Monday, 28 February 2011

No 10089, Monday 28 Feb 11, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
7   - First one can change the attitude briefly as not being flexible (8) - {ADAM}{ANC*}{Ego}
9   - High time during the day (6) - TWELVE [CD]
11 - As a rule the frequent visitor is a bit lonely at the far end of the city (9) - {REGULAR}{L}{Y}
12 - Starts premium lounges at Zambia airport square (5) - {P}{L}{A}{Z}{A}
13 - Reveal oneself when five get together (6) - {E}{MERGE} 'E' being the fifth letter?
14 - Five plunge in after dusk following the river animal (8) - {AAR}{D{V}ARK}
17 - Cone shaped mass will reduce the flashlight in Israel on us (9) - {STROBe}{IL}{US}
22 - Eccentric sailor has body temperature of 98.6 degrees (8) - {AB}{NORMAL}
23 - Get up to tear it out (6) - ATTIRE*
25 - Plans areas for some edible fruit (5) - LANSA [T]
27 - Barmen go in a tizzy over the first Aussie flyer (9) - {BO{O}MERANG*} From where did the second 'O' come? (See comments)
28 - Submit the second point initially raised about the tanker (6) - {BOW}{S}{E}{R}
29 - Wise up to adapt the stratagem not accepted (3,5) - GET SMARTa*
DOWN
1   - Plastic bag is in the vehicle (7) - CARRIER [DD] ?
2   - Complicated mass of things (7) - TANGLED or TANGLES [CD] ?
3   - The fruit of the oak (5) - ACORN [E]
4   - To exchange, barter or trade (4) - SWAP [E]
5   - Mater can go up with the register (7) - {ALMA}{NAC<-} How are we to derive that 'Alma' comes from Alma-mater?
6   - Statements of soldiers indicate at ending wars (7) - {RE}{MARK}{S}
8   - Energetic reptile ate gorilla out in the east (9) - ALLIGATORe* Energetic?
10 - Lively princess is around the borders of Yemen in a morning college (7) - {D{YemeN}{AM}I}{C}
15 - Certainly the Tibetan leader is in to increase the sizes of banks (9) - {DOUB{T}LES}S Where does the second 'S' come from? (Addendum - {DOUB{T}LE}{SizeS} - See comments}
16 - Resin company of father mostly is in the British area front (7) - {CO}{PA}{Is}{B}{A}
18 - Animal is on the parapet in the lane (7) - {WALL}A{BY} Anno pending
19 - Foreign university is new on the map (7) - {U}{N}{KNOWN} 'known' - 'on the map' ?
20 - Sound of falling rain (3-1-3) - PIT-A-PAT [E]
21 - Soundly stands by the scale readings (7) - WEIGHTS(~waits)
24 - Dry the designed robes (5) - SOBER*
26 - Head off for the laden Yemeni port (4) - lADEN

GRID


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24 comments:

  1. Anonymous28 February 2011 at 08:30

    Hark Ye men, Kreegah, Bolgani !

    Continues to be a delight (without distinguishing between gators and crocs) for Jane Goodall, Ross Kananga, Steve Irwin, Romulus Whitaker and John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, to name a few. Reminds me of my visit to the mugger bank near Chennai long back and later the Mamba village in Mombasa, where crocs are bred for meat and skin. The restaurant at the park offers game meat, including zebra, ostrich and crocs.

    27a my cod, only doubt, is Aussie aussi doing double duty, Aussie for Ozzie, giving O and also as an adjective for the flyer. Australia also reminds me to add a caveat to my moonshine on Saturday. The moon image thing works in the reverse in the southern hemisphere. Thing had slipped my mind as I have not ventured far in that hemisphere, only stepped across the Equator a few times.

    Incidentally, 16d COPAIBA included and reminded of Pai (Ananth) whose passing away is mentioned in today’s Metro Plus, who gave us a new insight through Indian cartoons in the form of Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle.

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  2. SandhyaP28 February 2011 at 08:34

    15 - Certainly the Tibetan leader is in to increase the sizes of banks (9) - {DOUB{T}LES}S Where does the second 'S' come from?

    {DOUB{T}LE}{S(-izes)S}

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  3. Venkatesh28 February 2011 at 08:36

    27 - Barmen go in a tizzy over the first Aussie flyer (9) - {BO{O}MERANG*} From where did the second 'O' come?
    over the first - first letter of OVER = O

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  4. SandhyaP28 February 2011 at 08:37

    27 - Barmen go in a tizzy over the first Aussie flyer (9) - {BO{O}MERANG*} From where did the second 'O' come?

    O is the 1st of OVER

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  5. Anonymous28 February 2011 at 08:43

    27 - Barmen go in a tizzy over the first Aussie flyer (9) - {BO{O}MERANG*} From where did the second 'O' come?
    15 - Certainly the Tibetan leader is in to increase the sizes of banks (9) - {DOUB{T}LES}S Where does the second 'S' come from?

    The second O and the second S come from OStralia.;-)

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  6. Anonymous28 February 2011 at 08:54

    A question connected with today's CW. What does the following represent (a la Navneeth's What is this last week):

    0.0.2-3.3
    ---------
    0.0.2.3

    Get your teeth into it !

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  7. Suresh28 February 2011 at 09:03

    13A Deepak, your answer reveals your expertise at NJ's methods. I got totally foxed with the top left hand corner

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  8. mathu's memoirs28 February 2011 at 10:19

    I felt very bad..not the best way to start the day...

    absolutely clueless most of the part...I echo Suresh 0854 on colonels expertise.

    Good morning

    Mathu

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  9. Anonymous28 February 2011 at 11:25

    Since I did not get any bites on my 854, let me give a few hints before Pranabda warms up:

    a. Does not involve difficult maths. Only simple counting.
    b. As you might notice the multiple periods cannot be decimal points, so they act as simple separators.
    c. The - is not a minus sign.
    d. The -------- does not represent division into numerator/denominator.
    e. Most importantly, the expected solvers for this one are not math enthusiasts but our doctors here.

    Now masticate on these clues.

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  10. Chaturvasi28 February 2011 at 12:02

    Kishore
    As you're so mathematically minded, here's a crossword for you. Never mind, it's called the world's worst crossword:
    http://www.fireballcrosswords.com/WorldsWorstCrossword.pdf

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  11. Anonymous28 February 2011 at 12:30

    Thanks, CV. Will certainly try after Pranabda winds up.

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  12. Anonymous28 February 2011 at 12:36

    Well, according to P, I shall become a senior citizen at 60 instead of 65 and I had thought health care is improving in India. Any very senior citizens (>80) in our gang ?

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  13. Anonymous28 February 2011 at 13:40

    CV, you are absolutely right. We have done some 'orrible ones in our time, but this takes the gateau. It is not only geek and Latin, and was easy and laborious but has no element of surprise. I have done some math crosswords in Latin, but at least they had a cryptic element with cross references (Ha,ha, that reminds me of one which was found etched on a crypt). Let me see if I can dig it up.

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  14. Anonymous28 February 2011 at 13:50

    From the Sunday Times
    ”Crux Numerorum”

    The problem was: While excavating near Hadrian's Wall, Prof. Digby-Nite came upon a clay tablet inscribed with a diagram and the words :

    The grid is a 3x3 square.


    When translated the clues were -
    Across:
    I Multiple of XXXVII
    IV Multiple of LXXIII
    V A non-prime factor of I down
    Down:
    I A square
    II Multiple of VII
    III Calpurnia’s age
    How old was Calpurnia?

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  15. Chaturvasi28 February 2011 at 14:08

    Thanks, Kishore. But I must confess that the distance between me and maths is that between a 'malai' and 'madu'.

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  16. Anonymous28 February 2011 at 15:12

    For those who have not read it yet, NJ's interview is up on Shuchi's blog.

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  17. Anonymous28 February 2011 at 15:34

    My opening post may be read keeping in mind that we had the gorilla and alligator motif in yesterday's Everyman puzzle too.

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  18. jaggu28 February 2011 at 18:31

    The cartoon is very similar to a Churchill story. A woman member of parliament told him ' Mr Churchill, You are drunk'. To this Churchill replied" Madam You are ugly. But tomorrow I will be sober."

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  19. Rengaswamy28 February 2011 at 20:54

    Calpurnia's age is 187? (Who is this Calpurnia having such a longevity?)

    The Grid is
    481
    438
    147

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  20. Rengaswamy28 February 2011 at 21:00

    441 is a perfect square of 21 having 147 as its non-prime number factor.
    481 is a multiple of 37 and 438 is a multiple of 73.

    The interesting factor is that none of the 3-digit perfect square has its middle number as 1 or 3. so that reduces the burden of fixing up multiples of 73.

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  21. Rengaswamy28 February 2011 at 21:04

    Sorry the Correct age of Calpurnia is 487.
    The Grid is

    444
    438
    147

    I goofed up the 2dn clue which should be divisible by 7.

    Now this is the perfect answer/Grid.
    By the way who is this Calpurnia having such a an increasing longevity?

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  22. Anonymous28 February 2011 at 21:45

    Sorry, Rengaswamy, as you have rightly noted in spite of the good work done, she can't be that old. By the way, Calpurnia was Julius Caesar's wife. Think Roman to get the correct answer.

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  23. Venkatesh28 February 2011 at 21:51

    Kishore,

    Thanks for sharing with us the dental formula of Aardvark (14 Ac), that is is 0.0.2-3.3 over 0.0.2.3

    But you made it too obvious by saying 'get your teeth into it', and 'masticate it'.

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  24. Anonymous28 February 2011 at 22:24

    Thanks, Venkatesh, for biting the bullet.

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