ACROSS
1 One in Boston laid the seeds of a revolution... (3,5) TEA PARTY [CD]
5 ...against a piece of poetry in the recital (6) VERSUS (~verses)
9 Not good to start off the work of a sailor in a pilot’s field (8) AVIATIONnAVIgATION
10 Bully in the plaintiff’s cricket club gets dismissed by Bishop (6) ABUSER A(-cc+b)BUSER
11 Tall male welcoming company assignment in a foreign office (4,10) HIGH COMMISSION {HIGH}{CO}{M}{MISSION}
14 Emu cushioned partially by a slimy protective fluid (5) MUCUS [T]
16 Sensible to get behind a little change to become careful with money (5,4) PENNY WISE {WISE}<=>{PENNY}
17 Seemingly endless university closure following Dana’s disruption (2,7)AD NAUSEUM {DANA}{U}SEUM Anno pending (Addendum - AD NAUSEAM {DANA*}{U}{SEAM} - See comments)
19 Speedy hedgehog making heir push Curie back after confusion at the end (5) SONIC{S(-c)(ONI*}(+c)C} (Addendum - SONIC S(-ci)ON(+ci*)IC )
20 Water shows dust patterning in a particular direction (14) SOUTHWESTWARDS*
23 Coaches daughter for a short time and withdraws (6) DRAINS (-t+d)DRAINS
24 Doctor complicated CEC’s ouster by a foreign office employee (8) DIPLOMATcOMPLIcATeD*
25 Sailor with an intoxicating cigarette (6) REEFER [DD]
26 Daughter misplaced fruit after the Indian girl’s entry and became emotionally troubled (8) AGITATED {GITA} in {(-d)ATE(+d)D}
DOWN
1 Reportedly pulled along by a despicable person (4) TOAD (~towed)
2 Excuse provided by leaders of ASEAN leveraging Indira’s brazen ideas (5) ALIBI Acrostic
3 Could these be dropped in certain socially inferior circles? (7) AITCHES [CD]
4 Layer found by Oscar, tucking into the wine from the south, on the globe (11) TROPOSPHERE {PORT<=}{O}{SPHERE}
6 Foreign office making the liberal leave the raucous assembly (7) EMBASSY ASSEMBlY*
7 Mistrust making the cousins design an envelope for the Greek letter (9) SUSPICION {SUS{PI}CION*}
8 Inflexibility resulting from contraction after commencement (10) STRINGENCYaSTRINGENCY
12 Coarse carpet containing nickel protects upset Greek character in the emancipation process (11) MANUMITTING {MA{N{MU<=}I}TTING}
13 An Indian car model for the foreign office employee (10) AMBASSADOR [DD]
15 Bone turning up inside an ice-cream holder in a foreign office (9) CONSULATE {CON{TALUS<=}E}
18 Rattle the peacekeepers with a turning device (7) UNHINGE {UN}{HINGE}
19 Vegetable concealed by Field Marshal Lothario (7) SHALLOT [T]
21 Scheduled retreat’s a fancy way to resign (5) DEMIT<=
22 Nail on an upright member in a timber framework (4) STUD [DD]
1 One in Boston laid the seeds of a revolution... (3,5) TEA PARTY [CD]
5 ...against a piece of poetry in the recital (6) VERSUS (~verses)
9 Not good to start off the work of a sailor in a pilot’s field (8) AVIATION
10 Bully in the plaintiff’s cricket club gets dismissed by Bishop (6) ABUSER A(-cc+b)BUSER
11 Tall male welcoming company assignment in a foreign office (4,10) HIGH COMMISSION {HIGH}{CO}{M}{MISSION}
14 Emu cushioned partially by a slimy protective fluid (5) MUCUS [T]
16 Sensible to get behind a little change to become careful with money (5,4) PENNY WISE {WISE}<=>{PENNY}
17 Seemingly endless university closure following Dana’s disruption (2,7)
19 Speedy hedgehog making heir push Curie back after confusion at the end (5) SONIC
20 Water shows dust patterning in a particular direction (14) SOUTHWESTWARDS*
23 Coaches daughter for a short time and withdraws (6) DRAINS (-t+d)DRAINS
24 Doctor complicated CEC’s ouster by a foreign office employee (8) DIPLOMAT
25 Sailor with an intoxicating cigarette (6) REEFER [DD]
26 Daughter misplaced fruit after the Indian girl’s entry and became emotionally troubled (8) AGITATED {GITA} in {(-d)ATE(+d)D}
DOWN
1 Reportedly pulled along by a despicable person (4) TOAD (~towed)
2 Excuse provided by leaders of ASEAN leveraging Indira’s brazen ideas (5) ALIBI Acrostic
3 Could these be dropped in certain socially inferior circles? (7) AITCHES [CD]
4 Layer found by Oscar, tucking into the wine from the south, on the globe (11) TROPOSPHERE {PORT<=}{O}{SPHERE}
6 Foreign office making the liberal leave the raucous assembly (7) EMBASSY ASSEMB
7 Mistrust making the cousins design an envelope for the Greek letter (9) SUSPICION {SUS{PI}CION*}
8 Inflexibility resulting from contraction after commencement (10) STRINGENCY
12 Coarse carpet containing nickel protects upset Greek character in the emancipation process (11) MANUMITTING {MA{N{MU<=}I}TTING}
13 An Indian car model for the foreign office employee (10) AMBASSADOR [DD]
15 Bone turning up inside an ice-cream holder in a foreign office (9) CONSULATE {CON{TALUS<=}E}
18 Rattle the peacekeepers with a turning device (7) UNHINGE {UN}{HINGE}
19 Vegetable concealed by Field Marshal Lothario (7) SHALLOT [T]
21 Scheduled retreat’s a fancy way to resign (5) DEMIT<=
22 Nail on an upright member in a timber framework (4) STUD [DD]
Reference List
Not = N, Good = G, Cricket Club = CC, Bishop = B, Male = M, University = U, Curie = Ci, Daughter = D, Oscar = O, Liberal = L
Dr RKE's TalePiece
MY NEW FAIR LADY
Miss
Eliza Doolittle sells SHALLOTs for a living and being PENNY WISE, she
cannot afford attending a finishing school. Professor Henry Higgins, the
famed phonetician, who can accurately place the origin of a man hailing
2 miles SOUTHWESTWARDS of Coventry Garden merely by his accent, takes
on the challenge of MANUMITTING Eliza from her wretchedness by simply
teaching her not to drop the 'AITCHES, transforming the language of a
guttersnipe into that of a gracious lady. His housekeeper Mrs.Pearce
goes about changing Eliza's attire and teaches her the use of a
handkerchief to wipe the MUCUS instead of the sleeve of her gown. The
STRINGENCY of Higgins' exercise of saying AD NAUSEAM phrases like "In
Hertford, Hereford, and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen" DRAINS
her of all energy but she finally masters the diction of the Queen's
English.
Higgins takes
her to a TEA PARTY in the Hungarian HIGH COMMISSION, hosted by the
AMBASSADOR. It is attended by CONSULATEs and DIPLOMATs from several
nations. Eliza passes off for a lady of high birth, raising no
SUSPICION, until she sees a STUD, dressed in a REEFER, one Freddy
Eynsford-Hill. Things become UNHINGEd when she drops her guard and
shouts out an unladylike profanity in her excitement. AGITATED by this
Prof.Higgins turns the ABUSER. Not cowed down by his abuses, Eliza
perseveres and joins an AVIATION company. She becomes the chief of
cabin crew on their superSONIC flights, that fly above the TROPOSPHERE.
Freddy DEMITs his post in the EMBASSY and joins the same airlines to
continue wooing Eliza.
17a Dana*+u(seam). Closure=seam
ReplyDelete+1 for both 17ac and 19ac
Delete19a Curie=Ci. Scion->son ci - >son ic.
ReplyDeleteAll is fair in love and war,they say. So the love continues at high altitudes. Hail My Fair Lady!!
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteAmbassadors (Indian? nice to see it) High Commissions,consulates,aitches,troposphere...Neyartha takes us to high places.
ReplyDeleteThank you for an enjoyable CW and a more enjoyable Talepiece.
It is AD NAUSEAM, and not ad nauseum.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the correction. I was also making the same mistake.
Deletewell framed the Talepiece......enjoyed it
DeleteAn old joke about our own Ambassador-
ReplyDeleteIt jolted,jerked,creaked its way down our bumpy roads,but the maker was sent to heaven after passing away. They asked how can it be? Peter said it made people sitting in it at least say "Oh! God!"
Fiats,Ambassadors and Standard were the only cars made in India back then. One can even say used in India since imports were severely restricted.
Heir= Scion may be added to the Ref.list
ReplyDeleteDr.RKE,
ReplyDeleteWould you please mail me the Tale piece. It is so good I want o save it.
padmanabhan.pb@gmail.com
Why, you can highlight the text, right-click, Copy in Notepad and and Save as on your machine.
ReplyDeleteNot able to get it that way.I tried. Probably we are not supposed to do that. It turns dark.
DeletePaddy I copied and pasted in word file. If it turns dark after pasting, no problem you can just format in Word. Shall mail you the word file.
Delete@ vasanth & paddy....i tried. and it will be in dark. copy and right click then paste the option of merge formatting (M). pl.try
Deletepaddy pl.chk ut inbox...i just mailed
DeleteThank you Vasant.
ReplyDeleteI am off to Bali and Kuala Lumpur from 21st to 28th, due to the time difference I will not be able to post Dr RKE's TalePiece in the main post as I would be out sightseeing at 8:30 IST. Dr RKE may post them in the comments section for those 8 days
ReplyDeleteCol. Happy vacation,but take due care.
Deleteglad to know your sch. Happy journey sir....
DeleteThank you Paddy and Prasanna
DeleteThat is if I am visited by the muse for story telling and assuming I first get to complete the solving. Happy holiday, Col. Take a mask and carry and use a hand sanitizer every so often!!
ReplyDeleteTypical Doctor's advice!
Delete...and timely too
DeleteThanks Doc, carrying masks including 50 disposable ones and lots of Hand sanitizer
DeleteGood diplomatic clues and some tough.Thanks, Neyartha
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays Col!
ReplyDeleteHappy holidays Col!
ReplyDeleteCome back safe!
Thank you Ram and KKR
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays Colonel. You will be very close to Thailand. Try making it here.
ReplyDeletePygmallion revisited. Thanks Doc for the wonderful talepiece.
ReplyDeleteThanks vasant. I have not read Pygmalion but once knew by heart lines from Alan Jay Lerner's version which was seen in the movie. Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn made it worth watching again and again
DeleteThe rane stas manly in the planes!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDidn't understand anything!
DeleteThe rain in Spain Stays Mainly in the plains- as pronounced by Eliza Doolittle,the flower girl before she came under the tutelage of Prof.- Pygmalion/ My Fair Lady,the theme of today's Talepiece.
ReplyDeleteDid a bit of Prasad for a change!
ReplyDeleteOh, ha ha, I like that!
DeleteHave a great holiday, Col. Do take extreme care.Come back home safe.God bless.
ReplyDeleteThanks Raju
DeleteHappy holidays Colonel Sir!
ReplyDeleteThank you MB
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