Thursday, 17 January 2013

Birthday Special, Thursday 17 Jan 13, Kishore

Moving up the ladder, the Research & Analysis Wing of THCC, discovers the following coincidences:

 Year:     2012, followed by 2013
Month:   December, followed by January
Date:      16th, followed by 17th
Decade:  6th, followed by 7th

 After the sweet 60th birthday special  for Colonel Deepak Gopinath on 16th December 2012, we are pleased to present the 70th birthday special in honour of THC's resident expert CV.


Given the apt 17 x 17 size of the crossword each person can submit 4 answers. Please add annotations along with your answers


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35 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath17 January 2013 at 10:42

    Happy Birthday CV

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  2. Sridhar17 January 2013 at 10:52

    Some answers:
    5A - CHATURVASI (THCSVAURAI)*
    11A - BUS {B - second rate} + {US}
    12A - AID (Remove MEN from MAIDEN)
    7D - RISHI {RIS <-} + {HI}


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  3. Sridhar17 January 2013 at 10:57

    I also want to take this opportunity to greet Sri CV. Though I have not had the pleasure of meeting him, this blog, his posts in the blog here and above all his crossword puzzles have completely hooked me into this hobby of solving crosswords! Thank you and wish you all the best!

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  4. D.Srinivasan17 January 2013 at 11:03

    Dear CV sir,
    MaNNil Nalla vaNNam vazhlaam vaigalum
    eNNil nalgathikku yaaadhumor kuRaiyilai
    kaNNil Nalla(h)dhuRum kazhumala vaLanagar
    peNNil nallaaLodum perundagai irundhadhe

    Iniya piRandhanaaL vaazhtthukaL

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  5. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan17 January 2013 at 11:03

    Happy Returns Of The Day CV Sir!

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  6. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan17 January 2013 at 11:06

    41 A LAST MINUTE (amulet isnt*)
    28 A PET (toP leaguE crickeT)

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  7. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan17 January 2013 at 11:13

    8 D AVATARS (A+V+ASTAR)

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  8. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan17 January 2013 at 11:24

    42 A TURKEY (DD)

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  9. D.Srinivasan17 January 2013 at 11:29

    35A RA PTURES* (artist purest)
    7D RIS HI (sir< greeting)
    9 & 29D INDIAN EXPRESS (DD)

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  10. D.Srinivasan17 January 2013 at 11:35

    Compensating for 7D
    3 & 20D ENGLISH LITERATURE*(girl at leisure then)

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  11. Raghunath17 January 2013 at 13:19

    10 AC. Hot inside shabby boat (6)DING(H)Y
    34 AC Courier perhaps caught reading column in magazine (9) F(R)ONT + LINE
    6 DN: arrange what's forbidden and others show up (8)TABU(LATE<-)
    22 DN: Boxer as Buzzer? (5) ALI AS

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  12. Rengaswamy17 January 2013 at 13:30

    1A: A GREED
    10A: DING(H)Y
    2D: G RID MAN {G IS MID OF NIGHT}
    4D: DAYTIME* {TIDE + MAY}*

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  13. Rengaswamy17 January 2013 at 13:47

    Compensating for 10A
    14A: {U (L) (TIM<-) A <-}(TA <-)

    University = U, MIT

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  14. Vasu17 January 2013 at 14:05


    WISHING SRI CV MANY MORE HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY.
    17 D ICE (in MilICEnto)
    30 D ANALYST (ALAS + NYT)
    36 D UNARM (part of shotgUN ARMy

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  15. Vasu17 January 2013 at 14:18

    37 A ET AL

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  16. Shrikanth17 January 2013 at 14:20

    Many Many Happy Returns of the Day CV Sir ..

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  17. Chaturvasi17 January 2013 at 14:27

    The credit for the background pic in the crossword box above goes to Raju. He captured me when I visited him at his house in 5dn (which is my birthplace). Thanks Raju.

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  18. Sumitra17 January 2013 at 14:57

    Many happy returns of the day Gridman and many thanks for your enjoyable puzzles.

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  19. SKULLDUGGER17 January 2013 at 15:37

    Happy B'day Gridman. Much thanks for the many fond memories and fascinating wordplay. Here's to many more happy decades. Have a great year.

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  20. Anonymous17 January 2013 at 15:39

    Gridman x Chaturvasi x Rishi equals 70
    Gridman x Chaturvasi plus Rishi equals 17

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  21. Padmanabhan17 January 2013 at 16:53

    Umique equations!!

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    1. Anonymous17 January 2013 at 19:36

      I.e 2 x 5 x 7 is 70
      2x5 plus 7 is 17

      These are clue numbers for various avatars / alias of CV

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  22. Veena17 January 2013 at 17:22

    Many more Happy returns of the day CV Sir!

    19A Gambling game, of course without permit - Roulette (Course:route + permit:let)
    31D Black lumberjack like the Colonel - Blogger (Black:B + lumberjack:logger)
    33D Country where the Russian truck chases the favourite supporter: Brazil (Russian truck:Zil after Favourite supporter: Bra)

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  23. Richard17 January 2013 at 20:55

    ¡slǝǝɥ ɹǝʌo pɐǝɥ

    A fitting tribute to a great personality. Not many get to have their birthday celebrated this way. Enviable!

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  24. Venkatesh17 January 2013 at 21:11

    15a HAN(S)OM CAB*
    26a C(ONFET*)T I
    39a [-r]ACE
    27d (FORE)(SEEN)~scene

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  25. Sreelakshmi17 January 2013 at 21:12

    Happy B'day Gridman!
    16 D- PEN (DD)
    40 A- (YO(G)UR (T) ?
    25 A- ENTER (T)
    24 D- ACT (Adam Commited The)

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  26. Venkatesh17 January 2013 at 21:35

    Right
    40a G in solver's (YOUR) + ~tea (T) = YOGURT (dessert)

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  27. VMA Nair17 January 2013 at 22:42

    Had a good time:-P

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  28. Deepak Gopinath17 January 2013 at 23:38

    Reporting from the train on my way back ato Bangalore after felicitating CV, I find that the following still remain unsolved

    Across - 13 & 38

    Down - 5, 18, 21, 23 & 32

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  29. VMA Nair18 January 2013 at 00:21

    38 zee
    18 I S O (T)
    21D TEA(T))
    32 D {IN}{VERSE}

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  30. Deepak Gopinath18 January 2013 at 09:11

    The two unsolved leftovers

    13A - TIME [DD]
    5D - COIMBATORE known as CBE in short.

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