Monday, 2 January 2012

No 10350, Monday 02 Jan 12, Scintillator

My internet is on the blink again so no pictures links or cartoons today. To save time some solutions are from my friends at the Orkut group.
ACROSS
1   - Not having to change choice at local (6) - NATIVE [DD] (Addendum - alterNATIVE - See comments)
4   - Flowers appearing about onset of spring season? (8) - BLOSSOMS {BLO{S}{S}OMS}
9   - They aid in Vista clean-up (6) - WIPERS [CD]
10 - Boss did gad by aimlessly (3,5) - BIG DADDY*
12 - Cryptic information buried in English lecturer's passage (3,5) - EAR CANAL {E{AR CANA}L}
13 - Not finding the end of tunnel in British rule troubled country (6) - BRUNEI {BR}UNEI Anno pending
15 - It is said to stimulate altercations (4) - ROWS [CD]
16 - Foremost thing arranged for newly-weds? (5,5) - FIRST NIGHT {FIRST} {THING*}
19 - Bud gets new life now (10) - SPRINGTIME [CD]
20 - This is a festive season, you will say (4) - YULE(~you'll)
23 - Scrubs some scat — not just mine or yours! (6) - SCOURS {SCat}{OURS}
25 - Gently pour tea, as the male robe loosens (2,6) - BE MOTHER {THE+M+ROBE}*
27 - I had a lad beaten up at feast (2,2-4) - ID AL-AHAD*
28 - Marketplaces in Goa are ransacked (6) - AGORAE*
29 - What could be a revelation this Friday (8) - EPIPHANY [GK]
30 - Following contagious disease, hospital administers liquid (6) - FLUENT {FLU}{ENT} Just hospital?
DOWN
1   - Arey! This is 2012… (3,4) - NEW YEAR {NEW} {AREY*}
2   - Wicked predator on the prowl traps woman (3-6) - TOP DRAWER {TOP DRA{W}ER*}
3   - Raven flying over lake, about 19 Ac. (6) - VERNAL{RAVEN*}{L}
5   - Arabian Moolah comes back home (4) - LAIR <-
6   - Gathering poorly reused books (8) - SEDERUNT {REUSED*}{NT}
7   - Emboldened characters of yore (5) - OLDEN [T]
8   - An artist puts pen on table (7) - STYLIST {STY}{LIST}
11 - One could be a Java expert (7) - BARISTA [CD]
14 - Unfortunate person caught in devilish maelstrom (7) - ISHMAEL [T]
17 - Slip of a southpaw (9) - GAUCHERIE [CD]
18 - Dangerous con — Can he cross the limit? (8) - ENCROACH {EN{CROss}ACH*}
19 - Periodically assesses girlie shows, being standstill (7) - SESSILE {S}{E}{S}{S}{I}{L}{E}
21 - Solemn pledge (7) - EARNEST [DD]
22 - Celebration held up by jet-lag? No problem (6) - PONGAL [T<-]
24 - Certainly a holy animal (5) - OKAPI {OK}{A}{PI}
26 - Actor disguised as Hanks, for the most part (4) - SHAN [T] Actor or singer? (Addendum - KHAN HANKs*- See comments)

GRID

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24 comments:

  1. Anonymous2 January 2012 at 08:30

    1 - Not having to change choice at local (6) - NATIVE [DD]

    (-alter)NATIVE

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  2. Deepak Gopinath2 January 2012 at 08:31

    Thanks Kishore

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  3. Anonymous2 January 2012 at 08:31

    4 - Flowers appearing about onset of spring season? (8) - BLOSSOMS {BLO{S}{S}OMS}

    Also &lit

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  4. Anonymous2 January 2012 at 08:33

    27 - I had a lad beaten up at feast (2,2-4) - ID AL-AHAD*

    ID AL-ADHA*

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  5. Anonymous2 January 2012 at 08:35

    13 - Not finding the end of tunnel in British rule troubled country (6) - BRUNEI {BR}UNEI Anno pending

    RULE-end of tunneL=RUE

    Fodder=B RUE IN=BRUNEI*

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  6. Anonymous2 January 2012 at 08:37

    26 - Actor disguised as Hanks, for the most part (4) - SHAN [T] Actor or singer?

    I entered as CHAN, Jackie, but your anno looks better, Deepak, though your doubt is valid

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  7. SandhyaP2 January 2012 at 08:45

    26 - Actor disguised as Hanks, for the most part (4) - SHAN [T] Actor or singer?

    Actor SHANe (for the most part)West

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  8. Sumit2 January 2012 at 08:46

    26D = KHAN

    Anagram of Hanks - S

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  9. Anonymous2 January 2012 at 09:15

    Bravo, Sumit ! You SUMmed IT up correctly.

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  10. Anonymous2 January 2012 at 09:33

    To paraphrase Kabir:

    Kasturi kundal basai, mriga DhoonDe ban maahi,
    Aise ghat ghat Khan hai, ham sab dekhe naahi.

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  11. Suresh2 January 2012 at 09:47

    How is Top drawer mean wicked?

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  12. Suresh2 January 2012 at 09:48

    Or perhaps it is in the sense of wicked meaning very good.

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  13. Bhalchandra Pasupathy2 January 2012 at 12:36

    Found it tough going today. Constant change of styles throws you off sometimes

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  14. Unknown2 January 2012 at 12:45

    Quite a lot of foreign words.

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  15. Padmanabhan2 January 2012 at 16:14

    Suresh@09.48-
    'predator' is anagram fodder with 'w' of woman getting "top drawer". Lot of iffy stuff.

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  16. Padmanabhan2 January 2012 at 16:15

    I take it wicked is anind.

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  17. Scintillator2 January 2012 at 16:27

    Some intended annos:

    15A: It is said to stimulate altercations (4) - ROWS [CD]

    ROUSE = stimulate, homophone (It is said)

    19 - Bud gets new life now (10) - SPRINGTIME [CD]
    SPRI{N}G TIME(=life), semi-&lit

    29 - What could be a revelation this Friday (8) - EPIPHANY [GK]
    What could be a revelation=def.
    this Friday = Jan 6 = Epiphany

    Padmanabhan
    'On the prowl' is the anag. ind. Wicked = top-drawer, as in 'It is a wicked delivery curling in from outside the off-stump' etc.

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  18. Scintillator2 January 2012 at 16:31

    And before I forget, wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year and all success in er... decrypting my crosswords ;)

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  19. Richard2 January 2012 at 19:13

    Late Latif here - Happy New Year to you all.

    Kishore, ref. yesterday's post, you spotted this one all right, but he won't change his spots.

    As for the other innuendo, well, no words...

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  20. Anonymous2 January 2012 at 20:02

    Hey Richard, the spots in the innuendo were spelling something in Braille ;-)

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  21. Venkatesh2 January 2012 at 21:25

    How is Top drawer mean wicked?

    An easy answer.
    'wick'ed = candle
    (kept in Top Drawer)
    Top Drawer is the highest drawer of a bedroom chest of drawers, where Victorian gentry kept their most valuable items - jewellery, best clothes, scented candles, etc and has therefore come to mean 'Of the best quality' or 'of the highest social standing'.

    Anno: PREDATOR* traps Woman
    (on the prowl - AnagrInd)
    Defn: wicked TOP-DRA(W)ER*

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  22. Venkatesh2 January 2012 at 21:31

    Correction:

    A search shows that WICKED in slang is used for Excellent; awesome or masterful (as in That was a wicked guitar solo)

    Hence, its use to indicate TOP-DRAWER.

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  23. Anonymous2 January 2012 at 21:48

    That sense of wicked is a Boston thing, or a US thing to be general, unless I'm mistaken.

    And then there's today's theme: seasons and The Season.

    I must say I found the surfaces quite a smooth read: No overly long sentences and maintaining a little humour.

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  24. VP3 January 2012 at 02:15

    Happy new year all ...

    Am solving and checking the blog at odd times due to travel ...

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