Wednesday 18 November 2020

No 13096, Wednesday 18 Nov 2020, Gridman

Solution to 9A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance. 

ACROSS
1   Generous father in Supreme Court promises to pay (8) SPACIOUS {S{PA}C}{IOUS}
6   Weapons are ready, mounted separately at first (4) ARMS Acrostic
9   Girl, where are you putting your answer? (6) ?N?R?D (Addendum - INGRID {IN GRID} - See comments)
10 Boy's water in Delhi drums (7) TIMPANI {TIM}{PANI}
13 Caring about accountant's red sports vehicle (6,3) RACING CAR {CARING}*{CA}{R}
14 We in Delhi get American garden matter (5) HUMUS {HUM}{US}
15 If one is in it, one is poor (4) NEED [CD]
16 Yearn to get top athlete (4,6) LONG JUMPER {LONG}{JUMPER}
19 Outstanding impression provided by excellent substitute (4,6) HIGH RELIEF {HIGH}{RELIEF}
21 Roguish man gets out of parade (4) ARCH mARCH
24 Beneath part of main frame (5) INFRA [T]
25 New investigators restricted by last of revenue (9) FINANCIAL {FINA{N}{CIA}L}
26 It may be on a furtive person's foot (7)  SNEAKER [DD]
27 Alien's out of hearing (6) EXOTIC {EX}{OTIC}
28 Tharoor dropping hot one for band (4) SASH ShASHi  
29 Greatly upset about husband wallowing in idleness (8) LETHARGY {LET{H}ARGY*}

DOWN
2   Prince and I clean about blooming irregularity (7) PANICLE {P}{I+CLEAN}*
3   Light the cigar? (6) CORONA [DD]
4   Yet this institution can give modern education (3,6) OLD SCHOOL [CD]
5   Settle with a right instrument (5) SITAR {SIT}{A}{R}
7   By the way, it will guide you (4,3) ROAD MAP [CD]
 Wrestler's trick cuts influence (8,4) SCISSORS HOLD {SCISSORS}{HOLD}
11 Animal keeper, all but big, is gone (6) MAHOUT {MAHa}{OUT}
12 A series of lip service not only in Nice (6,6) FRENCH KISSES [CD]
17 Inexperienced fighter in protected area (5,4) GREEN BELT [DD]
18 Topless bar: artist and cook get strong liquor (6) ARRACK {bAR}{RA}{CK}
20 Old boys right in the midst of blunders (7) GAFFERS {GAFFE{R}S}
22 Is sick after right complaint (7) RAILING {AILING}<=>{R}
23 A white in Delhi goes after primarily nifty yarn (6) ANGORA {A}{GORA}<=>{Ni..y}
25 Wild flare-up (5) FERAL*

Reference List
Hindi words - Water = PANI, We = HUM, White = GORA.
Red = R, Man = M, New = N, Hot = H, Husband = H, Prince = P, Right = R, Artist = RA, Cook = CK 


14 comments:

  1. 9A INGRID = Girl name{ putting answers (to crossword) "in grid", DD?)

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  2. 9 across Ingrid DD girl's name and also putting the answer in grid

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    1. Good solve. Both in almost simultaneously.
      Last to fall in for me.

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  3. Looks like Gridman's watching a lot of Hindi movies/Hindi soaps. There were 3 references to Delhi!

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    1. Pure enjoyment of a Desi puzzle with Shashi Tharoor getting a chance of mention.

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  4. Exactly woh hi mi soch raha tha!!

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  5. He may be watching old English movies also. Ingrid(Bergman) is also in. Overall, a nice grid, my favourites being 9a and all the Delhi clues and of course 28a.

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  6. Thomphil. Thank you Gridman.Today's puzzles were for guys like me.Easy on the nut.

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  7. Col.,
    I got this video of the elephant "talking" to its mahout on whatsapp yesterday and thought of it when the word came up today. And there it is!

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  8. What mental gymnastics I used to convince myself that High Roller is the answer for 19A :-(.

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  9. Ha ha!! The other day there was this was this clue ( I am paraphrasing here) something about incomplete observation creating hunk. I interpreted that as stare-e. The answer was study-y. I should have realised not all stars are studs :-).

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