Tuesday, 9 April 2013

No.10742, Tuesday 9 Apr 13, Klue Klux Klan

This was fun from KKK. A couple of new words but not ungettable from the wordplay. If I have to criticize the puzzle, it is for the number of clues having gratis bits of the answers. But enjoyed it on the whole.

ACROSS
1 In favour of writing? Or disallowing it? (11) PROSCRIBING (PRO + SCRIBING)
9 Mary Jane, Lincoln receive lake water fit for drinking (7) POTABLE (POT + ABE around L)
10 Horse, one to note shrub (6) NAGAMI (NAG + A + MI)
11 Grouch about to throw (5) CHURL (C + HURL)
12 Poisonous colour I would point to (7) CYANIDE (CYAN + I'D + E) Was expecting the answer to be an adjective to match the definition
15 Understanding is between you and me (4) WISE (IS inside WE)
16 First, man reverses throttle of car here (10) MADAGASCAR (ADAM<= + GAS + CAR)
18 Student to start off appeasement lawsuit (10) LITIGATION (L + mITIGATION)
20 Devastating bombs decapitated gangs (4) MOBS (bOMBS)*
23 It could be a high or low meal (7) TEATIME (CD)
24 Beat the spirit endlessly (5) WHISK (WHISKy)
26 Bum following a revolutionary slogan? (6) BOTTOM (B + MOTTO<=)
27 Chap has tailless fish definitely (7) FISSURE (FISh + SURE)
28 Characterless princes don’t rebel (11) NONDESCRIPT (PRINCES DON'T)*

DOWN
2 Obscene Italian patriot lacking some gaiety (6) RIBALD (gaRIBALDi)
3 Looks the same either way (4) SEES (<=>)
4 Prank grandmother, from start to finish, at a zoo (10) RANNYGAZOO (gRANNY(+G) + A + ZOO)
5 Flowers, for instance, in bonsai arrangements (8) BEGONIAS (EG inside BONSAI*)
6 Roving Scandinavian mother ousted king (7) NOMADIC (NORDIC with MA for R)
7 One is attached to an umbilical cord when on this (9) SPACEWALK (CD)
8 Sweden boasts of strong ales (6) STOUTS (S + TOUTS)
13 Shows sapient mom in bad light (10) PANTOMIMES (SAPIENT MOM)*
14 Horse skid disoriented carriages (9) DROSHKIES (HORSE SKID)*
17 A holy book had Edward unnerved (8) AGITATED (A + GITA + TED)
19 Accoutre Molokai by contributing quiver (7) TREMOLO (T)
21 Abominable when Melanie leaves musical (6) ODIOUS (melODIOUS)
22 Admits that he has headless pup (4,2) OWNS, UP (OWNS + pUP)
25 Regular gaffe of artist overturned from a distance (4) AFAR (A F + RA<=)

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25 comments:

  1. Anonymous9 April 2013 at 08:35

    23 It could be a high or low meal (7) TEATIME (CD)

    Bring out the samosas for the High Tea

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  2. Deepak Gopinath9 April 2013 at 08:41

    Gita strikes again today

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    1. Anonymous9 April 2013 at 08:57

      You too are hiding her, Col. GopInATh, although in a 17D form..

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    2. Chaturvasi9 April 2013 at 09:40

      Gita strikes again today...

      ...And I don't get my lunch!

      ... I am battered and bruised.

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    3. Anonymous9 April 2013 at 09:44

      You can use the batter to make idli or dosa

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    4. Padmanabhan9 April 2013 at 09:49

      bruised dosas?

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    5. Col_Gopinath9 April 2013 at 09:49

      Alternatively the batter could be sent to help the Pune Warriors IPL team

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    6. Padmanabhan9 April 2013 at 09:57

      CSK seems to be needing it too.

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  3. Anonymous9 April 2013 at 09:00

    Talking of names, a client once read out loud from the certificate on my wall, " Mangalore Kishore from Bangalore" and chortled.

    With a straight face I ageed with him, " yes, Mr Dutta from Calcutta"

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  4. Col_Gopinath9 April 2013 at 09:35

    Are 'GAS' and 'THROTTLE' synonymous?

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  5. Suresh9 April 2013 at 09:51

    step on the gas (or throttle)?

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  6. Padmanabhan9 April 2013 at 09:54

    I had my doubts too on that except that throttle gives more gas, not just gas.

    I had a doubt about fissure, but on looking up chap is also one of the meanings given. Totally new to me.

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    1. Col_Gopinath9 April 2013 at 10:04

      That's why ladies use chapsticks, to heal the chaps on their lips!

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    2. Chaturvasi9 April 2013 at 10:17

      'Chap' also means a chop or jaw.

      Shakespeare often uses 'chap-fallen' to mean "cast-down; dejected" (literally, having the chop or lower jaw fallen down).

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    3. Padmanabhan9 April 2013 at 10:58

      Probably that is why what the Chinese use to eat is called 'chopsticks'.

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  7. David Dobson9 April 2013 at 09:54

    I enjoyed this too today.

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  8. maradnusro9 April 2013 at 11:03

    Either Ku Klux Klan's standard is falling or I am improving. Except Rannygazoo and Dorshkies I achieved a High B I think.

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    1. Suresh9 April 2013 at 11:24

      The standard is not falling. He/she is only setting easier puzzles.

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  9. Anonymous9 April 2013 at 13:30

    Anyone read Natwar Singh's piece on Maggie in today's TH? The cartoonist obviously did not.

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    1. Chaturvasi9 April 2013 at 14:05

      You're right! And the cartoonist too has it right when he should have left!

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    2. Anonymous9 April 2013 at 14:51

      You said it right! I just left it unsaid...

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    3. Richard9 April 2013 at 18:34

      Reminds me of a friend's gag: "I brain comprises two sides - right and left. In the left, there is nothing right. And in the right, there is nothing left."

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  10. Anonymous9 April 2013 at 14:57

    BTW, mention of Molokai in today's CW reminded me of Father Damien. I vaguely remember having a lesson, in one of the many Radiant Readers we had from Allied Publishers, on his leprosy colony.

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  11. Klue Klux Klan9 April 2013 at 15:08

    What ho!

    Glad to know that the puzzle was of an acceptable standard (if not tough enough). Shall strive to make future offerings tougher.

    I must admit that, looking back now, 'throttle' does seem to be out of place to indicate 'gas.' Should've constructed the clue better.

    Thank you for the critique and I would welcome more feedback to make the future offerings better.


    Cheers!

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  12. Ramani9 April 2013 at 20:40

    16a - Is it OK to use a comma btn first and man?

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