Saturday 5 December 2009

No 9706, Saturday 05 Dec 09, Sankalak

ACROSS
1 - Part of the egg that turns man blue (7) - ALBUMEN*
5 - Wading bird that gripped another bird (7) - {BIT}{TERN}
9 - Acceptance of last word on time about catholic awareness (15) - A{C}{KNOWLEDGE}MEN{T}
10 - Sudden rush into an unfinished shrine being built around university (6) - INR{U}SH(-e)* Poor clue
11 - Ammunition that makes male creatures angry (8) - {BUCKS}{HOT}

13 - Heavenly fare for a male (brother) in our part of the earth (8) - A{M}{BRO}SIA
15 - Organic compounds found in the middle of two points (6) - {AMID}{E}{S}
18 - Tea accessory that may fly? (6) - SAUCER [DD]
19 - The shadow of a disciple (8) - FOLLOWER [DD]
22 - In the kitchen it is used to get grime dissolved (3-5) - EGG-TIMER*
24 - “And flights of __ sing thee to thy rest” (Hamlet) (6) - ANGELS [E]
27 - Bunyan’s great depressiongod’s help found so diverting (6,2,7) - SLOUGH OF DESPOND* Had to Google this out even though it was just an anagram
28 - A new upward slant in the early stages of development (7) - {N}{ASCENT}
29 - Kind of geometric figure showing the measure of hollow noise (7) - {SCALE}{N(-ois)E}
DOWN
1 - Middle-easterner, one about to get coffee (7) - {ARAB}{I}{CA}
2 - Source of bread, one poor in counting? (5) - BAKER [CD]
3 - Gem that figured in Collins’s work (9) - MOONSTONE [E]
4 - A king among cooks! (4) - NELL [CD] Had to google this (Correction - NALA See Ramya's comment below)
5 - Pest out to keep you awake? (6) - BEDBUG [CD]
6 - Pull some valuable timber, wide inside (5) - T{W}EAK
7 - A cosmetic that’s so heady, we suspect (9) - EYESHADOW*
8 - Writes music in gallery surrounded by numbers (7) - NO{TATE}S
12, 17 - Give money to spinner, first class (6) - {TIP} {TOP}
14 - A middle-class person for all to see, I go sober when upset (9) - BO{U}RGEOIS*
16 - Awful amnesia grips the Spanish in Pacific islands (9) - M{EL}ANESIA*
17 - See 12
18 - Measures taken about a relative (7) - {STEPS}{ON}
20 - Be around capital of Uruguay and get what is left (7) - RESID{U}E
21 - Release the French agent (3,3) - {LE}{T OUT}
23 - Fireplace found in gleaming condition (5) - INGLE [T]
25 - Town to which a Cockney male travelled (5) - (-h)E{RODE}
26 - Handicap (or advantage) at Ascot perhaps (4) - ODDS [CD]

18 comments:

  1. 23 Fireplace found in gleaming condition (5)


    Strictly, this clue doesn't work.

    The hidden ind. cannot be part of the hidden fodder.

    "found" alone can't be considered a hidden ind.

    However, what we can appreciate is the false hidden fodder "gleamING condition" which throws us off our feet!

    Thank God, we didn't fall into the ingle itself!

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  2. 10 - Sudden rush into an unfinished shrine being built around university (6) - INR{U}SH(-e)* Poor clue


    I too was about to comment on this.

    The definition for word required cannot have part of the word itself.

    Even Chambers begs the question when it defines 'inrush' as an inward rush!

    So can members suggest a definition in place of Sankalak's "sudden rush"?

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  3. Sudden flow of devotees at the unfinished shrine being built around the University

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  4. After a cakewalk for two consecutive days, there were a few hiccups today.

    ACROSS

    10 - Sudden rush into an unfinished shrine being built around university (6) - INR{U}SH(-e)*

    Definitely it is a poor clue, for both 'in' and 'rush' are included. Chaturvasi drew our attention to a similar one

    very recently. (BOARDING CARD)

    18 - Tea accessory that may fly? (6) - SAUCER [DD]

    Liked this one.

    29 - Kind of geometric figure showing the measure of hollow noise (7) - {SCALE}{N(-ois)E}

    A new word for me.

    DOWN

    2 - Source of bread, one poor in counting? (5) - BAKER [CD]

    An apparent allusion to the numeral 13, which is known as a Baker's Dozen.

    4 - A king among cooks! (4) - NELL [CD]

    A difficult one.

    7 - A cosmetic that’s so heady, we suspect (9) - EYESHADOW*

    Good anagram. Got it after some effort.

    25 - Town to which a Cockney male travelled (5) - (-h)E{RODE}

    With a Cockney clue, I was looking for an English town. Least expected an Indian name. Hope it is not a sign of roding' skills and reflexes.


    Richard

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  5. Correction:
    Last line to read :

    Hope it is not a sign of 'eroding' skills and reflexes.

    Richard

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  6. @Chaturvasi:

    So can members suggest a definition in place of Sankalak's "sudden rush"?

    I was about to suggest 'influx' but then, alas, this too contains the word 'in'!

    Richard

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  7. Col,
    4Dn- I think it could be NALA (King Nala from our epic Mahabharata who was known for his culinary skill)

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  8. All dictionary definitions have "in" or "inwards" and "rush" or maybe "flow".

    Deepak's suggestion "sudden flow" doesn't indicate the direction in which it happened!

    In the event, some words have to be avoided as lights!

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  9. The Tamil word for an ineffable quality in cooking is nalabagam.

    (Richard, Deepak: I am refraining from using the Tamil script.)

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  10. Ramya's guess on 'Nala' appears accurate and sureshot.

    @Chaturvasi: Thank Goodnes for the small mercies about the script.

    Nalabagam is certainly the Tamil version of Sanskrit Nalapakam. Pakam is cuisine and Paka Shastra is culinary science. As we know, since King Nala from Mahabharata was known for his skills in and quality of cooking, the expression is derived.

    On a lighter note, Nalapakam is also used to denote what passes off as delicacies prepared by a husband when the homemaker is out of town.

    Richard

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  11. Ramya,
    Well done from my side as well. I only know how to make omelettes plus desserts after looking into cookery books

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  12. Sudden flow into the unfinished shrine being built around the university.

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  13. Everytime the setter thinks of Shakespeare I think of Google. Where would we be without it

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  14. @Suresh

    A few years back an American reporter was interviewing Deepak Chopra here on CNN, I think, and Deepak was mentioning how in his school in India he had to memorize whole acts of Shakespeare's works. To test him, the reporter asked, "OK, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 3" or something like that and lo and behold, Deepak recited it without missing a beat!!!

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  15. Double wow!! Because I used to hate memorising poems also

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  16. I could get Nala in 4D by relating it to the amar chitra katha story of nala-damayanti..it is interesting to note how different people think differently to arrive at the same answer

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