Thursday, 7 July 2011

No 10200, 07 Jul 11, Arden

A good opener from our new setter Arden.
ACROSS
9   - Ordinary man dancing around nude (7)  - MUNDANE*
10 - Love, family, a wife and a scene of battle (7)  - {O}{KIN}{A}{W}{A}
11 - Keep away from sailor Mark (7)  - {AB}{STAIN}
12 - When there is an order to take the chair before the day’s end, it carries lot of weight (7)  - {OBE}{SIT}{Y}
13 - A girl cut up is in Maryland (9)  - {ANNA}{POL<-}{IS}
15 - Part of the prediction could be bull (5)  - EDICT [T] We had Papal Bull the other day
16 - It could be a slur in some parts of Eastern Europe (7)  - BELARUS*
19 - Fat without a little back protection from the wind (7)  - {L{EEW<-}ARD}
20 - Caught soon after by the law (5)  - {C}{ANON}
21 - Sick, rib making one uncomfortable (3,2,4)  - {ILL} {A}{T EASE}
25 - Like a pastry for English love goddess (7)  - {AS}{TART}{E}
26 - European English is relevant  (7)  - {GERMAN}{E}
28 - Snake will stand still on pitch (7)  - {ASP}{HALT}
29 - Work a town when things get hazy (7) - {OP}{A}{CITY}
DOWN
1   - Some animal running up a lap, missing a step (6)  - IMPALA [T<-]
2   - It is all together a single issue (6)  - {UNI}{SON} &lit
3   - Some came up with a story of a gas find (4)  - SAGA <-
4   - The core of the navy found in the lowest part of the ship (6)  - {KE{RN}EL}
5   - This fuel has a set back and it is huge (8)  - {CO{LOSS}AL}
6   - Give recent resolution to the second- incommand (4-6)  - VICE-REGENT*
7   - A qualified person on sandstone church (8)  - {BA}{SILICA}
8   - Supporting column about aid, try differently (8)  - {CA}{RYATID*}
 
14 - On an average, a girl longs initially, for something psychic (10)  - {PAR}{A}{NORMA}{L}

16 - Game to transport back a little weight (8)  - {BAC<-}{CARAT}
17 - A printer will transport it openly (8)  - LINOTYPE*
18 - When it’s brought up, allow to spike (8)  - {STI<-}{LET}{TO}
22 - The French member of the underworld in a water body (6)  - {LA}{GOON}
23 - Commotion about a soldier in slow movement (6)  - {AD{A}{GI}O}
24 - A girl can rise up to any level inside (6)  - EVELYN [T<-]
27 - Complain about missing girl on a horse (4) - gROAN
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27 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath7 July 2011 at 08:33

    Getting the clues is getting tougher by the day. The paper is still not up at The HINDU website! I'm not going to subscribe for an e-paper, if this goes on I will find it difficult to meet my 8:30 deadline.
    Welcome to our new setter ARDEN.

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  2. Bhavan7 July 2011 at 08:34

    Best of the new lot for me - at least going by the 3 puzzles.

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  3. Bhavan7 July 2011 at 08:34

    @Col : I know what you mean. I get to do the puzzle if and when Veer posts them on the orkut community. I might subscribe to the e-paper too.

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  4. Deepak Gopinath7 July 2011 at 08:35

    Thanks to Veer I didn't have to do a lot of typing.

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  5. SandhyaP7 July 2011 at 08:40

    @Arden: Great crossword! Keep them coming.

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  6. Deepak Gopinath7 July 2011 at 08:41

    Quoting Kishore's limerick from the Orkut group

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    With the coming of a new setter spree,
    I note with interest and open glee,
    The toughness harden.
    Welcome, dear Arden,
    But I wonder are there only these three?

    I hazard no guesses this time. ;-)
    Unquote

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  7. Chaturvasi7 July 2011 at 08:57

    I am glad at the welcome given to new setters.

    It's not that in India we don't have good setters; it's a question of the paper being ready to entertain them instead of being stuck with mediocrity.

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  8. Raghunath7 July 2011 at 09:00

    I think Scintillator was the best of the lot. Arden's style is similar to Sankalak's and probably a notch above in level of difficulty.

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  9. Krishnan7 July 2011 at 09:03

    Good morning all. Delighted to see new setters. Welcome Arden. The question is whose quota has been cut ?

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  10. Krishnan7 July 2011 at 09:16

    Raghunath: Yes I too found Arden's style similar to Sankalak's - easy yet quite enjoyable.

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  11. Vikram7 July 2011 at 11:19

    Refreshing to see The Hindu introducing a set of new CW setters, with standard cluing. Hope they follow through and eliminate the non-quality setters.

    Bhavan@8.34, does that mean that you are not 'Buzzer'? I thought you implicitly acknowledged that it was you.

    To me Arden (though too early to call, this is his first Crossie)is a cut above Sankalak. No cryptic clues and all clues have some wordplay to work out the answers.

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  12. Anonymous7 July 2011 at 11:24

    Hi all! Me back to TH after a long time. Hope Col and the regulars like Kishore and Richard are doing fine. Pleasantly surprised to find the barrage of new setters.

    Somehow I found the going tough today. Partly because I was rusty, but also the cluing was not very fair, I thought, especially given it's someone newly recruited. For eg., 'girl' appears in 4 different places, standing for some arbitrary English names. BTW, English appears in consecutive places for the same E.

    The definitions are unclear in 1D, 3D. A lot of words in many clues do not participate in the wordplay at all. Even 1A is incorrect, the word having MAN and NUDE dancing together, rather than one around the other.

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  13. Anonymous7 July 2011 at 11:31

    I 'fourth' the opinion that Arden's style is quite Sankalakian.

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  14. Bhavan7 July 2011 at 12:33

    @Vikram: I thought guessing who the setter was from a given pseudonym was just a fun game??

    Assuming the new setters butted into the existing cycle, it will be Spiffytrix tomorrow right?

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  15. Suresh7 July 2011 at 13:53

    Good to see Sudalamani back after a long time. Maybe she can use her detective skills to find out who the new setters are

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  16. dr.r.pankajam7 July 2011 at 16:22

    I 'fifth' the opinion that Arden's style is quite Sankalakian.I enjoyed solving.

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  17. Anonymous7 July 2011 at 17:11

    Deepak, taking liberty with a bit of jargon here, it appears that some recognize 'the fist' as we used to call it in Morse days. Metamorphosis?

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  18. Richard7 July 2011 at 20:00

    Thanks Sudalamani for remembering me. I am not a regular here nowadays because of my harrowing work schedule in the mornings.

    Suresh, Sandhya and others: Planning to be in Cyberabad with wifey around August 13 and 15. Any plans for S&B? Wish Bhavan could decide to join...I know it would be far-fetched for him.

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  19. Venkatesh7 July 2011 at 20:57

    We already had RAM(an) aur SHYAM. Wonder what is in store for tomorrow!

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  20. Anonymous7 July 2011 at 20:57

    All fine, Sudalamani. Thanks for the enquiry. Like Richard, I too am usually tied up with other things and my timing here is pretty erratic.

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  21. Anonymous7 July 2011 at 21:17

    Venktaesh 2057:

    Atsahbeshlegai?

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  22. Richard7 July 2011 at 22:27

    That is perilously close to 'Ich liebe dich', Kishore. What on earth is that?

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  23. raju umamaheswar7 July 2011 at 23:08

    The new setters are refreshingly enjoyable and exhilarating. It is a welcome move by the Hindu to give opportunity to new setters and revamp our minds out of the mishmash created by those who merely fill in the words and let us 'justify'the result.

    Raju Umamaheswar

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  24. Bhavan8 July 2011 at 08:29

    Richard @20:00 I'd have really loved to join but the meeting is happening at least 6 months too early for my liking :)

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  25. Anonymous8 July 2011 at 08:30

    Yes, RU, one feels bad when answers have to lead to clues instead of the other way round.

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  26. raju umamaheswar8 July 2011 at 23:44

    Let's not be too harsh on these newcomers or new avatars of old compilers. I agree there are too many niggling errors in today's crossword but we do get to see some new words, which I have'nt come across earlier;that helps in our learning curve. Like ASTRAGAL.
    I'm glad to see so many comments, which means these compilers do provoke, beguile and tease the solvers. A good departure from the regular and familiar ones. More the merrier.!!

    How about a get-together in Coimbatore of the solvers?

    Raju Umamaheswar

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  27. raju umamaheswar8 July 2011 at 23:50

    Let's not be too harsh on these newcomers or new avatars of old compilers. I agree there are too many niggling errors in today's crossword but we do get to see some new words, which I have'nt come across earlier;that helps in our learning curve. Like ASTRAGAL.
    I'm glad to see so many comments, which means these compilers do provoke, beguile and tease the solvers. A good departure from the regular and familiar ones. More the merrier.!!

    How about a get-together in Coimbatore of the solvers?

    Raju Umamaheswar

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