Sunday 13 October 2013

Special, Sunday 13 Oct 2013, Afterdark


HAPPY DUSSEHRA TO ALL

Three answers with annotations per commenter upto 6 PM.

ACROSS
8   Let USA organize a welcome (6)
9   Doctor's note lost in times evokes sentiments (8)
10 Fashionable comeback by artist before Indian queen (4)
11 English force at the castle; not as much easy (10)
12 Former name of a country given by English on anger (4)
13 Contact good man, one that tests purity of gold (10)
17 Pen that brother trapped setter in (4)
18 Hereinafter , broken down heater should be discarded. Understand! (5)
19 Hurry and destroy (4)
21 At times, one constructs an apartment (10)
23 Australia regularly conceals a fibber (4)
24 Restore log properly on crystalline alcohol (10)
28 Leader trapped the learner with seaweed (4)
29 Dr's myopia failed to spot the centipede (8)
30 Watch tool move back and forth (6)

DOWN
1   Indian greens madly irk setter leading to suicide (4-4)
2   In chaotic USA, Fourier transform used to find gold bearing rocks (10)
3   Walker's hymn about imperfect stride (10)
4   Prince's fairy grants money (4)
5   Friends, Romans and countrymen, lend me ..... ears (4)
6   Return the cover on learner's herb (4)
7   Coalition Pole entered in concert (6)
14 Crazy fun the Italian had was inappropriate (5)
15 Group of animals at muddled shore almost fled silently (10)
16 Devil was at work in Tsunami (5,5)
20 Silently hang about at the heart of main city (8)
22 Charro youth hides in the dry stream (6)
25 Leave nothing at the American University (4)
26 Fight back to get valves (4)
27 Drove on the street, we heard (4)



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50 comments:

  1. VMA Nair13 October 2013 at 10:34

    8A Salute*
    10 RA NI <--
    23A LIAR(T)

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  2. Richard13 October 2013 at 10:34

    Kishore's cartoon - before someone asks which-da - on Hooda reminded me of the hilarious email spoof on a conversation between president George Bush Jr and Condy Rice - 'Hu is on the line'.

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    1. Anonymous13 October 2013 at 10:43

      Certainly inspired by that and all other Chinese names like Wen, How etc.

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    2. Richard13 October 2013 at 10:51

      There was another one from Benny Hill show. A Chinese dragon performer is called up by someone on the stage at a show abroad, 'Hey, you!'. The guy removes his mask and shoots back, 'How you know my name?'

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    3. Anonymous13 October 2013 at 11:07

      But I made this 'Indi'-genous

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    4. Raghunath13 October 2013 at 11:09

      Ha HA! Nice toon da.

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    5. Anonymous13 October 2013 at 11:15

      Thanks, da. Also inspired by an old Kannada reference (I do ot recall its origin) where a person tells " that's our King and an elephant." On being asked further, he clarifies, " the one on top is the king"

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  3. Anonymous13 October 2013 at 10:42

    16d TIDAL WAVES*
    22dARROYO T
    30a SEE SAW

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  4. CA Prasad13 October 2013 at 10:46

    1.D.HARA KIRI . HARA (GREENS IN HINDI)( IRK+I)*

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    1. Raghunath13 October 2013 at 10:48

      Should it have been Indian's green? Maybe AD wanted it to sound like 'Oxford Blues'?

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  5. CA Prasad13 October 2013 at 10:54

    2.D.AURIFEROUS. (USA+FOURIER)*

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  6. Raghunath13 October 2013 at 10:59

    13 Contact good man, one that tests purity of gold (10)TOUCH ST ONE
    3 DN: Walker's hymn about imperfect stride (10)PE(DESTRI*)AN
    27 DN: Drove on the street, we heard (4)RODE ~ Road

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  7. VMA Nair13 October 2013 at 11:04

    HAPPY DUSSEHRA WISHES TO MEMBERS

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  8. Jayaseelan13 October 2013 at 11:06

    17A B(I)RO
    21A MAISONETTE (at times one)*
    24A ERGOSTEROL (restore log)*

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  9. Anonymous13 October 2013 at 11:10

    Could not log in late yesterday due to some problems. Belated thanks to all those who congratulated me after my last thanksgiving.

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    1. RSRao13 October 2013 at 19:07

      Congratulations sir, u have made all of us proud. Please keep the good work.

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  10. Nadathur Rajan13 October 2013 at 11:16

    ACROSS
    9 Doctor's note lost in times evokes sentiments (8) E(MO)(TI)ONS
    11 English force at the castle; not as much easy (10) {E}{F}{FORT}{LESS}

    DOWN
    15 Group of animals at muddled shore almost fled silently (10) {HORSE*}{FLE[-d]}{SH}

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  11. VMA Nair13 October 2013 at 11:18

    9A why lost?

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  12. CA Prasad13 October 2013 at 11:18

    18.A.INFER. (hereINaFtER)

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  13. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 October 2013 at 12:23

    19A : Hurry and destroy (4) DASH [DD]
    20D : Silently hang about at the heart of main city (8) SHANGHAI {SH}{ANGH}*{AI} Heart of main = ai

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  14. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan13 October 2013 at 12:24

    DOWN
    5 Friends, Romans and countrymen, lend me ..... ears (4) YOUR (E)
    6 Return the cover on learner's herb (4) DILL (DIL<-+L)
    7 Coalition Pole entered in concert (6) {UNI(S)ON}

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  15. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 October 2013 at 12:30

    29A : Dr's myopia failed to spot the centipede (8) MYRIAPOD {DR MYOPIA}*

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  16. Ajay13 October 2013 at 12:41

    I dont know whether these are done:
    4 Prince's fairy grants money (4) PELF (P) ELF
    25 Leave nothing at the American University (4) OMIT O (MIT)
    26 Fight back to get valves (4) TAPS (SPAT IN REVERSE)
    Thanks

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  17. Ajay13 October 2013 at 12:41

    Sorry those were all down clues forgot to mention that.

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  18. VMA Nair13 October 2013 at 12:51

    Its ok Ajay because no across clues with those numbers :)

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  19. Ajay13 October 2013 at 13:04

    Mukund why the bat?.....Are you a bacardi fan?
    @Kishore is the da (pronounced as in the hindi dak) similar to the Bengali suffix da (pronounced as in dada) ? Please enlighten as it is modtly used in Karnataka, right.

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    1. Chaturvasi13 October 2013 at 13:32

      The following is an entry from the Glossary givena t the end of the book 'From out of Clay & a few other stories of Narasiah' translated by C. G. Rishikesh (myself) and published by Palaniappa Brothers, Chennai:

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      Poda - ‘Po’ in Tamil means ‘go’. The –da termination may be used when an elder addresses a younger male or among male contemporaries or out of disrespect to the male who is addressed.

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      I think it was in Mouna Ragam, the Tamil movie, that in certain comic scenes a northerner is made to utter 'Poda madaya' - which means 'Go, you fool!'. As a language lover wanting to spread the knowledge of our vernaculars, I couldn't appreciate those scenes.

      'da' is pronunced as in 'faluda'.

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    2. Ajay13 October 2013 at 15:48

      Thanks CV, so the usage is present even in Tamil. I thought it was a karnataka phenomenon.

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  20. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 October 2013 at 13:10

    Ajay @ 1:04
    I'm a BATMAN fan. As for bacardi, well, I'm a pure teetotaller !

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    1. Shrikanth13 October 2013 at 13:13

      Mukundala I thought you were in the Air Force! TT from there?!

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    2. Chaturvasi13 October 2013 at 13:15

      MB may have been on ground duty - so never high!

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 October 2013 at 13:19

      Well, I did sample it once, but that was during my initial stint in IAF. After that Good bye to it once for all !

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    4. Ajay13 October 2013 at 15:46

      hmmmm...interestin t o know you are a TT. Me a TT too....

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  21. Shrikanth13 October 2013 at 13:11

    Am keen to know whether the grid was completed by anyone.

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  22. VMA Nair13 October 2013 at 13:17

    Done

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  23. VMA Nair13 October 2013 at 13:18

    See my 11:04 ..anything else ??

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  24. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 October 2013 at 14:05

    Leftovers :

    Across : 12, 23, 28.
    Down : 14

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  25. Deepak Gopinath13 October 2013 at 14:29

    Wrapping up with last 3
    12A - {E}{IRE}
    28A - {A{L}GA}
    14D - {UNF*}{IT}

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  26. Venkatesh13 October 2013 at 14:31

    12Ac Former name of a country given by English on anger (4) (E)(IRE)

    23Ac Australia regularly conceals a fibber (4) LIAR (T)

    28Ac Leader trapped the learner with seaweed (4) A(L)GA

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  27. Deepak Gopinath13 October 2013 at 14:32

    Shrikath thanks for the speicial and the DUSSEHRA WISHES through the CW.

    All those who have completed the grid have also seen it I presume.

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan13 October 2013 at 15:29

      Just now saw the message in the grid. Thanks Shrikanth .Same to you and all the members of this blog :)

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  28. Shrikanth13 October 2013 at 17:31

    Thanks Colonrl and thanks all of you. Once again Happy Dussehra wishes to all of you.

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  29. raju umamaheswar13 October 2013 at 21:54

    Can't do dis da . Da is yes in german. I don't like da word da.used colloquially. Sounds derogative too!

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  30. Venkatesh14 October 2013 at 00:01

    The German word for Yes is Ja.
    Da is used for Yes in Russian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Karelian, Macedonian, Serbian and Slovenian.

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