Thursday, 11 July 2013

No 10822, Thursday 11 Jul 13, Arden

Cakewalk today compared to yesterday.

ACROSS
1   Weapon carried by many a knight (8) LANCELOT {LANCE}{LOT}
5   Time for work, eschewing sin with rubber (6) ERASER {ERA}{SERvile} Not sure if this anno is correct (Addendum - {ERA}{SERvice} - See comments)
10 Actor in bed having a smoke (7) CHEROOT {C{HERO}OT}
11 Seminar dealt with ash (7) REMAINS*
12 When was some Kalashnikov last used to return fire? (5) SALVO [T<=]
13 My goodness! model’s got into an exotic headgear (5,4) FANCY THAT {FANCY} {T}HAT}
14 Giving a measure of destruction it circles earth crazily (7,5) RICHTER SCALE*
18 Up in the sky top stars assembled here (12) STRATOSPHERE {TOP+STARS+HERE}* (Correction - {TOP+STARS}*{HERE} - See comments)
21 Try an overdue work out (9) ENDEAVOUR*
23 Lionel meets regularly at the cove (5) INLET {lIoNeL}{mEeT}
24 Sick having deformed face like in parts of a glacier (7) ICEFALL {I{FACE*}LL}
25 Endless greeting made with a number (7) INTEGER GREETINg*
26 Playful boy got it on time (6) KITTEN {KIT}{TEN} (Correction - {K{IT}{T}EN} - See comments)
27 Somehow we agreed to forego right for a high class plant (8) AGUEWEED {WE+AG(-r+u)UEED}*

DOWN
1   Hopper puts copper in a confused state (6) LOCUST {LO{CU}ST}
2   Want central rulers as a pointer (6) NEEDLE {NEED}{ruLErs}
3   An expert gets a clear view following energy business (9) ECONOMIST {E}{CO}{NO MIST}
4   Something spectacular in space (3,2,4,5) OUT OF THIS WORLD [DD]
6   Queer game (5) RUMMY [DD]
7   She has her family nowadays while he has his gang (8) SKINHEAD {S{KIN}HE}{AD}
8   Got up on time to set up windows (8) ROSETTES {ROSE}{T}{TES<=}
9   Ideal suitor could be marching behind royalty (6,8) PRINCE CHARMING {PRINCE} {MARCHING*} My COD
15 Confused setter has to contend with a napkin (9) SERVIETTE {SER{VIE}TTE*}
16 May be star like, tries different cocktail (8) ASTERISK {AS}{TRIES*}{cocK}
17 Inclined to be treading carelessly (8) GRADIENT*
19 Top players before tournament avoiding a player like a bane (6) PLAGUE {P}{LeAGUE} Bridge player East.
20 Looked at 16 with a newspaperman (6) STARED {STAR}{ED}
22 Saying some had a gender bias (5) ADAGE [T]

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31 comments:

  1. Anonymous11 July 2013 at 08:30

    15d compare with clue 4d in today’s Guardian Quick 11260 where “Serviette (6)” is the clue and the answer is

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  2. Anonymous11 July 2013 at 08:30

    5a ERA SERvice (work without sin)
    26a K(IT T)EN, I thought

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  3. Deepak Gopinath11 July 2013 at 08:31

    Please own up, all 'Skinheads' of this blog!!

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    1. Anonymous11 July 2013 at 08:32

      Three and half decades back, Tirupati

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    2. Rengaswamy11 July 2013 at 08:36

      Five decades back at Tirupati

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    3. Rengaswamy11 July 2013 at 08:37

      After that, I was called Double Head (Rettai Mandai) in the school and I decided not to have skinhead ever after that.

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    4. Richard11 July 2013 at 08:39

      Bald humour...

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    5. Richard11 July 2013 at 08:39

      And where are you all heading?

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    6. Anonymous11 July 2013 at 09:13

      To Vizag

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  4. maradnusro11 July 2013 at 09:04

    Balderdash, may I add.

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  5. Suresh11 July 2013 at 09:20

    Ask not where the skinheads are. Ask who does not have skin on his head

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  6. RameshJ11 July 2013 at 09:53

    18 Up in the sky top stars assembled here (12) STRATOSPHERE {TOP+STARS+HERE}*

    I had this as {TOP STARS}* {HERE}

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    1. Anonymous11 July 2013 at 10:43

      Dextral

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    2. RameshJ11 July 2013 at 11:25

      hmmm .. Now I understand how "often" has been re-purposed to mean "regularly"

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    3. Raghunath11 July 2013 at 13:14

      Like 'rare' is used as an anagram ind.

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    4. RameshJ11 July 2013 at 14:12

      rare = lightly cooked seems to be a valid anagram indicator. Am i missing something ?

      My point above was often = regularly ( in the sense of frequently and not in the sense of a pattern ), but I have seen it used to pick alternate letters. Just like how I think student became L (Student = Learner = L)

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    5. Raghunath11 July 2013 at 14:28

      I did not connect rare with often. Just a comment abt its use. Rare as 'unusual' for an anagrind, I meant.

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  7. Richard11 July 2013 at 11:14

    Just an innocent query: How does one distinguish between the thick-headed and the thick-skinned?

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  8. jaggu11 July 2013 at 12:56

    I was told that Skinheads are also called DOT BUSTERSs they were rubbing off Bindis from the foreheads of Hindu women.

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  9. Raghunath11 July 2013 at 13:10

    2 Want central rulers as a pointer (6) NEEDLE {NEED}{ruLErs}

    As 'rulers' is in plural isn't 'a pointer' incorrect?

    Can't make out the meaning here:

    5 Time for work, eschewing sin with rubber (6) ERASER

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  10. VMA Nair11 July 2013 at 14:06

    Raghunath @ 1:10
    Reminded me of that crossword video

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  11. RameshJ11 July 2013 at 14:26

    Perhaps Ajeesh is referring to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVWdbO6FFfw

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  12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam11 July 2013 at 15:03

    Col.Saheb !

    Better late than never ! Happy to join the elite club of "Skinheads" of this blog ! I'm a Three-Quarter type "Skinhead",
    yet to become a grandpa !

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  13. Venkatesh11 July 2013 at 16:25

    Re. 2Dn, Raghu had said: As 'rulers' is in plural isn't 'a pointer' incorrect?

    Other words would have fitted the purpose like POLEAX or SCLERA.

    In any case, Arden's effort to vary from the monontonous 'the French' is welcome. Recently, we had the 'Nice article' (in Shuchi's blog).

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