ACROSS
1 - He plies his craft (7) - BOATMAN [CD]
5 - Physical power is defective, needs a bit of correction inside
(7) - FACULTY {FA{C}ULTY}
11 - But it is not that other things cultivated do not bring money
(4,4) - CASH CROP [CD]
12 - For a cold, one hot stuff! (6) - CHILLI {CHILL}{I}
13 - The spark to get the motor going (8) - IGNITION [CD]
14 - Sue can change the time allowed for payment of bills of exchange
(6) - USANCE*
15 - It flows in drains from three points with a good bit of
effluents (6) - SEWAGE {S}{E}{W}{A}{G}{E}
18 - Endlessly bother old boy going back to get a loan (6) - BORROW {BO}{yRROW}<-
20 - Bill of fare for sailor provided with a bit of flair (6) - TARIFF {TAR}{IF}{F}
23 - Technician loses time, manipulating inert gene (8) - ENGINEER {INERt+GENE}*
25 - Military division holds universal collection of writings (6) - CORPUS {CORP{U}S}
26 - One wanting in score (8) - NINETEEN [CD]
27 - Operational cargo storage in a state of suspension (2,4) - ON HOLD {ON} {HOLD}
28 - Say, look at the team on promenade location (7) - SEASIDE (~see){SEA}{SIDE}
29 - Nameless, hidden chipmunk now noticeable (7) - UNKNOWN [T]
DOWN
3 - Betting system that Aristotle developed (9) - TOTALISER*
4 - Bridge variety on sale to the highest bidder (7) - AUCTION [DD]
6 - Sailor, asked to go south, fails to appear (7) - ABSENTS {AB}{SENT}{S}
7 - Like a diamond yet to reveal its facets (5) - UNCUT [DD]
8 - Painstaking and methodical, even if coarse (8) - THOROUGH {THO'}{ROUGH}
9 - Nice dancer, top sort, but frequently involved in mishaps
(8,5) - ACCIDENT PRONE*
16 - Very slender victory, accepted the RAF unexpectedly (5,4) - WAFER THIN {W{AFER TH*}IN}
17 - The negative aspect of fixed ODIs end with a bit of watchfulness
(8) - DOWNSIDE {ODIS+END+W}*
19 - Welcome break even if reportedly a frail finish (7) - WEEKEND (~weak){WEEK}{END}
21 - Creature managed to capture one officer escorting another
(7) - RACCOON {RA{C{CO}O}N}
22 - Bandit not confined by legislation (6) - OUTLAW {OUT}{LAW}
24 - Suggestions from French accepted by administrators (5) - IDEAS {I{DE}AS}
1 - He plies his craft (7) - BOATMAN
ReplyDeleteReminded me of another Boatman who plies his crossies in The Guardian.
10A and 14 A,, mastic and usance, are contained clue and anagram, respectively , troubled me, thanks col.
ReplyDeleteThis is arguably the most enjoyable run of Sankalak puzzles I've seen in a while.
ReplyDeleteTalking of typos, Yahoo today features a most embarrassing typo by the University of Texas in their commencement listing giving the 'Lyndon B. Johnson Institute of Pubic Affairs'
ReplyDeleteWholeheartedly agreeing with Bhavan. Indeed, a classic run.
ReplyDeleteDid not notice the typo in 10A until I saw Col.'s posting. Assumed it to be varnish and filled it.
Suresh, My God! This looks to be the worst (or is it best?) of typos.
Hardly noticed the 'r' vanish
DeleteSankalak has lapsed into the same error that many of our local compilers do in using 'French' as the clue for 'de'(24d). I had earlier assumed it to be a printer's devil, but repeated usage rules that out.
ReplyDeleteSuggestions from French accepted by administrators (5) - IDEAS
DeleteSuggestions = defn
from French = DE
accepted by = c/c indicator
administrators = IAS
I don't see what the problem is. Apparently DE in French can mean any of these prepositions in English: of
to
from
by
with
than
at
out of
off
That is right, Bhavan
DeleteWe solvers can always overlook the typos.
ReplyDeleteLike the Kenyan newspapers head lines used to blaze:
Minister Raped for his comments, instead of being RAPPED he or she was raped ! Talk about the rape of the language !!
Was the editor 'rap(p)ed' for the mistake?
DeleteThere is this apocryphal story that an editor wary of mistakes such as the one cited above ruled that nowhere in the paper should the contraction 'can't' be used lest any vowel change make him the laughing stock of the town.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff, but wish he'd go easy on 'meaning' type clues like 13. We see a couple of these in every puzzle. Nothing that bothers, but just seems a bit out of place in a cryptic CW
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