Saturday, 16 October 2010

No 9975, Saturday 16 Oct 10, M Manna

ACROSS
1   - General can set free a corporal in senior role (5,8) - LANCE SERGEANT*
8   - One to make a deceitful appearance (7) - PHANTOM [CD]

SEE THIS CARTOON

9   - With pouch, Henry accompanies father to a mid-eastern capital (7) - {BAG}{H}{DAD}
11 - Pat makes Lawman suitably fit (6) - {AD{APT*}S*} {pat+das)? Lawman or lawmen?
13 - Agent causing physical pressure makes Ross go off to rest (8) - STRESSOR*
15 - Nit soldier rigged sodium carbonate (5) - {NIT}{ER*}
16 - Falls in heap like an acrobat (7) - TUMBLES [CD]
18 - The French place embargo on Middle-Eastern country (7) - {LE}{BAN}{ON}
19 - High pressure in a range of hills (5) - RIDGE [DD]
21 - Prospect of straw hat lined with gold (8) - {PAN{OR}AMA}
23 - Girl that Sam led around (6) - DAMSEL*
25 - The monsters on tows reversed (7) - {DRAG{ON}S} What is reversed here?
26 - Not the slow local train to state (7) - EXPRESS [DD]
28 - Self-esteem natural to a lioness with her cubs (8,5) - {PERSONAL} {PRIDE}
DOWN
2   - Unyielding pop star (7) - ADAMANT [DD]
3   - Arranged to act as a malicious woman (3) - CAT*
4   - Mentioned as before (4) - SAME [CD]
5   - Possibly giving men a better discount (10) - REBATEMENT*
6   - A hole in two strokes! (5) - EAGLE [E] Only for Par 4.
7   - New studs in the camp, could be brave men in cold climate (7) - NUDISTS* Why men only!
8   - Pretty smart? Hardly (5,6) - PLAIN STUPID [CD]
10 - Land dealers produced a split between Europe and Asia (11) - DARDANELLES*
12 - A strong quiver to affect the heartbeat (5) - THROB
14 - Manual worker and a graduate involved in weighty issue (10) - {STONE}{MA}{SON}
17 - Nora turned left to meet her (5) - {L}{ORNA*}
18 - Mark with a column of figures (7) - LINEATE [CD]
20 - Go down to be gracious when there's been a con (7) - conDESCEND
22 - Trios stirred up a wild revelry (5) - RIOTS*
24 - One cast in a church or a school (4) - BELL [CD]
27 - Father has right for equal value (3) - {PA}{R}

GRID
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31 comments:

  1. Richard16 October 2010 at 08:30

    Good morning friends:

    A good quota of long words today.

    LANCE SERGEANT - a neat anagram. Liked BAGHDAD, EXPRESS, MATERNAL PRIDE, ADAMANT, PLAIN STUPID etc.

    15A - The common usage in Indian science and textbooks is NITRE. The setter seems to hav used the US spelling. No complaint, this.

    7D - Nice surface reading and clue. But are only men found there? I wouldn't know, for I haven't visited any.

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  2. Anonymous16 October 2010 at 08:31

    Hi
    Remembering the Tombola spiel: Two ducks, 22. That’s the page the CW has been shifted to today in the BangEd.

    For 10d, initially thought of the Bosphorus (of course length) does not fit and a line from somewhere ‘dumping my aunt in the Bosphorus’ (cant recollect who wrote it, mebbe Plum). Then DARNADELLES popped after the crossings. PANORAMA was nice.

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  3. Richard16 October 2010 at 08:34

    I think I goofed up at 28A and 18D.

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  4. Anonymous16 October 2010 at 08:36

    Deepak, all cartoons seem to have a common fat line.

    11a: Why capital L for lawman/lawmen ?

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  5. Anonymous16 October 2010 at 08:37

    7d There was a robbery and the robbers had got through a hole in the fence. The police are looking into it.

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  6. Anonymous16 October 2010 at 08:37

    Thanks, Giri, for one vote. One vote has made or broken governments in India several time. Thank heavens, I did not have to indulge in equestrian commerce. But I have frequently felt I am intruding on the hard core CW enthusiasts who do not have an inclination for other types of bheja fry. As a Mindsporter, I have been with other stuff for most of 25 years and fish frequently in those troubled waters which abound with non CW fare. In fact, our puzzle group has a large contingent of ex Mindsporters. As you might know: Mindsporters never die; they just come to questionable conclusions. For eg: The second part of one puzzle I posted here was:
    Longitudes:A person heard this conversion (this not the verbatim text, but the sounds he heard):

    A person was telling his son: “Eat it and heat it”.
    The son obeyed his father(or mother!) and said ”I ate it but I hate it”
    Can you tell me which approximate longitude of the location would have the highest probability?
    This was a pure language puzzle without any maths. But I got no response. Any how here is the answer: Zero degrees. I will still leave the logic unexplained as a continued part of the puzzle, hoping to snag a few fish. If I do not get any response by Sunday morn, I shall give you the explanation.

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  7. Anonymous16 October 2010 at 08:49

    And now to assume a gooseneck or anglepoise attitude and see if I get any bites.

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  8. SandhyaP16 October 2010 at 09:01

    11 - Pat makes Lawman suitably fit (6) - {AD{APT*}S*} {pat+das)?

    {A{DA}PT*}{S}

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  9. Anonymous16 October 2010 at 09:07

    s from suitably ?

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  10. Richard16 October 2010 at 09:32

    Btw, a happy Dasara to all. Mahanavami / Ayudha Pooja / Vijaya Dashami / Shami Pooja / Tula Sankramana greetings.

    As it is Ayudha Pooja today, almost all printing presses will have a holiday and therefore no newspapers tomorrow.

    Deepak, what are your plans for tomorrow/

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  11. Richard16 October 2010 at 09:35

    18A - The French place embargo on Middle-Eastern country (7) - {LE}{BAN}{ON}

    As I happened to live in the Middle East through the Lebanese civil war days, this caught my special attention. Especially so, because soon after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, five provinces of Lebanon came under the French control, to remain so until 1946. French is the second language in Lebanon.

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  12. Deepak Gopinath16 October 2010 at 09:38

    Richard @ 9:32,
    No plans as of now. If nothing else I shall post Last Sunday's TOI cryptic and like last time invite solutions at 2 per head

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  13. Richard16 October 2010 at 09:42

    Fine. You have created an addiction among many of us. In the circumstances, it will be difficult to be unemployed during morning hours. :)

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  14. Suresh16 October 2010 at 09:56

    I propose a non crossword day tomorrow. At least the family will be happy.

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  15. Chaturvasi16 October 2010 at 10:22

    For me, at home every day is a non-cross word and all members of the family like me for that very reason.

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  16. Deepak Gopinath16 October 2010 at 10:41

    OK it's official, there is no paper tomorrow. I second the view of Suresh that we have a non crossword day tomorrow. So tomorrow is a holiday for the blog. Have a relaxed Sunday.

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  17. Deepak Gopinath16 October 2010 at 10:49

    I am unable to visit Shuchi's blog Crossword Unclued. Is anyone else having the same problem? This happened once earlier also. I wonder who won the goodies for the contests that Shuchi ran.

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  18. Chaturvasi16 October 2010 at 11:00

    I am able to visit the said blog. Shuchi says the entries are being collated and the lucky winner will be announced 'next week'.

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  19. Deepak Gopinath16 October 2010 at 11:22

    Surprising, I am unable to get to her blog, even typing in the blog address on a new page takes me to the same search portal :-(

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  20. SandhyaP16 October 2010 at 11:27

    @Chaturvasi:For me, at home every day is a non-cross word and all members of the family like me for that very reason.

    :))

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  21. SandhyaP16 October 2010 at 11:30

    @Colonel: I'm also able to get Shuchi's blog.

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  22. Deepak Gopinath16 October 2010 at 11:46

    Thanks CV and Sandhya,
    It's obviously a bug in my laptop, cause I could access it from my phone. A deletion of cookies and a restart has also not helped. I wonder where the bug is?

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  23. Anonymous16 October 2010 at 12:22

    In the entomologic park !

    Inspired by Chesterton's Father Brown's "Where does a wise man hide.... " from

    Story

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  24. Deepak Gopinath16 October 2010 at 12:27

    Has anyone tried to go to Shuchi's blog 'Crossword Unclued' using the link on the Left hand side panel of my blog. If not please try and let me know if the link works

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  25. Anonymous16 October 2010 at 12:29

    Yes, Deepak, just tried it and it works.

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  26. Deepak Gopinath16 October 2010 at 12:34

    Which measn the bug is in my laptop :-(. This inspite of having a registered version of McAfee

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  27. Deepak Gopinath16 October 2010 at 12:46

    It's not my laptop. My desktop PC is also leading me to the search portal :-(

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  28. muthaiah16 October 2010 at 14:38

    First time I entered Shuchi's blog. With great difficulty I could come out of the maze after an hour. I need more time for a revisit.

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  29. Anonymous16 October 2010 at 17:10

    Tomorrow being declared a holiday, I give below the reasoning for the question raised at 837:

    With the contradiction of heating it after eating it to be resolved, the verbatim conversation would be “Heat it and eat it” with a comeback of “I hate it, but I ate it”. This is would be Cockney and therefore the approximate longitude would be 0 degrees (GM).

    If the Colonel permits, I would like to post a language based puzzle tonight for people to masticate over the weekend.

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  30. Deepak Gopinath16 October 2010 at 17:28

    Permission granted, but better still why don't you start a blog of your own and post links to your blog here till such time the clientele of your blog is built up

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  31. Anonymous16 October 2010 at 17:39

    Thanks, Deepak. Too lazy to take up that suggestion.

    Here goes:

    Late at the gate

    Two words (three in one of the cases) which rhyme but with some other words in between, as in the subject line of this mail, described in a cryptic way:

    1. Eager, to have formicidae in the trousers
    2. Elite, rather than hoi polloi
    3. Small thing, beginning of something larger
    4. Any means possible
    5. AWAC
    6. Actual meaning of something
    7. Unrealistic promise of rewards
    8. SOB, more politely
    9. Warm and comfortable
    10. Extremely favourable offer
    11. Safe, reliable and sure
    12. Go on a buying spree
    13. Keep your parking ticket visible


    Have fun
    Please mail your answers to kishoremrao@hotmail.com so that the suspense/fun continues for the others.

    Have a great weekend.

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