In the first ball of his 'Over', Gridman gives us some paired words: Calabooses and Panopticon, Chez and Dacha, Kiosk and Godown, Titled and Earl, Trek and Packsack, Seraglio and Coop, Skippers and Overs, and may be some more ... (Left as an exercise to readers as CV says)
ACROSS
1 Tavern where one may soothe up, perhaps (8) POTHOUSE (SOOTHE UP)*
5 Admission by father among Poles in boat (6) SAMPAN (S(AM PA)N)
9 Tent rope rolled in warehouse (8) ENTREPOT (TENT ROPE)*
10 Ire has no place in eroticism played out in show of levity (6) SITCOM (EROTICISM-IRE)*
Lotsa people dislike these when they have canned laughter obliterating the next lines
12 At the home of the revolutionary, zest begins (4) CHEZ (CHE Z)
PGW used to use this like this: An S&B was held at Chez Gopinath
13 Jails for wily Baloo involved in lawsuits (10) CALABOOSES (CA(BALOO*)SES)
15 Got around a piece of rock to reach small cave (6) GROTTO (G(R)OT TO)
17 Father doesn’t finish tea in country house (5) DACHA (DAd CHA)
20 Akka essentially hoards tens in sales booth (5) KIOSK (KK hoarding 10S)
21 Be beaten in warehouse? (6) GODOWN (GO DOWN)
24 Cop on tap in wild place where everything is visible (10) PANOPTICON (COP ON TAP IN)*
Did not know this one
27 Pen for company work (4) COOP (CO OP)
29 Rubs out and relaxes, holding tip of rubber (6) ERASES (E(R)ASES)
How would this have sounded if Gridman had used 'Uses rubber' instead of 'rubs out'?
30 One loser unfortunately left silver inside women’s quarters (8) SERAGLIO (AG in 1LOSER*)
31 Salon appliance or worker (6) STYLER 2
32 Old musical instrument makes players puzzle over time (8) PSALTERY (PLAYERS* around T)
DOWN
1 Force way into church after gaining support (6) PIERCE (CE after PIER)
2 Noble bird was in the front (6) TITLED (TIT LED)
3 Frank appeal to writer? (4) OPEN (O PEN)
4 Bear hardship with no church opening (5) STOMA (STOMAch)
6 Friend backs scholar with one government order (5) AMIGO (MA< 1 GO)
7 Soft acknowledgement, small acknowledgement for hitchhiker’s burden (8) PACKSACK (P ACK S ACK)
8 Fellow rises to request a royal salutation in India (8) NAMASKAR (MAN< ASK A R)
11 Beaten, authorised Leader of Opposition to drop down (6) KAYOED (OKAYED with O dropping down)
14 Tibetan leader on peak of Kanchenjunga in difficult expedition (4) TREK (T RE K)
16 One’s following striped animal that dropped a piece of eland in river (6) TIGRIS (TIGeR 1'S)
17 It breaks every day (4) DAWN CD
18 Goods transporters leave harbour to get cocktail for captains (8) SKIPPERS (SHIPPERS-H+K)
Loved the cocktail!
19 The limit of the Chepauk stadium? (8) BOUNDARY CD
22 Girl’s maiden skateboarding trick (6) MOLLIE (M OLLIE)
I wonder what Stan would say. Probably "Oooer!"
23 Bewitching spot is occupied by none, right? (6) SPOOKY (O OK in SPY)
Reminded me of the cartoon character. Boo!
25 Scrap artist not present in pastry-eating contest (5) PIECE (PIE raCE)
26 Excesses in cricket? No, they are appropriate deliveries (5) OVERS CD/DD
28 Give attention to London’s top nobleman (4) EARL (EAR L)
Reminded me of the chap who owns the Empress
With a few words like PANOPTICON, CALABOOSES and PSALTERY, Gridman seems to have hit the solvers beyond the Chepauk boundary! ;-)
ReplyDeleteLiked AMIGO, TITLED and some others. The surface of 16A was not smooth.
Does Kishore have anything to say on 29A?
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16d you mean. I took it as: A tiger has dropped a bit of the eland it was carrying in its mouth into the river. And one is following it. Quite ok, I thought.
DeleteMy thoughts on 29a already aired.
Look for some other titillating pair!
Sorry, yes it was 16D. Quite a graphic explanation. ;-)
DeleteI had not noticed your commenton 29A before posting my comment. I prepare my comments before checking the blog.
This coming Sunday the regular blog will be up at 7 AM and at 8 AM there will be a Jumbo prize crossword as a prelude to the 5th birthday of the blog on 4th Feb when the results will be announced. Further instructions with the CW on 2nd. Comments will be moderated from 8 AM on 02 Feb to 8 PM on 03 Feb.
ReplyDelete10A - I too hate those peals of recorded laughter after the punchlines. Are the viewers being guided by the directors of sitcoms as to when exactly to laugh? Do they take the viewers for morons?
ReplyDeleteBut now that the pattern has been set, there could be deafening silence in between if the practice is given up.
+1 I detest canned laughter
DeleteWhile my solvers are free to see whatever they want to see in my crosswords, I would like to clarify that any pairing in today's crossword was unintended (unlike theme, pangram, clue acrostic or nina - which are all planned).
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, I do see which pair Kishore might have found 'titillating' but I shall not mention it but leave it to discovery by the readers themselves.
If a solver's imagination is so fertile, we setters must be really worried as to what great lengths these men would go.
Lengths?
DeleteAt full stretch ?
DeleteThe cartoon (17D) reminded me of the stories heard about glass objects and wine goblets developing cracks by the effect of soprano voices in operas. It could just be a myth.
ReplyDeleteRichard,
DeleteCopy paste from Scientific American
"Then in 2005 the Discovery Channel television show MythBusters tackled the question, recruiting rock singer and vocal coach Jamie Vendera to hit some crystal ware with his best shot. He tried 12 wine glasses before stumbling on the lucky one that splintered at the blast of his mighty pipes. For the first time, proof that an unassisted voice can indeed shatter glass was captured on video."
Thanks for your research, boss. ;-)
Delete30 Ac. reminds me of the saying:
ReplyDeleteHaving a wife is part of living.
But having girlfriends along with wife is
"Art of Living" !!!
:-)
Delete'P' is always silent! (at least in CW's)!
DeleteIncluding P for Paddy? ;-)
DeleteRegarding yesterday's posting on ACAD clue "Makes cakes, designed low-cost housing (5)" BAKER
ReplyDeleteLaurie Baker who was a British born Indian architect, lived in Trivandrum, Kerala and built low-cost energy efficient houses. see the link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Baker
Rengaswamy,
DeleteSuggest we don't post the solutions to ACAD here till such time the solution is posted on the ACAD site
Agreed. This was day before yesterday's clue for which you had given the answer yesterday rightly after the answer was announced. I have just given how I could co-relate the two parts of the clue after googling.
DeleteYes, I have since deleted that post when I saw that the annotation and answer were not yet up on the ACAD site
Delete3 Frank appeal to writer? (4) OPEN (O PEN)
ReplyDeleteI appeal, how is 'O' related to 'appeal' pl ?
O(h) God, a question from you, Balu?
DeleteOMG ! Thanks. Richard.
DeleteAs we say while speaking in an appealing way to someone - 'O Ram, help me', or 'O Lakshman, please do this for me'.
DeleteHere, the appeal is to writer (PEN). So, O PEN!
Here is a quote from Gertrude:
"O Hamlet, speak no more!
Thou turn’st mine eyes into my very soul,
And there I see such black and grainèd spots
As will not leave their tinct."
@ Nadathur Rajan - I had posted this message for you late last evening. Maybe you missed reading it.
DeleteNeed to communicate with you.
Can you email me at RLASRADO(at the rate of)GMAIL(dot)COM - all in lower case?
Or text your email ID to +91 94802 00000. Thanks.
Thanks to NR Sir too, for responding to my 'appeal' ! :)
DeleteMB
ReplyDeleteYou must have heard the song O Rangasayee...
CV Sir,
DeleteAm not much conversant with carnatic music, nevertheless, I visited WIKI and learnt O Rangasayee has something to do with Kambhoji ragam etc. Seems 'O' for 'appeal' has many interpretations ! Thanks, Sir.
...and I don't remember to have heard that song. I shall try 'you-tube' for the same.
Delete...got it Sir ! M S Subbalakshmi's 'O Rangasayee' in Kambodhi Ragam rendering is music to ear(s) ! I'm downloading it now ! Thanks, once again.
DeleteO!
ReplyDeleteOK!
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