Friday, 17 January 2014

No.10984, Friday 17 Jan 2014, Klue Klux Klan



Nice one from KKK. For a while I thought it was an Army theme: Private, Lieutenant, Veterans, ...

ACROSS
1 Arrange solo matches with old chums (11) SCHOOLMATES (SOLO MATCHES)*
9 Classified chatter about Kiev regular (7) PRIVATE (PRATE about kIeV)
10 Empowering ringleader who leaves long-standing… (7) ENDUING (ENDUrING)
11 ...South Indian town he partly drove to (5) ERODE (hE RODE)
          Ranks at No.1 in the popularity rating
12 Repeat, leaving the sick unschooled (7) ITERATE (ill ITERATE)
15 Holistic detective, Gently, used dagger (4) DIRK (2) (Ref to Dirk Gently, detective)
          Or as they say in Hyderabad, "Hulloo hulloo"
16 Gamble on first lady’s endless knowledge of head of state (10) CHANCELLOR (CHANCE L LORe)
18 Europeans, provoked, grow insane (10) NORWEGIANS (GROW INSANE)*
20 Mixture of lemon in oil for starters? (4) OLIO (O L I O)
23 State authority initially backs force (7)  ASSERTS (A STRESS<)
24 Donkey in tunnel? Not quite (5) BURRO (BURROw)
26 Leave when Republican enters to cause delay (6) DETRAIN (R in DETAIN)
27 Stumble upon oil spill in Libya’s capital (7) TRIPOLI (TRIP on OIL*)
28 The caring, attacked with canes, rioted (11) CONSIDERATE (CANES RIOTED)*
DOWN
2 Without source of encouragement, makes boxes (6) CRATES (CReATES)
3 Warning for returning Verne character (4) OMEN (NEMO<)
          A rather fishy character
4 Deputy in place of boarder (10) LIEUTENANT (LIEU TENANT)
5 Representatives of senior people switched American head for English (8) ALDERMEN (ELDERMEN-E+A)
6 Of decrees found in Vedic talismans (7) EDICTAL (T)
7 Adding on to Andhra Pradesh is forthcoming (9) APPENDING (AP PENDING)

8 Hardship of first royal, initially lacking energy (6) RIGOUR (R vIGOUR)
13 Baptised saint, in enriched surroundings, confused (10) CHRISTENED (ST. in ENRICHED)*
14 Therefore, no microphone is for human good (9) ERGONOMIC (ERGO NO MIC.)
17 Doctor returns to trap old-timers (8) VETERANS (VET SNARE<)
          The U.S. has a lot of vets from V'et-nam
19 Knight comes back for perfume rice (7) RISOTTO (SIR< OTTO=attar)
21 Musical pieces’ first recital in African city (6) LARGOS (R in LAGOS)
22 Musician not half boisterous (6) OBOIST (O BOIST)
          Reminded me of GB Shaw. It seems he once received a letter starting with "My dear Shawm".  Exasperated, he commented to his wife that the chap could not even spell his name correctly. To  which, Mrs Shaw reportedly showed him the dictionary to validate the address. Shawm: an old fashioned woodwind instrument. Thus, justifying the use of the word to describe her husband.
25 Rodents looking up at the red dwarf, for one (4) STAR (RATS<)

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48 comments:

  1. SandhyaP17 January 2014 at 08:33

    Happy Birthday CV :)

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  2. Richard17 January 2014 at 08:36

    CV, many happy returns of the today. Your contribution in popularizing crosswords is immense. Keep it going for many years to come.

    Someone could have thought of setting a crossword in honour of this Maha-Rishi of crosswords for this part of the world.

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    1. Richard17 January 2014 at 08:39

      Correction: returns of the day..

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    2. Kishore17 January 2014 at 08:48

      I had thought that you put him in a time warp. Like that movie 12:01 pm

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  3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 January 2014 at 08:36

    Many Happy Returns of The Day, CV Sir !

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  4. Rengaswamy17 January 2014 at 08:47

    Many Happy Returns of the Day. GM!

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  5. Chaturvasi17 January 2014 at 08:49

    Thanks, Kishore, Sandhya, Richard, MB. Renga and also Venkatesh (in yesterday's blog).
    I accept all these greetings and also from other friends who may be thinking of wishing me. I am touched by your friendship and regards to me.

    My only request is please avoid peppering this Comment section with messages greeting me.
    Let's discuss the crossword.

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  6. Col_Gopinath17 January 2014 at 08:56

    Excellent portrait Kishore

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    1. Chaturvasi17 January 2014 at 09:03

      Yes, there is some resemblance.
      But to be honest -
      My head of hair is not that thick. Nor is it so completely peppered! (I realise that I am using this word for the second time this morning!)
      Also, my eyebrows do have some whites but they are not so thick nor so white.
      Kishore has left out the age spots! So fair and lovely of him!

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    2. Richard17 January 2014 at 09:07

      Putting the matter in a different complexion...

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    3. Kishore17 January 2014 at 09:27

      Like the literary 'humbug', I used bits of several photos for ref. and hence have a mix. Partly mental impressions...
      Maybe I should have put in some more work on it

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    4. Kishore17 January 2014 at 09:28

      Also, noting the limitations of MS Paint, I am moving to pencil and paper for the future portraits.

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    5. Richard17 January 2014 at 10:25

      used bits of several photos for ref.

      I was reminded of Bollywood potboilers lifting bits and pieces from different movies, and blaming it on 'inspiraton' ( a euphemism for plagiarism).

      Didn't mean anything against your effort, Kishore. Just 'simply like that only'.

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  7. Richard17 January 2014 at 09:11

    Kishore's graphic is near-authentic. But there is a serious look on the face...

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  8. thiru17 January 2014 at 09:29

    Happy Birthday, CV sir!

    23 A
    State should tend to assert, not asserts, right?

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  9. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 January 2014 at 09:39

    8D :Hardship to be highlighted for definition please. :)


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  10. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 January 2014 at 09:48

    8D : My first take on this clue was : VIGOUR (-R+VIGOUR), taking 'energy' as definition !

    Thanks, KKK, for an entertaining puzzle ! Missed out on 'assets' and 'veterans'

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  11. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan17 January 2014 at 09:59

    Happy b'day CV Sir !

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  12. VMA Nair17 January 2014 at 10:02

    HBD CV sir
    11A his favourite town?

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    1. Chaturvasi17 January 2014 at 10:47

      TKS for your greetings, Ajeesh.
      As the TN town Erode has a pucca English word with the same spelling, it has come very handy in crossword setting.
      Whether a favourite or not, the town is known to me because I hail from CBE. Also, I have visited/stayed in many villages around Erode.
      In these parts there are large numbers of the Kannada Madhwa community to which I belong.

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  13. Bhalchandra Pasupathy17 January 2014 at 10:36

    Nice one. Was expecting a toughie from triple K. Was thrown off for a bit with the incorrect enumeration and in 26A and the part of speech in 23A

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  14. raju umamaheswar17 January 2014 at 11:22

    KKK- - Today's crossie made me think it was from Gridman. fairly easy one.

    CV aka GRIDMAN aka RISHI ( isin't it CV RISHIKESH ? Here's wishing you many happy returns of the day. May you continue to beguile with your compilations of crosswords without crossing swords or words with any one ! Did you see my comments on Orkut of mine yesterday?

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  15. Padmanabhan17 January 2014 at 11:30

    Happy Birthday & many happy returns of the day and more importantly many more CW's to be set! I can't believe 1 year has rolled by since we celebrated your 70th Birthday. May God bless you with long life so that you keep on encouraging and promoting many new setters.

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  16. raju umamaheswar17 January 2014 at 13:02

    CV: Deepak has clarified on Orkut and now I understand how it operates. Thanks Deepak.
    What about my other query on Hindu's improvement?
    As solvers, are we not a loyal lot of readers and hence they should apply their minds to our cries?How about writing to the Readers Editor, who seeks always tips on improvement?

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  17. Unknown17 January 2014 at 14:43

    Happy birthday, CV Sir! Many happy returns of the day. Wishing you good health and many years of crossword setting.
    Very modest of you to ask us to refrain from sending you greetings, and discus the cw, instead - the truth is you are far too popular for your birthday to be ignored!!
    Good one from KKK. Thanks.

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  18. PKPSwami17 January 2014 at 14:49

    Nice puzzle.First I thought I may not be able to finish. But thanks to well laid out clues I could complete.Very happy.

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  19. Ramani17 January 2014 at 15:16

    Seek your blessings, CV Sir.

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    1. Chaturvasi17 January 2014 at 15:36

      Ram, my best wishes will be with you, now and forever. Thanks for your greetings.

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  20. Unknown17 January 2014 at 15:25

    28A: The caring is a noun, and considerate is an adjective. Is it acceptable?

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  21. Padmanabhan17 January 2014 at 15:40

    Caring can also be an adj. as in a caring person.

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  22. Raghunath17 January 2014 at 16:26

    Nice one from kkk. Tripoli also must be high in popularity rankings.
    Try telling 7d to TRS & Telengana leaders!

    Happy birthday CV!

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  23. Raghunath17 January 2014 at 16:33

    Sorry Kishore. Did not notice yr toon on 7 d.

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  24. Shuchi17 January 2014 at 17:30

    Hi CV Sir, Many happy returns of the day to you.

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  25. Chaturvasi17 January 2014 at 18:35

    Thanks, Shuchi.

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  26. Raghunath17 January 2014 at 19:17

    22 Musician not half boisterous (6) OBOIST (O BOIST)

    How is Not = O? Is "Not boist" = No Boist = O BOIST?
    Maybe a homophone ind with 'not' might have been better?

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    1. Richard17 January 2014 at 20:05

      Not = nought?

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    2. Richard17 January 2014 at 20:06

      = zero = letter O? Just making a guess.

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    3. Raghunath17 January 2014 at 21:11

      Yes Richard, Not ~ nought. And Zero = letter O, but where's the zero from w/o the homophone ind?

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    4. Suresh17 January 2014 at 21:47

      There is a problem here for sure. If it was nothing no problem. Musician nothing boisterous by half.

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    5. Richard17 January 2014 at 22:33

      I guess some part of the clue is missing.

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