Solution to 22D 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.
Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.
ACROSS
7 Warning second in command and soldiers (4) OMEN {cOm...d}{MEN}
8 Dug up electrical appliance not having safety wire (9) UNEARTHED [DD]
10 Questioning monarch behind a school (6) ASKING {KING}<=>{A}{S}
11 & 12 Medals for girl in trouble? (6,2,8) DAMSEL IN DISTRESS {MEDALS}* [RA]
12 See 11
14 No item transported is not delayed (2,4) ON TIME*
16 Worry Saigon may be destroyed by end of barrage (7) AGONISE {SAIGON*}{b...gE}
18 Well off engineer late? Why? (7) WEALTHY*
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25 Harvests crops due to be cut (8) PRODUCES*
27 South African student loves new watering hole in the West (6) SALOON {SA}{L}{OO}{N}
29 Copper made from pecan oil around beginning of May (9) POLICEMAN {PECAN+OIL}* over {May}
30 Million in India animatedly talk shop non-stop (4) LAKH {tALK+sHop}* Just 1 or 10?
DOWN
1 Great! Croon about ground food... (8) SMASHING {S{MASH}ING}
2 Against animals not treated immediately, for starters (4) ANTI Acrostic
3 Psychoanalyst is near the French forest (6) JUNGLE {JUNG}{LE}
9 Belief in god residing in Erode is magical (5) DEISM [T]
13 A hundred and ninety nine pick me up (5) TONIC {TON}{IC}
15 Communications company found in hotel compound (5) TELCO [T]
17 Water control device containing 50% copper compound kept in store (8) STOPCOCK {STO{COPper}*CK}
19 Possesses some hosiery items and cushions (8) HASSOCKS {HAS}{SOCKS}
20 C'mon! Use mixture and eat (7) CONSUME*
22 First rapper's band (5) S?R?P ()
24 Sit back taking a new European drink (6) TISANE {SIT<=}{A}{N}{E}
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Reference List
School = S, Old = O, University = U, Hospital = H, Student = L, New = N, The in French = LE, Hundred = TON, Ninety nine = IC, New = N, European = E, Yankee = Y
Liked 8a [DD] and 11&12a [RA] very much!
ReplyDelete30a Million is ten lakhs
You had missed RA yesterday. Happy? A good one st that.
Delete+1 for lakhs
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DeletePaddy, like $=£=₹, million=lakh.
Delete???!!!
DeleteThere is no questioning the fact that a million equals ten lakhs. But literally as a unit a lakh in Indian number system is equivalent(not equal) to a million.
DeleteThe clue should have hinted at equivalence with like or say...
Oh! You have spoiled it now. I thought of Giving a lakh of rupees to Prasad and ask him to return a million!!
Delete😁
Delete... to return a million dollars since $ = ₹
DeleteLong ago. Goren precision convention
DeleteI am a casual player and natural rather than any serious conventions. Did not get much of a chance to play regularly.
Delete22D STRAP - band; firST RAPper
ReplyDeleteCol. Sir, rather than a specific company (as your link indicates), "telco" is a common abbreviation for telecommunication companies in general. Ref: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/telco
ReplyDelete"Copper" as definition for POLICEMAN was clever. The clue surface for 16A was well done. 21A had the [Wordplay] in [Definition] pattern. Overall an easy edition with some unusual words like HASSOCKS, STOPCOCK, GEODESY and TISANE. I did not expect to find JUNG hiding in the puzzle as "psychoanalyst".
ReplyDeletestopcock? I thought it was quite common.
ReplyDeleteYes
Delete8A threw me for a loop. I filled "UNEARTHED" at first but I've never heard that as a synonym for "UNGROUNDED" and backed out. It took some crossing letters and an aha moment to get my confidence back.
ReplyDeleteSTOPCOCK is not a big one in the USA. Outside of cryptics, I've only ever heard "Spigot", "Tap" and the more generic "Valve".
TISANE also a new one for me - a fun solve as my wife was familiar with it. More fun to have her validate my "Is that actually a word?" queries than to google them.
I was also confused by Million = LAKH but I'll accept it, I think I follow that it's a common name for a group of currency units.
One more thing I'd like to add is, for a long time, LAKHpati used to be synonymous with MILLIONaire. With changed financial status of the average Indian, now it is CROREpati.
ReplyDeleteGood context, thanks
DeleteGround can easily be a synonym of earth and grounding us just an extension. Used fairly interchangeably here.
ReplyDeleteStopcock is different from tap or spigot. It is more of a control valve in long main lines- sometimes called a stop valve.
Earthing and earthed are regularly used wrt electrical appliances. I see some references to unearthed cables as well on Google.
ReplyDeleteI hope I didn't imply I thought it incorrect. Just an interesting piece of British English that was new to me
DeleteNo. Actually, I also figured it was unearthed. But filled it only after getting the crossings. 👍
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