Physicists in plenty. Stumped by 7A and the 4 letter 27A.
ACROSS
7 L? It may tempt people to visit the store (4,6) ?O?S READER ? (Addendum - LOSS LEADER [CD] - See comments)
9 Letters from the teacher to every individual (4) EACH [T]
10 Commander suppresses adaptation of drama with spice (8) CARDAMOM {C{DRAMA*}OM}
11 English admiral in a New Zealand city (6) NELSON [DD]
12 Physicist’s writing tablet and final note got misplaced (5) TESLA (+te)TESLA(-te)
13 Opening the door, say, after injecting argon into the burning
mixture (9) UNBARRING {UNB{AR}RING*}
14 Physicist (graduate) to cross the water hole and … (7) MAXWELL {MA}{X}{WELL}
17 …..send over the Oriental bridge player as an arbitrator (7) REFEREE {REFER}{E}{E}
20 Be brave when called up inside for getting addicted (6,3 ) STRUNG OUT {ST{RUNG} OUT}
25 Need Mark in conversation relating to milk (6) LACTIC (~lack){LAC}{TIC}
26 Computing peripheral that can make music? (8) KEYBOARD [C&DD]
28 Disaster to discover resin in retreat at the press agency ball
initially (10) APOCALYPSE {AP}{O}{CAL<=}{YPSE<=}
DOWN
1 European herb given by Oscar to get rid of a vitamin in medicinal irrigation (6) LOVAGE L(-a+o)OVAGE
3 Shred the curio (7) ODDMENT [DD]
4 Iron gate brought up (with label included) to the face of the
building (8) FRONTAGE {F{RON<=}{TAG}E}
6 Beg to settle score after capturing the northbound antelope
(8) SCROUNGE {SCRO{UNG<=}E}
8 Hog entertaining clumsy lads? If anything can go wrong, it will!
(4,3) SOD'S LAW {SO{DS LA*}W}
15 Chew with hesitation after worker spots a mammal (8) ANTEATER {ANT}{EAT}{ER}
16 Look for the master illusionist with a reasonable person?
(8) LOGICIAN (-ma+lo)LO
18 Branch of science that may lead to green thoughts? (8) ECOLOGY [CD]
19 Gather, say, some beers in a carton for eatables (4,3) TUCK BOX {TUCK} {BOX} Anno not clear (See comments)
21 Foul industry in trouble after Rajya Sabha’s dissolution (6) UNTIDY INDUsTrY*
23 Cane concealed in Mithra’s hamper (6) THRASH [T]
24 Local ordinance making criminal move away from the crazy wallaby
(5) BYLAW WalLABY*
28 Disaster to discover resin in retreat at the press agency ball initially (10) (AP)(O)(CAL/YPSE<=)
ReplyDelete7a LOSS HEADER [2]
ReplyDelete7 L? It may tempt people to visit the store (4,6) LOSS LEADER (A commodity offered especially by a retail store at cost or below cost to attract customers [Freedict])
ReplyDelete7a Loss leader
ReplyDeleteA product sold below cost to attract sales
L is the first alphabet of Loss, hence it is a Loss leader
Delete18 D is 7 letters instead of 8
DeleteYes, You're right !
Delete7A LOSS LEADER [2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leade
ReplyDeleteen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader
ReplyDeleteA pricing strategy where a product sold at a price below its market cost to stimulate other sales of more profitable goods or service
28a apocalypse
ReplyDelete28 Disaster to discover resin in retreat at the press agency ball initially (10) APOCALYPSE {AP}{O}{CAL<=}{YPSE<=}
DeleteAs per the Annos given by Col Sir and Venkatesh, this is what I understand :
Discover = Espy, Resin = Lac, 'in retreat' hence reversal indicator, Press Agency = Associated Press, Ball = O
I hope, you get it now, Prashanth :)
The only difference being, Col Sir has shown two reversal indicators meant for Espy and Lac, only one indicator by Venkatesh for combined Espy/Lac.
Delete27A DEAD
ReplyDeleteDEAD what?
DeleteA dead duck is a certain failure
DeleteSo it's a CD
DeleteDead-sure! No ducking!
Delete19 Gather, say, some beers in a carton for eatables (4,3) TUCK BOX {TUCK} {BOX} Anno not clear
ReplyDeleteGather=tuck (as in pleats)
say, some beer= ~bocks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bock
carton for ... = def
Reverse engineered
Delete27 Duck that’s certain to fail (4) DEAD (Dead duck)
ReplyDelete4 Iron gate brought up (with label included) to the face of the building (8) FRONTAGE {F{RON<=}{TAG}E
ReplyDeleteGate = RON <= ? Not clear !
I am a lame duck, you see ! Not a sitting duck !
Delete...and when it comes to solving Neyartha's puzzles, I become a dead duck, most of the time !!
Delete@MS: Check this:
Deletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOR_gate
Thanks, Sandhya Ma'am ! I am from old school, you see !! Computer knowledge so-so only :)
DeleteThere are lots of phrases/idioms/expressions involving 'ducks'. I have attempted to list some of these. The list is not exhaustive. Additions are invited from members.
ReplyDeleteAn ugly duckling - an ugly or plain child (who grows up to be pretty)
As a duck takes to water - Very naturally; without effort
As easy as duck soup - very easy, requiring no effort
Break duck - If you break your duck, you do something for the first time.
Dead duck - someone or something that is certain to die or fail; someone who is going to be punished severely for something they have done
Duck and cover - Lit. to bend down and seek protection against an attack; Fig. to dodge something, such as an issue or a difficult question, and attempt to shield oneself against similar issues or questions.
Duck down - hiding somewhere place out of sight, conceal, cover up; keep secret
Duck out (of something) - to evade something; to escape doing something.
Duck soup - very easy; an easy thing to do.
Ducky (slang) - wonderful, very good
Get one's ducks in a row - to get one's affairs in order or organized.
Have your ducks in a row - to organize things well
Lame duck - someone who is in the last period of a term in an elective office and cannot run for reelection; having to do with someone in the last period of a term in an elective office.
Like water off a duck's back - easily; without any apparent effect.
Lord love a duck - An exclamation used when nothing else will fit.
Lovely weather for ducks - rainy weather (Cliché: a greeting meaning that this unpleasant rainy weather must be good for something)
Sitting duck - someone or something vulnerable to attack, physical or verbal.
You seem to have conDUCKted a good piece of research...
DeleteHe must have used Duckduckgo
DeleteLikely, the most-sought-after search engine being Go-duck-gle, though...
DeleteHNY
ReplyDeleteAnd to you too, RM. A nice way of wishing. It's an era of abbreviations and SMSese, after all.
DeleteOnce a friend tried the abbreviation of Happy Outstanding New, Ensuing Year with an acquaintance and got into trouble...
Delete(BOUND TO)* 2,5 !
DeleteMy post re Richard's post @ 12:10
DeleteBalu 12:22, WILD SALE* 4,4 - W... S...)
DeleteSKT <== :)
DeleteA very happy new year to all fellow bloggers and solvers and setters!
ReplyDeleteSorry to have missed out on Gridman, while I was away, and now that I am back, I get Neyartha to contend with! Ouch....
25A Need Mark in conversation relating to milk (6) LACTIC (~lack){LAC}{TIC}
ReplyDeleteNeed= LACK
MARK = LAC
Conversation = TIC ( Does this come from Speaking Tic?)
I don't get the homophone indicator of Lack~Lac
25A in conversation - indicates homophone
DeleteNeed LACK; Mark TICK (√)
Defn: relating to milk ~(lack)(tick) {LAC}{TIC}
As there was a long debate over "A dead duck" today, here's a joke, lifted, of course !
ReplyDeleteA woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, 'I'm so sorry, your Duck, Cuddles, has passed away.'
The distressed owner wailed, 'Are you sure?'
'Yes, I am sure. The duck is dead', he replied.
'How can you be so sure?' she protested. 'I mean, you haven't done any testing on him or anything! He might just be in a coma or something.'
The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room, and returned a few moments later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head. The vet patted the dog and took it out, and returned a few moments later with a cat.Dead Duck Joke
The cat jumped up on the table and also sniffed delicately at the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on it's haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.
The vet looked at the woman and said, 'I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck.'
Then the vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman. The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill.
'£150!' she cried, '£150 just to tell me my duck is dead!!'
The vet shrugged.' I'm sorry. If you'd taken my word for it, the bill would have been £20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it's now £150.'
Dead funny. Thanks for sharing.
DeleteThat's right. Dead punny
DeleteGreat. I had heard of the cat scan, but the lab report was new to me
DeletePlz solve this
ReplyDeleteWoman Hitler is your relative,perhaps!(3words)
MOTHER-IN-LAW (Woman Hitler)*
DeleteCorrect
DeleteTks ! :)
DeleteThis is the first one on anagramsite.com
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