Wednesday 25 July 2012

No 10524, Wednesday 25 Jul 12, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - This driver’s charges are neat (8) - HERDSMAN [CD]
6   - Knot put together in a backward movement (4) - LOOP <-
9   - Disbeliever said to be affording great views (6) - SCENIC (~cynic)
10 - One who travels to see 9 spots (7) - TOURIST [CD]
13 - He donned a transformation like Captain Hook (3-6) - ONE-HANDED*
14 - Took a picture of captured animal (5) - OKAPI [T]
15 - The present month in Axminster (4) - INST [T]
16 - Not what a giant would use? (5,5) - SMALL THING [CD]
19 - Lost bearings at geographic area in North America (5,5) - GREAT BASIN*
21 - Decoration for ulimately fearless sailor (4) - STAR {S}{TAR}
24 - Article thanks to the Greek character (5) - THETA {THE}{TA}
25 - Commander-in-Chief takes a moment to exhibit scar (9) - CICATRICE {CIC}{A}{TRICE} Abbreviation for Commander-in-Chief is would normally be 'C-in-C'
26 - Girl eager for cotton cloth (7) - NANKEEN {NAN}{KEEN}
27 - Unnamed fool has appeal for unusual object (6) - ODDITY {nODD{IT}Y}
28 - Consul kindless in imprisoning brood (4) - SULK [T]
29 - Glass boat? (8) - SCHOONER [DD]
DOWN
2   - Beats children reportedly, with former lover to the fore (7) - EXCEEDS {EX}{CEEDS}(~seeds)
3   - Kind of sound Dan let out (6) - DENTAL*
4   - Guy, first to arrive, with one — a nut (9) - MACADAMIA {MAC}{ADAM}{I}{A}
5   - Well-known refusal by Times’s top journalist (5) - NOTED {NO}{T}{ED}
7   - Japanese art involving manyfold paperwork (7) - ORIGAMI [GK]
8   - Gent erupting violently at golf course (7,5) - PUTTING GREEN* Like me!!
11 - German subs moving about on this end of sea (1-5) - U-BOATS {U-BOAT*}{S}
12 - Managing various notes on small means of finishing touches to a building (6,6) - COPING STONES {COPING} {STONE*}{S}
17 - A garment one can chill on to? After a fashion! (9) - LOINCLOTH*
18 - Good man’s fear about attack (6) - STRAFE {ST}{FEAR*}
20 - Learnt afresh about extremely stable immortal (7) - ETERNAL {ET{E}RNAL*}
22 - Name I left for the man’s prickly plant (7) - THISTLE {Ti{HIS}TLE}
23 - Drawing room? (6) - STUDIO [E]
25 - Hundred individuals fetch traffic markers (5) - CONES {C}{ONES}

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28 comments:

  1. Anonymous25 July 2012 at 08:31

    When CV first met me he gave me can of Mauna Loa 4As. Talk of carrying coals to Newcastle!

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    1. Suresh25 July 2012 at 12:14

      Another cryptic clue from Kishore?

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    2. Anonymous25 July 2012 at 14:32

      Simple: It is giving nuts to a nut!

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    3. Suresh25 July 2012 at 15:11

      Oh God!

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    4. Padmanabhan25 July 2012 at 16:34

      Kishore always poses the problem first and solves it himself(who else can?) when someone ( it is mostly Suresh or myself) asks for the solution!

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  2. Anonymous25 July 2012 at 08:32

    26 - Girl eager for cotton cloth (7) - NANKEEN {NAN}{KEEN}

    Spillover from Monday's haberdashery?

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    1. Padmanabhan25 July 2012 at 09:58

      You left out the loincloth!

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    2. Richard25 July 2012 at 19:54

      Gosh! As they say the undertaker is the last person to let you down, that is the last one to be dropped! :)

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  3. Dr.gayathri Sreekanth25 July 2012 at 08:38

    Hindu crossword is "okapi" obsessed. :)

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    1. Anonymous25 July 2012 at 08:49

      Better than starting the morning with no kaapi.

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    2. Krishnan25 July 2012 at 09:35

      This link would be of interest : http://crosswordtracker.com/answer/okapi/

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    3. Richard25 July 2012 at 12:35

      Who holds the kaapiright over it?

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  4. Suresh25 July 2012 at 09:30

    Today's crossword was, say, bull. Enjoyed it.

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  5. VMA Nair25 July 2012 at 10:30

    :-)

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  6. VMA Nair25 July 2012 at 10:57

    11 d . End ?

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    1. Suresh25 July 2012 at 11:23

      Yes. Either end is an end

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    2. Suresh25 July 2012 at 11:24

      And the clue also specifies 'this end'

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    3. Unknown25 July 2012 at 11:39

      This end of Sea. The other end would be A I suppose

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    4. VMA Nair25 July 2012 at 11:40

      Thanks Suresh

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    5. Unknown25 July 2012 at 11:43

      In 24a why is TA thanks
      PS: just to set expectations right I am not an expert at this. Today's I was 4 clues short which I consider great achievement :-)

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    6. VMA Nair25 July 2012 at 11:54

      Thanks Again ;-)

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    7. Suresh25 July 2012 at 12:11

      Nagesh, You will find this meaning in any standard Dictionary

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  7. Raghav25 July 2012 at 11:32

    Can someone explain the anno for 27A

    unusual object = oddity
    nit = fool
    nameless fool = it

    but what about "oddy" and appeal?

    thanx

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    1. VMA Nair25 July 2012 at 11:37

      fool=noddy
      unnamed means without n.so it becomes oddy
      appeal =it
      has = insertion indicator

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    2. Suresh25 July 2012 at 11:39

      Noddy = fool Nameless makes it Oddy

      It = appeal (sex appeal)

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  8. Navneeth25 July 2012 at 16:59

    I'm not a fan of 16A. A bit vague, I thought, despite getting the answer fairly quickly.

    And 9A is a bit of stretch, both figuratively and literally. ;-)

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  9. Suresh25 July 2012 at 17:46

    Right. Scenic does stretch a bit.

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  10. Padmanabhan25 July 2012 at 19:21

    a bit?

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