tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post8232943419794458315..comments2024-03-29T00:04:26.667+05:30Comments on THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 12044, Tuesday 27 Jun 2017, BuzzerCol_Gopinathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06166793743790376031noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-17162677431065041982017-06-28T19:10:06.214+05:302017-06-28T19:10:06.214+05:30Solved it now a day and half later. As usual with ...Solved it now a day and half later. As usual with Buzzer puzzles loved this too. Thanks Buzzer.Vasanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032858551414707310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-14361682614942974742017-06-28T09:46:29.383+05:302017-06-28T09:46:29.383+05:30I think they meant that it should have been 'g...I think they meant that it should have been 'gathers'Deepak Gopinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337043600355573557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-2687496035667191812017-06-28T08:04:43.830+05:302017-06-28T08:04:43.830+05:30Maybe a comma after worker would have made it clea...Maybe a comma after worker would have made it clearer.Sumithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193928976644232846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-65342400497193775732017-06-28T07:55:43.112+05:302017-06-28T07:55:43.112+05:30That is what I have been trying to understand. Wha...That is what I have been trying to understand. What is the part of speech issue? For the surface, 'gather' as in 'hear' or ' infer' or 'conclude' is what I meant.Bhavanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05852787341816551917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-81188689620844464652017-06-28T07:32:37.752+05:302017-06-28T07:32:37.752+05:30I think Ramki and Raghunath are talking about the ...I think Ramki and Raghunath are talking about the Parts of Speech (POS) issue in this clue.Kolluru Koteswara Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07613863445318105363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-32246527984088939542017-06-28T01:32:04.815+05:302017-06-28T01:32:04.815+05:30I gather you have been referring to the other mean...I <i>gather</i> you have been referring to the other meaning of gather? Bhavanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05852787341816551917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-31018263054183327122017-06-27T20:46:07.047+05:302017-06-27T20:46:07.047+05:30Makes two of us.Makes two of us.Raghunathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162552411714117166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-62792363068513145932017-06-27T20:10:32.367+05:302017-06-27T20:10:32.367+05:30Challenging but satisfying grid from Buzzer today....Challenging but satisfying grid from Buzzer today. Could not get the anno for some even after solving them! Also was misled by the wrong enum in the online version.<br />One question:<br />Nursery worker gather, trims edges regularly (8)<br />Is there a POS issue in the surface reading? Shouldn't it be "Nursery worker gathers"? Or am I reading it wrong?<br />Ramki Krishnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657170670979388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-30697236796942985312017-06-27T17:59:28.521+05:302017-06-27T17:59:28.521+05:30I recalled my school days when I had first read th...I recalled my school days when I had first read the St Ives rhyme. On many occasions, I had used it as a conundrum and explained that the answer was 1.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04181639742047074494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-66652792772357543962017-06-27T11:06:26.719+05:302017-06-27T11:06:26.719+05:30Thanks Paddy. You got it right.Thanks Paddy. You got it right.Mukundala Balasubramanyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778248287813410500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-4995399968274017582017-06-27T10:56:37.201+05:302017-06-27T10:56:37.201+05:30Probably meant like this-
(Aware of= Alert to) wi...Probably meant like this- <br />(Aware of= Alert to) with Y & rigging gives 'A lottery'.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-9684332229242735352017-06-27T10:34:45.123+05:302017-06-27T10:34:45.123+05:30Good one from Buzzer.
6 Aware of company ultima...Good one from Buzzer.<br /><br />6 Aware of company ultimately rigging a lottery (5,2) ALERT TO {A+LOTTERy}*<br /><br />Is 'rigging' on double duty as anind and deletion ind ?Mukundala Balasubramanyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778248287813410500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-61703221461352184122017-06-27T09:21:37.231+05:302017-06-27T09:21:37.231+05:30I have heard its Tamil version as a riddle-
A man ...I have heard its Tamil version as a riddle-<br />A man asked a bevy of birds- " Nooru kilikae enge porenga?"<br />To which, one of the birds replied- " We are not hundred. We, our spouses, half of that, half of that again plus you will make it a hundred." <br />Now how many birds were flying?Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-13171453191753483482017-06-27T09:18:18.907+05:302017-06-27T09:18:18.907+05:30Not sure how that happened. The copies I had sent ...Not sure how that happened. The copies I had sent were with the right enumeration.Bhavanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05852787341816551917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-88136606100343087382017-06-27T09:16:53.343+05:302017-06-27T09:16:53.343+05:30Smooth sailing for a smooth Bhavan special- except...Smooth sailing for a smooth Bhavan special- except of course, for the above minor hiccups.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-72092590106012915872017-06-27T09:16:34.279+05:302017-06-27T09:16:34.279+05:30Also the reference I had in mind was this : As I ...Also the reference I had in mind was this : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_I_was_going_to_St_Ives" rel="nofollow"> As I was going to St.Ives </a>Bhavanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05852787341816551917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-26276278686875596692017-06-27T09:15:24.949+05:302017-06-27T09:15:24.949+05:30Ditto here.Ditto here.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-2016062569132372072017-06-27T08:55:03.723+05:302017-06-27T08:55:03.723+05:306DN: Online version shows the enu as (7) in place ...6DN: Online version shows the enu as (7) in place of (5.2). It took some time to realise the folly. Kolluru Koteswara Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07613863445318105363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-46031866318619549632017-06-27T08:40:33.861+05:302017-06-27T08:40:33.861+05:30I think 9ac is a clue where you have to read the s...I think 9ac is a clue where you have to read the sentence as a whole and get the answer from the intended/implied breakup, without having to give the anno as we do normally.<br />Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.com