ACROSS
1 Heavy boxer’s try ends in loss (8) FATALITY {FAT}{ALI}{TrY}
5 Setter and Indian brigades gather trophies (6) MEDALS {ME}{DALS}
10 Unusual big care for organ case (3,4) RIB CAGE*
11 Dull expert starts speaking about Indian culture (7) PROSAIC {PRO}{Sp...g}{Ab..t}{In...n}{Cu...e}
12 Directions to study a foreign country (6) SWEDEN {S}{W}{E}{DEN}
13 Tax official finds fools very rude, to begin with (8) ASSESSOR {ASSES}{SORe} (Addendum - {ASSES}{SO}{Rude} - See comments)
15 At last, saag, kheer, thokku, kebab rustled up for food (4) GRUB Tail Acrostic
16 Keen on kiss, I lean towards a drink that would make me heady (10) INTOXICANT {INTO}{X}{I}{CANT}
18 He kept Tara wrongfully — what should he do? (4,3,3) TAKE THE RAP* &lit
20 What the metal container has for applying on body (4) TALC [T] Semi&lit
23 Spread rumour about backsliding Indian Railway in mockery (8) DERISION {NOISED} over {IR} <=
24 South Indian in relocated unit is undisturbed (2,4) IN SITU {IN{SI}TU*}
26 Directions to Cole’s relocated corral (7) ENCLOSE {E}{N}{COLES*}
27 Mournful as glee dissipates where fatality is (7) ELEGIAC {GLEE*}{1AC}In any case/IAC See comments
28 Turn West to North and be whiny (6) SNIVEL S(-w+n)NIVEL
29 Untrue alloy? (8) DISLOYAL {ALLOY}* [RA]
DOWN
1 With which saw ahead sad end of sightseers? (15) FORESIGHTEDNESS*
2 Indian instrument you passed over end of line in artistic arrangement (7) TABLEAU {TABL{linE}A}{U}
3 Abandons pages (6) LEAVES [DD]
4 Affiliation with right bank (4) TIER {TIE}{R}
6 Secret coteries disbanded (8) ESOTERIC*
7 Real as a shrunken body of water (4,3) ARAL SEA*
8 Assembly in guardroom? Not exactly! (8,7) SECURITY COUNCIL[CD?] (Addendum - {SECURITY}{COUNCIL} - See comments)
9 Copies prepared by friend for kind of church (9) EPISCOPAL {COPIES*}{PAL}
14 Worker runs off as these beasts appear (9) ANTELOPES {ANT}{ELOPES}
17 Native Americans manage OK with canal examiner’s tool (8)OTISCOPE {OTIS}{COPE} Couldn't find an OTIS tribe on the net.What's the role of OK? (Addendum - OTOSCOPE {OTOS}{COPE} - See comments)
19 Indian spicy snack to Greek character in city in neighbouring country (7) KARACHI {KARA}{CHI}
21 Skill — skill has no limit! (7) ABILITYcapABILITY
22 Open University man finally gets to omit a point from unfair lease (6) UNSEAL {U}{maN}{LEASe*}
25 Had the local roti finally in a food shop (4) DELI Tail Acrostic
Reference List
Directions = S, W, E, N, Kiss = X, West = W, North = N, You = U, Right = R, University = U
1 Heavy boxer’s try ends in loss (8) FATALITY {FAT}{ALI}{T
5 Setter and Indian brigades gather trophies (6) MEDALS {ME}{DALS}
10 Unusual big care for organ case (3,4) RIB CAGE*
11 Dull expert starts speaking about Indian culture (7) PROSAIC {PRO}{S
12 Directions to study a foreign country (6) SWEDEN {S}{W}{E}{DEN}
15 At last, saag, kheer, thokku, kebab rustled up for food (4) GRUB Tail Acrostic
16 Keen on kiss, I lean towards a drink that would make me heady (10) INTOXICANT {INTO}{X}{I}{CANT}
18 He kept Tara wrongfully — what should he do? (4,3,3) TAKE THE RAP* &lit
20 What the metal container has for applying on body (4) TALC [T] Semi&lit
23 Spread rumour about backsliding Indian Railway in mockery (8) DERISION {NOISED} over {IR} <=
24 South Indian in relocated unit is undisturbed (2,4) IN SITU {IN{SI}TU*}
26 Directions to Cole’s relocated corral (7) ENCLOSE {E}{N}{COLES*}
27 Mournful as glee dissipates where fatality is (7) ELEGIAC {GLEE*}{1AC}
28 Turn West to North and be whiny (6) SNIVEL S(-w+n)NIVEL
29 Untrue alloy? (8) DISLOYAL {ALLOY}* [RA]
DOWN
1 With which saw ahead sad end of sightseers? (15) FORESIGHTEDNESS*
2 Indian instrument you passed over end of line in artistic arrangement (7) TABLEAU {TABL{
3 Abandons pages (6) LEAVES [DD]
4 Affiliation with right bank (4) TIER {TIE}{R}
6 Secret coteries disbanded (8) ESOTERIC*
7 Real as a shrunken body of water (4,3) ARAL SEA*
8 Assembly in guardroom? Not exactly! (8,7) SECURITY COUNCIL
9 Copies prepared by friend for kind of church (9) EPISCOPAL {COPIES*}{PAL}
14 Worker runs off as these beasts appear (9) ANTELOPES {ANT}{ELOPES}
17 Native Americans manage OK with canal examiner’s tool (8)
21 Skill — skill has no limit! (7) ABILITY
22 Open University man finally gets to omit a point from unfair lease (6) UNSEAL {U}{
25 Had the local roti finally in a food shop (4) DELI Tail Acrostic
Reference List
Directions = S, W, E, N, Kiss = X, West = W, North = N, You = U, Right = R, University = U
Dr RKE's TalePiece
A green story
The
mysterious death of ANTELOPES in the KARACHI zoo was a matter of
concern. The media spoke in DERISION about the incident and the
zookeeper could no longer TAKE THE RAP. He recommended the Government to
call a bio-researcher from SWEDEN, known for her FORESIGHTEDNESS and
ABILITY, to ASSESS the cause for the FATALITY. She had earlier received
MEDALS from the SECURITY COUNCIL for her work on the drying up of the
ARAL SEA and loss of its fauna. She came and made an IN SITU analysis.
The animals had died with a swollen RIB CAGE. A necropsy revealed
undigested matter blocking the gut of the hapless beasts. She traced it
to the green plastic packing of the GRUB sold by the DELI in the zoo.
The UNSEALed bags, strewn carelessly by the visitors, were eaten by the
deer, which had mistaken them for LEAVES. Such a PROSAIC explanation was
not sensational enough for the media, which had propunded ESOTERIC
theories of some INTOXICANT in the feeds sourced by a DISLOYAL official.
The incident caused the government to announce a ban on plastics. A two
TIERed TABLEAU was seen in the next Independence Day parade
emphasizing the dangers of plastic use.
17D- OK confused me also and I did not get it. Could Gridman have meant 'manage OK' for cope?
ReplyDelete17d otos cope (" manage ok")
ReplyDeleteAgreed I got the spelling wrong. However the American tribe is OTOE so would the plural be OTOES or OTOS?
DeleteFreedict. gives the plural as OTO and OTOS
DeleteThat is plural of OTO and not OTOE
DeletePlease see the link Col..It gives the meaning of OTO itself as native american.
Deletehttps://www.thefreedictionary.com/OTOS
Probably CV Sir can give his views?
Oto Indians is a split-off group of otoes (blue reservation). Generally both are used interchangeably, unless speaking of specific groups.
DeleteThanks KKR
DeleteI never knew about this tribe. Found it on googling for justification of otos.
DeleteThanks Gridman for giving me a new word and an entertaining grid.
17DN I think it is OTOS COPE {instrument used for ear examination]
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, OK still eludes
If you 'manage' you manage well.
DeleteIf you 'cope', you 'manage OK', 'manage just enough'.
Paddy got it. sree_sree got it.
Otoscope was easy for me as I use it daily to see the ear canal
ReplyDeleteNice GREEN story- very topical.
ReplyDeleteI counted 22 words.
Delete27a: I did not mean to get IAC from 'in any case'.
ReplyDeleteBut from 'fatality' which is 1Ac.
Delete+1
DeleteYou got it!
DeleteThanks
DeleteThanks paddy for revealed the code 1AC in 27Ac....gr8
DeleteI googled Otos as the plural of otus (owl).Could this be naive american?
ReplyDeleteOtus owlboy is a story/ musical.
DeleteMy solving was progressing fast with the 2 long verticals, but I got stuck in SW corner.
ReplyDelete8d guard/ ( "room not exactly' to council house! In britain))
ReplyDeleteTrue.
Delete13a: {ASSES}{SO}{R(-ude)}
ReplyDeleteThis is correct.
Delete+1
DeleteSO from very.
DeleteNice puzzle! 1AC was nicely done. Biffed otoscope and got Security Council from checkers.
ReplyDeleteLOI was Snivel.
17D Otoscope defeated me. 27A: the reference to 1AC was unexpected. Gridman's puzzles are always a delight; today's sprang a couple of surprises as well.
ReplyDeletebeautifully clubbed the puzzle 1a with 27a...Gridman has provided easy grid. very interesting to solve this grid as PPT (pen-pencil-test).
ReplyDeletefor 27A...i struggled a lot. Gridman's rocked today. never expect the substitution of 1AC with as glee. superb.