Monday 29 April 2013

No.10759, Monday 29 Apr 13, Neyartha

Challenging one. But did not get the hidden meaning, Neyartha ! 

P.S.: Sandhya has got it !

ACROSS
1 On-field doctor to plot unknown variable using a descriptive science (12) PHYSIOGRAPHY (PHYSIO GRAPH Y)
8 Guards get rid of the worker in the ancient Roman security force (7) VIGILES (VIGILantES)
9 Do people at the opposite ends of the earth come from here? (6) POLAND (POLES come from here)
11 Deliver the ‘one time’ joke cut short by the westbound Greek character (9) EXTRICATE (EX TRICk ETA<) as in "Lord, deliver us from this predicament"
12 Herald, a tear shedder? (5) CRIER 2 (Herald as in the town crier) He must use a lot of tissue
14 Ancient British chief awkwardly promenading in Michigan is sent off (9) PENDRAGON (PROMENADING-MI)*
16 An easy to understand book? (4) OPEN CD My life is an open book. Only you need to know the language to read it
P.S. The language is not Gibberish, which I am yet to learn
18 Wading bird seen by criminal running out of excuses (4) IBIS (ALIBIS -AL capone)
19 Decides to go and put a mark on the funny slogan (4,5) TAGS ALONG (TAG+SLOGAN*) Would 'decides to go with' be more apt?
21 Cotton garments smuggled by a Polynesian monarchy (5) TONGA (T)
22 Broken female taken out by the model investigator (9) DETECTIVE (DEFECTIVE-F+T)
23 Dishevelled king yields to the Democrat leader in the affair (6) MATTED (MATTER-R+D)
25 Stray animal carries the single tree backwards (7) AIMLESS (ASS around 1 ELM<) 


26 Foreordain conversion of pained setter (12) PREDESTINATE (PAINED SETTER)*
DOWN
2 Description of some taut power transmission lines? (4-7) HIGH TENSION CD
3 Army members get fuses containing iron initially (8) SOLDIERS (SOLDERS around I) Remembered the Colonel and his Toni soldering iron
4 Lots of time to go down while employing a roar in attack (9) ONSLAUGHT (TONS with T shifted to end, around LAUGH)
5 Reportedly regret the pod piece obtained with the Indian money (5) RUPEE ~(RUE PEA)
6 Constabulary gets the author’s fur-trimmed sleeveless cape (6) POLICE (POE around sLICk) (~pelisse) See comments
7 Pine for some money (3) YEN 2 Lots of people pine for money in China. But they call it Renminbi
8 Opinions on scenes involving comic Pinto (10) VIEWPOINTS (VIEWS around PINTO*) Railway men usually view points
10 Strangers disconcerted by son’s lapse (10) TRANSGRESS (STRANGERS*+ S)
13 Spendthrift gets supply of chopped mint outside (11) IMPROVIDENT (MINT* around PROVIDE)
15 Figured out lan was taken in by the number raised by the treaty participant (9) NEGOTIANT (TEN< around GOT IAN)
17 Bleak surrounding for match arranged by the security guard (8) WATCHMAN (WAN around MATCH*) Reminded me of our olden day nightwatchmen in cricket
20 Time for Romeo to rap about gossip (6) TATTLE (RATTLE-R+T)
22 Fend off the violent dog smuggled by the editor in retreat (5) DODGE (ED< around DOG*)
24 Snake found in the Caspian Sea (3) ASP (T) Remember ASPy Engineer ?

43 comments:

  1. Vigiles, Detective, Soldiers, Watchman, Police

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  2. U got it, Sandhya. I realised it after posting. But do 5 themed terms make a summer ?

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    1. Maybe the magic figure of 6 can be reached with the Pendragon.

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    2. Or even the CRIER. Since, when he announces the reward which is reportedly carried on the head of wanted criminals, he is a part of the law enforcement posse.

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    3. Saturday's crossword had only 5 materials.

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    4. You are right. I had thought 6 was the unwritten benchmark.

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    5. The unwritten rule seems to be that Neyartha sets only themed crosswords?

      I wonder if we look and try hard enough, we'll find 4 or 5 related answers in THC everyday ...

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    6. Yes, if we follow:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation

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  3. As Kishore wrote, 'with' in 19 AC would have been more apt.
    Neyartha can drive you mad with overuse of articles esp. 'the'.

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    1. I too felt that the 'the' in some places could be dispensed with.

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    2. Yes, and its quite harmless

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    3. Thankfully, 'the' usually does not form part of any fodder in Neyartha's clues. Probably the golden rule is to ignore these in case of this setter.

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    4. I had the same difficulty earlier on. But realized that Neyartha almost consistently leaves 'the' out of fodder; so its easier now. Nice & challenging one today.

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  4. 8D- lapse meaning transgress? Maybe regress, but transgress is more of overstepping?

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  5. 25A- What a lovely song from 'Kati patang'. Thank you Kishore.

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  6. I am not entirely convinced of the anno I have put in for 6d. Any suggestions ?

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    1. Strange. I find that a 'sleeveless cape trimmed with fur' is called pelisse.. Then is it author or auditor?

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    2. Some auditors like, maybe Kishore, could become authors.

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    3. Comma in the wrong place, Richard?

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    4. @AD, So I think I will have to say Poe-da to Edgar Allen Poe

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    5. Yes, it is indeed 'auditor' and not 'author'. It is a definite typo in the crossword, but, unfortunately, the blame is on the side of the newspaper. I did have it as 'auditor' in all versions of the submitted puzzle. I will be mailing to the Reader's Editor shortly.

      This is a homophone type clue : POLICE {~pelisse}

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    6. @Kishore - yes I guess so :)

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  7. With my simple knowledge of English I take it that it should make sense if you read without the words inside the commas. By that rule the comma is in the wrong place and the second comma should come imm. after 'maybe' and not after Kishore.

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    1. Right, Padmanabhan. Or maybe before 'like'. Which is better?

      Over to Richard, the punctuation expert.

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    2. Your option sounds better. But I think my formula holds good here also. This is the general rule I have been following and I feel it works good.

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  8. 1A
    I object to a Physio being called a doctor Physio is short for Physiotherapist who is a paramedic specialising in physical therapy.A physio is not a qualified doctor. If any Medical or operative intervention is required he has to refer the patient to a qualified doctor.

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    1. The other day there was this news:

      http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/the-dr-rule-tn-medical-council-warns-physios/article4577831.ece

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    2. 1A saya 'on field doctor' which is what they are called these days, people to attend to injuries on the field of sport. So I think the stter is not wrong.

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  9. Col and CV
    Please see my response to your comments on yesterday's special.

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    1. My comment is there. Please note that I have nothing against you and it is made in good faith.

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    2. CV:

      Thanks and noted. I know that we all act in good faith and nothing else. ASs it is, I find it too hard to participate in the blog regularly and running a blog of my own is next to impossible. I shall share my enthusiasm privately, like I've been doing with you and Col and Kishore .

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  10. Anyone read my open book ?

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    1. I could read it, but you seem to have misspelt your name :-)

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    2. Yup, it was the same old story, but with the new name, correctly spelt ;-) For more details on the spelling look at Shuchi's post on Friday's blog

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    3. I have used this code twice. Next time something different.

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    4. I saw that, but that had 5 alphabets whereas this one has only 4?

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    5. My short name ;-) Oops. Typo

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  11. I tried but... I find it difficult,mostly,to read your normal English, but Gibberish? (even if you say it is not)I have requested for the help of Holmes!(Elementary?)

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    1. It was just a simple case of the right hand knowing what the left hand does and vice versa, on a normal QWERTY keyboard.

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