Sankalak continues like a whiff of fresh air.
ACROSS
1 Do it just the way as does a traveller, behind time, with one
cent! (9) REPLICATE {REP}{L{1}{C}ATE}
5 Two-fold, like a pair giving up company for a bit of dogma
(5) DUPLE {CO(+d)DUPLE}
8 Mattress that a bride designed (6) AIRBED {A}{BRIDE*}
9 By-product of a cricket side’s cry (8) OFFSHOOT {OFF'S}{HOOT}
11 Love to write? Start! (4) OPEN {O}{PEN}
12 The part ten men played in a deception to catch a wrongdoer
(10) ENTRAPMENT*
14 Cosmetic for the skin — sound right? (5) TONER {TONE}{R}
15 Braggarts with foul stogies (7) EGOISTS*
16 Domed building, fat, beginning to age (7) ROTUNDA {ROTUND}{A}
17 Part of a long poem in a Mexican tome (5) CANTO [T]
19 Record player in an Indian village, old, with communication
device (10) GRAMOPHONE {GRAM}{O}{PHONE}
20 Run with elan (4) DASH [DD]
22 Magazine editor absorbed the nourishment (8) DIGESTED {DIGEST}{ED}
23 Fighting — there is even a day for it! (6) BOXING [DD]
24 Attacked by a bull, one might turn bloody (5) GORED {GO}{RED}
25 Merchant who labels dart the wrong way (9) TRADESMAN {TRAD}{SEMAN}<= See comments
DOWN
1 The justification for a note on a child (6) REASON {RE}{A}{SON}
2 Totally unknown person but an ideal forester accommodating good
man (7,8) PERFECT STRANGER {PERFECT} {ST}{RANGER}
3 Got chilled in an arctic edifice (4) ICED [T]
4 Fizzy nerve gas effect unravelled after removing gallium (12) EFFERVESCENT {NERVE+gaS+EFFECT}*
5 Belie the hopes of detective officers on a pressure spot (10) DISAPPOINT {DI'S}{A}{P}{POINT}
6 Prim aloofness is overcome by the competence of those highly
trained and disciplined (15) PROFESSIONALISM*
7 Properties found, say, between two points (7) ESTATES {E}{STATE}{S}
10 Intrusion into an enclosure by pest tailed by people with time
(12) ENCROACHMENT {ENC}{ROACH}{MEN}{T}
16 Gas grid ordered by old Danish parliament (7) RIGSDAG*
18 Old Japanese governor who would reportedly display shooter
(6) SHOGUN (~show){SHO}{GUN}
Nice one from S.
ReplyDeleteA doubt:
25 Merchant who labels dart the wrong way (9) TRADESMAN {TRAD}{SEMAN}<=
The reversal seems a bit defective
What's the defect?
DeleteAs it stands the word play leads to TRADSEMAN, not TRADESMAN
DeleteThe clue would work if 'the wrong way' is taken as an anagram indication. In which case the anno would be (dart+names)*, but an indirect anagram at that.
DeleteSeen now. I too seemed to have got confused like Sankalak has between ESMAN & SEMAN
DeleteToo many anagrams!
ReplyDelete5.5
DeleteUpto 6 is ok, I think
DeleteSuperb cartoon for encroachment !
ReplyDeleteAn elephant in a China shop ? Or should I say, beehive ?
Ref the cartoon for ENCROACHMENT.
ReplyDeleteIs that what is called 'butting in'?
You've got right to the bottom of the problem
DeleteDoes that make Nepal an ashtray ?
DeleteYes... when fag ends are thrust there.
DeleteThat's a bum deal
DeleteSmooth one. Some formidable anagrams like PRIM ALOOFNESS.
ReplyDelete7D - 'say' (=state) trapped me for a while, since it is used for homophones or to mean, 'for example'. Good trick.
Repeating a post from yesterday ehich might have been missed:
ReplyDeleteI was studying the glyph formation of various mathematical symbols and was surprised to see this article about Tamil numerals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_numerals
While I was familiar with the Telugu/Kannada numerals, which are in daily use, I had not come across the Tamil ones, even in Chennai. The Mauritius note shown in the article shows the Tamil 1 being used, but does any one in India use it ? I am sure some of my Tamil friends can amplify on this.
5 Belie the hopes of detective officers on a pressure spot (10) DISAPPOINT {DI'S}{A}{P}{POINT}
ReplyDeleteIs DI: Detective Inspector? Just detectives would probably have sufficed.
This somehow doesn't seem OK.
16 Domed building, fat, beginning to age (7) ROTUNDA : Fat in conn. with building?
Just detectives may yield CID. DI for detective Inspector seems fine.
DeleteA nice one today from Sankalak with some amazing anagrams.
Kishore, are you announcing the Hoggers and Joggers (or the other way round) meet soon to take place, you know where? Meeting Panchmal would be part of the agenda.
ReplyDeleteI really don't know if more than three of us could meet at Mangalore. And since I am going to be there for some legal work, my schedule is not wholly in my hands. I shall try to meet you on Friday evening after which we can try to meet Mr P.
DeleteAn open invitation to anyone interested in spending some time with us on Fri. Or Sat. With Richard and me at Mangalore may please inform on 9845130360. Time, date and are uncertain as of now.
DeleteBecause of the uncertainties, i had not proposed an official meet, but we can always meet on the sidelines.
DeleteRaghunath 9:58
ReplyDeleteI took it this way.
Rotund = fat ('We poked fun at his rotundity' for example)
Beginning to 'a'ge = a
ROTUNDA
That's fine for the second part. But how does one refer it to a building?
DeleteRotunda is a domed building
DeleteThat's fine. How is a bldg fat?
DeleteROTUNDA is 1. a round building, esp. one with a dome.
Delete2. a large and high circular hall or room, esp. one surmounted by a dome.
from thefreedictionary
Again from the freedictionary ROTUND is Rounded in figure; plump.
DeleteThe building is the def. It is not fat. Rotund is fat. our mind has got locked up in knots Raghu.
DeletePl tell me what's the conn between the def and fodder. How can there be no relation between both?
DeleteFurther to Kishore's 10:22
ReplyDeleteMy contact: +91 94802 00000
Usually I am flummoxed when I am faced with a phone number that has multiple instances of the same digit/figure.
DeleteHere we have five 0s. While dialling or punching (nowadays I think it is punching all the time) how do I keep track of the number of times I have pressed the same number? With my finger poised on 0 or doing the action on it, I would mentally count one, two (meaning 0 twice) and then instead of pressing 0 and saying 3, I might probably punch 3. Too late, and I will have to start all over again.
Is there any short cut?
Why press the digits; after all, you recall the number and merely choose the Call option, you might say. Oh yes, except that you have to scroll down and be sure you are choosing the correct number - taking care that it has not in the fraction of a moment moved one position down and is calling some other number.
Life is difficult!
In this particular instance, since the repeated numeral is at the trailing part, it is quite easy. You need not count at but err on the higher side. The extra numerals are automatically ignored.
Delete25 Ac. "Tradesman" - A correction had been sent to The Hindu many days back but has not been carried out.
ReplyDeleteSankalak
Thanks for the clarification
DeleteRecently a setter said the revised versions of some clues were not used by the paper. This is really disturbing that not enough attention is paid to the setters' communications.
DeleteRaghunath 9:58
ReplyDeleteSurface reading?
Yes. I'm looking for something plausible.
DeleteIt could easily have been reworded with 'round' or 'circular' instead of 'fat'
DeleteJust to prove my immaturity:
DeleteRound building/block! (7)
would've been an [&lit] clue, the way I see it!
Round stands for rotund. Letter is a building block, and A is a letter, hence a building block.
Can be used as a charade ROTUND+A.
Building and block mean the same thing in a different context, so Rotunda's definition can be Round building/block.
JK. I'm not sure if A can be specified simply as 'letter'. :)
I'm waiting for the pros' comments on this one. Is that a valid suggestion?
DeleteBuilding blocks can be bricks, amino acids, Lego set etc. Even if you accept letter as a b... block, there are 26 options.
DeleteYes. :)
DeleteThank you. I understood. :)
Simply wanted to know if it was an acceptable compromise, to get the &lit.
Thanks for the reply.
Isn't 8A supposed to be indicated as (3,3)?
ReplyDeleteI loved the crossie, just a doubt.
Suresh,
ReplyDeleteYr 12.54 and 15.16 posts. Now my mind is really in knots as a result of these posts!
:))
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