Friday, 10 May 2013

No.10769, Fri 10 May 13, Skulldugger

Skulldugger has provided us today morning's serials and movie

ACROSS
1 Money trees and the like? (4,5) CASH CROPS CD
6 Lose it at a card game (4) SNAP DD See comments
8 Frantically seek a man, or another similarly designated (8) NAMESAKE (SEEK A MAN)*
9 A hybrid, like this clue (6) ACROSS (A CROSS)
10 Catty woman, abandoning mother, gets in (6) FELINE (FEmaL(IN)E)
11 Trapped in Alaska, or headed there (8) ICEBOUND CD,DD
12 China to provoke Tibetan Premier (3,3) TEA SET (TEASE T)
15 Flat number belted out at dusk (8) EVENSONG (EVEN SONG)
16 Exploding supernova’s power discharge could consume a planet! (8) RAVENOUS (SUpERNOVA)*
19 Some heads have no hair (6) SHAVEN (T) The whole clue is the def.


21 Refrain from overwhelming Eastern predecessor (8) FOREBEAR (FORBEAR around E)
22 Browser with an overabundance of oomph ditches Explorer finally (6) SURFER (SURFEit R)
24 Growing dull nopal in greenhouses (6) PALING (T)
25 Clara ate haphazardly, choosing from the menu (1,2,5) A LA CARTE (CLARA ATE)*
26 To transfer possession to offspring, reportedly (4) CEDE (~SEED) Like the Trans-Karakoram Tract or Shaksgam valley
27 Purveyor of paranormal phenomena turning up among the more dull-witted (9) DISPENSER (DENSER around PSI<)
DOWN
1 Bird caught by dashing roue (5) CRAKE (C RAKE)
2 Variety of vision-enhancers that is in (7) SPECIES (SPECS around I.E.)
3 Irritate a chef (5) CHAFE (A CHEF)* Irritate on double duty
4 What once was and once is (7) ONETIME (ONE TIME)
5 Lacking form, unlucky bridge player splits after initial sacrifice (9) SHAPELESS (S HAPLESS around East)


6 Maidservant, desires carousing at heart (7) SERIOUS  Maidservant, extra I ??  See comments. I don't get it. Are you serious ? (SER I OUS) At heart on double duty. See comments. Sometimes the heart is big and sometimes it is small. Systole and Diastole, I suppose.
7 Sassy Dona danced endlessly to repetitive sounds in Sweet Sixteen , say (9) RESONANCE I suspect this may be wrong  ASSONANCE See comments
13 Complicated Kazakh journalist meets blonde finally after downing beer (9) ELABORATE (ALE< BORAT E)
14 Having more than one stage, couple fled with it (3-6) TWO LEGGED
17 Loner prior to time-out (7) EREMITE (ERE TIME*)
18 The sopranos charmed friends, appearing regularly on television (7) SERIALS The Sopranos, Charmed and Friends are all serials
20 These remain to be cleared by incompetent students (7) ARREARS CD
22 Rattle Rabat’s rich man, reportedly (5) SHAKE (~SHEIK)
23 Chemical compound concocted from trees (5) ESTER (TREES)*

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55 comments:

  1. Kishore10 May 2013 at 08:33

    With reference to Afterdark's late night post:

    Incidentally 'Wedding Anniversary' anagrams to 'Very awarded innings' ;)

    Kishore, you are now supposed to live up to Bhavan's title :))

    I started off in a ward, have put my wife in the maternity ward twice and will probably end up in a ward (mental or otherwise): So it is actually quite a-warded innings

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  2. Bhavan10 May 2013 at 08:34

    6 Lose it // at // a card game (4) SNAP (DD)

    7 Sassy Dona danced endlessly to repetitive sounds in Sweet Sixteen , say (9) RESONANCE I suspect this may be wrong

    ASSONANCE formed by the middle letters of the first 3 words

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  3. Deepak Gopinath10 May 2013 at 08:36

    In my view something is SERIOUSly wrong in 6D

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  4. Deepak Gopinath10 May 2013 at 08:42

    or could 6D be {SER}{I}{OUS} from hearts of the first three words of the clue

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    1. SandhyaP10 May 2013 at 08:47

      That is how I took it. 'At heart' - double duty.

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    2. VJ10 May 2013 at 08:50

      It is an unfair clue IMO.

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    3. Deepak Gopinath10 May 2013 at 08:53

      +1 due to the different sizes of the heart

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    4. Kishore10 May 2013 at 08:59

      My heart is beating, keeps on repeating...

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    5. SandhyaP10 May 2013 at 09:04

      Whom are you waiting for?

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    6. Kishore10 May 2013 at 09:07

      For a clue without cardiomegaly

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    7. Padmanabhan10 May 2013 at 09:13

      Heart(s)? since it is hearts of more than one word!

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    8. Kishore10 May 2013 at 09:16

      Since there are 3 hearts, we must be talking of an octopus.

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    9. Richard10 May 2013 at 12:34

      Guys, thanks for taking the memories back to the mid-1970s. That lilting song My heart is beating, keeps on repeating from the movie Julie had been penned by Harindranath Chattopadhyaya and the music was scored by Rajesh Roshan. Great performances in the movie from 'Chattakkari' or 'Julie' Lakshmi, Om Prakash, Nadira, Rita Bhaduri and others.

      Honestly, I had liked the original Malayalam version Chattakkari much more than the Hindi remake, esp., in terms of histrionics.

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    10. Anonymous10 May 2013 at 13:34

      Richard, how could you forget Priti Sagar

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    11. Anonymous10 May 2013 at 13:36

      And Vikram Makandar

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    12. Richard10 May 2013 at 14:31

      Oh, Kishore! What a Ms!

      But Vikram the Hubli boy was a Miss-match!

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    13. Anonymous10 May 2013 at 15:42

      Absolutely right on both counts !

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  5. Kishore10 May 2013 at 08:46

    Thanks, Bhavan and Deepak. My palpitating heart goes out to solvers.

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  6. Kishore10 May 2013 at 08:49

    I have to apologise to Suresh for drawing inspiration from him today.

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  7. Deepak Gopinath10 May 2013 at 08:51

    Happy Anniversary Vijay

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    1. Kishore10 May 2013 at 08:52

      Many more happy returns, Vijay. Smile showing all your 32 teeth !

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    2. Padmanabhan10 May 2013 at 08:54

      Let me join you in wishing Vijay a very happy anniversary and keep going for more.

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    3. Bhavan10 May 2013 at 08:55

      Vijay, best wishes on your anniversary. Here is to many more.

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    4. SandhyaP10 May 2013 at 09:00

      @Vijay: Very Happy Anniversary!

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    5. Raghunath10 May 2013 at 09:25

      @Vijay: Happy anniversary wishes!

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    6. Suresh10 May 2013 at 10:47

      Happy anniversary Vijay

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    7. Krishnan10 May 2013 at 10:49

      @ Vijay: Wishing you a very happy Anniversary.

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    8. Richard10 May 2013 at 12:25

      Vijay, I am repeating my message of yesterday. Have a great day and long bliss in wedlock.

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    9. Shrikanth10 May 2013 at 12:35

      Many happy returns of the day Vijay

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    10. VP10 May 2013 at 14:03

      Happy Anniversary Vijay.

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    11. Unknown10 May 2013 at 14:54

      Meenakshi & i, thank all of you, for wishing 'very awarded innings'.

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    12. Rengaswamy10 May 2013 at 15:35

      Many Happy returns of the day. Happy Anniversary, Vijay.

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  8. Bhavan10 May 2013 at 08:54

    For every good clue like SNAP, TEA SET, CEDE there were others that put me off. Listing a few gripes:

    11A: How does the connection from Alaska to Ice work?
    16A: Never heard the phrase "consume a planet". I understand why it is there for the surface, but in cryptic reading is it an accurate/tight enough definition?
    19A: While I see the appeal of the clue, is it complete? Shaven is an adjective so how can the whole sentence be taken as definition?
    3D: Either the definition or the anagram indicator is missing.
    13D: Deriving Borat from Kazakh journalist was a stretch (for me)
    22D: A Shiekh/Shiek is an Arab chief/ Muslim leader. So is Rabat's rich man and accurate description?

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    1. Bhavan10 May 2013 at 08:56

      27A : PSI by itself doesn't mean paranormal phenomena

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    2. Kishore10 May 2013 at 09:06

      I had several reservations like you and had to work back to justify by reasoning:

      11a You can be trapped in Alaska by being icebound or be icebound and heading for Alaska
      16a When you are ravenous, you can consume anything.
      19a Agree
      3d Took it as double duty
      13d Perfectly agree. Had to work it backwards
      22d Sheik can be stretched to mean a rich man, probably, but restricting it to Rabat was a bit odd.
      27a I was wondering how to fit esp in, and then I realised what Skulldugger was up to.

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    3. Kishore10 May 2013 at 09:08

      The above explanations were rationalisations and do not mean that I found the clues fair or proper

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  9. Padmanabhan10 May 2013 at 08:55

    27A-
    Is it ESP or ISP for paranormal...?

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    1. Kishore10 May 2013 at 09:01

      Please see link. PSI is a show : Paranormal Scene Investigators.

      But that does not mean the clue is fine.

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  10. Raghunath10 May 2013 at 09:00

    Also, 24 AC lacks indicator for the embedded fodder.

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  11. Raghunath10 May 2013 at 09:16

    IMHO:
    11 A: Would North/ South pole work here?
    16 A: I think this clue is alright. When one's Ravenous one could consume a planet too?
    3 D: What could be wrong when the clue is taken as a whole.
    22 D: Should be acceptable, I think. Shiekh's a rich man also.

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  12. Anonymous10 May 2013 at 09:30

    Many alliterations as well... 7D, 22D, 23D, 2D(?)

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  13. Suresh10 May 2013 at 10:50

    Apology received, Kishore.

    You should be sorry.

    Because you have to suffer the summer with all the covering on the head.

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    1. Anonymous10 May 2013 at 11:52

      With Skulldugger and gang around, it looks like I won't have to suffer for long.

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  14. VMA Nair10 May 2013 at 10:58

    Arrears and incompetent students.hmmm

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  15. VMA Nair10 May 2013 at 11:19

    Very Happy Anniversary Vijay

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  16. Padmanabhan10 May 2013 at 11:20

    3D?!

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  17. Deepak Gopinath10 May 2013 at 11:20

    Lovely painting lesson Kishore

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    1. Anonymous10 May 2013 at 11:50

      One of my all time favourites. Such beauties do not fade.

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  18. Padmanabhan10 May 2013 at 11:21

    My 11.20 meant for Ajeesh's 10.58!

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  19. Rengaswamy10 May 2013 at 15:47

    Got it in my inbox today: Interesting.

    Chess: Chariot, Horse, Elephant Soldiers
    Cold: Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
    Joke: Joy of Kids Entertainment
    Aim: Ambition in Mind
    Date: Day and Time Evolution
    Eat: Energy and Taste
    Tea: Taste and Energy Admitted
    Pen: Power Enriched in Nib
    Smile: Sweet Memories in Lips Expression
    Bye: Be with You Everytime

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    1. Suresh10 May 2013 at 17:08

      Lovely, Rengaswamy. Be yours everytime is a beautiful way to say Bye.

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