Thursday, 6 January 2011

No 10044, Thursday 06 Jan 11, Neyartha

A cricket theme with the World cup just 44 days away.
A pangram if F & J were present.
ACROSS
1   - Night shows in the sky, the result of a cinematographer's job? (8,5) - SHOOTING STARS [DD]

SEE THIS CARTOON

9   - Heating conduit flow not right in front of the channel (5,4) - {STrEAM} {PIPE}
10 - Cover set up to conceal sets of deliveries (5) - OVERS [T]
11 - Weak eleven enlists bridge partners before fall retreat (7) - {I{NS}I}{PID<-}
13 - Terrace rebuilt for food service provider (7) - CATERER*
14 - Exposes the claws (5) - NAILS [DD]
15 - Check the nature of the horse riding path (9) - {BRIDLE}{WAY}
17 - Directions for learner aspiring to be cordial (9) - {WE}{L}{COMING}
18 - Lifeless Australian revolutionary surrounded by spy organization from the east (5) - {A{ZO<-}IC<}
20 - Tamil Nadu discarded incubator designed for Arctic deer (7) - CARIBOUtn*
22 - Italian dumpling made in good Cochin resort (7) - {G}{NOCCHI*}
23 - Alien going around Counter 6 is last (5) - {E{XIS<}T}
24 - Bole discovered in hike to collect malfunctioning tuner (4,5) - {TRE{E TRUN*}K}
26 - Desire to follow British comedy actor, not good for the buyers? (7,6) - {SELLERS} {MARKET}
DOWN
1   - Term for sitting (7) - SESSION [CD]
2   - Runoff with tablet behind 10 (9) - {OVERS}{PILL}
3   - Carpet roll over reveals Scottish cap (3) - TAM<-
4   - Letters from Chennai address about an aquatic plant… (5) - NAIAD [T]
5   - …drawing talk outside vessel (9) - {S{KETCH}ING}
6   - Spanish sherry in damaged load to Milan (11) - AMONTILLADO*
7   - Norse chief dismisses model pilot with disdain (5) - S(-t+n)NEER
8   - New employers take Mel out to find the bird (6) - OSPREYmel*
12 - East German revolution introduced to a friend behind one's eye (11) - {P{OST}{ORBIT}AL}
15 - Quiet Bert affected by a slab of fuel (9) - BRIQUETTE*
16 - Would reportedly abandon the groundhog (9) - (~would){WOOD}{CHUCK} How much wood would a Woodchuck chuck. If a woodchuck could chuck wood.
17 - Bad time for Democrat on the pitch (6) - WICKE(-d+t)T
19 - Not fair, if it is not this (7) - CRICKET [CD]
21 - Holds back sticky stuff containing sulphur at the wrong place (5) - RE(-s)IN(+s)S
22 - Fancy record book sponsor avoiding the bar (5) - GUinnESS
25 - Golf course feature said to result in a game break (3) - TEA(~tee)

GRID
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22 comments:

  1. Bhavan6 January 2011 at 08:32

    Quite an engaging puzzle by Neyartha.

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  2. Anonymous6 January 2011 at 08:32

    Hi
    AMONTILLADO* had to be confirmed by Google. Liked reference to Peter SELLERS MARKET, remembered ‘Room filled with empty people’ from ‘Murder by Death’. Also liked RE(-s)IN(+s), SHOOTING STARS,S(KETCH)ING, (NS)I-PID<-, A(ZO<-)IC<- (first thought of a five letter word with Aus before reading the entire clue was Anzac ), GU(-inn)ESS, TRE(ETRUN*)K,
    DDS will understand why I was on a sticky WICKET after several OVERS and raising my supra orbital fuzz (not P(OST)( ORBIT)AL, I don’t have behind-the-eye brows). Whether the theme was CRICKET or fauna (CARIBOU*(-tn), OSPREY*(mel- Richard, nudge), WOOD(~would)-CHUCK, CRICKET (in another avatar), or Equestrian (REINS, BRIDLEWAY, NAILS) or food (INSIPID,CATERER*, G-NOCHHI*, TEA(~tee), CARIBOU ( I don’t eat it myself, I drew the line at Crocs i.e. I did not eat Croc meat though I did eat Zebra*)).
    *Is this usage correct, or should I say I drew the line at Zebra, where does the line come what I did or what I didn’t?
    The East German OST reminded of OSTROGOTHS from Asterix.

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  3. mathu's memoirs6 January 2011 at 08:36

    too many new words for me. tired and jumped to this blog so early.

    not my day any way

    Good morning

    mathu

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  4. Anonymous6 January 2011 at 08:38

    Great Cartoon, for 1a. Reminded me of the para instructor who was asked by the trainee, 'I am worried what will happen if my chute doesn't open?' He got the answer; You are jumping to a hasty conclusion.

    BTW, would Lucky Luke qualify as a shooting star?

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  5. Anonymous6 January 2011 at 08:40

    16d reminded of the poser I had given a few days back.

    Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?

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  6. Suresh6 January 2011 at 08:45

    16D Also how much ground could a groundhog hog if a groundhog could hog ground.

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  7. Anonymous6 January 2011 at 08:50

    Suresh, that's priceless !

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  8. Deepak Gopinath6 January 2011 at 08:51

    Since Neyartha has not left anything for us to discuss, let us enter our tongue twisters here. One tongue twister per head permitted.

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  9. Anonymous6 January 2011 at 08:54

    Since the limitation of one per head is stipulated, I am not entitled to enter any :-)

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  10. Deepak Gopinath6 January 2011 at 08:59

    Kishore,
    Tongue twisters in English only :-)

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  11. Anonymous6 January 2011 at 09:11

    Nope, Deepak, the emphasis is on 'head'. :-)

    Anyhow breaching the stipulation, I thought that 'The sixth sick Sheikh's sixth sheep is sick' was considered the toughest...

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  12. SandhyaP6 January 2011 at 09:16

    Good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood.good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood.

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  13. VMA Nair6 January 2011 at 13:50

    Tough one from Neyartha today. Got less than half only :(
    How much pure sour soup could a good cop sup with a scoop as supper

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  14. Sumitra6 January 2011 at 15:27

    Betty bought a bit of butter
    The butter was bitter
    So Betty bought a bit of better butter
    to make the bitter butter better

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  15. Suresh6 January 2011 at 15:30

    A long one I used to like a lot

    A tree toad loved a she-toad
    Who lived up in a tree.
    He was a two-toed tree toad
    But a three-toed toad was she.
    The two-toed tree toad tried to win
    The three-toed she-toad's heart,
    For the two-toed tree toad loved the ground
    That the three-toed tree toad trod.
    But the two-toed tree toad tried in vain.
    He couldn't please her whim.
    From her tree toad bower
    With her three-toed power
    The she-toad vetoed him.

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  16. Suresh6 January 2011 at 15:34

    Sumitra A longer version of the same

    Betty Botter bought some butter
    But she said the butter's bitter,
    If I put it in my batter
    It will make my batter bitter,
    But a bit of better butter
    Will make my batter better,
    So Betty Botter bought some better butter
    Better than the bitter butter,
    And she put it in her batter
    And her batter was not bitter,
    So 'twas better Betty Botter
    Bought a bit of better butter.

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  17. Suresh6 January 2011 at 16:04

    Since activity on TTs is a bit low I am freely exceeding my limit. Hope You don't mind, Deepak,
    I saw this beauty on the net and could not resist posting it

    Mr. See and Mr. Soar were old friends.
    See owned a saw and Soar owned a seesaw.
    Now See's saw sawed
    Soar's seesaw before Soar saw
    See, which made Soar sore.
    Had Soar seen See's saw before
    See saw Roar's seesaw, then
    See's saw would not have sawed Soar's seesaw.
    But See saw Roar's seesaw before
    Soar saw See's saw so See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.
    It was a shame to let See see Soar so sore because
    See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.

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  18. Suresh6 January 2011 at 16:05

    Read Roar as Soar in the above post

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  19. SandhyaP6 January 2011 at 16:12

    @Suresh: Toad TT is cute :D

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  20. Richard6 January 2011 at 17:24

    A simple one:

    Swiss wrist watch, Swiss wrist watch, Swiss wrist watch, Swiss wrist watch, Swiss wrist watch,Swiss wrist watch, Swiss wrist watch...

    No one remembered 'She sells sea-shells at Seychelles'?

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  21. Deepak Gopinath6 January 2011 at 17:53

    She sells seashells on the seashore but the shells that she sells are not real seashells.

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  22. dr.r.pankajam6 January 2011 at 20:27

    If one doctor doctors another doctor, does the doctor who doctors the doctor ,doctor the doctor the way the doctor?

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