Monday 18 February 2013

No 10699, Monday 18 Feb 13, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Placed set around reclining tau (8) SITUATED {SIT{UAT<=}ED}
5   Setter returned to BusinessLine with retired setter’s token (6) EMBLEM {EM<=}{B}{L}EM<=}
10 Medley from Middle Eastern angel fixed (7) MELANGE {ME}{ANGEL*}
11 Keeps away from sailors’ tangled nets (7) ABSENTS {ABS}{NETS*}
12 A primarily desirable opening coming (6) ADVENT {A}{D}{VENT}
13 With a time-out, vacationer carries out a matador’s manoeuvre (8) VERONICA VACatIONER*
15 What the weightlifter did in hut endlessly (4) HOVE HOVEl
16 Managing, Abel gets round to policeman at end of lane (4,2,4) ABLE TO COPE {ABEL*} {TO} {COP}{E}
18 One takes years to stand this and be still going (4,2,4) TEST OF TIME [CD]
20 Think and it’ll come to your mind! (4) IDEA [CD]
23 Nobleman in Germany’s capital in a phase in an election process (8) COUNTING {COUNT}{IN}{G}
24 The truth in short turn after turn (6) GOSPEL {GO}{SPELl}
26 Strike because the hair is removed? (7) LOCKOUT {LOCK}{OUT}
27 Picture fit Greek character being around (7) TABLEAU {T{ABLE}AU}
28 American pull to the finals of the race (6) YANKEE {YANK}{E}{E}
29 Unemployment of head after crashing of deli (8) IDLENESS {DELI*}{NESS}

DOWN
1   Kindly solve this! (15) SYMPATHETICALLY [CD]
2   One farewell returned in the box for Israeli city (3,4) TEL AVIV {TEL} {AVIV<=} Anno not clear? 'Tel' for television = Box ? Is 'Viva' a farewell? (Addendum - {T{EL AV}{1}<=}V} - See comments)
3   Leaving something with the uncle, head of police goes into the shade (6) AWNING pAWNING
4   Woman’s right at all times (4) EVER {EVE}{R}
6   Old beast Mother was atop, losing nothing (8) MASTODON {MA}{SToOD ON}
7   Fast I move to a brownish spot (7) LENTIGO {LENT}{I}{GO}
8   Uproar masses and gal make in places where bodies are kneaded (7,8) MASSAGE PARLOURS*
9   Negotiate, by introducing conditions? (4,5) MAKE TERMS [CD]
14 Treacherous bait set on the stubborn (9) OBSTINATE*
17 Being tender in the extreme, from being wayworn (8) FOOTSORE {FOOT}{SORE}
19 Staff officer in court opposing suggestion (7) SOUPCON {SO}{UP}{CON}
21 Pete led move to lessen drastically (7) DEPLETE*
22 Do some patchwork to save one’s sole (6) COBBLE [CD]
25 Belt ornament gets endless attention (4) STUD STUDy

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  1. Anonymous18 February 2013 at 08:30

    Excellent finale for the excellent run from Gridman. MASTODON was my cod today.

    “More skeletons tumble out ....” says The Hindu on the front page (forgetting the eminently forgettable ad-page) in the first quadrant, forecasting Raju’s offerings !

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    1. Padmanabhan18 February 2013 at 08:46

      What a skeleton it was! Far from scary!

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    2. Anonymous18 February 2013 at 09:16

      Even after it was fleshed out...

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  2. Anonymous18 February 2013 at 08:31

    7 Fast I move to a brownish spot (7) LENTIGO {LENT}{I}{GO}

    Picture reminded me of Gorbachev. But I think his map was something different, maybe a birthmark

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  3. Anonymous18 February 2013 at 08:35

    2 One farewell returned in the box for Israeli city (3,4) TEL AVIV {TEL} {AVIV<=} Anno not clear? 'Tel' for television = Box ? Is 'Viva' a farewell?

    I took it like this
    one =1
    farewell= VALE as in valedictory, carnaval
    returned = ELAV1<
    in box= in TV ie. T(EL AV1)V

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    1. Deepak Gopinath18 February 2013 at 08:39

      Just checked and found that 'Vale' is used to express leave-taking or farewell.

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    2. Anonymous18 February 2013 at 09:11

      Yes, in fact, carnaval which is usually held in Brazil, Goa etc, is held in the week before Ash Wednesday, and actually means goodbye to meat (carna vale), ie fasting for Lent begins thereafter

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  4. Richard18 February 2013 at 08:36

    I expected an intro line from Col sa'ab.

    Trying to solve some clues like 1D, I exclaimed to myself: What an 20A, sir-ji!"

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  5. Richard18 February 2013 at 08:42

    7D LENTIGO - On Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, ash made of burnt coconut palms is applied on everyone, exactly on the part of the forehead as the pic shows, with the words Dust thou art and to dust thou returneth. LENT-I-DID remember!

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    1. D.Srinivasan18 February 2013 at 09:16

      Application of Viboothi on forehead everyday reminds one of the same " mudivil pidi saambal aaveer" in Shaivam

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  6. Padmanabhan18 February 2013 at 08:42

    I needed the help of crossings to finally get 1D and I also expected comments on this.
    We are again on 'lent'! I did not get it this time and veronica was new too.

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    1. Richard18 February 2013 at 08:47

      Paddy 8:42 - exactly when you pressed the publish button, I too commented on 1D and Lent. What a coincidence!

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    2. Anonymous18 February 2013 at 08:57

      Both of you are quite taLENTed

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    3. Richard18 February 2013 at 09:15

      Being ambivaLENT?

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    4. Anonymous18 February 2013 at 09:18

      Nope, I am just corpuLENT

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    5. Chaturvasi18 February 2013 at 09:45

      You fellas are reLENTless in wordplay...

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    6. Padmanabhan18 February 2013 at 09:51

      Lent seems to be very prevaLENT!

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    7. Col_Gopinath18 February 2013 at 09:55

      ..... while some others siLENTly look on

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  7. Padmanabhan18 February 2013 at 08:44

    2D-
    I got the TV & I, but not sure of vale. Thank you for clearing it the easy way (look at the blog!)

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    1. Chaturvasi18 February 2013 at 08:46

      Padmanabhan

      Veronica is Archie's girl friend.

      You should keep track of who goes around with whom.

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    2. Deepak Gopinath18 February 2013 at 08:48

      That should be 'Veronica thinks she is Archie's GF'

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    3. Padmanabhan18 February 2013 at 08:59

      Difference of opinion in 'thinking'?!

      I am in the process of getting introduced to Archies comics thanks to my grandson. I was only on to Tin Tin earlier!

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    4. Anonymous18 February 2013 at 09:15

      In my humble opinion, the best cartoon stories are undoubtedly the Asterix ones. So many hidden jokes are there both in the words and drawings that one can enjoy them at different levels. Every time you read it, you can probably notice some new gags and miss some gags you noticed in earlier readings. Hats off to Derek Hockridge and Anthea Bell, without whose excellent translation we would have missed all the fun that is in the French version and probably even more. BTW, I think some of you might even have seen Sean Connery and the Beatles in Asterix comics.

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    5. B.V.K.18 February 2013 at 23:04

      +1,Like,etc.

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  8. Deepak Gopinath18 February 2013 at 08:49

    I need a lesson on usage of apostrophes

    Is it Archie's girlfriend, Archies' girlfriend or Archies girlfriend ?????

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    1. Deepak Gopinath18 February 2013 at 08:55

      Just checked the net and found 13 rules see Apostrophe & Punctuation

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    2. Suresh18 February 2013 at 10:10

      Both could be right depending on the context. If you were referring to Archie as a name of the character then it would be Archie's.
      If you referred to Archies as a kind of Brand and were trying to say the girlfriend in Archies comics it would be Archies'

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    3. Chaturvasi18 February 2013 at 11:07

      If I refer to the Archie comics, I would use no apostrophe. There is no possessive here. We are referring to the particular comics.

      I may refer to [the boy] Archie's girl friend.

      If I take in all the members of his family and refer to, say, the houses they own, I would say the Archies' houses.

      I always say "Keats's poetry". 's after the single final s. But there are people who prefer Keats' poetry.

      I say "princesses' boyfriends". If it is a single princess, then it is princess' shoes (when there are two s's at the end of the noun, just the apo w/o the following s.

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  9. gxdxr18 February 2013 at 09:07

    1A anno slightly wrong? The second T should be in brackets, as it is TAU backwards.

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    1. Anonymous18 February 2013 at 09:20

      A small typo on part of the Colonel, I think.

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    2. Col_Gopinath18 February 2013 at 09:21

      Thanks Mohun, I have corrected the main post

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  10. Padmanabhan18 February 2013 at 09:07

    Thank you Col. Learned a lot. We discussed 'its' & it's here a few days ago.

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  11. Unknown18 February 2013 at 11:23

    Excellent run from Gridman! Who will be tomorrow's setter? Apostrophe correctly placed??

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  12. Unknown18 February 2013 at 11:27

    Actually, it should be 'Who will be the setter tomorrow' !
    Back to basics - rice and LENTils, during Lent!

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  13. Chaturvasi18 February 2013 at 11:46

    I would say there's nothing wrong with "Who will be tomorrow's setter?".

    (The full stop finishes the sentence but some writers may dispense with it, taking the QM itself as having done that job. But not for me.)

    After all, when we introduce a speaker to the audience we may say "Today's speaker is Mr ..."

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    1. Suresh18 February 2013 at 13:57

      I have never seen the full stop used in the circumstance given above, nor have I seen this as a requirement for correct punctuation.

      In my memory a full stop is used to end a sentence, which is not a question or an exclamation. That is how I learnt it in school.

      I would be happy to be proved wrong in this as it would add to my knowledge of the language.

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    2. Chaturvasi18 February 2013 at 14:43

      I will tell you why I prefer to use the full stop.

      "Who will be tomorrow's setter?" This is a question and the QM at the end of that - within the end quote mark - is just right.

      My sentence as a whole is

      I would say there's nothing wrong with "Who will be tomorrow's setter?"

      I insist that the sentence requires completion with full stop. Note that my sentence (of which the qn is a part) is NOT a qn.

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    3. Suresh18 February 2013 at 14:46

      I get your point and you are right.

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  14. pavalamani pragasam18 February 2013 at 12:01

    ExcelLENT lent exchanges!

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    1. Anonymous18 February 2013 at 12:44

      No "Tut-tut". PP is in a benevoLENT mood today !

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  15. VP18 February 2013 at 12:11

    Wonderful run from Gridman. Enjoyed immensely and learnt new things.
    Thanks Col for the link on apostrophe & punctuation.

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  16. Padmanabhan18 February 2013 at 15:11

    Most enjoyable & informative 6 days- both the CW's and the discussion (Most of it somehow not about the CW)

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  17. cloudsonfire18 February 2013 at 15:36

    Setter returned to BusinessLine with retired setter’s token (6) EMBLEM {EM<=}{B}{L}EM<=}

    How was 'ME (EM<=)' arrived at?

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  18. Padmanabhan18 February 2013 at 15:54

    Setter- me
    returned- <=

    Second time-
    Retired- -<=

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  19. Padmanabhan18 February 2013 at 15:59

    Kishore,
    If you are still getting AWAD, today's word is spoonerism! (Read the first example)

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    1. Anonymous18 February 2013 at 18:05

      Yes, I remembered you when I saw your kisstumory word there

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  20. That Bob21 February 2013 at 21:10

    Could someone help me why "in court opposing" is (up)(con) in soupcon

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    1. Deepak Gopinath21 February 2013 at 22:49

      UP = On trial; charged:

      Example - The defendant is up for manslaughter.

      CON = opposing like in 'pro and con'

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