Saturday 17 December 2011

No 10337, Saturday 17 Dec 11, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - Evaluate again on donkeys' initial strength (8) - REASSESS {RE}{ASSES}{S}
5   - Catch the French three times (6) - TRIPLE {TRIP}{LE}
9   - Based on hypothesis, Rio pair resettled (1,6) - A PRIORI*
10 - Throng on back-street in France for rubber (7) - MASSEUR {MASS}{EUR<-}
11 - Cadet up to kicking up a revolution (4,5) - COUP D'ETAT*
12 - Colour of one in bewilderment (5) - MAIZE {MA{I}ZE}
13 - Bare heads of new understudies done elegantly (4) - NUDE {N}{U}{D}{E}
14 - When none is there to help you (2,4,3) - ON YOUR OWN [E]
17 - Surround nine locos running helter-skelter (5,2,2) - CLOSE IN ON*
19 - Old boy, individual losing heart in what one may play (4) - OBOE {OB}{OnE}
23 - One with taking ways (5) - THIEF [CD]
24 - One more try in destroying Goa throne (7,2) - ANOTHER GO*
25 - Company's outlook not firm in dressmaking (7) - COUTURE {CO}{fUTURE}
26 - Touch upon troublemaker in Georgia (7) - IMPINGE {IMP}{IN}{GE}
27 - Escapist PC going out for different stretch (6) - SIESTA EScApIST*
28 - Lusty tussle over endless tiff to dull mind (8) - STULTIFY {STUL{TIFf}Y*}
DOWN
1   - Go up again to accept a Supreme Court measure (8) - REASCEND {RE}{A}{SC}{EN}D Anno not clear
2   - A German liberal is stranded (7) - AGROUND {A}{G}{ROUND}
3   - Booted deputy is poor (6) - SHODDY {SHOD}{DY}
4   - Imagine Pitt's good in producing exact likeness (8,5) - SPITTING IMAGE {IMAGINE+PITT'S+G}*
6   - Two girls together to fetch herb (8) - ROSEMARY {ROSE}{MARY}
7   - Professor's first periodical to look at beforehand (7) - PREVIEW {P}{REVIEW}
8   - He gets serious — street to be changed to road (6) - EARNER EARNE(-st+r)R
10 - Rain or shine, this person is prognostic and calculating (13) - METEOROLOGIST [CD]
15 - Under-Secretary to bend to father and cut off life-rent (8) - USUFRUCT {US}{U}{FR}{CUT*}
16 - Loan-giver's concern about fellow online (8) - RECOVERY {RE}{COVE}{RY} Cove and fellow?
18 - Eli away to play ruse in vacation (7) - LEISURE {ELI*}{RUSE*}
20 - Youth and I go around right one in French country (7) - BURUNDI {BU{R}{UN}D}{I}
21 - Staff's hitches? (6) - STICKS [DD]
22 - Sanctuary for man by the railroad (6) - CHAPEL {CHAP}{EL}

GRID


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  1. Anonymous17 December 2011 at 08:34

    16 - Loan-giver's concern about fellow online (8) - RECOVERY {RE}{COVE}{RY} Cove and fellow?

    Cove is used just like 'chap'. For eg: He is a smart cove. Common in PG Wodehouse books.

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  2. Anonymous17 December 2011 at 08:35

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  3. Anonymous17 December 2011 at 08:46

    Post mention here that THC setters do not give manly phrases, unlike Brit setters, Gridman has risen to the occasion and brought in several phrases today

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  4. Padmanabhan17 December 2011 at 11:32

    I could not connect 'cove' from PGW to today's CW like you did and felt bad about it.

    "Usufruct" brought old memories of my father (who no doubt was an advocate) from whom I learned the word.

    enjoyed & smiled at the use of rubber for a masseur- literally his job! I was wondering initially why eraser is not fitting in.

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  5. Padmanabhan17 December 2011 at 11:33

    I am coming across 'el' for a railroad (tram?) for the first time.

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  6. Padmanabhan17 December 2011 at 11:35

    Is 'ge' standard abbreviation for Georgia? I am more used to 'ga' for the U.S.state.

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  7. Suresh17 December 2011 at 11:49

    ge is internet code for Georgia(country)

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  8. Suresh17 December 2011 at 11:51

    Would Coup D'etat better enumerated as (4,1,4)? After all D' is short for de

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  9. Suresh17 December 2011 at 11:59

    el is not a tram. I think it stands for elevated rail.

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  10. Suresh17 December 2011 at 12:06

    1D anno eludes me, Or is something missing in the clue?

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  11. Col_Gopinath17 December 2011 at 12:08

    Padmanabhan,

    See the link provided over the word 'Railroad' in the clue.

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  12. Chaturvasi17 December 2011 at 12:14

    Suresh
    You're right! Just noticed that 'again' is doing double duty in the said clue.

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  13. Suresh17 December 2011 at 12:22

    But CV where does the last D come from

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  14. Chaturvasi17 December 2011 at 12:25

    Ah

    Measure = End (as in object, goal, intention, urpose)

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  15. Chaturvasi17 December 2011 at 12:26

    *purpose)

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  16. Suresh17 December 2011 at 12:29

    Of course. I had no problem with double duties. We are doing it all the time. But did not latch on to this meaning

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  17. Suresh17 December 2011 at 12:30

    Bad punctuation from me as usual. The Of course to be followed by an exclamation mark not fullstop.

    Richard, are you listening?

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  18. Chaturvasi17 December 2011 at 12:32

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  19. Anonymous17 December 2011 at 12:54

    Third day of repeating and intersecting words (or pre-fixes thereof): again and again in 1A and D.

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  20. Bhalchandra Pasupathy17 December 2011 at 12:59

    10A definitely my CoD -- liked the surface and wordplay combination, which appears to be not so convincing in most of the other clues. No problems with the clues themselves though.

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  21. raju umamaheswar17 December 2011 at 15:32

    Kishore:
    I'm late for comments on Friday's crossword. You had wondered about 14 Across :: LEECH LEE for general LEE( must have been a brass hat in some army) and CH for character_ LEECH

    21 Across: SPAT: TAPS in reverse for touches and S for son.

    New words: KARABINER (nothing to do with crabs or carbines or Karbonn cellphones!) and a place: MONTMARTRE
    The annotation for the latter is a bit wonky: MO for Military Officer books for NT -New Testament
    return vehicle for TRAM and E for Engineer.

    Not fair to new solvers , to muddle their minds with places like this.
    24: NEMEI for haloes.
    and lastly, AMRIT is nectar and AMRITA is a nectarine name fro a female.

    Where are we heading for?

    Solvers are bound to ANATHEMATISE Gridman.

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  22. Richard17 December 2011 at 16:38

    Suresh 12:30 Heard you pinging me. By itself, 'of course' becomes an exclamation and hence as you said it should be followed by an exclamation mark, I feel. As a normal part of a sentence it need not. Over to experts.

    16D - Holy Cove! Never thought it could mean a 'fellow'.

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  23. raju umamaheswar17 December 2011 at 16:47

    Tomorrow is the Col's birthday. All ye solvers and bloggers and sloggers do log in and join me in wishing him many happy returns of DECEMBERS in the years to come and sing Tum Jiyo Hazaro saal, saal ke din ke ho pachaas hazaar. May he continue to regale us with his THCC for all the days and years yet to come.

    How he celebrates his birthday may be featured here in the Hindu Crossword Family columns. Any birthday special crossword? From any one?

    GOD bless you, Col-saab!!!

    Since I'll be late in blogging, let me be the first to wish you!

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  24. Richard17 December 2011 at 17:53

    Deepak, wishing you in advance many, many happier returns of the day.

    RU, thanks for keeping us posted. But for your alert, most of us would not have known or remembered his birthday.

    Saluting all members, past and present, of our Armed forces: On Dec 16, VIJAY DIWAS was observed in my hometown here. Please click and read my report on the event.

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  25. Suresh17 December 2011 at 18:45

    Richard, I thought an exclamation mark or two would get the emphasis I wanted. I was trying to say Of course, how stupid of me.

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  26. Suresh17 December 2011 at 18:45

    Quotations missed out in the above

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  27. SOWNDARARAJAN17 December 2011 at 20:41

    Dear Colonel
    Wish you many more happy returns of the day. Thanks to your blog, I have been able to get to the nitty gritty of cryptic crossword solving and has a near 100% of Gridman's treats.

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  28. Chaturvasi17 December 2011 at 20:48

    See the last letter here:

    http://www.outlookindia.com/feedbacks.aspx?typ=100&val=278925&source=published&commentid=28863#28863

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  29. Deepak Gopinath17 December 2011 at 23:26

    Raju, Richard and Sowndararajan,

    Thanks a lot for the good wishes.

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  30. Ramani18 December 2011 at 04:28

    yppah
    yppah
    yppah
    .....
    .....
    .....
    .....

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  31. Bhavan18 December 2011 at 05:24

    Dear Colonel, many more happy returns of the day.

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  32. VP18 December 2011 at 06:29

    Colonel, wishing you a very happy birthday.

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  33. Col_Gopinath18 December 2011 at 08:20

    Ram, Bhavan & VP,

    Thanks a ton for the good wishes

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