Deepak, Words in 1317 post are the acrostic of the clues. Since these are in the clues and not in the grid, I thought maybe something else in the grid too, especially since you mentioned it at 1322, i.e. after my above post. Maybe I was a little pedantic, but I was wondering if the grid too had something more in it.
@Colonel : Kishore is referring to the acrostic formed by the clues themselves. If the clues were posted in regular style (as opposed to Across Lite) it might have been easier to spot it.
@Kishore : Colonel is referring to the second curiosity in the grid once all answers are filled out.
Unlike Ninas, which have appeared regularly in the past and are to be found in the filled in grid, this message does not even require us to solve even one clue.
Thanks, Bhavan. Exactly what I was asking. Is there another creature lurking in the woods. Where do you hide a tree: in the woods. Where do you hide a body: in a graveyard (courtesy Chesterton's Father Brown). And where do you hide messages: In a CW (courtesy Bhavan). :-)
;-) Used to do a lot of Knight's tour puzzles long back. Josie Faulkner used to even make specially coded ones for me. Hence starting W in the first square of 13a my eyes wandered tracing I S H I N G....YOU...
I was away for most part of the day and so I missed this crossword. Good work! As for this Kishore seeing so much in the filled-in grid - If Lady Macbeth said her mind was an open book where men may read strange matter, our man can do so even when the setter's mind is a closed book.
I had been to Bhargav's house (after a long time). It seems he is quite busy with business and personal matters. I came to know one side of my brother that was dark even to me: he has a good collection of coins and he showed me some curious things. He is in correspondence with some numismatists, one of whom has acknowledged CGB's contribution of some general notes to his website on coins.
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17A SIGN (T)
ReplyDelete7D TANDOORI (T)
17D ST GEORGE*
15A W O R K
ReplyDelete19A (ST)(RUM)(PET)
8D YOUNG MAN (c&dd)
Bhavan, terrific especiallly:
ReplyDelete13a,23a,14d
1A - {GO(-od)}{THIC(-k)}
ReplyDelete11A - {CO{U}ST}{EAU}
12A - {HER{M}ETIC}
Thanks Kishore, have you spotted the motif yet?
ReplyDelete4D - {C{AS}HEW}{NUT}
ReplyDelete15D - {(-c)(+W)ATERING}
23A - {EVABRA}*{UN}
HAPPY NEW YEAR TWENTY ELEVEN TO ALL !
ReplyDeleteBhavan 1242: Wow. Was looking in the wrong place :-)
ReplyDeleteThere's something in the grid, for those who have completed it, to identify
ReplyDeleteGrid too, Deepak ? I noticed the message elsewhere.
ReplyDelete2D:{ORATOR}{IO}
ReplyDelete5D: KICK UP YOUR HEELS
14D: AMPERSAND :)
(12A - {HER{M}ETIC} -- TYPO - 21A)
@Bhavan: Congrats on a great crossword.
Especially liked the 14d reference as 'neighbour of star' and 'shifting seven' on the keyboard
ReplyDeleteKishore @ 13:45,
ReplyDeleteWhich message elsewhere?
Deepak,
ReplyDeleteWords in 1317 post are the acrostic of the clues. Since these are in the clues and not in the grid, I thought maybe something else in the grid too, especially since you mentioned it at 1322, i.e. after my above post. Maybe I was a little pedantic, but I was wondering if the grid too had something more in it.
Thanks Sandhya.
ReplyDelete@Colonel : Kishore is referring to the acrostic formed by the clues themselves. If the clues were posted in regular style (as opposed to Across Lite) it might have been easier to spot it.
@Kishore : Colonel is referring to the second curiosity in the grid once all answers are filled out.
Unlike Ninas, which have appeared regularly in the past and are to be found in the filled in grid, this message does not even require us to solve even one clue.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Bhavan. Exactly what I was asking. Is there another creature lurking in the woods. Where do you hide a tree: in the woods. Where do you hide a body: in a graveyard (courtesy Chesterton's Father Brown). And where do you hide messages: In a CW (courtesy Bhavan). :-)
ReplyDeleteKishore & Bhavan,
ReplyDeleteSince I uploaded the CW using Across Lite, I didnt look properly at the clues that's how I missed out on the ACROSTIC.
The second curiosity jumps out when you find some letters creeping into the answers.
Congrats Bhavan for fitting in two features in the same CW.
I could not spot the second one...
ReplyDeleteBhavan, way to go !
Are you referring to the Knight's tour sort of route starting from the first letter of 15a ?
ReplyDeleteKishore @ 15:53,
ReplyDeleteNo,look again, see the clue in my 15:44
@Kishore I'm afraid you are giving me more credit than is due :) There is no knight's tour, just another regular crossword occurrence.
ReplyDelete;-) Used to do a lot of Knight's tour puzzles long back. Josie Faulkner used to even make specially coded ones for me. Hence starting W in the first square of 13a my eyes wandered tracing I S H I N G....YOU...
ReplyDeleteSorry, please read as 15a not 13a
ReplyDeleteNot at all ! And even after you said that I failed to find any such wishful pattern.
ReplyDeleteAfter the grid was drawn and quartered, starting from the lower left quarter and proceeding clockwise, I find the following words spelt out:
ReplyDeletetwo
thousand
and
eleven
Is this what you are referring to or am I still unseeing?
Also M lying diagonal with M and an X lying diagonal with I, spelling out MMXI = 2011.
ReplyDeleteAlso, lot of words telescoped in the answers:
ReplyDeleteGOT
HIC
NIGHT
BUN
OUST
RUM
RUMP
MET
BRA
GODS
ENDS
DIES
ATE
RING
RAT
ICE
ASH
HEW
EELS
SAND
AND
DOOR
FIG
and quite a few of them are eats and drinks...
Kishore,
ReplyDeleteShall I put you out of your misery and give you the answer?
Shoot, as you would a rabid canine !
ReplyDeleteIt's a Pangram!!
ReplyDeleteAaha ! Et tu, Brute. Then fall Caesar !
ReplyDeleteI hope you like Macaroni...
ReplyDelete@Kishore !!! I'm stumped at your observation and deductive prowess.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I had consciously done of all those that you said are the party/food references keeping in line with new year celebrations.
I'm glad Colonel has ended the suspense for you :)
Kishore @ 16.56, my wife and I are unable to control our laughter. You are a riot!
ReplyDeleteYup, Bhavan, otherwise 'they' would have placed me under observation.
ReplyDeleteBhavan, 1711. Thanks, I know is am revolting
ReplyDeleteI did come across an even more revolting reference when I was rambling through. Read further at your own risk:
ReplyDeleteStart reading 5d from the 5th letter till the 10th and the crossing word 19a from the 3rd to the 6th.
I dont know if there is any backmasking involved anywhere.
I was away for most part of the day and so I missed this crossword.
ReplyDeleteGood work!
As for this Kishore seeing so much in the filled-in grid -
If Lady Macbeth said her mind was an open book where men may read strange matter, our man can do so even when the setter's mind is a closed book.
I had been to Bhargav's house (after a long time).
ReplyDeleteIt seems he is quite busy with business and personal matters.
I came to know one side of my brother that was dark even to me: he has a good collection of coins and he showed me some curious things.
He is in correspondence with some numismatists, one of whom has acknowledged CGB's contribution of some general notes to his website on coins.
That is why I remembered CGB the day the word FINE popped up.
ReplyDeleteWordpress sent me some interesting facts and figures about my blog.
ReplyDeleteQuote
A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 5,000 times in 2010. That's about 12 full 747s.
In 2010, you wrote 4 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 52 posts. You uploaded 2 pictures, taking up a total of 29kb.
Your busiest day of the year was February 1st with 93 views. The most popular post that day was Hard twists in clues .
Where did they come from?
The top referring sites in 2010 were bigdave44.com, search.conduit.com, bigextracash.com, crosaire.paxient.com, and orkut.co.in.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for mr know all short story, the last lesson by alphonse daudet, mr. know-all short story, mr. know all short story, and the last lesson alphonse daudet.
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ReplyDeleteI said I didn't know one side of my brother till now.
ReplyDeleteNot sure whether it was obverse or reverse
As long as it is not converse or adverse.
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