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ACROSS
8 Expatriate returning in party clothes (6) BANISH {BA{IN<=}SH}
11 Hard disk caches regularly get loaded (4) RICH {haRd+dIsk+CacHes}
12 Spooner's watchman moved towards Solitaire, say (4,4) CARD GAME (guard came to card game)
17 Somewhat bright sun amidst natural disaster (7) TSUNAMI [T]
20 Refuse to take a lift (6) REPEAL {REPE{A}L}
22 Someone else called the same guy on the counter close to expensive wine (8) NAMESAKE {MAN<=}{e...vE}{SAKE}
24 Fling vessel (4) BOWL [DD]
25 Flaunting his gown (7,3) SHOWING OFF {HIS+GOWN}* [RA]
27 Dilemma in quiz session involving university online? (8) QUANDARY {Q AND A} over {U} with {RY
28 "Recruit" cast striking with Winslet (6) ENLIST wINSLET*
DOWN
1 Perhaps not available in ordinary artist's farewell (8) SAYONARA {SAY}{O}{NA}{RA}
2 Travel permit is taken to enter Venezuela, on vacation (4) VISA {Ve...{IS}...lA}
4 Caretakers sheltering orphan in quarters (7) NANNIES {N}{ANNIE}{S}
5 Order exotic silks and needles (8) OBELISKS {OBE}{SILKS*}
7 Europeans welcome start of camping trips (6) DANCES {DAN{Ca...g}ES}
13 Competitive exam in favourite city (10) DARJEELING {DAR{JEE}LING}
16 Tawiz, say mostly with soldier protecting lives (8) TALISMAN {TALk}{MAN} over {IS}
18 Hurry and prepare to observe Ramadan (4,4) MAKE FAST {MAKE}{FAST}
19 Opposite of many? Not wrong! (7) ANTONYM*
21 Revolutionary act in old American flight (6) EXODUS {DO<=} in {EX}{US}
23 Nominated criminal - not this lady (6) MAIDEN {noMINAtED}*
26 Quietly, bear picked up swallow (4) GULP {P}{LUG}<=
Men = OR, University = U, Line = RY, With = W, Ordinary = O, Artist = RA, Quarters = N,S, Order = OBE, Nurse = RN(Registered Nurse), Old = EX, Quietly = P
14A - SAMOSA - savory snack from (S)outh (A)sian (M)are (O)ily (S)tuffed (A)nd. Anagrid - Bits
ReplyDelete17A - TSUNAMI - Natural disaster from brighT SUN AMIdst
2D - VISA - Travel permit from IS to enter VenezulA (VA) on vacation
25A - SHOWING OFF - Flaunting from anagram (HIS GOWN) and OFF
Delete10A - KODAIKANAL - Hill station; anagram of OLD NAIK anagrid touring AND the recurring letters are K(2) A(3). My first time solving this type of clue!
Delete25A- it is,a Reverse Anagram -
Delete(his gown)* with off as Anagrind.
10A- It is called a letter pick clue. The given letters are repeated in the solution, random no of times
DeleteAppreciate the response! Helps in deeper understanding of the clue.
DeleteLetter Bank and not Letter Pick
DeleteHappy Onam wishes to all.
ReplyDelete3D CHAKRA Meditation Centre anagram of (Karach)I
ReplyDelete18A MAKE FAST - Hurry DD
Prepare - Make
Observe Ramadan - Fast
28A ENLIST - Recruit
Anag of W(inslet)
19D ANTONYM - Opposite
DeleteAnag of Many+not
KODAIKANAL - hill station
DeleteRecurring letters from old nail - (kaa+old+naik) anag
No, it is not an anagram. How do you get 'Kaa'?
DeleteSee comments,above fr correct solution.
Seen Thanks
DeleteThank you for the nice flower show Gowri!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Onam to all.
+1. Wish you Happy Teachers day also.
DeleteSathia
+1 to Paddy and Sathia
DeleteYes, Teachers' Day today- passed through Dr Radhakrishnan's house yesterdsy.
Delete9A AMBEDKAR-leader; boo{K} {BAR MADE}*reforms
ReplyDelete11A RICH-loaded; haRd dIsk CacHes
12A CARD GAME-solitaire; watchman {GUARD} moved {CAME}
5D OBELISKS-needles
order {OBE},exotic {SILKS}*
6D ADORNMENTS-fancy accessories; fuss {ADO}, nurse {RN},staff{MEN},{T}able{S}
Happy Onam and Happy Teacher’s Day! Thanks to all the bloggers here who have taught me to solve crosswords!
ReplyDeleteAs well as Happy Eid-e-Milad-u-nabi
Delete+1
Delete+2
Delete+3
DeleteI know 1A is PARIAH but cannot make sense for it
ReplyDeleteAlso 18A - MAKEFAST but it means something else?
DeleteJust think what Muslims do in Ramadan period, then the answer makes sense.
DeleteSathia
1A: Is not Pariah.
DeleteSathia
It is 8a not 1A
DeleteSathia
8Ac BANISH - {BA{IN<=}SH}
ReplyDelete1DN:sayonara=farewell
ReplyDeleteperhaps=say, not available=na
ordinary=o, artist=ra
(say)(o)(na)(ra).
20a: lift= repeal
ReplyDelete(Repe(a)l)
Sathia
13 D Darjeeling
ReplyDeleteDarling-- favourite
JEE -- competitive exam
It is not complete until you put it as Dar(JEE)ling, with 'In' as insertion indicator.
DeleteThe individual parts must be connected in parsing and getting the final solution word.
It is not complete until you put it as Dar(JEE)ling, with 'In' as insertion indicator.
DeleteThe individual parts must be connected in parsing and getting the final solution word.
21:dn exodus - flight. old-ex act-do< us.
ReplyDeleteexodus
21 D - flight-- Exodus
ReplyDeleteOld,-- ex
american - US
Revolutionary Act-- do becomes - od
24 A -- Bowl
ReplyDeleteFling, as in bowling
Vessel - bowl
27 -- dilemma --quandary
ReplyDeleteUniversity - U
quiz session - q and a
Online - railway -- ry
27a QUANDARY. - Dilemmas
ReplyDeleteQ AND A - Quiz session
RY - Line (railway)
U - University
Q+U+AND+A+RY
INVOLVING - Contain Ind
16 A -- Tawiz=protecting --talisman
ReplyDeleteSoldier -- Territorial army man - TA -MAN
Mostly lives-- LIS
Replacement for 27a
ReplyDelete16 d TALISMAN. - Tawaiz
TAL - Say (tal-k) mostly
IS - Lives
MAN - Soldier
Protecting - Contain Ind
Happy to note Hypatia is back to normal and is back to making what she does well!!!
ReplyDelete15 A -- copies -- parrots
ReplyDeleteNeighbourhoods -- parts
Arab men-- RO??
OR - Men, read right to left as in Arabic RO
ReplyDelete7d, trips = dances
ReplyDeleteEuropeans = Danes
Start of camping = C
Welcome = insertion indicator
[DAN(C)ES]
23D : MAIDEN = Lady
ReplyDelete(NOT MAIDEN)* = Nominated
Clue type : CA (Composite Anagram)
Anagrind : Criminal
Caretakers-Nannies; N(Annie)S; Annie from little orphan Annie-a comic strip; NS-normal saline or quarter strength; Had to google-a lot!
ReplyDeleteNS is just North/ South, the 2 directions. The 4 directions NEWS are called quarters.
DeleteThanks!
Delete22A and 26D, yet to be solved.
ReplyDelete22A- Namesake- Someone else called the same.
ReplyDeleteGuy reversed- Nam (MAN=<)
E- Close to expensivE
Wine- Sake
26D GULP swallow (def,) GUL homophone for Gull- ,bear. Quietly -P
ReplyDelete26d Swallow = Gulp
ReplyDeleteQuietly = P
bear = lug
picked up, reversal ind = PLUG to GULP
4d yet to be solved?
ReplyDeleteDone by N Sridhar at 1308hrs.
ReplyDelete👍👍👍
DeleteHappy Teacher's day to all my teacher's here & Happy Onam 😊
ReplyDeleteMention of two hill stations (Kodaikanal & Darjeeling) - A suggestion for Onam weekend outing, by the Setter ?
ReplyDeleteBtb, the hint, "Darling" + "JEE" is killing - for me, it's two diametrically opposite things,
That is, if I am attached to my "Darling", then definitely I wl fail in "JEE".
😊😆😁
Happy Onam to one and all here!
ReplyDeleteThank u on Teacher's day to everyone who taught me how to solve cryptic CWs.
Special mention of Colonel, Gridman, Dr. Nabar and Sree Sree Prasad. Thank u.
You 4 answered the dumbest, most basic qs from me and metaphorically held my hand as I traversed these black and white squares - ensuring not a single white space remains now.
DeleteWhat appeared to be a little difficult but turned out to be an amazingly fun grid today.
ReplyDeleteMany clues had aha moments.
Loved
PARROTS,.DARJEELING, MAKE FAST, NAMESAKE.
Thanx Sowmya!
Happy Onam and teacher's day to all at the blog. Looks festive with Gowri's pookkalam. Thanks to all the solvers who participated in solving and to Colonel for blogging the puzzle.
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