Thursday 30 December 2010

No 10038, Thursday 30 Dec 10, M Manna

ACROSS
1   - An attractive way of prematurely acquiring proprietorial rights (13) - {PRE}{POSSESSING}
8   - Surrounded by filth, a large number look disgusted (7) - {GRIM{A}{C}E}
9   - Penguin ruler! (7) - EMPEROR [DD]
11 - Mule is made to have cereal (6) - MUESLI*
13 - Robust type of law breaker in the beginning (8) - {ST{ALW*}ART}
15 - Values resulting in charge being made (5) - RATES [CD]
16 - It's a wonder Claire takes Frenchman for a change (7) - {M}{IRACLE*}
18 - Right to discipline an unruly child (7) - CORRECT [DD]
19 - It can be found in disreputable people's language (5) - SLANG [T &lit]
21 - Country where power of government rests with the people (8) - REPUBLIC [E]
23 - Paddy's cool (6) - TEMPER [DD]
25 - The removal will take time, doubtless (7) - {ERA}{SURE}
26 - French and German articles disappear or maybe endure (7) - {UN}{DER}{GO}
28 - Go into marquee containing main partition for public performance (13) - {ENTER}{T{AINM*}ENT}
DOWN
2   - Clothing is torn without intention (7) - {R{AIM}ENT}
3   - You find her keeping tempi along with the band members (3) - PIA [T]
4   - He can foretell the future (4) - SEER [E]
5   - Choose to talk — they make one cross! (10) - {ELECT}{ORATE}
6   - Lapse made to separate outer part of a flower (5) - SEPAL*
7   - Tell of island uprising before Mr. Lawrence (7) - {NARRA<-}{TE}
8   - Plucky stand by at the animal enclosure (4,7) - {GAME} {RESERVE}
10 - Joey, the deserter? (3,8) - {RAT} {KANGAROO}
12 - See nothing wrong with ball delivery for unsuccessful one (5) - {LO}{SERvice}
14 - The claim of one who says he's sorry, but isn't sorry (10) - {I'M}{PENITENT}
17 - Rigid system of social distinctions (5) - CASTE [CD]
18 - Can be pain for Tom to be in charge of hotel waiters and bell boys (7) - CAPTAIN* (cat+pain)
20 - Sir, pain may be relieved with this drug (7) - ASPIRIN*

SEE THIS CARTOON

22 - Crude person, lacking in sophistication (5) - BRUTE [CD]
24 - To learn Shiastu, finance arranged for Muslim mystic (4) - SUFI Anno pending
27 - Mother of horses! (3) - DAM [CD]

GRID
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13 comments:

  1. Bhavan30 December 2010 at 08:33

    24 - To learn Shiastu, finance arranged for Muslim mystic (4) - SUFI Anno pending

    Its a typo. The treatment is actually Shiatsu which yields a telescopic answer.

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  2. Deepak Gopinath30 December 2010 at 09:52

    Thanks Bhavan,
    I provided the link to Shiatsu but didn't look at the spelling!!

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  3. VMA Nair30 December 2010 at 10:27

    Hi,
    I did not understand the anno of 10 D. How baby kangaroo becomes rat kangaroo? What type of clue is this?

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  4. mathu's memoirs30 December 2010 at 10:41

    missed both rat kangaroo and game reserve. i also realised the typo in SUFI. Otherwise nice puzzle.

    Mathu

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  5. Krishnan30 December 2010 at 10:43

    Ajeesh, will this help ? On googling, I found this "A young / baby of a musky rat kangaroo is called a 'joey'"

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  6. Krishnan30 December 2010 at 10:43

    and rat is slang for a deserter.

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  7. Padmanabhan30 December 2010 at 11:26

    Nice one today.Quite a few interesting clues.

    Can someone explain the following to me?
    23A-DD-Temper
    27D-Dam

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  8. Krishnan30 December 2010 at 11:52

    Padmanabhan : For 27D see this definition for dam - the female parent of an animal, especially domestic livestock.

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  9. Krishnan30 December 2010 at 12:12

    As for 23A, see the definition for Paddy:

    a fit of temper

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  10. VMA Nair30 December 2010 at 13:09

    Thanks Krishnan.
    Paddy is asking for the definition of Paddy. LOL :)

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  11. Benkiman30 December 2010 at 18:11

    Can some one explain the anno for Raiment and loser? I didn't understand the LO part of Loser.

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  12. Deepak Gopinath30 December 2010 at 18:32

    Benkiman,

    Clothing = Definition = {R{AIM}ENT}
    is torn = RENT
    without = Indicator for encircling
    intention = AIM

    See = LO
    nothing = deletion indicator
    wrong = VICE
    with
    ball delivery = SERVICE
    for
    unsuccessful one = Definition = {LO}{SER(-vice)}

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  13. Padmanabhan30 December 2010 at 21:36

    Thank you ,krishnan.This is the first time I hear about 'dam' in this sense.
    That was a nice one about 'paddy'Ajeesh and it did not strike me until you mentioned it!!

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