Friday 11 February 2011

No 10074, Friday 11 Feb 11, Neyartha

ACROSS
1   - Grid sign, cheap, drawn up in a type of visual communication (7,6) - GRAPHIC DESIGN*
9   - This needs to be done with a balance for a satisfactory compromise (6) - STRIKE [CD]
10 - Ruffle wrapped by son returned for not being fancy (2-6) - {NO-{FRILL}S<-}
11 - Classical ballet step exhibited by some shop assistants (3) - PAS [T]
12 - Go back, get entertained by Yahoo, and then, exit the system (3,3) - {L{OG<-} OUT}
13 - Cheat East German in prime form (8) - {IMP{OST}ER*}
14 - Open-mouthed stare I'd caught (6-4) - {GOGGLE}-{EYED}(~I'd)
17 - Kitchen appliance's authentic press release yanked (4) - prOVEN
18 - What a cat does in the stabling yard (4) - MEWS [DD]
19 - Natives' dangerous option to imprison Doctor Paul (10) - {PO{PULA*}TION*}
21 - Being alert, I find mixed lead in cadmium yellow for intelligence (8) - {LITERA*}{C}{Y} I thought Cadmium was Cd ? Lead misled me !!
23 - Lock wage for hire (6) - ENGAGE [CD]
25 - English chief gets rid of the one number with glamour (3) - S(-i+e)EX
26 - Rite I organized to capture the mountain ox for a Japanese dish (8) - {TERI{YAK}I*}
27 - Condemns loss of note about the official count (6) - CENSUreS 
28 - Objectify and displease Nero at sea (13) - DEPERSONALISE*
DOWN
2   - Odds, say, of allowance getting cut (5) - RATIOn
3   - Pollute methane, say, with a type of chemical weapon (6,3) - {POISON} {GAS}
4   - Clumsy author goes north for employment in IT (5) - {I{NEP<-}T}
5   - Refuse to pose inside with tightness (7) - {DEN{SIT}Y}
6   - Subdue the gentle auditor's hawk (4-5) - {SOFT}-{PEDAL}(~peddle)
7   - Holds page sent out by model to get corn porridge (5) - GRI(-p+t}TS
8   - Confidant at the communion table voiced self-confidence (5,3) - (~altar){ALTER} {EGO}
15 - Match disliked by neutral spectators (3-5) - ONE-SIDED &lit
16 - Seaside walkway where Lee's panda misbehaved (9) - ESPLANADE*
17 - Assembled Angola cot is eight-sided (9) - OCTAGONAL*
20 - Ian ignored doctors' branch of science (7) - PHYSICianS
22 - Former priest upset by ostracism (5) - {EX}{ILE<-}
23 - Complex contraption smuggled to former prisoner (2-3) - EX-CON [T]
24 - Scouts run away as article gets misplaced with the cheap trinkets (5) - G(-u+a)A(-a+u)UrDS

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16 comments:

  1. SandhyaP11 February 2011 at 08:32

    23 - Lock wage for hire (6) - ENGAGE [CD]

    I think it is a triple definition.

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  2. Anonymous11 February 2011 at 08:34

    Is Neyartha setting the (Indian) Census as the theme:
    CENSUS
    SEX RATIO
    POPULATION DENSITY
    LITERACY

    If so, it has come right on the dot...

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  3. Anonymous11 February 2011 at 08:38

    24 - Scouts run away as article gets misplaced with the cheap trinkets (5) - G(-u+a)A(-a+u)U(-r)DS

    I thought G(+a)AU(-a)(-r)DS

    i.e. only a moves after deletion of r and U sits tight since there is indication of article(a) getting misplaced and no mention of U doing anything.

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  4. Anonymous11 February 2011 at 08:46

    I think you are right,Sandy. The max we seem to have got is 4 def for PORT. Anyone recall the clue?

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  5. Chaturvasi11 February 2011 at 08:49

    Kishore
    Look at the clue anno this way:
    Scouts - GUARDS
    run away - GUA[r]DS
    as
    article - A
    gets misplaced - GUADS becomes GAUDS
    with the
    cheap trinkets - def

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  6. Neyartha11 February 2011 at 08:50

    @ Kishore:

    Right, that was the intended theme. It is a relief to see the theme being identified without my intervention :)

    Surprisingly, I wasn't aware that the crossword publication month would co-incide with the Indian census, since the grid fills were done early last year.

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  7. Chaturvasi11 February 2011 at 08:54

    @Kishore 08:46

    Alec Robins in the book 'Teach Yourself Crosswords' cites this clue:

    Determined company of dancers decline to become rigid and formal (3)

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  8. Deepak Gopinath11 February 2011 at 09:11

    Thanks Sandhya,
    Ihad meant to put in DD but typed CD by oversight. I think I will shall Incorporate a new Anno, MD for Multiple Definition!

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  9. Padmanabhan11 February 2011 at 09:12

    21a-lead led me the wrong way for a long long time.Is it supposed be taken as 'lead in Cadmium yellow' meaning 'cy'? I also had doubts about literacy being synonymous with intelligence.

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  10. Chaturvasi11 February 2011 at 09:19

    RE 21a

    Look at it as
    lead in Cadmium - C
    yellow - Y

    The question of symbol for Cadmium doesn't arise.

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  11. Deepak Gopinath11 February 2011 at 09:25

    Thanks CV,
    I took lead as indictor for the mixed 'alert & I' to be ahead of 'C & Y'

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  12. Anonymous11 February 2011 at 09:26

    CV 849: That is exactly what I said. There is no indication or need to shift the U.

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  13. Anonymous11 February 2011 at 09:35

    SET
    Determined
    company of dancers
    decline to become
    rigid and formal

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  14. Anonymous11 February 2011 at 10:56

    May be I can split rigid and formal into two separate def.s ?

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  15. Anonymous11 February 2011 at 13:16

    11022011

    a palindrome !

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  16. Padmanabhan11 February 2011 at 14:14

    Kishore,the mathemagician finding a numerical palindrome!!

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