Solution to 17D 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 Indian with joints stays (11) INJUNCTIONS {IN}{JUNCTIONS}
9 AT&T in-charge's room at the top (5) ATTIC {ATT}{IC}
12 Rodents run back for popular actor (4) STAR<=
13 Spanish friend's a fighter, love (5) AMIGO {A}{MIG}{0}
15 ISIS captures violent earl and some middle easterners (8) ISRAELIS {IS{EARL*}IS}
17 Wrongly suppress arm strengthening exercises (5-3) PRESS-UPS*
19 To some extent, desecrate a seer's rib (5) TEASE [T]
22 With difficulty, pull Doctor Silver (4) DRAG {DR}{AG}
23 Calm cop wrongly gets diamond for henchman (10) ACCOMPLICE {CALM+COP}*{ICE}
26 Found the Basils running amok (9) ESTABLISH*
27 Pointed part of whale-boat's harpoon (5) SHARP [T]
28 Martini poured in grotto? It may reduce gas! (11) CARMINATIVE {CA{MARTINI*}VE}
DOWN
1 Ration distributed without a preamble (5) INTRO RaTION*
2 A stock job arranged to give military footwear (9) JACKBOOTS*
4 Notices in America, perhaps, alien surrounded by insects (7) TICKETS {TICK{ET}S}
5 Fine! God creates lady's fingers! (4) OKRA {OK}{RA}
8 Aboard ship, crazy Nero sleeps soundly (6) SNORES {S{NERO*}S}
14 Plasticine moulded, after loss of pressure, becomes rigid (9) INELASTIC pLASTICINE*
16 Saint wanders around, carrying shred pita, for making Italian starters (9) ANTIPASTI {AN{PITA*}STI*}
17 Father's own home near small residence (6) P?D?E? (Addendum - PADRES {PAD}{RES} - See comments)
18 ISI chap confused about Indian game (7) PACHISI*
24 Icon found in Fukushima generator (5) IMAGE [T]
25 Sailor kidnaps in boy in a type of ski lift (1-3) T-BAR {T{B}AR}
Reference List
Indian = IN, In charge = IC, Left = L, Line = L, Fighter = MIG, Diamond = ICE, Noon = N, Alien = ET, God = RA, Ship = SS, Pressure = P, Old = EX, Representative = MP, Model = T, Sailor = TAR, Boy = B
17d. PADRES.. PA(DRE)S
ReplyDeleteIncorrect. Relook
Delete23a ice slang diamonds (collective). Is it OK to use it in singular!
ReplyDelete6. Slang Diamonds. From Free dic. for ice.
DeleteICE: (slang) a diamond or diamonds [Free Dictionary]
DeleteSo you are probably right.
DeletePlease refer Chambers. Ice= diamond(s)
DeleteOK Sir. Chambers.co.uk had only diamonds. And the rap usage has never been singular.
Delete17d Padres-fathers - house is PAD(own home) RESidence
ReplyDeletePAD is Home and not 'Own home'. Look again
DeleteGood.
ReplyDeleteDear Mr. Kishore Rao,
ReplyDeleteThe very opening of today's grid by you was (is) a masterstroke in the sense I was wondering as to which Indian with the J as the third letter 'stays' {had rightly solved the 2, 3, 4,5 & 6 clues) and instantly RAJASTHANI appeared in my mind but in ten letters and not 11.
When the clock struck ten, switched on the PC to access this blog-site to realise that I am yet to learn judicial terms judiciously. Thank you.
No hesitation in filling injunction- may be a coincidence that my father was an advocate!
DeleteThanq Padmanabhan Sir,
DeleteSo much so I also grew up in a family at Bangalore where our guardian happened to be a leading & much respected senior advocate of Mysore High Court,,,,,
I thought 25 D was J Bar, which is also a ski lift. AB = Sailor and JR = junior for boy.
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DeleteTar is a sailor which fits here.
DeleteIs PACHISI the same as our good old LUDO??
ReplyDeleteAs a matter of fact , Pachisi is far , far more older than Ludo. I remember in my child hood, my grand parents used to play pachisi with tamarind seeds as dice. That should make it atleast a 150 years old in the modern context.
DeleteThe game itself is the reason for woes of Pandavas!
DeleteBut the name pachisi is it's variant Hindi form.
This is what is called 'Daya kattam' in Tamil? It seems so from the picture.
DeleteJust for fun
ReplyDeleteAssumed identity of West Indian Setter!(9)
Incognito
DeleteI couldn't parse it though
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DeleteDD, West Indian - may be because he is from Karnataka (Konkan areai if I remember right)?
DeleteBangalore proper.
Delete+1 badri.
DeleteThere was a discussion sometime back in the days of still discovering who's who of setters. (Post NJ). That was Kishore's play of being west Indian, of being from konkan.
Nicely finished the grid. Thanks to col.sir for the perfect picturization. esp. Pacsihi (Dayakkattam in Tamil) as mentioned by Paddy.
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