Friday, 7 January 2011

No 10045, Friday 07 Jan 11, Neyartha

Washing day today.
ACROSS
1   - Untravelled introvert, perhaps? (4-2-4) - STAY-AT-HOME [DD]
6   - Left stage holding newts (4) - EFTS [T]
10 - Faithful caller coming back to ring agitated Lisa (9) - {RE{ALIS*}TIC<-}
11 - Unneeded actor in the crowd (5) - EXTRA [DD]
12 - Time to tolerate tricksters? (5,5,3) - APRIL FOOLS DAY [CD]
14 - Acceptable for a cat to be overweight (5) - T(-a+u}UBBY Reminded me of these comics
15 - Doctor dupes group inside about how spa windows might be (7,2) - {S{TEAM}ED UP*}
17 - Unavoidable loss of postgraduate devastates press agency (9) - NECESSARYpg*
21 - Interrupt with letters from the prosecuting officer (3-2) - CUT-IN [T]
22 - Applauder on theatre stage used in shooting movies (13) - {CLAPPER}{BOARDS}
24 - Jokers? (5) - CARDS [E]
25 - Borat's upset by returned bill for a piece of meat (5,4) - {ROAST B*}{EEF<-}
26 - Rubbing this into the wound might make it worse (4) - SALT [CD] Especially if it's a CD!!
27 - Essentially, the company has been renounced in a disconnected manner (10) - INcoHERENTLY
DOWN
1   - Browse and then work on article about Tesla's wetting agent (10) - {SURF}{ACT}{AN}{T}
2   - Tuberculosis cured by bicarbonate mixture active in the absence of oxygen (9) - ANAEROBICtb* Got stuck as I was deleting O!!
3   - Truth (in sacred chant taken out by a friend) with respect to a geometrical line (7) - AXI(-om+ally)ALLY
4   - Poles initially keen about some racing cars (3,4) - {HOT} {RODS}
5   - Measure adopted by Mickey and Jerry, say, to find colloidal component (7) - {MIC{ELL}E} Never heard of this
7   - Dashing female gets rid of the knight at the buttery (5) - (-n+f)FATTY
8   - Smooth words in a TV serial (4) - SOAP [DD]
9   - Spies from the south protect the Dutch leader occasionally (6) - {SEL{D}OM<-}
13 - Some Europeans travel to see a blister beetle (7,3) - {SPANISH} {FLY}
16 - Cleaner in bar on the second right replaced by George (9) - DETER(-r+g)GENT
18 - Scattered the auditor's boxes (6) - SPARSE(~spars) Not exactly
19 - Not fully keen to get a painkiller (7) - ASPIRINg
20 - Outdoor storage fee for heavy goods cart goes up with time (7) - {YARD<-}{AGE}
21 - Laugh on seeing time left for job outside (7) - {CHOR{T}{L}E}
22 - Christmas song by author Dodgson on the radio (5) - CAROL(~Caroll)
23 - Tuber plants Oscar cut before moving down south as much as possible (4) - O(-s)CA(+s)Sr
 

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28 comments:

  1. Anonymous7 January 2011 at 08:31

    Hi
    Actually (~axshully ~AXIALLY) learnt new words today: MIC(ELL)E, O(-s)CA(+s)S*(-r), dray in YARD<-AGE. Lot of reversals today in addition to the YARDAGE quoted above, RE(ALIS*)TIC<-, SEL(D)OM<-, ROAST B*-EEF<-,

    I was a little STEAMED UP, mebbe fogged up, and thought IN(-co)HERENTLY, whether N had taken us to the cleaners today and was the theme Colloids, Cleaning agents or the superset Chemicals given SALT and ASPIRIN appear too. Not forgetting 21a CUTIN (T)read as 5 instead of 3-2 as enumerated, is also a chemical.

    The SPANISH FLY in the ointment reminded of the Darwin story which was referred to here by CV on 19th Oct. 2010: http://anengineersaspect.blogspot.com/2010/06/anecdotes-about-scientists-found-in.html

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  2. Anonymous7 January 2011 at 08:36

    Deepak, liked your comment on 26a: Jalay pe namak chiDak raha hai !

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  3. SandhyaP7 January 2011 at 08:40

    Loved the SOAP OPERAS cartoon :))

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  4. Bhavan7 January 2011 at 08:40

    If memory serves right, almost all puzzles of Neyartha seem to be theme based?

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  5. Anonymous7 January 2011 at 08:53

    Yes, Bhavan. Neyartha in Sanskrit means Ney-artha=
    hidden meaning. Frequently used without the 'r' in Buddhist lore. (similar to usage of Dhamma, Mahind(-r)a, Neyattha..

    Look under the heading 'Canonical use' in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_truths_doctrine

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  6. Anonymous7 January 2011 at 08:56

    He is just living up to the pseudonym he has adopted. I hope you are not 'he', chortling over being explained the meaning of your pen-name :-)

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  7. Bhavan7 January 2011 at 09:11

    Thanks Kishore. And no, I'm not : )

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  8. Suresh7 January 2011 at 10:17

    I cannot say I have learnt new words like Osca and micelle, because I am certainly not going to remember them. Biology is not my cuppa.

    And if they came up again Google Zindabad.

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  9. mathu's memoirs7 January 2011 at 10:22

    Tiring one again from Neyartha. Tearing my hair (whatever left) but without much success.

    The crossword puzzle look easy once the answers are known with interesting annos.

    Mathu

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  10. Anonymous7 January 2011 at 10:54

    Suresh, I agree. As Nani used to say (with regard to the Indian tax laws): we learn, unlearn, relearn ...

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  11. Anonymous7 January 2011 at 10:57

    And not there were no other words which could fit -c-s slot...

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  12. Suresh7 January 2011 at 11:59

    Kishore, In this case I do not learn in the first place, forget unlearning and relearning

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  13. Suresh7 January 2011 at 12:00

    Deepak. thanks for the picture of Tubby. And there was Little Lulu. Wonder if you have any of those comics

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  14. VMA Nair7 January 2011 at 13:59

    Hi,
    14 A ,Please explain how acceptable is u?

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  15. Suresh7 January 2011 at 14:06

    U is Universal like a film certification for universal viewing

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  16. VMA Nair7 January 2011 at 15:02

    Thanks Suresh.

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  17. tpa7 January 2011 at 15:03

    Neyartha is too tough..Didn't like his offering on both days. seems like these cw's are only for seasoned solvers.

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  18. Deepak Gopinath7 January 2011 at 15:37

    Suresh @ Noon,
    No, unfortunately I don't have any of those comics lying around. I may have them lying around at home in Coimbatore.

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  19. Anonymous7 January 2011 at 16:30

    tpa,

    and he seems to use SALT for seasoning them !

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  20. Unknown7 January 2011 at 17:19

    I second tpa.

    Regarding CO/OC - In eighties Air Force Station Jalahalli had under it several units such as ETI, E & ITI, AFTC etc. These units were having Officer Commanding of the rank of Group Capain and below whereas the Station had Air Commodore who was the Commanding Officer.

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  21. Navneeth7 January 2011 at 18:21

    Colonel, should not the N from 'knight' (chess notation) be highlighted in 7D?

    Suresh@12:00, I used to watch the animated version many years ago.

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  22. Deepak Gopinath7 January 2011 at 18:30

    Navneeth,
    I have incorrectly highlighted the K of knight. Actually the notation for Knight in chess is N.

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  23. jaggu7 January 2011 at 20:40

    Micelle and surfactant is quite familiar to us medicos. In fact I got most of Neyartha today,which I must say is unusual for me.

    Spanish fly reminded me of a very good humorous film of the same name starring Terry Thomas.Apparently Spanish Fly is said to have aphrodisiac properties[at least in the movie].

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  24. Anonymous7 January 2011 at 20:44

    Thanks, Muthaiah.

    I think that is conclusive, then.

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  25. Hari7 January 2011 at 21:03

    late post from me...
    intended to post much earlier...
    didn't like neyartha's CWs yest. or today...
    too tough... yeah, it's ok when the answers are known, but it doesn't give much succour for anyone but the best of seasoned solvers...

    so... all in all... i give it a thumbs down!

    however... on a positive note, i LOVED the tongue twisters from yesterday!!!
    especially from Suresh and Kishore!

    my kids and wife had a blast trying to say those!

    So... I guess i do need to thank Neyartha... not for the CW, but for the resulting fallout! :)
    hehe

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  26. Hari7 January 2011 at 21:28

    horrible!!!!
    i just saw the annos... it was one of the worst CWs i've ever seen!!!
    ridiculous!
    anyone can set an unsolvable CW... it takes skill to set a CW that's hard, yet... solvable!

    sorry to say...
    Neyartha just sucked bigtime on this one...

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  27. Suresh7 January 2011 at 21:33

    Hari,tpa, Muthaiah et al. It only takes a little practice to complete Neyartha. The clues are logically correct and keeps the mind occupied for a while

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  28. Sumitra7 January 2011 at 22:28

    Thanks, Suresh, for the longer version of the tongue twister. The others were fun, too!Tx to all who posted.

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