Sankalak is back and he allows you plenty of time to do your other morning chores.
ACROSS
1 - Keeping a check on population growth at the home front! (6,8) - FAMILY PLANNING [CD]
8 - Charge that supporter is steeped in drink (6) - AL{LEG}E
9 - The kind of state in which ignorance may place one (8) - BLISSFUL [CD] 'Ignorance is Bliss'
11 - Janitor may shoot again in transport (9) - CA{RETAKE}R
12 - Garment worn by some Tumkur Tamils (5) - KURTA [T]
13 - Radical reorganisation by an Arab chief, reportedly out of bed (5,2) - SHAKE(~sheik) UP
15 - Chemical, metallic element, returned with ceremony (7) - NIT<-{RITE}
17 - Fashionable girl’s object — to come into property (7) - {IN}{HER}{IT}
19 - He fights to manage red soil (7) - SOLDIER*
21 - Ground for painting in the outskirts of Edinburgh (5) - E{ART}H
23 - Oh, a refund for breakage? Inconceivable! (7-2) - UNHEARD OF*
25 - The cause of many mishaps on top of a burden (8) - {OVER}LOAD
26 - Primate and soldier, g’good French author of a great decline and fall (6) - {GI}B{BON} What type of clue is this called. It has a charade, it has a Double definition as well
27 - A hint of what is to come makes twins wither and suffer (5,2,3,4) - STRAW IN THE WIND*
DOWN
1 - Name made famous by Assisi (7) - FRANCIS [CD]
2 - Personal grinder (5) - MOLAR [CD]
3 - A long, long distance to travel — in easy time (5,4) - LIGHT YEAR [DD]
4 - Part in an aircraft, a real one, no fake (7) - A{I}LERON*
5 - A place where money is made (5) - NASIK [CD]
6 - Queen who ordered nitrite mixture containing iron (9) - NE{FE}RTITI*
7 - Begin courting with permission, cling on (6) - {C}LEAVE Was not aware that cleave had this meaning also
10 - Move on snow softly or miss out on it (4) - SKI{P}
14 - Bather Ron turns loathsome (9) - ABHORRENT*
16 - Chatty story about little Katherine, four (9) - TAL{KAT}{IV}E
17 - Vintage refrigerator (6) - ICEBOX [CD]
18 - Giant wave, it went up around chap, American (7) - T{SU}{NAM}I <- )
19 - It’s so hot here in a part of London (4) - SOHO [T]
20 - Genteel and cultivated but penalised again? (7) - {RE}FINED
22 - Indian sweet for which Henry was docked (5) - {HAL}{WA}(-s) Have any of you tried the Banana Halwa from Calicut (now Kozhikode) it's really Yummy, so also the Muscoth Halwa from Tirunelveli
24 - State which you may dub the best (5) - DUB{AI}
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Monday, 1 June 2009
No 9547, Monday, 01 Jun 09, Neyartha
Though Neyartha has a theme today he has not made them starred ones. 24D eludes me
ACROSS
1 - ISI visits teen plagued by predispositions (13) - SENSITIVITIES*
9 - Tractor operator does firmware development out of Wisconsin (6) - FARMER*(-wi)
10 - Sanctify a German sheltering the bridge partners from Human Resources (8) - E{NS}{HR}INE
11 - Absorb the cost of letters from the defense attorney (3) - EAT
12 - Odd view from the food shop counter is a secret (6) - {V}{E}ILED<- )
13 - The Count’s true name is a mystery (8) - NUMERATOR*
14 - Good report on periodic visitor holding advanced degree by door greeter (7,3) - {WEL}(~well){COME {MA}T}
17 - Student in confusion when not finding Switzerland a red state (4) - {L}(-ch)AOS
18 - Die, say, in an area for the Oriental red state (4) - CUB(-e+a)A I feel Dice has been erroneously printed as Die in the clue. (Addendum - My comments are wrong see Ganesh's comments below)
19 - Errant hook designed in a red state (5,5) - NORTH KOREA*
21 - Organ in the returned photo needs proper care internally (8) - PAN{CREA*}S<- )
23 - Shameless piercing (6) - BRAZEN [DD] ? (Correction - BRASSY - Thanks to John)
25 - Commercial rock made with boat propeller sounds (3) - ORE(~oar)
26 - Turpentine spill in the old city cleaned up when stricken by conscience (8) - PENITENT*(-ur)
27 - Feeling up one’s spine when frightened (6) - SHIVER [CD]
28 - Point that resonates when put another way (4,9) - EAST NORTHEAST*
DOWN
2 - Get rid of the partial letter, as expected (5) - ERASE [T]
3 - Images from musical’s adaptation by the artist (9) - SIMULAC*{RA} New word for me
4 - Note that the communist is flagging (5) - {TI}{RED}
5 - Energy to accept stake raised by the red state (7) - VI{ETNA<-}M
6 - Check and agree to a game (4,5) - TEST MATCH
7 - Panic after losing opener to slip (5) - (-t)ERROR
8 - Doctor lent hook to create an opening on the board (8) - KNOTHOLE*
15 - Wise sheik from the east hoards food delicacies (8) - EDUCATED Anno pending
16 - This is made out of something destroyed utterly (9) - MINCEMEAT [CD]
17 - Doppelganger in uniform (4-5) - LOOK ALIKE [DD]
20 - Drunk model tucks into the port and rice dish (7) - RI{SOT}{T}O A favourite for CW setters
22 - Earthenware in a red state (5) - CHINA [DD]
23 - Trouble results when son gets rid of the king’s cap (5) - BE(-r+s)SET
24 - Unfairly depicts saints around the London garden (5) - (Addendum - S{KEW}S - Thanks to Chaturvasi)
ACROSS
1 - ISI visits teen plagued by predispositions (13) - SENSITIVITIES*
9 - Tractor operator does firmware development out of Wisconsin (6) - FARMER*(-wi)
10 - Sanctify a German sheltering the bridge partners from Human Resources (8) - E{NS}{HR}INE
11 - Absorb the cost of letters from the defense attorney (3) - EAT
12 - Odd view from the food shop counter is a secret (6) - {V}{E}ILED<- )
13 - The Count’s true name is a mystery (8) - NUMERATOR*
14 - Good report on periodic visitor holding advanced degree by door greeter (7,3) - {WEL}(~well){COME {MA}T}
17 - Student in confusion when not finding Switzerland a red state (4) - {L}(-ch)AOS
18 - Die, say, in an area for the Oriental red state (4) - CUB(-e+a)A I feel Dice has been erroneously printed as Die in the clue. (Addendum - My comments are wrong see Ganesh's comments below)
19 - Errant hook designed in a red state (5,5) - NORTH KOREA*
21 - Organ in the returned photo needs proper care internally (8) - PAN{CREA*}S<- )
23 - Shameless piercing (6) - BRAZEN [DD] ? (Correction - BRASSY - Thanks to John)
25 - Commercial rock made with boat propeller sounds (3) - ORE(~oar)
26 - Turpentine spill in the old city cleaned up when stricken by conscience (8) - PENITENT*(-ur)
27 - Feeling up one’s spine when frightened (6) - SHIVER [CD]
28 - Point that resonates when put another way (4,9) - EAST NORTHEAST*
DOWN
2 - Get rid of the partial letter, as expected (5) - ERASE [T]
3 - Images from musical’s adaptation by the artist (9) - SIMULAC*{RA} New word for me
4 - Note that the communist is flagging (5) - {TI}{RED}
5 - Energy to accept stake raised by the red state (7) - VI{ETNA<-}M
6 - Check and agree to a game (4,5) - TEST MATCH
7 - Panic after losing opener to slip (5) - (-t)ERROR
8 - Doctor lent hook to create an opening on the board (8) - KNOTHOLE*
15 - Wise sheik from the east hoards food delicacies (8) - EDUCATED Anno pending
16 - This is made out of something destroyed utterly (9) - MINCEMEAT [CD]
17 - Doppelganger in uniform (4-5) - LOOK ALIKE [DD]
20 - Drunk model tucks into the port and rice dish (7) - RI{SOT}{T}O A favourite for CW setters
22 - Earthenware in a red state (5) - CHINA [DD]
23 - Trouble results when son gets rid of the king’s cap (5) - BE(-r+s)SET
24 - Unfairly depicts saints around the London garden (5) - (Addendum - S{KEW}S - Thanks to Chaturvasi)
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