Sunday 21 April 2013

No 2735, Sunday 21 Apr 13


ACROSS
1   Husband on board poorly lit boat (6)  DINGHY {DING{H}Y}
4   Candour unwisely shown about large witches' pot (8) CAULDRON {CAU{L}DRON}*
10 Splendid Havana, say (7) CAPITAL [DD]
11 Person vandalising cowl on chimney (7) HOODLUM {HOOD}{LUM}
12 Crude thug with money (5-3-5) ROUGH-AND-READY
14 Who will have reviewed this Sheridan play? (3,6) THE CRITIC [CD]
15 Magistrate imprisoning duke for evasion (5) DODGE {DO{D}GE}
16 Leader of opposing side is outstanding (5) OWING {O}{WING}
18 Children's author had dollar exchanged (5,4) ROALD DAHL*
21 On what a local tax may be based in area A (but level fluctuates) (8,5) RATEABLE VALUE RATEABLE VALUE*
23 Captain brought in an eastern perennial (7) ANEMONE {A{NEMO}N}{E}
24 Grandmother cutting a cotton cloth (7) NANKEEN {NAN}{KEEN}
25 Dagger found in street by messy toilet (8) STILETTO {ST}{TOILET*}
26 Opening bowler, perhaps American, catches one (6) HIATUS {H{1}AT}{US}

DOWN
1   Star of French cinema's first speech (10) DECORATION {DE}{C}{ORATION}
2   New record a while ago with melody taken from 9 (7) NEPTUNE {N}{EP}{TUNE} 
3   One would expect a player to behave appropriately (3,3,5,4)  HIT THE RIGHT NOTE [CD]
5   Language used when armchair almost collapsed (7)  AMHARIC ARMCHAIr*
6   Painter cooked vindaloo and rice (8,2,5) LEONARDO DA VINCI*
7   Revolutionary university in revolutionary broadcast (7) RELAYED {R{ELAY<=}ED}
8   Celebrity from Dublin, a megastar (4)  NAME [T]
9   Earth perhaps flat? Theory, initially (6)  PLANET {PLANE}{T}
13 Very evil trap set up for game (4,6) REAL TENNIS {REAL} {TEN<=}{NIS<=}
17 One from the Middle East is one king brought over (7) ISRAELI {IS}{RAEL<=}{1<=}
18 Get near volatile chemical substance (7) REAGENT*
19 Article put in last, possibly at an angle (6) ASLANT {ASL{AN}T*}
20 Complaint from the Italian chaps stationed in the outskirts of Aldershot (7) AILMENT {Alder{IL}{MEN}shoT}
22 Girl in form caught out (4) LASS cLASS

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21 comments:

  1. Col_Gopinath21 April 2013 at 08:31

    Another new setter today. 'Spinner' at 10:30.

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  2. Raghunath21 April 2013 at 08:44

    Hope some magic is woven with plenty of 'Doosras', 'wrong-uns' and in case he/ she is a lefty some 'chinamen'!

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  3. Suresh21 April 2013 at 08:59

    I had a friend at college whose name was Readymoney, who was not necessarily ready with the money.

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    1. Col_Gopinath21 April 2013 at 09:26

      Is that how he spelt his name?

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    2. Richard21 April 2013 at 09:30

      Maybe Mani Reddy!

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    3. Suresh21 April 2013 at 09:51

      He was a Parsi. They have names like Soda Water Bottle openerwala, Polishwala, Icecreamwala etc.

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    4. Suresh21 April 2013 at 09:54

      Richard, I know many Reddys with lots of Money.

      And there was this Mani in our school (Deepak would not remember) and everytime he did something wrong Brother Burke, our class teacher would sing out 'Mani is the root of all evil'

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    5. Richard21 April 2013 at 09:58

      Good one. :)

      Incidentally, READYMONEY was the telegraphic address of a bank in the olden days, before the Internet happened.

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    6. Richard21 April 2013 at 10:02

      Suresh, you seem to have missed out Ronnie Screwvala. Read about him HERE.

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    7. Suresh21 April 2013 at 10:08

      And Jhunjhunwala (who is not Parsi) and of course, my own name during a communal riot, Sarosh Daruwala.

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    8. Padmanabhan21 April 2013 at 10:13

      'Readymoney' is supposed to be Britain's first lottery. Read about it-
      http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item126626.html

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  4. Shrikanth21 April 2013 at 09:30

    5D - Stuck for a long time putting it down as Aramaic. Is this a variant spelling of the same?

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  5. Suresh21 April 2013 at 10:12

    The article on Chuck Norris next to the crossword in today's paper is quite hilarious.

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    1. Padmanabhan21 April 2013 at 10:15

      The 'Sir' added to Jadeja refers to not the English Sir but Hindi 'sir'(head) according to Dhoni (in yesterday's chat) who coined it.

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  6. Unknown21 April 2013 at 10:32

    Col, how did you know who the setter was, to-day? We, in Delhi donot have any indication of thrashers, on Sunday.
    Enjoyed the CW, anyways! Was it easier than the usual Sunday one?

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    1. Shrikanth21 April 2013 at 10:34

      Rita, Col was referring to the Sunday Special setter...The one in Hindu is a syndicated one from Guardian. (Everyman)

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  7. Unknown21 April 2013 at 10:39

    Sorry - word check changed 'the setter's' to 'thrashers' above! Probably hadn't pressed the space bar!
    Freudian slip by the iPad?!

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  8. Unknown21 April 2013 at 10:41

    Thanks!

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  9. PKPSwami21 April 2013 at 13:13

    Afterdark 9.30 Reg.5d- Amharic is an Ethiopian language which is different from Aramaic , a semitic language(related to Hebrew&Arabic)

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  10. PKPSwami21 April 2013 at 13:25

    Nice puzzle Leadi.g clues.26a bowler-hat;american-uscroszing one -i ; opening -hiatus25a &9d thought provoking.On the whole, awholesome entertainer.

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  11. raju umamaheswar21 April 2013 at 15:52


    raju umamaheswar11:31 PM GMT+05:30
    Didn't expect such a badly compiled crossie from Gridman ! Is he also jumping on to the bandwagon of NJ?

    15a was not well-constructed.

    21a : NESTLE means to cuddle- does it also mean a RESORT?

    8d: LADDERED is a weak way to mean to gain popularity

    14d : DEVA ? ayyo deva deva !! poor poor as a spirit

    16d: document is deed and how does NO fit in DETE?

    19d: pants to mean to jumble CREASED?

    23d: Detective -FED? again, does FISTED lead you to be mean? Tight-fisted?
    26d: INAPT would mean not appropriate whereas, INEPT would mean clumsy.

    My remarks are being posted at 2330 hrs after I filled up the crossie .Can it be taken up for discussions tomorrow by others?

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