Thursday, 4 July 2013

No 10816, Thursday 04 Jul 13, Neyartha

 Fun and games in this opener from Neyartha. Stumped by a few14D, 15D & 25A.

ACROSS
7   Bond’s return spotted inside note by the French is certain (8) RELIABLE {RE}{LIAB<=}{LE}
9   Marshal cut short by mistake in the religious retreat (6) ASHRAM MARSHAl*
10 Selfish Tesla goes into the green ICC building about the circular letter (10) EGOCENTRIC {EG{O}CEN{T}RIC*}
11 Keen on isolating new thorium ore initially (4) INTO {I}{N}{T}{O}
12 Oscar substituted the Oriental herb with a palm starch (4) SAGO SAG(-e+o)O
13 American board game for U.S. cashiers (8) CHECKERS [DD]
16 Dressing accessories made with tree branches by some Asians reportedly (3,4) (~bough) BOW TIES (~thais)
18 Vocal impostor gets a clothes dryer (7) SPINNER [DD] (Addendum - WRINGER (~ringer) - See comments)
20 Lawyer admitted to adjusting braces in this board game (8) SCRABBLE {SCRAB{BL}E*}
21 Timeless desire to get safe harbour? (4) COVE COVEt
23 Spot of unevenness in yarn left in the wrong place (4) BLUR {B(+l}LUR(-l)}
24 Equestrian’s mare on show is a bit wild (10) HORSEWOMAN*
25 Action of a witch having a chilling effect (6) CREEPS [DD] (Addendum - CARESS [CD] - See comments)
26 Kit included in order for a magnetic tape holder (8) CASSETTE {CAS{SET}TE}

DOWN
1   Son discarded plan with consent (5) DEIGN DEIsGN
2   Postman follows the flying machine to a warship (8,7) AIRCRAFT CARRIER {AIRCRAFT} {CARRIER}
3   Go back over Carter’s reflection on Edward (7) RETRACE {RETRAC<=}{E}
4   Mineral found in a coastal city (4) TALC [T]
5   Shy person having qualms about the purple shade (9,6) SHRINKING VIOLET {SHRINKING} {VIOLET}
6   Does it hold the answer to all secrets? (6,3) MASTER KEY [CD]
8   Bong disturbed one entertained by a game (5) BINGO {B{1}NGO*}
14 Tin that may ruin a musical experience (3) E?P ? (Addendum - EAR [GK] - See comments)
15 Group of people travelling in a bus is the teacher’s responsibility (9) COACHL?R? (Addendum - COACHLOAD {COACH}{LOAD} - See comments)
17 Recede after abbey’s shelled from the south (3) EBB aBBEy <=
19 Young socialite upset by pitch foundation (7) BEDROCK {BED<=}{ROCK}
21 Attach essential component for the board game (5) CHESS [T]
22 Moves abruptly in a board game (5) DARTS [DD]

GAMES AT WORK

24 Mess resulting from Henry replacing quiet door fastener (4) HASH {HAS(-p+h)H}

LINK TO SOLUTION

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38 comments:

  1. Anonymous4 July 2013 at 08:33

    15 Group of people travelling in a bus is the teacher’s responsibility (9) COACHL?R?

    COACH LOAD

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    1. SandhyaP4 July 2013 at 08:38

      It is a charade:

      Teacher: COACH
      Responsibility: LOAD

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    2. Deepak Gopinath4 July 2013 at 08:44

      Thanks, I deleted my post to which you'll responded

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    3. Raghunath4 July 2013 at 10:55

      Getting over the jitters concerning apostrophes?

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    4. Deepak Gopinath4 July 2013 at 11:35

      Nope, I still have problems with Deepak's, Deepaks' and Deepaks !!!

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  2. Anonymous4 July 2013 at 08:34

    18 Vocal impostor gets a clothes dryer (7) SPINNER [DD]
    WRINGER ~RINGER

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  3. Anonymous4 July 2013 at 08:35

    14 Tin that may ruin a musical experience (3) E?P ?

    EAR , A tin-ear can ruin your musical experience

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  4. SandhyaP4 July 2013 at 08:50

    25 Action of a witch having a chilling effect (6)CARESS (CD)

    'Cold as a witch's caress' - idiom

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  5. Deepak Gopinath4 July 2013 at 08:57

    Is anyone experiencing a problem wit the THC app through Facebook? I keep getting the message 'Please log into Facebook first!' inspite of being logged in

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan4 July 2013 at 09:57

      Same here.

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    2. Col_Gopinath4 July 2013 at 10:10

      Chitra if you see this can you have the problem sorted out. The app is available through ORKUT though.

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  6. RameshJ4 July 2013 at 10:21

    Nice one from Neyartha.
    Had a q on 1D. Son discarded plan with consent (5)
    Should there be something like a 'from' between 'discarded' and 'plan' ? Of course it ruins the surface, but without it, isn't the cryptic reading of the clue incomplete ?

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    1. Raghunath4 July 2013 at 10:41

      That's Neyartha's style. I too feel that 'from' should have been included, and don't think it mars the surface.

      A question on use of E for Edward in 3 D. Usually it is Ed.

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  7. Anonymous4 July 2013 at 10:21

    The two pictures inserted in the post have an odd connection. The last time I saw a 13a set was on board USS Intrepid, a 2d

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 July 2013 at 10:43

    Considering the smooth run that one had for the past/last ten days, barring Sundays, it's tough going today. This is where, I guess,
    "Boys" get separated from "Men"! Unfortunately I am a sixty plus Boy!

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    1. Raghunath4 July 2013 at 11:59

      It's usualy tough for many solving this setter's puzzles, for different reasons. I think there are quite a few in (or about to join)the group in which you are.

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  9. Nadathur Rajan4 July 2013 at 12:40

    Supplement to the interesting information on 'fine legs' shared by Shri Rengaswamy yesterday:

    It was Belinda Clark (not Brenda Clark) who scored 229 off 155 balls (incl 22 4's) in the One-Day match Australia played against Denmark on 16 December, 1997 for the 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup, popularly called the Hero Honda Women's World Cup.

    Belinda also held the record for the most runs by a captain in a Women's One Day International series (445).

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    1. Kishore4 July 2013 at 13:22

      Mark the date, Deepak, and the terminal letters of the country scored against

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  10. Nadathur Rajan4 July 2013 at 13:11

    13A CHECKERS

    There is a game, popular in India, called Chinese Checkers. Neither is this game a variant of checkers, nor did it originate in China! It was started in Germany in 1892 as "Stern-Halma", a variation of the American game Halma ('Stern' (star in German) refers to the board's star shape as against the square board used in Halma). The change in name resulted in 1928 from a marketing scheme by the Pressman company. Bill and Jack Pressman originally called it "Hop Ching Checkers".

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    1. Chaturvasi4 July 2013 at 14:50

      In 1957-58 when I was studying SSLC in CBE, a jolly gang of us comprising one or two elders and some cousins in the same age group used to play Chinese Checkers in my aunt's house in R.S. Puram.

      It was great fun.

      Once in some excitement I touched the hand of my cousin in pavadai/dhavani and as a result I was ordered by my aunt to take bath in a purification ritual!

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    2. Kishore4 July 2013 at 15:55

      ;-)

      And, how many times did that happen !

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    3. Deepak Gopinath4 July 2013 at 17:17

      Maybe once after each move ;-)

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    4. Kishore4 July 2013 at 17:30

      Usually traffic diversions cause irritation. A few months back I was dropping a smart and pretty young lady and an opportune diversion made me drive for nearly 4 km instead of 400m, thus extending my quality time with her.

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 July 2013 at 17:39

      Excuse me Col.Saheb. What does the symbol ;-) signify ? I come across it now and then, and some times just the symbol without any comment!

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    6. Anonymous4 July 2013 at 17:45

      Wink and smile - Tilt your head to your left and look at it

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    7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 July 2013 at 17:50

      ;-) !
      Yeah, got it. Looks funny !

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  11. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 July 2013 at 16:09

    24D, does pash mean a door nail? I use Concise Oxford Dictionary that gives some other meaning.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 July 2013 at 16:15

      Please read door fastener for door nail.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 July 2013 at 17:26

      Thank U too Col.Saheb. Had I paid some more attention to the anno of 24D, my doubt would have been cleared then and there.

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 July 2013 at 17:46

      I just wonder how the clarification given by Col. to my doubt(24D) has disappeared !?

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    4. Deepak Gopinath4 July 2013 at 21:49

      I deleted it as Ajeesh had already given the answer separately

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  12. VMA Nair4 July 2013 at 16:29

    Hi MB,
    It is hasp

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  13. Nadathur Rajan4 July 2013 at 17:51

    14 Tin that may ruin a musical experience (3) EAR [GK]

    Shouldn't the clue be 'Tin one that may ....'?

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  14. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 July 2013 at 18:49

    Kishore @ 3:55 ...(and, how many times did that happen !)

    ;-) ! May be CV Sir is missing the count(ess) ! Hence the silence !!

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  15. raju umamaheswar4 July 2013 at 20:13

    Maybe, we should have more of Sankalak to get used to his quirky clues.

    DEIGN,HORSEWOMAN and COACHLOAD , RELIABLE AND were not my favourites !! I lost a few more of the remaining wisps of hair on my pate Q.

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  16. raju umamaheswar4 July 2013 at 23:02

    Sorry,
    I meant Neyartha !!

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