Friday, 17 June 2011

No 10183, Friday 17 Jun 11, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - Army officer and men on a stir in America (8) - {COL}{OR}{A}{DO}
5   - Psychs up for key competitions (6) - {B}{RACES}
9   - Bar is launching efforts to delimitate (8) - {LOCAL}{IS}{E}
10 - Secure old boy's thanks to one boon at last (6) - {OB}{TA}{I}{N}
12 - Material lawyer discarded in cover-up (4) - daMASK
13 - Note on men in good books of polity (10) - {G}{OVER}{N{MEN}T}
15 - Many at Patna stretched in brief sleep (6) - {C}{ATNAP*}
17 - Bertram abandoning holy one for suitor (5) - WOOstER
20 - Guide undergoes change of heart as linchpin (5) - PI(-l+v)VOT
21 - Dedicated to make four enter poll (6) - {VOT{IV}E}
24 - Discarding Iranian rut, he lives in the Land of Hope (10) - RURITANIAN*
27 - The group to take half-ride inside (4) - {T{RIde}O}
29 - Sailor goes after girl — a divine form (6) - {AVA}{TAR}
30 - Provide with automobiles — roomiest and running (8) - MOTORISE*
31 - A man dumped back in hedge to bray (3-3) - {HE{E-H}{A}<-W}
32 - Civic official finds almost all dreamland in a shambles (8) - ALDERMANd*
DOWN
1   - In a newspaper: ‘Doric or Ionic?' (6) - COLUMN [DD]
2   - Insect makes Latin deputy stop short on street (6) - {LOCUm}{ST}
3   - Depend on lady; take no notice! (4) - {RE}{LadY}
4   - Nightclub find pretty outstanding (5) - DISCOver
6   - Dressin' flier (5) - ROBINg
7   - Tea for Argentine politico's watchdog (8) - {CHA}{PERON}
8   - Can we take it that this Municipality department is “clean”? (8) - SANITARY [DD]
11 - Tyrant posed badly with troop leader (6) - {DESPO*}{T}
14 - Establish hard behind (4) - {H}{AFT} Is this definition correct?
16 - One van used for nine-day ritual (6) - NOVENA*
17 - Some show a veritable undulation (4) - WAVE [T]
18 - Come up to a very quiet insect (8) - {A}{PP}{ROACH}
19 - Think too much on mending tear (8) - {OVER}{RATE*}
22 - Statement to disperse mist around game (6) - {T{RU}ISM*}
23 - Be in charge of deliveries in good number (6) - {G}{OVER}{N}
25 - An ornament for the temples (5) - TIARA [CD]
26 - In trouble with a number, not right, left (5) - {A}{FOU(-r+l}L}
28 - Good individual no longer around (4) - {G}{ONE}

GRID


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21 comments:

  1. Bhavan17 June 2011 at 08:33

    14 - Establish hard behind (4) - {H}{AFT} Is this definition correct?

    I had the same doubt until I checked in chambers and it has this entry:

    Haft(v) : To establish firmly

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  2. Deepak Gopinath17 June 2011 at 08:39

    Thanks Bhavan,
    This meaning is not there in my dictionary

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  3. Anonymous17 June 2011 at 08:39

    Gridman seems to have used other words also connected with government a la Neyartha:

    Catnap ;-)
    Votive (really devoted?)
    Mask (Mukhota in Hindi )
    Wave (in election)
    Wooer (during elections)
    Alderman
    Despot (infinite number of them)
    Gone (after the election)
    Etc...

    31a hedge reminded me of Ha-ha:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha-ha

    I first came across this word in Tom Sharpe's Riotous Assemby (nice comical book on South Africa's inept police during the apartheid times)

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  4. Anonymous17 June 2011 at 08:40

    Please read Assembly in above instead of Assemby

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  5. Anonymous17 June 2011 at 08:41

    Haft means impossible. ;-)

    Since it is not there in the Col's dictionary. ;-)

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  6. Padmanabhan17 June 2011 at 08:58

    Kishore,
    Kicked myself for not getting the Wooster!

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  7. Vikram17 June 2011 at 11:41

    1d - Ionic or Doric are ancient Greek dialects or styles of architecture according to the dictionaries I have been able to lay my hands on. Not sure how you derive 'Column' from it.

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  8. VMA Nair17 June 2011 at 12:00

    Vikram,
    Please see the link below

    http://greece.mrdonn.org/columns.html

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  9. Chaturvasi17 June 2011 at 12:50

    A crossword may be rated good or poor
    But we must know who does it, for sure,
    And for what reasons;
    Else it's just bludgeons
    That all of us must willynilly endure.

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  10. Deepak Gopinath17 June 2011 at 13:14

    With immediate effect I am removing the Quality/Difficulty widget as I feel that what is being reflected there is not realistic, so RIP to that widget.
    Henceforth one can comment on the Quality and Difficulty in the comments section itself

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  11. Deepak Gopinath17 June 2011 at 13:16

    My opinion on todays's CW Good & Easy

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  12. Chaturvasi17 June 2011 at 13:24

    Thank you, Deepak.

    May I be permitted to inform others that before the Widget was taken off, it showed Good 2 and Poor 6 (among others).

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  13. VMA Nair17 June 2011 at 13:32

    Good and Medium

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  14. Bhavan17 June 2011 at 13:39

    +1 for Good & Easy

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  15. Anonymous17 June 2011 at 15:46

    Bravo, Deepak. IMO that was long due. I stopped using it long back. I vote this as Good & Easy

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  16. Anonymous17 June 2011 at 15:46

    Paddy, How could you forget Wilberforce ??

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  17. Crucifix17 June 2011 at 19:14

    A big PHEEEWWWW! After that horror series, it's a huge and welcome relief to find a crossword with clues that made sense and answers that synchronised with the clues.

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  18. Padmanabhan17 June 2011 at 19:19

    Yes Kishore.I still cant digest the fact that I missed it.Should never have.

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  19. Padmanabhan17 June 2011 at 19:20

    On second thoughts-I can attribute it to NJ hang over!

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  20. Anonymous17 June 2011 at 20:07

    Padmanabhan@19:20,

    Looks like you need a shot of Jeeves' tonic. ;-)

    Oh, and I second Crucifix's comment.

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  21. Padmanabhan17 June 2011 at 21:57

    Pick me up?

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