| I volunteered to blog today. ACROSS | ||
| 1 | RED COATS | Dressed cadets or gave British army uniforms (3,5) |
| Anag. of CADETSOR | ||
| 5 | ASIDES | Idiot with identity and energy to make comments breaking the fourth wall (6) |
| C/c AS(ID E)S :: Def is elaborate | ||
| 10 | LIFTS | Sister-in-law returns briefly to cover some distance and takes off (5) |
| C/c FT in LIS (rev. if SIL) | ||
| 11 | WANDIWASH | See magic stick before I bathe at Vandavasi, as the British said (9) |
| Cha of WAND I WASH :: Wordplay seems to be redundant | ||
| 12 | STILTS | List in ship elevators (6) |
| C/c TILT in SS | ||
| 13 | SERAGLIO | Gaoler is flummoxed by number of women living here (8) |
| Anag of GAOLERIS :: Def not too precise as it may not lead to the quarters | ||
| 15 | BLUFF | Deception about a waterside cliff (5) |
| DD | ||
| 17 | MISPLACED | Lost when medicine man was posted around 'is place (9) |
| C/c ISPLACE in MD :: The content is given gratis
Chaturvasi in a psychiatrist's couch
Cartoon by Rishi
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| 19 | ASTROTURF | RAF tutors go around artificial playing surface (9) |
| Anag of RAFTUTORS | ||
| 20 | SOGGY | Spiritless, damp and heavy, as old bread can be (5) |
| Plain def, if elaborate | ||
| 21 | KING CRAB | Sozzled break-dancing dean left to get a crustacean (4,4) |
Anag of BREAK-DANCING after DEAN is deleted | ||
| 23 | ASTRAL | Ghostly sea covered street (6) |
| C/c ST in ARAL | ||
| 27 | OPERATORS | Surgeons say, “*-/+!” (9) |
| DD, the second one illustrative | ||
| 28 | NITRO | This, when used with glycerine, can blow up Torino endlessly (5) |
| Rev anag of TORINO :: On edit: Rev anag of TORINO after deleting the final O | ||
| 29 | EASING | Making it easier to transgress in East Africa and Germany (6) |
| C/c of SIN in EA G | ||
| 30 | GANYMEDE | Satellite seen from Georgia, New York, Maine and Delaware (8) |
| Cha of abbreviations GA NY ME DE | ||
| DOWN | ||
| 1 | ROLLS | Ship moves costly car (5) |
| DD | ||
| 2 | DIFFICULT | Paradox: Is this clue ‘Easy’? Yes, but it’s not easy! (9) |
| Contrarian | ||
| 3 | ONSET | Start to go back around the National Stock Exchange (5) |
| C/c Rev of TO in NSE C/c rev of TO around NSE | ||
| 4 | TOWN | Drag north to a settlement (4) |
| Cha of TOW N | ||
| 6 | SPIRACLES | Rips scale off and sees breathing apertures (9) |
| Anag of RIPSCALE :: I understand that these are in insects and fishes | ||
| 7 | DRAWL | Protracted speech of spooks possessing driving licence (5) |
| C/c RAW in DL :: Is DL an approved abbr.? | ||
| 8 | SCHOOL DAY | Students hate this train going before the time when sun is in the sky (9) |
| Cha SCHOOL DAY :: Chennai students had this experience on Monday last | ||
| 9 | INTENSIFY | Increase level of intensity, by replacing hydrogen-3 with fluorine, in it (9) |
| Letter sub T changing to F in 'intensity' | ||
| 14 | AMPUTATOR | Doctor with a chopper (9) |
| DD :: I am not sure if the term can be applied to a surgeon | ||
| 15 | BLACK HOLE | Nothing can escape this dark cavity (5,4) |
| Definitional, if descriptive | ||
| 16 | FOOD CHAIN | Concept where biggest fish eats bigger fish which has eaten big fish, and so on ... (4,5) |
| Def, if elaborate | ||
| 18 | CIGARETTE | Coffin nail, a small stogie? (9) |
| DD, one interpretative | ||
| 22 | NEEDS | Wants poles to be fixed on the sides of meandering river (5) |
| C/c EED, rev of DEE in N S :: "meandering" may not be an apt rev ind | ||
| 24 | SUNNY | Bright like the climate in Philadelphia, as aired on TV (5) |
| Cha of SUN NY :: Setter does not seem to have got out of memories of his recent trip to the U.S. :: On edit: The reference is to a TV show called "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" - something that went over my head completely, despite the last few words of the clue | ||
| 25 | LOOSE | John’s direction is not fixed (5) |
| Cha of LOO SE | ||
| 26 | ASIA | Continent is covered in retrospect by Automobile Association (4) |
| C/c SI, rev of 'is', in AA
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Wednesday 12 June 2013
No. 10797, Wednesday, 12 Jun 13, Incognito
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20 SOGGY Spiritless, damp and heavy, as old bread can be (5)
ReplyDeleteThis is a DD.
@CV: Like the neat format & cartoon :D
I agree.
Delete'Spiritless' is one and the rest of the clue the other.
Qn: How can old bread be soggy unless it is dipped in water? Over a couple of days neglected bread only becomes dry.
Old bread would be STALE and not SOGGY
DeleteCV,
ReplyDeleteNice format. Did you format directly in Blogger or did you copy paste a table from a word document?
Wonder where you misplaced your head?
ReplyDeleteShould be easy to locate, with its distinctive 'holes' ;-)
DeleteEnnappa, en thalai maelyae kaiyae vaikkaraiae...padupaavi...
Deleteஎன்னப்பா என் தலை மேலேயே கையே வைக்கறயே... படுபாவி
;-)
DeleteI was coming to say something when I read the above Comment.
ReplyDeleteI thought I should have drawn the head lying somewhere on the ground.
That would have been more fun and precluded your query.
* * *
I did the writing in an app that is not on my machine but provided generously by an internet friend in the UK via his website and transferred the contents to the Blogger text box in HTML mode.
Watch this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bestofvids.com/video/office-worker-and-the-black-hole.html
:D
Delete:-D
DeleteNice vid, no doubt. But the end was predictable, wasn't it?
DeleteNifty cartoon and formatting, CV.
ReplyDeleteEasy one. 28 A was the best. A minor corr in anno: NITRO* -O
ReplyDelete@ CV sir,
ReplyDeleteNice cartoon!
14D - AMPUTATOR - Normal dictionaries only carry SURGEON, not ELEVATOR.
ReplyDeleteAnno. of 24d requires correction
ReplyDeleteAre you referring to the TV comedy show "It's always Sunny in Philadelphia"? The clue reminded me of this serial.
DeleteVery good format. Hats Off CVji.
ReplyDelete24D is in reference to an unfunny show that comes on TV - It's always sunny in Philadelphia
ReplyDeleteI have since added the detail.
DeleteI had LOO'S E in mind for 25 down
ReplyDeleteNice CW & nicely formatted blog. Very well done CV and thank you.Makes it easy & clear. Head very much in place- no holes seen (black or white)!
ReplyDeleteBlack, maybe, since it seems to absorb everything.
ReplyDelete3D ONSET Start to go back around the National Stock Exchange (5)
ReplyDeleteC/c Rev of TO in NSE
25D LOOSE John’s direction is not fixed (5)
Cha of LOO SE
Probably done in hurry
3D C/c rev of TO around NSE
25D Cha of LOO'S E
Thanks. I have changed the anno for ONSET.
DeleteI am sticking to my own anno for LOOSE.
Setter does not seem to have got out of memories of his recent trip to the U.S.
ReplyDeleteA blatant give-away. It would be better had CV respected the setter's wish to be INCOGNITO!
Where have I said who Incognito is?
ReplyDeleteI have only referred to the setter's recent trip to the US.
I know about the setter's trip.
Should CV wish to reveal my identity, I am fine with it
DeleteA nicely doctored cryptic by Incognito. An amputator is a hadditod,( mewife says, a Haddipod is a brahman who eats meat) , a psychiatrist is a shrink and a Doctor (Dr) uses an AWL to create a BLACK HOLE in CV's head -- screw LOOSE !!!
ReplyDeleteMy clue of the day: FOOD CHAIN
KISHORE:
ReplyDeleteI dare not open up the link that you've given, lest my better half's side of the Notebook also crashes, as it happened after enjoying the TV clip posted by CV. My loss. I cna;t affod to be out of thouch with my fellow-bloggers.
can't--- touch
ReplyDeleteMe fingers rush faster than memind.
Going back to yesterday's NANKEEN, I was reminded of another material -- NAINSOOK--
ReplyDeleteMethinks, it is a word derived from the British Raj, a servant by name Nainsook, who must have been very pleasing to the eyes.
Comments?
Nainsook is a soft, lightweight muslin.
ReplyDeleteYes, the origin is from Hindi/Urdu "eyes' delight".
But why should you bring the Raj, the colonialists, the English people, 'man and servant' and so on? Remove all traces of them, I say! (You were probably reminded of the British by the Clue 11a in this puzzle.)
In any case, the English would not have coined the word. Our locals would have used the term and the English people would have characteristically corrupted the form.
When I was a student of Vivekananda College, Chennai, in the '60s, I with classmates used to go to a hotel called Mansukh in the Luz Corner for food.
On further thoughts/recollections, the hotel, no longer in existence, in Luz to which I went during my college days was Sukha Nivas.
DeleteMansukh is a restaurant in T'Nagar serving north Indian dishes. It has a branch or two elsewhere, probably.