Best Wishes to all our friends on the occasion of Vinayaka Chaturthi
Gridman 'briefs' us entertainingly on Indian words, teaching us the ABC in Ahimsa, Benami and ChinkaraACROSS
1 Directions carry disturbed sign (8) BEARINGS (BEAR SIGN*)
5 Definite article on doctor's practice having continuous thought (6) THEMED (THE MED.)
9 Loud broadcasters' drama where there isn't any 'foul' (4,4) FAIR PLAY (F AIR PLAY)
10 More caring German children? (6) KINDER 2
I wish they were more caring in Kinder-gartens
12 Lean on register? (4) LIST 2
13 Greek character behind time getting unlimited slice of stamp-collecting (10) PHILATELIC (PHI LATE sLICe)
15 One buzzing about to get one-way ticket in Paris (6) CALLER (C ALLER=go away (Fr.)=one way ticket)
17 Big cat is lightweight (5) OUNCE 2
20 One more time, a profit (5) AGAIN (A GAIN)
21 Move quickly with engineer's arrow in India (6) BESTIR (BE'S TIR( or teer, arrow in Hindi)
24 Not a main railway track (6,4) BRANCH LINE (CD)
27 Not too much of a lake? (4) MERE 2
29 Reportedly dismiss Communist holy (6) SACRED (~SACK RED)
Full Marx for this one
30 Gazelle found in hole by an artist (8) CHINKARA (CHINK A RA)
31 Leisurely walk by saint with wind behind (6) STROLL (ST ROLL)
32 One's confession of being well-mannered but not actually so (8) IMPOLITE (I'M POLITE)
DOWN
1 Happen to grab eastern female in dance (6) BEFALL (BALL around E F)
2 Peacefulness of a man with appeal (6) AHIMSA (A HIM SA=sex appeal)
3 I see it's a children's game (1-3) I-SPY (I SPY)
4 Good American poet in grind (5) GNASH (G NASH, (Ogden))
Throw in the East and mix well to get Ganesh !
6 The man is beginning to trivialise robbery (5) HEIST (HE IS T)
7 Girl did business (8) MADELINE (MADE LINE)
Reminded me of the Basset female; "Stars are God's daisy chain" and "every time a fairy blows its wee
nose a baby is born"
8 Provided the way to go (8) DIRECTED (CD)
11 Sabre-rattling around learner: turns the music up (6) BLARES (SABRE rattled around L)
14 Where grass roots development takes place (4) LAWN (CD)
16 Names first victim in Lok Sabha (6) LABELS (ABEL, the first murder victim, in LS)
17 Brief writing: "Life after Death" (4) OBIT (short for Obituary) CD
18 Roasts an essayist when going through street (8) LAMBASTS (LAMB, ST through AS)
19 One who maintains equilibrium — an accountant, maybe (8) BALANCER 2
22 Be new friend in Paris — one doing transactions for another (6) BENAMI (BE N AMI, friend in Fr.)
I read somewhere that some authors use pseudonyms for avoiding taxes
23 Talk about the dead (6) RELATE (RE LATE)
25 Many dance with what a fisherman might use (5) CREEL (C REEL)
26 Prophet in North Arcot bustle (5) NAHUM (NA HUM)
28 Brief briefing (4) INFO (INFOrmnation)
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