Wednesday 5 September 2012

No 10560, Wednesday 05 Sep 12, Mover

Mover has moved away from his pet anagrams in todays opener.

ACROSS
1   - Kulfi set differently for this Nordic dish (8) - LUTEFISK* Thanks to Google
5   - Put an end to liquor (6) - SCOTCH [DD]
10 - Cotton material dug out back (5) - DENIM <-
11 - Lets siren rip ears (9) - LISTENERS*
12 - Throbbed after former spouse went on at length (9) - EXPOUNDED {EX}{POUNDED}
13 - Villain assimilating male insect (5) - IMAGO {I{M}AGO}
14 - Corners English in Spain (6) - ANGLES [DD]
15 - Cob and pen before each port (7) - SWANSEA {SWANS}{EA}
18 - Scans book quiet queen employs (7) - PERUSES {P}{ER}{USES}
20 - Seabird given a laudatory review in (6) - PUFFIN {PUFF}{IN}
22 - Muscle or tendon growth is in remission (5) - SINEW {SI<-}{NEW}
24 - Sucrose fruit candy (9) - SUGARPLUM {SUGAR}{PLUM} Yum!!
25 - Privileges taken by cads? (9) - LIBERTIES [CD]
26 - Muslim cleric spoiling high class meal (5) - ULEMA {U}{MEAL*}
27 - Thin mast to the southeast (6) - SPARSE {SPAR}{SE}
28 - Snails set oddly to hold freight (8) - ESCARGOT {ES{CARGO}T*} Yuk!!!
DOWN
1   - He is taken in (6) - LODGER [CD]
2   - Kitchen gadget may expose spam (3,6) - TIN OPENER [CD]
3   - “Hey Ram!” for example; there is nothing more to be said (6,4,5) - FAMOUS LAST WORDS [CD]
4   - Strong American coin (7) - SOLIDUS {SOLID}{US}
6   - Could be HIJKLMNO for water (8,7) - CHEMICAL FORMULA {HtoO}
7   - Character from Greece or the borders of Tanzania (5) - THETA {THE{TanzaniA}
8   - Struggling hood raps Ottoman governor (8) - HOSPODAR*
9   - Whispers, as before Caesar’s big date (6) - ASIDES {AS}{IDES}
16 - Long story before German mountain movie maker (9) - SPIELBERG {SPIEL}{BERG}
17 - Preachers with a topless wacko (8) - APOSTLES*
19 - Songbird relative follows another (6) - SISKIN {SIS}{KIN}
20 - Mythical horse pages us in confusion (7) - PEGASUS*
21 - Effect mischievous boy has on law (6) - IMPACT {IMP}{ACT}
23 - Knitted scarf from old Nile kingdom (5) - NUBIA [DD]

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  1. Anonymous5 September 2012 at 08:32

    28 - Snails set oddly to hold freight (8) - ESCARGOT {ES{CARGO}T*} Yuk!!!

    Reminds me of ole Hank in the Man who knew too much...

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    1. Suresh5 September 2012 at 09:27

      Pure vegetarians have attested to this being a tasty dish even as a first time exploit into non-vegeterianism.

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    2. Anonymous5 September 2012 at 15:15

      sumbdy pls tell me whats (DD)and (CD)given at the end of each soltn.

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    3. Richard5 September 2012 at 17:47

      You will find the answers in the list on the left hand side of the page under 'Annotations'.

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  2. Anonymous5 September 2012 at 08:35

    Please ref to conversation between Hank and the Frenchman at:

    http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/wiki/Scripts:_The_Man_Who_Knew_Too_Much_%28final_draft,_07/May/1955%29_-_page_1

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  3. Krishnan5 September 2012 at 08:36

    Good morning all. Enjoyed the puzzle..came across lutefisk, hospodar for the first time.

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  4. Dr.gayathri Sreekanth5 September 2012 at 08:36

    loved the THC today.yum and yuck comments brought a smile here. three cheers to Mover. but for 3-4, i pretty much solved the whole thing
    good day all. :)

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  5. David Dobson5 September 2012 at 08:39

    Nice puzzle today. Managed to get through it quickly on my first free day in a while.

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  6. David Dobson5 September 2012 at 08:40

    Oh, and by the way - escargots ? YUM!!!!

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    1. Anonymous5 September 2012 at 08:50

      One man's yum is another man's yuk!

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  7. Richard5 September 2012 at 08:45

    Hello everybody

    Challenge in part and the rest was fun. Got all, except 8D.

    1A - Had to Google.
    5A - Not many would like to do this. ;)

    DENIM, LISTENERS, EXPOUNDED, IMAGO (Remembered Othello and Desdemona from college days!)

    ANGLES, SWANSEA, PERUSES, PUFFIN, SINEW, SUGARPLUM, LIBERTIES (fitted with crossings, not sure of annotation)

    ULEMA (If I am not mistaken this is a plural form, while the singular is Alim, so it should be clerics - just a minor point)

    SPARSE, ESCARGOT (this is the name of a dish)

    LODGER, TIN OPENER, FAMOUS LAST WORDS ('Hey Ram' was a total give-in)

    SOLIDUS, CHEMICAL FORMULA (nice clue, got at first look)

    THETA, ASIDES, SPIELBERG, APOSTLES (top-blowing!), SISKIN (cute one), PEGASUS, IMPACT, NUBIA

    Liked all the above.

    Off the record: 20D - Once I had been asked to coin a tagline for an ad for a bar bearing this name. I asked how about 'Giving peg to a**es?'. Hope I am not being overheard.

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    1. Anonymous5 September 2012 at 08:52

      Now, after drunken monkeys, it is the turn of drunken donkeys. Richard, I am interpreting the a**es in a bestial, not anatomical, way.

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    2. Chaturvasi5 September 2012 at 08:55

      Re ULEMA

      Richard

      I respect your opinion and you may have a point but Chambers has

      n the body of professional theologians, expounders of the law, in a Muslim country; a member of such a body.

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    3. Chaturvasi5 September 2012 at 08:59

      There was a young girl from Madras
      Who had a most beautiful ass
      ...
      (You know the rest of the limerick, don't you?)

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    4. Col_Gopinath5 September 2012 at 09:24

      Dunno that one, but I know about the man from Madras

      There was a man from Madras,
      Whose .....

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    5. Anonymous5 September 2012 at 09:32

      crosswords were really class,
      I really don't know why,
      However much I try,
      I have no chance to surpass.

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    6. Anonymous5 September 2012 at 09:34

      continuing CV's limerick:

      Painted black and painted white,
      In the bright day or dark night,
      It could not stop eating grass.

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    7. Richard5 September 2012 at 17:18

      Our friend on the road to Bannerghatta
      With his wit sets our hearts aflutter
      Even matters sounding risque
      He brings to the level of OK
      Leaving no scope to complain or mutter.

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  8. Bhavan5 September 2012 at 08:47

    6 - Could be HIJKLMNO for water (8,7) - CHEMICAL FORMULA {HtoO}

    I thought that was a WHIMSICAL FORMULA

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    1. D.Srinivasan5 September 2012 at 09:11

      More like the present day SMS lingo

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    2. Padmanabhan5 September 2012 at 09:59

      Read a joke recently-

      Teacher: Spell water
      Student: HIJKLMNO
      Teacher: ????
      Student: You only said water is H to O !

      No doubt this helped me!!

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  9. Bhavan5 September 2012 at 09:31

    14 - Corners English in Spain (6) - ANGLES [DD]

    Am I missing something?

    English in Spanish

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    1. Shyam5 September 2012 at 10:38

      I think the answer should be INGLES - ingles are corners as in inglenooks.

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    2. VMA Nair5 September 2012 at 11:12

      Yes Ingles it is .

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    3. Deepak Gopinath5 September 2012 at 13:46

      I don't think you can take out Ingle from Inglenooks and call it corners if that is what Mover intended.

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    4. VMA Nair5 September 2012 at 23:21

      http://i.word.com/ispanish/english
      http://i.word.com/idictionary/ingle
      I thought this would qualify as a DD

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  10. David Dobson5 September 2012 at 10:22

    I thought "ingles" was Spanish for English (but could be wrong - dontt speak Spanish and when I go to Spain I just speak Italian with a lisp)

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  11. raju umamaheswar5 September 2012 at 13:09

    CV-Sir:
    Thanks indeed. I'll try and if I don't succeed, I won't blame you !! Not for nothing, you're being addressed 'Sir' by everyone here. A teacher in time is a teacher indeed !!

    Col: I'll try Orkut. Earlier, my feeble and cursory attempts were rendered futile. Try and try again shall be my motto ! Thanks.

    I shall continue to copy-paste my comments the next day for responses, since you say there is no way to solve it otherwise.

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  12. RameshJ5 September 2012 at 15:39

    Did not get Lutefisk & Hospodar.
    Over all today's crossword was

    Is it sufficient to become a fascist Tory ? (12)

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  13. svemuri5 September 2012 at 16:00

    Rameshj@3:39

    Is it satisfactory?

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    1. RameshJ5 September 2012 at 17:15

      yes :)

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    2. Krishnan5 September 2012 at 17:30

      I am not clear about 15A, cob means swan, where does EA come from ?

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    3. Richard5 September 2012 at 17:34

      each = EA

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    4. Krishnan5 September 2012 at 17:42

      Thanks Richard, now understood that cob and pen are male and female swans respectively.

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  14. Anonymous5 September 2012 at 19:05

    My reply button below Richard's 5.18 is uncooperative. Hence posting here.

    Art and text are sometimes not risque by themselves. It is in the eyes of the beholder/reader to interpret what is seen. I may draw a circle and mark its centre, with a pure geometric intent and your mind may associate it with some curves you have seen. Dont blame me... ;-)



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  15. Richard5 September 2012 at 21:48

    Jiyo jug jug, with your geometric thought...

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  16. Padmanabhan5 September 2012 at 22:52

    Kishore,

    Thank you for taking me back to pleasant memories about "The Man who knew too much". Excellent movie and the excerpt on Escargot made it most enjoyable.

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