Wednesday 24 April 2013

No 10755, Wednesday 24 Apr 13, Gridman

Yesterday we had a hail storm as well as a Gayle storm in Bangalore, while it was raining hail in my area it was raining cricket balls in the MG Road area!!  
A placard seen at the stadium said "Welcome to Ben'Gayle'uru". I hope the guy who made it up has not copyrighted it.

ACROSS
1   Presupposed PRO will go out to bring about accelerations (5-3) SPEED UPS {prESUPPoSED}*
5   Drunkard coming back to drink is an even chance (4-2) TOSS-UP {TOS<=}{S-UP}
9   Rare book-binding in African nation (7) MOROCCO [DD]
10 Ban hollering around Chandigarh, say (4,3) SHUT OUT {SH{UT} OUT}
11 Not properly made up resulting in node (5,4) BADLY DONE {NODE}*
12 Strongly encourage one leading goon after another in time (3,2) EGG ON {E{G}{G} ON}
13 Confine Oriental lady (4) DAME {DAM}{E}
14 Trendy car might well afford permission to get in! (5,4) ENTRY CARD*
17 Stop dirty bather with a ‘Hey!’ at last! (3,3,3) BAR THE WAY {BAR THE}* {W}{A}{heY}
19 Precious start too small (4) TWEE {T}{WEE} 'I tawt I taw a Puddy Tat'

23 Dull subject unfinished (5) MATTE MATTEr
24 Describing a lady-in-waiting? (9) EXPECTANT [CD]
25 Analyse girl’s faith group (7) DISSECT {DI'S}{SECT}
26 To make a list, Tim, I see, is reordering (7) ITEMISE*
27 Woman admitting latitude in New York in a fair way (6) EVENLY {EVE}{N{L}Y}
28 The manner in which you go towards hospital rooms? (8) INWARDLY [CD]

DOWN
1   A person of importance joined certain organisation (8) SOMEBODY {SOME}{BODY}
2   Mad role played out in a domain (7) EARLDOM*
3   Bad guy put up extremely tiny left finger (6) DACTYL {DAC<=}{TinY}{L}
4   Judgement from expert replacing article in declaration (13) PRONOUNCEMENT (-an+pro}PRONOUNCEMENT
6   Wealth of cruel couple adopting extreme exploitation (8) OPULENCE {OPUL{ExploitatioN}CE*}
7   Parasite hesitant following small computer game (7) SPONGER {S}{PONG}{ER}
8   Green coating of one in Bihar capital (6) PATINA {PAT{1}NA}
10 What All Fools’ Day pranksters conduct when they throw ink on victims (5,8) SMEAR CAMPAIGN [CD]
15 Late dispersal around this place is heavenly (8) ETHEREAL {ET{HERE}AL*}
16 Light accomplishment by that woman unknown (8) FEATHERY {FEAT}{HER}{Y}
18 Performer’s attires refashioned (7) ARTISTE*
20 West Indian journalist has listener fagged out (7) WEARIED {W{EAR}I}{ED}
21 Muse lazily about director-general’s blot (6) SMUDGE {SMU{DG}E*}
22 Plan remains as such after engineer makes way for academician (6) SCHEMA SCHE(-me+ma)MA

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47 comments:

  1. Anonymous24 April 2013 at 08:31

    Must have been a record number of records broken

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    1. Richard24 April 2013 at 08:36

      To mark Sachin Tendulkar's completing double score (40 years), Amul's latest topical reads:

      4X Ten dulkar! Happy Butterday, Sachin.

      My being his fan apart, I feel it's time for him to retire gracefully. At least to make way for another highly talented cricketer-in-waiting.

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    2. Col_Gopinath24 April 2013 at 08:42

      He should

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    3. Col_Gopinath24 April 2013 at 08:45

      They mentioned some 7 or 8 records, like fastest 50, fastest 100, max sixes etc etc. It was a brutal display.

      Another placard I saw was "When Gayle bats, fielders become spectators and spectators become fielders"

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    4. Anonymous24 April 2013 at 08:54

      When he goes in, the ball goes out

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    5. Richard24 April 2013 at 08:55

      Another placard said Ben'Gayle'uru!

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    6. Anonymous24 April 2013 at 10:22

      That's what the boss said at the head of the page

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    7. Richard24 April 2013 at 10:53

      Sorry, it missed my eyes.

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  2. Anonymous24 April 2013 at 08:32

    4 Judgement from expert replacing article in declaration (13) PRONOUNCEMENT (-a+pro}PRONOUNCEMENT

    Small typo in anno
    (-an+pro}PRONOUNCEMENT

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  3. Richard24 April 2013 at 08:41

    19A - Thuch a thweet thong. Thanks for sharing it, Col sa'ab!

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  4. Anonymous24 April 2013 at 08:53

    Today, the limelight seems to have shifted from one G to another

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    1. Rengaswamy24 April 2013 at 14:30

      Who is the first G from where the limelight shifted? Gopinath, Gold, Gayathri, Gridman, ???

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    2. Rengaswamy24 April 2013 at 16:47

      or Gangnam!

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  5. Anonymous24 April 2013 at 09:07

    I hope the West Indian is not T20downed for the next performance

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    1. Anonymous24 April 2013 at 09:22

      Incidentally, T is the 20th letter of the alphabet

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    2. Padmanabhan24 April 2013 at 09:27

      Leave it to Kishore to bring up interesting coincidences:-)

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    3. D.Srinivasan24 April 2013 at 10:08

      You said it!

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  6. Padmanabhan24 April 2013 at 09:26

    It is a different grid, I suppose!

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  7. Padmanabhan24 April 2013 at 09:27

    If I remember right, they call a baseball field as a grid.

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    1. D.Srinivasan24 April 2013 at 10:08

      Baseball field is called DIAMOND, if I remember right

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  8. Rengaswamy24 April 2013 at 10:22

    Sachin's T-20th birthday today. (20+20)

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  9. Richard24 April 2013 at 10:31

    Renga, my post @ 8-36 might interest you.

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    1. Rengaswamy24 April 2013 at 14:35

      Yes. I saw it in The Hindu this morning. For a moment I could not understand what Amul is trying to convey. Only when I came to know it is his 40th birthday, I could sport a grin on my face.

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  10. Unknown24 April 2013 at 10:36

    Sachin's 40th and last night's T20 at Bengaluru has monopolised this blog, to-day!! That is a record in itself, isn't it??
    No inputs from Gayathri for a long time.
    Sandhya, I always admire your annos of some of the toughest answers.
    Good morning all.
    To-day is Mahavir Jayanti, and a holiday for many.

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    1. Richard24 April 2013 at 10:52

      But we in Karnataka had a public holiday for Mahaveer Jayanti yesterday.

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  11. Padmanabhan24 April 2013 at 11:50

    Don't tell me that BJP & Congress are at war on this as well !! Today seems to be a National Holiday.

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  12. Anonymous24 April 2013 at 12:15

    A large number of Indians have more than one birthday ...

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    1. Rengaswamy24 April 2013 at 14:39

      and birth year as well. I read a joke recently. When asked about his age, boy states that his age is 4 at home, 5 at school and 2.5 in the bus!

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  13. PKPSwami24 April 2013 at 12:15

    Lovely .puzzle. 10,24a&10d made us think laterally.19a regaled us with animated work.Thank u.Overall a wholesome entertainer.

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  14. VMA Nair24 April 2013 at 13:21

    Kishore @12:15
    Correct. Today my pirannal but not birthday :)

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    1. Padmanabhan24 April 2013 at 14:05

      Many happy returns of your 'pirnnal' ( I think it translates to pirantha naal in Tamil) meaning it is your Birthday according to our almanac and not as per English calendar.

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  15. Rengaswamy24 April 2013 at 14:41

    5 Drunkard coming back to drink is an even chance (4-2) TOSS-UP {TOS<=}{S UP}

    Typo. It should be {TOS<=}{SUP}

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    1. Deepak Gopinath24 April 2013 at 15:10

      The anno is correct only the hyphen was missing

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  16. Rengaswamy24 April 2013 at 14:45

    17 Stop dirty bather with a ‘Hey!’ at last! (3,3,3) BAR THE WAY {BAR THE}* {W}{A}{heY}

    Is it an accepted norm to use W for 'with'in Cryptic?

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    1. Rengaswamy24 April 2013 at 14:48

      I went haywire with "á 'Hey' at last" despite getting BAR THE

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    2. Rengaswamy24 April 2013 at 14:52

      A Query on the surface reading (on a lighter note): Can a bather be dirty? Only a non-bather is dirty.

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    3. Chaturvasi24 April 2013 at 15:00

      It is.

      A clue in an Independent crossword was

      Fool with a puzzle’s centre satisfactory penning first of clues (7) Ans: W A ZZ O(C)K
      Def---W---A---------ZZ-----------------OK--------c/c ind----------C--------

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    4. Chaturvasi24 April 2013 at 15:16

      Answering the query (still on a lighter note)

      A bather becomes clean only when he (yes, it's a he) is bathed.
      And while he is bathing, he may be dirty or he may do something dirty.

      You pour water on yourself. You soap yourself. You again water yourself. Finally you towel yourself.

      OK, after emerging from the bathroom, if you with the tip of your thumb or some fingers held together rub vigorously in downward movements on any black spot on the arm or elbow, dirt will come "thiri thiriyaa" (to use a Tamil expression).

      I am sure this will be the personal experience of many. I was surprised to find it mentioned in a Tamil short story that Bhagyam Ramaswami wrote.

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    5. Rengaswamy24 April 2013 at 16:44

      Thanks CV ji for clarification with example @ 3.00 pm

      Thiri thiriya vandha thirupi kulikka ponum! Thanks for mentioning "Bhagyam Ramasami" creator of Appusami and Seetha Patti of PMK (Pattigal Munnetra Kazhagam)fame.

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  17. Shrikanth24 April 2013 at 15:42

    Sachin special crossie in Cricinfo http://www.espncricinfo.com/thestands/content/story/631984.html

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  18. VMA Nair24 April 2013 at 15:49

    Hi Afterdark,

    Image opens for You? I am seeing only JAVA :(

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    1. Chaturvasi24 April 2013 at 18:49

      I came to know of this a couple of days ago. Then and now, the crossword doesn't appear on my screen, even though permission to Java to run is given.

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    2. Padmanabhan24 April 2013 at 19:21

      Same here.

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    3. Deepak Gopinath24 April 2013 at 20:00

      No problems opening it

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  19. VP24 April 2013 at 19:25

    I was able to open it on the second attempt. Gridman would be proud of clue 31A :)

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  20. Raghunath24 April 2013 at 20:55

    Thanks Afterdark for the cricinfo link. Enjoyed the puzzle. I initially thought 27 AC was wrong, as the reversal was also correct, though I had the 19 & 26 DN correctly.

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