Wednesday 6 March 2013

No 10713, Wednesday 06 Mar 13, Klue Klux Klan

Easy by KKK's normal standards. Wonder if it was an attempt at a Pangram which didn't quite get there? Didn't get the Anno of 16A.

ACROSS
1   Governors apprehend old boy on Saturday (6) NABOBS {NAB}{OB}{S}
4   Creaky attics make noise (6) STATIC*
9   Award them for hollow mimicry (4) EMMY {'EM}{MimicrY}
10 Man. Agent. Criminal (10) MALEFACTOR {MALE}{FACTOR}
11 Wherein Lois sues her children (6) ISSUES [T]
12 Leaving out prophet from Mumbai suburb (7) ELISION {ELI}{SION}
13 Suspect guard of some antics (9) DEFENDANT {DEFEND}{ANTics}
15 Tears and delivers without hesitation (5) RENDS RENDerS
16 A headless noble priest (5) CANON Anno pending (Addendum - {A}{bARON} - See comments)
18 Surprisingly squats out in the present situation (6,3) STATUS QUO*
22 Revolutionary king partly hovers over dramatist (7) CHEKHOV {CHE}{K}{HOVers}
23 Maiden found in Saddam’s elegies (6) DAMSEL[T]
25 Allure of plan created by intersecting lines, say (10) UNPARALLEL {ALLURE+PLAN}*
26 Scientist lacking one remedy (4) CURE CURiE
27 Holy man and the journalist become angry (3,3) SEE RED {SEE R}{ED}
28 Break into seafront that guards royal (6) BREACH {B{R}EACH}

DOWN
1   Possibly meant as a greeting (7) NAMASTE*
2   Sailor lifted you from the backwater (5) BAYOU {BA<=}{YOU}
3   Confused by artist’s source of inspiration in bed (7) BEMUSED {BE{MUSE}D}
5   Fight at home for meal (6) TIFFIN {TIFF}{IN}
6   Nice tasks arising from sleaze (9) TACKINESS*
7   The honoured sang with women, initially for love (7) CROWNED CRO(-o+w)WNED
8   Change the ludicrous venality instead (13) ALTERNATIVELY {ALTER}{VENALITY*}
14 Acquit former one of charge (9) EXONERATE {EX}{ONE}{RATE}
17 Climbs with coin stowed in donkey (7) ASCENTS {AS{CENT}S}
19 Child, at one time peculiar, left with hesitation (7) TODDLER {T}{ODD}{L}{ER}
20 Excavate hut near ruins (7) UNEARTH*
21 Throws back to front to gather (6) SHEAVE (+s)SHEAVE(-s)
24 Coffee or some more tea? (5) MOCHA {MOre}{CHA}

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23 comments:

  1. Anonymous6 March 2013 at 08:31

    16 A headless noble priest (5) CANON Anno pending

    A bARON

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    1. Deepak Gopinath6 March 2013 at 08:33

      Thanks Kishore

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    2. Anonymous6 March 2013 at 08:37

      Aaron reminded of a great thriller I read long ago: Primal Fear by William Diehl. It was also made into a movie.

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    3. D.Srinivasan6 March 2013 at 09:16

      To me, Manuel Aaron, the chess champion

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    4. Padmanabhan6 March 2013 at 09:32

      Filled in Baron first and altered to Aaron - the way it should be done!

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  2. Padmanabhan6 March 2013 at 09:26

    Ditto with DS.

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  3. Padmanabhan6 March 2013 at 09:29

    If I remember right, he was the first IM from India. Now we have quite a few GM's including the latest one today- Akshatraj Kore.

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  4. Padmanabhan6 March 2013 at 09:30

    Good Morning KKK- the Indian way!

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  5. D.Srinivasan6 March 2013 at 10:10

    "Easy by KKK's normal standards".

    So, Suresh will have to wait for Sk..... for his cycling exercise!

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  6. Unknown6 March 2013 at 10:20

    Finally - solved a KKK CW! But the masters took the wind out of my sails! Easy peasy they say.
    So is it Aaron, baron or canon,finally? I wrote 'baron'.

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  7. Bhalchandra Pasupathy6 March 2013 at 11:17

    Smooth. Liked 1D for its simplicity.

    The debate about how much is 'some' is bound to resurface

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    1. Navneeth6 March 2013 at 11:43

      I was informed that it was a no-no, but I don't see it as a problem as long as it is understood (by both sides) that it refers to a subset of letters from the word which follows.

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  8. VP6 March 2013 at 11:21

    Nice easy one, not complaining :)

    Considered baron, filled in canon & totally missed out on Aaron until I saw the blog.

    Reg 6D, at least to me, if you say A arising from B, A should be the definition & B the anag. fodder. Not sure if it is OK to have the anag. fodder at either end in this case.

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  9. PKPSwami6 March 2013 at 12:03

    . ,
    4a usage hitherto unheard of. Brilliant definitio
    n. Nice CW.


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  10. PKPSwami6 March 2013 at 12:11


    13a brilliant definition

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  11. Richard6 March 2013 at 13:51

    2D Did anyone call to mind the song Billy Bayou by Jim Reeves?

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    1. Anonymous6 March 2013 at 15:41

      I recalled Hank William's Jambalaya (On the Bayou). HK's "Hey Good Looking, Whatchagot cooking?" is an old favourite with me and Kuldeep.

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    2. Anonymous6 March 2013 at 15:57

      Here's the link to it:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnKOVPXhlnE

      The memorable line was:
      Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou

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    3. Richard6 March 2013 at 22:03

      The Carpenters too chipped in with their own version of Jambalaya which also was a hit for many years.

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  12. Suresh6 March 2013 at 15:17

    I missed out on Aaron and filled in Canon, not quite understanding why and meaning to check after getting ready. Then I saw the blog and voila!

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  13. Klue Klux Klan6 March 2013 at 15:56

    What ho!

    Glad to know that the puzzle was alright. Had a few apprehensions with some clues myself.
    Re 6D, well, VP, I do think that you might well be right but here it somehow fitted the surface better this way. Thanks for pointing it out, though. Shall keep it in mind if I ever use it again.

    Thank you very much for the support. Hopefully, future offerings will be of a slightly higher difficulty level.


    Cheers!

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    1. Suresh6 March 2013 at 17:10

      We luv you KKK. Very hard or not hard.

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  14. Nizarpervad6 March 2013 at 20:34

    COD 14D

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