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


Across Lite version:

35 comments:

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 41 A LAST MINUTE (amulet isnt*)
    28 A PET (toP leaguE crickeT)

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  5. 35A RA PTURES* (artist purest)
    7D RIS HI (sir< greeting)
    9 & 29D INDIAN EXPRESS (DD)

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

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  7. 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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  8. 1A: A GREED
    10A: DING(H)Y
    2D: G RID MAN {G IS MID OF NIGHT}
    4D: DAYTIME* {TIDE + MAY}*

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

    University = U, MIT

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  10. 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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  11. Many Many Happy Returns of the Day CV Sir ..

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

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  14. 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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  15. Gridman x Chaturvasi x Rishi equals 70
    Gridman x Chaturvasi plus Rishi equals 17

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  16. Replies
    1. 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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  17. 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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  18. ¡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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  19. 15a HAN(S)OM CAB*
    26a C(ONFET*)T I
    39a [-r]ACE
    27d (FORE)(SEEN)~scene

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

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  22. 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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  23. 38 zee
    18 I S O (T)
    21D TEA(T))
    32 D {IN}{VERSE}

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  24. The two unsolved leftovers

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

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