Saturday, 27 April 2013

No 10758, Saturday 27 Apr 13, Neyartha

Material day today.

ACROSS
1   Fabric from an Indian region for the auditor (8) CASHMERE (~kashmir)
5   Got ready to ride without the leader and became confused (6) ADDLED sADDLED
9   I groan in confusion over tally by the simpleton (9) IGNORAMUS {I+GROAN}*{MUS<=}
11 Kind of stitch with a glossy fabric (5) SATIN [DD]
12 Back off into China briefly to get a fabric (7) CHIFFON {CHI{FFO<=}Na}
14 Fleet I’d employed to smuggle gets a sea water surge in the direction of the wind (3,4) LEE TIDE [T]
15 Opposition to inquiry into Robin’s Muscat accommodation (12) OBSCURANTISM* Our netas are masters at this.
17 Solemn declaration by aviators seen in disguise (12) ASSEVERATION*
20 Indian industrialist pockets note on iron and fabric (7) TAFFETA {TA{F}{FE}TA}
22 Cook cuts short retirement and edges away to see the religious recluse (7) EREMITE (rETIREMEn)(-t)* New word for me
23 Analyse clips after the Oriental moves further away (5) PARSE PAR(-e)S(+e)E
24 Lady entertaining the Spanish in Florida provided some storage information (5,4) SHELF LIFE {SH{EL}{F L}{IF}E}
26 Denmark frames article on advanced graduates with fabric (6) DAMASK {D{A}{MA'S}K}
27 First course? (8) STARTERS [E]

DOWN
1   Determine the energy expended by one in grip (6) CLINCH CL(-e+i)INCH
2   Peacekeepers’ armour boxed in a ship with the automobile shades (3,6) SUN VISORS {S{UN} {VISOR}S}
3   Vishnu avatar upset by blemish (3) MAR<=
4   No representation for zero here (5,8) ROMAN NUMERALS [CD]
6   Sweet rascal’s missing son got a drink for the final course (7,4) DESSERT WINE {DESSERT} {sWINE}
7   Club with a partially flat hierarchy (5) LATHI [T]
8   Daughter getting rid of the Frenchman’s barn container is a risk (6) DANGER (-m+d)DANGER
10 Absent female’s strange penance (4-9) SELF-ABASEMENT*
13 Does this make you see things from an aquatic animal’s perspective? (7,4) FISHEYE LENS [CD]
16 Fragile sieve isn’t defective (9) SENSITIVE*
18 First step taken under pressure is downright foolish (6) STUPID{S}{T}{U}{P}{I}{D}
19 Rest in the corner (6) RECESS [DD]
2125 Dn., northbound Greek character gets to the meeting place (5) FORUM {FOR}{UM<=}
25 In favour of the number on the radio (3) FOR(~four)

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22 comments:

  1. Anonymous27 April 2013 at 08:32

    I'M MATERIAL

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  2. svemuri27 April 2013 at 08:41

    Sir,I completed the CW within your blog published time.

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  3. svemuri27 April 2013 at 08:42

    Sir,I completed the CW within your blog published time.

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  4. Raghunath27 April 2013 at 08:48

    21 AC:
    Think 25 Dn finds no place in the word play.

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    1. Raghunath27 April 2013 at 08:49

      That should be 21 DN and not 21 AC

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    2. Anonymous27 April 2013 at 08:59

      It does, as correctly indicated by Deepak.

      21 25 Dn., northbound Greek character gets to the meeting place (5) FORUM {FOR}{UM<=}

      25 Dn. = FOR
      northbound Greek character = MU<
      the meeting place = def = FORUM

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    3. Raghunath27 April 2013 at 10:06

      So it reads:

      For northbound Greek character gets to the meeting place (5) FORUM

      Still cannot get the meaning here?

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    4. Anonymous27 April 2013 at 10:26

      In trying to put 25d as a ref to that clue and trying to make it look like it is clue number 21,25 d, the surface does suffer.

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    5. Raghunath27 April 2013 at 10:36

      Is that what was intended? Then what about 25 Dn dealt with separately? Any way you look at it the reading does not make sense.

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  5. Padmanabhan27 April 2013 at 09:37

    Several good one today and a little less tough (if that is the correct way of expressing) by Neyartha standards. I liked the oblique salutation to the Indians finding the zero in 4D. Kishore may correct me if I am wrong.
    Though I got 18D correctly,the word play is so nicely done that I did not notice the 'first' and hence could not get the anno. Very nicely done.
    I was 'materially' correct today.

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    1. Raghunath27 April 2013 at 10:09

      For sometime was misled by 22 AC: Cook, till I saw it was an anagrind. Good CW, w/o usual the twists of a Neyartha puzzle.

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    2. Anonymous27 April 2013 at 10:56

      Paddy, from shunya we emerge and into shunya we merge. From singularity to a black hole.

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  6. Padmanabhan27 April 2013 at 09:39

    Col.,
    The photograph you have chosen for the fish eyed lens says it much better than the long winded explanation given in the link!

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    1. Col_Gopinath27 April 2013 at 10:01

      There were much better ones which I could have used but didn't want to get into copyright issues. For example see the one at this link FISHYEYE LENS

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    2. Suresh27 April 2013 at 16:22

      good one. The RTA seems to have used one of these when taking my picture for licence renewal

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    3. Deepak Gopinath27 April 2013 at 16:55

      :-)

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    4. Anonymous27 April 2013 at 17:13

      Ah, Suresh, where were you yesterday ? Mentioned on the blog.

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    5. Suresh27 April 2013 at 19:01

      I saw that. Something about crossword solving gadgets.

      Left me thinking, so no writing.

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  7. Padmanabhan27 April 2013 at 10:55

    Amazing!! Looks like Earth's curvature.
    Does giving links like these in the blog violate copyrights? If not, you can follow this.

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    1. Col_Gopinath27 April 2013 at 11:22

      Providing links is not an issue, the problem arises only if the image is used directly

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