Monday, 22 July 2013

No.10831, Monday 22 Jul 2013, Vulcan



ACROSS
1 Book // balance (7) RESERVE (2) 
          Not fully convinced of second definition
5 Issue not closed? Go for extension (7) COMPASS (COMe PASS) Anno not clear.  See comments
          Extent is compass, but not sure of Extension.
9 Mammal, one swallowed by a reptile moving agilely (9) ACROBATIC (BAT 1 inside A CROC)
10 Fantastic run — he becomes a leader (5) NEHRU (RUN HE)*
          What a leader and orator ! Time to recall his midnight speech

11 Soldiers who aren’t professional? (7) MILITIA (CD)
12 Chief participating in Aam aadmi rally (7) ADMIRAL (T)
          Causa Proxima of THC: Admiral RD Katari

13 Speaker’s rule number one (9) PRINCIPAL (~PRINCIPLE)
15 Become equal (5) MATCH (2)
17 Gold perhaps, of King Otto (5) INGOT (T)
19 Pastry and fresh bagel in a container (6,3) DUFFEL BAG (DUFF(EL BAG) from(DUFF BAGEL*)
22 Check and discharge every other better turned in (7) SETBACK (SACK around BeTtEr<)
25 Illusion created by god of sound? (7) CHIMERA (CHIME RA)
26 Size’s right for a change (5) GIRTH (RIGHT*)
27 An office employing a thousand — in Alaska (9) ANCHORAGE (AN CHORE around A G)
28 Can I buy used amp for the instrument? (7) TIMPANI (TIN I around AMP*)
29 First half of Emmy’s over and edited (7) EMENDED (EMmy ENDED)
DOWN
1 Driving or otherwise, you might need it to get where you want (4,3) ROAD MAP (CD)
2 Bob, Republican, caught making noise (9) SHRILLING (SHILLING around R)
3 Like a machine, run an instrument and check endlessly (7) ROBOTIC (R OBOe TICk)
4 Caught in a hospital section and reprimanded (9) ENTRAPPED (ENT RAPPED)
5 Old company in California making non-alcoholic beverage (5) COCOA (O CO in CA)
6 Car mother’s got — smallest (7) MINIMUM (MINI MUM)
7 Hate the sound of a yawn (5) ABHOR (A ~BORE)
8 Silence in church after protest — not a bit of action (7) SQUELCH (CH after SQUEaL)
14 File about revolution — showing series of changes from start to finish (4,5) LIFE CYCLE (FILE* CYCLE)
16 The French arrive after getting ticket to Mesa (9) TABLELAND (TAB LE LAND)
          Remembered the Mesa abode of  The Phantom
17 Move, say, with intuition (7) INSIGHT (~INCITE)
18 Complex chart on each part of respiratory system (7) TRACHEA (CHART* EA)
20 Happening part of a series (7) EPISODE (2)
21 State leader to continue (2-5) GO AHEAD (GOA HEAD)
          Manohar Parrikar, at present
23 Sound and detailed article on alcohol (5) THRUM (THe RUM)
24 Fabric colour (5) KHAKI (2)
          The colour came first, not the cloth

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62 comments:

  1. SandhyaP22 July 2013 at 08:36

    5 Issue not closed? Go for extension (7)

    {COM(-e)}{PASS}?

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    1. Kishore22 July 2013 at 08:38

      Did think of that, but was not happy enough to risk it

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    2. Kishore22 July 2013 at 09:31

      Issue out from a tap could be called come out. So, OK, I think.

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  2. Chaturvasi22 July 2013 at 09:17

    Wrt to the blogger recalling Adm. Katari,

    visit, if you haven't already,

    http://www.crosswordunclued.com/2012/10/admiral-katari-hindu-crossword-setter.html

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  3. Chaturvasi22 July 2013 at 09:19

    Enjoyed Kishore's cartoon foraying into the political realm.

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    1. Kishore22 July 2013 at 09:25

      I was a bit hesitant about it. But then thought I shall just quote Pt.Nehru.

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    2. Kishore22 July 2013 at 09:34

      I had thought of labeling the graph as RICE PRICE, but then had second thoughts, in view of the Re.1 schemes.

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  4. Chaturvasi22 July 2013 at 09:21

    Q: If we call Kishore's work today 'political cartoon', what is the term for those cartoons that merely raise a laugh with politics never on the artist's mind.

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    1. Kishore22 July 2013 at 09:27

      May I suggest a word for the opposite of what you are asking for, i.e. a cartoon with political undertones: A Poltroon ;-)
      Having named the antonymn, we can now safely forge ahead to name what you have asked for as an apoltroon.

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    2. Kishore22 July 2013 at 11:11

      Deepak, do you have any objections to political cartoons ? If so, I will avoid them in future.

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    3. Kishore22 July 2013 at 11:13

      BTW, this is not the first time. I have posted one on 3rd May 2013 too.

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    4. Col_Gopinath22 July 2013 at 11:30

      I have no problem, however if a certain MB objects to it I will become amnesiac

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  5. Nadathur Rajan22 July 2013 at 09:30

    19 Pastry and fresh bagel in a container (6,3) DUFFEL BAG (DUFF BAGEL*)
    Pastry DUFF
    Fresh bagel BAGEL*
    (DUFF)(EL BAG*) - a container

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    1. Kishore22 July 2013 at 09:32

      That is what I have given in the anno.

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    2. Kishore22 July 2013 at 09:33

      The practice has been to give the anagram fodder in the anno without anagramming it.

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    3. Col_Gopinath22 July 2013 at 09:57

      Kishore,

      Since the anagrammed word has been split it may be better to show the anno as given by Rajan for better understanding

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    4. Anonymous22 July 2013 at 10:04

      Wilco

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 July 2013 at 11:05

      Voila ! Now Wilco !! I always learn new words from you. Thanks.

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  6. Chaturvasi22 July 2013 at 09:39

    How one page leads to another...

    As usual I went to the crossword page:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/26006

    One pic at right there led me to another - which is really a serious subject. But I doubt if I would have visited that topic but for the allurement:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jul/21/e6-protein-risk-throat-cancer

    I stopped long enough to write a Comment underneath and I also wrote to the Readers' Editor of The Guardian.

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    1. Anonymous22 July 2013 at 10:01

      Your silence about the editors speaks plenty !

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    2. Col_Gopinath22 July 2013 at 10:14

      CV,

      The lady in that picture is his wife, Catherine Zeta Jones, taken at the Red carpet leading to the Oscar 2013 awards ceremony. See another picture at http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/i541210-8/oscars-2013-red-carpet-gallery-michael-douglas-catherine-zeta-jones-oscars-2013.html

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    3. Chaturvasi22 July 2013 at 11:14

      Deepak

      Thanks for the info.

      I still think that the choice of the pic for the story is unsuitable.

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    4. Kishore22 July 2013 at 11:27

      That's fine. But I doubt if he spoke at the Oscars (Feb 2013) about it. There is an earlier report (2nd June) a The Guardian interview where he specifically mentions how he caught it. And that interview uses different photos, probably from stock. So I think CV is justified in thinking that the pic was chosen for the purpose it did serve: making the reader click on it.

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    5. Col_Gopinath22 July 2013 at 11:32

      I would click on any picture with CZJ in it

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    6. raju umamaheswar22 July 2013 at 21:12

      Lord ! Deepak : Click your tongue and smack your lips? For Catherine Zeta Jones ? Be prepared to get a whack with a cat'o'ninetails by Geeta baroness at home !

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  7. Chaturvasi22 July 2013 at 09:42

    24 Fabric colour (5) KHAKI (2)
    The colour came first, not the cloth

    Does that mean you want the clue to be

    24 Coloured fabric? (5)

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    1. Anonymous22 July 2013 at 09:52

      No, I mean the cloth was named after the colour

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  8. Nadathur Rajan22 July 2013 at 09:43

    DUFF, as such, is the first part of the answer.
    Anag of BAGEL (fresh is Anagram Indicator) forms the second.
    The blog entry shows both words as forming the fodder.

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    1. Anonymous22 July 2013 at 09:56

      When I want to indicate that DUFF is also part of the odder, I put the * outside the brackets, as in BODMAS. I have no example of that today, but you can see that usage in 18a on Friday

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  9. Nadathur Rajan22 July 2013 at 09:44

    24 KHAKI
    Without the X-ing, one might have thought of BEIGE also.

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  10. Venkatesh22 July 2013 at 10:35

    A little known fact, missed in the annals of history, is that Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was, at one stage of his career, the 'nominal' Principal of the Government College, Kumbakonam, at that time known as The Cambridge of South India (established in 1854, it is also one of the oldest Educational Institutions in India). He continued to teach at Benares while being shown on the record as the Principal of the College at KMU.

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  11. Raghunath22 July 2013 at 10:44

    Nice crossword from Vulcan. Smooth wording.
    Have a doubt about this:

    7 Hate the sound of a yawn (5) ABHOR

    BHOR ~ Bore?

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    1. Col_Gopinath22 July 2013 at 10:58

      Just checked and found that ABHOR is pronounced as {AB}{WHORE}

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    2. Raghunath22 July 2013 at 11:07

      Like Sailor's tart?

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    3. Kishore22 July 2013 at 11:10

      Salty and tangy?

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 July 2013 at 11:29

      ;-) I don't like tarts. I'm a sugar patient !

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    5. Kishore22 July 2013 at 11:31

      How sweet ;-)

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    6. Raghunath22 July 2013 at 11:35

      Tarts ned not be sweet.

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    7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 July 2013 at 11:48

      ...Well, I was just referring to a sweet in an open pastry case ! Nothing else !!

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    8. Raghunath22 July 2013 at 11:50

      I meant tarts could also be tangy as did Kishore ;-)

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    9. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 July 2013 at 12:11

      ....forgot to mention I'm an ulcer patient too ! So salty and tangy tarts are also "out of bounds" for me ;-)

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    10. Deepak Gopinath22 July 2013 at 12:31

      So you don't like Sugar and Spice and all things nice!!

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    11. Anonymous22 July 2013 at 12:36

      @Raghu: like Fatafat !

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    12. Raghunath22 July 2013 at 12:38

      Yes, that one's from Hyderabad.

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    13. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 July 2013 at 12:41

      ....Well, I do like homely sugary spicy things in limited quantity !!

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    14. Anonymous22 July 2013 at 12:53

      @ Raghu: ich bin ein Hyderabader !

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    15. Raghunath22 July 2013 at 13:11

      Aren't you Bengalurean?

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    16. Anonymous22 July 2013 at 14:36

      Presently, yes. Was there in 73-76

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    17. RameshJ22 July 2013 at 14:42

      hmm .. Once a Hyderabadi always a Hyderabadi?

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    18. VP22 July 2013 at 15:13

      Had the same doubt as Raghu (@10:44), but this thread has more than answered it :)
      Good puz from Vulcan.

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    19. Anonymous22 July 2013 at 16:02

      But then when was JFK a real Berliner?

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  12. Raghunath22 July 2013 at 12:36

    If I say 'salty' will he say he is hypertensive?

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 July 2013 at 12:50

      I shall give it a thought !! But my answer @ 12:41 will clear your doubt, I think !?

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    2. VJ22 July 2013 at 17:04

      Mukundala, wow!!! Really wonder what kinda diet you survive on.

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 July 2013 at 17:37

      ...balanced diet without tarts of any kind !!

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  13. Unknown22 July 2013 at 15:18

    Does, Capital letter, in crossword, has any special meaning?

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  14. Anonymous22 July 2013 at 15:43

    ACROBATIC=anagram of CAT+I+COBRA? moving being anagram operator

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    1. Anonymous22 July 2013 at 16:01

      Good observation, but then swallowed would be superfluous

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    2. VJ22 July 2013 at 17:02

      That would be an indirect anagram. So not acceptable

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  15. raju umamaheswar22 July 2013 at 21:16

    Half-way through solving , ORKUT mama has cut me off ! Will have to try again !

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  16. raju umamaheswar23 July 2013 at 00:39

    Managed to open Orku at 15hrs in NY. didn't like the annotations in a few items. Nothing to go gaga about.

    Duffel bag took me back to Hold-alls and my comments on the current fad amongst students and techies to carry the modern day ubiquitous hold- all as the burden of their lives on their backs.

    Clue of may day was GO AHEAD.

    Mukundala:Deepak meant the sugary and spicy and Kishore's tangy tarts -- If you're in Bombay, you'll find them soon as the High Court has released an ORDER o t let them loose in the bars !!

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