 80%..Havent seen the blog for the answers.. Shall pick up the thread tomorrow morning..
ReplyDeleteThis seems a high class puzzle..
Completed the puzzle in a rush.Lettuce, Stephen fell and final saw WC!
DeleteThank you Arden for the entertainment.
Some super clues, esp. 1D, 6D and 24A. 22D CARBOY was a new word for me. Thank you, Arden.
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