Tuesday, 21 August 2012

No.10547, Tuesday 21 Aug 12, Gridman

Gridman continues to be in good touch. I felt the across clues had a high number of charades and CDs but the down clues balanced that out.

ACROSS
1 A very soft condition excluding many gets praise (8) APPLAUSE (A+PP+cLAUSE)
6 Cleanse a U.S. state, in brief (4) WASH (WASHington)
9 Wine crate left smashed (6) CLARET (CRATE+L)*
10 One nurse takes care of girl in U.S. state (7) INDIANA (I+N+DIANA)
13 Spreads in folds (9) INCREASES (IN+CREASES)
14 Nothing green is visible (5) OVERT (O+VERT)
15 Go to the bottom in the kitchen? (4) SINK (DD)
16 Away from Chennai, perhaps, it’s inappropriate (3,2,5) OUT,OF,PLACE (OUT+OF+ CHENNAI (Def by Example))
19 Where one can’t be refused access (5-2-3) RIGHT-OF-WAY (CD)
21 Worn-out American journalist (4) USED (US+ED)
24 Outsider with a right (5) ALIEN (A+LIEN)
25 A dress worn in retirement (9) NIGHTGOWN (CD)
26 Turned into the flesh, as a nail might be (7) INGROWN (E)
27 Everyone, for instance, begins entering claim (6) ALLEGE (ALL+EG+E)
28 Group of people pulling buffoon’s leg in joke (4) GANG (N inside GAG)
29 There has to be some giving up here! (8) YIELDING (E)

DOWN
2 Glutton of a bird? (7) PELICAN (CD)
3 Bird with tail cut perched on the German store (6) LARDER (LARk + DER)
4 In good condition — can inhale tobacco (2,2,5) UP,TO,SNUFF (DD)
5 Sends no radical issues (5) EMITS (rEMITS)
7 American promenade sees boy and a dame exercising (7) ALAMEDA (AL+A+DAME*)
8 Wretched gardener — hint is terrible! (12) HEARTRENDING (GARDENER HINT)*  Amusing two-in-one clue. Either end can serve as the definition and the other as anagram indicator.
11 Downcast deputy hoarding poor returns (6) DROOPY (DY outside POOR<=)
12 Bill’s passage — leisurely walking by the side of trees (5,7) FIRST,READING (TREADING after FIRS)
17 Agreed on a frothy drink (9) ORANGEADE (AGREED ON A)*
18 Good man in attempt shows punch (6) STINGO (ST+IN+GO)
20 Rowdy accepting one new note is in progress (5,2) GOING,ON (GOON outside I,N,G)
22 Japanese commander holds model weapon (7) SHOTGUN (SHOGUN outside T)
23 By the way, idol is relaxed, showing no interest (6) STOLID (ST+IDOL*)
25 Simpleton from hotel in U.S. city (5) NINNY (INN inside NY)


33 comments:

  1. 8 Wretched gardener — hint is terrible! (12) HEARTRENDING (GARDENER HINT)* Amusing two-in-one clue. Either end can serve as the definition and the other as anagram indicator.

    Exactly. B, I was wondering whether you would select the head, tail or both. Kudos

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  2. 7 American promenade sees boy and a dame exercising (7) ALAMEDA (AL+A+DAME*)

    Reminded me of:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Almeida

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  3. difficult one today... discouraged!!! Gridman ... please go easy... good day all. off i go!

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    1. I too missed out on 3. But overall enjoyed.
      Great going Goodman...Oops...I mean, Gridman

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  4. At Coimbatore now after a hectic weekend attending a marriage and reception in Kerala. Will catch up with Raju at dinner tonight at my place, unfortunately Sankalak is not in town or else we would have had a micro-mini S&B.

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  5. Surprised to hear doc's comment. Probably in a hurry to leave for a surgery!I thought most of it would be got in 12A ! It is a different story that I could not get Alameda & stingo. The learning curve continues.

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  6. I am sorry. It should read 12 D.

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  7. 10 One nurse takes care of girl in U.S. state (7) INDIANA (I+N+DIANA)

    I had the anno as I{N{DI}ANA}. Di in Nana

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    1. I thought nurse was nanny, which is why went with I+N+DIANA.

      Does nana also mean nurse?

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    2. I tend to agree with Bhavan.

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    3. Suresh has the anno intended by G.

      For 'nana' - nurse, see 'nanny', rather than 'nana', in Chambers and you will find an entry in parentheses.

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    4. @CV,Were you referring to these?

      nanny /nanˈi/ noun (pl nannˈies)

      A she-goat (also nanny goat)
      A children's nurse, esp specially trained
      A pet name for a grandmother (also nan, nanˈa or nannˈa)

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    5. Yes.

      For a brief moment I got a shock, for the above citation seems to suggest that 'nana' and other words in brackets are only for 'grandmother'.

      However, I looked up! The meaning 'nursemaid' for 'nana' does exist (I am breathing easy) and NYT crossword has used it.

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    6. Few online dictionaries give the 'nurse' meaning for 'nana'. However, I have tracked down at least one reference:

      http://dictionary.infoplease.com/nana

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    7. Sorry, didn't mean to alarm you : )

      I was confused because nana seemed to be applied to grandmother only in Chambers.

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    8. I too had Nana for nurse, just as a guess though, coz just N for nurse seems a bit of a stretch

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  8. Col, with your posting of 2D illustration, we are deprived of Kishore's fare.

    Gridman was more on Sankalak's line today. Enjoyed.

    Looking forward to your post on your "Rendezvous with Raju"

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  9. 9A, looked for the illustration of CLARET JUG of British Open Golf Championship (though not a direct one)

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  10. Nice one today too.

    Today's crossword was :

    Interest perhaps, for say Simon. (6)

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  11. 6 Cleanse a U.S. state, in brief (4) WASH (WASHington)

    Is it in vogue? - usage of WASH as Washington in brief like Cal for California?

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    1. Wash. for Washington is OK.

      American States each have official P.O. abbr. and other abbr.

      The official abbr. for Washington is WA.

      The other is used elsewhere.

      Both abbr. are recorded in The Dell Crossword Dictionary.

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  12. Enjoyed Solving Thanks Gridman.

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  13. Thanks Col: I too am looking forward to the duo-blogging as it is a pity that an otherwise interesting tria-blogging in Sayankala was 'diabolically 'dashed by Sankalak

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  14. Thoroughly enjoying this run from Gridman.
    I had the same doubt about the abbreviation for Washington as noted in the comments. Thanks for the clarification.

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  15. Sometimes, hyphenated words and multiple words are set as single word & vice-versa. May be it is according to my dictionary. I do not use on-line dictionaries. Can someone clarify.

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  16. Vijay,
    I concur with you. Recent Times Concise (in HT) had given ENU for HEART-RENDING as 5-7.
    Gridman might have a reason for the variance.

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