Neyartha wants us to figure things out today. Have a couple of doubts on the annos and spellings.
Note: There are five 3D shapes in the solution set. Their
corresponding clues don’t carry a direct definition
ACROSS
1 Throw the crumpled pita receipt (11) PRECIPITATE*
9 Agent to secure counter when the standards body is besieged
(7) LIAISON {LIA{ISO}N<=}
10 Speaker’s aid in the skating areas announced by the French
initially (6) LARYNX {LA}{RYNX}(~rinks)
11 Relationships may get spoilt when this is driven (5) WEDGE [CD]
12 Ski haphazardly on seeing cheese-making byproduct around the
alcoholic drink (7) WHISKEY {WH{SKI*}EY}
15 Some go to great lengths for the giant troll (4) OGRE [T]
16 Elizabeth goes out of the decentralized organization with the
lathe part (4,6) DEAD CENTRE DECENTRAlizED* Should have been CENTER.
18 A journalist’s bug catcher? (4,6) COPY EDITOR [CD]
20 Open jar with lithium went missing from the overnight bag
(4) VASE VAliSE
23 Anticipate crooked Peter’s provision of shelter for the
politician (3-4) PRE-EMPT {PRE-E{MP}T*}
*24 Frenchman, at the wrong place, dresses with great nicety (5) PRISM PRI(-m)S(+m)M
26 He may pay particular attention to the crease (6) UMPIRE [CD]
27 Praise censored notice in address (7) ORATION adORATION
28 Contaminated nature of many soft drinks was spread around by the
Democrat last month (11) ADULTERATED {A{D}{ULT}ERATED}
DOWN
2 Reddish-brown ship takes over the Dutch brook (6) RUSSET Anno pending (Addendum - {RU(-nl+ss)SSET} - See comments)
*3 Leaders of the camps opened near Erode (4) CONE {C}{O}{N}{E}
*4 Deploy horn indiscriminately (10) POLYHEDRON* Like we Indians do!!
5 Farm machine’s harsh rate briefly adjusted (8) THRASHER Anno pending. Shouldn't it be a Thresher? Something's not right here.
6 Inappropriateness of raising an insect in the medical department
(7) TANGENT {TANG<=}{ENT}
7 American wild plum reported to be on the train with the dawdler
(9) SLOWCOACH (~sloe){SLOW}{COACH}
8 Look for a bird (6) GANDER [DD]
*13 Cook hires help to entertain me in retreat after the trainee’s
departure (10) HEMISPHERE {H{EM<=}ISPHEREl*}
14 Delay resulting from intimidation by the female overwhelms Tesla
(9) DEFERMENT {DE(-t+f)FERMENT}
17 Some extreme dialogues might be therapeutic (8) REMEDIAL [T]
*19 Drop back to surround assembled army (7) PYRAMID {P{ARMY*}ID<=}
21 Account by the captured police unit turns sour (6) ACIDIC {A{CID}{I}{C}
22 Sedative obtained by northbound Greek character after work on
island (6) OPIATE {OP}{I}{ATE<=}
25 Trace the Greek letter (4) IOTA [DD]
Thresher or Thrasher, the fodder does not match.
ReplyDelete5 Farm machine’s harsh rate briefly adjusted (8) THRASHER Anno pending. Shouldn't it be a Thresher? Something's not right here.
ReplyDeleteHARSH + R(-a)TE*
Both spellings are right.
[harsh + rat(-e) ]* is what the wordplay seems to suggest. which doesn't lead to thrasher or thresher.
DeleteSandhya,
DeleteHow did you remove a from 'rate'?
We now have a thresher but no fodder to mill in it. I got thus far and no farther.
DeleteGo after Lalu Prasad yadav.
Delete:)
Delete2 Reddish-brown ship takes over the Dutch brook (6) RUSSET Anno pending
ReplyDeleteSS taking the place of NL in RUNLET (Brook)
DEAD CENTRE is Br spelling.
ReplyDeleteLathe Centers are spelt 'CENTER' and not 'CENTRE'
Deletefrom thefreedictionary.com:
Deletedead centre
n
1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
2. (Engineering / Tools) a pointed rod mounted in the tailstock of a lathe to support a workpiece Also called dead point.
Chambers also gives Dead Centre.
But Wikipedia gives CENTER as you suggest.
Neyartha, please clear the confusion over thresher and thrasher!
ReplyDeleteRita
DeleteAll of us would expect the answer to be THRESHER.
However, the wordplay (if we interpret 'briefly' to mean 'remove the last letter of the following word'), leads us to THRASHER after the required jumbling..
Now the question is: Is the spelling for the farm machine correct?
All that I would say is that there is dict. support for thrasher = thresher = farm machine.
I don't know if Neyartha will visit these parts.
However, the wordplay (if we interpret 'briefly' to mean 'remove the last letter of the following word'), leads us to THRASHER after the required jumbling..
DeleteHow? HARSH + RAT has no E in it to spell THRASHER. Like Sandhya mentioned if we discount A from RATE, we get THRASHER, but the wordplay doesn't work.And that is the source of my confusion.
Now that you mention it, I see where the problem lies.
DeleteI didn'th analyse the wordplay as I ought to have done. I thought that the argument was whether 'thrasher' is a farm machine (as we are all used to the more common 'thresher').
My observation was limited to the fact that the spelling thrasher too is correct.
I had failed to work out the anno. Apologies.
Neyartha has omitted some nice 3-D figures that I know.
ReplyDelete2 Reddish-brown ship takes over the Dutch brook (6) RUSSET Anno pending
ReplyDeleteIs NL: Netherlands same as the Dutch (which is either a language or their people)?
Dutch would be of the or relating to the Netherlands or its people.
DeleteSo nl being the internet code for Netherlands may fit in.
Going Dutch...
DeleteMuch before the Internet happened, NL was being used in international vehicle registry. Perhaps also in telex messages.
Suresh-garu, thanks for your kind call during your visit to Bangalore. My invitation to you and Rama to extend your journey to the western front the next time around stands.
Just to beat the boredom:
ReplyDeleteAttitude statement of a modern-day student:
People smoke and drink for a few days and get addicted to it.
We are studying since CHILDHOOD but still we are not addicted to studying.
That's called 'Self-control'!
Definitions:
Adult: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.
Beauty parlour: A place where women curl up and dye.
Committee: A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.
Secret: Something you tell to one person at a time.
Skeleton: A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.
Raisin: A grape with a sunburn.
Tomorrow: One of the greatest labour-saving devices of today.
Egotist: Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.
Wrinkles: Something other people have, similar to my character lines.
Dust: Mud with the juice squeezed out.
Mosquito: An insect that makes you like flies better.