Plenty of anagrams today from Gridman.
ACROSS
1 Hardly ever as cycler goes round (8) SCARCELY*
5 Like a literary Dodger (6) ARTFUL [GK]
9 Taking it easy, pioneers loosen up (2,6) IN REPOSE*
10 Threaten one politician with death (6) IMPEND {1}{MP}{END}
12 Support a football player? (4) BACK [DD]
13 Come to terms with comrade taking oath (10) COMPROMISE {COM}{PROMISE}
15 Was first to take notice inside notice (6) ABIDED Anno pending (Addendum HEADED {HE{AD}ED} See comments)
17 Dance one round away from truck (5) BOGIE BOoGIE
20 Work! Girl doesn’t begin entertainment (5) OPERA {OP}{vERA}
21 Retreat to the French shelter (6) NESTLE {NEST}{LE}
24 Having extrasensory means, I let hepcat shrink (10) TELEPATHIC*
27 Managed one queen in India (4) RANI {RAN}{1}
29 Organ run by northern journalist won (6) EARNED {EAR}{N}{ED} What's run doing in the clue? See comments.
30 Develop like a plant (4,4) TAKE ROOT [CD]
31 First of strict rites modified for relative (6) SISTER {S}{RITES*}
32 It keeps in place the carpet on a flight (5,3) STAIR ROD [CD]
DOWN
1 Go past bails dislodged by top Yorker (4,2) SAIL BY {SAIL B*}{Y}
2 CIA far out in this continent (6) AFRICA*
3 Imitate business policy, resorting to extremities (4) COPY {CO}{PolicY}
4 Girl on old loop line (5) LASSO {LASS}{O}
6 He’s more affected by love (5) ROMEO {MORE*}{O} &lit
8 Gained in popularity – was in the front, having dared remarkably
(8) LADDERED {L{DARED*}ED}
11 Ground breakers in suit? (6) SPADES [DD]
14 A great many welcome back good spirit (4) (Addendum DEVA {D}{EVA<=} - See comments)
16 Mean refusal in short document (6) DENOTE Anno pending (Addendum - {DE{NOT}Ed} - See comments)
17 Charge starts biting India’s leading lights (4) BILL {B}{I}{L}{L}
18 Start PC on fewer occasions — it’s ineffective (8) BOOTLESS {BOOT}{LESS}
19 Avers pound is found in creased pants (8) DECLARES {DEC{L}ARES*} 'Pants' as AInd seen as a first.
22 Hard work almost about to be snapped up by two sides (6) LABOUR {L}{ABOUt}{R}
23 Detective adopts one way that’s miserly (6) FISTED {F{1}{ST}ED} Implying tight fisted? One way on double duty?
25 Heard calm fragment (5) PIECE (~peace)
26 I pant in a way that's clumsy (5) INAPT*
8D - Should have been there a container indicator?
ReplyDelete'Having' is the c/c indicator
DeleteThanks Bhavan
Delete15 Was first to take notice inside notice (6) ABIDED Anno pending
ReplyDeleteWas first = HE(AD)ED
notice = AD
notice = HEED
14 A great many welcome back good spirit (4) DEVA
A great many = D
welcome = AVE
good spirit = D + EVA <=
16 Mean refusal in short document (6) DENOTE Anno pending
ReplyDeleteMean = DENOTE
refusal = NOT
short document = DEE(-d)
Thanks Bhavan
ReplyDeleteAn 'Indian' indicator would have helped in 14D
ReplyDeleteIf some of the members here are wondering why there are no posts from Kishore, he is currently on a visit to Mangalore for two days, with no immediate access to the Net.
ReplyDeleteWe had an informal, limited-edition Sloggers and Bloggers meet at the house of Sridhar Shenoy Panchmal yesterday. He could soon be seen on this forum.
Sandhya and Jagadish should be happy to read this news.
Great!
DeleteSandhya, thanks for facilitating the contact with a gentle personality.
DeleteI think Sridhar SP has visited this forum before, hasn't he?
ReplyDeleteOf course, recently there have been another Commenter by name Sridhar but he is not the Mangalorean that we have known for several years from the Orkut forum.
Re 9:04 Quite unlikely. Kishore opened the THCC blog for him yesterday at his place and provided him with the first-ever view. He was happy to go through it.
DeleteI am surprised. For, in the Orkut community that SSP frequents (though he was offline for some months/years), I often (once or twice quite recently on days when he was present) put in a suggestion that members visit the blog here for some lively comments on a clue/subject.
DeleteI hiold SSP in esteem just as his numerous young relatives hold him dear.
Sometimes I might send a private mail to friends such as Gita of CA when something that might be of interest them is put in here.
29 Organ run by northern journalist won (6) EARNED {EAR}{N}{ED} What's run doing in the clue?
ReplyDeleteCannot 'run by' be taken as "put down/placed adjacent to".
Cannot it be taken as position indicator?
As 'organ' means 'newspaper', 'run by' is apt, esp. with the word 'editor' following.
Thanks
DeleteA doubt about 4D-
ReplyDeleteIs 'Line' necessary at the end? Loop by itself would mean lasso. Loop line is something used by railways- also mentioned as siding. If it is meant to mislead,fine.
It is rather rare to use ladder as a verb. I had my doubts and needed to confirm.
ReplyDeleteAny comments about 'pants' as Anind?
My only doubt was on 'fisted'. Whether it can mean the same as tight-fisted. I am sure Gridman would have checked.
ReplyDeleteSame here. Hesitated before filling in.
DeleteSame here.
DeleteAlso not happy with this clue:
24 Having extrasensory means, I let hepcat shrink (10) TELEPATHIC*
Though shrink might be an angrind, a more apt one could have worked for surface reading. Maybe Bewildered, baffled would have worked and also conveyed that the hepcat was bewildered by setter's (I) ESP.
Well not bewildered, baffled but something to that effect.
DeleteWas hoping to 'sail by' this one, but 8D and 15A had me puzzled, though I got the answers. Thanks for the annos and clarifications. Good to be back!
ReplyDelete14Dn Reversal Indicator has to be added.
ReplyDelete{D}{EVA<=}
Back is the <- indicator.
DeleteI think Rajan was referring to making a correction in the post.
DeleteOK
DeleteWhy has Sankalak's contribution come down to just 3/cycle? Any idea?
ReplyDeleteGo past bails dislodged by top Yorker (4,2) {SAIL B*}{Y}
ReplyDeleteActually my copy did not capitalise Yorker. In the cricketing sense it is not.
Do you agree?
yes. I agree. I was wondering why Y was in capital letter
DeleteDidn't expect such a badly compiled crossie from Gridman ! Is he also jumping on to the bandwagon of NJ?
ReplyDelete15a was not well-constructed.
21a : NESTLE means to cuddle- does it also mean a RESORT?
8d: LADDERED is a weak way to mean to gain popularity
14d : DEVA ? ayyo deva deva !! poor poor as a spirit
16d: document is deed and how does NO fit in DETE?
19d: pants to mean to jumble CREASED?
23d: Detective -FED? again, does FISTED lead you to be mean? Tight-fisted?
26d: INAPT would mean not appropriate whereas, INEPT would mean clumsy.
My remarks are being posted at 2330 hrs after I filled up the crossie .Can it be taken up for discussions tomorrow by others?