ACROSS
8 Policeman captures right Whip (4) CROP {C{R}OP}
10 Bust bust and left over piece (4) STUB*
11 UFOs scare US? (Continued in 4 Down) (6,7) FLYING SAUCERS {SCARE+US}* [RA]
12 Passage designed from Doric or Roman initially (8) CORRIDOR {DORIC+OR+Ro..n}*
13 Mistakenly reprints: "Bolt, for example" (8) SPRINTER*
15 Corrects soldiers starting to dine in Spain (6) EMENDS {E{MEN}{Dine}S}
17 After breaking lasso at first, Indiana Jones holds front tip of lash rashly (7) BLINDLY {Br...g}{La..o}{IND{Lash}Y}
19 Wrongly suing state for consuming (5,2) USING UP {SUING}*{UP}
22 American grows old and practices (6) USAGES {US}{AGES}
24 Possessed boat landing facilities for fishes (8) HADDOCKS {HAD}{DOCKS}
28 Local tribe leader in simple dress (6) NATIVE {NA{Tr..e}IVE}
30 Los Angeles representative gets light (4) LAMP {LA}{MP}
31 Wipe out Times Square at last (5) ERASE {ERAS}{s,,,rE}
32 Amount returned by king for perfume (4) MUSK {SUM<=}{K}
DOWN
1 Old Egyptian god first law's spoken (4) ORAL {O}{RA}{Law}
2 Erroneous point about Central Intelligence Agency person selling glasses (8) OPTICIAN {OPTI{CIA}N*}
3 Shift troop leader in money available (6) BUDGET {BUDGE}{Tr..p}
4 See 11 Across (7)
5 Intrepid female having no hearing organs (8) FEARLESS {F}{EARLESS}
6 Hope Paris is renovated by end of June (6) ASPIRE {PARIS*}{junE}
7 Club disposed by Columbus modified for wrestling (4) SUMO {cOluMbUS}*
14 Sick in police station getting medicines, perhaps (5) PILLS {P{ILL}S}
16 Stoned model getting out of car compartment after daughter (5) DRUNK {tRUNK}<=>{D}
18 Heard told untruth about sub-machine gun (8) LISTENED {LI{STEN}ED}
20 Erroneously mention about zero for twelve in the day (8) NOONTIME {NO{0}NTIME*}
21 Spotted animal from China with ease, I hear, by the ancient house at first (7) CHEETAH {CH}{(~ease)EE}{The}{An...t}{Ho..e}
25 Risk from throwing grenade without energy (6) DANGER GRENADe*
27 Festival celebrated by Christians in latex masks (4) XMAS [T]
29 Virginia's bearing urn (4) VASE {VA}{SE}
Reference List
Right = R, Spain = ES, Indiana Jones = INDY, King = K, Old = O, Female = F, Police Station = PS, Model - T, Daughter = D, Sub-machine gun = STEN, China = CH, Doctor = GP(General Practioner), Energy = E, Virginia = VA, Bearing = SE(South East)
Prof.Haddock gives an oral Ukase- Don't take pills before noontime. There is danger of your becoming drunk and see saucers fly in front of your eyes (even an optician won't be of any help) You may become grumpy/ fearless. You may even aspire to fight a cheetah or do some sumo wrestling. Just blindly follow the rule and be safe.
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DeleteThank you.
DeleteBravo
DeleteEncouraging response! Thank you.
DeleteBravo! All aboard the Paddywagon!
DeleteAlmost all words in a short paragraph!! You have become a very good story teller, Paddy! Keep going!
DeleteThank you Kishore & AJ.
DeleteInspiration from a good CW completed early and fast.
well written sir..........short tale. struggled with HAD DOCK . rest all solved. have a nice week end. Thank you Incognito. waiting to crack hattrick .
DeleteThank you
DeleteGreat Paddy! Keep it up!!
Delete29d i think in normal (nautical) sense bearing is E or W. There should be a ref if the pointer is to relative bearing which has direction and bearing.
ReplyDeleteVA('s) (e), imho.
Rem acu tetigesti
DeleteTelugu?!
DeleteLatin.
Delete'you have touched the matter with a needle'; "you have hit the nail on the head”
I don't know a word of Latin. Just googled 🙂
DeleteThank you. Typical of Kishore!
DeleteOne RA clue is also typical of him! Today 11a+4d
DeleteYes,SE may be a corner than a bearing. VA('s)E seems reasonable.
ReplyDeleteThoroughly enjoyed doing.
ReplyDeleteI think 29D is parsed better as (VA's)(E) as opposed to (VA)(SE)
ReplyDeleteGreat cw Kishore. FLYING SAUCERS my COD
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