Wednesday, 25 December 2013

No 10965, Wednesday 25 Dec 2013, Gridman


MERRY CHRISTMAS

ACROSS
1   Get on with a gentleman on Greek island frittering away afternoon (3,2,3) HIT IT OFF HIT I{T OFF} Anno pending
5   Second long-distance runner is a happy sort (6) SMILER {S}{MILER}
9   The reference is to a learner, ‘soul in torment’ (8) ALLUSION {A}{L}{SOUL+IN}*
10 Expert gets suitable gain (6) PROFIT {PRO}{FIT}
12 Rank achieved by palace attendant finally (4) TIER courTIER
13 Between boy and girl there’s no reasoning (10) PHILOSOPHY {PHIL}{O}{SOPHY}
15 City hangout is sweet (6) ECLAIR {EC}{LAIR}
17 Uncle back working as construction worker (5) MASON {MAS<=}{ON}
20 Speech has no tips on proportion (5) RATIO oRATIOn
21 Noted invader mentioned a guiding tool (6) ATTILA (~a tiller)
24 Stop! Trouble at the end of a couple of streets (5,5) STAND STILL {ST}{AND} {ST}{ILL}
27 Boyfriend breaks tip off nice-looking object (4) BEAU BEAUt
29 Dullards Amin and the drunken sot meet (6) IDIOTS {IDI}{SOT*}
30 Boy spins around in Greek island group (8) CYCLADES {CYC{LAD}ES}
31 Look on bore reflectively (6) REGARD {RE}{GARD<=}
32 No quarters given twice to balderdash (8) NONSENSE {NO}{N}{S}{E}{N}{S}{E}

DOWN
1   Hot soil in home (6) HEARTH {H}{EARTH}
2   He counts as a bank employee (6) TELLER [CD]
3   Examine international cricket match? (4) TEST [DD]
4   Insubstantial stuff from female writer (5) FROTH {F}{ROTH}
6   Societal norms code developer twisted at last (5) MORES MOR(-s+e)E(-e+s)S
7   Hoist father aboard with skier’s permit (4,4) LIFT PASS {LIFT} {PA}{SS}
8   Attempting once more for a second hearing (8) RETRYING [DD]
11 College head and learner tear around to make wine (6) CLARET {C}{L}{TEAR*}
14 Repeat from stable chorister (4) ECHO [T]
16 Looks forward to a week with a SIT round (6) AWAITS {A}{W}{A}{SIT*}
17 Bigot’s slipper? (4) MULE [DD]
18 More shaggy British Russian’s more bashful (8) BRUSHIER {B}{RU}{SHIER}
19 Inform about bird taking away secretly (8) STEALING {S{TEAL}ING}
22 Show me the way to deceive (4,2) LEAD ON [DD]
23 Chase union leader coming into money (6) PURSUE {PURS{U}E}
25 Active person has time to be mollycoddler (5) DOTER {DO{T}ER}
26 Taylor endlessly working to apply with vigour (3,2) LAY TO TAYLOr*
28 The sign of the summer? (4) PLUS [CD]

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45 comments:

  1. pavalamani pragasam25 December 2013 at 08:42

    May I be allowed to make a digression? Here is my entry for short story contest:https://notionpress.com/story/view/539274. Your comments are welcome! And your vote is valuable!!!!!

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    1. SandhyaP25 December 2013 at 09:00

      Voted. Good luck!

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    2. Col_Gopinath25 December 2013 at 09:01

      Voted. All the best PP.

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    3. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan25 December 2013 at 09:31

      Voted, all the best ma'm !

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam25 December 2013 at 09:56

      PP ma'am, as I don't have Face-book account, I asked my daughter Gauthami Mukundala to read your short story "War and peace" and vote for you. She liked it and voted for it.

      Best of luck !

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    5. D.Srinivasan25 December 2013 at 10:07

      All the best PP. Voted

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    6. Anonymous25 December 2013 at 10:31

      Voted. Best wishes!

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    7. VMA Nair25 December 2013 at 12:08

      Done

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    8. pavalamani pragasam25 December 2013 at 17:20

      Thank you, everybody!

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  2. Shuchi25 December 2013 at 08:46

    Merry Christmas!

    Get on with a gentleman on Greek island frittering away afternoon (3,2,3) HIT IT OFF
    HAITI + TOFF - A?

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    1. SandhyaP25 December 2013 at 08:53

      Merry Christmas!

      I also took it to be Haiti, but then realised Haiti is not a Greek island.

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    2. Anonymous25 December 2013 at 08:54

      Merry Xmas & Xword to all:

      Geography is all Greek to me. Is Haiti Greek?

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    3. Anonymous25 December 2013 at 08:57

      I think the Greek island has probably jumped in from 30a

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  3. maradnusro25 December 2013 at 09:31

    Merry Christmas

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  4. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan25 December 2013 at 09:32

    Merry Christmas !

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam25 December 2013 at 09:49

    Merry Christmas !

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  6. C.G. BHARGAV25 December 2013 at 10:04

    Merry Christmas!
    PS: PP, I voted for you.

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  7. Richard25 December 2013 at 10:54

    Merry Christmas to all.

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  8. Suresh25 December 2013 at 11:12

    Merry Christmas everybody.

    I love the expression on Santa's face in the latest Coke ad.

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  9. Padmanabhan25 December 2013 at 11:31

    Only good thing about coke?!

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  10. Padmanabhan25 December 2013 at 11:32

    A Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to everyone. And a gig Thank You to all wishers.

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    1. Padmanabhan25 December 2013 at 13:41

      Pl. read it as 'big' & not 'gig'. bad handwriting is ok, but typing?

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  11. Padmanabhan25 December 2013 at 11:35

    Haiti is part of the Caribbean islands and nowhere near Greece. As Kishore says it has most likely made a jump from 30A to 1A.
    PP,
    Is there anyway for persons without a face(!) to vote? If so you have mine. I will make an attempt.

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    1. Richard25 December 2013 at 12:57

      Paddy, you have company here as I too am Faceless in the Book. If someone proxy-votes on my behalf, I will not mind.

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  12. Padmanabhan25 December 2013 at 11:38

    Kishore,

    Nice cartoon. I am as much a fan of Perry Mason as I am of PGW. So a big thank you and the trouble you have taken to show Jackson's law library too!

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    1. Anonymous25 December 2013 at 11:55

      Nice to note that you noticed it. I was just punning on Mason and brick by brick and thought I would add some more ref. to it.
      As ESG usually said in the dedication to his books: This cartoon is dedicated to my dear friend Paddy

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    2. Padmanabhan25 December 2013 at 12:55

      Thank you so much! Your cartoons are all embracing. It always has something in it for everyone. Only problem is we are all like 5 blind men who SAW the elephant- to each his own!

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    3. Unknown25 December 2013 at 13:11

      HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.

      Regarding Perry Mason, i am also a fan. I am not sure if You guys watch ADAALAT in Sony, on week-ends. Actually this serial is based on PERRY MASON with Della Street & Paul Drake.

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    4. Padmanabhan25 December 2013 at 13:40

      Really? I will take a look.

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  13. Padmanabhan25 December 2013 at 12:02

    PP,

    Very nicely written. When did you learn their language to be able to follow so much of their talk? I knew it will end something on these lines, but still could not make a correct guess (mention of rooms was the first hint). Nice, timely (esp. at Chennai) & and enjoyable. What to do with the charged bat we have at home?!

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  14. Mukundala Balasubramanyam25 December 2013 at 12:37

    A deceptive funny story starting with WAR and ending in PEACE ! Great piece of work, PP Ma'am !! Liked very much spicy punch dialogues in the story :)

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  15. Mukundala Balasubramanyam25 December 2013 at 13:10

    Off the track(CW). A conversation overheard btn Santa Claus and Bantu Singh last night :

    Santa : What do you want to become in your next life ?

    Bantu : A cockroach.

    Santa : Why ?

    Bantu : Kyun ki meri wife sirf cockroach se hi darthi hai !

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  16. Padmanabhan25 December 2013 at 13:39

    What if she too is born as a cockroach and as his wife again?!

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  17. mohsin25 December 2013 at 14:34

    15A: city = EC?

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    1. Col_Gopinath25 December 2013 at 14:45

      EC (Eastern Central) post code or London EC covers most of the city of London. It's quite common in CW's

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  18. VJ25 December 2013 at 16:42

    2D: Nice CD

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  19. Mukundala Balasubramanyam25 December 2013 at 16:47

    6 Societal norms code developer twisted at last (5) MORES MOR(-s+e)E(-e+s)S

    Can we show the Anno as MOR(SE <==) please ?

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  20. Navneeth25 December 2013 at 20:10

    30A - CYCES = Spins, or is CYCLES missing an L?

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    1. Col_Gopinath25 December 2013 at 20:28

      No one spotted that. Gridman also has not put in an appearance today.

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    2. Navneeth25 December 2013 at 20:39

      We might still be able to make it work, although in a rather 'unfair' fashion.

      Ad seems to be common Dutch (male) first name. :)

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_%28given_name%29

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  21. raju umamaheswar25 December 2013 at 20:24

    Blogging in late this evening. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to ye-all out there.

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