tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post7707259965305774432..comments2024-03-29T18:08:46.637+05:30Comments on THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 12035, Friday 16 Jun 2017, AspartameCol_Gopinathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06166793743790376031noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-3948811990111219122017-06-16T11:13:53.331+05:302017-06-16T11:13:53.331+05:30A setter's job is difficult, isn't it..in ...A setter's job is difficult, isn't it..in a few words you have to make a plausible surface, grammar has to be correct, SI or WP should be imaginative<br />In both cases above I found it no problemVasanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032858551414707310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-76457741206712421202017-06-16T11:09:46.791+05:302017-06-16T11:09:46.791+05:30Yes Sir, thanks. Commentators in Times for times u...Yes Sir, thanks. Commentators in Times for times usually write biffed..but as pointed by you BIFD is correctVasanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032858551414707310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-90695664841085885492017-06-16T10:38:05.648+05:302017-06-16T10:38:05.648+05:30I do not have a problem with 11. If I put a comma ...I do not have a problem with 11. If I put a comma after idol and one after kidnapped it would be okay.<br />I agree with you on 24. It is not a construction I likeSureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12985297587673755564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-16613069373216731552017-06-16T10:16:23.557+05:302017-06-16T10:16:23.557+05:30usu. BIFD - bunged in from definitionusu. BIFD - bunged in from definitionChaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-87214366267674540822017-06-16T09:12:45.085+05:302017-06-16T09:12:45.085+05:30To explain further,
let's say "Americans ...To explain further,<br />let's say "Americans overwhelm engineer" - surface reading<br />A(RE)A - we get the SI or cryptic reading quite naturally, logically, step by step<br />Am I making myself clear?Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-20518014826928707692017-06-16T09:08:37.779+05:302017-06-16T09:08:37.779+05:3011 Idol at Uttarakhand's capital got kidnapped...11 Idol at Uttarakhand's capital got kidnapped by Yankee for art (8) STATUARY<br />24 Americans about to invade territory (4) AREA {A}{RE}{A}<br />What is the general opinion about these two clues?<br />Is the cryptic instruction logical?<br />Or do we have to supply some words mentally in order to be able to solve the clues?<br />E.g., the second clue:<br />Americans about to invade territory<br />The surface reading is excellent.<br />SI? Take A A (Americans), RE (about) is to be put in it (invade) and you will get AREA(territory).<br />Shouldn't the instructions follow logically without our having to look at disparate elements and doing some operations vaguely?Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-65391408264391132372017-06-16T09:02:45.968+05:302017-06-16T09:02:45.968+05:30A quick solve with so many anagrams..biffed most o...A quick solve with so many anagrams..biffed most of them...Vasanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032858551414707310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-49938694129325198892017-06-16T08:48:17.507+05:302017-06-16T08:48:17.507+05:30+1+1Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-29884472795233428342017-06-16T08:47:14.032+05:302017-06-16T08:47:14.032+05:30Enjoyed doing the nice CW.
Velocipedes- so many of...Enjoyed doing the nice CW.<br />Velocipedes- so many of them! Water ski picture is good.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-41953189453492621222017-06-16T08:46:36.253+05:302017-06-16T08:46:36.253+05:30Yes.
I am still struggling with autocorrect of new...Yes.<br />I am still struggling with autocorrect of new tablet.sree_sreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06970943914241397310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-9775401917748513682017-06-16T08:45:05.562+05:302017-06-16T08:45:05.562+05:3023AC: Suspended = String?
I think that should lea...23AC: Suspended = String? <br />I think that should lead us to strung, right?Kolluru Koteswara Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07613863445318105363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-14315457927576037742017-06-16T08:45:00.235+05:302017-06-16T08:45:00.235+05:30Had problem in SW corner, paticularly Dyspepsia.
N...Had problem in SW corner, paticularly Dyspepsia.<br />Neptunium was good. Got a doubt whether the planet is named after the element or the other way round. Ultimately both are named after Greek Gods- Uranus,Neptune,Pluto...Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-22565771116573822952017-06-16T08:41:40.072+05:302017-06-16T08:41:40.072+05:30You mean- ST[(AT)(U)AR]YYou mean- ST[(AT)(U)AR]YPadmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-15548853996171000252017-06-16T08:35:10.097+05:302017-06-16T08:35:10.097+05:30Sorry. Idol=starSorry. Idol=starsree_sreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06970943914241397310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-15859422549280184112017-06-16T08:34:40.585+05:302017-06-16T08:34:40.585+05:3011a st(at)(u)at(y)11a st(at)(u)at(y)sree_sreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06970943914241397310noreply@blogger.com