18A has me stumped for the moment.
ACROSS
1 - Group communion (4) - MASS [DD]
9 - Consider the revised auction note about the casket abandoned in London Area (4,4,7) - TAKE INTO ACCOUNT(-se)*
10 - River god (4) - RAVI [DD]
11 - Red-dye in the kitchen napkin (5) - HENNA [T]
12 - Pulls the gangsters out (4) - TUGS(-h)* Something missing in the clue about how H is to be taken out
13 - Loose stitches covering the far end of the quilt (5) - BAS{T}E
14 - It may not be specific in nature! (7) - GENERAL [CD]
16 - Can Dave somehow be ahead of time? (7) - ADVANCE*
18 - Artist has a way of working on the latticework (5) - ?O?E? (Addendum - {MO}{NET} - Thanks to bhavan)
22 - Diana perhaps is a doctor on the outskirts of Oman (4) - {MO}{O(-ma)N}
23 - Uneven device finally is on shore, fixed out of the house (5) - {E}{POD}E Googled result. Anno pending. (Correction - {E}{ROSE(-h)*} - Thanks to Bhavan again)
24 - Sign up the leading hero in rage (4) - {H}{IRE}
25 - He may be one of the intellectual four in to construct a house in possession of a gypsy (8,7) - {CREAT{IV}E} {T{H}INKER}
26 - Plant again in front of the regular bend (4) - {RE}{E}{D}
DOWN
2 - Country has a money plant (7) - {A}{M}{ERICA}
3 - Initially some Chinese try tin explosives used in plastics (9,5) - {S}YNTHETIC RESIN*
4 - Dish in South Africa is steamy every second (5) - {SA}{T}{A}{Y}
5 - Invents money for us (5) - COINS [DD]
6 - Collect in small amounts the leftover final piece in unison (6,8) - {SCRAP}{E} {TOGETHER}
7 - Hate to see most of them (6) - {LO}A{THE(-m)} Where did A come from?
8 - A kind of word for a manager to translate out in English (7) - {A}NAGRAM(-e)*
15 - Suspend the promotion of an editor regardless of the good record (7) - {AD}{JOURN{- a list)}
17 - Girl has an odd usable calendar (6) - {ANN}{U}{A}{L}
19 - Headless men, he can try to improve (7) - {(-m)EN}HANCE*
20 - Pull the Spanish cloth (5) - {TOW}{EL}
21 - King has a fish in the basket (5) - {CR}{EEL}
GRID
18 - Artist has a way of working on the latticework (5) - ?O?E?
ReplyDeleteMONET
MO = Modus Operandi, way of working.
NET = latticework.
23 - Uneven device finally is on shore, fixed out of the house (5) - {E}{POD}E Googled result. Anno pending.
EROSE
E = device finally
ROSE = S(-h)ORE*
Sorry forgot to add EROSE = Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed = uneven
ReplyDelete18A - {MO}{NET}. I beleive MO for 'method of operation' or 'way of working'
ReplyDelete23A stumped me. Colonel, can you please eloborate on the Anno for 23A?
Thanks Bhavan for the anno on 23A.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bhavan.
ReplyDelete@Sembhayya,
See Bhavan's comment for the answer of 23A
Good morning
ReplyDeleteWanted to copy the grid and clues from The Hindu's Net edition. Was shocked to see the repetition of DOWN clues from one of last week's c/ws.
But the print edition here carries the correct clues.
No surprise that some of the clues have perplexed at least a few of us.
Richard
The PDF version seems to be OK.
ReplyDeleteI remember somebody mentioning earlier that there is an application in Orkut to get a fill-able crossword grids for Hindu crossword. Does anyone know?
ReplyDeleteRegarding 23A, wording of the clue leaves much to be desired.
ReplyDeleteWhat is meant by fixed out of the house ?!?
@Sembhayya,
ReplyDeleteYou will find the application HERE
The word play I read is: "shore is fixed (anagrammed) and is out of house (H)".
ReplyDeleteA misleading punctuation mark is an accepted way of defining a cryptic clue.
However since that application grabs the grid and the clues from web edition of the HINDU the Down clues error is reflected there also
ReplyDelete@Bhavan,
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get the 'and' from ? There is no 'and' fixed out of the house in the clue
Misleading punctuation marks okay, but what is the surface of the clue telling you?
ReplyDelete@Colonel, I mentally transposed the comma to be after fixed to read the clue like this:
ReplyDeleteUneven device finally is on shore fixed, out of the house (5)
Does that make it any better ?
PS: No way I'm trying to justify that NJ has come up with a unambiguous clue.
9A - Consider the revised auction note about the casket abandoned in London Area (4,4,7) - TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, I got this in a flash by surface reading and had no second thoughts about it. Just can't figure out how it was possible. :)
Richard
I'm out of here :-) Will be back after breakfast
ReplyDeleteHi friends, as usual NJ stumped me. Was able to get just a handful like HENNA, GENERAL, ADVANCE, ENHANCE. I guess her CW needs one to resort to different set of skills compared to say Sankalak.
ReplyDeleteThanks Colonel for the link to the app
ReplyDeleteToo many new words today. I did not have the time in the morning and the patience afterwords to complete the CW
ReplyDeleteColonel You will find the application HERE
ReplyDeleteWhen I click it says please login first. How do I do that
Col,
ReplyDeleteRagarding CREEL, how is CR = King ?
In the yesterday's CW, 27A - How are 'p' and 'loop' related? Though Krishna has given an idea ,I would like to hear from you.
P.S.@Krishna ,Pl take no offence.
Tnanks
@Suresh,
ReplyDeleteThat application is in ORKUT so you login with your gamil account which you use while logging into ORKUT
@Sadaiyappan,
ReplyDeleteCR if I am not wrong stands for Charles Regent look it up in British Regency.
Regarding P and loop I think Krishna gave you the answer, that's the closest I can also think of
To add further to that a definition for loop is as follows 'the round or oval shape formed by a line, string, etc., that curves around to cross itself,
ReplyDelete22 ac 'dr =mo
ReplyDeleteoutskirts of oman=on .
answer is moon.what is diana doing here?someone kindly enlighten please.
sumitra @richlas, happens, if u r tuned in to that mode at that instant! 'scrape together' occurred to me out of the blue, with no effort whatsoever! sometimes scary to think am thinking like NJ! Seems like I have company today?
ReplyDelete@ dr.r.p
ReplyDeleteDiana is the Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon. Greek counterpart: Artemis
Richard
Re 21D - CR in CREEL
ReplyDeleteLooks like the compiler had in mind Charles XII, who was the King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. His Latinized name was CAROLAS REX, CR for short.
@ Sumitra - does it prove your point that you are in company? :)
Richard
For attention of all newcomers to the blog. Words that are underlined (other than Down and Across) have an embedded link which will direct you to a web page connected with the word or the answer to the clue. In the instant case Dr RP's query would have got answered if the link in the answer MOON was accessed
ReplyDelete@ richlas Awesome..s it does:)
ReplyDelete@Col Gopinath Kudos to u sir, for posting the links too, making it easy for us to have immediate explanations!Thanks once again.
ReplyDeletethank you @richlas and Col. Gopinath .we newcomers require these inputs to avoid wasting your precious time.thank you both once again.
ReplyDeletehi DR.sumithra ,dont worry if u ihink like NJ.you will improve your LATERAL THINKING !!!!
ReplyDeleteEveryone seems to have done well today. Wonder how? I was expecting the blog to scream today at NJ's insistence in remaining convoluted.
ReplyDeleteHad Bertram Wooster been presented with 25A I am sure he would have passed on a nasty comment to NJ through Jeeves. Doh. She's really tough.
Good luck people.
Yes, improving our skill in lateral thinking is the expected result of solving NJ puzzles!
ReplyDeleteI used to think myself as a Sun God..now I can call myself a River God too heheh... :)
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