Monday 13 August 2012

No 10540, Monday 13 Aug 12, Sankalak

As delightful as Sankalak normally is.

ACROSS
1   - Go with a group of soldiers, about hundred (9) - ACCOMPANY {A}{C}{COMPANY}
5   - Large tree at the seaside reported (5) - BEECH (~beach)
8   - Open it to get some air? (5,3) - MUSIC BOX ? (Addendum - [CD] - See comments)
9   - Two-wheeler loses a duck? Get a duck (6) - SCOTER SCOoTER
11 - I am in Michigan? Or in Florida! (5) - MIAMI {M{I}{AM}I}
12 - Dusk, time to halt fling anyhow (9) - NIGHTFALL*
13 - Designer of famous hut for nine constituents, including Hitler guard (6) - NISSEN {NI{SS}EN*}
14 - Convict who, with but one change, became a purveyor of venom (8) - POISONER {P(-r+o)OISONER}
16 - Election drive, maybe, beginning to cause a member pain reportedly (8) - CAMPAIGN {C}{A}{MP}{AIGN}(~pain) 'P' on double duty (Addendum - {C}{A}{M}{PAIGN}(~pain) - See comments)
18 - Result of gene change, dog eating a piece of nougat (6) - MUTANT {MUT{A}{N}T}
22 - Drunkard Albert, cool one, caught embracing Henry (9) - ALCOHOLIC {AL}{CO{H}OL}{1}{C}
23 - Summary of what went before fast bowler returned (5) - RECAP <-
24 - With renewed hope, engineer finds girl (6) - PHOEBE {HOPE*}{BE}
25 - Source of vitamin A for ailing ace tenor (8) - CAROTENE*
26 - Old official gets direction to change direction from east to west (5) - REEVE {REEV}{E}<-
27 - London Tower guard, with exploit close to debacle, sunk in drink (9) - BEEFEATER {BEE{FEAT}{E}R}
DOWN
1   - Soldiers, my people, follow a leader of rectitude (4,3) - ARMY MEN {A}{R}{MY} {MEN}
2   - Clothes, not for a black tie affair, … (7) - CASUALS [CD]
3   - … need not be cleaned manually (7-8) - MACHINE WASHABLE [CD]
4   - Money to be paid for an elevation (6) - AMOUNT{A}{MOUNT}
5   - A banqueter’s cook ordered to return to where he began (4,2,6,3) - BACK TO SQUARE ONE*
6   - Board the express perhaps (7) - ENTRAIN [CD]
7   - He is used to obstacles in his sporting career! (7) - HURDLER [CD]
10 - Cold weather home — one grand facility! (5) - IGLOO {1}{G}{LOO}
15 - The Italian in advanced years, but nimble (5) - AGILE {AG{IL}E}
16 - Sound of thunder made by means of the striker in the bell (7) - CLAPPER {CLAP}{PER}
17 - Possibly a bacterium Robert found in rodents (7) - MICROBE {MIC{ROB}E}
19 - Very old but with a nice tan somehow (7) - ANCIENT*
20 - The best equipment that makes for fast movement in cars (3,4) - TOP GEAR [DD]
21 - Glacial episode of the past reportedly observes time (3,3) - ICE AGE (~eyes){ICE}{AGE}



Attendees of S & B V had a whale of a time. Photographs can be seen at he THCC Families blog (link on the left). For those lazy to go to the left here is the link S & B V

32 comments:

  1. 5a reminded me of an old Hindi joke on why the stretch of sand along the coast is called a beach:

    क्योंकि वोह सड़क और समुन्दर के बीच में हैं

    24a reminded me of

    A certain young man named Bill Beebee
    Was in love with a lady named Phoebe.
    "But," he said "I must see
    What the clergyman's fee
    Be before Phoebe be Phoebe Beebee.

    Which brings me to notice Beebee when written in Hindi makes her the wife.

    A coincidence: First across in the Guardian Quick today is BEEF and here the last across is BEEFEATER

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    1. Nice poem Kishore Sir.

      The only other Phoebe I know is from the sitcom FRIENDS - Phoebe Buffay

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    2. Sir kaTaa sakte hain, lekin, sar jhuka sakte nahin.

      Forget the Sir, Sujeet. Yup, Friends was a nice sitcom.

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  2. 8 - Open it to get some air? (5,3) - MUSIC BOX ?

    Perfectly correct. A CD. Air=music/songs.

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  3. Attendees of S & B V had a whale of a time.

    The ref to whale was not lost on me.

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  4. music box, army men, beefeater and phoebe were impossible to find. thanks to anagrammar.com, i found the rest. off to work. ciao. good day all.

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    1. Reg changing your display name, did you try "Dashboard -> Blogger Profile -> Edit Profile -> Display Name" ?
      I have done this in the past and it worked for me.

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    2. Gayathri,

      VP has told you how to tackle 'Rocket Science'!!

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    3. Gayathri is lucky to be learning Rocket Science from Verner von Prawn !

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  5. Excellent puzzle.

    16 - Election drive, maybe, beginning to cause a member pain reportedly (8) - CAMPAIGN {C}{A}{MP}{AIGN}(~pain) 'P' on double duty

    I don't think so. M = Member (of)

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    1. or initial letters of Cause a member
      and pain reportedly ?

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    2. I think Bhavan's explanation is more appropriate. The word 'a' has only one letter. So there's no question of initial letter

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  6. Tks for the great photos on fb, Gita

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  7. And of course the photos on the blog.

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  8. Today's crossword was :

    A kind of drive ahead for being on the level. (15)

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  9. nice as always. The straightforward definitions make some of them dead giveaways, but the wordplay is enjoyable

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  10. A SANKALAK means a great morning for an amateur like me. :)

    Still could never guess MUSIC BOX & BEEFEATER. :(

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  11. Kishore, You really got an apt T shirt from Lloyd.

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    1. Yup, he asked me why I chose that one and my answer was:

      1. Lateral thinking puzzles, by definition, are " more than meets the eye"
      2. > meets I
      3. When I look down at the expanse below my neck, I can see my initial K (as also when I stand in front of a mirror)

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  12. 3-D Initially, i got into into tangle, as i solved it as WASHING-MACHINES.

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    1. Same here till I put 1A and it fell into place...

      Could crack most of the clues today for a change.
      Sriram

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  13. Thanks for the photos, Col. If I'd known how my work was scheduled prior to the weekend earlier, I could have made it to Bangalore earlier. Tough luck. So what was the talk/CW gossip from this time? ;-)

    Nice work with the welcoming board, Kishore! Did you watch the Perseids?

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    1. Cloud cover precluded all astronomical observations, save the stars who came visiting.

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    2. How about Lloyd's star. Couldn't figure it out.

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    3. Still stuck on that one: My go was Ringo Starr,but this was negatived.

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