Saturday, 26 January 2013

No.10680, Saturday 26 Jan 13, Arden

Republic day greetings to you all. Arden continues to dish out easy on the eye and mind puzzles.

ACROSS
1 Faint on the wagon bearing a board (7) PALETTE (PALE + TT + E)
5 Shorten a game (7) ABRIDGE (A + BRIDGE)
9 Part of the church in Goa is left open (5) AISLE (T)
10 Nine travel abroad without Romeo, sweetheart (9) VALENTINE (NINE TrAVEL)*
11 He was brave to treat a girl like a woman (9) CHICKASAW (CHICK + AS + A + W)
12 Atop a mountain note overlying area mostly (5) ARETE (AREa + TE)
13 A material // to consider (4) MULL (DD)
15 Fire soldier over a foxhole (8) RETRENCH (RE + TRENCH)
18 With mineral on the ground have no interest to fight (8) FELDSPAR (FiELD + SPAR)
19 Spike will keep papa away (4) LACE (paLACE)
22 Covers up with pictures (5) SNAPS (SPANS<=)
24 Fictional character gets a dish ripped out (4,5) PIED, PIPER (PIE + RIPPED*)
26 The muse follows her sixth sense introducing new language (9) ESPERANTO (ESP + ERATO outside N)
27 People // move in large numbers (5) TROOP (DD)
28 Syrian city will round up ragged army (7) PALMYRA (LAP<= + ARMY*)
29 Rest-day went haywire (7) STRAYED (REST-DAY)*

DOWN
1 Told to spot the fish (6) PLAICE (~PLACE)
2 Girl with oomph — topless nude shows no inclination (9) LASSITUDE (LASS + IT + nUDE)
3 Finetune model lacking strength (5) TWEAK (T + WEAK)
4 From the edge of the roof remove bug (9) EAVESDROP (EAVES + DROP)
5 Let the trainee off for a girl who looks bright (5) AGLOW (ALLOW with G for L)
6 Seem familiar enough to call on one (4,1,4) RING, A, BELL (C&DD)
7 With motivation will travel (5) DRIVE (DD)
8 The Spanish have a balanced team (6) ELEVEN (EL + EVEN)
14 Was in front like lazy Susan, got corrupted (3,6) LED, ASTRAY (LED + AS + TRAY)
16 Over the hill exercise does have lots of destructive power (9) TORPEDOES (TOR + PE + DOES)
17 Endlessly you can chop and change amid all that noise (9) CACOPHONY (YOu CAN CHOP)*
20 Like the recalled ex-British prime minister one has retired (6) ASLEEP (AS + PEEL<=)
21 Stand and fall … do return later (6) TRIPOD (TRIP + DO<=)
23 Initially all people’s protests arouse little outrage (5) APPAL (Acrostic)
24 Bear with a priest in Benares (5) PANDA (DD)
25 Become less of a man? (5) PETER (DD)


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26 comments:

  1. Anonymous26 January 2013 at 08:32

    Nice one from Arden again. Paper did not get delivered. Had to go to Orkut app.

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  2. Raghunath26 January 2013 at 08:37

    Just a small complaint reg reversal indicators in the Across clues in 22 and 28.

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    1. Anonymous26 January 2013 at 08:39

      Yeah, would have worked better in Down clues.

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    2. Padmanabhan26 January 2013 at 10:22

      You can find one such in every one of Arden's CW's. He does not make that distintion.

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  3. RameshJ26 January 2013 at 09:00

    Found it easier than yesterday & good as usual.

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  4. RameshJ26 January 2013 at 09:08

    So yesterday was Semi and not Levi

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    1. RameshJ26 January 2013 at 09:10

      wrt to semi-levi debate in THC 10679 23D Part of a religious school (4)

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  5. Sridhar26 January 2013 at 10:15

    I found today's tougher than yesterday's (not that I finished either)!

    Some questions:
    1) 19A - what is the indicator for word "palace" from which to remove "pa"?
    2) 24A - Priest in Benares gives "pandit". Where does that become a "panda"?
    3) 1A - where does the last "E" come from?

    Puzzled. Thanks in advance..

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    1. Unknown26 January 2013 at 18:29

      24 A - There are PANDAs in Banares who loiter about. They are like Sadhus.

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  6. Raghunath26 January 2013 at 10:22

    19A - what is the indicator for word "palace" from which to remove "pa"?

    Keep: FORT:Palace

    24D - Priest in Benares gives "pandit". Where does that become a "panda"?
    This is a DD
    Pandit is also called Panda which is also a small bear

    1A - where does the last "E" come from?

    No explanation for this as I too had the same doubt.

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    1. Bhalchandra Pasupathy26 January 2013 at 11:32

      I had a different take on this.
      Keep = Place, remove p (P for Papa in phonetic alphabet), = LACE = spike

      Several routes available!

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    2. Suresh26 January 2013 at 15:21

      That's right. It is what I had

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  7. Chaturvasi26 January 2013 at 10:22

    In such cases some dictionary work might help.

    24a: 'As indicated above, it's a DD. If you had looked up 'panda' you will know it's a kind of bear.

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  8. Chaturvasi26 January 2013 at 10:23

    1a; E is from bearing/direction. N, S, W, etc, may be indicated thisw ay. may

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    1. Raghunath26 January 2013 at 10:35

      Thanks. Had lost my bearings while solving, probably.

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  9. Padmanabhan26 January 2013 at 10:25

    On the same boat. Maybe I could not concentrate today.

    1A- 'E' is from bearing (direction)

    I have doubts about the other two. Is it 'Panda' in local lingo?

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    1. Raghunath26 January 2013 at 10:32

      Both your doubts are answered above. Pandit is also called Panda in the North, I think it is pronounced as Pun da

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    2. Richard26 January 2013 at 11:06

      Panda ka funda...

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  10. Anonymous26 January 2013 at 10:53

    Just been watching the RD parade on TV. The most imposing person is still Marshal of the Airforce Arjan Singh. What majestic bearing !

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    1. Unknown26 January 2013 at 11:12

      Agree with you whole heartedly!
      RepublicDay greetings to all.
      Have been out for a while - missed theHindu CW!

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  11. Col_Gopinath26 January 2013 at 12:15

    Enroute to Virudhunagar by road for a wedding, so no CW for me today

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  12. Padmanabhan26 January 2013 at 14:32

    My doubt is not about Panda, the bear which I know. My doubt is about connecting it to a priest in Banares (which is pandit)

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    1. Suresh26 January 2013 at 15:20

      Priests in Benaras, Puri etc are called Pandas

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    2. Raghunath26 January 2013 at 18:03

      Padmanabhan apparently did not read my post of 1032 completely.

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  13. Selvam26 January 2013 at 16:33

    Panda's Tamil equivalent is "pandaram"

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  14. Deepak Gopinath26 January 2013 at 18:43

    Reached Virudhunagar at 6 PM. Poor connectivity her so I may not come up tomorrow as well. CWs including a special by xChequer will be up at the scheduled timings of 8:30 and 10:30

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