Solving time : 10:51, so on the easier side, though I groaned at the cryptic definitions and shook my head at a few others. Bit of a mixed bag this one, which may mean there's something for everyone, right? I was surprised to see the device L used for a Roman numeral in two places (leading to three L's indicated as numbers) in the grid.
There's even a triple-dose of cricket hiding in here.
Away we go!
There's even a triple-dose of cricket hiding in here.
Away we go!
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | I'm going to get the across omission out of the way early |
| 5 | BOSOMY: SO(thus),M(maiden, cricket reference #1) in BOY. Reuben always reminds me of the sketch from "Not Only, But Also" |
| 8 | ROC: first letters of Republic Of China |
| 9 | REV,ELATION |
| 10 | TREASURY: TRY around (A,RUSE)* |
| 11 | BONBON: NB(nota bene - be attentive) in BOON |
| 12 | GUYS: I think this is a reference to Guy Fawkes and Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital? |
| 14 | PORT ENDING |
| 17 | MARVELLOUS: O between Andrew MARVELL and US |
| 20 | PILL: P(ounding) then ILL |
| 23 | B,ARROW |
| 24 | SHEIKDOM: (HOME,KIDS) |
| 25 | MAIDEN,HOOD: the MAIDEN is a good over and our cricket reference #2 |
| 26 | ADD: The thousand could be 500+500, so D,D Edit: I messed this up in writing the first version and had LL instead of DD |
| 27 | ADONIS: take the first letters away from sAD,sON,hIS |
| 28 | SNOWFALL: NOW in S,FALL(baseball playoffs are also known as the "fall classic") |
| Down | |
| 1 | STRATAGEM: (START,GAME)* |
| 2 | ARCHERY: Cricket #3 - the new ball in cricket is called A CHERRY, so move one of the R's to the top |
| 3 | HERE'S,Y: Y being the end of conformitY |
| 4 | LIVERPOOL: R in a game of LIVE POOL |
| 5 | B,RAMBLE |
| 6 | SKINNY-DIP: cryptic definition |
| 7 | M,ON(playing),SOON |
| 13 | SOVEREIGN: take IT from SOVIET REIGN |
| 15 | TOUCH(just a little),DOWN(depressed) |
| 16 | let's leave this out of the downs |
| 18 | A,L,ARMED: another Roman numeral making an appearance in L |
| 19 | |
| 21 | INDIANA: DIANA is the female hunter succeeding IN |
| 22 | WINDOW: N in WIDOW(partner, after loss) |
Comments
You may be right about 'over' but I would expect a commentator to say, for example: 'he had a good over' or something else that identifies the POV from which it's expressed. Not being a cricket follower I'm not sure that a maiden over can be judged as intrinsically good per se as it might be the result of the incompetence of the batsmen. However, an ace in tennis is different because it's unreturnable.
Edited at 2012-03-15 08:48 am (UTC)