Thursday 24 September 2009

No 9645, Thursday, 24 Sep 09, Sankalak

Hi everyone sorry for the delay laid my hands on a Computer and posting from the holy town of Guruvayur in Kerala, after a darshan of Lord Guruvayurappan. Not psoting many links as I am late in any case
ACROSS
 1 - Stunning things earned by the German? Yes (7) - WON{DER}{S}
 5 - Confusion caused when half of 8 is followed by male master (6) -{MAY}{HE}{M}
11  - Writing about sick production units (5) - M{ILL}S
12 - Cursing Soviet Bloc leaders may help eccentric (9) - {B}LA{S}PHEMY*
13  - Kind of brake with fluid action (9) - HYDRAULIC [CD]
14 - Cancel the removal of article from yearbook (5) - ANNU(-a)L
15 - Frost in verse, you say? (4) - RIME(~rhyme)
17 - Money matters involve African party in penalty (7) - FIN{ANC}E
21 - Deadly stuff develops in decay (7) - CYANIDE*
22 - Fancy megastore displays flower arrangement (4) - CYME [T]
26 - Arterial highway? (5) - AORTA [E]
27 - Historic carrier a part of 8, blooming thing! (9) - {MAY}{FLOWER}
29 - But she does not get a deposit on her hair! (3,6) - ASH BLONDE [CD]
30 - Sticky thing, small, found in the head (5) - PA{S}TE
31 - A bird entranced by gold (6) - {RAPT}{OR}
32 - Fish with a name caught by British soldier (7) - S{N}APPER
DOWN
 2 - Treated for reducing friction (5) - OILED [E]
 3 - Sadness of boy upset over half of 8 (6) - {DIS<-}{MAY}
 4 - King without top cover is vulgar (6) - {RI}{BALD}
 6 - Played with laya, harp produces a stream of charged particles (5,3) - ALPHA RAY*
 7 - Protest and uproar caused by raunchy Ed dancing (3,3,3) - HUE AND CRY*
 8 - Half of 3, domestic nuisance, is an ephemeral creature (6) - {MAY}{FLY}
 9 - Ancient jug preserved in camphor appears new (7) - AMPHORA [T]
10 - Be careful about a timer with appeal (5,2) - {WATCH} {IT}
16 - Being a city official — one who’s knowledgeable (9) - {MAYORS}{HIP}
18 - Art of engraving: in it, Olga fails (8) - INTAGLIO*
19 - Peculiar people begin tracking what is left over (7) - {ODD}{MEN}{T}
20 - Admonition to the long-winded (2,5) - BE BRIEF [CD]
23 - Market-place in Delhi, say (6) - BAZAAR [E]
24 - Fictitious monster, very unusual in western boundaries (6) - W{YVER*}N
25 - Drink within drink? That is extravagant (4,2) - S{LAP} UP
28 - A barren region, in a way, between the Occident and the Orient (5) - W{A}{ST}E
GRID

3 comments:

  1. Hi Suresh & Richard,
    No pardon required you are welcome to use the blog for discussion on CW's. Glad to see you'll had a lively debate.
    Chaturvasi, thanks for stepping in

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  2. I am sharing a tool Crossword Assistant that I developed some years ago.
    Rediscovered it today... because of Colonel's absence...:)

    I have put it up at http://toytools.googlecode.com/files/CWADOS2001.zip

    Just unzip and use CWA.exe . You may open the file 9645.GRD as an example.

    Please bear with the DOS-style of interface.

    Hopefully, I will be making a mobile version of this soon.

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  3. Off-topic note to Col. Deepak Gopinath
    Deepak,
    Have a nice trip.
    I was in Guruvayur last month.
    I was part of a 80-strong group, comprising mostly women, who make an annual trip there to recite Narayaneeyam in its entirety in a room in the precincts of the temple.
    As a volunteer at the local temple, I had a chance to join the group.
    I also visited Mammiyoor and Chowgallur temples - quiet and peaceful.
    A walk through the elephant camp too was enjoyable.
    Of course, you must have been to all these places before.

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