Tuesday, 30 November 2010

No 10012, Tuesday 30 Nov 10, Neyartha

Types of display screens is the theme today with LED(Light Emitting Diode), Liquid Crystal and Plasma.
ACROSS
1   - Erratic, as a result of abrupt decline, possibly (13) - UNPREDICTABLE*
9   - American chief getting pressure to barter hot cloak (6) - (-h+p)PONCHO
10 - Constituent at home with liberal revolutionary entertains model (8) - {IN}{T}{EGRAL<-}
11 - Cave study (3) - DEN [DD]
12 - Greg initially goes back to a Dubai website for some pop music (6) - {(-g){REG(+g)G}{AE}


13 - Sri goes west in an excursion to the small landing field (8) - {A}{IRS<-}{TRIP}
14 - Ripped apart clothes (stylish measure adopted for alteration) (10) - {RE{FINE}{ME}NT} ?
17 - Visionary overheard by char (4) - SEAR(~seer)
18 - Spare this for an unproductive person in the U.S. (4) - TIRE  [DD] From spare tyre(tire) ?
19 - Teacher's pet (not Henry) in trouble with leader (10) - PACESETTERh*
21 - Sculpture with sleaze seized by enraged Surya (8) - {S{TAT}UARY*} Didn't know this meaning of TAT.
23 - Clear solution (6) - LIQUID [DD]
25 - Business partner hiding in a health resort (3) - SPA [T]
26 - Two-thirds of the constituents are upset with the price per piece (4,4) - UNIT COSTnset*
27 - State of matter found in some TVs (6) - PLASMA [DD]
28 - A delicacy peon cooked found in a reference work (13) - ENCYCLOPAEDIA*
DOWN
2   - Tightening this makes the situation even more difficult (5) - NOOSE [CD]


3   - Concierges miss the first training notice (9) - RECOGNISEc*
4   - Auditor's agent got into debt obtaining a semiconductor device (5) - (~dye){DI}{ODE}(~owed)
5   - Article smuggled in by a company in Gingee's outskirts to make metal money (7) - {CO}{IN}{A}{G}{E}
6   - Irish tart ingredients help with inflammatory disease (9) - ARTHRITIS*
7   - Power of the Left overwhelms my leader Ray (5) - (-m+l)LIGHT
8   - Steer through the opening, following northbound Ivan .. (8) - {NAVI*}{GATE} (Correction - {NAVI<-}{GATE})
15 - .. speaking with date upset by the sound of a bell (8) - {EMIT<-}{TING}(Correction - {EMIT*}{TING})
16 - Soothing loss of resistance related to a respiration phase (9) - EXPIrATION (Correction - EXPIrATORY )
17 - Geometry box member made by processing sequestra (3,6) - SET SQUARE*
20 - Call by street gangster to get formal dinnerware (7) - {CRY}{ST}{AL}
22 - Giant Greek god who goes around Saturn (5) - TITAN [DD]
23 - Listen in to the lecturer lifting a cocoon occupant (3,2) - LAP UP<-
24 - Srini ambivalent towards concealing some metrical feet (5) - IAMBI [T]

27 comments:

  1. Hi
    Dr DS stars today in the clue for 24d with Richard’s short cut to his name and even more diminutively in the clue for 13a. How does one interpret 9a: (-h+P)ONCHO or (-p+H)ONCHO ? The first one, methinks. As Prasanna rightly notes in Orkut, 22d could be taken as a Triple definition, by taking Giant and Greek god as two separate references. Of couse, Titan=Giant stems from the GG, but is valid as a standalone too.

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  2. Cartoon for 25a: Wonder what he is hiding under his hat !

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  3. 14 - Ripped apart clothes (stylish measure adopted for alteration) (10) - {RE{FINE}{ME}NT} ?

    Ripped apart = re_______nt
    clothes stylish = fine (clothes)
    measure adopted = em dash changed = me

    alteration = refinement ( a bit iffy ?)

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  4. 18 - Spare this for an unproductive person in the U.S. (4) - TIRE [DD] From spare tyre(tire) ?

    My car has two spare tyres/tires, except when I am not in it.

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  5. Could anyone give me the naked truth?

    Is there any mixed nudists' camp in India?

    If not, who will redress the situation?

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  6. 2 - Tightening this makes the situation even more difficult (5) - NOOSE [CD]

    Cant resist saying 'no noose is good news' but do you guys remember the connection between the cartoon here and the illustration for 9a. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. Blondie and Tuco have a relationship where B shoots the rope used for hanging T, turns him in, claims the reward, T is set up for hanging and the story takes another iteration.

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  7. CV 0905: I will look into it.

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  8. May be I will dis-cover/un-cover it. By George, did you see the guy in the hat hide behind an US Prez ?

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  9. New borns will be wearing the right uniform ...

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  10. CV @ 905,

    Shal let you know after I uncover the naked truth.

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  11. Col.

    Should 16d be "expiatory" (soothing)?It also suits the crossings-26A & 28A.

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  12. Kishore@8.34

    re.25A-maybe a bald head!

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  13. You mean he could be a skin-head, or rather he had skin on his head/mind :-)

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  14. I can only quote the X files line: The truth is out there ...

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  15. As rightly noted by Deepak, we have 3 varieties of this place in displays, or rather the other way round.

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  16. Finally, a good, enjoyable CW after some manna-ical days that culminated in yesterdays horribly constructed CW!

    Enjoyed today's CW. Just the right mix for me... Hope others had a good time too.

    cheers!

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  17. Without comment

    The rumours, this time, are related to her [ARB's] pregnancy not in India but in Dubai.

    ...So goes a sentence in a report on the Internet. Interpret it as you like.

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  18. LOL! Shame on AB if it were to be true.

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  19. Colonel, re: 8 and 15D: shouldn't they be {NAVI<-}{GATE} and {EMIT*}{TING}, respectively?

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  20. I thought the use of ellipsis in a crossword is generally to connect two of the clues/answers in someway or the other.

    In that sense I didn't get what 8A(navigate) and 15A(emitting) were trying to convey together.

    Or did I get the ... all wrong ?

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  21. Thanks Navneeth,
    I have since corrected the Annos

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  22. Bhavan @ 13:13,

    I too thought over it for a long time when I was trying to get the answer to 15A which was the last to fall, but never got the connection, in fact I cottoned onto EMITTING because of the theme.

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  23. "Steer through the opening, following northbound Ivan speaking with date upset by the sound of a bell."

    We get the above sentence by connecting two different clues. This is not totally gibberish and I thought this is all that mattered.

    What should we expect from these kinda clues? Should there be a connection between the two answers?

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  24. Good to see a snap of Clint Eastwood . Reminded of my college days with movies like of "For a Few Dollars More" and"The Good ,The Bad and The Ugly'

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  25. And of course Joe Millard's books continuing the Spaghettis.

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  26. Watched the dollar trilogy recently. I got this feeling that they haven't aged well. Don't know how others feel. Liked the ones like Professionals better.

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