HAPPY ONAM to all those who visit my blog
NJ has me stumped at 22A, 2 & 15D.
ACROSS 1 - Brother has no hand in the carnival (4) - FAIR
9 - Where the power lies in the hands of the people (6,9) - SOCIAL DEMOCRACY [CD] ?
10 - Get-up-and-go to an empty bar with a lionheart (4) - {B
11 - Study aid? (5) - GRANT [CD]
12 - Dedicated singer has retired (4) - AVID<-
13 - Hostility among seven ombudsmen (5) - VENOM [T]
14 - A general pardon (7) - AMNESTY [E]
16 - The French experts finally study this kind of disease (7) - {LE}{PROS}{Y}
18 - Unembellished (5) - STIFF [E]
22 - Substance of a matter (4) - ???F (Addendum - BEEF - see comments)
23 - Forcibly drove outside the ring in a sporting event (5) - {RODE
24 - Wise leaders of distance education encourage privatisation (4) - {D}{E}{E}{P}
25 - Fellow offering sample pieces to the girl child (6,9) - {F}{EMALE OFFSPRING*}
26 - You arrest a student in an American University (4) - {Y{A}{L}E}
DOWN
2 - Liquid one takes only after lunchtime (7) - A?I?O?E (Addendum - {AM}{I}{DOSE} - See comments)
3 - Sect of holy people (9,5) - RELIGIOUS ORDER [E]
4 - Firm supporter of the snake (5) - {CO}{BRA}
5 - Calm the boy holding the gangster going up (5) - {RE{LA<-}X}
6 - Do lure the upper class lousy characters in a mocking way (14) - {CON}{TEMPT*}{U}{OUSLY*}
7 - Make paper in a Greek island (6) - {CRE{A}TE} What is 'A' paper?
8 - They may be written for a film (7) - SCRIPTS [CD]
15 - Spy does not bother to celebrate on the small island (7) - ?E???E? (Addendum - {CELEB
17 - Register a foreign ship again in Florida with an agent (6) - {RE}{FL}{A}{G}
19 - Football leader unfortunately has no direction of it growing in the wasteland (7) - {F}{EDERAL*} ?
20 - Guide a journalist provided it is extremely early (5) - {ED}{IF}{Y}
21 - Confused novelist gets rid of a lot of stripes (5) - VEINS
22 - Substance of a matter (4) - ???F
ReplyDeleteI had it down as BEEF as in the phrase, "What is his beef?"
2 - Liquid one takes only after lunchtime (7) - A?I?O?E
ReplyDelete{AM}{I}{DOSE} (saline)
CELEBES FOR 15D
ReplyDelete15 - Spy does not bother to celebrate on the small island (7) - ?E???E?
ReplyDelete{CELEB(-rat)E}{S} (an Indonesian island)
Hi
ReplyDeleteAll the best for Onam, also for Rigupakarma.
Sam Browne gets replaced today.
SOCIAL DEMOCRACY and FEMALE OFFSPRING, both DEEP issues (pun intended). RELIGIOUS ORDER was ok.
Could not get 2d. I put BEEF as a person of physical substance, with a lot of matter can be considered BEEFY.
I wondered too: What’s paper doing in 7d? I thought paper could be A as sizes of paper are determined in relation to A: A2, A4 etc., A being 4 times of A4.But there is an 'a' with the Greek island which we need to discount in such a case.
Kishore,
ReplyDeleteMake paper in a Greek island (6) - {CRE{A}TE}
Paper in has been used for 'add'
A in CRETE to give CREATE (make)
Thanks, Venkatesh.
ReplyDeleteSandhya @ 8:40
ReplyDeleteFrom where did you get the DOSE !!
Kishore,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the greetings.
AMIDOSE??? Seems like there's no such word.
ReplyDelete22A was kinda vague.
"Spy does not bother to celebrate" to mean CELEBRATE - RAT is a bit twisted. But quite imaginative.
What's rigupakarma? Is it a Kannada thing?
ReplyDeleteHi everyone and Onam greetings
ReplyDeleteHad about 80% success in solving.
Here is RIG UPAKARMA
VJ @ 9:16
ReplyDeleteSame view here. AMIDOSE by itself does not exist. But AMIDOSE SALINE does exist as, it is the solution in which contact lenses are stored.
'upakarma' is the term denoting Avani Avittam when you change the sacred thread.
ReplyDelete'Rigupakrama' because those who follow the Rig veda observe it today.
I think that those who follow the Yajur veda observe the ritual tomorrow.
'upa' means 'beginning', 'karma' is 'duty'. So it's a ritual from the most ancient times? Sorry, I am not well-versed in Sanskrit.
Deepak, I was wondering 'cause I couldn't find the word in any of the online dictionaries. Thanks for clarifying....
ReplyDeleteI'm still not able to make any sense of the clue.
Thanks Richard and Chaturvasi...
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that it could also be called "upakarma." And I thought all people celebrate Avani Avattam on the same day.
Maybe it is called the 'beginning duty' because it is usually done at the beginning of a yajna/homam.
ReplyDeleteDeepak, nice picture at top. It was not visible when I first accessed the blog today.
I understand that "upa" means additional. Upakarma is an additional duty that a Brahman would have to perform as a ritual, like changing his sacred thread once in a year. There's "nityakarma," which refers to sandhyavana and Brahmans perform this ritual 3 times a day (nitya meaning regular/ daily etc)
ReplyDeleteYesterday Gridhar has missed the great serials - HUMLOG and BUNIYAD.
ReplyDeleteHow can any one forget Saruk's Fauji and CIRCUS.
ReplyDeleteHow can any one forget Saruk's FAUJI and CIRCUS.
ReplyDelete19D: RUDERAL
ReplyDelete18A: STARE (Unembellished??)
Muthaiah: I say chaps...
ReplyDelete18a STARK