Monday, 8 August 2011

No 10227, Monday 08 Aug 11, M Manna

ACROSS
1   - Poor actor rids himself of Middle East coins (7) - DIRHAMS* (ham+rids)
5   - All mad to take gunners for wild duck outing (7) - MALLARD (all+mad+r) Just R for gunners?
9   - Pry out the sole cure for chronic skin disease (7) - LEPROSY*
10 - Hastened up with speed to tell the tale (7) - NARRATE {NAR}{RATE}
11 - Best men have developed this USA State (5) - MAINE* (ai+men)
12 - Touching and yielding in decline (9) - RECESSION [CD]
13 - A workroom for Daisy's opaque gypsum (9) - ALABASTER {A}{LAB}{ASTER}
15 - Shifts round in direction (5) - VEERS [E] Veer seems to be Manna's favourite!
16 - Got rid of account in painful manner (5) - ACRID {AC}{RID}
18 - Leftist movement creating work for the editor (9) - REDACTION {RED}{ACTION}
21 - Fish found on fruit only (5,4) - LEMON SOLE {LEMON} {SOLE}
24 - She may love to have a fruit cultivated around the Mediterranean (5) - OLIVE [DD]
25 - Ancient coins confused, i.e. with dinar (7) - DENARII*
26 - Jack created a gale you say, for a girl? (7) - ABIGAIL {AB}{I}{GAIL}(~gale)
27 - To prepare meat dish is a skill developed by him (7) - STEWART {STEW}{ART}
28 - Offers in writing for particular service (7) - TENDERS [E]
DOWN
1   - Cover the wrong way round on novel? What a predicament! (7) - DILEMMA {DIL<-}{EMMA}
2   - Duplicate copy (7) - REPLICA [E]
3   - Previously stated that a warning of course was given (9) - AFORESAID {A}{FORE}{SAID}
4   - Shrinks away in fear, like a horse (5) - SHYER [CD]
5   - Boast of a successful surgeon with trim hands (9) - MANICURED {MAN}{I}{CURED}
6   - Leftist in sure way entices a person (5) - LURES {L}{URES*}
7   - Crave for best way to covet wealth (7) - AVARICE* (crave+ai)
8   - Ladies employed as chaperons to watch over younger ones (7) - DUENNAS [E]
14 - What a freedom fighter is to a country's president? (9) - TERRORIST [CD]
15 - Two men of a bygone age (9) - VICTORIAN {VICTOR}{IAN}
16 - Makes references everyone used to use (7) - ALLUDES {ALL}{UDES*}
17 - A tale of chivalry (7) - ROMANCE [CD]
19 - At a time produce something like a copy (7) - IMITATE*
20 - Strong beams passed through walls as temporary support (7) - NEEDLES [E]
22 - Possibly find her in a manor (5) - NORMA*
23 - Tax on chief engineer has to be precise (5) - EXACT* (act+ce)

GRID


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  1. Anonymous8 August 2011 at 08:31

    22 - Possibly find her in a manor (5) - NORMA*


    Tthis is the clue for which we had the answer a few days back !

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  2. Anonymous8 August 2011 at 08:44

    15 - Two men of a bygone age (9) - VICTORIAN {VICTOR}{IAN}

    I first put in EDWARD-IAN, till Veer dropped in at 12a

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  3. Suresh8 August 2011 at 12:49

    Could not figure out RECESSION. What is touching and yielding about it?

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  4. Suresh8 August 2011 at 12:51

    Tthis is the clue for which we had the answer a few days back !
    So logically this answer should have been NEARS?!!

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  5. Anonymous8 August 2011 at 13:23

    I think the anno for RECESSION is

    Touching: RE
    Yielding: CESSION
    Decline: Definition

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  6. Suresh8 August 2011 at 13:34

    Maybe. But Re for touching?!!

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  7. Anonymous8 August 2011 at 13:51

    Ya Suresh. We came across it quite recently in the Sunday Hindu also. See Jul 10th blogpost.

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  8. raju umamaheswar8 August 2011 at 14:43

    On yesterday's Sunday puzzle:

    7 ACROSS:Bonnet and boot.(8) I penned in BABYWEAR and then realized my folly. BALMORAL evolved itself from the other adjoining clues.

    Phew!! It disproves my dictum: OPTIMISM IS FILLING IN YOUR CROSSWORDS BY A BALLPOINT PEN. Thank God for whiteout pens.

    I didn't like REACT at all.

    Thanks Col for the picture of TROUSER PRESS. Has any one seen this in any hotel?

    5 Across: Locksmith-- BARBER appeared very recently in one of my crosswords with the same clue but the answer was : COIFFEUR. Must be a favourite amongst the compilers?

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  9. Anonymous8 August 2011 at 20:02

    To think that I was going to write down something ending with PATRIOT for 14D. How naive!

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  10. Chaturvasi8 August 2011 at 21:56

    Re for touching

    Sudalamani:

    Suresh may have a point.

    Yes, we may say "The speaker said a few words touching on terrorism", where 'touching on' = regarding.

    So, strictly, for RE, we would expect "touching on" not just "touching".

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  11. Deepak Gopinath8 August 2011 at 23:10

    Sorry I was not around whole day as it was the naming ceremony of my granddaughter today, which we conduct on the 28th day. The name is Anvi officially.

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  12. Anonymous9 August 2011 at 06:30

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  14. Chaturvasi9 August 2011 at 06:38

    Deepak

    Thanks for the info.

    I like short names. These are easy to pronounce and you needn't have to shorten a long one after having given one such. And as it starts with A, it has advantage in alphabetical order.

    I was wondering what the word means. I looked up Maneka's book of Hindu names. It does not have Anvi but has

    Anvita - reached by the mind; connected with; linked to; understood.

    Anviti - following after

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  15. Deepak Gopinath9 August 2011 at 06:57

    My mistake.
    My grandaughters name should be AVNI

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  16. Anonymous9 August 2011 at 06:59

    All the very best to little Avni. May she have the best of everything in this world. She has started on the right foot by having at least one awesome grandpa !

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