Friday, 25 October 2013

No.10913, Friday 25 Oct 2013, Arden

5 letters from 4 gives us a US Prez and a British PM as a part of his 1a

ACROSS
1 Unofficial advisors for cooking Tibetan chicken (7,7) KITCHEN CABINET (TIBETAN CHICKEN)*
          And Thukpa
10 Remove ten penny from fish’s gut (5) EXPEL (X P in EEL)
11 When others have coach, there is discipline (9) RESTRAINT (REST has TRAIN)
12 Evenly value hybrid trees in plain (7) AUSTERE (vAlUe TREES*)
13 One may face the other in confrontation (7) EYEBALL CD
         

14 The bishop can’t stand the balloon (5) BLIMP (B LIMP)
          Like the Hindenburg
16 Evidence that Blair, say had difficult times (9) TESTIMONY (TONY (Blair) has TIMES*)
19 Open elegance of an event (9) FREESTYLE (FREE STYLE)
          Anything goes - like in Indian politics
20 Avarice makes the animal return after midnight (5) GREED (niGht DEER<)
22 A dimple holds the odd secret on progeny (7) DESCENT (DENT holds SeCrEt)
25 Contact in Somalia is only with the pirates (7) LIAISON (T)
27 In it one gets a prominence, he admits (9) INITIATOR (IN IT 1 A TOR)
28 Flyer fighting rebels within (5) GREBE (T)
29 Breathe hard, run after publicity and escape one who is no more (14) HYPERVENTILATE (R after HYPE, VENT 1 LATE)

DOWN
2 Stoical climber said to be caught in a Mexican standoff (9) IMPASSIVE (IV ~ivy in IMPASSE)
3 Job partly for a practical veterinarian (5) CALVE (T &semi&Lit)
          Reminded me of James Herriot stories and by connection, Richard Gordon
4 Ardently unravelled ten layers (9) EARNESTLY (TEN LAYERS)*
5 An Indian identity finally, just in case (5) CASTE (jusT in CASE)
6 A U.S. president’s heart is set in land trading (9) BARTERING (cARTEr (Jimmy) in BRING)
          Jo tera hai woh mera hai, jo mera hai woh ter hai
7 May be a 5 in Kerala accepted some money (5) NAIRA (NAIR A)
8 Drink with a friend completely (7) TOTALLY (TOT ALLY)
9 Boyfriend gets daughter, and boy cake (6) BEDAUB (BEAU gets D, B)
          Reminded me of the pancake you find bedaubed on some female faces
15 Bill around the port is back (9) POSTERIOR (POSTER around RIO)
           Thought of drawing for this, but could not get to the bottom of it
17 Suspect it may be a smaller model (5,1,3) SMELL A RAT ((A SMALLER)* T)
          Time to called the Pied Piper
18 Finished twice in the red (9) OVERSPENT (OVER SPENT)
19 Supplement found in cod, it is the in thing (7) FADDISH (ADD in FISH)
21 Germany always had new state capital (6) DENVER (D EVER had N)
23 Miss having millions to save (5) SKIMP (SKIP having M)
24 The thing inside is exact (5) TITHE (THE with IT inside)
26 Falls with one leg up (5) ANGEL (AN LEG<)
          Falls nearly a km uninterrupted! As pretty as other Venezuelan beauties
 
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36 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath25 October 2013 at 09:15

    45 minutes with no comments! A record of sorts

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    1. Kishore25 October 2013 at 09:16

      Everyone seems to be under the weather, even though Phailin has gone away

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    2. Suresh25 October 2013 at 10:28

      It is raining like mad for the last 4 days. And we are busy "phailin" Service Tax returns

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    3. Kishore25 October 2013 at 11:12

      Good pun.
      I understand from another Vizag friend that the rains for the last few days is actually much more than the Phailin rains.

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    4. Suresh25 October 2013 at 16:24

      30 cm in the past 4 days is a lot in Vizag.

      And who would this other friend be?

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  2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam25 October 2013 at 09:52

    21D : In the Anno does D stand for Germany ?

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    1. Col_Gopinath25 October 2013 at 09:53

      Yes, D for Deutsch

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    2. Kishore25 October 2013 at 09:54

      Yes, D for Deutschland

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam25 October 2013 at 10:01

      Thanking both Col Sir and Kishore. It has been raining in Hyderabad since yesterday. Pleasant and chilly weather !

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  3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam25 October 2013 at 09:57

    A nice CW from Arden. I could solve all but for four. 27A, 29A, 19D and 24D. Thanks, Arden.

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  4. Unknown25 October 2013 at 10:51

    Thanks for the anno for 19D. Had guessed the answer, but was not clear how!
    Enjoyed Arden's cw today.
    Good morning all. Perfect weather in Delhi.

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  5. Nadathur Rajan25 October 2013 at 10:54

    6D Should it be 'a U.S. president' or ' an U.S. president'? Usually Arden is word perfect.

    Reminded of the quiz: What do you call a cat and a U.S president? GARFIELD.

    Just like Famous First Dogs, here are some Famous First Cats of the US

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    1. Suresh25 October 2013 at 10:57

      It is 'a U.S. President' because U is pronounced you. It is an only if the word has a vowel sound.

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  6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam25 October 2013 at 11:04

    19A : Open elegance of an event (9) FREESTYLYE (FREE STYLE)
    Kishore's Comment : Anything goes - like in Indian politics.
    Like to add : A 'freestyle' event, 'free-for-all' and 'no holds barred' !!

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    1. Kishore25 October 2013 at 11:27

      No bars? No sluicing?

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam25 October 2013 at 11:38

      ...scratching my head to answer your query :)

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    3. Kishore25 October 2013 at 12:12

      Beware the onslaught of hard nails on the soft scalp !

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  7. Nadathur Rajan25 October 2013 at 11:05

    Suresh,
    That is correct. Any word that starts with "U" where it is pronounced with the "you" sound will use "a": united, ukelele, university, U-shaped, useful, useless, uvula.

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  8. Nadathur Rajan25 October 2013 at 11:10

    The reference was to the different usage by Kishore in his opening remark.

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  9. Mukundala Balasubramanyam25 October 2013 at 11:19

    19D : I took FASHION for 'the in thing'. I'd 'fish' for 'cod' but couldn't account for 'aon' and left it unfilled.

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  10. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan25 October 2013 at 13:40

    6 Down comment by Kishore
    Jo tera hai woh mera hai, jo mera hai woh ter hai
    But I say this to my hubby
    Jo aapka hai woh mera hai ,jo mera hai wohbhi mera hai !

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    1. Unknown25 October 2013 at 13:59

      My school friend from Delhi used this, always when it used to suit him.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam25 October 2013 at 15:09

      LV @ 1:40

      It's like saying "Heads I win, Tails you lose" to your hubby ! :)

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    3. Anonymous25 October 2013 at 15:22

      That's the privilege of being a lady, LV!

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    4. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan25 October 2013 at 16:00


      @MB Sir :)
      Hahaha ! Yes Kishore I enjoy that :)

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    5. Richard25 October 2013 at 16:55

      LV for Lady V'nathan..:-)

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    6. Anonymous25 October 2013 at 17:52


      Zsa Zsa Gabor said "I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house."

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    7. Suresh25 October 2013 at 17:58

      Good old one.

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    8. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan25 October 2013 at 18:02

      @Richard :-)

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    9. Richard25 October 2013 at 19:40

      Kishore 5:52 - Today I read this on a man's T-shirt. Mind you, for once, it is a true story from me.

      My wife gives me sound advice. 99% sound and 1% advice.

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    10. Kishore25 October 2013 at 20:14

      His wife is probably wearing one saying "My husband is 100% sound"

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  11. Navneeth25 October 2013 at 15:16

    19D: Definition is a noun while answer is an adjective. The only problem I have with today's grid.

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    1. Suresh25 October 2013 at 16:14

      I sounded okay. It is the in thing or it is faddish.

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    2. Raghunath25 October 2013 at 17:58

      Def: 'the in thing': Adjective = Fad·dish (fdsh) adj. from thefreedictionary.com.

      I had thought 'the in thing' was a noun like fashion, I suppose means fashionable

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    3. Navneeth26 October 2013 at 00:50

      Thanks gents.

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