1 - Tax situation after one month (10) – {I}{M}{POSITION}
6 - Fine meadow insect (4) – {F}{LEA}
9 - Anger shown by sailor getting cross (7) – {SALT}{IRE}
12 - Try a joke (5) – CRACK [DD]
13 - Vehicle's condition entering anticlockwise TT? (6,3) – {E{STATE} CAR<-}
14 - Girl honoured to entertain a duke making a film (5,8) – {PENNY} {SEREN{A}{D}E}
17 - Hastily prepared? No, argued Hardy, after editing (5-3-5) – ROUGH-AND-READY*
19 - Forcibly remove someone from vault round end of evening? (9) – {FRO{G}M}{ARCH}
25 - Facts and figures, somewhat contrary? (4) – {DAT}{A} <-
26 - Handle insect let loose by son - this one, perhaps (4,6) – {S}{TAG} {BEE}{TLE*}
1 - Batting order in cricket, say (6) – {IN}{SECT} Nice one, was foxed till the end with Batting & Cricket
2 - Friend, old lady, in a tourist centre in the Med (5) – {PAL}{MA}
3 - Get bogged down with fuddy-duddy (5-2-3-3) – STICK-IN-THE-MUD
4 - Goldeneye character, vet, nearly murdered (9) – TREVELYAN*
5 - Coming from moor, bitterns fly in a circle (5) – ORBIT [T]
7 - Furiously, and with great enthusiasm (4,5) – LIKE CRAZY [CD]
8 - One ratty flustered advocate (8) – ATTORNEY*
11 - Simultaneously, nevertheless (2,3,4,4) – AT THE SAME TIME [DD]
14 - Op art cult perplexed a magnate (9) – PLUTOCRAT*
15 - Organ left in body of human (9) – {EAR}{TH{L}ING}Another nice one
18 - Harsh cut close to Yuletide (6) – {SEVER}{E}
20 - Genuine religious ceremony, by the sound of it (5) – RIGHT(~rite)
22 - Gift from Greek social worker (5) – {GR}{ANT}
In the first pass put OVERALL for 10a but later corrected after seeing crossings. PENNY SERENADE was last to fall after Google confirmation that there was a movie of that name.
ReplyDeleteSuperb cartoons, Deepak.
ReplyDeleteI am sure if ETs have access to emails, they must be wondering about all those mails selling blue stuff.
Loved the image under saltire. And agree with Kishore about the cartoons.
ReplyDeleteCV,
ReplyDelete4D
The James Bond movie is GoldenEye; here it has been spelt as Goldeneye.
While it is true that it is spelt as a single word, is it proper for the setter to take the licence to change the case of 'E' to 'e'?
Venkatesh
ReplyDeleteOffhand, I can tell you that golden-eye (bird, insect) is one thing. "golden-eyed" (with eyes that are golden) is another (do we describe a girl as being 'golden-eyed'? we probably desire them to be dark?). Golden Eye is another.
Offhand again, I would say that the setter has taken liberties. It should have been Golden Eye, as T is a character in the film.
You do have a point in raising the question.
Sandwich cartoon was excellent! 1D cricket was indeed enjoyable and had me foxed.Being a cricket fan could not think of the insect at all.Could not get 9A.Col's pictures made it interesting.
ReplyDeleteToday's Bang Ed has an article by Sumit Raina on page 16 titled 'Where computer is god and internet the umbilical cord'. Well written, but the very last line, ie. after the word 'wisely' is ironical indeed. Gave me a good laugh.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that the sentence has been corrected in the Chennai edition (p. 20) as I don't see anything wrong, for there is only a full stop after wisely.
ReplyDeleteUnless -
What made Kishore laugh is that he interprets the full stop as a conclusive end what is stated in the article.
BTW, a piece that I liked reading very much is Timeri Murari's column in the magazine sec of NIE. I am an ardent reader of his columns - which used to be in BL every week. Was not reading it when it used to appear in TH.
Timeri N. Murari is a prolific writer. He got fired from his first job as a reporter in Ontario because of colour. He has written 18 books which have been translated into several languages (13 are works of fiction, including the best seller TAJ).His non-fiction works include LIMPING TO THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD, A journey to Mount Kailas (a travelogue on the hardest pilgrimage in the world).
ReplyDeleteDetails of his novels are available on his Website: www.timerimurari.com.
Some of his writings are available on his blog: http://timmurari.blogspot.com
Can someone explain how you solved 26AC and 1 DN
ReplyDeleteKarthik,
ReplyDelete26A Handle insect let loose by son - this one, perhaps (4,6)
Anno:
Handle - TAG
insect - BEE
let loose - LET* - TLE
by - adjacent to
son - S
Defn: this one (insect), perhaps - (S)(TAG) (BEE)(TLE*)
1D Batting order in cricket, say (6)
Anno:
Batting - IN
order - SECT
Defn: cricket, say (for example) - INSECT
We are waiting eagerly for 1.30AM IST to see the THC 9999 online. Set by Gridman, this one is very special as THC is at the threshold of stepping into five figures.
ReplyDeleteWhat would be special tomorrow?
Can it be a JUMBO CW of 19x19?
Will there be some focus on numbers specially 9, such as the nine lives of a cat, as quoted in Romeo and Juliet:
Tybalt: What wouldst thou have with me?
Mercutio: Good king of cats, nothing but one of your nine lives.
Or it may be cat o' nine tails (whip)!
Or focus on things Indian.
Whatever else, I am sure there will be some commemoration of that famous pioneering setter of THC puzzles - ADMIRAL.
CV: I refer to the matter after the full stop. After talking of loss of direct social interaction, it is mentioned that the author can be contacted at an email id. :-)
ReplyDeleteI've always wondered about the phrase:FROGMARCH. In Kenya, the policemen hold the suspects by the trousers behind the waist and march them on the roads. So March can be understood: Where does the word FROG come from?
ReplyDeleteIs it any army slang, by any chance, COL?
PENNY SERENADE is another phrase that has got its entry into my book by Norman Pulsford. Is this book available in India? I have the last edition of 1983 and haven't seen a reprint. Can give the publishers a whole lot of additions since its last publication.
All you folks have a great get-together,in Bangalore,at this month's end as, though I wanted to, my hopes were dashed due to an impending visit abroad.
Raju Umamaheswar