NE corner was tough going for me, was flummoxed by the CD's at 5A & D. I would rate today between Good & Average again.
ACROSS
1 - Quarrels over pilot officer's confidential warnings (3-4) - {TI{P-O}FFS}
5 - Bars office groups? (6) - STAFFS [DD]
9 - Command leader of bandits to leave the boundary line (5) -bORDER
10 - Note admirer entertaining community of nuns (9) - {B{ORDER}EAU}
11 - Frugal supplies restrict Western front in old conflict (4,3) - {GULF {W}AR*}
12 - The sort of support alimony is (7) - SPOUSAL [CD]
13 - Bush daily emptied a drink (5) - {TOD}{DailY}
14 - Daily for a restriction on Chennai's top coach (4-1-4) - {CHAR}-{A}-{BAN}{C}
16 - Overcome completely a cricket batsman's punishment (3,3,3) - HIT FOR SIX [DD]
19 - Build either way (3,2) - PUT UP <->
21 - Marine CIA once grilled (7) - OCEANIC*
23 - One who throws out a kind of seat (7) - EJECTOR [DD] Isn't that an 'ejection seat'?.
24 - Biscuit for Italian patriot (9) - GARIBALDI [DD]
25 - Is allowed a small piece of land (5) - {IS}{LET}
26 - Entertains US detectives leaving station house (6) - AMUSESAnno pending (Addendum - shAMUSES- See comments)
27 - Someday will bring the dog! (7) - SAMOYED*
DOWN
1 - Carefully considered, yet tense, yet stifling bit of rage (7,7) - {THOUGH}{T} {TH{R}OUGH} My COD
2 - Tried to dispose of bicycle by speaking to dealer at first (7) - (~pedal){PEDDLE}{D}'of' or 'off'? (See comments)
3 - Absent-minded inventor gives up daughter for wife (7) - FARA(-d+w)WAY
4 - Takes away paper found among temporary teachers (9) - {SUB{TRACT}S}
5 - It's a bad thing to be out of this (5) - SORTS [CD]
6 - Study mantra among drivers for growth that's benign (7) - {A{DEN}{OM}A}
7 - See fair, blooming flower (7) - FREESIA*
8 - Such a person has no personal interest (6-8) - PUBLIC-SPIRITED [CD]
15 - Cares for an eleven's Oriental binders (9) - {AN}{XI}{E}{TIES}
17 - Article with more complicated proposition (7) - {THE}{OREM*}
18 - Is this collection one that moves you? (7) - OMNIBUS [DD]
19 - Top man's about to accept one sum without second extra charge (7) - {P{RE}M}{I}{sUM}
20 - Lock, stock and barrel for child and friend (7) - {TOT}{ALLY}
22 - Head of clan lets loose old Irish (5) - {C}{ELTS*}
ACROSS
1 - Quarrels over pilot officer's confidential warnings (3-4) - {TI{P-O}FFS}
5 - Bars office groups? (6) - STAFFS [DD]
9 - Command leader of bandits to leave the boundary line (5) -
10 - Note admirer entertaining community of nuns (9) - {B{ORDER}EAU}
11 - Frugal supplies restrict Western front in old conflict (4,3) - {GULF {W}AR*}
12 - The sort of support alimony is (7) - SPOUSAL [CD]
13 - Bush daily emptied a drink (5) - {TOD}{D
19 - Build either way (3,2) - PUT UP <->
21 - Marine CIA once grilled (7) - OCEANIC*
23 - One who throws out a kind of seat (7) - EJECTOR [DD] Isn't that an 'ejection seat'?.
24 - Biscuit for Italian patriot (9) - GARIBALDI [DD]
26 - Entertains US detectives leaving station house (6) - AMUSES
27 - Someday will bring the dog! (7) - SAMOYED*
1 - Carefully considered, yet tense, yet stifling bit of rage (7,7) - {THOUGH}{T} {TH{R}OUGH} My COD
2 - Tried to dispose of bicycle by speaking to dealer at first (7) - (~pedal){PEDDLE}{D}
3 - Absent-minded inventor gives up daughter for wife (7) - FARA(-d+w)WAY
4 - Takes away paper found among temporary teachers (9) - {SUB{TRACT}S}
5 - It's a bad thing to be out of this (5) - SORTS [CD]
6 - Study mantra among drivers for growth that's benign (7) - {A{DEN}{OM}A}
7 - See fair, blooming flower (7) - FREESIA*
15 - Cares for an eleven's Oriental binders (9) - {AN}{XI}{E}{TIES}
17 - Article with more complicated proposition (7) - {THE}{OREM*}
18 - Is this collection one that moves you? (7) - OMNIBUS [DD]
19 - Top man's about to accept one sum without second extra charge (7) - {P{RE}M}{I}{
20 - Lock, stock and barrel for child and friend (7) - {TOT}{ALLY}
22 - Head of clan lets loose old Irish (5) - {C}{ELTS*}
Good enjoyable crossword with a couple of new words for me.
ReplyDelete23 - One who throws out a kind of seat (7) - EJECTOR [DD] Isn't that an 'ejection seat'?.
ReplyDeleteEjector seat. ejection seat. Both are correct. Like a friend of mine would say ' Same thing yaar'
2 - Tried to dispose of bicycle by speaking to dealer at first (7) - (~pedal){PEDDLE}{D} 'of' or 'off'?
'Dispose of' is the correct usage. what is the question?
Thanks Suresh,
ReplyDeletesomehow I always thought it was dispose off
2D 'Dispose of', in this case, means 'get rid of'. This is the correct usage. Alternately, we can say, 'Sell off'.
ReplyDelete'Dispose of' may also be used when we mean 'deal with' or 'settle' as in "She disposed of the cases quickly".
What I am wondering is at the absence of article 'a' or 'the' before bicycle.
26 - Entertains US detectives leaving station house (6) - AMUSES Anno pending
ReplyDeleteUS detectives SHAMUSES
leaving Station House [-SH]
Defn: entertains [-sh]AMUSES
Tried to dispose of bicycle by speaking...
ReplyDelete-
Here 'tried to dispose of' is the def as indicated by the blogger.
'bicycle', v., gives 'pedal', hom. of 'peddle'.
The introduction of 'a' or 'the' would make 'bicycle' a noun - which WON'T give the hom.
Convinced?
CV
ReplyDeleteThanks.
I'd rate this crossword as Good and moderately hard. And it is welcome.
ReplyDeleteI think slightly tougher puzzles make up for easier offerings elsewhere.
Having said that, 9A and 10A sharing ORDER was a little jarring.
I also didn't get cricket batsman's punishment part in 16. Hit for punishment may be, but the rest?
The Batsman punished the bowler by hitting him for a six.
ReplyDelete9A and 10A sharing ORDER was a little jarring.
ReplyDelete--
Perhaps. But even on the prev. day of checking I did not see why it should be changed it as in each case the word ORDER comes from a different route (command, community of nouns). If in each case the same def was used, it would have been definitely jarring.
Deepak@10:00
ReplyDeleteExactly!
If a batsman just nudges a ball and takes a quick single, he's not punishing the bowler. OTOH, if the ball is lofted and it goes into the crowd fetching six runs, the bowler surely meets with punishment. You must see the bowler's face when this happens, how miserable he is!
Decent CW with workmanlike clues. The 'aha' (or LOL) moment which one generally expects from a good Crossie is provided by Deepak's embellishments. I liked the joke that accompanied 'tip-offs'(1a)
ReplyDeleteCV @ 11.20 Let's just put it down to my idiosyncrasy rather than something being wrong in the clue/solution.
ReplyDeleteCol/CV thanks for the sixer explanation.
Today's puzzle is Dubai's International Film Festival's Religious practice.
ReplyDeletesai@16:13. I am missing.....?
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ReplyDelete.... or how am I
ReplyDelete@suresh: Today's puzzle is Dubai's International Film Festival's Religious practice ( DIFF - CULT (religious pract) = difficult).
ReplyDeleteSai I got that My question was on the I
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ReplyDeleteDownloaded Firefox 5 today (technically yesterday), the en-GB version, and Chambers (UK) Free English Dictionary is offered as search engine by default! I hadn't seen it before, perhaps because I was using en-US for a long time. This version of the dictionary is not as detailed as the real thing for obvious reasons, but I thought it a nice touch.