Just a 'W' short of a Pangram, if 2D had been aware we would have had one!!
ACROSS
ACROSS
1 - Display of false confidence by Vora — bad flop (7) - BRAVADO*
5 - The patient one, not so important, with no work to do (7) - JOBLESS {JOB}{LESS}
9 - What a struggling, new comedian lacked — an ornament (7,8) - DIAMOND NECKLACE {N+COMEDIAN+LACKED}*
10 - Hear observers spar for a simple cooler (6) - ICEBOX (~eyes){ICE}{BOX}
11 - Obsessive about routine, corps leader flips (8) - NEUROTIC {ROUTINE+C}*
13 - Bring out — about ten pence? That is clear (8) - EXPLICIT {E{X}{P}{LICIT}
13 - Bring out — about ten pence? That is clear (8) - EXPLICIT {E{X}{P}{LICIT}
19 - … blustered about Election Commissioner but withdrew his statement (8) - RECANTED {R{EC}ANTED}
22 - Elaborate action to conceal shadow (8) - DETAILED {DE{TAIL}ED}
24 - Marshbird, losing right, is annoyed (6) - BITTEN BITTErN
27 - Unfurl racist art, curiously relating to basic physical facilities (15) - INFRASTRUCTURAL*
28 - Discomfort of a man accepting All India Service (7) - MALAISE {MAL{AIS}E}
29 - Flaming hair, not that of a Socialist chief necessarily (7) - REDHEAD {RED}{HEAD}
DOWN
1 - Manner expected of a doctor in a plot, right? Maybe (7) - BEDSIDE {BED}{SIDE}
2 - Memorable words from a duke over time (5) - ADAGE {A}{D}{AGE}
3 - Say sorry! (9) - APOLOGIZE or APOLOGISE [E]
4 - Theologist in very large advantage (4) - ODDS {O{DD}S}
5 - Junior engineer made a mistake losing heart and was mocked (6) - JEERED {JE}{ERrED}
6 - He reportedly needs to make a living (5) - BAKER [CD]
7 - Statute made by English people on time to include new deed (9) - ENACTMENT {E}{N}{ACT}{MEN}{T}
8 - Drawing beginning to yellow is incomplete (7) - SKETCHY {SKETCH}{Y}
12 - Seed, very soft one inside (3) - PIP {P{I}P}
14 - Abundant enough to fill up net perhaps (9) - PLENTIFUL*
16 - With incomplete detail, came back wasted (9) - EMACIATED {DETAIl}{CAME}<-
17 - Barrel, weight 2.2 pounds, contains earth (3) - KEG {K{E}G}
18 - Element, one found in churned mud in English river (7) - CADMIUM {CA{DM{I}U*}M}
20 - Suspended and in a corner hemmed in by our TV (7) - DANGLED {D{ANGLE}D}
21 - A nuisance the French found in the kitchen (6) - PESTLE {PEST}{LE}
25 - Minimum number for a crowd? (5) - THREE [CD]
And a Q without an U...
ReplyDeleteJEER reminded me of the usage in respect of Mutts, another word sounding odd when you put it in English
GUAR: I had once done a project on this. Did you know Guar gum has is a fairly large export earner and is used in industries widely varying as food and petroleum drilling....
Pl ignore the 'has' above
DeleteAnother word like JEER is EMBAR.
DeleteA legitimate word in English, it is also knoawn as a prefix with certain names. I recall Sanskrit scholar Embar Vijayaraghavachariar and the mridangist Embar Kannan.
Just now I learn that 'embar' means 'a person who does not know darkness'. Any Sanskrit scholar who can explain it further? Is there any temple dedicated to Embar?
I have been tempted to bring the Indian connection while clueing EMBAR. Don't remember if I have actually done so.
Sir,
DeleteEmbar Kannan is a Violinist
I guess Sankalak is a Chemistry man with a good exposure into textiles related chemistry.
DeleteSome of his clues in each innings will explicitly show this--- such as Guar Gum in today's clue
Apologies to the violinist and my readers.
Delete'Embar' to my knowledge is a title, probably given for proficiency in religious or scriptural matters. It is likely that the descendants of that person may continue to use it as a family title.
ReplyDeleteMore likely! I too was under the impression that Embar could be a little-known village in south India but I have not been able to get any "Google" hit. Has anyone else tried?
DeleteI was under the opinion that EMBAR is a name of a place
ReplyDeleteRe origin of the word 'Embar'
ReplyDeleteplease refer http://www.madhuramangalam.ramanujartemples.net/Embar.htm
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Embar is the shortened word for the Tamil Title "Emperumanar" given to Sri Ramanujacharya.
ReplyDeleteYou can look over here: http://www.trsiyengar.com/id283.shtml
Here is a version received from my friend:
DeleteOn Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Seshadri Srinivasan wrote:
actually embar is thename of an acharya in vaishnava tradition
his descendents have this as prefix
that is all
just as we do swamimalai srinivasan
shirdi sai etc
the word may have a meaning which originally is given to them for qualities
just as rama was given by sage vasishta
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ReplyDelete24A would have sounded better, IMHO, if it had been "Composer,...", instead of marshbird. After all, how many marshbids do we know that are or were annoyed. ;-)
ReplyDeleteSorry for being a newbie to this, but can someone explain the thought process to cracking the 13 across ?
ReplyDeleteBring out = ELICIT
Deleteabout = Indicator for encapsulation
ten = X
pence? = P
That is
clear = Definition = {E{X}{P}}LICIT}
13 - Bring out — about ten pence? That is clear (8) - EXPLICIT {E{X}{P}{LICIT}
ReplyDeleteELICIT - Bring out
ten - X
Pence - P
ELICIT around ten(X) and pence(P) = E(X)(P)LICIT = clear
CS, My thoughts exactly. However, I did not put it here as I felt it might be politically incorrect. After all SK is Praxy's son in law.
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