Wednesday 5 February 2014

No 11000, Wednesday 05 Feb 2014, Gridman


ACROSS
1   A joint cover once in backpack (7) KNEECAP {K{NEE}CAP<=}
5   Passing near-miss in the river (6) DEMISE {DE{MISs}E}
9   A pair has bust gut — it means expense (5) OUTGO {O{GUT*}O}
10 I married one Middle Eastern native — not new, rather copycat (9) IMITATIVE {I}{M}{1}{easTern}{nATIVE}
11 Force in motion brings nervous twitch to old cattle (7) KINETIC {KINE}{TIC}
12 The man for cocktail? (7) MOLOTOV [C&DD]
13 Heading for deed of conveyance (5) TITLE [DD]
14 Mad Goan takes some stuff, almost raw, for that special flavour (9) ANGOSTURA {GOAN*}{STUff}{RAw}
16 One aria Dahl played for old Indian ruler (6,3) HAIDAR ALI {1+ARIA+DAHL}*
19 Bad, this contributes to the capital of Hungary (5) UPSET bUdaPEST*
21 Contribute to report of baker — stupid sort (4,3) DOLE OUT (~dough lout}
23 Resonate with wild child caught in Parisian life (7) VIBRATE {VI{BRAT}E}
24 Repeat…. about church, about a profit (4,5) ONCE AGAIN {ON}{CE} {A}{GAIN}
25 One’s caught by a hideous horn — what an animal! (5) RHINO {RH{1}NO*}
26 Fool to stuff — daughter goes for duck (6) STOOGE STO(-d+o)OGE
27 Take out additional cent (7) EXTRACT {EXTRA}{CT}

DOWN
1   Rat-a-tat which may bring forth the query ‘Who is it? (‘5,2,3,4) KNOCK AT THE DOOR [CD]
2   Once, colour was over Cupid’s head. It’s no longer present (7) EXTINCT {EX}{TIN{C}T}
3   Chuckle when clot, with her, gets all confused (7) CHORTLE*
4   Almost indicate to detectives getting salt from shrub (9) POINCIANA {POINt}{CIA}{NA} Can CIA be really considered as detectives?
5   Belief in God by one’s side is maintained partially (5) DEISM [T]
6   What a doctor might find on spot checking (7) MEASLES [CD]
7   Quiet tau’s exotic about one massage technique (7) SHIATSU {SH}{1}{TAUS*}
8   What horses that take off quickly do with respect to the laggards (5,2,3,4) LEAVE AT THE POST [CD]
15 Caring Eve cooking beef (9) GRIEVANCE*
17 1+50+50+1= 100+1? This, to start with, is wrong (7) ILLICIT {1}{L}{L}{1}{C}{1}{This}
18 Fruit in a case for a festival (7) AVOCADO {A}{VOC}{A}{DO}
19 Tanned son leaves — without getting too black (7) UNBURNT sUNBURNT
20 By the way a bird has endurance (7) STAMINA {ST}{A}{MINA}
22 Vestige of primarily tribal community (5) TRACE {T}{RACE}

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56 comments:

  1. Anonymous5 February 2014 at 08:31

    Quite a fluke, the 11000th one, has a math clue in 17d!

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  2. Anonymous5 February 2014 at 08:32

    4 Almost indicate to detectives getting salt from shrub (9) POINCIANA {POINt}{CIA}{NA} Can CIA be really considered as detectives?

    I felt so too.

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    1. mohsin5 February 2014 at 13:15

      How is Na = salt? Should it not be NaCl?

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    2. Anonymous5 February 2014 at 15:24

      Rem acu tetigisti, Mohsin.

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 February 2014 at 18:52

      Quelle langue est-ce ?

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    4. Richard5 February 2014 at 19:18

      Yet another riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma - from K.

      He says in Latin. You ask in French. It could be Greek to others. ;-)

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    5. Anonymous5 February 2014 at 19:23

      MB,
      The French can get the language used by me (5)

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 February 2014 at 20:24

      So it's Latin ! Richard also has confirmed it ! But I cant translate 'Rem acu tetigisti' ! What could it be ?

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    7. Richard5 February 2014 at 20:26

      Just Google to hit the nail on the head.

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    8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 February 2014 at 20:35

      Thanks, Richard ! Hope Mohsin too would have got the message, at last ! :)

      Nice clueing by Kishore @ 7:23 !

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  3. Deepak Gopinath5 February 2014 at 08:33

    The horsemeat dish looks more like an alligator ;-)

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    1. Anonymous5 February 2014 at 08:52

      Croc meat was available at the Mamba Village near Mombasa when I went there

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    2. Richard5 February 2014 at 08:53

      It is more like an insect, a cockroach maybe. :-)

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    3. Anonymous5 February 2014 at 09:11

      Too much sauce!

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    4. Richard5 February 2014 at 09:14

      Sauce bhi kabhi tomato ....

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    5. Anonymous5 February 2014 at 09:39

      TamaaaTer

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 February 2014 at 11:08

      With reference to posts of DG @ 8:33 and Richard @ 8:53, IMHO, it seems to be a cross btn an 'alligator' and a 'cockroach' ;-)

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    7. Anonymous5 February 2014 at 12:18

      MB, your eyes must be really sharp if you can differentiate between a cockroach and an henroach!

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    8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 February 2014 at 12:33

      ...wish, I were an Entomologist ! :)

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  4. Deepak Gopinath5 February 2014 at 08:35

    Thanks to everyone for their congratulatory messages yesterday on the 5th birthday of the blog.

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  5. Richard5 February 2014 at 08:46

    Deepak, how did you like 18D? ;-) It is my favourite, all right.

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    1. Col_Gopinath5 February 2014 at 09:05

      YUK!! My favourite is 14A with my Gin

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    2. Richard5 February 2014 at 09:10

      But someone had said - Oxygin is pure gin and Hydrogin is a blend...

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    3. Anonymous5 February 2014 at 09:11

      Let us not be bitter about it

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  6. Padmanabhan5 February 2014 at 09:08

    A doubt about Hyder Ali or is it Haidar Ali? The link mentions as Hyder Ali and I am familiar with that only.

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    1. Richard5 February 2014 at 09:12

      Paddy, I had the same thing in mind. 'Hyder' was commonly used by English historians and chroniclers of those days.

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    2. Anonymous5 February 2014 at 09:12

      Either way, he was no hider ...

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 February 2014 at 10:18

      I wrote it as Haider Ali and was struggling to get that fruit Avocado ! Changed 'e' for 'a' (given in the clue as well) and got the answer.

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    4. Richard5 February 2014 at 11:03

      You mean your efforts did not bear any fruit for some time...

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 February 2014 at 11:10

      ..that's it !

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  7. Padmanabhan5 February 2014 at 09:13

    8D- Def.?

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    1. Anonymous5 February 2014 at 09:40

      As indicated by Deepak, it is a CD

      Horses that take off quickly leave the laggards at the post

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  8. Richard5 February 2014 at 09:18

    15D - Remember reading a headline some years ago - Tension over Cattle-running - Security Beefed up

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  9. Richard5 February 2014 at 09:40

    1A - No issue over definition. The word nee, French for 'born' and prounouced 'nay', is used to indicate the maiden name of a woman or the erstwhile name of a person.

    Often it is used in wrong precedence, like Indira Nehru nee Gandhi. It should be either Indira Gandhi nee Nehru or Indira Nehru-Gandhi.

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  10. Padmanabhan5 February 2014 at 09:49

    Hider- beef- puns galore!

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    1. Richard5 February 2014 at 09:55

      from Ban-galore and Man-galore. This is what you call punga lena in Hindi!

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 February 2014 at 10:57

      ...woh bhi aap dhono se !

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  11. VMA Nair5 February 2014 at 10:08

    19A clue type?

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  12. Padmanabhan5 February 2014 at 10:22

    Reverse anagram?

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  13. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 February 2014 at 10:46

    1A : A joint cover once in backpack (7) KNEECAP {K{NEE}CAP<=}

    I am not getting the link btn 'nee' and 'once'. Can anyone enlighten me, pl ? Richard's post @ 9:40 has no bearing on 'once', I believe.

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    1. Richard5 February 2014 at 11:00

      Balu 10:46 - Since nee so-and-so can also mean that the person was once known as so-and-so, it appears admissible.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 February 2014 at 11:13

      OK, I take your word for that. Thanks :)

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    3. Nadathur Rajan5 February 2014 at 13:35

      MB,
      Richard has indicated the right meaning.
      née 1. Born. Used to indicate the maiden name of a married woman (as in Hillary Clinton nee Rodham); 2. Formerly known as.
      Once may not directly lead to 'nee', but 'once called' certainly does.

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 February 2014 at 13:37

      Thanks, NR Sir.

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  14. Unknown5 February 2014 at 10:54

    Punny morning today!

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  15. Anonymous5 February 2014 at 14:19

    The patella was once called a knee in a layman's terms ...

    It still is.

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  16. Padmanabhan5 February 2014 at 14:42

    Gridman has explained once about how many times he has clued 'patella'. But it is not clued directly now.

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  17. Raghunath5 February 2014 at 15:30

    17 1+50+50+1= 100+1? This, to start with, is wrong (7) ILLICIT {1}{L}{L}{1}{C}{1}{This}

    I think there's something wrong here with the clue. The '+' sign is acceptable, what's the role of '=' sign? It plays no role and is probably a bit misleading.

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  18. Padmanabhan5 February 2014 at 15:46

    This may be taken as part of the surface reading saying it is wrong to equate. The catch is to get the Roman numerals ( I did not and hence my appreciation). Once it is done everything falls in place.

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    1. Raghunath5 February 2014 at 16:37

      The clue as such is novel, but feel that 'equal to' sign is out of place.

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  19. raju umamaheswar5 February 2014 at 19:59

    Poor ELLA has been PATTED so many times by compilers on her KNEE --- was it her NEE ? Maiden name?

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