ACROSS
1 - Cut a transparent kurta top for the worker (5) - {CLE
4 - It is detrimental to notice the nursery rhyme (7) - {AD}{VERSE}
10 - Degree of tar in the volcanic rock (6) - {BA}{SALT}
13 - Try to work out (8) - EXERCISE {DD]
14 - Erected barriers without the bridge on the mountain range (6) - SIERRA
16 - Small cool craft (4) - {S}{HIP}
17 - Pa hid their condition in this disease (10) - DIPHTHERIA*
20 - Low standards of behaviour of the French chief is mostly in the evening initially (10) - {DE}{GENERA
21 - Note the wise bird's short cat call (4) - {ME}{OW
24 - Light the tip-off the low grade coal (6) -
26 - Recipe measure in the kitchen (8) - TEASPOON [CD]
28 - Colour of spice (8) - TINCTURE [DD]
29 - Knot of hair is first gripped with ease with an elastic cord (6) - {BUN}{G}{EE}
31 - Notice one adult in the city (5) -???N? (Addendum - {AD}{AN}{A} - See Comments)
DOWN
2 - Hearing out the name individually in reverse in English (9) - LISTENING
3 - Somehow clerics fail to see the archaeological booty (6) - RELICS
5 - Vitality with a bit of salt (4) - DASH [DD]
6 - He is yet trying to draw in the midnight vision (8) - {EYESI{G}HT*}
7 - Serious to present the middle order rank initially (5) - {S}{OBE}{R}
8 - Have a hold on an old boy's short session (6) - {OB}{SESS}
9 - Bottom wear that may be worn at night (6) - PYJAMA [DD]
12 - Reverend sailor has a Spanish aunt on the edge of the rectory (7) - {OS}{TIA}{R
15 - The rust develops on the window covering (7) - SHUTTER*
18 - Orange-red colourful instrument (4,5) - REED ORGAN*
20 - Hard to please the District Attorney in a short time at the end of the day (6) - {DA}{IN}{T}{Y}
22 - Written an order in no time during the cold season (6) - WINTER
23 - Not declared for a University in the country by the Democratic leader (6) -?S?U?D (Addendum - {ISS{U}E}{D} - See comments)
25 - For the time being some run on ceremonies (5) - NONCE [T]
27 - Mostly check the stuff (4) -?R?? (Addendum - CRAM
Colonel , partying or not you are not the only one lost.
ReplyDeleteHi
ReplyDeleteHow I howled when I found it was not H-OWL but ME-OW(-L). OSTIARY got with a bit of cheating. :-) DIPHTHERIA*, BE-LDAME(-s)*, NONCE (T), DE-GENERA(-l)-T-E, (-l)IGNITE and BUN-G-EE were fun, gee ! Pending 27d, 31a, 23d
Some answers :
ReplyDelete30 - Live with the beautiful damsel ignoring the son of an old woman (7) -?E?D??? (BE)(LDAME*) [-s]
31 - Notice one adult in the city (5) -???N? (AD)(AN)(A)
23 - Not declared for a University in the country by the Democratic leader (6) -?S?U?? ISS(U)E (D)
27 - Mostly check the stuff (4) -?R?? CRAM(-p)
I'm doubtful about 23D
ReplyDeleteThanks Bhavan
ReplyDelete4A - It is detrimental to notice the nursery rhyme (7) - {AD}{VERSE}
ReplyDeleteNursery superficial ?
30A - Live with the beautiful damsel ignoring the son of an old woman (7) -?E?D???
BE-LDAME*(-S)
2D - Hearing out the name individually in reverse in English (9) - LISTENING Anno pending
LIST(EN)ING, Listing = name individualling, EN=ENGLISH but why reverse?
2D: I think the anno is
ReplyDeleteLIST E (NI) NG
LIST = name
ENG = English
NI = IN reverse
VJ : That sounds the most convincing anno for that answer.
ReplyDeleteBungee, VJ
ReplyDeleteLike I said in my opener I'm all at sea today
ReplyDeleteADANA has been done before and it was not too long ago. And the wordplay's very similar.
ReplyDeleteHindu crossword 9835
Notice one angel at first in the city (5)
11 - Gathering of people in a dilemma going backside in the yard (8) - {A}{SSEM<-}{B}{L}{Y} B from 'back' and L from 'side' ?
ReplyDeleteI think it is dilemma going back (SSEM<-), side (L) in the yard (BY - backyard). Of course its all left to perception.
Hi, I too was lost. There is safety in numbers, after all.
ReplyDelete11A - backside, which can give a hilarious connotation, was discussed here some months ago.
3D - Can relics be booty?
I had to leave a few clues as they were not much desired.
23 - Not declared for a University in the country by the Democratic leader (6) -?S?U?D
ReplyDeleteUniversity = U
country = ISSE ?(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isse)
Democratic leader = D
so ISSUED = Not declared ?
Still can't make any sense.
Richard,
ReplyDeleteboo·ty 1 (bt)
n. pl. boo·ties
1. Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war.
2. Goods or property seized by force or piracy.
3. A valuable prize, award, or gain.
I think if we take the 3rd definition, it should be all right.
Thanks, VJ. That was a beauty!
ReplyDeleteBhavan @ 8:50
ReplyDeleteSo that should have been 'county' and not 'country' in the clue !!
Bhavan, agree with you on 23. It doesn't make a bit of sense. Don't know if we're missing something here.
ReplyDelete@Colonel, even if it were county, does the final answer in any remote way map to fitting "not declared?" I'm unable to connect the two !
ReplyDeleteDoes anybody have any idea why ease = EE?
ReplyDeleteDeepak 843:
ReplyDeleteLike I said in my opener I'm all at sea today
No wonder, Tia Maria:
10 - Degree of tar in the volcanic rock (6) - {BA}{SALT}
16 - Small cool craft (4) - {S}{HIP}
5 - Vitality with a bit of salt (4) - DASH [DD]
12 - Reverend sailor has a Spanish aunt on the edge of the rectory (7) - {OS}{TIA}{RectorY} OS from Ordinary Seaman?
VJ 903
ReplyDeleteEither ease (homophone for Es ie ee)
Or ease and elastic contribute an e each and cord is the def
Kishore : so today's theme of hers is to rub salt into our mental wounds ?
ReplyDeleteVJ : I think its a repeated trick of NJ's. Not that this explanation makes it any better.
ReplyDeleteVJ 851: So when Mr Mallya brandishes the Tippu sword, we can say he is shaking his booty ...
ReplyDeleteKishore, Thanks. I think the first one is more like NJ.
ReplyDeleteKishore 907, I wonder how you could make connections like that. LOL
ReplyDeleteAnd it'd be a DD and an &Lit if Mallya placed the sword inside the sheath, wore it around his waist and did a bit of shaking.
Bhavan 907, you betcha
ReplyDeleteS & B II UPDATE
ReplyDeleteThe next S & B meet is scheduled to be held at Bangalore at my residence on Sunday, 28 Nov 10. We are meeting at my residence (address and map is available in the Contact details link on the top of this page) around 11 AM and will break off around 3 PM after lunch (I propose a simple Biriyani lunch, which will be ordered from outside)
As of now the following have confirmed attendance
Veer
Chaturvasi (tickets booked)
Bhargav accompanying Chaturvasi
One more from Chennai accompanying Chaturvasi(name awaited from CV)
Dr D Srinivasan from Salem
Richard from Mangalore
Kishore in Bangalore
Muthaiah from Chennai
Intimation from Shuchi & Vinod Raman who are in Bangalore is awaited.
Richard is tying up some newspaper coverage of the event.
Anyone else who is attending please do let me know so that administrative arrangements can be tied up.
Deepak, liked the hot pants cartoon. However, the link again gave the same text as given once earlier, saying ' some one tried to hotlink a copyrighted cartoon without permission and all they got was this lousy text' (quoted verbatim) and I skinned the cat by typing in the link referred.
ReplyDeleteVJ 914: Would that be a bootiful sight ?
Apropos 18d, I hear with my ear organ, I see with my eye organ, I smell with my nose organ and I eat with my mouth organ.
Kishore 11:02 end lines:
ReplyDeleteMuch as I would like to continue the series, I consciously refrain from doing so because of a certain sense of modesty on my part and in view of having to maintain decorum and propriety on so eminent a public platform like this halloed one and to continue my good relationship with the gentle and kind host, especially as S&B II is to be held shortly and I would like to be present under his roof and on the terrace under the blue, shimmering sky.
Weel, it should have been 'hallowed'; but 'halloed' too would do! All of us call, don't we?
ReplyDeleteCV 1153: I, too have refrained from continuing the series, since it is incumbent that I stay on the right side of mine host and not be left out as a png.
ReplyDeleteKishore,
ReplyDeleteThe link to the cartoon works if you use Firefox. I tried it through IE and got the lousy text msg that you got.
Someone just sent me this
ReplyDeleteIn our Country most of the 1st division students from school get Technical seats. Become doctors & engineers....
The 2nd division pass MBA. Become Administrators & control the 1st division guys ......
The 3rd division enter Politics. Become ministers & control BOTH.....
& the failures join the Underworld & control ALL..:-)
Deepak
ReplyDeleteFYI:
With Mozila FF and Chrome as well, I am led to the 'C' text and not the cartoon.
How do you determine whether a cartoon is copyrighted or not?
I use firefox for MAC OS and I cannot see the cartoon. What is the link Kishore found?
ReplyDeleteAre all crossworders good Scrabble players?
ReplyDeleteI am a poor Scrabble player in any competition.
But, believe me, I score very high in the Scrabble wordgame that is published in some papers such as The Deccan Chronicle.
Recently I managed to use all the seven letters in each of the given racks (that means youe xploit all dl/tl or dw/tw and you also get a bonus of 50marks for having used all seven letters) and I must have equalled Judd's score (I didn't get the next day's paper to check).
But if I play with you, I am sure to come second.
Similarly, in the Jumble that appears in the papers, more oftehnthan not I get the answer without ever having to solve the anagrams alongside and pick the letters in the circles.
Chatur, was he? (Chatur in Hindi - smart, clever). :-)
ReplyDeleteRichard
ReplyDeleteTamil has many words derived from Sanskrit.
While the political parties ruling Tamil Nadu want to use pure words, we of a certain age and from a certain period still use the derivatives.
'chathuryam' means 'cleverness'.
There is a famous scene in a Tamil film, Konjum Salangai, in which two dancers perform in a fierce competition; one challenges the other in the dance duel: "chathuryam pesathaedi...en salangaikku badhil solladi" (don't just utter clever words [they won't wash]; answer to the tinkle from my anklet)
I love to read Kalki whose work resonates with such words that the Dravidian parties have banished.
CV @ 13:51
ReplyDeleteMost of the cartoons I use are copyrighted, however I am not directly putting them onto my blog, but I am only providing a link to them which is not a copyright violation. It is the same link that appears when you google for cartoons, so if Google can lead someone to those cartoons without any copyright violation, then so can I
CVasi
ReplyDeleteI suppose it is from Vanjikkotai Vaaliban. Isn't it so?
Kishore (11 02) would it be so if he did it?? Well perhaps, if you're into that kinda thing.
ReplyDeleteDeepak (1320), LOL
ReplyDeleteSuresh, I got the link by hovering my mouse over the link given by Deepak and looking at the bar at the bottom and copying it into the adress bar. It does not allow copy-paste, so actually it is typing it into the address bar.
ReplyDeleteDeepak, I fully agree with you that you are not copying/violating copyright, but only providing a link. However, I thought I should bring to your kind notice the response from the site...
CV: You can play Scrabble with me. Since I am talented enough to come third in a two person game, you will win even if you come second. Dont ask me how I do it. With smoke and mirrors, maybe? Magicians never reveal their secrets.
C Vasi @ 15.43 and Shyam @16.31,
ReplyDeleteI think Shyam is correct. The dance duel between
Padmini and Vyjayatimala is for the song starting
"Konjum Salagai Oli Kettu Nenjil Pongudhamma pudhiya Pattu".
I liked CVasi sir's immediate response to Richard's "Chatur" with Chaturyam. Great.
Richard @ 8.54,
ReplyDeleteCan I call it Kishore Effect?
Surprise of Surprise:VJ asking explanations on NJ's clues! (EE )
ReplyDeleteIf VJ himself is stumped by NJ, we (the novices)will have to-- pardon my butting in with Tamil-
EE nnu iLikka vendiyadhuthan or as CVsir quoted some time back - thiru puru nnu muzhikka vendiyadhuthan.
Test
ReplyDeleteYes, the film was Vanjikottai Valiban.
ReplyDeleteThe first line of the song is Konjum Salangai.
There might have been a Tamil fim with that title.
In the past decades they used to take a phrase from a popular song and entitle a new film.
Now they give a Tamil title to get ET concession from the State Government whose aim is to develop the semmozhi and then add an English subtitle so it will sell all over the world.
They even manufacture Tamil words such as enthiran.
Kishore
ReplyDeleteIf I play with you, I may have to scrabble for words...
The local Scrabble champion, Mohan Verghese Chunkath, an international, is a friend of mine from the 1970s. He set the weekly (quick) crossword for BusinessLine (feature since discontinued).
Please excuse typos if any in this and all future posts.
CV: No such worry. I am also a master of typos. In another forum, I used to spot my own typos and correct them, and sometimes spell typo as type. So I was notorious for my types.
ReplyDeleteKishore gets a new name: Typo Sultan.
ReplyDeleteA historic observation.
ReplyDeleteDr DS, LOL, neengaluma!!
ReplyDeleteChaturvasi@19:37, the conventional first line of the song you have in mind is கண்ணும் கண்ணும் கலந்து (kaNNum kaNNum kalandu). :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, and regarding today's crossword, I have only thing to say: that must have been one #e!! of a party, Colonel! :D
Should've been "only one thing," but I'm sure y'all must have guessed it by now.
ReplyDeleteKishore, type for typo, LOL. That's the height of it.
ReplyDeleteTypos could turn out to be embarrassing at times. While IMing I often misspell 1 sec. I gotta blame it on the keyboard layout.
CGB 2048: Honoured to be the Typer of Mysore!
ReplyDelete