Sunday, 26 June 2011

No 2640, Sunday 26 Jun 11

Initially found it tough going today.
ACROSS
1   - Learner driver with challenging manner reportedly in range (8) - {L}{ATITUDE}(~attitude)
5   - Bird, duck, in Loire, swimming (6) - {O}{RIOLE*}
9   - Sucker cast as pirate (8) - PARASITE*
10 - Aim to lodge a protest (6) - OBJECT [DD]
12 - Deck, alternatively dock (5) - {OR}{LOP}
13 - Learn cheat exploited sorrow (9) - {HEAR}{TACHE*}
14 - Laxative in a glass butler served (8,4) - GLAUBER'S SALT*
18 - Magazine, up-to-date says husband (3,9) - {NEW} {STATES}{MAN}
21 - Former inflationary measure - fish included in recipe for disaster (5,4) - {PRICE {COD}E*}
23 - Keen to employ old dodge (5) - {AV{O}ID}
24 - Moan about having to guard silver dish (6) - {H{AG}GIS<-}
25 - Interrupted row on canal boat (6,2) - {BARGE}{D IN}
26 - Hat, good sort (6) - TOPPER [DD]
27 - TV series open about king (4,4) - {STAR T}{RE}{K} My favourite serial
DOWN
1   - Circuit used by best computer (6) - {LAP}{TOP}
2   - Excitement caused by the endless brook (6) - {THe}{RILL}
3   - One up for trial? (4,5) - TEST PILOT [CD]
4   - Lots go here after prices fall (5,7) - DUTCH AUCTION [CD]
6   - Automaton, British in origin (5) - {RO{B}OT}
7   - Closed small company at Inverness, say (8) - {OVER}{CO}{AT}
8   - Appeal of centre at Yonkers (8) - ENTREATY [T]
11 - Actor in Jaws - meet star, unexpectedly (5,7) - JAMES STEWART* Never knew he was a Brigadier General in the USAF Reserve.
15 - Article on German tanks turning up initially in a Norwegian port (9) - {STAV<-}{AN}{GER} With help from Google
16 - Covers put over recently stolen picture (8) - {SNAPS<-}{HOT}
17 - Admitting boxer retired following win on races (6,2) - {OWNIN*}{G UP<-}
19 - Private, not one to join up (6) - SOLDiER
20 - Leader in group, daughter sank off Baltic port (6) - {G}{D}{ANSK*}
22 - Select English, low in calories (5) - {E}{LITE}

GRID


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23 comments:

  1. Chaturvasi26 June 2011 at 09:31

    Enjoyed reading Laugh of the Week on back page of the magazine section of today's NIE.
    I have said I can't speak Hindi. The joke is entirely in that language but I could well understand it.
    Honestly, I didn't look at the pic alongside. Remember I didn't even know what PYT stood for?!
    As for the crossword, for years I used to complete the Sunday THC/Everyman every week well before 10 a.m. but now I am unable to concentrate. Not that it has become more difficult than before.

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  2. Chaturvasi26 June 2011 at 09:48

    Here's a crossword-related comic, if you like:

    http://www.gocomics.com/fredbasset/2011/06/24

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  3. Anonymous26 June 2011 at 10:08

    Talking of bi-lingual usage in newspapers, today an ad in an English newspaper says 'SALE KA BAAP', (the intended meaning being the 'father of all sales'). However, in Hindi, wouldn't just SASUR suffice?

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  4. Deepak Gopinath26 June 2011 at 10:17

    CV @ 9:48

    That would happen to me almost everyday when I used to do the CW on paper, now that we have Chitra's app I do it on paper only when the grid doesn't show up on the app.

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  5. Anonymous26 June 2011 at 10:32

    DG 1017:

    I have heard Kapil Dev say 'Boost is the secret of my energy'. Mebbe, you could have said 'Cocoa is the secret of my crossword success' ;-)

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  6. Suresh26 June 2011 at 10:58

    Is that the name of your dog, Kishore?

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  7. Suresh26 June 2011 at 10:58

    Makes sure you gt your walk in the morning and keeps you fresh for doing the crossword.

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  8. Deepak Gopinath26 June 2011 at 11:22

    Suresh,
    Cocoa is my dog who is quoted very often by Kishore, post S&B II at my place.

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  9. Deepak Gopinath26 June 2011 at 11:23

    I read somewhere a couple of months ago that those who own dogs get suffficient exercise while walking their dogs. I take Cocoa down 5 times a day myself.

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  10. Deepak Gopinath26 June 2011 at 11:28

    By the way Cocoa features in one of the photographs of S&B II, he can be seen having a tug-of-war with Catherine, the HINDU reporter who covered the event.

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  11. Suresh26 June 2011 at 11:50

    Oops! I knew that cocoa was somebody's dog. Couldn't remember whose.

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  12. Anonymous26 June 2011 at 11:52

    When I first visual sighted Deepak, he was being piloted by Cocoa.

    Remembering JS in 'The Man who knew too much' in the closing lines, when after having rescued his son Hank from the kidnappers, he says 'Sorry we were gone so long, but we had to pick up Hank!'. The very Hank who, when he comes to know that Frenchmen eat snails, says"If you ever get hungry, our garden back home is full of snails. We tried everything to get rid of them. We never thought of a Frenchman!" This movie also has the song Que Sera Sera.

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  13. Chaturvasi26 June 2011 at 13:07

    That song is one of the most famous that I remember from 1950s. Kishore, is the period correct?

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  14. Chaturvasi26 June 2011 at 13:08

    Just returned from my post-operation CT scan to review the present condition after the surgery in mid-April.

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  15. Suresh26 June 2011 at 13:31

    Trust all is well CV

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  16. Anonymous26 June 2011 at 15:24

    Colonel, what is "Chitra's app"?


    Chaturvasi, I second Suresh@13:31.

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  17. Deepak Gopinath26 June 2011 at 16:26

    Navneeth,
    It is the application created by Chitra with which you can do the Hindu crossword online. You can access it through Orkut and Facebook

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  18. Anonymous26 June 2011 at 17:19

    CV:

    Your memory seems fine*, trust everything else is fine too.

    * yes, the song is from the 50's

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  19. Chaturvasi26 June 2011 at 19:29

    Deepak

    Cocoa I down twice a day.

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  20. Anonymous26 June 2011 at 20:30

    Thanks, Colonel.

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  21. VP26 June 2011 at 21:02

    Just curious: Why does THC sunday crossword lag behind the guardian's everyman by about 9 instances ? I was thinking that its posted on the same day at both places ...

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  22. Richard26 June 2011 at 22:03

    It's amazing. No discussion on today's Sunday crossword!

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  23. Chaturvasi27 June 2011 at 09:26

    VP
    See my answer in the Comments section under Monday's blog.

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