Monday 30 January 2012

No 10372, Monday 30 Jan 12, M Manna

ACROSS
1   - Dexterous way Parisians drive (6) - ADROIT  [DD]
4   - Certainly not auction swindle over undeveloped land (8) - CONTRACT {CON}{TRACT}
10 - Marines assembled as a group for discussion on a subject (7) - SEMINAR*
11 - Surgeon's assistant may be holding the plates (7) - DRESSER [DD]
12 - Seldom encountered gunners with sappers (4) - RARE {RA}{RE}
13 - Without locks, so in anxious state (10) - DISTRESSED {DIS-TRESSED}
16 - Brown girl one's backing up (6) - SIENNA {S'I}{ENNA}<-
17 - Prefect developed complete skill in every aspect (7) - PERFECT*
20 - Top man putting points in large assembly (7) - GENERAL {G{EN}ERAL*}
21 - Set aside the real record properly presented (6) - REPEAL {REAL+EP}*
24 - No vote for sailor with gun turning it on (10) - ABSTENTION {AB}{STEN}{TI<-}{ON}
25 - District attorney has a point for him (4) - DASA {DA'S}{A}
27 - Stage performer (7) - ACTRESS [E]
29 - Distance golf ball travelled when struck (7) - CARRIED [CD]
30 - Compelling full payment (8) - EXACTING [CD]
31 - A terse eccentric needed a holiday (6) - EASTER*
DOWN
1   - Hard to fathom why corruption engulfed good man and King (8) - ABSTRUSE {AB{ST}{R}USE}
2   - In the Royal Society some reels can be unstoppable (11) - REMORSELESS {R{MORSELES*}S}
3   - Point out the sin practiced at hotels (4) - INNS {N+SIN}*
5   - Strange happenings taking place (8) - ODDITIES [E]
6   - Consequently not the first to arrive (10) - THEREAFTER {THERE AFTER}
7   - A dope with dollars (3) - ASS {A}{SS}
8   - Badly tired of a string of invectives (6) - TIRADE {TIRED+A}*
9   - Drag wearily along a path (5) - TRAIL [DD]
14 - Erratic seat arrangement for clerks (11) - SECRETARIAT*
15 - Going before a decent net is set out (10) - ANTECEDENT*
18 - Champion of pithead workers (8) - PARTISAN {P}{ARTISAN}
19 - No dealer wrongly names a plant (8) - OLEANDER*
22 - Rovers home in the garden? (6) - GARAGE [CD] ?
23 - Private tutor to prepare for examination (5) - COACH [E]
26 - Sunken place around a building basement (4) - AREA [E]
28 - Make note that Lawrence get a beverage (3) - TEA {TE}{A}



12 comments:

  1. 22 - Rovers home in the garden? (6) - GARAGE [CD] ?

    Probably the Rover(')s(') refer to Land or Range rovers or dogs tied up in a garage ?

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  2. 23 - Private tutor to prepare for examination (5) - COACH [E]

    DD
    Private tutor
    to prepare for examination

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  3. Many clues in this crossword have problems. They vary: errors in spelling, punctuation, usage, wordplay and so on.

    I personally believe that giving annotated answers to the clues in a popular blog without questioning the quality of the work gives the crossword a status that it just does not deserve.

    I am making this comment in a full measure of responsibility.

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  4. Eg.-
    25A- Is it 'S' for point or DA's for Da has?

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  5. Droit & Adroit:

    Kishore - your next line of attack?!

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    1. Could be 'frontal' or 'rear'.

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    2. I actually first thought of putting in Right, rightly, rightful, but the enu did not fit.

      Dextrous is right handed (the side of the road they drive on in Paris), as against sinistrous, left handed.

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  6. Agree with CV entirely. With so many new setters in The Hindu raising the bar Manna is the pits and does not deserve 6 or is it 7 CWs per cycle.

    His brilliance in some of the clues can be best used if he restricts the number of crosswords set by him

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  7. can anyone please explain me
    25 - District attorney has a point for him (4) - DASA {DA'S}{A}

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  8. DP

    I think the Anno may actually be

    District Attorney = DA
    has = Indicator for encapsulation
    a = A
    point = S
    for
    him = Definition = {D{A}{S}A}

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