Saturday, 31 March 2012

No 10425, Saturday 31 Mar 12, Buzzer

ACROSS
1   - They are usually the first ones to greet a house guest (7,4) - WELCOME MATS [CD]

SEE THIS CARTOON

9   - Hue and cry about public relations in retrospect (6) - PURPLE {PU{RP<-}LE}
10 - Buns stuffed with clean fish fillets (8) - ROLLMOPS {ROLL{MOP}S}
11 - Discover lost ancient city directly below… (5) - NEATH uNEArTH
12 - …and be off to find missing…. (3,4) - GET LOST {GET} {LOST}
13 - …rich variety of Bantu and… (8) - ABUNDANT*
15 - …traces of other kindred aborigines, peculiar insect species and animals (6) - OKAPIS {O}{K}{A}{P}{I}{S}
16 - Dwelling in explicit riches, one is still sour (6) - CITRIC [T]
18 - Game of backing a bad actor, no good in the long run (3-5) - MAH JONGG {MAH<-} {JO{NG}G}
20 - Slogged wildly on the golf course (7) - DOGLEGS*
21 - Doctor struggling without sister in Kashmir (5) - HAKIM KAsHMIr*
22 - Miss to err, man to mind and object to it? (8) - HYPONYMS [E] (Addendum - SYNONYMS [E] - See comments)
23 - Star sign containing a shrew (6) - VIRAGO {VIR{A}GO}
24 - Looks like eating soft fruit can somehow end in bellyache (11) - APPEARANCES {A{P}{PEAR}{CAN*}{E}S}
DOWN
2   - Justify why new wife is beautiful? (7) - EXPLAIN {EX}{PLAIN}
3   - Languages test in dictation (5) - CZECH (~check) Why the plural?
4   - Ideal husband is marginally muscular and perfect (2,5) - MR RIGHT {MusculaR} {RIGHT}
5   - Gumdrop for a child! (4,5) - MILK TOOTH [CD]
6   - Lottery machine accepts million note? First-class (7) - TOMBOLA {TO{M}{B}OL}{A}
7   - Ignore redesigned brand until I say (4,1,5,3) - TURN A BLIND EYE {BRAND+UNTIL}* {EYE}(~i)
8   - An exact replica of Pieta's head in modelling picture (8,5) - SPITTING IMAGE {S{P}ITTING} {IMAGE}
14 - Original produced by artist, a revolutionary sort (9) - ARCHETYPE {AR}{CHE}{TYPE}
17 - Soldiers unit to overcome setback (7) - REGROUP {RE}{GROUP}
18 - Wrongly surmise one will treat badly (7) - MISUSER*
19 - Strong timber obtained from polished teak or elm primarily (3,4) - OAK TREE {TEAK+OR+Elm*}
21 - Bear has new shelter (5) - HAVEN {HAVE}{N}

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15 comments:

  1. Chaturvasi31 March 2012 at 08:38

    Re cartoon at 1a:

    Am wondering why the caption isn't "Oh, bother!".

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  2. Nadathur Rajan31 March 2012 at 09:15

    Here is another ribald clue, this time from Guardian, of the type that Cv had commented on:

    Figure out place to have sex (8)


    Guardian also carried this Genius puzzle #58 by Enigmatist which had the longest single solution (covering all Across spaces) clued in:

    21,14,25,8,29,17,1,9,31,27,33,11 Moving description of ponderous character from "Lear" given dazzling leading feature (6,2,7,6,6,4,2,8,7,3,5,3,4,2,6,2,8,4,1,5,2,3,4-4,4,2,6)

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    1. Suresh31 March 2012 at 12:06

      Devilish one, this last one. I do not see the puzzle on the site.

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    2. Suresh31 March 2012 at 12:08

      Found it. Now to figure out

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    3. raju umamaheswar31 March 2012 at 13:32

      Nadathur Rajan:

      Which Guardian? the Hindu reproduction? or the Original Guardian ? How does one get the original? Must be very interesting to get through?! Pun unintended.!!

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    4. Suresh31 March 2012 at 13:34

      Just go to the Guardian website and you will get the link to their crosswords

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  3. Padmanabhan31 March 2012 at 09:58

    22A-
    I am not able to figure out the connection between 'hyponym' and the clue. Can you pl. explain?

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    1. Col_Gopinath31 March 2012 at 10:19

      Padmanabhan,

      Look up the meaning of Hyponym, link has been provided over the word in the main post.

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    2. Bhavan31 March 2012 at 10:29

      The intended answer was SYNONYMS clued as a defn by example(s)

      Regarding 3Dn, the plural is a work of printer's devilry.

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    3. Suresh31 March 2012 at 10:44

      I had Synonyms too. But Hyponyms also works well, maybe better

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    4. Suresh31 March 2012 at 10:45

      But I will not challenge the setter's intention.

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    5. Deepak Gopinath31 March 2012 at 14:24

      Thanks Bhavan

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  4. Padmanabhan31 March 2012 at 12:11

    10A-

    Coincidence. This word has been clued as "dish of herring fillet" in today's quick CW in Hindu Metroplus in Chennai. ( from Guardian)

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  5. Nadathur Rajan31 March 2012 at 18:51

    Slowly it wanders, pauses, creeps,--
    Anon it sparkles, flashes, and leaps;
    And ever as onward it gleaming goes
    A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws.

    Source: The poem - The Dong with a Luminous Nose
    from "LAUGHABLE LYRICS" - A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc.
    by EDWARD LEAR

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    1. Suresh31 March 2012 at 22:40

      I saw the answer on the Guardian site. Not much chance that I would have got it.

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