Another week of bliss with Gridman from Monday.
ACROSS
1 - Disguise at one time in American state (7) - CONCEAL {C{ONCE}AL}
5 - Please extend approval after end of waiting (7) - GRATIFY {G}{RATIFY}
10 - British queen accepts vessel as a kitchen aid (6) - BURNER {B}{URN}{ER}
11 - Tools to tackle nuts (8) - SPANNERS [E]
12 - Torn garter found in attic room (6) - GARRET*
13 - Lymph glands — a pair that helps to contain malformed node
(8) - ADENOIDS {A{NODE*}IDS}
14 - Plants, large, patterned with bloomers (6) - FLORAL {FLORA}{L}
15 - Sausage with which to greet one, say (6) - SALAMI {SALAM}{I}
18 - The sense in buying goods from abroad (6) - IMPORT [DD]
23 - Bibliophile — but not really destructive of what he reads
(8) - BOOKWORM [DD]
25 - What the bouncer may do to expel a lawyer? (6) - DISBAR [CD]
26 - Club, one carried by strong, brave man for a drink (8) - LIBATION {L{1}{BAT}ION} (Correction - {LI{BAT}{1}ON} - See comments)
28 - A shrub to provide warmth to the girl (7) - HEATHER {HEAT}{HER}
29 - TV shows, did you say, for breakfast? (7) - CEREALS(~serials)
DOWN
2 - Copper in oral confusion about the eye (6) - OCULAR {O{CU}LAR*}
3 - Voice of a guerilla lieutenant close to soprano (9) - CONTRALTO {CONTRA}{LT}{O}
4 - Irate Rao, agitated, dumps one soda maker (7) - AERATOR {iRATE+RAO}*
6 - Learning books for those who use them (7) - READERS [CD]
7 - Dance of the reserves, a group of people who serve (5) - TANGO {TA}{NGO}
8 - An explosive mixture to reduce enthusiasm! (8) - FIREDAMP {FIRE}{DAMP}
9 - Set up people close to retirement in a public institution
(13) - ESTABLISHMENT {ESTABLISH}{MEN}{T}
16 - I’d send all around to get a big win at the polls (9) - LANDSLIDE*
17 - Fossil creature provides ammunition over darkness, we hear
(8) - AMMONITE {AMMO}{NITE}(~night)
19 - Twice cut short? Swindle! (3-4) - TWO-TIME {TWO TIMEs}
22 - A serf portrayed in canvas saliently (6) - VASSAL [T]
Hello everybody
ReplyDeleteNot sure of 26A - ?I?A?I?N - Yet to check the blog.
8D - Had to Google to get FIREDAMP.
Got many like CONCEAL, ADENOIDS, SARONG, BOOKWORM (My COD), AERATOR, ESTABLISHMENT, LANDSLIDE, RADIATE, VASSAL at first look.
Specially liked GRATIFY, SALAMI, DISBAR (good pun with 'bar' known for 'bouncers'), ARIOSO, HEATHER, CEREALS (another cute one), OCULAR (one for the eye specialist!), CONTRALTO, READERS, TANGO, LANDSLIDE, AMMONITE, TWO-TIME, KRAFT also.
4D - Remembered the childhood days, when we could buy the aerated 'goli' soda in a uniquely-shaped bottle - named 'goli' precisely because of the glass marble at the top inside it, which would get locked into a rubber ring with the pressure of carbon dioxide gas. The marble contraption could hold the fizz.
ReplyDeleteWas available in ginger, lime and many other flavours... Nostalgic! Comments, anyone? Missing Kishore here.
In Mangalore, the lemonade goli soda used to be called lemlet, probably corruption of lemonade.
DeleteWent on a two mile hike with ascent of 1100 ft to take a peek from the peak of rattlesnake ridge, quite rattling the final posish on the ledge. Finally understood what a ledger was...
yes Richard. Goli sodas are not available any more.i wanted to demonstrte the "magic" of opening the bottle to my children. unfortunately, couldn't find them in vicinity. i don't remember the soda taste ( my dad says the sodas were scented with rosewater and tasted YUMMY).
ReplyDeleteyet again , switch over from samosas. could not complete THC but then again the paper was late and i managed around 60%, not bad considering how slow i am with understanding clues.
DeleteI was about to ask you, wondering why there was no mention of the CW.
DeleteBy the way, recently happened to bump into an interesting website, www.samosapedia.com - bloggers can visit it at their own risk...
Goli sodas are still available, not in Metros. In some villages you can still find them.
DeleteYes. Even in Visakhapatnam.
Delete26Ac {LI{BAT}{1}ON} fits the clue.
ReplyDelete(club BAT + one 1) in strong, brave man LION
Goli soda - how can one forget that? It had a special opener too and they used to put a rubber tube over it to make a whistling sound while opening! Probably used to draw people's attention while selling in crowded places. Things of the past :)
ReplyDeleteComments about CW- just walk through and enjoy!
ReplyDeleteyes, @ padmanabhan.i have learnt to "walk through and enjoy".
ReplyDeletewhen i started CW around 4 months back, i kind of related solving clues directly in proportion to my language level of intelligence. now i realize, it is not so. crossword is more of an aptitude /skill teest. it is ok not to solve clues. it also does not mean u are any less intelligent. having understood this simple concept, i enjoy solving the clues more and i have certainly improved; plus i have made some good friends in this blog, in bargain. what more can i ask for??
That we have more of sanklak! I have been able to finish most of his, may be thought process have tuned with him!
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ReplyDeleteExcept samosas,of course:)
ReplyDeleteRIChard and Gayatri
ReplyDeleteGoli soda used to be sold in Bombay produced by Pallonji & sons and sold in irani restaurants. If you are lucky, you can find a goli inside a whisky bottle, but for a different purpose of assisting in pouring a peg. I have saved a couple of bottles with the golis intact inside. n Incidentally, I was quite amused to hear folks here in CBE still offering me a 'cool drink'instead of a hot drink. These fizzies are still termed as cool drinks here. and on an aside, I was so upset having to buy the locally produced hot drinks from the Tasmac outlets where one has to go likea sneak thief and in a clandestine manner. They sell those bottles with MRPs marked but rounded off by the salesman to the nearestr higher figure who won't give any change back nor a receipt, nor even a bag or a wrapper (even newspapers would suffice ). so you sheepishly get back to your car carrying the naked bottle like a 'slosh ' in the street ! And the Tamilnadu Govt rakes in a huge revenue, where there is part prohibition-meaning to be sold and consumed only in licensed bars !! Fortunately I could save a lot of premium stuff brought from Nairobi, that can last me a life time as I hardly drink these days unless when amongst friends who drop in.
Again, the modern day 'glares' are also called cooling glasses here- looks like these folks here have not even gone through the go-go goggles stage !!
My cup of culture shock doth overspill !
Thanks, Raju. Your posts are always a fund of information.
DeleteI was expecting a comment from our veteran CV on this subject. Looks like he is deeply engaged in some literary or translation work, as he often does.
Padmanabhan7:59 PM GMT+05:30
ReplyDeleteJust sent the grid with clues to your g mail ID. I am sure you will be able to take a print out.
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raju umamaheswar12:20 PM GMT+05:30
Thanks Paddy: I did get it and thanks. I shall take resort to the site if need be. Bhavan was also kind enough to assure me of a stead supply from his own resources. Thank you both. However, I shall still miss out in active blogging since I do the crossies late nights in the bed.
Raju,
ReplyDeleteI think the Hindu link that I sent you is up with the day's (or probably it should strictly be tomorrow's) paper late night. But I don't know at what time. If it is up before you hit the bed, maybe you can have a peak while everyone is fast asleep- and probably actively participate in the blog the next day!
I think today's was easily the best in this edition of Sankalak. Nice and smooth.
ReplyDeleteMaybe just a small consideration in 29A, general usage for breakfast food would be in the singular.
@Dr Gayu 8.37: At Kanchipuram it is still available. The flavour with rosewater - we call it panneer soda - really divine!
ReplyDeleteRe. 'Goli soda' : The goli soda was most of the times 'opened' by the shop-keeper by folding the thumb, keeping the tip on top of the 'goli' and hitting the thumb with the other hand forcefully, so that the goli would go to the bottom of the neck of the bottle and fixz would come out. The soda used to cost one anna (1/16th of a rupee) in those days.
ReplyDeleteRead : fizz (instead of fixz)
ReplyDeleteOpening a goli soda that way requires a lot of practice and certain amount of skill. But even young children who sell it were experts in that.
ReplyDelete7D : Didnt understand the TANGO - GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SERVE - NGO, but how does one get TA?
ReplyDeleteWould love to be enlightened!
TA-territorial army, i think
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