Tuesday, 23 April 2013

No.10754, Tuesday 23 Apr 13, Gridman

Some really good clues here while the overall puzzle has the Gridman stamp. Liked VEILING, ABOLISHED, ISLE, SEER, SUPPOSE, AT ISSUE and ARROW.

ACROSS
1 Advocacy, with the sixth sense, for backward artist to abandon stimulation (8) ESPOUSAL (ESP + ar<=OUSAL)
6 Yell king is out of fight (4) BAWL (BrAWL)
9 Choose one mother for ideals (6) OPTIMA (OPT + 1 + MA)
10 Live wickedly in good covering (7) VEILING (LIVE* + IN + G)
13 Put an end to spilling oil in a second-rate warehouse (9) ABOLISHED (OIL* inside A + B + SHED)
14 For six, it’s unusual sojourn (5) VISIT (VI + IT'S*)
15 Retain // stronghold (4) KEEP (DD)
16 Reason with nobody at WTC site in New York (6,4) GROUND, ZERO (GROUND + ZERO)
19 What six of one is of the other, proverbially (4,1,5) HALF, A, DOZEN (E)
21 Piece of land one’s almost leased (4) ISLE (1'S + LEt)
24 Top saint’s practice (5) USAGE (U + SAGE)
25 Mail raising fear of danger? Not exactly (5,4) ALARM, POST (CD)
26 Collector is more difficult about circle (7) HOARDER (HARDER outside O)
27 “__ not to reason why” (Tennyson) (6) THEIRS (GK)
28 Prophet given some weight in India in the past (4) SEER (DD)
29 How a person looks in wonder (4-4) WIDE-EYED (E)

DOWN
2 Imagine spouse, annoyed, keeping quiet (7) SUPPOSE (SPOUSE* outside P)
3 Short grunt about a veda’s beginning (6) ORIGIN (OINk outside RIG)
4 Hit Oriental jumper, hit! (9) SMASHEROO (SMASH + E + ROO)
5 Angry as strikingly bright leader makes room for novice (5) LIVID (VIVID with L for V)
7 A complex accumulation is up for debate (2,5) AT, ISSUE (A + TISSUE)
8 Bright times when there’s no tension (5,7) LIGHT, MOMENTS (LIGHT + MOMENTS)
11 Penetrate one new Veda rendition (6) INVADE (1 + N + VEDA*)
12 These occur when one is brooding dismally (4,8) DARK, THOUGHTS (CD)
17 Botched up Texan duel not celebrated (9) UNEXALTED (TEXAN DUEL)*
18 Termination where there might be a filter (3,3) FAG, END (CD)
20 What escapes owing to a pipe problem, perhaps (7) LEAKAGE (CD)
22 Standing firm in the rush to plague (7) SCOURGE (CO inside SURGE)
23 I’m deep-set to hinder (6) IMPEDE (I'M + DEEP*)
25 Limited non-nuclear missile (5) ARROW (nARROW)


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  1. Anonymous23 April 2013 at 08:33

    28 Prophet given some weight in India in the past (4) SEER (DD)

    Fish in Mangalore !

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    1. Deepak Gopinath23 April 2013 at 08:37

      In the olden days would they have said "Give me one seer of Seer?

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    2. Anonymous23 April 2013 at 08:39

      ... to feed a seer.

      Someone may say ayyo !

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    3. Richard23 April 2013 at 08:46

      'Seer' was also a measure of volume for grain. It was made of four 'pavs' (plural of pav). I remember, as a kid, having seen at home a shining cylindrical receptacle made of copper, used to measure rice.

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  2. Chaturvasi23 April 2013 at 08:56

    In Tamil we had 'aazhaakku'.

    I don't know how many of these made something else ("padi"?), but every home had this measure at home.

    Street vendors would use it while selling goods. Housewives might use it for measuring ingredients while cooking.

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    1. Padmanabhan23 April 2013 at 09:10

      8 aazhakkus made 1 padi & 4 padi made 1 marakka. Seer (pronounced as 'saer' in Tamil) was a measure of weight.
      Cooking quantities have shrunk with shrinking of families (nuclear?) and aazhakku is considered too big!

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    2. Shrikanth23 April 2013 at 10:31

      Wasn't 8 padi one marakkal? There is a Mukuruni Pillayar in Meenakshi Amman Temple. We were told that they make one big kozhukattai made out of 3 Kuruni's (aka Marakkaal). But the math doesn't work correctly. Any insights?

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    3. Shrikanth23 April 2013 at 10:32

      Sorry , missed out something .. And one kuruni was supposed to be 6 Padi

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    4. Padmanabhan23 April 2013 at 11:17

      You are right. There are 2 variants of marakkal- 4 & 8 padis.

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    5. Chaturvasi23 April 2013 at 11:35

      I came across "mukuruni pillayar" in a Tamil story that I was reading. Didn't know the background to the name. Thanks, AD, for your note.

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  3. Chaturvasi23 April 2013 at 08:57

    Kishore

    Did you know that the crossword blog on The Guardian has been suggesting answers to clues embedded in PGW's 'Something fishy'?

    Today I have suggested an answer to the last of the clues.

    Visit

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/crossword-blog/2013/apr/18/crossword-blog-help-solve-missing-wodehouse-clues?commentpage=1

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    1. Anonymous23 April 2013 at 12:56

      Thanks for the ref. I am flummoxed for the nonce.

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  4. Raghunath23 April 2013 at 09:08

    I think 25 dn ARROW is the best of all.

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  5. Padmanabhan23 April 2013 at 09:10

    Took a long time getting it until I narrowed down the possibilities!

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  6. Padmanabhan23 April 2013 at 09:25

    Wouls someone explain 4D?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath23 April 2013 at 09:30

      Hit = SMASH
      Oriental = E
      jumper = ROO (kangaroo)
      hit = Definition = {SMASH}{E}{ROO} meaning a person or thing of superlative quality, importance, etc, eg a smash hit (from Chambers)

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    2. Padmanabhan23 April 2013 at 11:14

      Thank you Col.I could not get the 'roo' part. It is clear now.

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  7. Bhalchandra Pasupathy23 April 2013 at 09:52

    Enjoyed.

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  8. Unknown23 April 2013 at 10:31

    Very good crossword, some brilliant clues, like 4D and 16A!
    Good morning all.
    Missing Doc - Sandhya, hope all is well with you!

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    1. SandhyaP23 April 2013 at 11:53

      If you are referring to me - I'm fine, thank you! :)

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  9. Bhavan23 April 2013 at 11:27

    Apologies for the lack of pictures and links to wikipedia or wiktionary or such to clarify uncommon words/references. Had very little time to spare in the morning.

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  10. Padmanabhan23 April 2013 at 11:35

    I thought it had something to do with the copyright issue.

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  11. Suresh23 April 2013 at 12:05

    Gridman has added vigour to my morning

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  12. Chaturvasi23 April 2013 at 13:52

    The other day a TV news channel has

    ALLIANCE DALLIANCE

    as a caption.

    Your task is to write a clue for either word using the other word for wordplay.

    One poster, one chance only.

    Write the word chosen with a colon and then the clue, the wordplay using the other word that need not be mentioned openly.

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    1. Richard23 April 2013 at 15:21

      Has Gridman added rigour to our afternoon, Suresh?

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  13. Sridhar23 April 2013 at 15:21

    In response to CV sir's invitation for a clue:

    David's bond with flirtation? (9)

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  14. VP23 April 2013 at 16:09

    Enjoyable one today. Surface in 2D brought a smile.

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  15. Anonymous23 April 2013 at 16:20

    Alliance: Courting, after relinquishing some money, leads to marriage (8)

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  16. PKPSwami23 April 2013 at 16:20

    Punch in 18 d is quite nice.12d-gives food for thoughts.

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  17. VMA Nair23 April 2013 at 17:03

    -- on a day before marriage

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  18. Padmanabhan23 April 2013 at 19:57

    Agreement after start of day leads to dawdling.

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  19. Raghunath23 April 2013 at 20:28

    DALLIANCE: Duke's affinity for flirtation.

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