Tuesday, 2 August 2011

No 10222, Tuesday 02 Aug 11, M Manna

ACROSS
1   - Historical rides to broadcast (7) - STORIED*
5   - Underworld restrain causing some friction (7) - DISCORD {DIS}{CORD}
10 - Needs to be put straight over the right transmitter (6) - SENDER {SENDE*}{R}
11 - Former pupils restored to health are hidden from view (8) - OBSCURED {OB'S}{CURED}
12 - Recede as per order by one in authority (6) - DECREE*
13 - Cross through lines written by a rhymester (8) - PERVERSE {PER}{VERSE}
14 - Details I omitted, foolishly, from the letters (6) - DELTAS DELTASi
15 - Sad to mar the theatrical entertainments (6) - DRAMAS*
18 - Malicious tales by idle talkers (6) - GOSSIP [E]
20 - Stress that one's to be found during this month (6) - INSIST {INS{I'S}T}
23 - Check while others take a shower (8) - RESTRAIN {REST}{RAIN}
25 - Fears taking time off would be wrong (6) - ERRORS tERRORS
26 - Happening it isn't (3,5) - NON EVENT [CD]
27 - Right to give aids to Chinese secret societies (6) - TRIADS (rt+aids)
28 - Story of the French, first to be put to an end (7) - DESTROY {DE}{STROY*}
29 - Dicky, an older man (7) - LEONARD* Had to look up meaning of Dicky to get this one!
DOWN
2   - Subjects for those people taking directions (6) - THEMES {THEM}{ES}
3   - It is not mounted, no comment (9) - RIDERLESS [DD]
4   - Are moving home, it must be serious (7) - EARNEST {EAR*}{NEST}
6   - Crumbling ruins a newspaperman covered (7) - INSURED {INSUR*}{ED}
7   - Cold, discourteous and coarse (5) - CRUDE {C}{RUDE} My COD
8   - Instrument used to vary electric resistance (8) - RHEOSTAT [E]
9   - Sympathetic commander of ardent disposition (13) - COMPASSIONATE {COM}{PASSIONATE}
16 - Pledge given by senator is broken (9) - ASSERTION*
17 - Making bad move, lose when winning (8) - LOVESOME*
19 - Locate unpleasant smell, but this won't cure it (7) - PLACEBO {PLACE}{BO}
21 - Comes to respect the royal staff (7) - SCEPTRE*
22 - He may consider buying back the Titian painting (6) - TRADER {TRA}{DER} <-
24 - Foot the bill? It's a pleasure! (5) - TREAT [DD]

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19 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath2 August 2011 at 08:32

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  2. Anonymous2 August 2011 at 08:34

    Harking back to yesterday:

    23d - Ran to quarter crazily, so closes distance (5) - NEARS* (ran+se) (Addendum - Needs correction to N?R?A)

    Turns out to be NORMA today. Any idea, a posteriori?

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  3. Chaturvasi2 August 2011 at 08:35

    Re 29a and the comment against it.

    Could he have been Mr Rutnagur?

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  4. Bhavan2 August 2011 at 08:37

    @Kishore, Manna must have changed the word from nears to norma but forgot to change the clue ?

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  5. Deepak Gopinath2 August 2011 at 08:38

    Kishore @ 8:34,
    It's obvious that MM forgot to amend 23D after he found that only MORATORIA would fit in that space.

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  6. David Dobson2 August 2011 at 08:39

    Some clever clues today. Liked trader, obscured, placebo and discord.
    Licked the use of "dicky" meaning not correct to be the anagram indicator for Leonard.
    Just don't like the word storied, but that's cos it sounds wrong, nothing wrong with the clue

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  7. Chaturvasi2 August 2011 at 08:43

    Can storied urn or animated bust / Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath?

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  8. David Dobson2 August 2011 at 08:46

    Ah, but it sounds much better in verse. Thanks CV

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  9. David Dobson2 August 2011 at 09:05

    Regarding Titian and red. Did you know that people with ginger hair are teased mercilessly in the UK. Ginger is even a term of abuse (as opposed to in Arabia where it is considered a blessing). However I have two flame haired sons who are justifiably proud of their locks.

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  10. Chaturvasi2 August 2011 at 09:08

    How does Lady Gaga get blue underarm hair?

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  11. David Dobson2 August 2011 at 09:14

    The "how" is fathomable. The "why" isn't.

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  12. Chaturvasi2 August 2011 at 09:27

    The "how" is fathomable. The "why" isn't.

    LOL.

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  13. Padmanabhan2 August 2011 at 10:23

    Cv@8.35-
    Thank you for bringing back old memories of cricket commentary on Radio by Dicky Rutnagar.Used to await his first bulletin after a long lunch layoff (ofcourse by AIR)

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  14. Deepak Gopinath2 August 2011 at 19:02

    Found this clue in the DNA Cryptic

    We infer a reduction in numbers (5) {FE{WE}R}

    Is this type of clue acceptable?

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  15. Suresh2 August 2011 at 20:18

    I think it is acceptable. We in Fer is fine

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  16. kokila2 August 2011 at 22:13

    i am very much interested to complete the puzzles, but i couldn't. i am a beginner.

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  17. Bhavan3 August 2011 at 07:47

    We infer a reduction in numbers (5) {FE{WE}R}

    Anyone who has no problem with an instruction INDEED to put a word between DE and ED should not find this device unusual.

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  18. Deepak Gopinath3 August 2011 at 08:07

    I was not talking of the device, FER by itself is not a word, that's what I meant

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  19. Deepak Gopinath3 August 2011 at 08:08

    Kokila,

    Not to worry, with practice you will be able to complete. Go through the various pages of 'CROSSWORD UNCLUED' and you will learn how to tackle Cryptic CW's.

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