Sankalak is in form and the old format's back again !
ACROSS
1 By the seacoast, I turned up an accomplice (9) ASSOCIATE (SEACOAST I)*
5 More depraved bachelors about to return (5) BASER (BAS RE<)
We had BASHER yesterday
8 I leave the stormy Caspian with two knights to get a bag (8) KNAPSACK (CASPiAN KK)*
9 Confront retired accountant with a charge (6) ACCOST (CA< COST)
11The antenna, say, of a gazelle (5) ARIEL (~AERIAL)
12 The meaning of the position taken under a U-boat perhaps (9) SUBSTANCE (STANCE under SUB)
Unter unterseeboot ? If it's not waterproof, my socks will get wet
13 Relish disturbing guest after dinner starts (6) DEGUST (D GUEST*)
I used to relish the Reader's Degust
14 A certain dip in the Mediterranean that is deliberate (8) MEASURED (A SURE in MED.)
16 Kind of colour given to a blunder about a quarrel, new (8) BROWNISH (BISH around ROW N)
18 Inn with permit clipped by the people (6) PUBLIC (PUB LICence)
MakkaL in Tamil
22 Broadcaster of a disembodied voice? (9) AKASHVANI (CD,DD)
Remember the lilting sound with which it used to wake up, once upon a time
23 A right taken off in the advent of a competitor (5) RIVAL (a r RIVAL)
24 Officer carrying travel permit in a brood pouch! (6) OVISAC (OC around VISA)
This is what a poultry farmer uses to collect eggs, just like a fisherman uses a creel
25 Sponge, could be, a robber’s undoing (8) ABSORBER (A ROBBERS)*
26 Indian gold? Right, for a sound system (5) SONAR (SONA R)
Tagore wrote 'Amar Sonar Bangla', which was later adopted as Bangladesh's national anthem
27 What the arbiter reportedly intended to say in his decision (9) JUDGEMENT (JUDGE ~MEANT)
Richard mentioned the declaration of Emergency yesterday. It was effective from today 26th
June, 1975 and was a direct result of the Judgement of the Allahabad High Court. Kuldip
Nayar wrote a book The Judgement on this.
DOWN
1 A protégé accepting work foregoing gold — that is embarrassing (7) AWKWARD (WorK in A WARD)
2 Shutting up a marine fish? (7) SEALING (SEA LING)
3 Daydreams (7,2,3,3) CASTLES IN THE AIR (CD)
Is what a 3d-chess player does when he wants to move a rook and a king on the top deck in the
same move
4 A measure to exploit and make a charge (6) ACCUSE (A CC USE)
5 A banqueter’s cook, let loose, is again where he started, with no progress (4,2,6,3) BACK TO SQUARE ONE (A BANQUETERS COOK)*
This is what always happens on the Penrose stairs, better known to people through Escher's
drawing
6 He said “the kinquering Congs their titles take”! (7) SPOONER (GK)
A not so young man having heard the daylight saving message on radio 'Time to turn your
clock back' went straight to the shoe cupboard and picked up the black shoe polish before
retiring to the loo
7 Give new life to the old tyre (7) RETREAD CD
Makes sense for people who go bald
10 English baby dressed for church (5) ABBEY (E BABY)*
15 A small, pale city in Africa (5) ASWAN (A S WAN)
This is the place where the Nile was dammed
16 Could the warning lights be a cheater’s? (7) BEACONS (BE A CONS)
17 Too vain, working for applause (7) OVATION (TOO VAIN)*
19 On the rise, Melba, voluptuous, was somewhat worthy of affection (7) LOVABLE (T<)
The voluptous Melba might be lovable, not loved, as discussed yesterday
20 Priest, one housed by a sect, was the one at fault (7) CULPRIT (PR 1 in CULT)
21 Arab sailor who found wrongdoing wicked (6) SINBAD (SIN BAD)
He was the guy who found himself between a roc and a hard place
ACROSS
1 By the seacoast, I turned up an accomplice (9) ASSOCIATE (SEACOAST I)*
5 More depraved bachelors about to return (5) BASER (BAS RE<)
We had BASHER yesterday
8 I leave the stormy Caspian with two knights to get a bag (8) KNAPSACK (CASP
9 Confront retired accountant with a charge (6) ACCOST (CA< COST)
11The antenna, say, of a gazelle (5) ARIEL (~AERIAL)
12 The meaning of the position taken under a U-boat perhaps (9) SUBSTANCE (STANCE under SUB)
Unter unterseeboot ? If it's not waterproof, my socks will get wet
13 Relish disturbing guest after dinner starts (6) DEGUST (D GUEST*)
I used to relish the Reader's Degust
14 A certain dip in the Mediterranean that is deliberate (8) MEASURED (A SURE in MED.)
16 Kind of colour given to a blunder about a quarrel, new (8) BROWNISH (BISH around ROW N)
18 Inn with permit clipped by the people (6) PUBLIC (PUB LIC
MakkaL in Tamil
22 Broadcaster of a disembodied voice? (9) AKASHVANI (CD,DD)
Remember the lilting sound with which it used to wake up, once upon a time
23 A right taken off in the advent of a competitor (5) RIVAL (
24 Officer carrying travel permit in a brood pouch! (6) OVISAC (OC around VISA)
This is what a poultry farmer uses to collect eggs, just like a fisherman uses a creel
25 Sponge, could be, a robber’s undoing (8) ABSORBER (A ROBBERS)*
26 Indian gold? Right, for a sound system (5) SONAR (SONA R)
Tagore wrote 'Amar Sonar Bangla', which was later adopted as Bangladesh's national anthem
27 What the arbiter reportedly intended to say in his decision (9) JUDGEMENT (JUDGE ~MEANT)
Richard mentioned the declaration of Emergency yesterday. It was effective from today 26th
June, 1975 and was a direct result of the Judgement of the Allahabad High Court. Kuldip
Nayar wrote a book The Judgement on this.
DOWN
1 A protégé accepting work foregoing gold — that is embarrassing (7) AWKWARD (W
2 Shutting up a marine fish? (7) SEALING (SEA LING)
3 Daydreams (7,2,3,3) CASTLES IN THE AIR (CD)
Is what a 3d-chess player does when he wants to move a rook and a king on the top deck in the
same move
4 A measure to exploit and make a charge (6) ACCUSE (A CC USE)
5 A banqueter’s cook, let loose, is again where he started, with no progress (4,2,6,3) BACK TO SQUARE ONE (A BANQUETERS COOK)*
This is what always happens on the Penrose stairs, better known to people through Escher's
drawing
6 He said “the kinquering Congs their titles take”! (7) SPOONER (GK)
A not so young man having heard the daylight saving message on radio 'Time to turn your
clock back' went straight to the shoe cupboard and picked up the black shoe polish before
retiring to the loo
7 Give new life to the old tyre (7) RETREAD CD
Makes sense for people who go bald
10 English baby dressed for church (5) ABBEY (E BABY)*
15 A small, pale city in Africa (5) ASWAN (A S WAN)
This is the place where the Nile was dammed
16 Could the warning lights be a cheater’s? (7) BEACONS (BE A CONS)
17 Too vain, working for applause (7) OVATION (TOO VAIN)*
19 On the rise, Melba, voluptuous, was somewhat worthy of affection (7) LOVABLE (T<)
The voluptous Melba might be lovable, not loved, as discussed yesterday
20 Priest, one housed by a sect, was the one at fault (7) CULPRIT (PR 1 in CULT)
21 Arab sailor who found wrongdoing wicked (6) SINBAD (SIN BAD)
He was the guy who found himself between a roc and a hard place
Children in India learn to call him Sindbad, the variant of the name also used in the film produced in the last Century.
ReplyDeleteSin-bad exhorts you to do evil, whereas sinned-bad just reports it
DeleteSINBAD can be taken as an exhortation, "SIN (is) BAD".
DeleteOn the format mentioned in the byline: Old is SONA (a la the clue in 26Ac).
Anything like SIN-GOOD? :-)
DeleteSomeone had asked, 'What is so good about BADminton'?
Someone pronounced my name as 'Bad manabhan'!
DeleteThen we can call you 'Buddy' instead of 'Paddy'!
DeleteBTW, are you still away or are back home?
+1 for both parts of the byline
ReplyDelete11A - What could be the connection between a gazelle and the washing powder brand ARIEL?
ReplyDeleteAre you looking for a real connection?
DeleteUsually swift-footed wild animals inspire car-makers. Wondering what the soap-makers had in mind...
DeleteAny woman (it's always a woman in the ads) who wears clothes rendered "palich" after having been taken through Ariel in a washing machine makes me to gaze at Elle.
DeleteThe two words are telescoped to GAZELLE.
And after that did you say, I came, I saw, I kinquered
Delete27A - Re Kishore's comment, the landmark judgement handed by Justice J L N Sinha invalidating Indira's election in early June 1975 perhaps totally changed India's political history.
ReplyDelete22 AKASHVANI is a DD. What is CD about it?
ReplyDeleteAkashvani is a broadcaster of a disembodied voice, so the whole works as a cd defn.
Delete26A - Remembered an old Ajitism.
ReplyDeleteAsked about his priorities, Ajit, ever fond of Mona and gold, answered 'Mona aur Mona ke saath....'
Ajit always Hammid his lines
Delete6D Jeered woke...:-)
ReplyDeleteI heard it from the teening lover of Pisa
DeleteI find it easier to solve a THC or even a TT in its HT form, but I have to do a lot of head-scatching first to comprehend Kishore's afterwords and then try to find an answer to them.
ReplyDeleteJust look at them afterwards...
DeleteBut my wards are all with me right now - including my grandchildren from the U.S.
ReplyDeleteThen don't go unto ward.
DeleteCompliments to Sharanya on her drawing the cartoon a few days back.
She writes poetry.
DeleteHere is one written on her iPad and emailed to me:
Will there ever be a world
Where balloons did not twirl
And frolick up so high above our heads
On the Fourtheenth of March?
Will there ever be a place
Where every single space
Was not filled with decorations
On the Fourteenth of March?
Will there ever be a land
Where in each child’s hand
There was no colorful balloon
On the fourteenth of March?
For the fourtheenth of March is no ordinary day,
Thousands of children come out to play
They bring a balloon, to dance with and smile,
And stay outside for quite a while.
Soon, they know the day is done,
Because outside there is no sun
Children everwhere gather up near the lake
Their tired bodies must have to awake.
The time to end the night is here
With a ritual that occurs each year
Slowly, the children gather together
And stare up at the peaceful weather
But every person’s little heart knows
Everything ends and everything goes
So with one final, meaningful goodbye
They watch their balloons disappear ‘to the sky.
What would life be, without Balloon Night?
Each child wonders as they snuggle tight
Cozy in their dear beds,
the children rest their tired heads
And start to, again, patiently wait
For next year’s Balloon Night.
Nice. 3.14 is also pi day
DeleteSomeawe
DeleteReally nice one. Cld not help but think of Einstein (his b'day) at this line "For the fourtheenth of March is no ordinary day,"
DeleteKishore, thanks for standing in at short notice.
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure. Anytime you say. Your command is my wish.
DeleteMy God! What a standing in!!
DeleteAnd stand-up too, packed with humour!
Delete6 He said “the kinquering Congs their titles take”! (7) SPOONER
ReplyDeleteA question for veteran solvers:
Don't 'kinquering Congs' have to make sense, even if it is Spoonerism.
This is an exact quote (or so Spooner-masters say). Hence, Sankalak would be right quoting it.
DeleteHowever, there is a larger debate if Rev. Archibald Spooner did ever say any of the oft quoted ones.
Thanks. Didn't know about it being a quote.
DeleteAs far as I know, the Spoonerized version of a phrase/sentence need not be sensible in itself.
DeleteLet's say "He went by the town drain." Here the sentence as a whole doesn't make sense. But it is an acceptable Spoonerism which is merely transposition of initial letters of words. Here down train has become town drain.
Sujatha the celebrated Tamil writer once talked about Spoonerism in a Tamil essay. The Editor thinking that the Spoonerized version is ribald, published not it but the straight sentence. How can we call it Spoonerism? Just imagine: To publish the above sentence as 'He went by the down train' and calling it Spoonerism, even without mentioning that it becomes Spoonerism when the intial letters of down train are transposed.
I wrote a letter to the Editor but they didn't see my point and published a highly abridged version which never made any sense.
I then wrote a personal letter to the writer and called the episode 'intellectual dishonesty'.
Down and train as such are words. Whereas kinquering and Congs are not words. But, as Kishore said it's a quotation no arguments about it.
DeleteBack to square one ! The old format is back again. Believe me it looks easy on the eye. "Old is Gold" you see !!
ReplyDeleteI found myself more comfortable with this format. Maybe since old habits die hard...
DeleteEspecially if they are on sildenafil citrate
DeleteEn route to Taj Mahal town?
DeleteExtra A to be thrown out somehow
DeleteKishore,
ReplyDeleteToday's a day for spoonerisms?
Since Sankalak brought it up
DeleteKishore: awesome commentary, keep 'em one and two liners coming.
ReplyDeleteCV: lovely poem, congrats to the author
Yes, I too enjoyed the lively banter btn Kishore and CV Sir. Also I do enjoy, in particular, the ones btn Kishore and Richard that turns out mostly on regular basis !
DeleteJust had a go at the Tableizer format one last time (see the post below this post), however if a lot of text is added to the last column like I have done in 6D where the annotation is (I copy pasted Kishores comment there), the font size gets automatically reduced to fit the table onto the screen. Otherwise it looks fine.
ReplyDeleteTried enlarging all the fonts but it becomes too big.Shall revert to the old format tomorrow onward. Old is gold I suppose.
ReplyDeleteNot only old is gold:
ReplyDeleteWhen you get old, you become really rich. Silver in your hair, gold in your teeth and an inexhaustible supply of natural gas.
...and finally all this wealth goes back to mother earth and we start unearthing them again !
DeleteExcept the gas, which the government allots to Reliance ;-)
DeleteYou hit the nail on the head !
DeleteWonder whether Spooner was from Sheffield.
ReplyDeleteGet more spoonerisms, HERE
ReplyDeleteBTW, Richard, do you remember the Konkani spoonerisms. Pretty risque they were: Examples:
DeleteNeelu Coatu (blue coat)
Malho hanga ayilvey (Did Mallya come here?)
Sorry, friends, can't translate the answers...
You.....! Knotty as ever!
DeleteI could recall many others. That is a different matter..
DeleteLooking forward to hearing from you on your stock.
DeleteRequest friends to read the second letter in this:
ReplyDeletehttp://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=ETNEW&BaseHref=ETBG/2013/06/26&PageLabel=10&EntityId=Ar01004&ViewMode=HTML
16 D - BEACON - Seems to be very apt to India, presently.
ReplyDelete