Congrats to Arden's on his 100th CW for The HINDU.
ACROSS
1 Railing will help retired people (8) DIATRIBE {DIA<=}{TRIBE}
5 Advance without, say a famous person (6) LEGEND {L{EG}END}
10 Shrink one by one on the table, one is told (7) ANALYST {A n A}{LYST}(~list) (Addendum - {AN}{A}{LYST}(~list) - See comments)
11 Soldiers tense after rum which is left over (7) ODDMENT {ODD}{MEN}{T}
13 Whistler played a note previously (9) ERSTWHILE {WHISTLER*}{E}
14 Place of rehabilitation right in the centre of Rajya Sabha, say (7,5) HALFWAY HOUSE {HALFWAY} {HOUSE}
18 Sowing done in half the land (12) INSEMINATION {IN}{SEMI}{NATION}
21 Animal swallows hogshead, takes a long time for the creature (9) CHAMELEON {C{H}AMEL}{EON}
23 Write about soldiers who show off (5) PREEN {P{RE}EN}
24 It’s a sin to order caviar and end with champagne (7) AVARICE {CAVIAR*}{E}
25 It costs more to put a man in the dock (7) PRICIER {P{RIC}IER}
26 Fancy the Yankee going after Don (6) DRESSY {DRESS}{Y}
27 Go down after preliminary round in part of the circuit (4,4) HEAT SINK {HEAT} {SINK}
DOWN
1 Lack of writing in the end (6) DEARTH {DEA{R}TH}
2 Operate a sub-account with a calculator (6) ABACUS {A+SUB+AC}*
3 Two boys and a friend on top of money tree (5,4) ROYAL PALM {ROY}{AL} {PAL}{M}
4 Ram is touched, gets sloppy on the field (6-8) BUTTER-FINGERED {BUTTER}-{FINGERED}
6 Give and stop the fight right away (5) ENDOW {END}{rOW}
7 Retired don sure about time management (8) EMERITUS {SURE+TIME}*
8 Did go around that place, but held back (8) DITHERED {DI{THERE}D}
9 Old ci y was steady on pile construction (14) CONSTANTINOPLE {CONSTANT}{INOPLE*} Wonder who ate up the 'T' of the city !!
15 Suggest without proof — anyway that’s what a hunter looks for (9) HOOFPRINT {H{PROOF*}INT}
16 College under some litigation, tough for one in school (8) PILCHARD {PIL}{C}{HARD}
17 Made space for maiden to leave…..foolish frolic (8) ESCAPADE {mADE+SPACE}*
19 Merchant prince not getting remedy (6) ?E?I?I (Addendum - MEDICI MEDICIne - See comments)
22 Climbs second time and gives out (5) EMITS {EMIT}{S}<=
10 Shrink one by one on the table, one is told (7) ANALYST {A n A}{LYST}(~list)
ReplyDeleteI took this as AN A LYST (~list)
Deepak, I think your Pilchard is tainted. My antivirus says it has malicious software.
ReplyDeleteThe link is to wikipedia. Nothing wrong there I checked it out
DeleteThe picture, I mean
DeleteMy antivirus {McAfee - licensed version) has no problems
DeleteI have just sent you a screenshot from my Kaspersky - licenced version
DeleteStrange!
Delete19 Merchant prince not getting remedy (6)
ReplyDeleteI took as Medici. Probably from medicine, but did not get entire anno
Where's our anno expert?
DeleteKnowing her, ... in a free fall !
DeletePaging San....! SOS!
DeleteMy computer shut down for some automatic update. I'm equally stumped :(
DeleteWas reminded of the Latin version of 'Physician, heal thyself' - Medici, cura te ipsum. Tried to get some connection. No success.
DeleteAnother word that fits there is GEMINI. Does not agree with definition.
MEDICI (-ne)
Deletene = not
Is a language Ind missing? Which language?
DeleteNE is old usage for NOT.
Deletene stands for 'not equal to'
DeleteI too saw it as not equal to in thefredic.
DeleteAs usual Sandhya is right. From Chambers:
Deletene /nē or ni/ (obsolete)
adverb
Not
conjunction
Nor
ORIGIN: OE ne
Sounds reasonable.
DeleteI had settled for changing the clue as Crossword solvers not getting anno and taken rest. ;-)
Where is the deletion ind? Or should we add ne to definition to get remedy?
DeleteThere was s similar Buzzer clue for COLLY recently
DeleteI had Medici but could not find ne for not in my OED.
DeleteRefer Ajeesh 9:58 and Raghunath 10:07.
DeleteI too had raised a doubt relating to such clues but there is no clarification from anybody, so far !
"right in the centre of Rajya Sabha" is the well, made so popular by persons wishing to disrupt proceedings...
ReplyDeleteWhy can't they use one somewhere outside the house to get into...
DeleteCongrats, Arden, on your THC ton
ReplyDeleteOn a math note:
ReplyDeletea. Any abacus users here?
b. Any person interested in Rhombus' Crossnumber puzzles from the Listener may contact me at kishoremrao@hotmail.com. These puzzles have recently found their way into my mailbox
Count me in .please, Kishore.
DeleteLS and RS wells are wishing wells for well-wishers ? What constitutes Seemandhra? a third front? besides Telengana and Andhra ?
Yesterdays cw was very good. Today I felt Pilchard and Heat Sink needed accurate defs. Was tougher today.
ReplyDeleteAny one else getting a virus advisory (see Kishore's 8:33) when clicking on the picture of Pilchard?
ReplyDeleteNo, I am immune.
DeleteNot on mobile
DeleteSame here.
DeleteI had not clicked on the image. Every time the page loads, even on refreshment (!), I am getting the warning of a 'suspect URL'.
DeleteSorry, it says 'malicious URL'
DeleteNo problem here.
DeleteSome more on math note:
ReplyDeleteSince there are many engineers and mathematics experts in this forum, this might be of interest to them.
Yesterday, at a media meet in Mangalore, Romith Rao, a civil engineer, claimed to have devised a new, easy formula to solve difficult multiplications. He says that the formula has been submtted to the Ramanujan Mathematical Society. Visit www.romithrao.com to read more about it.
Just went through it. I use a similar system called The Trachtenburg system of speed mathematics for long multiplications. When younger, I could manage 6 digit number x 6 digit numbers (many can even do it with 9 digit ones), but presently I can do only 4 digit numbers as my concentration is not what it was. That method eliminates all the intermediate steps written in long multiplication and gives the last line straight away.
DeleteAgain, a Black Hole Tragedy in Orkut !! Who can fix this frequent Black Outs? Kejriwal the stone-waller?
ReplyDeleteAnyone worked on that abacus yet?
ReplyDeleteA typical Kishore enigma. First I kept scratching my head why the abacus cartoon contained the words from another clue.
DeleteThere is a hint of no. 100 in the cartoon, obviously to commemorate Arden's 100th presentation. And the reference to caviar and champagne is to celebrate.
Talking of champagne, here is one for the fans of the old-time, indomitable villain of Bollywood.
A gaddaar was caught and brought before Ajit by his henchmen for leaking the secrets.
When asked, Is ke saath kya sulook kiya jaaye, baas?', Ajit answers in his usual style and tenor:
'Usko champagne ke talab mein duba doh. Agar 'shame' nahin toh 'pain' mein toh hi mar jaayega'.
Congrats to our dear Arden. May we have many more hundreds...
DeleteTalking of Ajit, even when the poor chap played a good main in Mughal-e-Azam, the role he got was Durjan
DeleteCall it being branded or stereotyped. Villainy was the poor guy's second skin.
DeleteHe even had a Ham id.
DeleteSmart boy. Loin-hearted. ;-)
Delete25A : Typo in Anno pl.
ReplyDeleteCorrected
DeleteCongrats to Arden indeed. My favourite setter. Yesterday's was perfection. Today's not so good, but still very enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteNoted cinematographer-director Balu Mahendra (Balanathan Benjamin Mahendran) passed away in Chennai this morning. RIP.
ReplyDeleteRemember his Hindi movie, Sadma, a remake from Tamil, which starred Kamal Haasan and Sridevi.