ACROSS
1 Chaps from Belgium mislead top army officer about setter (8) LIEGEMEN {LIE}{GE{ME}N}
5 Capital — the way it’s fixed (5) ASSET {AS}{SET}
9 Fancies limits over Asian staple (8) CAPRICES {CAP{RICE}S}
10 Fakir disturbed about hot cropping season (6) KHARIF {K{H}ARIF*}
12 Scoff at no female barbarian (4) LOUTfLOUT
13 Suffering Syd in France very hardy in extremity with disease (9) DYSTROPHY {SYD*}{TROP}{HardY}
15 Bagels Dad stuffed into carryall (9) SADDLEBAG*
17 Wise person leaves one kind (5) GENUS GENiUS
19 Saint’s assistant is sober (5) STAID {ST}{AID}
21 Cleaning woman takes one runaway flirt suspiciously in ski lift (9) CHAIR LIFT {CHA{1}R}{FLIrT}* A rare slip by Gridman
23 Practice that makes pupils see more clearly (9) OPTOMETRY [CD]
25 Note: Memsahib left sahib out (4) MEMO {MEMsahib}{O}
28 Still green, aunt griped no end repeatedly (6) UNRIPE {aUNt}{gRIPEd}
29 Friend bumped into all but top of plant (8) PALMETTO {PAL}{MET}{TOp}
30 Gangleader’s real, withering angry look (5) GLARE {Ga...r}{REAL*}
31 Stand still — by the way, an insect is in extremely agreeable surrounding (8) STAGNATE {ST}{Agre{GNAT}eablE}
DOWN
1 Confines treacherous allies and head of squad holding commanding officer back (9) LOCALISES {L{CO<=}ALISE*}{Sq..d}
2 Former poet to give a full account (7) EXPOUND {EX}{POUND}
3 American magazine’s back issue (4) EMIT<=
4 Ultimately positive and so all-inclusive (5) EVERY {p...vE}{VERY}
6 She has lessons to learn and tests to pass (10) SCHOOLGIRL [CD]
7 Listener, as a consequence, is worldly (7) EARTHEN {EAR}{THEN}
8 This is just not on! (3) OFF [CD]
11 Greek character abducting model is seen as a disgrace (6) STIGMA {S{T}IGMA}
14 Peasant in helicopter hovering around Israeli city (10) CLODHOPPER {C{LOD}HOPPER}
16 Male animal gets meat regularly in container (6) BUCKET {BUCK}{mEaT}
18 In an undertone, drunk to say one is not in (5,4) SOTTO VOCE {SOT}{TO}{VOiCE}
20 Clothes appear crumpled on many (7) APPAREL {APPEAR*}{L}
22 I retain strange disinclination to act (7) INERTIA {I}{RETAIN*}
24 Lambaste a saint propagating rubbish all around (5) ROAST {RO{A}{S}T}
26 Objection’s up for awkward boat (3) TUB<=
27 At first, suffering motorists observe grimy industrial haze (4) SMOG Acrostic
1 Chaps from Belgium mislead top army officer about setter (8) LIEGEMEN {LIE}{GE{ME}N}
5 Capital — the way it’s fixed (5) ASSET {AS}{SET}
9 Fancies limits over Asian staple (8) CAPRICES {CAP{RICE}S}
10 Fakir disturbed about hot cropping season (6) KHARIF {K{H}ARIF*}
12 Scoff at no female barbarian (4) LOUT
13 Suffering Syd in France very hardy in extremity with disease (9) DYSTROPHY {SYD*}{TROP}{H
15 Bagels Dad stuffed into carryall (9) SADDLEBAG*
17 Wise person leaves one kind (5) GENUS GEN
19 Saint’s assistant is sober (5) STAID {ST}{AID}
21 Cleaning woman takes one runaway flirt suspiciously in ski lift (9) CHAIR LIFT {CHA{1}R}{FLI
23 Practice that makes pupils see more clearly (9) OPTOMETRY [CD]
25 Note: Memsahib left sahib out (4) MEMO {MEM
28 Still green, aunt griped no end repeatedly (6) UNRIPE {
29 Friend bumped into all but top of plant (8) PALMETTO {PAL}{MET}{TO
31 Stand still — by the way, an insect is in extremely agreeable surrounding (8) STAGNATE {ST}{A
DOWN
1 Confines treacherous allies and head of squad holding commanding officer back (9) LOCALISES {L{CO<=}ALISE*}{S
2 Former poet to give a full account (7) EXPOUND {EX}{POUND}
3 American magazine’s back issue (4) EMIT<=
4 Ultimately positive and so all-inclusive (5) EVERY {
6 She has lessons to learn and tests to pass (10) SCHOOLGIRL [CD]
7 Listener, as a consequence, is worldly (7) EARTHEN {EAR}{THEN}
8 This is just not on! (3) OFF [CD]
11 Greek character abducting model is seen as a disgrace (6) STIGMA {S{T}IGMA}
14 Peasant in helicopter hovering around Israeli city (10) CLODHOPPER {C{LOD}HOPPER}
16 Male animal gets meat regularly in container (6) BUCKET {BUCK}{
18 In an undertone, drunk to say one is not in (5,4) SOTTO VOCE {SOT}{TO}{VOiCE}
20 Clothes appear crumpled on many (7) APPAREL {APPEAR*}{L}
22 I retain strange disinclination to act (7) INERTIA {I}{RETAIN*}
24 Lambaste a saint propagating rubbish all around (5) ROAST {RO{A}{S}T}
26 Objection’s up for awkward boat (3) TUB<=
27 At first, suffering motorists observe grimy industrial haze (4) SMOG Acrostic
Reference List
Hot = H, Female = F, Run = R, Out = O, Saint = ST, S, Way = ST, Model = T, Drunk = SOT, Many = L
Dr RKE's TalePiece
Saving the GENUS
The
CAPRICES of the elements resulted in an unripe KHARIF crop for the
PEASANT. His daughter, a SCHOOLGIRL, suggested taking a BUCKET of
PALMETTO leaves and leaving them to STAGNATE in an EARTHEN TUB. The
compost did EMIT gases which nourished the STIGMA and helped ripen the
crop and this idea was a hit OFF, a real ASSET and EVERY farmer followed
this practice. The usually SMUG and STAID officials from the agricuture
department shed their INERTIA and sent a MEMO, to the ministry
EXPOUNDing the merits of this method. It was a pity that the girl took
to OPTOMETRY rather than biotechnology.
I am sure the girl would have become an asset in optometry too. hank you Dr.RKE.
ReplyDeleteBTW I did not get optometry,trying to find some non existent wordplay.
21A- a rare slip?
ReplyDeleteEMIT is a repeat from Monday with the same wordplay but worded a little differently
ReplyDeleteIf at all there was a big database compiling all the clues of all the papers, I am sure we will find several repeats.
DeleteAfter all, a word has limited ways of looking at and those ways would have been explored over these many years, right?
From the time I started compiling in 2001, I used to prepare a list of words entered in a particular set of six (now 4) and run it thru a dupe finder to avoid repeats within the lights in the set.
DeleteI may not have done it this time.
From 2001 and counting. Still the novelty hasn't worn off! I wonder if any setter has had such a long innings. Hats off
DeleteIn the UK you have Roger Squires who at 90 plus has just hung up his boots. "He has published over 70,000 crosswords in total, and on 14 May 2007 what was estimated to be his two millionth clue was published in the Daily Telegraph (Wikipedia).
DeleteI have corresponded with him thru surface mail ad email. He sent me an autographed book of his Guardian puzzles..
And what is your total? Have you kept a count?
DeleteThe panel on the left says Gridman (608) but that I think is since the commencement of the blog,not from 2001. Apart from TH,Gridman has set various other puzzles including for school children under a different name. I have solved some of them and I would say no less interesting. He should have easily crossed 1000.
DeleteMy estimate is he would have crossed half-a-million clues mark.
DeleteI also could not find a slip in 21A. Can you explain?
ReplyDeleteLift is part of clue and solution
DeleteExcept for 21A, it was a delight solving it. Thanks Gridman!
ReplyDeleteThey are talking about use in the clue of lift, which is part of the answer word. A slip, yes. Sorry!
ReplyDeleteSolvers don't like things being given gratis.
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of our childhood practice! During examinations, when the invigilator was not attentive, outsiders used to send "slips" to their candidates struggling to write the paper [I am sure this unethical practice still continues unabated!]. Sometimes, the 'slip' moves through the entire room!
DeleteSo, in this way, the word 'slip' is not apologetic.
Probably, you are helping the schoolgirl in 6Dn in solving the grid, with this slip? Ha ha!
LOL.
ReplyDeleteDid any of you see the video shown in some news a few months back about people hanging outside (literally from first floor windows) sending in slips- not one but many.
DeleteI did see.
DeleteMost newspapers, including The Hindu, carried a pic.
Paddy, you don't have to check the crossings in 26d. You can have either BUT or TUB. A
ReplyDeleteBy the way, the def. here is "awkward boat"
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DeleteYes Ram. How very convenient!!
ReplyDeleteIn the Bangalore edition, the spelling of appear in 20D has 3 Ps. Apppear, it says.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, this is what is called "cheating eyes"!
DeleteEven my Hyderabad addition has this appPearance!
Like some computer programs, our eyes too have built-in auto-spell-check program. It reads much earlier and sends its correct word/meaning to the brain. Physically, the wrong letter remains.
DeleteEven the online interactive version had the same spelling.
DeleteI breezed through this one before screeching to a halt at Dystrophy. For a long time, I was toying with tres for very in French until the schoolgirl at 6d rescued me.
ReplyDeleteGridman again has modified his usually used grid so that we have two three letter words( a rarity for a Gridman grid). Experimenting?
The schoolgirl seems t be doing a lot today.
ReplyDeleteSchoolgirl is "giving a slip" to master!!!
Delete"a slip" or "the slip' from class.
DeleteIf the master is chasing her, then it becomes 'the slip'
Delete28Ac Should it not be "no ends" instead of " no end" in the clue?
ReplyDeleteNo end repeatedly is the instruction- alternative to no ends
DeleteThough I wrote the solution, couldn't annotate because I took " end repeatedly" to mean the end letters of previous two words rather than their either ends.
DeleteNo ends repeatedly should have been apt?
ReplyDeleteYes.
Deleteno end (either end, left or right of each preceding word) repatedly
ReplyDeleteAnother great Gridman puzzle. Thank you. (Got them all except OPTOMETRY.). I like to see the occasional Indian word so 10A: KHARIF was my favourite.
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