Tuesday 31 July 2012

No.10529, Tuesday 31 Jul 12, Neyartha

On the whole it was natural that this puzzle was real complex but there was nothing imaginary or irrational.

ACROSS
7 Intended recipient of the Galaxy guide? (10) HITCHHIKER (CD)
9 Vocal pitch of a type of number (4) REAL (~REEL)
10 Removed the last letter? (8) DETAILED (DE-TAILED)
11 A short sleep for the animal’s not a problem at first (6) CATNAP (CAT + N+A+P)
12 Beer found in royal retreat (5) LAGER (REGAL<-)
13 Healthy snack, a New Zealand product? (4,5) KIWI,FRUIT (KIWI + FRUIT)
14 Ordinary type of number (7) NATURAL (E)
17 In remorse over Romeo’s censored number (7) INTEGER (IN + REGrET<-)
20 Fabric kept behind the weapon is explosive (9) GUNCOTTON (COTTON after GUN)
22 Rudely mistook docility and missed the point (5) ICILY (doCILIty)*
25 Letters from the Coonoor dealer about a trying experience (6) ORDEAL (T)
26 Introduction to a poor glue blend (8) PROLOGUE (POOR GLUE)*
27 Swear during the discussion (4) CUSS (T)
28 Fancy fen creeper was destroyed (10) PREFERENCE (FEN CREEPER)*

DOWN
1 Pictures of the revolutionary men employed by the secret service (6) CINEMA (MEN<- inside CIA)
2 Opening on the radio for a type of number (5) WHOLE (~HOLE)
3 Crash helmet foolishly disliked by Edward was discarded (4,3) SKID,LID (DISLIKeD)*
4 King entertained by a party number (8) FRACTION (R inside FACTION)
5 Author’s right to get rid of the first letter from the server (6) WRITER (W{-a}{+R}ITER)
6 Journal depot (8) MAGAZINE (DD)
8 Heartless rep sold off a malfunctioning parachute to the French country house (7) CHATEAU (pArACHUTE)*
15 Colour of alcoholic drink containing iodine from the fish tank (8) AQUARIUM (AQUA + RUM outside I)

16 Bet about the European going north with the animal (8) ANTELOPE (ANTE outside POLE<-)
18 Ring found in the old city was lost in a paddock (7) ENCLOSE (ENCLOSurE)
19 Type of number to pressurize the Oriental to go down and vote (7) COMPLEX (COMP{-e}L{+E} + X)
21 Line worthy of an umpire’s attention? (6) CREASE (E)
23 Meal taken around a fire (6) LAUNCH (LUNCH outside A)
24 Unknown substitute for the bridge player in recess is also a sportsperson (5) BOXER (BO{-w}{+X}ER)
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25 comments:

  1. Anonymous31 July 2012 at 08:33

    14 Ordinary /type of number (7) NATURAL (E)

    I took this as a DD

    Nice puzzle. I was getting numb and number...

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    1. Bhavan31 July 2012 at 09:03

      I was unsure how to classify this clue but DD is a good fit.

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  2. Dr.gayathri Sreekanth31 July 2012 at 08:38

    i find neyartha s clues difficult.i find gridman and sankalak to be far easier.

    BTW, is Neyartha an anagram of Athreyan?? just wondering. :)

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    1. Lalitha31 July 2012 at 09:44

      Athreyan - anagram of Neyartha - nice comment !

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    2. D.Srinivasan31 July 2012 at 11:45

      Lalithaji, Your Kola(m)veri blog is excellent.

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  3. Venkatesh31 July 2012 at 08:42

    New post by Shuchi today at CW unclued (link on left panel).

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  4. Padmanabhan31 July 2012 at 10:06

    A complex number ( 'pun'ned by Kishore)!

    How does radio fit into 2D?

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    1. Col_Gopinath31 July 2012 at 10:23

      Radio is the homophone indicator

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    2. Chaturvasi31 July 2012 at 10:54

      Actually it is "on the radio".

      When something is on the radio, you hear it.

      Our auditors such as Suresh, Kishore and others do it all the time.

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    3. Padmanabhan31 July 2012 at 11:46

      Thank you Col. & CV.

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  5. Chaturvasi31 July 2012 at 10:55

    And if they have heard something, it must be of some falsification, I suppose.

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    1. Suresh31 July 2012 at 11:29

      A good auditor would hear what is not said.

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    2. Anonymous31 July 2012 at 11:43

      I used to be an auditor with an auditory problem, so I gave up the profession...

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    3. Suresh31 July 2012 at 11:49

      Right. Now we do the talking and the judges do the hearing.

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  6. RameshJ31 July 2012 at 11:24

    Loved 23D. For 13A spent some time figuring if mini idlis had made it to the English language and if so how to export it from New Zealand :)

    My take on today's crossword

    Again grind corn in beef essence. (6)

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  7. Chaturvasi31 July 2012 at 11:56

    MINI IDLIS ! LOL.

    Be assured that IDLI has figured in THC.

    Gridman has had:

    In all probability Enid likes South Indian breakfast dish (4)

    Eleven, between them, have a great number of this dish (4)

    I think others like Sankalak too have clued IDLI but I don't have a searchable dB for all THCs.

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  8. Chaturvasi31 July 2012 at 12:07

    If any crossword enthusiast here thinks he or she can set a full-fledged 15x standard blocked crossword like the ones that usually appear in the paper and can sustain the supply at the frequency of one per month, please contact me.

    chaturvasi{at}yahoo{dot}com

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    1. Bhalchandra Pasupathy31 July 2012 at 13:43

      be happy to

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    2. Navneeth31 July 2012 at 16:59

      So, is the roster being extended or is a regular taking leave? ;-)

      As for today's crossword: on the whole, preferable to and easier than yesterday's. (Not that those two conditions always go hand-in-hand.)

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  9. raju umamaheswar31 July 2012 at 12:53

    Kishore: On yesterday's plushy comment of yours plus 1, I'm nonplussed ! please unplus me.You were ne plus ultra !!

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    1. Anonymous31 July 2012 at 13:37

      +1 is used as a comment in support of the previous comment. So, in essence I was supporting the previous comment, i.e. increasing the number of votes for it by 1. Our friends here have used this quite frequently in the past.

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  10. raju umamaheswar31 July 2012 at 17:43

    merci

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  11. Venkatesh31 July 2012 at 19:14

    @ Raju,
    Advanced greetings for your birthday coming up this Sunday.

    @ CV,
    Sankalak had set this clue involving IDLI in 10467:
    Popular breakfast item not good when not working (6) {IDLI}{NG}

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  12. raju umamaheswar31 July 2012 at 22:43

    Venkatesh: Thanks for your kind sentiments for my birthday on 5th Aug. You're the first one to greet me from the HCC. God bless you.

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