ACROSS
1 - He is charged with having taken a millilitre measure of drugs (7) - {A}{CC}{USED}
5 - Not turning a port into a province (7) - {ONT*}{A}{RIO}
9 - Call for a European tree having purple flowers (5) - L(I)LAC* Where's the AInd? Why European tree?
10 - Points at a new appetizer (9) - ANTIPASTO*
11 - Abstainer can absorb a medicinal pill (6) - {T{ABLE}T}
12 - Slogans shouted to encourage soldiers during an attack (8) - WARCRIES [E]
14 - Send to the Orient the necessities for a living (5) - NE(E}DS* No AInd again?
15 - A musical direction (9) - ANDANTINO [E]
18 - Is not satisfied with one's present state? (9) - EMIGRATES [CD]
20 - Six to have tea all round for life! (5) - {VI}{TAE*}
22 - Extended evening for one of the golfing set (4,4) - {LONG} {IRON}
24 - Fine to have doctor treated as a pal (6) - F(R)IEN(D)*
26 - Lord gone to one used to propel long narrow boat (9) - GONDOL(I)ER*
27 - Book passage to give aid in this country (5) - INDIA* AInd ? 'Passage to India' What kind of clue is this?
28 - Others have skill to begin again (7) - {REST}{ART} My COD
29 - Singular item intended say, to be left over (7) - {ODD}{MENT}(~meant)
DOWN
1 - Suddenly everyone acts simultaneously (3,2,4) - ALL AT ONCE [DD]
2 - The character of a bore (7) - CALIBRE [DD]
3 - He who takes over a victory by common soldiers (9) - {SUCCESS}{OR}
4 - Ward off the game without winning or losing (4) - DRAW*
5 - Hut sold in a queer state (10) - OUTLANDISH*
6 - Head in charge of the subject (5) - {TOP}{I}{C}
7 - A composer in a maestro's sinister clutches (7) - ROSSINI [T]
8 - Wind instruments (5) - OBOES [E]
13 - Actor turning on first one to draw (10) - {CARTO*}{ON}{IST}
16 - Doesn't matter if it is always matter (5,4) - NEVER MIND ?
17 - Reason for loss of interest at the bank? (9) - OVERDRAFT [CD]
19 - Long and successful stint (7) - INNINGS [CD]
21 - Lad playing in tree finds a lever (7) - TREADLE*
22 - Regal blend made out for beer (5) - LAGER*
23 - Surprisingly, a lion may be able to track her (5) - ILONA*
25 - Spirit of a follower on the Spanish river (4) - {B}{RIO}
1 - He is charged with having taken a millilitre measure of drugs (7) - {A}{CC}{USED}
5 - Not turning a port into a province (7) - {ONT*}{A}{RIO}
9 - Call for a European tree having purple flowers (5) - L(I)LAC* Where's the AInd? Why European tree?
11 - Abstainer can absorb a medicinal pill (6) - {T{ABLE}T}
12 - Slogans shouted to encourage soldiers during an attack (8) - WARCRIES [E]
14 - Send to the Orient the necessities for a living (5) - NE(E}DS* No AInd again?
15 - A musical direction (9) - ANDANTINO [E]
18 - Is not satisfied with one's present state? (9) - EMIGRATES [CD]
20 - Six to have tea all round for life! (5) - {VI}{TAE*}
22 - Extended evening for one of the golfing set (4,4) - {LONG} {IRON}
24 - Fine to have doctor treated as a pal (6) - F(R)IEN(D)*
26 - Lord gone to one used to propel long narrow boat (9) - GONDOL(I)ER*
28 - Others have skill to begin again (7) - {REST}{ART} My COD
29 - Singular item intended say, to be left over (7) - {ODD}{MENT}(~meant)
DOWN
1 - Suddenly everyone acts simultaneously (3,2,4) - ALL AT ONCE [DD]
2 - The character of a bore (7) - CALIBRE [DD]
3 - He who takes over a victory by common soldiers (9) - {SUCCESS}{OR}
4 - Ward off the game without winning or losing (4) - DRAW*
5 - Hut sold in a queer state (10) - OUTLANDISH*
6 - Head in charge of the subject (5) - {TOP}{I}{C}
7 - A composer in a maestro's sinister clutches (7) - ROSSINI [T]
8 - Wind instruments (5) - OBOES [E]
16 - Doesn't matter if it is always matter (5,4) - NEVER MIND ?
17 - Reason for loss of interest at the bank? (9) - OVERDRAFT [CD]
19 - Long and successful stint (7) - INNINGS [CD]
21 - Lad playing in tree finds a lever (7) - TREADLE*
22 - Regal blend made out for beer (5) - LAGER*
23 - Surprisingly, a lion may be able to track her (5) - ILONA*
25 - Spirit of a follower on the Spanish river (4) - {B}{RIO}
16 - Doesn't matter if it is always matter (5,4) - NEVER MIND ?
ReplyDeleteThought it was an interesting clue - a kind of D & CD, and is my CoD. But somehow, the Col.'s ? makes me wary of saying so.
Hi
ReplyDeleteMy Cod: CARTO* ON IST.
Talking of WAR CRIES, a question for Deepak: What is/are the word/s that is/are screamed during bayonet practice before the ghoop-nikaal (stab-withdraw) ? Sounds like ‘Dabakar’or something like that. Never found out the exact words...
Veer,
ReplyDeleteThe question mark is because I didn't get the surface
Doesn't matter if it is always matter (5,4)
ReplyDelete---
This is a good clue. I solved it at Orkut:THCS w/o grid.
A DD.
Doesn't matter - NEVER MIND
it is always matter: NEVER MIND
(ref to 'mind and matter')
In life, I think mind should always be over matter.
My mind is over ... never mind!
18 - Is not satisfied with one's present state? (9) - EMIGRATES [CD]
ReplyDeleteWould have liked something like:
Leaves Russian plane amongst European charges (9)
CV,
ReplyDeleteHow do you call it a good clue if the surface makes no sense?
What doesn't matter if it's always matter?
Surface is odd. Reminds me of :
ReplyDeleteNo mind ? Doesn't matter !
No matter ? Never mind !
Surface is not the best but just giving some props to the interesting observation of the play of words. At least that is my take, never mind the question was not addressed to me!
ReplyDelete@ Kishore: nice take on emigrates.
You see 'doesn't matter' must be taken in the sense of you don't care for it.
ReplyDeleteChild: 'Ma, my cup of Bournvita is spilt.'
Ma: 'Never mind, beta.'
One may not bother if it is always matter. One may even like it to be matter always.
One is always obsessed about material things and never thinks of higher, intellectual things.
27A
ReplyDeletePassage to India is a "Book" by Paul Brenton in which he describes how he became endeared to the Hinduism on meeting Sri Maha Periyava Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekara Saraswati and Bhagwan Sri Ramana Maharishi.
I got this answer in surface reading itself.
A bit surprised on the comments in the Orkut and here.
I really liked NEVER MIND :)
ReplyDeletethougt it was clever and wise! :)
Dr DS, same here. I too thought the surface reading gave the answer away. :)
ReplyDeleteBut to be fair, I don't think the clue was worded very well...
ReplyDeleteHmm.. sitting on a fence here. :)
A Passage to India is by EM Foster
ReplyDeleteINDIA is also anagram. War Cries, i thought it to be two words.
ReplyDeleteOk, I get it now, the blogger does not like use the less than and greater than signs as bracket indicators and deletes the words in them automatically. They must mean something in formatting. They were not typos.
ReplyDeleteDr.DS: Paul Brunton's book that you are referring to is likely A Search in Secret India in which he recounts meeting Maha Periyava as well as Ramana Maharishi - he has some amazing passages in that book that I read when I was in High School and visiting cousins on vacation. But the Passage to India in question here is undoubtedly E.M. Forster's more famous Raj epic.
The surface reading is quite clear and gives INDIA - the only question was on how the clue was constructued. Usually cryptic clues are of the form,
1) {Defintion}{linkword}{worplay}: Definition to Wordplay giving solution (or) Def. of wordplay giving solution etc.
2){wordplay}{linkword}{definition}: Word play of def. giving solution (or) wordplay to def. giving solution etc.
Book passage to give aid in this country (5) - INDIA*
This clue is strange in that it is stated like this: {first part of def.},{word play}{2nd part of def. (this country)}. Additionally, the wordplay component is worded such that there is no link with the 2nd part of the def. and the first part of def. Clues where the wordplay is in between the definitions are usually like this: A can give B with C. In reality in our clue, this country is the traditional def. Also "to" in the clue is doing double duty if one chooses to read the clue "properly" in an attempt to understand the grammar of the clue. There are other things wrong with the clue, but these are most glaring to me.
But you are right, no one doubts the allusion to the novel, A Passage to India. A couple of alternate clues have been proposed in the Orkut forum that satisfy the cryptic clue rules better, IMHO.
Muthaiah & Veer,
ReplyDeleteThanks. I stand corrected.
Thinking a bit more, the way the clue is worded it should have been a composite anagram clue like (not the greatest clue but good enough for this illustrative purpose, I think):
ReplyDeleteBook on how to sanitise a pagoda? A passage to this country's unsettling (5)
SANITISE A PAGODA* without "A Passage to" will give INDIA.
I don't think Manna intended the clue to be a composite anagram though his clueing style indicated as much.
Changing gears for Aero India starting tomorrow. Noting that a Czech aerobatic team would be performing with prop aircraft, wonder whether they will attempt to do the Lomcevak (also called lomcovak).
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomcevak
I understand that this maneuver cannot be performed by a jet aircraft as it requires the physics of the fuselage working against the prop. Can any person who knows more confirm/clarify ?
Kishore,
ReplyDeleteReading the physical description of the 'Lomcevak' itself is giving me a 'headache'!!
Kishore,
ReplyDeleteBy the way are you trying to draw 'someone' in to comment :-)
Thank you, DS & Veer
ReplyDeletePaul Brunton's classic 'A Search in Secret India', published way back in 1934, will be worth a read. It was Dr Brunton who introduced Sri Ramana Maharshi, the Sage of Arunachala, to the West. PB is also the author of 'The Secret Path'.
Deepak,
ReplyDeleteI am just trying to improve my knowledge of aircraft and flying by soliciting any aviator/s who just might land here ...