Wednesday, 7 August 2013

No 10845, Wednesday 07 Aug 2013, Gridman

I liked the waterworks.

ACROSS
1   Said: “Put down a floor covering” (7) PARQUET [CD] (Addendum - (~ park a) - See comments)
5   Live-in employee taken by a posh couple (2,4) AU PAIR{A}{U} {PAIR}
9   One minute past insect’s development stage (5) IMAGO {1}{M}{AGO}
10 Big Indian master returns greeting saint (9) MAHARISHI {MAHA}{RIS<=}{HI}
11 Involve brother in lime-squashing (7) EMBROIL {EM{BRO}IL*}
12 A female who is highly vocal (7) SOPRANO [CD]
13 Drink to father without publicity (5) TODDY {TO}{DadDY}
14 Criticise an archer having a long cigar (9) PANATELLA {PAN}{A}{TELL}{A}
16 Sees terms easing up over periods (9) SEMESTERS*
19 Agent to run old copy (5) REPRO {REP}{R}{O}
21 Loud and rough, the Karnataka man gave company to you and me (7) RAUCOUS {RAU}{CO}{US}
23 Go ahead, lend! (7) ADVANCE [DD]
24 Giving birth to young alley animals (9) KITTENING [CD]
25 How pointless going after a girl in a state! (5) IDAHO {IDA}{HOw}
26 The French spot for the tenant (6) LESSEE {LES}{SEE}
27 Viewpoint mostly presented by a Scot in an old English dialect (7) ANGLIAN {ANGLe}{IAN}

DOWN
1   A snake may be about to down tools (6,2,6) POISED TO STRIKE [CD]
2   Bad doer responsible for foundation for a train track (7) ROADBED*
3   The medical science of waterworks (7) UROLOGY [CD]
4   U.S. magazine puts out pleas for a type of photography (4-5) TIME-LAPSE {TIME}-{PLEAS*}
5   Hurts one going round hospital for a bit of salve (5) ACHES {AC{H}E}{S}
6   Mirror in side wall (7) PARAPET {PAR{APE}T}
7   Set up one new stable unit (7) INSTALL {1}{N}{STALL}
8   A little disappointment in a section of the space shuttle’s descent (3,2,1,8) BIT OF A COMEDOWN {BIT OF] {A COMEDOWN}
15 Crazy to signal a desire for the good old times (9) NOSTALGIA*
17 Second relative to miss a Canadian cop (7) MOUNTIE {MO}{aUNTIE}
18 Poles carry dirty novel — they are hardly neatniks (7) SLOVENS {S{NOVEL*}S}
19 Stirring up two of every five wearing girdle (7) REVVING {R{EVery}{V}ING}
20 Poke one with foregoing wordplay in an Indian language (7) PUNJABI {PUN}{JAB}{1}
22 Yearns to bring forward small part of a book (5) SPINE (+s)SPINE(-s)

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  1. maradnusro7 August 2013 at 08:40

    Should "panetella" be spelt with two 'l' s?



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    1. Chaturvasi7 August 2013 at 08:51

      To O R Sundaram leaning back...

      'Panatella' is the cigar.

      'Panatela' (Am sp) is a long, thin biscuit, from the Italian word for small loaf, which is from the Latin word for bread. (Chambers)

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    2. Richard7 August 2013 at 08:55

      I had cracked the mystery of the name 'maradnusro' some months ago. With CV's post, my guess is confirmed.

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    3. Rengaswamy7 August 2013 at 09:53

      Is it Maradnusro or Sundaram in retreat?

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    4. Richard7 August 2013 at 10:34

      Your guess is as good as mine.

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  2. Anonymous7 August 2013 at 08:40

    wrt I liked the waterworks.

    +1, reminded of an old joke:

    A tipsy patron asks the waitress for a cocktail on the menu. This item has been put by the management in the menu just to make it look longer and did not have a recipe. When the patron was insistent to the extent of becoming belligerent, the waitress asked the manager for suggestions to avoid a scene. He told her to make a pina colada and top it up with supply from her waterworks.

    The patron enjoyed the drink so much, that the next time around he ordered it again. The waiter, who was handling him, indicated his inability to get the drink. Again, the patron was wild and said,"It looks like one has to create a scene to get that lovely cocktail. Ask your manager". The manager told the waiter what had transpired during the previous session. So the waiter did as advised.

    The patron took a sip and sadly commented, "Something is different, it is not as good as it was. Get me the manager".

    He repeated the complaint to the manager, who said, "Yes, sir. You are very observant. Last time we used well water, and this time we used tap water".

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    1. Chaturvasi7 August 2013 at 08:46

      I would only say that the above joke recalled by Kishore is a sanitized version having gone through some water purifier machine.

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    2. Anonymous7 August 2013 at 08:48

      Handled with kid-knees...

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    3. Richard7 August 2013 at 08:52

      Boy-sterously mischievous humour...

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    4. Chaturvasi7 August 2013 at 09:07

      ... if MANnerless

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 August 2013 at 11:21

      LOL !! A mouth-watering joke!!!

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    6. RameshJ7 August 2013 at 11:39

      Is this the watered down version of the joke ? or was the original one the 'watered down' version ?

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  3. Anonymous7 August 2013 at 08:41

    22 Yearns to bring forward small part of a book (5) SPINE (+s)SPINE(-s)

    Quick Service from Gridman. Just yesterday, a list of words was given, and hey presto, one of them appeared today.

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  4. Chaturvasi7 August 2013 at 08:43

    Annoyed at the non-appearance of the grid in yesterday's THC app on Orkut, Raju U writes under yesterday's blog:

    "I'm going so crazy and bananas and nuts that the entire THCC group can have a nice dessert !"

    I am looking for the choicest part!

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    1. Anonymous7 August 2013 at 08:49

      Raju's nuts ?

      Choose to interpret that as you like ;-)

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    2. Chaturvasi7 August 2013 at 08:52

      I was going to say I wouldn't mind if it is soft or hard.

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    3. raju umamaheswar7 August 2013 at 09:13

      Kishore and CV:

      Don't go nuts and do nit-picking and naughty.or I'll go into knots ! Nuts not for sale as peanuts !! Get to the nitty-gritty and solve this knotty problem of mine please.

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    4. Anonymous7 August 2013 at 09:27

      Pl ref reply to your yesterday's post

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  5. Chaturvasi7 August 2013 at 09:06

    Any rethink on the Col's anno for 1a, anyone?

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  6. Richard7 August 2013 at 09:28

    I guess it is meant as a homophone for 'park' + a, to be pronounced 'par-kay'. Picture this - when you park your car, you put it down...

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    1. Anonymous7 August 2013 at 09:34

      A car does not fly, so you cant put it down, but the derriere can be parked = put down. As in tashreef rakhiye. You anno is fine, but pictur is hazy

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    2. Chaturvasi7 August 2013 at 09:38

      The homophone is based on another way the same word is pronounced (not harking back on its French origin)
      parkeet

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    3. Suresh7 August 2013 at 09:38

      That is what I had

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    4. Richard7 August 2013 at 09:40

      When asking someone to take a seat, we say in humour, 'park yourself'. Imagine if someone is offered the thorny Mother-in-law's Seat cactus (ref yesterday's discussion)...

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    5. Rengaswamy7 August 2013 at 10:00

      Then it is "Park your Fine seat" - "Porcupine" seat

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    6. Richard7 August 2013 at 10:37

      Renga 10:00 Looks like you are slowly getting into Kishore's mould. The more the merrier. Keep it up.

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  7. Col_Gopinath7 August 2013 at 10:12

    See the problems that my bugbear can create at Picture 1 and Picture 2

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    1. Anonymous7 August 2013 at 10:29

      The apostrophe is not too far from the colon ...

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    2. Richard7 August 2013 at 10:53

      Deepak, an apostrophe need not be a bugbear as long as you remember the simple rule - place it where the noun or name ends.

      If my memory serves me right, CV has presented a list of examples with your family name.

      Gopinath's blog = the blog belonging to Gopinath
      Gopinaths' blog = the one belonging to more than one Gopinath, maybe family

      Children's school and women's forum are correct, while it is wrong to write them as childrens' school and womens' forum.

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    3. Col_Gopinath7 August 2013 at 10:59

      Too old to learn :-(

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    4. Richard7 August 2013 at 11:13

      Still young at heart, aren't you?

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  8. Unknown7 August 2013 at 10:29

    Another ref to yesterday's comments - so glad to see so many Independence year babies in this group! I thought I was the only 'youngster' here!! Born just a few months after August 1947!!
    Parquet had me puzzled, Anno still not clear.
    Enjoyed all the hilarious comments to-day!
    Good morning all.

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    1. Col_Gopinath7 August 2013 at 10:32

      Rita,

      See the updated anno in the main post

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    2. Anonymous7 August 2013 at 10:33

      I am an independence year baby, but borne years after 1947 ...

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    3. Richard7 August 2013 at 10:39

      And the effects are borne by all of us here...;-)

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    4. Suresh7 August 2013 at 12:46

      I was -6 years old at the time of Independance for India. I do not know when I will become independant

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  9. Richard7 August 2013 at 11:49

    10A - I am sure everyone has spotted our own 'Maha' setter here...

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 August 2013 at 11:57

      You seem to be kinda desi Sherlock Holmes !! :-)

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    2. Richard7 August 2013 at 12:00

      Not necessarily. It's elementary, my dear...

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 August 2013 at 12:10

      Hope Dr.Watson is listening....

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    4. Suresh7 August 2013 at 12:43

      I noticed while solving it. Great. CV

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 August 2013 at 12:56

      Seems you have'nt noticed how he has solved the mystery behind MARADNUSRO's name ! See Richard @ 8:55, followed immediately by Renga's comment. :-)

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    6. Suresh7 August 2013 at 14:07

      I saw it now

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  10. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 August 2013 at 12:36

    17D : MO in Anno is not clear.

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  11. Chaturvasi7 August 2013 at 13:10

    Re the Col's addendum

    The homophone doesn't work if the word 'parquet' is pronounced as a native speaker of French might.

    It works only if we pronounce it as parkeet (park it) - a valid pronunciation if you look up Chambers).

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    1. Deepak Gopinath7 August 2013 at 13:31

      It does work the way I have shown as well. The first pronunciation shown in Chambers is par'ka (This pronunciation can be heard at PARQUET) and the third which you are referring to is par-ket.

      So I took it as is

      Said = Homophone indicator
      Put down = PARK
      a = A
      floor covering = Definition = PARQUET {~ park a}

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  12. Unknown7 August 2013 at 15:24

    There is one site Cryptic Crossword Society in FB. It may interest, some of You.

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  13. Padmanabhan8 August 2013 at 00:06

    Raju,

    I am not able to help you with Orkut. But reg.Sunday's CW I can help you. You can go to Guardian cryptic crossword site and type out any one of the clues from Hindu and you get the correct CW. For your easy ref. the Guardian's CW no. for last Sunday's CW is 3479 and you will be able to solve it on line. Here is the link-

    http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3479

    Hope this helps you.

    Maharishi was the first clue that I solved and I thanked him for giving a bonus!

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  14. raju umamaheswar8 August 2013 at 00:32

    Eureka ! I found the Tuesday's AND today's crosswords well up on the Orkut today. Enjoyed doing both.

    Thanks, Deepak and CV by email: and Kishore for all your consoling words of commiseration and for alleviating my agonising moments over the last two days.
    Cooked food ready to eat on the table is always more comforting than cooking your own food and eating and hence I'll spare myself of 'downloading and printing' -- my appetite will have been lost by then ! I'll take them as they come.

    Kishore and CV: All your naughty vhestnuts form the nuts and bolts of this blog to drive everyone nuts !

    My comments here are like the Hindi film police arriving after the crime scene is wiped off all the evidence, ya ?

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