Wednesday, 22 December 2010

No 10031, Wednesday 22 Dec 10, Gridman

Took ages for the bottom right because of the cluster of CD's.
ACROSS
1   - Barrier to rosette about to be replaced by saint (8) - (-c+st)STOCKADE
6   - Story starts from where the earthquake starts (4) - EPICentre
9   - Touch a record player — nothing fashionable (6) - {A}{DJ}{O}{IN}
10 - Green worker follows vigorous drive without Indian leader (7) - {VERDi*}{ANT}
13 - Not cheap construction in southern memorials (9) - {CENOTAPH*}{S}
14 - Pick up Angel, maybe (5) - GLEAN*
15 - What the doctor ordered is knotty? No, no! (4) - DOSE ?Anno pending (Addendum - noDOSE - See commenta)
16 - Kind of financial arrangement for film (5,5) - BLIND TRUST [DD] Never heard of this movie. Google shows it as a TV movie.
19 - Chief problem from officer and child (5,5) - {MAJOR} {ISSUE}
21 - Encourage no frolic in plant (4) - larkSPUR
24 - Fancy Nichandra being so absorbed as hard one to convince (5) - CYNIC [T]
25 - One keeps them in memory of generations (9) - HEIRLOOMS [CD]


26 - Tsarina's dismissed worker (7) - ARTISAN*
27 - Release from an eye? (6) - UNHOOK [CD]
28 - Dry and withered bits of shrub easily removed to the end of lane (4) - {S}{E}{R}{E}
29 - One keeps it so others may know who one is (8) - IDENTITY [CD] Didn't like this clue.
DOWN
2   - I had gone into sting operation for intelligence (7) - {T{I'D}INGS*}
3   - Strikes hundred boors (6) - {C}{LOUTS}
4   - Plains on a development in US city (9) - ANNAPOLIS*
5   - Girl, out of self-love, disperses fairies (5) - ELVESflo*
7   - Tired Paul imbibing beverage in highland (7) - {PLA{TEA}U*}
8   - Score with truths trotted out in a kind of argument (3-3-6) - {CUT}-{AND}-{THRUST*}
11 - It expresses assent in Brighton (6) - RIGHTO [T]
12 - A CID, amnesiac, lets go educators (12) - ACADEMICIANS*
17 - Food routine upset across old city (9) - {NOURIT{UR}E*}
18 - Uproar caused by French account on a Sikh leader (6) - {FR}{AC}{A}{S}
20 - Doorkeeper not I — fallen in clash (7) - {JA{NITO*}R}
22 - College chief for village officer, by the way (7) - {PRO}{VO}{ST}
23 - Being out-of-date, it may not go to the head (3,3) - OLD HAT [CD]
25 - Back one language (5) - {HIND}{I}

21 comments:

  1. Hi-NDI
    I am sure even a CYNIC would have BLIND TRUST in this setter’s work as I can GLEAN from comments ADJOINing mine nowadays while they have MAJOR ISSUEs with some others. Can anyone use their C-LOUT(-s) to get things to improve u-know-who and SPUR her on beyond the PLATEAU she has acheived? I know all this is OLD HAT,
    CENOTAPHS reminded of a road in Chennai. UNHOOKS brought to mind CV’s dress code exhortation- No zips. The Croc cartoon on Metro Plus brought HAIRLOOMS(~) to mind. Liked EPIC-entre, A-DJ-O-IN..
    RIGHTO then, Cheerio.

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  2. 15 - What the doctor ordered is knotty? No, no! (4) - DOSE ?Anno pending

    (NOOSED-NO)* ? A noosed rope is knotty. Naughty, I think.

    or

    D-(-no)OSE, with Dr on double duty

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  3. Liked the pig !

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  4. 15 - What the doctor ordered is knotty? No, no! (4) - DOSE ?Anno pending

    (-no)DOSE

    (nodose: knotty)

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  5. Thanks, Sandhya.

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  6. Thanks Sandhya,
    It was clear NO was to be deleted but I just could not get the word NODOSE.

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  7. Nanagu dose sikkalilla..., ivattu manayalli dose maDalilla.

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  8. Hello,

    1) Can some one explain the anno for Provost 22D? Didn't understand how pro and st are got.
    2) Why is about represented by C in 1A?
    3) Why is Girl represented by flo in 5D?

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  9. Liked the major issue & provost (though the word was new to me)-Kishore has a different kind of major issue!! "Sere" made me delve into the dictionary.
    What is this old city? Is "ur" the only abbreviation or anything else? I always get stuck in old city.

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  10. Benkiman

    College chief = Definition = {PRO}{VO}{ST}
    for = PRO
    village officer = VO
    by the
    way = STREET = ST

    In 1A
    about = circa = C

    Flo short for Florence is the name of a girl

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  11. Padmnabhan,

    UR is the name of an old city see UR it appears frequently in CW's

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  12. Just for info of newcomers to the blog, the words which are underlined in the main post, point to a link connected to the word. This I do for eductional purposes, especially for words which are not commonplace (from my perspective).

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  13. Col./ Kishore-a belated request! Metroplus coverage of our Bangalore meet was published only in the Bangalore edition. I am not able to view it since I do not know the exact date.Can you please post the link?

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  14. Padmanabhan,

    If you look at the panel on the left hand side you will see a link to THCC families under 'LINKS, go to that page and you will find the link to the article plus posts regarding the previous S&B meet as also other photographs of other followers of my blog.

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  15. Thank you for your prompt clarification,Col.

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  16. So many anagrams today. How are you guys remembering plant names? :)Got spur from crossings.

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  17. Navneethm@ 14:56,

    I couldn't see any connection?

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  18. The movie is also known as "Blind Thrust." Perhaps it's the English title

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  19. Oops. Sorry about that. As VJ has noted, it's AKA Blind Trust -- it showed up along with the TV film when I searched for the English title.

    The appropriate link.

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