Tuesday 17 September 2013

No 10880, Tuesday 17 Sep 2013, Neyartha


ACROSS
7   Group with self-confidence to revolt following a spiteful gossip (10) CATEGORISE {CAT}{EGO}{RISE}
9   Does a hit between them make everything apparent? (4) EYES [CD]
10 Ornamental plume of the westbound Greek character carrying a ferocious tiger (8) AIGRETTE {A{TIGER*}TE<=}
11 Lady meets bishop with an unknown wine (6) SHERRY {SHE}{RR}{Y}
12 Applaud as king takes out the rook with audacity (5) CHEEK CHEE(-r+k)K
13 Recover and impress after losing the opener (9) REPOSSESS pREPOSSESS
14 Fantastic feeling to be relaxed around a Mumbai railway station (7) ECSTASY {E{CST}ASY} Truly it is for a Mumbaikar!
17 Storm, a nuisance after being satisfied in retreat (7) TEMPEST {TEM<=}{PEST}
20 Fodder plant found in new adobe barn (5-4) BROAD-BEAN*
22 Characters from the bank leave the joint (5) ANKLE [T]
25 Revolutionary Roman princess in Ireland to get salt used in thyroid treatments (6) IODIDE {I{ODID<=}E}
26 Jacket in Arkansas archaeological site was dropped into a container (8) CARDIGAN {C{AR}{DIG}AN}
27 Hammers and anvils may be found here with some fruit after commencement (4) EARS pEARS
28 Complained to the listener as setter transformed the shortcut avenue (4,6) SIDE STREET (~sighed){SIDE} {SETTER*}

DOWN
1   Starve, as fear about medical insurance surprise hospital leaders (6) FAMISH {F}{A}{M}{I}{S}{H}
2   Spokesperson gets 62.5 percent of the white wine (5) MOUTH verMOUTH
3   Greek character, I’d heard, was very drunk (3-4) PIE-EYED (~pi I'd)


4   Tom’s gene mutation became an engagement gift (8) GEMSTONE*
5    Vacation in the bay (6) RECESS [DD]
6   Resinous concoction responsible for a mental disorder (8) NEUROSIS*
8   It’s clear Nestle should feature the pledge (7) EARNEST [T]
15 Necklace material entraps expert coming up with the Communion cloth (8) CORPORAL {C{ORP<=}ORAL}
16 Accidentally resumes coverage for the bishop put under water (8) SUBMERSE {SU{B}MERSE*}
18 Dress hoops in a provision-basket (7) PANNIER [DD]
19 Is pub behaviour dictated by this product packaging feature? (3,4) BAR CODE {BARCODE} 
21 Ringed by a stadium built without the university’s participation (6) AMIDST STADIuM*
23 Left for a hotel in Paradise with a raising agent (6) LEAVEN (-h+l)LEAVEN
24 Court documents with the model sent up to the joint (5) WRIST WRI(-t)S(+t)T Shouldn't that have been 'sent down'?

19 comments:

  1. 11a reminded me of FM SHFJ Manekshaw’s daughter Sherry Batlivala

    14a Relaxing in Mumbai? For Mumbaikars it may be anathema, not ecstasy ...

    27a Neyartha does not mention stirrups, probably because it may upset the smithy image created by the two ossicles mentioned. But, unwittingly, he has made it work perfectly for me. For, I have no stirrups in my ears!

    MB, came in late yesterday. Hence, replied today morning to your yesterday’s comment.



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  2. Some notable body parts missing.

    NB: Please don't continue this thread.

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  3. 10A brought memories of my school NCC days when only those who had ranks could wear an aigrette ( the red plume) on their beret and others used to look at them with awe.

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  4. 12ac could be CHEE(-k+r)R... not that it matters as there's no down intersecting word at R..

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    1. CPC,

      That cannot be as the clue reads 'king takes out the rook' meaning 'K' replaces 'R'

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    2. Sorry, bad mistake..i made the error of thinking of rook as a k(night)..travails of not being a chess player...

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  5. Deepak

    Yesterday I raised a question about a retired general's cap. Could you respond, please.

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    1. In your cap-acity of a retired serviceman ...

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    2. CV the cap that he was wearing is part of mess dress in the army. He can wear it. The stars denote his rank. Brigadiers have 1, Maj Gens 2 and so on till 5 for a Field Marshal

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    3. Another regular face on TV, Lt Gen Baljit Singh Jaswal, almost always sports it.

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    4. Yes, but it looks so different.

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    5. The difference is due to the different Arms or Service to which they belong

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  6. I have a doubt about the meaning of recess as vacation. Is it not more of a short break or temporary cessation. I feel 'A brake in thr bay' would have been more apt than vacation. Am I wrong?

    My COD is 19D- Bar code!!

    Neyartha has always been a tough nut to crack for me. So it was today, though to a lesser extent. Once cracked, the nuts were delicious! Does less comments mean less solvers or just less participants?

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    1. Tougher the puzzles, lesser the solvers, I feel ! Lesser the participants, lesser the holes to pick in his puzzles !!

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  7. A clever construction of some of the clues by Neyartha made this crossie very tricky ! AIGRETTE was one of them. One would think of a Rosette ( This word, peculiarly, has several meanings, like RHUBARB !) or a COCKADE. Similarly, SUBMERSE could have been SUBMERGE and IODIDE could have been IODINE!!
    Isn;t YEAST a LEAVENing agent? But LEAVEN as an agent for raising? To leaven is fine . Any way, leavee it !

    Unfair to non-Bombayites to use CST , which is again an abreviation of Chhatrapati Shivaji, aka VT for Victoria Terminus as is known to old-timers. Some how, I detest this name changing fad amongst Indians. All old names still stick in the mind, like Dadar TT(Tram Terminus) Peddar Road, Vincent Road Frere Road, Kemps's Corner etc. Fortunately, they have forgotten to rename Churchgate and Kings Circle)(my birthplace)--

    BAR CODE is the clue of my day ! (VER)MOUTH was another clever play.

    Why only a few bloggers today? PIE-EYED after yesterday's Onam sadhya ?



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