ACROSS
1 - A pirate on the web does this on others' copyright (9) - INFRINGES [CD]
6 - Bacteria found in taro finally removed by Indian chief (5) - COCCI Anno pending (Taro is Cocoyam)
9 - Somehow clasp rigid stem (5) - SPRIG [T]
10 - Soldier retreating with man sour about being an illiterate (9) - {IG<-}{NORAMUS*}
11 - Keyboard support (7) - CONSOLE [DD]
12 - Sign seen by gambler without hope at first (6) - C
14 - Letters from Mahapatro manipulated by an Italian (5) - ROMAN [T]
15 - Shrub's new branch shielded by an office worker (9) - {PE{N}{STEM}ON}
19 - Remarkable (informally speaking) type of hill in a Montana mining town (5) - BUTTE
20 - Computer font in which a clear answer is written at the end (6) - {LUCID}{A}
22 - Herald mythical bird from the east protecting old city in Ireland (7) - {CO{UR}{IE}R<-}
24 - Passed the dances Eve organised (9) - EVANESCED*
25 - Putting chlorine on potassium results in a dull sound (5) - {CL}{ON}{K}
26 - Schedules beats (5) - TIMES [DD]
27 - Stag describing story concocted on a warship (9) - {DE{STROY*}ER}
DOWN
1 - Louse, vile, is a camper's need (6,9) - {INSECT} {REPELLENT}
2 - Talked about embracing upset fiddling emperor? That was mentioned before (9) - {F{OREN*}AMED}
3 - Such a toenail may be problematic (7) - INGROWN [CD]
4 - West African birds surrounding the hog and some rodents (6,4) - {GUINEA {PIG}S}
6 - Berry found in present for the auditor (7) - CURRANT (~current)
8 - LIC agent to cover bankrupt Romeo (9,6) - {INSURANCE} {BROKE}{R}
13 - By mistake, vice-president (not a VIP), gets petitions (10) - INTERCEDES
16 - Using inheritance, maiden usurps power in union (9) - (-p+m)MATRIMONY
19 - A batsman might duck under this (7) - BOUNCER [CD]
21 - Appeal march in trouble (5) - CHARM*
23 - Birds flying north with non-constant speed (4) - S
A pleasant morning. Thanks, Neyartha.
ReplyDeleteThe theme of computer fonts was really innovative.
'petition' can be used as a verb.
ReplyDelete'intercede' is a synonym in some outer circle when 'petition' is in the innermost circle.
13D - By mistake, vice-president (not a VIP), gets petitions (10) - INTERCEDESvip* Is the definition correct?
ReplyDeleteChristians pray to saints to intercede - or appeal to God - on their behalf. Maybe in that sense, it might be OK.
Nice theme with fonts.
ReplyDelete19 - Remarkable (informally speaking) type of hill in a Montana mining town (5) - BUTTE (~butt)
Colonel, the homonym is beaut - informal term for something that is good. Butte is also (like beaut) pronounced byoot.
Colonel, Butte has two meanings :
ReplyDelete1) A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
2) A town in southwestern Montana; centre for mining copper
Thanks Bhavan,
ReplyDeleteOne needs to be an American to know that BUTTE is pronounced as BEAUT!!
I thought it was like NJ who is the ---- of all jokes here!!
ReplyDeleteFriends, don't you miss someone here early in the morning?
ReplyDeleteAn clue, based on the style of our favourite setter: Thousand is head office about?
Got a message last night from the gentleman that he is down with the following. Work it out.
Error, with brief department back and record for complaint at back (7, 4)
Says he won't be able to surface here for a couple of days or more. Will be missing the spine of the fun in this blog.
6 - Bacteria found in taro finally removed by Indian chief (5) - COCCI Anno pending (Taro is Cocoyam)
ReplyDeleteThe nearest I can get is Cocco, also defined as a type of Taro. O replaced by I
http://www.wordnik.com/words/taro
Get well soon 'Thousand is head office about'
ReplyDeleteThanks Bhavan,
ReplyDeleteDidn't know that Cocco is also Taro
Thousand is head office about - get well soon
ReplyDeleteHope you are listening to discs of the music kind as you rest
Now THAT was satisfying! :-) Nice, long run, followed by a nice, intelligent crossword to start the day. I missed a handful, but I could appreciate the cleverness of the setter.
ReplyDeleteGet well whoever is HMO??? Clearly, I'm missing something! :)
Good morning
ReplyDeleteGet well Kishore....
I missed a lot...completed only 50%. Average outing for me...totally cant connect insect repellant, Matrimony. Insurance broker is a bit direct.
Good day
Mathu.
@ Mathu:
ReplyDeleteI figured it was Kishore... conspicuous in absence... but how is the clue related to his name??
re: insect repellent... louse is an insect and vile is something repulsive... leading to a mainstay for campers... :)
Back aches come and go but on occasions when there is SLIPPED DISC, it can be very painful episode.
ReplyDeleteSome decades ago when I was working with Indian Express, one day in the morning I had some back pain but did not use it as an excuse for staying away. I went to the office but soon I was in terrible agony and any slightest movement brought on an inconsolable pain.
A colleague took me home. (Like so many in Indian Express he too joined The Hindu later but switching to the reporting side.) A doctor and also a family friend came home and examined me and prescribed an anti-inflammatory drug (I still remember the name though I may not have taken the same drug later) and asked me to lie on a hard mattress.
Glory be to God, I got well soon but that is an unforgettable incident in my life.
Hari 10:44 It was no big deal to guess. Thousand = K, IS, head office = HO, and about = RE
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard. Now I feel like a dolt! :-)
ReplyDeleteHi, thanks all for the good wishes. Popping in through a locum. I shall be horizontal for at least 5 days so leave of absence sought from others. Thanks, Richard, for not using a tailless smooch and a headless harlot to clue in 'kis' and 'hore'.
ReplyDeleteUr in courier above is the place where the recently referred Agatha lived for some time and wrote those archeology stories about.
Kishore 14:23 In fact I had that combination in mind to make your name, but better sense prevailed.
ReplyDeleteGod bless your better sense , Richard.
ReplyDeletehi hari
ReplyDeleteThousand is head office about?
Thousand (K) IS Head Office about (re)
cool way to describe...
But i could not exactly figure out the second part...Can Mr Opulent Assistant regional Director of this forum enlighten me
thanks
Mathu
Hello everyone
ReplyDeleteGood to see Neyartha doing fun themes. A suggestion, Colonel: it'd be nice if in your blog, the themed answers are highlighted in some way, like with a different color or with an asterisk next to the clue.
Last call for Clue Challenge: Annotate These Answers!. VJ has got many of them including #7 which IMO was the trickiest. There's one commenter only so far who has got all. Put in your comments before the answers are published tonight.
Get well soon, Kishore! LOL at your alternate wordplay for KIS+HORE.
ReplyDeleteGood suggestion Shuchi, will do so if Neyartha has a theme tomorrow and if it dawns on me !
ReplyDeleteShuchi, I'm gonna give it another shot. I don't think I'd be able to focus on work until this is done with.
ReplyDeleteI've got 1, 4, 5, 7 & 8
ReplyDeleteI think I'm done. Nice challenge!!
ReplyDelete@VJ: *Applause*!
ReplyDelete@Colonel: Hint for #3 - 'provided' is not IF.
If we were to use the breakup KISHORE suggested, 'headless' and 'tailless' won't do.
ReplyDeleteTry:
For him, it's not a full smooch to topless strumpet (7)
(Just a peck, maybe)
Giridhar (636 from yesterday's thread), that opening scene was brilliant. It was funny in a strange kinda way. He (Waltz) totally deserved the oscar.
ReplyDeletePulp fiction, another QT movie, too had a memorable opening scene (at the coffee shop). Tarantino is an awesome writer. I really love the way he blends humor and violence.
It was easy, today; I missed only three. (Four if you count the incorrect 15A.) There were quite a few clues for which I knew the correct answers without complete justifications. While I did notice LUCIDA and SANS forming different parts of the grid, I didn't get the "big picture" until I read Colonel's comment a few minutes ago. Nice one, Neyartha.
ReplyDelete> For him, it's not a full smooch to topless
ReplyDelete> strumpet (7)
CV: !!!
LNS