Saturday, January 22, 2005

The Hindu Crossword 8197 Solutions

Across
1 Usury is attracting considerable attention (5,8) GREAT INTEREST (considerable=GREAT, attention=INTEREST)
8 Sage takes in Al with five for raising wrecked ships (7) SALVAGE (Sage=SAGE, Al=AL, five=V=>Sage takes in Al with five=S(ALV)AGE))
9 Stamp one unused pair included (7) IMPRINT (one=I, ununsed=MINT, pair=PR=>Stamp one unused pair=I+M(PR)INT)
11 Some things for which the leg weary cyclist copper pines (6) MOPEDS (Cryptic Defn.??)
13 Cover note might be put into this (8) ENVELOPE (Defn:Cover, Indirect:note might be put into this)
15 For instance make a false statement about being a vassal (5) LIEGE (For instance=EG, make a false statement=LIE, For instance make a false statement about=LI(EG)E)
16 Being loaded with wealth, one Lieutenant up in revolt (7) OPULENT (ana. ONE+L(Lieutenant)+UP)
18 Total art one finds in South East Asia (7) SUMATRA (Total=SUM, art=TRA, one=A=>finds is the ana. ind. for TRA+A=ATRA => SUM+ATRA -- BAD CLUE)
19 Instant tea and coffee (5) MOCHA (Instant=MO, tea=CHA => MO+CHA)
21 Resting places for those on a journey (8) MANSIONS (Direct)
23 Named after a river this state lies close to 18 Across (6) BRUNEI (Direct)
25 Newly born child — not exactly a neat one (7) NEONATE (ana. NEAT+ONE)
26 Piece laid down according to Mosaic Law? (7) TESSERA (Tessera is a type of mosaic flooring -- why on earth is mosaic capitalized??)
28 Postscripts which come to mind later (13) AFTERTHOUGHTS (Double Defn.)

Down
2 Turn for the worse — casting pearls before swine, finally (7) RELAPSE (ana. PEARLS+E(swine, finally=E))
3 She may turn out to be a lawyer (3) ADA (a=A, lawyer=DA => A+DA)
4 Make a note of a newspaper article (4) ITEM (Double Defn.)
5 Eg. Scalene rural giant turning out (10) TRIANGULAR (ana. RURAL+GIANT)
6 Price paid for curried puree? (5) RUPEE (ana. PUREE)
7 Vehicle skid on road which throws it off the track (4,3) SPIN OUT (Direct)
8 A fool takes herbal remedies one day after (6,5) SIMPLE SIMON (Don't understand the fool the herbal connection)
10 Ah, not a smile from her, being framed (3,4,4) THE MONA LISA (ana. AH+NOT+A+SMILE )
12 A distant hope probably unattainable (5) DREAM (Direct)
14 Body satisfied with gin cocktail inside it (10) CONTINGENT (satisfied=CONTENT, gin cocktail=ana. GIN=ING=>satisfied with gin cocktail inside it=CONT(ING)ENT)
17 Merle may be able to turn the lad (5) ELMER (ana. MERLE)
18 What to do when a player offends badly (4,3) SEND OFF (Direct)
20 Agreeable substance (7) CONTENT (Double Defn.)
22 Angry robber loses his head (5) IRATE (robber=PIRATE=>robber loses his head=PIRATE-P)
24 To return to Bulgaria would be for the damask rose oil (4) _T_O
27 It's the decline of the South African girl (3) SAG (South African=SA, girl=G=>SA+G)

3 comments

Chaturvasi said...

Mosaic is also an adjective from Moses.
'Mosaic law' is law as proclaimed by Moses.
Probably, the compiler is trying to throw you off scent by capitalising "mosaic". Even then capitalising l in law is not done, I think.

Chaturvasi said...

8 A fool takes herbal remedies one day after (6,5) SIMPLE SIMON (Don't understand the fool the herbal connection)

There is a nursery rhyme "Simple Simon met a pieman" etc. Simple Simon, as the name suggests, is said to be a fool. So "A fool" is the def.
Wordplay:
'herbal remedies' gives "simples" (simple means herbal)
one day - 1 Mon
after - connector

Chaturvasi said...

24 To return to Bulgaria would be for the damask rose oil (4) _T_O
To return to gives ot-to
otto is a scent from damask rose (cf. attar)
I don't understand the Bulgarian connection.