It's unfortunate that this Crossword by GUNS (Cdr Ganapathi) could not be published before he left for his heavenly abode on 12th Aug. Better late than never. We were fortunate to have such a passionate Cruciverbalist at the ripe old age of 93. God Bless him. Hope he has a rocking time up there with Sankalak, Gridman and Raju.
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Enjoy.
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GUNS 5
By Guns
Across
| 8 | Fruity meeting (4) |
| 9 | Reptile beheaded is more unhappy (5) |
| 10 | This icon we hear, is lazy (4) |
| 11 | Hoards business shares (6) |
| 12 | Waste away, every other stern eyed conifer (4,4) |
| 13 | Essentially casual romantic relationships result in a union (8) |
| 15 | Reversal of account, one right note in the seat of humankind (6) |
| 17 | Proud expression of mirth and disgust, model unknown! (7) |
| 19 | “Salty water body,” uttered Diana according to Spooner (4,3) |
| 22 | Immediately make amends about, about! (2,4) |
| 24 | Stretch Musk and the maker of Windows? Almost… (8) |
| 26 | Honesty! Nothing but a type of pasta on board (8) |
| 28 | Piece of furniture as a return gift? (6) |
| 30 | In France, is after unknown gusto (4) |
| 31 | Static with some finer touches (5) |
| 32 | Money for the tennis champ (4) |
Down
| 1 | Common to Maclean’s frontier and Henry’s leaf (4) |
| 2 | Attractive but loud printing process (8) |
| 3 | Individual drops European for a clergyman (6) |
| 4 | Endorsed and chosen post notice (7) |
| 5 | Funny utterance shortened - shorten (8) |
| 6 | Relation to resist makeover (6) |
| 7 | Hint for learner found in a signal (4) |
| 14 | Inclined for a time to fast, you say? (5) |
| 16 | Teach in a way for a fraud (5) |
| 18 | Unusually, mere hint of a musical instrument (8) |
| 20 | Two-hour shift duty for a mutt to observe? (8) |
| 21 | Defeats, drunk and dined (7) |
| 23 | EXEC. loses Early English for a Roman number (6) |
| 25 | First young model the setter would party about with eccentricity! (6) |
| 27 | Support for a Noble we hear (4) |
| 29 | Fungus losing head and direction (4) |
Enjoy.
9A: (-s)ADDER
ReplyDelete18D: THEREMIN..mere,hint*
29d EAST {(-y)east}
ReplyDelete10a IDLE {~idol}
10ac IDOL: icon
ReplyDeleteIdol~ idle: lazy
Pl relook
Delete14D LEANT {LE{A}NT}
ReplyDeleteInclined is the definition
Time to fast - Lent
23D NINETY (E)X(E)C
my deepest condolences to the Cdr’s family
23d Good solve.
Delete14D Anno needs correction
14D LEANT {LE{A}NT}~
Deletehomophone indicator to be added ?
It',s just a homophone
DeleteAnno for 14D is LEANT (~ lent)
DeleteThanks
Delete5D: TRUNCATE {UTTERANC(-E)*
ReplyDelete7D: CLUE {C{L}UE}
18D: THEREMIN {MERE+HINT}*
30A Z EST def: gusto
ReplyDelete19A DEAD SEA spooner of SAID DI
6 dn sister Resist*
ReplyDelete24 a elongate.Elon+gate
PLEASE NOTE IT IS TWO ANSWERS PER COMMENTER FOR TODAY
ReplyDeleteWhere is the annotation?
ReplyDelete21d. FEASTED. Def: Dined. DEFEATS* {..., drunk}.
ReplyDelete7d. CLUE. Def: Hint. L {learner} in {found in} CUE {a signal}.
17a HAUGHTY; proud; HA UGH T Y
ReplyDelete24a ELONGATE; strech; ELON GATEs
3d PARSON P(-E)(+A)RSON
ReplyDelete4d ADOPTED (AD)(OPTED)
23d. NINETY.. Roman numeral for EXEC loosing EE (early english) resulting in XC
ReplyDelete32 ac. CASH.. money from Pat CASH..a tennis star
Sub for 24A
ReplyDelete25D ODDITY; eccentricity; {Y...g T I'D DO} <=
thanks colonel for posting the grid of 23A + 3 Cdr Ganapathi. Relished solving the smooth clues. om shanti. we will miss him here.
ReplyDeleteReplacement for 23 ac
ReplyDelete31 ac.. INERT.. telescopic
12a: PINE TREE
ReplyDelete{PINE}{s̶Te̶Rn̶ Ey̶Ed̶}
Definition: Conifer
13a: ALLIANCE
{d̶ALLIANCEs̶}
Definition: Union
I see well-thought out clues with this simplicity and friendliness...
May his soul rest in peace.
22a AT ONCE: immediately
ReplyDeleteAtone: make amends about c (about)
8a subst for 10a, a repeat
ReplyDelete8a DATE: fruit, meeting
My two
ReplyDelete15A - AFRICA {AC}{1}{R}{FA}<=
20D - DOGWATCH {DOG}{WATCH}
Yet to be solved
ReplyDeleteDown - 1, 2, 27
1 Last (actually THE Last) from their respective novels, the last frontier and the last leaf.
ReplyDelete2 (F)(etching) def attractive.
27d PIER ~peer(noble)
ReplyDeleteDef: support
With that we come to the end of this Crossword by Guns. It was fun while it lasted. Rest In Peace Cdr Ganapathi (Guns). We will miss you.
ReplyDeleteDear All, this is Sriram, Cdr ganapathi's son, signing in from my dad's account. The Ganapathi family thanks you all for a wonderful little journey that my father enjoyed through Col sahab's blog the last few years. He called 'Incognito' Kishore his guru and Gridman an inspiration. And along the way numerous setters whose clues he would note down as 'brilliant clues'. My father has been an inspiration for a legion of friends and family. Currently the Chess Problem composers across the world are running his chess problem compositions in their respective blogs/sites as a mark of respect. He began setting Chess problems at the age of 70 and has over 250 published problems to his name. This would be the last sign in from this account I guess for Guns. Its been an emotional few days for us and Col sahab, a big thank you for this - I am sure Guns has signed in from wherever he is to read all this stuff :)
ReplyDeleteHeartfelt condolences
ReplyDeleteSo nice to do his parting gift. Good one to remember him. I was reminded of a series in TH- From Sankalak Files,after his passing away.
ReplyDeleteAs they say in England, Commander is no more/ Long Live Commander.
Surprised to read about his chess problems- never knew. Otherwise, I could have tried to solve a few with his assistance. Surprising to note he started this when he was 70. Amazing. Never too late to learn/ start anything. Please accept our heartfelt condolences. Really tough to miss such an active man.
ReplyDeleteHeartfelt condolences
ReplyDelete🙏🙏🙏
ReplyDeleteHeartfelt condolences
ReplyDeleteRIP GUNS!! Thank you Colonel 🙏
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