Wah janab :-)
ACROSS
1 Spare fitful Pip afflicted by uncomplaining stoicism
(1,5,5,3) A STIFF UPPER LIP*
8 Await the little one (6) EXPECT [C&DD]
9 World security people bury and cut back (8) INTERPOL {INTER}{POL<=}
12 Consumed in a school reportedly (5) EATEN (~eton)
13 Accountant facing charge of sudden change in behaviour (7) CAPRICE {CA}{PRICE}
15 Bill with cap holds nothing but a small paper (7) TABLOID {TAB}{L{O}ID}
17 Catholic, of the greatest vintage, but the most aloof (7) COLDEST {C}{OLDEST}
21 The Choral of Beethoven (5) NINTH [CD]
25 One liquid in another featured in menus — oil preparation
(8) EMULSION*
26 Full assembly of members — in ample numbers (6) PLENUM [T]
27 Wilde’s perfect partner! (2,5,7) AN IDEAL HUSBAND [CD]
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| Courtesy Kishore |
DOWN
1 Expert with the right pen is sharp and forthright (7) ACERBIC {ACE}{R}{BIC}
3 A fine cutting tool expanded, a copy (9) FACSIMILE {F}{AX}
4 Staying undecided, writer gets over depression (7) PENDENT {PEN}{DENT}
5 Engineer meets first lady, a local official (5) REEVE {RE}{EVE}
6 Pious, mute but, however, rash and unthinking (9) IMPETUOUS*
7 Made an exact copy of a record about liberal person (6) CLONED {C{L}{ONE}D}
10 Make a hole as might an engineer to keep gold (4)
14 A litter to carry friend, a new one of five (9) PALANQUIN {PAL}{A}{N}{QUIN}
16 Flowers for sad beauties, say (9) BLUEBELLS {BLUE}{BELLS}(~belles)
17 Run from a mountain retreat in cold Romania (6) CANTER {C}{ANTE<=}{R}
19 The tug of influence (4) PULL [DD]
20 A counterfeit edition to make one remorseful (7) ASHAMED {A}{SHAM}{ED}
22 Whose duty is it to get the plants watered here? (5) HOSED [T]
24 They cover embryos with a strange mania (5) AMNIA*
27A Wilde’s perfect partner! (2,5,7) AN IDEAL HUISBAND [CD]
ReplyDeleteTypo?
Subliminal message : " I" being conveyed !
DeleteCorrected
Delete10 Make a hole as might an engineer to keep gold (4) CORE {C{OR}E}
ReplyDeleteI put this as B{OR}E
+1
DeleteYou put it right
Delete+2 - BE & OR. THAT'S HOW I SOLVED.
DeleteToday's Hindu has the International Page repeated, the same page appears as p.13 and p.15. CV can tell us whether such glaring blunder by page setter has been committed before in the paper's history.
ReplyDeleteLocal problem. No repetition in Bang-ed
DeleteThis must be a rare mistake.
DeleteThe paper has multiple editions with all/most pages transmitted from head office to local printers and some pages even made locally where the paper has editorial facility.
Previously the printing of an edition elsewhere from teh ehad office was usually done at its own plant. Now, thanks to technological development, editions may also exist where the paper does not have its own office. In such cases, in distant towns, the paper might be printed by a private printing plant which might not have instituted the pucca arrangement that is needed to ensure correctness and perfection.
It is possible that after receiving the transmitted pages, the same page was made into plate and clamped on to the rotary at two places in the same issue.
Even then I am sure a method must be in place for page-checking. I don't know how it fails.
It is also possible that the error was detected and corrected and that you got by chance an early, uncorrected copy of the edition. Like some stamp collectors getting 'proof stamps'.
This Comment follows Raju's yesterday about his solving marathon.
ReplyDeleteReally? So many crosswords solved in one day? How long did he take it? Did he complete all the puzzles? Or did he leave some/many of them with holes in the grid?
OK, if Raju is up to it, I would like to conduct a private event in Chennai.
He will be given hard copy of a specified number of crosswords of his choice (THC, NIE, ET, The Guardian, etc), desk, writing instruments and other paraphernalia, sufficient space and light, and asked to do them in a specified time frame (with drinks intervals, if need be but with no access to dictionaries and crossword search pattern software.
If he completes those puzzles correctly - repeat completes those correctly - a prize money (to be determined) will be offered to him.
Raju, are you game?
Thanks, CV. The gauntlet thrown can be picked . However, I'm not wont to work under rigid conditions. I work at my own pace and mood and these are few random occasions. What I did could have been accidental and does not qualify to be a 'marathon' as you term it. There are these mood swings when I get into them to sit at one go or to the exclusion of any other activity. There are days, when I don't clock in even 10 a day and there are days when I do 20 to 30 a day. All I need is a clean non-smudging biro, a white-out tube for corrections and of course, the clippings and I don't relish much when they are online. I have this problem of (dyslexia?) filling in the next letter of a word in a blank ( fingers faster than the mind or the other way?) and thewn having to white them out. I also flit from clue to clue, at random, filling in the easy ones first and then the rest. I try my best to methodize by going systematically across and down, on by pone but never succeed.
DeleteAt a losse end without the comp, I truied these pending Economic Times crossies, which are fairly easy, typecast, and predictable, though varied on each day. Indian Express ones are nigglingly hard, whereas the THCC here turn out to be veryb hard at times, unpredictable and strange and hence I can never lay a claim to fame to do them at one go. So all credit to the compilers here who are a clever and unique lot. I rarely do a dekho at the dict and reference books or Google, unless to verify that my answer is correct (after the filling) and do not like online solving. I Leave the harder anagrams, words of places and things and long phrases to be done last , unless they are easliy fillable at first sight.
The ones you term 'marathon' , were filled completely, no gaping holes, and whilst at home in between nibbles and coffee, in the bus, or at a shopping place where the wife is browsing, at the Times Square, or Madisn square Gardens, Central Parl, or such piazzas, amidst the din of constant waliing of sirens , so typical of New York ( do they have so many accidents or fires where fire engines ambulances and NYPD cars zoom in at one go?) I wonder how I cold strike pay dirt of my numbers. I dateline them, number them, and mark the peculiarity of the place where I did the crossie so that they serve as a memoir to be reminisced at leisure later.
Madras is not my favourite place as I do not carry good memories of it. Any place with a good ambience and fellow-solvers and non-competitive or non-combative mood is welcome. After all, we are doing it for pleasure and leisure,, isn't it?
As for the prize , a token or two of good crossword collectibles would suffice ! Maybe, some more crossword books from you? They are handy while on the move.
So there !!
...is a marathon reply :)
DeletePardon the typos as I was afraid of losing the whole script since I keep hitting the wrong button !! A thorny issue for me when I embark upon a marathon ! An edited version has been sent as a reply to CV at his email ID.
Delete27D reminded of the popular joke:
ReplyDelete"I am the head of the family. I have my wife's permission to say so!"
I ref. to the husband's paunch, of corse, a la 8a
DeleteSorry, that doesn't include you !
DeleteWith refernce to Venkatesh's quote I've one here.
Delete"Man is the head of the family and woman is the neck that turns the head !" :)
And the exhortation to the husband in an ad:
ReplyDelete"Don't kill your wife with hard work. Let electricity do it for you."
The work... or the killing?
Isn't it a fact that 27a must have 1a
ReplyDeleteA good one, Kishore! I add 17a too.
ReplyDeleteThe Delhi edition of The Hindu also has the International Page repeated on pages 13 and 15.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I put 'Bore' for 10 D.
What is the correct answer?
Great to have Sankalak back - smooth and enjoyable CW. Many thanks.
Good day all!
Rita,
DeleteBORE is the correct answer
CV,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the detailed clarification on the process. Talking of stamps, the next time you send a letter or a greeting card to friends or relatives through post, you can opt for a personalised stamp with a photo of your own or that of a family member imposed on a Rs 5 stamp. The 'My Stamp' programme launched by India Post last June offers individuals a personalised feel of stamps. All you need to do is either take a hard copy or soft copy of your photograph or get yourself clicked at the Head Post Office and pay Rs 300 to get a sheet of 12 stamps with your own photo superimposed on the personalised stamps.
22D, what's the indicator?
ReplyDeleteI think 'here' is the telescopic ind.
DeleteSept 20 will mark the 125th birthday of this institution that Pandit Nehru fondly called `The Old Lady of Mount Road' and nicknamed by some others as `The Maha Vishnu of Mount Road' (for its editorial stances).
ReplyDeleteIt was founded by six angry young men who were angered by the campaign of the British-owned press of the day against Muthuswami Aiyer's appointment as the first Indian Judge of the Madras High Court. This 'Triplicane Six' included Subramania Aiyer, M. Veeraraghavachariar, T.T. Rangachariar, P.V. Rangachariar, D. Kesava Rao Pant and N. Subba Rao Pantulu. While the last four left later to pursue their legal career, the erstwhile teachers - Subramania Aiyer and Veeraraghavachariar - persevered as Editor and Managing Director respectively. The printing was initially done at the Srinidhi Press on Mint Street, but later it moved to Scottish Press, then The Hindu Press at Mylapore, and finally to the National Press on 100, Mount Road.
Shri S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, who took over The National Press and its publications - The Hindu and Swadesamitran - in April, 1905 for Rs 75,000, was successful in making "readable righteousness" a remunerative business.
Recent decades have witnessed evolutionary and revolutionary changes, not to mention the succession row among the descendents (hopefully resolved). The ascent of new generation in the family, with Ananth Krishnan making his mark as The Hindu’s correspondent in China, is a harbinger of new hope.
Gridman must have already gird-led his loins for a special ;-)
DeleteAs ever, Venkatesh is a storehouse of information! Thanks..
DeleteWe look forward eagerly to the next instalment of CV's travelogue on Madurai. The 8th Annual Book Fair is currently on at the Tamukkam grounds here.
ReplyDeleteA new release that merits a read is 'Degree Coffee by the Yard'. Penned by Nirmala Lakshman, till recently the Joint Editor in charge of features who also curated the 'Hindu Lit for Life', this elegant and affectionate biography relates a tale of two cities: a gentler Madras and a globalised Chennai. The city's identity revolves around its 'filter-kaapi' culture; the author alludes to this as‘communion with the god of coffee’
ReplyDeleteAs it was launched in 1878, TH would be 135 years old this month.
ReplyDeleteThe Quasquicentennial Celebrations were in 2003.
Noted. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSankalak has used 'engineer' in two clues today:
ReplyDelete5Dn - BE (Bachelor of Engg)
10Dn - RE (Royal Engineer)
Typo : Clue numbers to be reversed ! :)
DeleteI am surprised to note that Kishore didn't mention about PGW for 1A answer in his comments today.
ReplyDeleteThe first thing that came to my mind on solving 1A are PGW & Kishore
I was keeping 1a. :-)
DeleteI did not expect the 1A from you, but only an apt comment (too inviting)
DeleteTight lipped for once ! Not making any "shore" !! May be he feels "silence is golden !"
DeleteCould not complete but enjoyed vintage Sankalak's offering !
ReplyDelete27A : Wilde's perfect partner (2,5,7) AN IDEAL HUSBAND
ReplyDeleteIs it one of his(Oscar Wilde's) works/poems ?
MB,
ReplyDeletePl. refer to Col.'s link in the original blog. It refers to his play.
Thanks Paddy. Joined the blog very late. Hence the goof !
DeleteSankalak has done a sankalp to give us seedha saadha crossie .No vikalp here at all !!
ReplyDelete