Friday 29 June 2012

No. 10502, Friday 29 Jun 12, Gridman

Gridman on an extended run. The only puzzle in recent memory where I didn't have to look anything up in a dictionary or the internet. 5 answers were in the plural which dimmed the pleasure by a teeny bit, but it was enjoyable nonetheless.

ACROSS
8 See group going gaga over Freudian conscience (5-3) SUPER-EGO   (SEE GROUP)*
9 Note on connection (6) RECORD   (RE + CORD)
10 Man in throes over the patriotic song (6) ANTHEM  (MAN* outside THE)

11 Shakespeare's play now uppermost in good student's objective (8) LEARNING (LEAR + N + IN + G)
12 Does it encourage high thoughts in a building? (8) ELEVATOR (CD)
13 Ultimate bard in silly interpretation of charming poems (6) IDYLLS (D inside SILLY*)
14 Part of the base of a building laid ceremonially (10,5) FOUNDATION,STONE (E)
18 Let it all out in a police order? (4,2) OPEN, UP (DD)
20 Introduces ace in midday meals (8) LAUNCHES (A inside LUNCHES)
23 Br(branch)anch (3,2,3) ARM,IN,ARM Not sure how to qualify this. The wordplay was clear enough, but without a definition it feels incomplete.

24 Sorry fellows holding large punishment devices (6) RULERS (RUERS holding L)
25 These are leaders of India doing little except relax serenely (6) IDLERS (Acrostic)
26 Annoying turning point? (8) CROSSING (DD)

DOWN 
1 Passage let nun out (6) TUNNEL (LET NUN)*
2 Modern asylum in US city (3,5) NEW, HAVEN (NEW + HAVEN)

3 The man and learner assembled head—covering (6) HELMET (HE + L + MET)
4 Tact in disbursing US money? (6,9) DOLLAR, DIPLOMACY (CD)
5 Chef's principal point in food-making (8) CREATION (C + E inside RATION)

6 Tin in enclosure is meagre (6) SCANTY  (CAN inside STY)
7 Old US president open about endless rule (8) FRANKLIN (FRANK + LINe)
15 If things are__, they are being displayed (2,6) ON,PARADE (E)
16 Praise computer program on stated statutes (8) APPLAUSE (APP + ~LAWS)
17 Slick hit turns out to be problematic (8) TICKLISH (SLICK HIT)*
19 One son leaving session repelled sounds (6) NOISES (SEsSION)<-
21 Destroy poor manifestation in Union Territory (6) UPROOT (POOR* inside UT)
22 Making mistake, removing head from fish (6) ERRING (hERRING)

17 comments:

  1. 23 Br(branch)anch (3,2,3) ARM,IN,ARM

    B, your illustration reminded me of the octupuses getting married. They went down the aisle arm in arm in arm in arm...

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  2. G7 is now on par with MM and about to overtake NJ shortly in the labels section here.

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  3. Just thought I'd point out re: 7 Down- Benjamin Franklin, although he was a founding father of the USA, was never president. Many think he was, maybe due to his prominent appearance on the hundred dollar bill! Cheers....

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    1. I thought the reference was to Franklin Roosevelt although it is conventional to use their surname more than first names.

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    2. How about Franklin Roosevelt?

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  4. Had a good laugh imagining octopuses getting married !!
    G7 for Gridman? Did not have a clue to this one. Looks like Sankalak may do it earlier.

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    1. G7 for Gridman's seventh in this run

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    2. Nice one, Kishore. I only knew the case of my friend Jeevan, for whom I had coined G1.

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  5. 14A and 15D are both easy clues,which have no place in a cryptic CW. But all THC compilers, bar none, use these to cut down on their cluing effort.

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  6. They too need to relax sometimes.

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  7. In my opinion, after Manna & NJ departed 'old' setters are getting lengthier stint.
    Also, few days back, GRIDMAN commented in 'ORKUT' THC editors are listening to us on spacing. Hope, they settle on one page too!

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  8. Bhavan, 25A is an (semi-) &lit, no? ;-)

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    1. Navneeth, didn't want to mark it like that fearing libel :)

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  9. I know i am a day late but can someone give the annotation for 9 A ?

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    1. Note = Record
      on = Re (as in 'about' or 'concerning' or 'in reference to')
      connection = cord (as in something that ties)

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