Day 22 of 40 Stay safe at home
ACROSS
1 Private detective mostly eats some fresh carrot at the end (8) DOMESTIC {D{SOME*}{c...oT}ICk}
5 Sadly, I’ve no competence to begin with (6) NOVICE {IVE+NO+Co...e}* &lit
10 Ascetic took a dip on island (5) SWAMI {SWAM}{I}
11 Pinching model’s rear? Hounded and flogged (9) CHASTISED {CHAS{SIT<=}ED}
12 State in America where most want to cheat and go astray (9) WISCONSIN {WISh}{CON}{SIN}
13 Father’s glib talk — waste of time (5) PATER PATtER
14 Feel the heat, discarding spade in confusion (6) WELTERsWELTER
15 Calmed by action limiting trouble largely (7) DEFUSED {DE{FUSs}ED}
18 Arresting holy man in India concealing deceit (7) SALIENT {SA{LIE}NT}
20 Criminal helps to smuggle cocaine in arduous journey (6) SCHLEP {S{C}HLEP*}
22 Mate with maiden enthralled by excellent spirit (5) AMIGO {A{M}1}{GO}
24 Ex-wife overwhelmed by bitterness starting to rage! Be reasonable (4,5) HOLD WATER {H{OLD}{W}ATE}{Rage}
25 One transporting cargo and soldiers in military aircraft (9) FREIGHTER {F{RE}IGHTER}
26 Right topples Left, plunders bases (5) ROOTS (+r-l)ROOTS
27 Unobtrusive operation around northern border kills many (6) UNSEEN {U{N}SE}{ENd}
28 Lockets in conclusion found in drawers (8) PENDANTS {P{END}ANTS}
DOWN
1 Turn your back on uproar over broadcast (6) DISOWN {DI{SOW}N}
2 Poor dude has good intentions (5,4) MEANS WELL {MEAN}{SWELL}
3 Mistake by kind husband to tackle insolence with essentially sweet talk (4,2,3,6) SLIP OF THE TONGUE {S{LIP}OFT}{H}{swEet}{TONGUE}
4 One cutting ironic rogue hiding a little scam (7) INCISOR {INCI{Scam}OR*}
6 Where a mountaineer summiting Mt. Everest might be ecstatic (2,3,2,3,5) ON TOP OF THE WORLD [DD]
7 Smaller map of states nicely put up (5) INSET [T<=]
8 Commotion after revolutionary character steals diamond in a place of fabulous wealth (2,6) EL DORADO {ADO} after {RO{D}LE<=}
9 Admonished, groom ran in to get married (6) WARNED {W{RAN*}ED}
16 Despise eating small slice of tasteless vegetable (5,4) SWEET CORN {S{WEE}{Ta...s}CORN}
17 America rose to tackle final horrific pandemic in 1957 (5,3) ASIAN FLU {AS{FINAL*}U<=}
19 Knocking out criminal finally, detective seizes smack in Pacific island (6) TAHITI {TA{HIT}Il}
20 Pal on vacation in rush to spend extravagantly (7) SPLURGE {S{PaL}URGE}
21 Whines about small troubles (6) CRISES {CRI{S}ES}
23 Articles by one member in revolutionary group (5) ITEMS {1}{S{M}ET<=}
Reference List
Island = I, Time = T, Spade = S, Cocaine = C, Maiden = M, Wife = W, Soldiers = RE(Royal Engineers), Right = R, Left = L, Northern = N, Husband = H, Diamond = D, Small = S, Member = M
1 Private detective mostly eats some fresh carrot at the end (8) DOMESTIC {D{SOME*}{
5 Sadly, I’ve no competence to begin with (6) NOVICE {IVE+NO+C
10 Ascetic took a dip on island (5) SWAMI {SWAM}{I}
11 Pinching model’s rear? Hounded and flogged (9) CHASTISED {CHAS{SIT<=}ED}
12 State in America where most want to cheat and go astray (9) WISCONSIN {WIS
13 Father’s glib talk — waste of time (5) PATER PAT
14 Feel the heat, discarding spade in confusion (6) WELTER
15 Calmed by action limiting trouble largely (7) DEFUSED {DE{FUS
18 Arresting holy man in India concealing deceit (7) SALIENT {SA{LIE}NT}
20 Criminal helps to smuggle cocaine in arduous journey (6) SCHLEP {S{C}HLEP*}
22 Mate with maiden enthralled by excellent spirit (5) AMIGO {A{M}1}{GO}
24 Ex-wife overwhelmed by bitterness starting to rage! Be reasonable (4,5) HOLD WATER {H{OLD}{W}ATE}{R
25 One transporting cargo and soldiers in military aircraft (9) FREIGHTER {F{RE}IGHTER}
26 Right topples Left, plunders bases (5) ROOTS (+r-l)ROOTS
27 Unobtrusive operation around northern border kills many (6) UNSEEN {U{N}SE}{EN
28 Lockets in conclusion found in drawers (8) PENDANTS {P{END}ANTS}
DOWN
1 Turn your back on uproar over broadcast (6) DISOWN {DI{SOW}N}
2 Poor dude has good intentions (5,4) MEANS WELL {MEAN}{SWELL}
3 Mistake by kind husband to tackle insolence with essentially sweet talk (4,2,3,6) SLIP OF THE TONGUE {S{LIP}OFT}{H}{
4 One cutting ironic rogue hiding a little scam (7) INCISOR {INCI{S
6 Where a mountaineer summiting Mt. Everest might be ecstatic (2,3,2,3,5) ON TOP OF THE WORLD [DD]
7 Smaller map of states nicely put up (5) INSET [T<=]
8 Commotion after revolutionary character steals diamond in a place of fabulous wealth (2,6) EL DORADO {ADO} after {RO{D}LE<=}
9 Admonished, groom ran in to get married (6) WARNED {W{RAN*}ED}
16 Despise eating small slice of tasteless vegetable (5,4) SWEET CORN {S{WEE}{T
17 America rose to tackle final horrific pandemic in 1957 (5,3) ASIAN FLU {AS{FINAL*}U<=}
19 Knocking out criminal finally, detective seizes smack in Pacific island (6) TAHITI {TA{HIT}I
20 Pal on vacation in rush to spend extravagantly (7) SPLURGE {S{P
21 Whines about small troubles (6) CRISES {CRI{S}ES}
23 Articles by one member in revolutionary group (5) ITEMS {1}{S{M}ET<=}
Reference List
Island = I, Time = T, Spade = S, Cocaine = C, Maiden = M, Wife = W, Soldiers = RE(Royal Engineers), Right = R, Left = L, Northern = N, Husband = H, Diamond = D, Small = S, Member = M
Grid same as yesterday
Thanks Doc for the walk in the park, despite lockdown!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the fresh air, albeit metaphorically😀
DeleteMostly yes, but I had problem with Asian part of the flu,trying Spain instead (though it had to be Spanish)
ReplyDeleteLiked the use of groom in 9D. 'getting married' meant to distract one.
I guess Colonel is busy. Also I sent the tale a little late. So I have added it in the comments section
ReplyDeleteBusy sweeping the house :-)
DeleteA new broom sweeps clean Sir :)
DeleteDoc...you meant new broomstick or broom'staff'?
DeleteOne broom said to the other...
Delete'New brooms are always better than old ones.'
'Wow, that's a sweeping statement.' the other broom replied.
Well swept!
DeleteSWAMI N felt ON TOP OF THE WORLD as he was gifted a small island near TAHITI by one of his devotees from WISCONSIN. The Swami's PATER was a DOMESTIC help in an ashram and while still a NOVICE, N had learnt the trick of producing holy ash from thin air. Although he had humble ROOTS, he dreamed big. He was CHASTISED by his father one day for indulging in cheap magic and WARNED that the guru of the ashram would DISOWN him. This caused N to run away UNSEEN in the dead of the night with an AMIGO, in search of their EL DORADO. They were soon on a dangerous SCHLEP aboard a FREIGHTER, landing in America. To cut the long story short, N and his friend established a yoga school, in what was once a SWEETCORN field. They SPLURGEd on online advertisement and this earned them thousands of followers. The SALIENT feature was they all wore PENDANTS with an INSET design of an Indian swastika.
ReplyDeleteSwami N in a public talk once said "look at all the gold that I have got from yoga". The IRS sent its officers to investigate. Swami's argument that it was only a SLIP OF THE TONGUE and that he actually meant 'good' but it came out as 'gold' did not HOLD WATER. The gift of the island DEFUSED the CRISiS, allowing Swami to get away by the skin of his teeth (INCISORS!) with some essential ITEMS, instead of WELTERing in the heat of the investigation. He continued his activities online, quarantined as he was in the lonely island, unaffected by the pandemic ASIAN FLU.
As always, wonderful story...reminds me of some other swami minus yoga/sex tapes!
DeleteAny similarity to any living characters are purely intentional/ unintentional!
DeleteGood gold tale!
ReplyDeleteSWAMI is the DOMESTIC cook.
ReplyDeleteAnd mind you, he is no NOVICE!
Not only the SWEET CORN soup...he can prepare many ITEMS with aplomb.
But the world today has this UNSEEN enemy everywhere and we have a pandemic worser than the ASIAN FLU.
Our PM MEANS WELL when he WARNED us, particularly the elders, to stay at home and not to allow anyone inside.
So we have to do without the cook.
But there is a silver lining. I prayed Swami and prepared our soup today. It tasted real good and now I am right ON TOP OF THE WORLD!!!
Wishing you more culinary success tales!
ReplyDeleteThis was a very early morning solve for me. Loved the puzzle. The two long ones went in easily and the rest of the grid unfolded with not much difficulty.
ReplyDeleteFOI:Novice
LOI:Unseen
COD:Domestic(Just because of the surface story, reminded me of the carrot eating detective Karamchand)
WOD:Schlep.
Thank you DR.X
Yes, the intention was to reference Karamchand! Time might have dimmed the memory of individual stories in the episodes but the distinctive characterisations of Karamchand and Kitty, I think, once seen can never be forgotten :)
DeleteThe stories per se were also very good. Coupled with the performances of the leading characters, Pankaj Kapoor and Sushmita Kapoor. I remember the camera work which was quite amazing for those times and the direction of Pankaj Parashar was superb.
DeleteCorrection:Sushmita Mukherjee
DeleteKaramchand was my favourite soap in those wonderful D-days! [D for Doordarshan]. It was telecast at 10.00 or 10.30 in the night. Carrot-munching Pankaj did very well in those episodes
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ReplyDeleteLots of decoy clues! For eg: 11across. CHASTISED,very naughty to pinch a models rear. NOVICE . no competence ? Or to begin with ? What was the intention ? HOLD WATER. old wife & hater. Are they always hated ? Many celebrities say they still love their ex's. Then , we part ? Hyped hippocracy !
ReplyDeleteThanks Doc, for keeping up your spirits and humour ! I wonder, how many folks do crosswords NOT to kill time or boredom.i for one, enjoy the Gridlockdown !
Gridlockdown:-)
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Thanks Raju! Glad to know you are keeping well.
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