Monday, 21 October 2013

No.10909, Mon 21 Oct 2013, Neyartha

Neyartha takes us to the workshop, possibly for carpentry


ACROSS
7 Orderly’s reluctance not about to change (5-3) CLEAN CUT (reLUCTANCE)*
          The type of cut a novice carpenter tries to achieve but messes up as the last part splinters
9 Part of the hardware testing is in the mountain ridges (6) ARETES (T)
10 Recommendation by the novice to include the four… (10) INITIATIVE (INITIATE to include IV)
11 …options for a computer user in the bill of fare (4) MENU 2
12 Yahoo stock dropped in the crash (4) BUMP (BUMPkin)
13 Ideal American lawyer and king enamoured by the viewpoint (8) STANDARD (DA R in STAND)
          This one could be apart of the theme ...
16 Lunacy to check retreat in the north-east with saints (7) MADNESS (DAM< NE SS)
18 Polite set entertains upset teen (7) GENTEEL (GEL entertains TEEN*)
20 Drying aid in the kitchen (3,5) TEA TOWEL (E)
21 It might be hit on the head to come to the point (4) NAIL (CD)
23 Dislike urgency when disheartened (4) HATE (HAsTE)
24 Speaker’s standing with the letter paper (10) STATIONERY (~stationary)
25 Pole entering Chile’s awful with a hand tool (6) CHISEL (S entering CHILE*)
26 Watch the beaker with a monocle (8) EYEGLASS (EYE GLASS)

DOWN
1 Flat panel with Elizabeth for the king (5) PLANE (PLANK-K+E)
          Loved the way Neyartha took the above route instead of using Panel*= Plane
2 Does this final announcement steal the show? (4,3,3,5) LAST BUT NOT LEAST (CD)
           Of course, the enu does not match, but for a moment I thought of 'famous last words'
3 Eager to make straight the German’s dismissal (7) ATHIRST (STRAIgHT)*
4 Touch up on the Oriental band (4) TAPE (PAT< E)
5 Damaged mail-bag returned to a supposedly mysterious part of the Atlantic ocean (7,8) BERMUDA TRIANGLE (MAIL BAG RETURNED)* 
          I drew a cartoon for this, but it went missing ! That happens with most of my tools too ...
6 Returns to Turkey with Indo-European leaders subject to ridicule from the south (9) REENTRIES (TR IE in SNEER<)
          Followed by splashdown, as NASA use to call it in the pre-shuttle era
8 Slap the Frenchman coming in with a holding tool (5) CLAMP (CLAP with M coming in)
          Not Bond's boss, but M. Poirot !
14 Had a meal with a number on the radio (3) ATE (~EIGHT)
15 March easy at sea, hoping to avoid being shot? (6,3) CAMERA SHY (MARCH EASY)*
          Not only camera, I don't like being shot with other things too
17 Proverb showing return of a historic verb? (3) SAW (WAS<)
19 Vagrant’s answer gets rid of the upper-class satirist (7) FLOATER (FLOUTER-U+A)
           I have many vagrants gallivanting in my eyes
21 Candid letters from a Chennai veterinarian (5) NAIVE (T)
22 Rat in the lawn (5) GRASS 2
           All flesh is grass
24 Classes where the Pole’s out of place with kimono fabric (4) SILK (ILKS with S out of place)


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  1. SandhyaP21 October 2013 at 08:34

    12 Yahoo stock dropped in the crash (4) BUMP (BUMPkin)

    I put this as (-s)LUMP
    YAHOO is the definition.

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    1. Kishore21 October 2013 at 08:57

      That seems to work too. We will have to await Neyartha on this tie.

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    2. Chaturvasi21 October 2013 at 09:02

      I can say authoritatively that N's answer matches with that of K's.

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 October 2013 at 09:54

      ...stock(kin) being dropped, I believe.

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  2. Venkatesh21 October 2013 at 08:52

    24A stationEry
    to be corrected in the solution grid.

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  3. Chaturvasi21 October 2013 at 08:59

    Re the Sunday prize puzzle posted on this blog yesterday -

    I have received ten entries so far.

    Some of the regular suspects are yet to be seen.

    And what about some from others among the nearly 500 members?

    Are the avatars at left permanent? Or do they keep changing as and when the so-called members visit this site? Can you see a complete list of members somewhere without having keep clicking the sets at left until you reach the end? Can an owner weed out the membership if he so wishes?

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    1. Col_Gopinath21 October 2013 at 13:03

      Answers

      Avatars are permanent. They don't change with visits. Complete list cannot be seen. I cannot weed out membership even if I wish.

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  4. Chaturvasi21 October 2013 at 10:28

    I have just found that by clicking on the dual rectangle on top right of 'Followers', we get the list of members. But, at a time, we have only 24 members. For others we have to keep moving. There is no 'search' facility to check whether a particular name is in the list.

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    1. raju umamaheswar21 October 2013 at 12:36

      Isn't it a pity that there were only 10 entries so far? What happened to the regulars? Why are they fighting shy?

      We all are regular commuters in this blog whereas there could be occasional pickup of passengers along the way, randomly entering and leaving at various stages.

      I read about the other competition being run. Hows it going? Is it ongoing? Now that I'm back to base, can I also join the rest? Is it easier now to log in for that?

      Only Col can throw light on the number of hits on this blog and separate the chaff from the grain. Why has he not responded to your query? is he out elsewhere?

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    2. Col_Gopinath21 October 2013 at 13:00

      I was away from home that's why the delayed response. I can tell you the no of hits and no of visits in a day.

      You can enter the other competition by registering at the site

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  5. Sridhar21 October 2013 at 11:29

    I was scratching my head on a couple of clues today.
    10A: How is a recommendation an initiative?
    22D: How is rat and grass the same?

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    1. Raghunath21 October 2013 at 11:38

      Initiative: suggestion, recommendation, action, lead, first move, opening move, first step ... from Chambers

      Rat traitor, grass (Brit. informal), betrayer, deceiver, informer, defector, deserter, double-crosser, quisling, stool pigeon, nark ... from thefreedictionary.com

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    2. Sridhar21 October 2013 at 20:04

      Thanks much !

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    3. Nadathur Rajan21 October 2013 at 21:38

      The British term “grass” means, roughly, “to snitch.” The use of “grass” as British slang for a police informer dates back to the 1930s, and is a short form of the slang term “grasshopper,” which in turn is a rhyming slang for a “shopper,” one who “shops” (sells) information to the police.

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  6. raju umamaheswar21 October 2013 at 12:44

    I have a small query. When one sends in a comment as a reply, does it get read, as it goes below the blogger's comments? Or is it better to write in a fresh comment, which appears separately?

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    1. Col_Gopinath21 October 2013 at 12:59

      That depends on the reader whether he scans up and down or reads only from the last comment which he read in which case he will miss out on the replies

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  7. raju umamaheswar21 October 2013 at 13:47

    COL:

    Please, please tie me with that link for that competition, if you don't mind? I cn't go back to trace which day you had announced it ! Pl do oblige

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  8. Chaturvasi21 October 2013 at 14:00

    http://www.crypticsingh.com/indian-crossword-league-2013/

    Please visit above.

    Once registered, you can still enter the competition and in the succeeding rounds you have a chance of winning the weekly prize if your entry is no. 1 with full 100 points. You may not be able to make it to the final, though, as you are starting late and have missed the earlier rounds.

    Please visit all the pages there to become conversant with rules, current status of competitors, etc,

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    1. raju umamaheswar21 October 2013 at 15:20

      Thanks. Will have a go at it, provided I can access without difficulty !

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  9. Anonymous21 October 2013 at 16:14

    I concede it was over-enthusiasm that I included part of the 19d solution FLOATER as a tool in the list of themed answers. The idea had just 'floated' into my head ;-)

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  10. Padmanabhan21 October 2013 at 16:24

    Yes, I noticed and wondered about it. But having come from Kishore I decided there must be something more to it that I do not know and wanted to search around a bit later!

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  11. Padmanabhan21 October 2013 at 16:25

    Grat 'pun'toon,Kishore!!

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    1. Anonymous21 October 2013 at 16:38

      With sore thumb firmly in mouth, I can say confidently that this toon is not fiction

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  12. Raghunath21 October 2013 at 16:57

    7 A Not 'about' had me initially in a quandary. It probably lacked an ind. because 'ca' (though it is not exactly in that order) also could have been removed.

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  13. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 October 2013 at 17:15

    Kishore @ 8:57
    Do you think Neyartha would give his verdict ? I don't think he will take sides :)

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    1. Anonymous21 October 2013 at 17:29

      CV at 902 has answered that

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 October 2013 at 17:36

      I saw that and was convinced too. Thought he would give his opinion too !

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    3. Anonymous21 October 2013 at 17:42

      Neyartha lives in a different time zone , so he might or might not ...

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  14. Unknown21 October 2013 at 17:22

    Oh oh

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  15. Unknown21 October 2013 at 21:44

    I was not able to figure out 4 answers yesterday. Hence could not send my entry

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  16. Unknown21 October 2013 at 21:55

    I was not able to figure out 4 answers yesterday. Hence could not send my entry

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