Saturday, 3 August 2013

No 10842, Saturday 03 Aug 2013, Gridman

I am no good at drawing, I'm sure Kishore would have thought up a good cartoon for 22A.

ACROSS
1   They show deterioration because of overuse in covering (5,2,4) SIGNS OF WEAR [CD]
9   Spread artist’s crazy idea about time (7) RADIATE {RA}{DIA{T}E*}
10 Accountants go round red ship for body (7) CARCASS {CA}{R}{CA}{SS}
11 He will no doubt come into some money (5) PAYEE [CD]
12 I am going out of Sembiam. Look! No good characteristic! (9) SEMBLANCE {SEMBiam}{gLANCE}
13 Animal straying back into Damal lands (5) LLAMA [T<=]
15 One of seven may give ‘ins’ (6,3) DEADLY SIN {SIN}*
18 Lavish Bligh’s ship’s well-stocked, it’s said (9) BOUNTIFUL (~bounty){BOUNTI}{FUL}(~full)
21 Restraint shown at jumble sale by hothead (5) LEASH {SALE*}{H}
22 One in a field protects cultivated acres with exultation (9) SCARECROW {ACRES*}{CROW}
24 Ring on a finger? (5) WHORL [CD]
26 Environmental slogan of no value (7) USELESS {USE}{LESS}
27 One by one, English scholar begins to set out dramatic principles (7) UNITIES {UNIT}{1}{E}{S}
28 Little in street centres for beloved ones (11) SWEETHEARTS {S{WEE}T}{HEARTS}

DOWN
1   Small journey to wood where everything is exposed (5,4) STRIP CLUB {S}{TRIP} {CLUB}

REASONS FOR GOING TO ONE

2   Pious girl strangely loses heart (5) GODLY {G}{ODdLY}
3   What a repair man needs to have a machine fixed (5,4) SPARE PART [CD]
4   Be unhappy as U.S. agent takes girl (4,3) FEEL SAD {FE{EL SA}D}
5   Forms of praise make girl retain joker endlessly (7) ENCOMIA {EN{COMIc}A}
6   Part in which a person can yet be urbane (5) RURAL [CD]
7   Agnes’ aim to produce laxative powder (8) MAGNESIA*
8   Man, for instance, is let off, time having been spent (4) ISLE {IS}{LEt}
14 Praised almost grown-up taking excited date (8) ADULATED {ADULt}{DATE*}
16 Willie, thy transformation is faultless (4-5) LILY-WHITE*
17 They deny existence (9) NIHILISTS [E]
19 A number said to look and look ahead (7) FORESEE (~four){FORE}{SEE}
20 What a judge tries on (7) LAWSUIT [CD]
22 Potage from small publishing company (4) SOUP {S}{OUP}
23 Seven bring head down — they are not odd (5) EVENS (-s)EVEN(+s)S
25 More comfortable without primarily cribbing basket-maker (5) OSIER cOSIER


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  1. Kishore3 August 2013 at 08:31

    Imagine the scene:

    "That’s a scarecrow. We need not be bothered. We are sparrows."

    I am not terribly good with drawing. I can withdraw if someone has deposited.

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  2. Rengaswamy3 August 2013 at 08:41

    That is what wife is meant for. To withdraw what husband has deposited!

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    1. Kishore3 August 2013 at 08:48

      Wife just picks pockets.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam3 August 2013 at 10:25

      To buy lockets ?

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    3. Chaturvasi3 August 2013 at 10:53

      Exactly the reason why I wear a veshti and a banian - none of which has pockets.

      Where is the pocket then?

      Ah, if you have seen a Tamil movie in which the rowdy wears a waistcloth (I am deliberately avoiding a certain term lest I should incite communal passions one way or the other, from one section for mentioning it and another section for not mentioning it - lung I have not for defending my position later) and has hitched it up and if you have seen where he digs when he needs a beedi and vaththipetti, you would know where people keep things that they do not want stolen - along with vital things of vitality.

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam3 August 2013 at 11:03

      I'm familiar with this scene in Chennai, CV Sir ! Porters in Central Rly Stn are typical examples !!

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  3. Venkatesh3 August 2013 at 09:09

    22 One in a field protects cultivated acres with exultation (9) SCARECROW {ACRES*}{CROW}

    Exult(v) gives CROW
    Exultation(n) will give CROWING

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  4. Chaturvasi3 August 2013 at 09:22

    Crow, n. = an infant's inarticulate cry of joy, n. = exultation, n.

    Chambers

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  5. Venkatesh3 August 2013 at 09:34

    CROW figures
    in idioms and phrases:
    > As the crow flies (by the most direct way, measured in a straight line)
    > Eat crow (to publicly admit you were wrong about something)
    > as hoarse as a crow (very hoarse)

    and in slang:
    > Stone the crows! (something that you say in order to show that you are very surprised)

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  6. Chaturvasi3 August 2013 at 09:57

    Raising doubts is fine but once a convincing explanation is offered, the withdrawal of the objection would be in order.

    The setter offers apologies when he is in error.

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    1. Venkatesh3 August 2013 at 12:11

      Response is there in the last sentence of my post @9:34.
      We can always trust CV, our very own CCA, to come up with an explanation in defence of his clueing supported by Chambers, OED or the circle with circle (A=B, B=C, C=D,ergo A=D)approach. That it may not be a common or garden usage is another matter.
      Thanks, CV sir.

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    2. Chaturvasi3 August 2013 at 12:25

      Thank you!

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  7. Unknown3 August 2013 at 10:29

    Loved 1D!
    Gridman always a delight.
    Good morning all.

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam3 August 2013 at 10:39

    8D : Is "Man, for instance," an ISLE ? I'm not getting it !

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  9. Chaturvasi3 August 2013 at 10:44

    In such circumstances, simply google with terms man, isle and you will reach some page which will tell you what it is.

    https://www.google.co.in/#output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=man+isle&oq=man+isle&gs_l=hp.12..0l4j0i22i30l6.12429.13769.1.16666.8.8.0.0.0.0.218.1169.0j6j2.8.0....0...1c.1.23.hp..0.8.1167.c2tNW1GX0hc&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.50165853%2Cd.bmk%2Cpv.xjs.s.en_US.seW1cfrvSKg.O&fp=6da192c47fd57dbf&biw=1024&bih=653

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  10. Mukundala Balasubramanyam3 August 2013 at 11:06

    Thanks CV Sir ! Shall abide by your advice in future.

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  11. Mukundala Balasubramanyam3 August 2013 at 12:56

    CV Sir,
    Now I realize why to my comment(yesterday) "Pity one can't eat", you asked me to read radio version of Two Bottles of Relish ! It was humorous and at the same time gruesome !! What a cannibalistic story !!! Could'nt get Mother Goose recommended by Kishore.

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  12. Navneeth3 August 2013 at 13:30

    Wish some of the CDs had been more indicative of their nature. For me, they were among the last to fall.

    For example, the first clue looks like it is either to be taken literally, or that 'covering' may be a containment indicator and 'overuse' part of the fodder, but neither of which is true.

    3D 'What a repair man may need...', perhaps?


    Aside: Funnily, while solving 8D, the famous line 'No man is an island' came to mind.

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  13. Anonymous3 August 2013 at 16:35

    MB: here are those poems, each one a classic:
    http://www.funny-poems.biz/roald_dahl/Roald-Dahl-poems-biography-books-funny-poetry-online-collection.html

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam3 August 2013 at 16:47

      Thanks Kishore ! Shall go through them.

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    2. Anonymous3 August 2013 at 16:51

      My mistake when I called them Mother Goose; fairy tales is prob'ly a better description

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam3 August 2013 at 17:19

      Just now finished reading Roald Dahl's first two funny poems ! I liked "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" very much !! Shall recommend to my daughter too !!! Will complete the rest later. Thanks once again for suggesting such a funny site !

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  14. Richard3 August 2013 at 18:29

    Just back from another gruelling round of travel today.

    By the way, literally, and in transit, happened to spot two signboards, one next to the other.

    One read: MOBILE SHOP

    Another: STATIONARY SHOP

    Kishore, your time starts now....

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    1. Anonymous3 August 2013 at 19:34

      The mobile shop could be stationary, while the stationery shop could be a mobile one

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    2. Anonymous3 August 2013 at 19:40

      Can cars and mobiles be called fixed assets ?

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    3. Richard3 August 2013 at 20:00

      The first category runs on liquid fuel and the second on liquid cash to remain in currency. On that score, they could be called liquid assets. :-)

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    4. Richard3 August 2013 at 20:05

      Comment on Aug 2: What an ass I am !

      To be something is fine, but to admit it is disastrous....;-))

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    5. Anonymous3 August 2013 at 20:25

      Comment on Aug 2: What an ass I am !

      That was an exultation. I just got promoted to ass. Earlier I was a wa(l)king disaster !

      Continuing the 629 thread:
      Did you ever drink a wet martini?

      Sorry friends, only for Konkani literate:
      Why are there cut vegetables in a 'Saghle' ?
      Why can't you sing a 'song'?
      What is the meaning of 'mosta thodey vaddi:?
      What do they mean when they say 'khavnu soDi'?

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    6. Anonymous3 August 2013 at 20:26

      Now I have to enter into a JV with an alien and I can become an ASSET

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    7. Anonymous3 August 2013 at 20:27

      All persons who do not understand Konkani will have to rely on Richard's translation skills ;-)

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    8. Richard3 August 2013 at 20:32

      Was reminded of ANUxxD which was mentioned the other day...

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    9. Richard3 August 2013 at 20:36

      Your Konkani gems of today are all Greek to me...

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    10. Anonymous3 August 2013 at 20:56

      Then, it is up to me to do it, in the order given above :
      Saghle is a dish, usually made with cut okra or brinjal. Saghle also means full in Konkani
      Song is a dish made with potatoes and onions, (the name is speculated to be of Burmese origin) and you can only eat it and not sing it.
      Literal meaning would be "lots little serve", the first two are contradictions, but the overall phrase means 'serve very little'
      Literally it would mean 'eat and leave' If one could eat it and leave it, where would one be? Idimodatically, it means 'eat completely'.


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  15. raju umamaheswar3 August 2013 at 20:29

    Gridman never shows 1 across.Shows 18 across of wordplay.Hence needs to be 14down and deserve a lot of 5 down. No need to 4 down this Saturday.

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    1. Chaturvasi3 August 2013 at 22:08

      Thank you, Raju.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 August 2013 at 05:49

      Raju @ 8:29 PM

      Good Morning Raju ! Well crafted summation compliment to Gridman !! Liked the new word play !!!

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  16. raju umamaheswar3 August 2013 at 20:35

    CV had asked me privately in an email, how many more sons and daughters I have to fulfil my dream of visiting Germany and Israel. My answer is:

    Could be my grandson(s) or daughter(s)?

    You never can tell. Man lives on hopes and immortality is not too far a dream? Science is developing though there is no cure for baldness still !!

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