Tuesday 2 December 2014

No 11255, Tuesday 02 Dec 2014, Neyartha


Needed a lot of Google verification in the rocking Geology class today!

Note: Starred clues carry no direct definition,but the seven answers have something in common.

ACROSS
7*   Little coverage for the Rhode Island party (10) PERIDOTITE {PE{RI}{DO}TITE}
9     Wish Edward could conceal the outhouse (4) SHED [T]
10* Fancy getting involved in a bet after sacrificing soldiers (8) ANDESITE {AN{DESIre}TE}
11* Container from the east at the revolutionary ball (6) GABBRO {{GAB<=}{BRO<=}
12   Permission to depart (5) LEAVE [DD]
13   Rogue's bio reviewed by the middle class (9) BOURGEOIS*
14* One framed by an upset editor (7) DIORITE {D{1}ORITE*}
17   Remain with the nun without hesitation after losing 50% of the spice (7) PERSIST {PEppeR}{SISTer} (Addendum - {pepPER}{SISTer} - See comments)
20* Imitate in a clumsy manner after kick-off (9) KOMATIITE {KO}{IMITATE*}
22   Reportedly understood musical direction to remain silent (5) TACET (~tacit) Doubtful homophone
25* Overturned flap covering the Indian tree (6) BASALT {BA{SAL}T<=}
26* Romania retains Henry's margins attached to food low in calories (8) RHYOLITE {R{HenrY}O}{LITE}
27   Authentic family depiction of the first earl removed by the union leader (4) TRUE TR(-e+u)UE
28   Blunt views on the frigid country? (4,6) COLD TURKEY {COLD} {TURKEY}

DOWN
1   Gathering to bring back and appease ancestors somewhat (6) SEANCE [T]
2   These gates may provide the truth (5) LOGIC [CD]
3   Troubled alien considers alternative brought up for an airplane part (7) AILERON {AILE{RO<=}N*}
4   Rice dish from Korea captures the zest of a couple of Orientals (8) KEDGEREE {K{EDGE}R}{EE} Like our Indian Khitchdi
5   Practical, but powerless, son takes out the knight (6) USABLE U(-n+s)SABLE
6   Narrow escape from the arranged seminars (4,4) NEAR MISS* What happens if it's not a near one? Far miss or Wide escape?
8   Diamonds forgotten in the freeze up (3,4) ICE OVER {ICE} {OVER}
15 Worshipping at sea? Solidarity is missing (8) IDOLATRY sOLiDARITY*
16 Caught Mark after tour with the painted panels (8) TRIPTYCH {TRIP}{TYCH}(~tick)
18 Plaster mould for an office gadget (7) STAPLER*
19 Copper extracted from damaged cutleries is germ-free (7) STERILE cuTLERIES*
21 Graduate going up with a broken adze gets startled (6) AMAZED {AM<=}{ADZE*}
23 Access the main course (6) ENTREE [DD]
24 Capital sent down to the Japanese city (5) KYOTO (-to)KYO(+to)TO

GRID

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35 comments:

  1. SandhyaP2 December 2014 at 08:42

    22 Reportedly understood musical direction to remain silent (5) TACET (~tacit) Doubtful homophone

    Heard the audio pronunciation on a couple of sites. TACET is pronounced two ways, one of them is a homophone of TACIT.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath2 December 2014 at 08:45

      Must be the American version

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    2. Raghunath2 December 2014 at 09:28

      Thefreedic gives pronunciations as:

      TACET like Tay shit. (Brit) and Am as Tay sit

      TACIT as Ta (like in tact) sit. Brit and Am are almost similar sounding.

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  2. Kishore2 December 2014 at 08:48

    6 Narrow escape from the arranged seminars (4,4) NEAR MISS* What happens if it's not a near one? Far miss or Wide escape?

    A near Miss is preferable to a far away Missus ...

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    1. SandhyaP2 December 2014 at 09:12

      :P

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    2. Chaturvasi2 December 2014 at 09:24

      I could do with a near Missus instead of a near Miss - faraway, distant, unapproachable, perhaps belted

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    3. Padmanabhan2 December 2014 at 09:33

      K
      What is the corollary? A near Missus is preferable to ....

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    4. Kishore2 December 2014 at 09:34

      A near Missus? That misses the point!

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    5. Padmanabhan2 December 2014 at 09:38

      You have a point there!

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    6. Suresh2 December 2014 at 10:30

      A near miss could get you into a fine mess

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    7. Kishore2 December 2014 at 10:32

      On the contrary, she is the one who gets 'into trouble '

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    8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam2 December 2014 at 10:48

      Are we messing with 'misses' or 'missusses'? Pardon my mis-tressing ''missus"!!

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    9. Padmanabhan2 December 2014 at 11:25

      As long as we don't miss both, it should be ok.

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  3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam2 December 2014 at 09:18

    17A : Remain with the nun without hesitation after losing 50% of the spice (7) PERSIST {PEppeR}{SISTer}

    Could the Anno be {pepPER}{SISTer}, Sir?

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  4. Padmanabhan2 December 2014 at 09:35

    Neyartha 'rock'ed the boat today. Clueless?

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  5. Vasant2 December 2014 at 09:42

    Brought down to earth after yesterday's high. Could get only 2 of the 7 rocks. Missed out also on Korean kichidi.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam2 December 2014 at 10:40

      Vasant, you're better than me. I could get only one rock, that too after Googling! As for other non-starred clues, it's OK.

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  6. Vasant2 December 2014 at 11:21

    Patted myself on the back for getting GABBRO & RHYOLITE. Thought the wordplay in both were clear enough to get the answer. Maybe we need to try harder.

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  7. C.G. BHARGAV2 December 2014 at 11:31

    I downloaded THC Solver from the App store (free) in my tablet yesterday. Not used it yet. Anybody here using it?

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    1. Abhay2 December 2014 at 11:34

      If you are talking of the Android app, I was using it but gave up because it had too many bugs; also, like THC Online, it often doesn't have the latest crossword available till a day or two later.

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    2. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan2 December 2014 at 15:18

      @CGB sir,
      The app will work only when the grid is perfect in the online edition of the paper . I copy paste grid & clues in notes on my iPad .

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  8. Raghunath2 December 2014 at 11:33

    What's that?

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  9. Abhay2 December 2014 at 11:36

    That was a real tussle! Thank you, Neyartha - and DG.

    I missed out KOMATIITE completely. Is kick-off for KO standard usage? I have only seen KO used for knock-out.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath2 December 2014 at 12:25

      As per Chambers KO is abbreviation for Kick-off, knockout and knock out

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  10. Suresh2 December 2014 at 11:40

    Rocks no problem with OED around.Music was the problem. 1 down

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  11. Padmanabhan2 December 2014 at 14:04

    I also scrolled up to see what !D has to do with music and then saw your clarification.
    Ouija board has music too?

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    1. Suresh2 December 2014 at 14:33

      Just up from my siesta. No seances here. I meant I was one short of a full sulution

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  12. Navneeth2 December 2014 at 22:59

    Does COLD TURKEY actually refer to (one's) blunt views, or was it derived from an earlier phrase with that meaning? If it's the latter, does the clue still hold?

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