Friday, 8 February 2013

No.10691, Friday 8 Feb 13, Sankalak

Sankalak at his usual entertaining best.

ACROSS
1 Would the noted coach lurk about all through night and day? (6,3,5) AROUND, THE, CLOCK (NOTED COACH LURK)*
8 Meaningless commercial carries suggestion of blasphemy ? Almost certainly (6) ABSURD (AD outside B + SURe)
9 Record player with eleven covering match in Middle-east republic (8) DJIBOUTI (DJ + 11 outside BOUT)
11 In readiness to help. Tony’s band is distracted (2,5-2) ON, STAND-BY (TONYS BAND)*
12 Estate owner in his den, close to Scotland (5) LAIRD (LAIR + D)
13 Artists return to eat fish (7) SARDINE (RAS<= + DINE)
15 Laid back about deposit holder during the day (7) DIURNAL (LAID<= outside URN)
17 Gratification for British railway carrying rotten bride (7) BRIBERY (B + RY outside BRIdE*?)
19 Challenged by Teddy, reportedly lifeless (7) BEARDED (BEAR + ~DEAD)
21 A sore is a bit of a painful certitude (5) ULCER (T)
23 They are hunted for sport, these willing fliers (4,5) GAME, BIRDS (GAME + BIRDS)
25 Source of reading matter revealed when you reserve a weapon (4,4) BOOK, CLUB (BOOK + CLUB)
26 Calm, dependable good man, getting on in years, has a bit of idiosyncrasy (6) STOLID (ST + OLD outside I)
27 A hat, say, created clumsily for an old movie (1,3,2,3,5) A, DAY, AT, THE, RACES (A HAT SAY CREATED)*
DOWN
1 Uncertain what to do, // having had a reverse in business ? (2,1,4) AT, A, LOSS (DD)
2 Expert diggers in a very big facility in the desert (5) OASIS (ASI inside OS)
3 Story by a citizen about the right artist (9) NARRATIVE (NATIVE outside R + RA)
4 Had a good time, finding happiness in renovated Eden (7) ENJOYED (JOY inside EDEN*)
5 Tag given to research area by Spanish (5) LABEL (LAB + EL) Should be "the Spanish"
6 Warned about unusual education (9) CAUTIONED (EDUCATION)*
7 Sailor with money upsets boy (6) TINDAL (TIN + LAD<=)
10 A sharp one in a knife is an advantage (4) EDGE (CD)
14 Nimbus puts sun god in something gloomy (4-5) RAIN-CLOUD (RA + IN + CLOUD)
16 A banal tour arranged in Mongolia (4,5) ULAN, BATOR (BANAL TOUR)*
17 On books, they are aimed at attracting readers (6) BLURBS (CD)
18 Healthy dish for one injured after aborted Indian exercise (7) YOGHURT (YOGa + HURT)
19 Swelling familiar to Indian motorists (4) BUMP (C&DD)
20 Two parties with one square-dance figure (3-1-3) DOS-A-DOS (DOS x 2 outside A)
22 Mountain // full of massive stone (5) ROCKY (DD)
24 A facile rendering turns up to reveal a memorial (5) RELIC (T<=)


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30 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath8 February 2013 at 08:36

    17A - I am sure 'Bride' is a typo for 'Brie' or it's an amendment made by someone at The HINDU who has not heard of Brie.

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    1. Anonymous8 February 2013 at 08:49

      I thought so too. But, tongue in cheek, a rotten bride is probably one without a hint of dowry!

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  2. Anonymous8 February 2013 at 08:48

    Loved the diggers. Print version has anno in 27 with 13 instead of 1,3 while un-certain has an extra space probably to make up for yesterday's " atleast". Why a headline in an inner pge today continuing a firt page item has "mssive"

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    1. VP8 February 2013 at 11:26

      Too good. I was thinking exactly the same thing when I saw "un certain" (also given the fact that it was same 1D clue on both days).

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  3. Anonymous8 February 2013 at 08:51

    Pardon the typos above since not typed on usual keyboard !

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  4. Anonymous8 February 2013 at 08:56

    I have been having difficulty, off and on, in accessing the blog from my desktop and ipad for the last few days making me fall back on my mobile, resulting my typing with all thumbs. However, it gets working all by itself once in a while. Any one has any ideas, why and what to do about it?

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    1. veer8 February 2013 at 09:10

      As far as the desktop goes, if I delete the cache and clear history data, it solves the problem. iPad is a different story - does not work for me most of the time.

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    2. Chaturvasi8 February 2013 at 09:33

      I too have not been able to make Comments here using the iPad but that is not a problem in wordpress.

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    3. Bhalchandra Pasupathy8 February 2013 at 10:08

      No problems with laptop. Will check out with iPad, generally don't use it much for typing.

      When I first read Kishore's 8:48 I thought it was all deliberate and was trying to figure out what was going on!

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  5. Padmanabhan8 February 2013 at 09:49

    Yes, bribery was the only one I left unfilled. Thought I was not good enough to bribe! Otherwise a smooth and enjoyable one- just Sankalak!

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  6. Anonymous8 February 2013 at 10:40

    Bump reminded of the road signs in the imperative mood exhorting the motorist to run into the vehicle ahead with th words 'bump ahead'. It only gets worse when the road sign says ' hump ahead'

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  7. Deepak Gopinath8 February 2013 at 12:06

    Welcome Batman, the latest follower of this blog :-)

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    1. Anonymous8 February 2013 at 12:45

      Whither ?

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    2. Col_Gopinath8 February 2013 at 13:37

      See the followers list on the panel on the left

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    3. Anonymous8 February 2013 at 13:57

      Aha ! Robin should be coming shortly ;-)

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  8. maradnusro8 February 2013 at 12:56

    Welcome back Sankalak. To me it appeared a long wait with all sorts of distractions like skullduggery, exchequerring setting suns, vulcanisation, lightning and thunder in between.

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  9. Unknown8 February 2013 at 14:10

    What a relief to have Sankalak back! Smooth - except for the confusion with 'bride' and 'brie'!
    Missing the original samosa 'celebrator'.

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  10. Col_Gopinath8 February 2013 at 17:52

    Happy birthday Suresh on his Sashtiaapdapoorthi Totally forgot about it this morning.

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    1. Chaturvasi8 February 2013 at 18:10

      Suresh

      My own greetings and best wishes.

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    2. Anonymous8 February 2013 at 18:28

      All the best, Suresh, on hitting 60 kmph on your bicycle. May there be mny more rounds to ride.

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    3. Richard8 February 2013 at 21:29

      I too join in wishing Suresh many many happier returns of the day. All power to your pedal to keep the life cycle going stronger and stronger!

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  11. Unknown8 February 2013 at 18:16

    20 D - Is it not DOS-I-DOS?

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  12. Anonymous8 February 2013 at 21:07

    Dekha hai tere computer min dos hi dos beshumar ...

    Sung to the tune of

    http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=aW62BlF_lPw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DaW62BlF_lPw

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  13. Raghunath8 February 2013 at 21:31

    Best wishes to Suresh on his 60th Birthday!

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  14. Padmanabhan8 February 2013 at 21:56

    Many happy returns of the day Suresh! Many more miles of cycling with CW's. The faster you pedal, the better you solve or is it vice versa?

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  15. Suresh8 February 2013 at 21:57

    Thanks everybody for your good wishes.

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    1. Bhalchandra Pasupathy8 February 2013 at 22:50

      A bit late but before the day ended! Heartiest congratulations and felicitations Suresh, and wish you many happy returns

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    2. Bhavan9 February 2013 at 03:58

      Hi Suresh, please accept my best wishes too.

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