Thursday 9 August 2012

No 10537, Thursday 09 Aug 12, Textrous

Welcome back Textrous. Wasn't happy with the NW corner.

ACROSS
6   - Agreeable substance (7) - CONTENT [DD]
7   - Excessive interest in American city of yore, close to Albany (5) - USURY {US}{UR}{Y}
9   - Laggards endlessly succeed (4) - NAIL sNAILs
10 - Check bio in thin reprint (10) - INHIBITION {BIO+IN+THIN}*+I Have heard of a third eye, but a fourth one is from where?
11 - Comic about a cleric (8) - CHAPLAIN {CHAPL{A}IN}
13 - Fat, large cask of ale kept in bar (6) - ROTUND [DD] (Addendum - {RO{TUN}D} - See comments)
15 - Bird that’s an ingredient in Teriyaki wings (4) - KIWI [T]
17 - Stupidly tries to take tests again (5) - RESIT*
18 - Constant function has no dependency on time (4) - EVEN EVENt
19 - Father figure not on the dailies (6) - PAPERS {PA}{PERSon}
20 - Overwhelm sister with fruit, after lunchtime (8) - INUNDATE {1}{NUN}{DATE}
23 - After clamour at home, spouse’s place to eat (6,4) - DINING ROOM {DIN}{IN}{G ROOM}
26 - Dry starters from a restaurant in Delhi (4) - ARID {A}{R}{I}{D}
27 - Duck devoured by some wild deer (5) - MOOSE {MO{O}SE*}
28 - Doubt the strong point described by a school of thought (7) - SUSPECT {S{USP}ECT}
DOWN
1   - English fan hoping all plays end in overtime (10) - ANGLOPHILE {HOPING+ALL}*{E}
2   - Yes, this, when infected, leads to eye strain (6) - RETINA [CD] (Addendum - (YES+RETINA = EYE STRAIN) - See comments)
3   - Erode fellow leaves to get stuff (4) - ETCH fETCH
4   - Polish model knocked over in fire explosion (8) - OUTBURST {OU{T}{BUR<-}ST}
5   - Dog abandoned a chase (4) - HUNT HaUNT
6   - Credit crunch has led to a collapse (5) - CRASH {CR}{ASH}
8   - …and you went around English city (7) - YAOUNDE {AND+YOU}*{E}
12 - Die sinking when turning up to protect second generation American (5) - NISEI [T<-]
14 - Study the onset of wilt in potato, but make no progress (5,5) - TREAD WATER {T{READ} {W}ATER}
16 - Poetic movement essentially aims to captivate the wise men (7) - IMAGISM {aI{MAGI}SM*} (Addendum - {aI{MAGIS}Ms} - See comments)
17 - Extended a contract and gave up one’s position (8) - RESIGNED {RE}{SIGNED}
21 - Expose new mother and son entering a European country (6) - UNMASK {U{N}{MA}{S}K}
22 - Shame American isn’t on time! (5) - TAINT {T}{'AINT}
24 - Strong resistance seen in charged particle (4) - IRON {I{R}ON}
25 - Nothing to put into service on the English river (4) - OUSE {O}{USE}

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  1. Anonymous9 August 2012 at 08:31

    2 - Yes, this, when infected, leads to eye strain (6) - RETINA [CD]

    RETINA+YES*=EYE STRAIN*

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  2. Anonymous9 August 2012 at 08:34

    13 - Fat, large cask of ale kept in bar (6) - ROTUND [DD]

    RO(TUN)D

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  3. VMA Nair9 August 2012 at 08:34

    3d reminded of Gridman :-)

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  4. Dr.gayathri Sreekanth9 August 2012 at 08:36

    hi. could any of u please tell me how to change "unknown" to "gayathri"

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    1. Richard9 August 2012 at 11:48

      Now we have the mantra to remember the name.:)

      I am not an expert. But maybe you could try editing your name in the blogger profile.

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    2. Dr.gayathri Sreekanth10 August 2012 at 08:41

      does not get edited.

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  5. gxdxr9 August 2012 at 09:46

    16d is MAGIS (wise men) with IM (essentialy aIMs) around it.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath9 August 2012 at 10:34

      Thanks Mohun

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    2. Shyam9 August 2012 at 10:44

      Isn't MAGUS the singular and MAGI the plural? BTW The Magus is a good composition from Yanni.

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    3. Suresh9 August 2012 at 10:58

      Yes Shyam. This is another error in the puzzle.

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    4. Richard9 August 2012 at 11:54

      In the Christmas tradition, the Magi is the collective name for the Three Wise Men, believed to be Kings from the East - namely Gaspar, Melchior and Balthazar - who came to visit Jesus at his birth. I have never heard of the singular form.

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    5. Richard9 August 2012 at 12:03

      Remembered the short story 'The Gift of the Magi' by O Henry (aka William Sydney Porter). A must-read for married persons.

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    6. Bhalchandra Pasupathy9 August 2012 at 14:41

      Singular form MAGUS is also used. Would recommend Wilbur Smith's series on Taita, the slave turned Magus: 'Warlock', 'The Quest' etc. Great stuff

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    7. Anonymous9 August 2012 at 18:59

      Igreja Três Reis Magos (The Church of The 3 Wise Kings) can be found in Reis Magos, a village across the Mandovi, opposite Panaji. Igreja is the Portuguese word for Church, which becomes Igorje in Konkani and probably is the basis for the Hindi Girijaghar. Magos is earlier reported to have been used for Zoroaster.

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  6. gxdxr9 August 2012 at 09:52

    What is the logic of 4d?

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  7. Suresh9 August 2012 at 10:00

    Thanks to the missing 'I' in 10A this puzzle took an enormous amount of time

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  8. Venkatesh9 August 2012 at 10:09

    Mohun,
    4 Polish model knocked over in fire explosion (8) - OUTBURST {OU{T}{BUR<-}ST}
    polish - RUB
    model - T
    knocked over - REVERSAL INDICATOR
    in
    fire = OUST
    Defn: explosion - {OU(T BUR<-)ST}

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  9. Padmanabhan9 August 2012 at 10:09

    I could not 14D. It was flowing over my head- not just in NW but in all directions!

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  10. Abhi9 August 2012 at 11:20

    Isn't T for model too obscure?

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  11. raju umamaheswar9 August 2012 at 12:26

    UNKNOWN: Some suggestions as alternatives to your monicker: Gaa Yatri: Sing,traveller?

    or a GAY-yaathri? ( Pun not intended)

    or a Joyous traveller?

    or a Gone thrice?

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  12. Bhalchandra Pasupathy9 August 2012 at 14:43

    Cracked this today after considerable time, partly due to the errors or misprints. Also for 9A, I had TAIL(S), but NAIL seems more appropriate

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  13. RameshJ9 August 2012 at 16:03

    I suffered a collapse of the northern grid. Filing in cordial for 6a and nice white spaces all along 10a didn't help.

    I have a question regarding 1d. Why is overtime = e ?


    Over all today's cross word was

    You chose the interred exclamation. (4)

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    1. VP9 August 2012 at 17:16

      "I have a question regarding 1d. Why is overtime = e ?"

      E is from "end in overtime"

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  14. Krishnan9 August 2012 at 16:35

    Ouch ! pretty much sums up my position, cleab bowled.

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  15. Krishnan9 August 2012 at 16:35

    clean bowled I mean :-)

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