tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post7058309925075396762..comments2024-03-29T00:04:26.667+05:30Comments on THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 11903, Friday 13 Jan 2017, AfterdarkCol_Gopinathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06166793743790376031noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-83767663372125627992017-01-14T08:45:07.902+05:302017-01-14T08:45:07.902+05:30Great ones Raju, happy Pongal.Great ones Raju, happy Pongal.Kolluru Koteswara Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07613863445318105363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-52073021534102755042017-01-13T22:46:20.019+05:302017-01-13T22:46:20.019+05:30Superb Puns Raju..delightfulSuperb Puns Raju..delightfulVasanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032858551414707310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-68157697741967551682017-01-13T22:32:55.757+05:302017-01-13T22:32:55.757+05:30Subject: fun for English lovers. Good fodder fpor ...<br />Subject: fun for English lovers. Good fodder fpor all cryptic crossword compilers ?<br /><br />Happy PUNgal to ye all !!<br /><br />Sesquipedalian Expressions ! It's fun for English lovers. Try to guess before scrolling! <br /><br />1. Scintillate, scintillate asteroid minute. <br /><br /><br />Twinkle, twinkle little star.<br /><br />2. Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.<br /><br />Birds of a feather flock together<br /><br />3. Surveillance should precede saltation.<br /><br />Look before you leap<br /><br />4. It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately departed lactose fluid.<br /><br /><br />Don't cry over spilled milk<br /><br /><br />5. Freedom from encrustation of grime is contiguous to divinity.<br /><br /><br />Cleanliness is next to godliness<br /><br />6. The stylus is more potent than the claymore.<br /><br /><br />The pen is mightier than the sword<br /><br />7. It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuver.<br /><br /><br />You can't teach an old dog new tricks<br /><br />8. Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion.<br /><br /><br />Spare the rod and spoil the child<br /><br />9. The temperature of aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan does not reach 212 fahrenheit.<br /><br /><br />A watched pot never boils<br /><br />10. Neophyte's serendipity.<br /><br /><br />Beginner's luck<br /><br />11. Male cadavers are incapable of yielding any testimony.<br /><br /><br />Dead men don't talk<br /><br />12. Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles.<br /><br /><br />People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones<br /><br /><br />13. All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.<br /><br /><br />All that glitters is not gold<br /><br />14. Where there are visible vapors having their province in ignited carbonaceous material there is conflagration.<br /><br /><br />Where there's smoke there's fire<br /><br />15. Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.<br /><br /><br />Beggers can't be choosers<br /><br />16. A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques dilapidates the potable concoction produced by steeping comestibles.<br /><br />Too many cooks spoil the broth<br /><br />17. Exclusive dedication to necessary chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders john a hebephrenic fellow.<br /><br /><br />All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy<br /><br />18. A revolving lathic conglomerate accumulates no diminutive glaucous syrophytic plants.<br /><br /><br />A rolling stone gathers no moss<br /><br />19. The person with the ultimate cachinnation possesses, thereby, the optimal cachinnation.<br /><br /><br />He who laughs last, laughs best<br /><br />20. Missiles of ligneous or petrous consistency have the potential of fracturing my osseous structure but appellations will eternally be benign.<br /><br /><br />Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me<br /><br />21. Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.<br /><br /><br />Beauty is only skin deep<br /><br />22. You are cordially invited to the theological place of eternal punishment.<br /><br /><br />GO TO HELL !raju umamaheswarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107883886526369417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-47887908381494503202017-01-13T14:15:00.927+05:302017-01-13T14:15:00.927+05:30I meant his point is validI meant his point is validRaghunathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162552411714117166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-4511233269498141082017-01-13T14:14:54.523+05:302017-01-13T14:14:54.523+05:30Same with 6d.it is not quite regularly Same with 6d.it is not quite regularly VMA Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195152250121457237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-43344719564533263752017-01-13T14:14:17.449+05:302017-01-13T14:14:17.449+05:30Ajeesh's point about tailor not being the indi...Ajeesh's point about tailor not being the indicator as it follows the fodder. But how many of us follow that?Raghunathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162552411714117166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-25649355740817875522017-01-13T14:03:31.674+05:302017-01-13T14:03:31.674+05:30I think thats right..I had annotated it as such pr...I think thats right..I had annotated it as such problem is with minISTersVasanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032858551414707310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-28432463886811890772017-01-13T13:50:35.557+05:302017-01-13T13:50:35.557+05:30Tailor is an anagrind only when it precedes the fo...Tailor is an anagrind only when it precedes the fodder. Moreover with 's (tailor's) it won't work as anagrind at all. I think it is an oversight and Suresh' s anno is right VMA Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195152250121457237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-2899964272454947212017-01-13T13:07:04.097+05:302017-01-13T13:07:04.097+05:30Col.'s anno is pretty clear- centre of all wor...Col.'s anno is pretty clear- centre of all words with design as def.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-35593589547146077902017-01-13T11:11:08.897+05:302017-01-13T11:11:08.897+05:30Yes, there is a design defect for sure.Yes, there is a design defect for sure.Kolluru Koteswara Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07613863445318105363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-63384673294447166732017-01-13T10:49:27.380+05:302017-01-13T10:49:27.380+05:30My anno giving ST from ministers EN from agency C ...My anno giving ST from ministers EN from agency C from blocked and IL from tailor has a problem with T being off-centre. Deepak's anno has a problem of fodder being part of the anind. Either way the clue is faulty.Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12985297587673755564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-3723682881826545442017-01-13T10:49:04.871+05:302017-01-13T10:49:04.871+05:30No error IST+EN+C+L = STENCILNo error IST+EN+C+L = STENCILDeepak Gopinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337043600355573557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-32073333222912415712017-01-13T09:48:16.673+05:302017-01-13T09:48:16.673+05:30Doesn't work in my view.Doesn't work in my view.Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12985297587673755564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-81089080707374073392017-01-13T09:32:43.089+05:302017-01-13T09:32:43.089+05:3020D:fodder still has error..central minISTers..whe...20D:fodder still has error..central minISTers..whereas only ST was required<br />Otherwise an enjoyable puzzle ftom ADVasanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032858551414707310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-41100322325223422252017-01-13T09:30:20.526+05:302017-01-13T09:30:20.526+05:30Tailor is the anind and Design the definitionTailor is the anind and Design the definitionDeepak Gopinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337043600355573557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-84760027973002938442017-01-13T09:24:47.310+05:302017-01-13T09:24:47.310+05:30Barring the above problems a fast one which I coul...Barring the above problems a fast one which I could do on line before receipt of print edition.<br />Thank you AD for giving our morning coffee with a choice of tea as well!Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-68950594439054585702017-01-13T09:23:06.570+05:302017-01-13T09:23:06.570+05:306D- I thought so too. But the way Col. has indicat...6D- I thought so too. But the way Col. has indicated it seems like alt. in individual words- not continuous.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-5689160038929759922017-01-13T09:11:37.322+05:302017-01-13T09:11:37.322+05:30Well thought of Col, but that needs anind. Let us ...Well thought of Col, but that needs anind. Let us take design on double duty. Right?Kolluru Koteswara Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07613863445318105363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-85395067999240421022017-01-13T09:09:02.304+05:302017-01-13T09:09:02.304+05:30L is missing in the demystified version. I Think m...L is missing in the demystified version. I Think my off centre version may be the intention Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12985297587673755564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-68752902519359932182017-01-13T09:05:10.403+05:302017-01-13T09:05:10.403+05:30Anno for 20D demystified and entered in main postAnno for 20D demystified and entered in main postDeepak Gopinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337043600355573557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-72391081121706378762017-01-13T08:59:10.165+05:302017-01-13T08:59:10.165+05:3020D seems a bit off centre. T and C don't fit ...20D seems a bit off centre. T and C don't fit in the centre<br /><br />6D is a not quite regular Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12985297587673755564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-15276930844695499402017-01-13T08:55:10.832+05:302017-01-13T08:55:10.832+05:3020DN design unknown!!!20DN design unknown!!!Kolluru Koteswara Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07613863445318105363noreply@blogger.com