Wednesday, 9 January 2013

No 10666, Wednesday 09 Jan 13, Sankalak


ACROSS
1   For an aged mind, China developed a calculator (6,7) ADDING MACHINE*
10 Dry fruit for an eccentric from Rio? (6,3) BRAZIL NUT {BRAZIL} {NUT}
11 Widow escorted by South African in boudoir (5) BOWER {BO{W}ER}
12 Part of the Book by a minor prophet (5) NAHUM [DD]
13 Desirous of success, American gets stung by promises to pay (9) AMBITIOUS {AM}{BIT}{IOUS}
14 Ingratiatingly respectful troops follow Sergeant-Major (6) SMARMY {SM}{ARMY}
16 Notice, by British order, for building material (5) ADOBE {AD}{OBE}
19 A representative among Bundestag enthusiasts (5) AGENT [T]
20 Cool directions followed by Frenchman (6) SERENE {SE}{RENE}
25 A level playing field at Roland Garros (4,5) CLAY COURT [CD]
26 One held by thief in Delhi’s group of singers (5) CHOIR {CHO{1}R}
27 A hint read back (about time!) gets the bread (5) PITTA {PI{T}T}{A}<=
28 Not knowing when there is no light? (2,3,4) IN THE DARK [DD]
29 Period spent in school learning what is theoretical? Yes, including bits of art and religion (8,5) ACADEMIC YEARS {ACADEMIC} {YE{A}{R}S}

DOWN
2   No single winner in a lifeless, preliminary race (4,4) DEAD HEAT {DEAD} {HEAT}
3   Strange milieu, devoid of energy, for a bone (5) ILIUM MILIeU*
4   Cheerful daughter quits dubious dealing (6) GENIAL dEALING*
5   Worker, one with corpus, gets medicine to fight disease (8) ANTIBODY {ANT}{1}{BODY}
6   Ah, Babe!! It can be made fit to live in (9) HABITABLE {AH+BABE+IT+L}* "Babe!!" appears to be a typo for "Babel!"
7   Mild remonstrance expressed at this moment twice (3,3) NOW NOW {NOW} {NOW}
8   Pipe sections with universal, black terminals (1-5) U-BENDS {U}-{B}{ENDS}
9   Born to hurry in a short encounter (5) BRUSH {B}{RUSH}
15 Wise men caught with rod, one used for tricks (5,4) MAGIC WAND {MAGI}{C} {WAND}
17 US marine affected by swelling in the artery (8) ANEURISM*
18 Stylish editor backs good French ambience (8) DEBONAIR {DE<=}{BON}{AIR}
21 Famous announcement of discovery (6) EUREKA [E]
22 Chance for action for a policeman in extremes of sufferance (5) SCOPE {S{COP}E}
23 Legislation accepted by insurers has to do with milk (6) LACTIC {L{ACT}IC}
24 Our time lost in a bit of data not tending to change (6) STATIC {STATistIC}
26 Material that a chic rep exhibits here (5) CREPE [T]

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24 comments:

  1. Anonymous9 January 2013 at 08:38

    Boy, Oh Boy ! The babe typo had me chuckling !

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    1. Richard9 January 2013 at 08:39

      I too knew something was amiss. Man!

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    2. Suresh9 January 2013 at 09:27

      Oh! It is a typo. I thought it was a problem with my glasses.

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    3. Anonymous9 January 2013 at 09:38

      Or possibly the p's devil

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    4. Anonymous9 January 2013 at 09:40

      As you can very well see today's THC number prominently displays 666.

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    5. Padmanabhan9 January 2013 at 10:21

      It is preceded by 10. Luckily we had only one. I was spent a long time on that and still was not sure of anno though filled in.

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    6. Rengaswamy9 January 2013 at 12:01

      6 Ah, Babe!! It can be made fit to live in (9) HABITABLE {AH+BABE+IT+L}* "Babe!!" appears to be a typo for "Babel!"

      I did not think in the line of typo, till I saw this blog. I put the answer, looked for L and thought Live in is duing double duty of giving L

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  2. Richard9 January 2013 at 08:38

    Could get many at single glance.

    Now now, in spite of being engrossed in Photoshop everyday, did not know 'adobe' as building material. Eureka!

    Many amazing anagrams.

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    1. Dr.gayathri Sreekanth9 January 2013 at 09:19

      why has aneurysm become aneurism?

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    2. Anonymous9 January 2013 at 09:30

      You should have read Zane Grey, Louis L'amour, Max Brand, JT Edson, Sudden and Joe Millard's Dollar series ! Or even Lucky Luke...

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    3. Anonymous9 January 2013 at 09:32

      Here is a link to Lucky Luke, the man who can shoot faster than his own shadow!

      http://www.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fsFgkP4qpqc/TqqxT6dL2uI/AAAAAAAAAmM/lDoUvf3H0wQ/s1600/lucky-luke-hd-1-759423.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wallpaper-sea.blogspot.com/2011/10/lucky-luke-wallpaper.html&h=768&w=1024&sz=66&tbnid=E18VBV0Fsc3rkM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=134&zoom=1&usg=__oLMTzcEURuBldfbiR_vr-7nPkJs=&docid=duUlIbuPKl_DFM&sa=X&ei=3ersUOj_Kc2mkwWg4YFI&ved=0CEUQ9QEwAw&dur=189

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    4. Deepak Gopinath9 January 2013 at 09:41

      Doc, both spellings are correct

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    5. B.V.K.9 January 2013 at 12:17

      Comic con bangalore had lucky luke in tamil...amazing stuff!!

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    6. Anonymous9 January 2013 at 12:34

      BVK, I am curious to know if any Tamil name was coined for Lucky Luke.

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  3. Anonymous9 January 2013 at 08:46

    No supporters for Number Ten?

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  4. dr.r.pankajam9 January 2013 at 09:44

    aneurysm can also be spelt as aneurism. I learnt it today.

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    1. Suresh9 January 2013 at 10:42

      I only knew the spelling as aneurism. But then, I am only a Chartered Accountant and not a doctor.

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    2. Padmanabhan9 January 2013 at 10:54

      gnorance is bliss. I did not know the spelling and so it did not make a difference. I can also hide under the same excuse of not being a doctor (whether all doctors know the correct spelling and even if they know and write it,if it will be legible is a different matter.)

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    3. Anonymous9 January 2013 at 12:40

      Two spellings probably came into the dictionary due to doctors' handwriting issues, though I cannot claim that my handwriting is legible.

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    4. Richard9 January 2013 at 17:28

      Doctors' dilemma...

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  5. Padmanabhan9 January 2013 at 10:49

    'na hum' jane! Otherwise completed.

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  6. VJ9 January 2013 at 11:14

    What's the indicator for 26D? Here? Doesn't seem convincing.

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  7. Padmanabhan9 January 2013 at 12:25

    A request to all Chennai (or nearabouts)based participants of the blog. Pl. srnd me your cotact details (e mail ID/ phone no.) to keep in touch if & when we arrange for a S & B meet here. It may be put i the comments section here or mailed to me at padmanabhan.pb@gmail.com.

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