Monday 27 December 2010

No 10035, Monday 27 Dec 10, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - Brightness of artist, Bob, embracing one (8) - {RA}{D{I}ANCE}
5   - National, one following you old fellows (6) - {YE}{MEN}{I}
10 - Eminent composer gets learner and maiden out of confused state (7) - MAElSTROm
11 - Be calm, I fixed the apparatus (7) - ALEMBIC*
12 - Montaigne maybe confused, but left not a riddle (6) - ENIGMAnot*
13 - Inhabitants of the novel New Forest (8) - CHILDREN [CD] Thanks to Google
15 - Mark of the French leaving plan (4) - deSIGN
16 - What's on the board when the innings ends (5,5) - FINAL SCORE [CD]
18 - Yet it's the busy tongues that produce what may be fodder for a columnist (4,6) - IDLE GOSSIP [CD]


20 - You — to whom what's on the beach is grand! (4) - THOUsand
23 - Brown's essence covering tip of noodle is most piquant (8) - {TAN}{GI{E}ST}
24 - Saw parent breaking down (6) - TREPAN*
26 - Entertainment of Karnataka artist all right to end of performance (7) - {KA}{RA}{OK}{E}
27 - Rice for mother in Indian slum (7) - {BAS{MA}TI}
28 - The kind of food for one who does not want to put on (3-3) - NON-FAT [CD]
29 - Support for pose adopted by America's leading lover (8) - {ESPO*}{USA}{L}
DOWN
1   - Bottom the Spanish son thrusts against family, one of little stature (15) - {RUMP}{EL}{S}{TILTS}{KIN}
2   - When intake is controlled (7) - DIETING [CD]
3   - Troublesome maths a problem that leaves one breathless (6) - ASTHMA*
4   - Boast about bank (4) - {C}{ROW}
6   - I told girls it assists sight (8) - (~i){EYE}{G}{LASS}
7   - Halt! Proceed after amber changes! (7) - {EMBAR*}{GO}
8   - Emerge clean in question, though it's of little importance (15) - INCONSEQUENTIAL*
9   - Win sabash' for designing bathroom fixture (9) - WASHBASIN*
14 - No journey can be afoot without one taking it (5,4) - FIRST STEP [CD]
17 - A nearly stern, firm, law proclaimed endlessly by old Roman general (8) - {A}{GRIm}{CO}{LAw}
19 - What hit films enjoy on screens (4,3) - LONG RUN [CD]
21 - Groups of seven informed team leader on publicity materials (7) - {HEP}{T}{ADS}
22 - Forces cleaned out wall painting (6) - FRESCO*
25 - I begin to brush one's bird (4) - {I}{B}{I'S} Shown below is the Scarlet Ibis from Trinidad and Tobago

19 comments:

  1. Good Morning

    1D was tearjerker for me. Never heard of it. Actually it spoilt the sport today. Right vertical is an easy picking. Agricola, Heptads all deceptive.

    Otherwise a nice one. Why i being the first one to comment?

    Mathu

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  2. No comments so far for an excellent puzzle from Gridman :(. 1 D was tough

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  3. Hi, can you help with the below clues
    1A - Brightness of artist, Bob, embracing one
    What is the connection between Bob & Dance?
    5A - National, one following you old fellows
    How does "you" translate to "YE" in this clue?
    20A - You — to whom what's on the beach is grand!
    What indicates removal of "sand" in this clue?

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  4. Hi AVK,
    1.bob up and down means dance.
    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bob
    5.Ye is old word for you. (Clue says you old)
    20.You- to whom what's on the beach means when we add Thou to sand (whats on the beach)gets thousand which is grand.

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  5. AVK,

    Bob is synonymous with dance

    Ye is you in old English

    In 20a there is mo removal, but if you add sand to thou you will get thousand which is a grand.

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  6. thanks for the explanation

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  7. Is it the holiday spirit that's made regulars here take a break from crosswords? Not a whole lot of activity happening in the orkut forums either.

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  8. 8 Across of Daily Telegraph.
    Found drug in packing case (6). {cr{e}ate}. Can someone please tell me how 'e' is an abbreviation for drug ?

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  9. Tx for the beautiful pic of the scarlet ibis, it's magnificent!

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  10. Ajeesh,

    E stands for the drug 'Ecstasy'

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  11. CHILDREN was a guess. Hadn't heard of TREPAN and ALEMBIC, but the crossings helped. I missed out on YEMENI since I was thinking along the lines of *EDESI! Otherwise I found the clues pretty straightforward.

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  12. As for the lack of posts today, Kishore will likely not be posting until New Years' Eve, so that's a cut in the comments of about 50% per day. :D

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  13. What I have missed so far in Gridman's current stint is the use of British slang (some archaic) in the clues.

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  14. Navneeth has got his math right ;-).

    Contributing my tithe for the day inspite of not trying todays & yesterdays (both) puzzles. Will try all on 31st.

    RUMPELSTILTSKIN came with the following anno in the FT one linked by Bhavan 2 days back:
    RUMP (bottom)-ELS (Golfer), TILTS (leans), KIN (relative). I am dead sure of the anno, but not sure if I remember the clue right.

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  15. It was an asterisked clue in FT.
    *Bottom golfer leans on family (15)

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  16. Merrily the feast I’ll make,
    Today I’ll brew, tomorrow bake.

    Merrily I’ll dance and sing,
    For next day will a stranger bring.

    Little does my Lady dream,
    Rumpelstiltskin is my name!

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  17. Am involved in a cat and mouse game...

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