Thursday, 26 December 2013

No 10966, Thursday 26 Dec 2013, Gridman

7D too eminent for me !!

ACROSS
1   Something to investigate – for a dog? (1,4,2,4) A BONE TO PICK [CD]
9   One of a pair that may be involved in many a blow (7) NOSTRIL [CD]
10 Everyone overwhelmed by striking sound is wearisome (7) PALLING {P{ALL}ING} Pall byitself means wearisome, so is this correct?
11 Bear to see ruler caught by American after American (5) URSUS {U{R}S}{US}
12 What one is when the last page in a daily calendar is torn off (3,2,4) OUT OF DATE [CD]
13 Pants in island near Naples (5) CAPRI [DD]
15 Finally, none to follow (4,2,3) LAST OF ALL [DD]
18 Inactive, making little impression in various years (9) SEDENTARY {SE{DENT}ARY*}
21 Many spoil the amulet (5) CHARM {C}{HARM}
22 Of late, low turnout fetches absolutely negligible number (3,3,3) ALL TOO FEW*
24 Girl entertains appeal from Angolan party (5) UNITA {UN{IT}A}
26 Good, in France, a New Zealand ace gets a windfall (7) BONANZA {BON}{A}{NZ}{A}
27 Rani romps around me with primarily thin clothing (7) RAIMENT {RAI{ME}N*}{T...}
28 Spread some gossip about woman and learners being untidy (11) DISHEVELLED {DISH{EVE}{LL}ED}

DOWN
1   Gives the word to the woman about big cats (9) ANNOUNCES {ANN}{OUNCES}
2   Dispossesses nothing: America is on way up (5) OUSTS {O}{US}{TS<=}
3   Departure from backsliding doesn’t begin (9) EGRESSION rEGRESSION
4   There’s lot of petroleum there underground (3,4) OIL POOL [CD]
5   I am to set up a different version of driving force (7) IMPETUS {I'M}{SET+UP}*
6   Religious leader, fatherlike, leaves there in a quandary (5) KALIF FAtherLIKe*
7   Great eminence his small outing on peninsula fetches (8) ?I?A?A?A (Addendum - HIMALAYA {HIs}{MALAYA} - See comments)
8   Five get release from non-specific fever (4) AGUE vAGUE
14 Cudgelling prince’s disorientation (8) PADDLING {P}{ADDLING}
16 Serving to close, Officer Commanding gets sole former wife dismissed (9) OCCLUSIVE {OC}{exCLUSIVE}
17 Criticised for having botched up medals tab (9) LAMBASTED*
19 A female’s string of words said to cause violent disturbances (7) AFFRAYS {A}{F}{FRAYS}(~phrase)
20 A churchyard sight in England, yet we’re puzzled (7) YEWTREE* Anno should have been (3,4)
22 Sailor and engineer meet Parisian cleric (4) ABBE {AB}{BE}
23 Held title to a section of downtown edifice (5) OWNED [T]
25 One compromise turns out to be perfect (5) IDEAL {1}{DEAL}

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  1. Kishore26 December 2013 at 08:30

    7d HIs MALAYA

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  2. Kishore26 December 2013 at 08:31

    10 Everyone overwhelmed by striking sound is wearisome (7) PALLING {P{ALL}ING} Pall byitself means wearisome, so is this correct?

    I would give this an ok. As pall means weary and palling can be wearisome.

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  3. Venkatesh26 December 2013 at 08:31

    7 Great eminence his small outing on peninsula fetches (8) ?I?A?A?A
    HI[-s] MALAYA

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  4. Kishore26 December 2013 at 08:42

    On the topic of His Malaya, please do not take into consideration the meaning of Malaya in Kiswahili.

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    1. Kishore26 December 2013 at 08:43

      Once when I visited Nairobi after KL, I made the mistake of saying I came from Malaya ...

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    2. Kishore26 December 2013 at 08:45

      And if you are singing Mariam Makeba's popular song "Malaika" be sure to pronounce the k when you come to "Malaika, nakupenda Malaika"

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    3. Kishore26 December 2013 at 08:49

      Here's a link to the song

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCh58peMl98

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    4. Kishore26 December 2013 at 08:50

      I find that the name is Mirium, not Marium as stated at 845

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    5. Richard26 December 2013 at 08:51

      Wewe ni shetani, bwana...

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 December 2013 at 09:42

      Kishore, enjoyed the instrumental followed by her song "Malaika" It sounded so sweet and soothing ! One of her other songs, namely, Pata, Pata has been copied in one of our Hindi films.
      The song goes like this : Nach meri jaan, patha path, I think. Any idea about film's name ?

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    7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 December 2013 at 09:49

      Yes, got it. Film "Main Sunder hoon" Sung by Kishore kumar and Asha Bhonsle.

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    8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 December 2013 at 09:52

      Link for the song Fataa Faat ala Pata, Pata : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS9bcXCxBvI

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    9. Richard26 December 2013 at 10:11

      Balu, it starred Bishwajeet, Leena Chandavarkar, Jayshree Talwade, Aruna Irani, David and others. Almost all the songs, composed by the Shankar-Jaikishen duo, were hits.

      Incidentally, Main Sundar Hoon (1971) was a remake of the Tamil movie Server Sundaram(1964) starring Thai Nagesh.

      I liked the message in the Hindi title of the movie and the pun in the name 'Sundar'. The toothsy character played by Mahmood was Sundar, conveying that in spite of it, he was a good-looking person.

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    10. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 December 2013 at 10:12

      If you want to dance to the tune Pata, Pata : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfhmPdCNRb8

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    11. Richard26 December 2013 at 10:13

      correction: toothy character

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    12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 December 2013 at 10:18

      Richard, I enjoyed (today) both versions of foot tapping music/'song ! Thanks to Kishore !

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  5. Prashanth26 December 2013 at 08:45

    Sir,why appeal means 'it'

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    1. Venkatesh26 December 2013 at 08:50

      APPEAL = Sex Appeal = IT

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    2. Venkatesh26 December 2013 at 08:53

      IT has been coined for SA after Clara Bow - the It girl.
      Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Bow

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    3. Prashanth26 December 2013 at 08:57

      Thank u

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  6. Richard26 December 2013 at 08:48

    9A - The cartoon reminded me of two anecdotes:

    A family, with all its members sporting a prominent nasal projection, was described as - ' The nose runs in the family.'

    A child telling the teacher: 'If you say the feet are for running and nose is for smelling, then how come my nose is running and feet are .....?

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    1. Kishore26 December 2013 at 08:51

      PGW once mentioned about a character's nose, that it was type which could win races at Ascot

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  7. SandhyaP26 December 2013 at 08:48

    13 Pants in island near Naples (5) CAPRI [DD]

    Pants are CAPRIS

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    1. Col_Gopinath26 December 2013 at 13:27

      There was a discussion a few days ago whether we could categorise Capris as trousers/pants. If I remember right Shuchi raised the issue

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 December 2013 at 11:44

    6D : * missing in the Anno.

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  9. Padmanabhan26 December 2013 at 19:35

    Kishore@8.51-
    Enjoyed the quote of PGW. But I have a doubt if the ref. to the nose is for a running nose or as one says"The horse by a nose" (indicating length or margin, meaning a long nose)

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    1. Anonymous26 December 2013 at 21:30

      The length of the nose. As in 'the horse won by a nose'

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  10. Padmanabhan26 December 2013 at 19:36

    Is the peninsula'Malya'or just 'Malay'?

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  11. Padmanabhan26 December 2013 at 19:38

    The earlier name Malaya was for the country & not the peninsula, am I right?

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  12. Padmanabhan26 December 2013 at 19:39

    Here is the wiki link-
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_Peninsula

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  13. Anonymous26 December 2013 at 21:34

    The malay/malaya in both Himalay/a and Malay/a ref to the same thing: mountain/s

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  14. Krishnan26 December 2013 at 21:51

    Hi all.. I have been enjoying the blog for the last 3 weeks without commenting. I learned solving cryptic crossword from my uncle a few years back but hardly practiced it on a regular basis. Since I started reading the annotations I am solving about 50% consistently and once was within 2 words of completion. Thanks everyone for the great contribution..

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  15. Krishnan26 December 2013 at 21:52

    Hi all.. I have been enjoying the blog for the last 3 weeks without commenting. I learned solving cryptic crossword from my uncle a few years back but hardly practiced it on a regular basis. Since I started reading the annotations I am solving about 50% consistently and once was within 2 words of completion. Thanks everyone for the great contribution..

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  16. Deepak Gopinath26 December 2013 at 22:18

    Gridman's been Incognito for the lsat two days?

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  17. raju umamaheswar27 December 2013 at 16:37

    Kishore: Malaya in Kiswahili is a strumpet (milder term?) Similarly, Schule in German --isn't it a school--as in Kiswalhili too? However, please desist using this in Kannada or Tulu?

    Miriam Makeba was my favourite too and her Pata Pata was made equally famous in India by Usha Mami Uthup.

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  18. raju umamaheswar27 December 2013 at 16:38

    Kishore: Malaya in Kiswahili is a strumpet (milder term?) Similarly, Schule in German --isn't it a school--as in Kiswalhili too? However, please desist using this in Kannada or Tulu?

    Miriam Makeba was my favourite too and her Pata Pata was made equally famous in India by Usha Mami Uthup.

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  19. raju umamaheswar27 December 2013 at 16:39

    Kishore: Malaya in Kiswahili is a strumpet (milder term?) Similarly, Schule in German --isn't it a school--as in Kiswalhili too? However, please desist using this in Kannada or Tulu?

    Miriam Makeba was my favourite too and her Pata Pata was made equally famous in India by Usha Mami Uthup.

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  20. Unknown27 December 2013 at 22:01

    Can someone please break down the cryptic clue for 24A?

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  21. Unknown27 December 2013 at 22:44

    And great eminence being Himalaya is a cryptic defn or can it be used as a common noun?

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