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1 Ring about the lot (4) CALL {C}{ALL}
3 Arrived, carrying Oxford University banner, in disguise (10) CAMOUFLAGE {CAM{OU}{FLAG}E}
9 Role reversal in carriage (4) TRAP <=
10 Director with firm, obstinately self-willed (10) HEADSTRONG {HEAD}{STRONG}
11 One employed at a cemetery, perhaps - enormous chap, so restrained (10,5) MONUMENTAL MASON {MONUMENTAL} {MA{SO}N}
13 Unnecessary to sound off about daughter with nothing on, on reflection (9) REDUNDANT {R{EDUN<=}{D}ANT}
15 Clear, the Queen's jockey (5) RIDER {RID}{ER}
17 Blyton creation having crackers in New York (5) NODDY {N{ODD}Y}
23 See butterfly in Real Madrid ground? (3,7) RED ADMIRAL*
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25 Great fear harboured by collier? I know what you're thinking (4-6) MIND-READER {MIN{D READ}ER}
26 Girl rejecting male in song (4) ARIA
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1 Vessel can crossing a Plymouth river (9) CATAMARAN {C{A}{TAMAR}AN}
4 Had something at home from a can full of energy (3,2) ATE IN {A}{T{E} IN}
5 Early teacher, great artist (3,6) OLD MASTER {OLD} {MASTER}
6 A frogman at a resort pointing to a mirage (4,7) FATA MORGANA*
8 Some tunnel GI negotiated leading to a Scottish town (5) ELGIN [T]
12 I may bring one luck, having one in my carriage (5,6) MONEY SPIDER {M{ONE}Y} {SPIDER}
16 Girl receiving education in race, one over a fictional kingdom (9) RURITANIA {RU{RITA}N}{1}{A}
18 German city doctor needs to relax (7) DRESDEN {DR}{NEEDS*}
20 Night light southern sailor has to follow at first (3,4) DOG STAR {DOG} {S}{TAR}
22 Bird close to red gardening implement (5) DRAKE {
It seems that most southern centres - if not all - centres of the paper are closed today and there will therefore be no paper tomorrow. Yes, the web edition will be there but will they include the crossword?
ReplyDeleteTo answer Raju's query yesterday -
ReplyDeleteTHC has had three lady setters since its inception. Of these, two contributed puzzles over several years. I can't disclose their names as they are not in the public domain. I had much respect for the work of one of them. The other's work was average or less than that. The third entered the THC scene with a name entailing other colleagues to search for pseudonyms.
Which doesn't actually answer his question. How can I say why there is no lady setter on THC panel? No bars are there; actually the paper is all for gender equality as can be gauged from the contents and editorial stances now and then.
DeleteI have invited anyone to send a sample to me for possible empanelment (subject to vacancies and subject to decision by quarters concerned) and doesn't that include women?
Most eligible candidate Sandhya
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DeleteWhile agreeing with the above incremental advocacies, my own opinion is that every successful solver may not really want to go to the other side of this two-person game.
DeleteBut every setter would have been a successful solver.
Does a setter into the field for many, many years lose his solving skill? Maybe!
Why if anything I think women can do it better. There must be many potential setters lurking around.
DeleteThough I don't solve, I often go through clues that appear on Guardian cryptics. One setter that's really impressed me the most is Sarah Hayes who goes by Arachne. Brilliant she is!
I hope by now Phailin is failin'
ReplyDelete10:30 special by Afterdark
ReplyDeletePhailin is fading but only after felling trees, electrical poles etc.
ReplyDeleteAll comparisons to 1999 cyclone are ludicrous. In 1999, not only was the cyclone stronger. It lingered over Paradip for nearly two days before moving on and there were no communications whasoever
+4 for Sandhya! :-))
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DeleteThanks cv. I thought feminine logic and lateral thinking facultiesafforded them better chanc.es ? It is a. Pity !
ReplyDeleteMy laptop has become a victim of a cable kink due to poor chin.e s.e tecknology. This message from my tabiet tactilely sent.