Thursday 18 April 2013

No 10750, Thursday 18 Apr 13, Sankalak

Sankalak continues like a whiff of fresh air.

ACROSS
1   Do it just the way as does a traveller, behind time, with one cent! (9) REPLICATE {REP}{L{1}{C}ATE}
5   Two-fold, like a pair giving up company for a bit of dogma (5) DUPLE {CO(+d)DUPLE}
8   Mattress that a bride designed (6) AIRBED {A}{BRIDE*}
9   By-product of a cricket side’s cry (8) OFFSHOOT {OFF'S}{HOOT}
11 Love to write? Start! (4) OPEN {O}{PEN}
12 The part ten men played in a deception to catch a wrongdoer (10) ENTRAPMENT*
14 Cosmetic for the skin — sound right? (5) TONER {TONE}{R}


15 Braggarts with foul stogies (7) EGOISTS*
16 Domed building, fat, beginning to age (7) ROTUNDA {ROTUND}{A}
17 Part of a long poem in a Mexican tome (5) CANTO [T]
19 Record player in an Indian village, old, with communication device (10) GRAMOPHONE {GRAM}{O}{PHONE}
20 Run with elan (4) DASH [DD]
22 Magazine editor absorbed the nourishment (8) DIGESTED {DIGEST}{ED}
23 Fighting — there is even a day for it! (6) BOXING [DD]
24 Attacked by a bull, one might turn bloody (5) GORED {GO}{RED}
25 Merchant who labels dart the wrong way (9) TRADESMAN {TRAD}{SEMAN}<= See comments

DOWN
1   The justification for a note on a child (6) REASON {RE}{A}{SON}
2   Totally unknown person but an ideal forester accommodating good man (7,8) PERFECT STRANGER {PERFECT} {ST}{RANGER}
3   Got chilled in an arctic edifice (4) ICED [T]
4   Fizzy nerve gas effect unravelled after removing gallium (12) EFFERVESCENT {NERVE+gaS+EFFECT}*
5   Belie the hopes of detective officers on a pressure spot (10) DISAPPOINT {DI'S}{A}{P}{POINT}
6   Prim aloofness is overcome by the competence of those highly trained and disciplined (15) PROFESSIONALISM*
7   Properties found, say, between two points (7) ESTATES {E}{STATE}{S}
10 Intrusion into an enclosure by pest tailed by people with time (12) ENCROACHMENT {ENC}{ROACH}{MEN}{T}
13 Gold’s lacking finish all around? Not recommended (10) UNENDORSED {UNEND{OR'S}ED}
16 Gas grid ordered by old Danish parliament (7) RIGSDAG*
18 Old Japanese governor who would reportedly display shooter (6) SHOGUN (~show){SHO}{GUN}
21 That man holds very big water tube (4) HOSE {H{OS}E}


46 comments:

  1. Nice one from S.

    A doubt:

    25 Merchant who labels dart the wrong way (9) TRADESMAN {TRAD}{SEMAN}<=

    The reversal seems a bit defective

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. As it stands the word play leads to TRADSEMAN, not TRADESMAN

      Delete
    2. The clue would work if 'the wrong way' is taken as an anagram indication. In which case the anno would be (dart+names)*, but an indirect anagram at that.

      Delete
    3. Seen now. I too seemed to have got confused like Sankalak has between ESMAN & SEMAN

      Delete
  2. Superb cartoon for encroachment !

    An elephant in a China shop ? Or should I say, beehive ?

    ReplyDelete
  3. Ref the cartoon for ENCROACHMENT.

    Is that what is called 'butting in'?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. You've got right to the bottom of the problem

      Delete
    2. Does that make Nepal an ashtray ?

      Delete
    3. Yes... when fag ends are thrust there.

      Delete
    4. That's a bum deal

      Delete
  4. Smooth one. Some formidable anagrams like PRIM ALOOFNESS.

    7D - 'say' (=state) trapped me for a while, since it is used for homophones or to mean, 'for example'. Good trick.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Repeating a post from yesterday ehich might have been missed:

    I was studying the glyph formation of various mathematical symbols and was surprised to see this article about Tamil numerals.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_numerals

    While I was familiar with the Telugu/Kannada numerals, which are in daily use, I had not come across the Tamil ones, even in Chennai. The Mauritius note shown in the article shows the Tamil 1 being used, but does any one in India use it ? I am sure some of my Tamil friends can amplify on this.

    ReplyDelete
  6. 5 Belie the hopes of detective officers on a pressure spot (10) DISAPPOINT {DI'S}{A}{P}{POINT}

    Is DI: Detective Inspector? Just detectives would probably have sufficed.

    This somehow doesn't seem OK.
    16 Domed building, fat, beginning to age (7) ROTUNDA : Fat in conn. with building?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Just detectives may yield CID. DI for detective Inspector seems fine.

      A nice one today from Sankalak with some amazing anagrams.

      Delete
  7. Kishore, are you announcing the Hoggers and Joggers (or the other way round) meet soon to take place, you know where? Meeting Panchmal would be part of the agenda.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I really don't know if more than three of us could meet at Mangalore. And since I am going to be there for some legal work, my schedule is not wholly in my hands. I shall try to meet you on Friday evening after which we can try to meet Mr P.

      Delete
    2. An open invitation to anyone interested in spending some time with us on Fri. Or Sat. With Richard and me at Mangalore may please inform on 9845130360. Time, date and are uncertain as of now.

      Delete
    3. Because of the uncertainties, i had not proposed an official meet, but we can always meet on the sidelines.

      Delete
  8. Raghunath 9:58

    I took it this way.

    Rotund = fat ('We poked fun at his rotundity' for example)
    Beginning to 'a'ge = a
    ROTUNDA

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. That's fine for the second part. But how does one refer it to a building?

      Delete
    2. Rotunda is a domed building

      Delete
    3. That's fine. How is a bldg fat?

      Delete
    4. ROTUNDA is 1. a round building, esp. one with a dome.
      2. a large and high circular hall or room, esp. one surmounted by a dome.
      from thefreedictionary

      Delete
    5. Again from the freedictionary ROTUND is Rounded in figure; plump.

      Delete
    6. The building is the def. It is not fat. Rotund is fat. our mind has got locked up in knots Raghu.

      Delete
    7. Pl tell me what's the conn between the def and fodder. How can there be no relation between both?

      Delete
  9. Further to Kishore's 10:22

    My contact: +91 94802 00000

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Usually I am flummoxed when I am faced with a phone number that has multiple instances of the same digit/figure.

      Here we have five 0s. While dialling or punching (nowadays I think it is punching all the time) how do I keep track of the number of times I have pressed the same number? With my finger poised on 0 or doing the action on it, I would mentally count one, two (meaning 0 twice) and then instead of pressing 0 and saying 3, I might probably punch 3. Too late, and I will have to start all over again.

      Is there any short cut?

      Why press the digits; after all, you recall the number and merely choose the Call option, you might say. Oh yes, except that you have to scroll down and be sure you are choosing the correct number - taking care that it has not in the fraction of a moment moved one position down and is calling some other number.

      Life is difficult!

      Delete
    2. In this particular instance, since the repeated numeral is at the trailing part, it is quite easy. You need not count at but err on the higher side. The extra numerals are automatically ignored.

      Delete
  10. 25 Ac. "Tradesman" - A correction had been sent to The Hindu many days back but has not been carried out.

    Sankalak

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks for the clarification

      Delete
    2. Recently a setter said the revised versions of some clues were not used by the paper. This is really disturbing that not enough attention is paid to the setters' communications.

      Delete
  11. Raghunath 9:58

    Surface reading?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Yes. I'm looking for something plausible.

      Delete
    2. It could easily have been reworded with 'round' or 'circular' instead of 'fat'

      Delete
    3. Just to prove my immaturity:
      Round building/block! (7)
      would've been an [&lit] clue, the way I see it!

      Round stands for rotund. Letter is a building block, and A is a letter, hence a building block.
      Can be used as a charade ROTUND+A.
      Building and block mean the same thing in a different context, so Rotunda's definition can be Round building/block.

      JK. I'm not sure if A can be specified simply as 'letter'. :)

      Delete
    4. I'm waiting for the pros' comments on this one. Is that a valid suggestion?

      Delete
    5. Building blocks can be bricks, amino acids, Lego set etc. Even if you accept letter as a b... block, there are 26 options.

      Delete
    6. Yes. :)
      Thank you. I understood. :)
      Simply wanted to know if it was an acceptable compromise, to get the &lit.
      Thanks for the reply.

      Delete
  12. Isn't 8A supposed to be indicated as (3,3)?
    I loved the crossie, just a doubt.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Suresh,

    Yr 12.54 and 15.16 posts. Now my mind is really in knots as a result of these posts!

    ReplyDelete

deepakgita@gmail.com