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9 One leaves several around post office in volatile condition (8) VAPOROUS {VA{PO}RiOUS}
12 Sound sense in quote (4) CITE (~sight)
29 Willing to leave but not the first of one’s total possessions (6) ESTATE tESTATE
4 Get habituated to bad ruin with ultimate rake (5) INURE {RUIN*}{rakE}
11 It's bright - when son leaves, it becomes dark (6) SUNLIT (-s)UNLIT
18 Rule taxi should rush around Urbana and enjoy greatly (9) LUXURIATE {RULE+TAXI}* over {U}
24 Looking haggard, Rani appears in the morning (5) DRAWN {D{R}AWN}
ACROSS
1 Call to dog to get bird (8) RINGTAIL {RING}{TAIL}
10 Large victim of predatory bird (6) OSPREY {OS}{PREY}
15 Union leader in running blue Fiat — lovely! (9) BEAUTIFUL {Un..n} in {BLUE+FIAT}*
19 Urge horse to take disabled one around (3,2) EGG ON {E{GG}ON*}
21 Blank space for you, dear solver! (6,3) LETTER BOX [CD]
23 Ill-dispose ugly figures (10) ELLIPSOIDS*
25 In chic zari there comes the powerful man... (4) CZAR [T]
27 ... heavy, great and eager (6) GRAVID {GR}{AVID}
30 Remove from the seat and confuse a French player first (8) UNSADDLE {ADDLE}<=>{UN}{S}
DOWN
1 Overcritical on wire but what can be pulled back (9) REVOCABLE {OVER*}{CABLE}
2 Pathan carelessly consumes Henry’s fuel (7) NAPTHA {NAP{He..y}THA*}
3 Rodent up to taking old root (4) TARO {RAT<=}{O}
6 Gone cases! You may go into them but they have no chances of coming back (4,6) LOST CAUSES {LOST}{CA{U}SES}
7 Indian woman angry — one leaves repeatedly to give an account (7) NARRATE {NARi}{iRATE}
8 A herb that may be used in healthy meal (5) THYME [T]
14 St.’s view? (10) STANDPOINT {ST}{AND}{POINT}
16 Bird upsets no calf (6) FALCON*
20 Brave man to irritate worker (7) GALLANT {GALL}{ANT}
26 Go down with a great story (4) SAGA {SAG}{A}
Reference List
Alien = ET, Large = OS, Again = RE, Horse = GG(GeeGee), Great = GR, One in French = UN, Partner = S(S in Bridge), Old = O, Indian woman = NARI, Son = S, . = POINT, Urbana = U, Rani = R
18D - Rule Taxi & U = LUXURIATE*
ReplyDelete12A - CITE - DD
2D - Pathan over 'H' for Henrey - NAPTHA*
23A - ill-dispose - ELLIPSOIDE*
20D - gal-anger ; worker-ant - GALLANT
ELLIPSOIDS
Delete12a not dd.
Delete20d Anno for an L missing
let me corrected ...typo. Gall -Anger ; worker-ANT - GALLANT
Delete25 AC : CZAR: in 'chiC ZARi.. '. meaning powerful man.
ReplyDelete14 DN : STANDPOINT: "St." is "ST AND POINT". meaning view.
27 AC: GRAVID : GR from great, and AVID from eager. meaning HEAVY
ReplyDelete1DN: REVOCABLE: OVER* from Overcritical + CABLE from wire. meaning 'what can be pulled back'.
10a {OS}{PREY}
ReplyDelete15a {BEA{U}TIFUL}*
15a {BEA{Union}TIFUL}*
Delete19a {E{GG} ON}*, where horse = GG
ReplyDelete4d {INUR}*{rakE}
7d {NARi}{iRATE}
15.ac.Beautiful - blue Fiat + u from union and rearranging the letters
ReplyDelete25.ac. Czar - C from chic + zar from zari
2.dn. Naphtha - Pathan + h from Henry and rearranging the letters
3.dn. Taro - rat + o from old and rearranging the letters
4.dn. Inure - ruin + e from rake and rearranging the letters
13a repurchase agent-rep ur from tURn chase fiction writer
ReplyDelete8d thyme in healTHYMEal
ReplyDelete8d. Thyme
ReplyDelete24d drawn. (R in dawn)
16d falcon from no calf
ReplyDelete23d Eagle. Dead at heart =ea
ReplyDeleteLeg broken =gle
16d. Falcon. (no calf)
11d. Sunlit (sunlit -s =unlit)
22A.BIRD's noise starts to Attract Roadside Dwellers. BUZZARD. {Buzz}{A}{r}{d}
ReplyDelete1ac RINGTAIL. {RING} {TAIL}
ReplyDelete6dn LOST CAUSES. {LOST} {CA{U}SES}
21ac LETTER BOX. [CD]
22dn BUZZARD. {BUZZ} {Attract} {RD}
16dn FALCON. {NO CALF}*
20 down Gallant gall means bold for brave and worker is ant so gallant
ReplyDeleteThanks. I think there is no prob in that clue as was suggested above.
DeleteFast-filling!
ReplyDeleteYet to go
Ac: 5 9 17 27 28
Dn: 26
E&OE
23d eagle dEAd and leg ea from heart of dead and broken leg
ReplyDelete9A. One leaves several around Post Office in VOLATILE CONDITION. VAPOROUS. {Va{po}rious}-1
ReplyDelete26D SAGA = Great story(SAG ,go down + A)
ReplyDelete9A VAPOROUS = volatile(VARiOUS, several -I around PO)
9 ac: VAPOROUS.
ReplyDeleteone leaves several=VARiOUS around PO. gives VAPOROUS for volatile condition.
17A - you = u, show = reveal, again = re, not again -(re)veal
ReplyDeleteU+veal = uveal= concerning part of an eye.
26D go down = sag, sag+a = saga = great story
ReplyDelete30A a French = un, confuse = addle, player = s.
ReplyDeleteUn+s+addle = unsaddle = remove from the seat.
The theme is birds today - raptors?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely right. To tell the truth, I had myself forgotten about it when I rechecked the puz yesterday.
Delete27A- Gravid meaning heavy; Gr- great; avid- eager
ReplyDelete28A protective cover = carapace, lose half = cara-(pace), twice = cara+cara = caracara = bird.
ReplyDeleteI often say when and where I first came across a new word.
ReplyDeleteTake GRAVID.
That was in 1972 when my wife and I came back home after consulting an Ob-Gyn doctor. The word was in the small booklet wherein she had made her observations.
The doctor was Prema Krishnaswami, an eminent doctor at that time.
I could guess but - newbies please note - I looked it up in a dictionary.
By a curious coincidence,we had both been to the same nice gentle duty conscious doctor. She rushed all the way back from her vacation at Kodaikkanal to attend the delivery (though she had made alt.arrangements- just in case) Nostalgic memories. Year was 1975.
DeleteExpecting ... ;-)
Delete5ac.ALENET..alien minus I and et
ReplyDelete17ac.UVEAL..show is reveal...not again is veal( minus re) you finally U...means ..regarding iris in the eye
27ac.GRAVID...GR(eat)AVID
5A- elanet -a type of kite; al(i)en plus et- another alien - jumbled
ReplyDelete👍
DeleteI am particularly happy that 14d was done by a solver reading my mind exactly.
ReplyDeleteNice clue and well solved.
Delete+1
DeleteAh, done and dusted within an hour. Thanks solvers. Now pl do put in Comments, which clue you liked, which not. Was there any discrepancy in any clue? Any personal experience triggered by any clue.
ReplyDelete20d can not parse satisfactorily, given def is brave.
ReplyDeleteDecide what the def is.
Deletetried. no success.
DeleteGall is irritate + ant is worker - gallant is brave man
Delete29 A - not attempted?
ReplyDeleteThanks. Sorry. That's why I always add E&OE.
DeleteWhat was supposed to be an "early bird" affair from you for few of us, it took me more than 30 minutes. I spent more time looking at the exotic bird caracara.
ReplyDeleteThanks for encouraging birdwatching, CV Sir!
It reminded me of my birdwatching at Vedanthangal around this time few years back.
29 A - (-T)Testate - willing to leave without first letter = Estate
ReplyDeleteI am enroute to Coimbatore, update of main post at 4 PM may get delayed
ReplyDeleteI am sure you will be missing Raju more when you are there.
DeleteClassic Gridman Puzzle! COD: Standpoint.
ReplyDeleteinteresting puzzles by grid man.......had happy times. 4Am to 5 Am for esp.friday test.
ReplyDelete29A EATATE; ones total pocessions; tESTATE
ReplyDeleteAs usual a nice puzzle from Gridman.I noticed that 29A was not attempted until 9:50. I thought of posting the answer at 11.00. I was happy that the setter and solvers were ' willing to leave' that to me. But my hope was short lived and it was cracked almost immediately. I am all the more happy for it.
ReplyDeleteNow my favourites: 1d, 7d, 14d, 17a and 28a.
Thank you AJ as well as all others.
ReplyDeleteI have read several of Chase's books, borrowing them from Easwari Lending Library. Always original, never pirated editions sold on platforms. I must have been among the first readers to get any latest Chase book from Pazhani. Racy reading. But I never passed over any slang word, quickly jotted on a piece of paper and looked up in a dictionary later leisurely, as meaning can always be guessed from the context. I have read thrillers from more sophisticated writers but I never had any condescension towards Chase.
ReplyDeleteTypo in 2d.
ReplyDelete5a we have enough coma's to read the Anno as (alen)*ET,imu.
The anagram indicator is after the second alien
DeleteStandpoint and sunlit two clues linked beautifully by the czar of cryptic grids in the hindu. Birds were interesting to "chase". Kept me awake late last night as I started solving very late.
ReplyDelete