Friday, 21 October 2011

No 10289, Friday 21 Oct 11, Neyartha

In a hurry to go and I'm stumped by Neyartha's four letter words.
ACROSS
1   - Foresight shown by the company in employing Curie (10) - PRESCIENCE {PRES{CI}ENCE}
6   - Slip caught with a fish hook (4) - ?A?? (Addendum - GAFF (~gaffe) - See comments)
10 - War catapult given by the guerrilla for the butter preparation outside (9) - TREBUCHET {TREBU{CHE}T*}
11 - I overwhelm Oscar with a peculiar instruction (5) - DRILL {DR(-o+i)LL}
12 - What happens when you fly off the handle and go up (3,3,7) - HIT THE CEILING [CD]
14 - Relish in retreat bar (5) - LEVER <-
15 - Womanisers making males dine out (6,3) - LADIES MEN*
17 - Does money grow on these? (4,5) - CASH CROPS [CD]
21 - Make it a point to get rid of the left sill's marsh plant (5) - SEDGE (-l+s}SEDGE
22 - Dealer in sails handles chirps inappropriately (5,8) -  SHIPS CHANDLER*
24 - Saw revolutionary U.S. lawyer mature (5) - ADAGE {AD<-}{AGE}
25 - Being flexible, retake the exam about debt protection (9) - RESILIENT {RESI{LIEN}T}
26 - Victims' worship on the radio (4) - PREY(~pray)
27 - Made aware of the ringside seats arranged by the missing German artist (10) - SENSITISED {rINgSIDE+SEaTS}*
DOWN
1   - Extremely dark wicket is distressing (5-5) - PITCH-BLACK {PITCH}-{BLACK}
2   - One can be selective in taking these courses (9) - ELECTIVES* &lit
3   - Costa Rican guide gets junkyard machine (7) - CRUSHER {C}{R}{USHER}
4   - Did Elizabeth I call smuggling moral? (7) - ETHICAL [T]
5   - Mewing flier about to begin drop back (7) - CATBIRD {C}{AT}{BIRD<-} Anno pending (Addendum - {CA}{T}{BIRD<-} See comments)
7   - Start off violent when maturing (5) - AGING rAGING
8   - Sand trail (4) - ??L? (Addendum - FILE [DD] - See comments)
9   - Recommend to promote model on the way out without hesitation (6) - ADVISE {ADVertISE}
13 - Mark turns up with Edward in India for a kind of circuit (10) - INTEGRATED {IN}{TEGRAT<-}{ED}
16 - Students' hesitation in getting involved with the styles of the miniature makers (9) - MODELLERS {MODE{LL}{ER}S}
18 - Dietrich is elusive, having hidden the tool (6) - CHISEL [T]
19 - Spot a verbose review (7) - OBSERVE*
20 - Ruptures in the Supreme Court need specially made shims (7) - SCHISMS {SC}{HISMS*}
21 - Vest found in lodge housing an unfinished fireplace (7) - SINGLET {S{INGLe}ET}
22 - Spirit colour (5) - SHADE [DD]
23 - Knocks down the penny jar (4) - RASP ? Anno pending (Addendum - RA(-p)S(+p)P - See comments)



10 comments:

  1. 23 - Knocks down the penny jar (4) - RASP ? Anno pending

    RA(-p)S(+p) p pushed down in raps=rasp=jar

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  2. 6 - Slip caught with a fish hook (4) - ?A?? GAFF (~gaffe = slip)

    GAFF : An iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish.

    5 - Mewing flier about to begin drop back (7) - CATBIRD {C}{AT}{BIRD<-} Anno pending

    About = CA
    to begin = T
    drop back = DRIB <-

    8 - Sand trail (4) - ??L? FALL ? not sure

    23 - Knocks down the penny jar (4) - RASP ? Anno pending

    Knocks = RAPS, down the penny = RA(-p)S(+P)

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  3. 5 - Mewing flier about to begin drop back (7) - CATBIRD {C}{AT}{BIRD<-} Anno pending

    CA(T)BIRD<-

    about =circa=ca
    to begin=t
    drib back=bird

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  4. 8 - Sand trail (4) - ??L?

    FILE 2

    sand as in file to smoothen
    trail as in walking in a file

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  5. Theme is tools:

    RASP, FILE, LEVER, DRILL, CHISEL, CRUSHER,

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  6. 22 - Spirit colour (5) - SHADE [DD]

    Thanks for the link, Col. I had put in the word not fully getting the meaning of shade as spirit.

    Realised this SHADE is from HADES.

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  7. 27A-
    'saw' meaning an adage was new to me.

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  8. Padmanabhan @9:44:

    Have you known Jacques's famous soliloquy 'All the world's a stage'?

    If so, reread it:

    http://www.artofeurope.com/shakespeare/sha9.htm

    Will you now say: "Yes, I saw"?

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  9. Thank you CV. Now it is clear. I know only the oft quoted first line of the poem. I enjoyed reading its full version. It has been one of my regrets that I did not read much of literature,given my engineering background- that too tightly result oriented leaving no time for such pursuits. Luckily,thanks to my Adv.English course in PUC, I studied and enjoyed 'Merchant of Venice'. What little English I know is all thanks to my father.

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