Attempt at a pangram from Mover has lost its 'Z'ing.
ACROSS
1 Getting back bit in Radio Telephony for evidence of payment (7) RECEIPT {R{ECEIP<=}T}
9 Watch for order containing fifty boxes with arrows (9) FLOWCHART {F{L}OWCHART*} Singular plural mismatch
10 Simply missing the point, I suggest (5) IMPLY sIMPLY
11 Former prongs may furnish outer coats (7) EXTINES {EX}{TINES}
12 The sound of raindrops -- last thing in design for a model (7) PATTERN {PATTER}{N}
13 Monsieur drowned in unspecified French river (5) SOMME {SO{M}ME}
17 Evil, it’s normal, possibly (6,3) MORTAL SIN*
19 Proficient in algebra, starting with short division (5) ADEPT {Algebra}{DEPT}
21 Juliet and I invested in suet-like snacks (7) FAJITAS {FA{J}{I}T}{AS} That's hardly a snack, more like a full meal!
23 United Nations leads a war, with Eritrean head caught napping (7) UNAWARE {UN}{A}{WAR}{E}
25 Mendacious storytellers? (5) LIARS [E]
26 Confine bear without a trade (9) CARPENTRY {CAR{PENT}RY}
27 Merchants could be card players (7) DEALERS [DD]
28 Umpire Southhead surrounding jumper provides shelter again (7) REROOFS {RE{ROO}F}{S}
DOWN
1 Beams in reverse alphabetical order? (7) RAFTERS {S AFTER R}
2 Appropriate work in bed (5) COOPT {CO{OP}T}
3 Whip up perfume (7) INCENSE [DD]
4 Conducts tense incomplete search before Tuesday, the 5th of August (9) TRANSACTS {T}{RANSACk}{T}{auguSt}
5 Readily available, like piped water (2,3) ON TAP [C&DD]
6 Boat for Landseer, perhaps (7) PAINTER [DD] A 'painter' is not a boat, it is a rope used to fasten a boat.
7 Unnecessary oath from ex-priest I’ve allowed in earlier (9) EXPLETIVE {EX}{P}{LET}{IVE} P for Priest ?
8 Statements, perhaps more than one saw (7) SAYINGS [CD]
16 Victor William? (9) CONQUEROR [DD]
17 Quietened when learner bungled around (7) MUFFLED {MUFF{L}ED}
18 Skill is extremely troublesome for a performer (7) ARTISTE {ART}{IS}{TroublesomE}
19 He is not doing it for money; a good friend coming to ancient city (7) AMATEUR {A}{MATE}{UR}
20 See tidy artful batiks! (3-4) TIE-DYES*
22 Dismisses dry white wines (5) SACKS [DD]
24 Jetsons dog star? (5) ASTRO [DD]
Didn't get a few in the lower side. Liked RECEIPT, ORPHEUS, IMPLY (simply solved), CONQUEROR, AMATEUR, CUCURBITS and TIE-DYES were good.
ReplyDelete17D - Interestingly, the anagram fodder sounds like an oxymoron. In Christian faith, a MORTAL SIN is no normal, but the gravest of the offences, as against a venial sin. I am not faulting the setter. This kind of trap makes crossword more challenging.
18D - Often the native users of English are found confusing artiste and artist for each other. A painter, sculptor is artist. One involved in moving art or performing art like theatre, mime, classical dance is an artiste.
21A - DG, did we hear a 'Yummy' from you?
DeleteAn embarrassing moment or experience is called FAJITI in Kannada. ;-) You may have heard it often in Bangalore.
You heard it all the way at Mangalore!!
Delete:-)
DeleteRichard, what is the correct Kannada spelling of that word? Having heard it as Pajjati, I suspect you have tried to 'fudge'ti ...
DeleteA new convert is supposed to be more zealous that an oldtimer. I head the word 'fudge' used many times yesterday and was prone to use it at the earliest ;-)
OMG, I am getting fidgety now, 'fudge' being also a 'sweet' term notwithstanding!
DeleteAfter coming across FAJITAS, I referred to a few dictionaries looking for the etymology of 'Fajiti'. It may have an Urdu root. Let me check in some other reference books.
It is used in TuLu and KonkaNi as well - I have heard it as 'pajint' in our edition of the latter.
It is used in Marathi too. Of all the places, it is found here in a Marwari online dictionary!
DeleteIt is found under 'F' - to mean 'insult'.
So it is a F word, except in Konkani
DeleteI speak Kannada at home but that is very rudimentary as I am born and brought up in what is Tamil Nadu now.
DeleteI was wondering about that F word.
Can you put it in an example sentence? Please write the Kannada version in English script.
What is the exact meaning? Embarrassed or insulted or what?
Examples: "oLLe fajiti maaDkond biTralla neevu" - 'That's a fine mess you have landed yourself into'. (I am reminded of a similar line from one of the Laurel and Hardy comedies.) The second syllable is dragged and pronounced 'jee'.
Delete'En fajiti aag hoyitalla saar!' is another example.
In case of difficulty, Mrs CV, who spoke to me in chaste Kannada last time when I had phoned, should be able to grasp it at once..
Btw,, fajita is pronounced fahita.
DeleteRichard,
DeleteThanks for putting the word in context. I get it!
K 1:58 - Good to know the correct way to pronounce it.
DeleteThat matches other Spanish words like the proper name Juan (pronounced Hwan) and marijuana (pronounced marihwana).
These days, new faces in the tinsel town seem to run short of screen names. I am sure one of them will soon pick Fajita. Sounds smooth, at least.
It belongs to the family of 'baby' words in Spanish and Portuguese. The 'ita' suffix and 'inho' are little versions of the word to which they are attached. 'Faja' is a strip of meat and 'fahita' is a little strip. You can now guess where the nickname of footballer Ronaldinho comes from. There was already one Ronaldo in the team and he was the little Ronaldo. I am sure you are familiar with Couto and Coutinho.
DeleteWith the kind of flesh being exposed, 'little' would be an inappropriate adjective, for a tinsel town character
DeleteK 5:58 - I wasn't aware that Coutinho is a diminutive of Couto. Your stay in Goa has stood you in good stead, apparently.
DeleteWhile the highground near Aquem in Margao is called Aquem Alto, the hillock in Ponnje is called Altinho. I stayed at the former and wrote my exams at the latter!
Delete9 Watch for order containing fifty boxes with arrows (9) FLOWCHART {F{L}OWCHART*} Singular plural mismatch
ReplyDeleteI think he means that a flowchart has boxes and arrows. A flowchart must have at least 2 boxes and one arrow and most have many boxes and arrows. Like we call a car as wheels, but wheels may be car or cars
Then it should have read
DeleteWatch for order containing fifty has boxes with arrows
9 Watch for order containing fifty boxes with arrows (9) FLOWCHART {F{L}OWCHART*} Singular plural mismatch
DeleteGrammatically, I suppose it's OK. The Def is 'boxes with arrows' = A flowchart.
But I feel it's not an adequate definition.
We can't be sure that a setter set out creating a pangram and missed out a certain letter (because of carelessness or inability to put it in).
ReplyDeleteIf a crossword is indeed a pangram, we can say it is one such. If it is not, we ignore. We can't say it's lost out on a letter or two.
Does any setter each time he fills a grid keep looking for the occurrence of all the letters A-Z? I don't think so.
I have created some pangrams; other setters have. But they are occasional forays, that's all.
I am making bold to express this opinion. What do others think?
I'm with you. Unless I can find common enough words, I don't pay too much attention to a grid fill allowing it to be a pangram. I'd rather miss on that than use a totally new/hard word for the sake of a pangram.
DeleteSays a lot about the way you compile your CW's. Great.
DeleteI agree with the views expressed by CV Sir and Bhavan.
DeleteThe pangram would be complete if 'muffler' is replaced by 'muzzler'- also giving the same meaning. But then we will have to find a snack starting with Z ( noted the comment about it being more than a snack) Any possibilities? Maybe, the setter had made a pangram!
ReplyDeleteQuoting two headlines from two reliable sources:
ReplyDeleteThe Hindu, front page, upper right: Cars are cheaper, cellphones dearer
The Economic Times, front page, upper right: Excised Duties Spell Bonanza for Buyers: Two-wheelers, mobile phones, consumer electronics and appliances set to get cheaper.
The phones work in both directions ;-)
Moral of the story: Drive two-wheelers to meet persons. Talk less over phone.
DeleteA TV headline says : --- charged for rape by Goa Police.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be better to phrase it : --- charged by Goa Police for rape
In the hurry for 'Breaking news', they seem to 'break' the news in more ways than one
Another one - Daylight Robbery in Mid-city Bank - by our correspondent
DeleteThe truth is both headlines are half truths.
DeleteMany of the pics of our actresses and models that appear in the supplements of some of the newspapers are barer, curvaceous, wrinkling and stimulating than the SportsWorld cover pic of Boris and his GF - which is in no way excitable (can get by googling). That it took so many years for the mag (now defunct) to get out porno charge speaks for the utter lack of sense and propriety of us who accuse at the slightest pretext more to get publicity for ourselves than any hurt feeling.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, I contributed more than 100 small, thematic (sports-related) crosswords to that magazine which used to appear on the last page.
Strangely, ET has even repeated an item, with slight differences, on page 2 and 3 of Bang ed.
ReplyDeleteThis crossie from Mover is more Ardenesque or Gridmannish !! Simple and straightforward. FLOW CHART and FAJITA were interestingly constructed.
ReplyDeleteBheja Fry and FAJITA or BHURJI ? are these not new words in the local parlnace? Nice to see them in crossies. A hodge-podge that makes our fare interesting !!
BREAKING NEWS has become old gas news now in the TV as we always have them breaking wind across the waves like a gastro- patient !! So much of HOT AIR polluting the flatulent TV Channels !
News Now above has no place in that sentence, though it may be appropriate to that Channel and its belly-aching anchor !
ReplyDelete1 Beams in reverse alphabetical order? (7) RAFTERS {S AFTER R}
ReplyDeleteAnno not clear. Could anyone help me pl ?
Beams = Rafters.
DeleteIn A to Z, S is after R and in reverse order: R after S. This and 5 A were the best IMO.
Thank you Raghu !
Deletekishore- A doubt
ReplyDeleteIn today's Young World, there is a number cross on the last page. In that a clue reads as "number of factors of 100" and the answer is given as TEN. I could only count 9. Am I wrong?.
You are absolutely correct.
DeleteCV @ 11:23 - Many of the pics of our actresses and models .... - about SportsWorld cover
ReplyDeleteK @ 11:25 - Strangely, ET has even repeated an item, with slight differences.....
I am confused....
Kishore's at 11.25 is a continuation of his previous msg about Hindu & ET headlines and not connected with CV's comment.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Paddy. But the confusion was because of the item...
DeleteNow, I am confused. Richard is talking about items and Paddy was asking about some numbers.
DeletePutting the two together, I see item numbers
Perfect squares have odd number of factors. So 10 is wrong
ReplyDeleteThis was in reply to Padmanabhan@4:08
DeleteRamesh is perfectly correct. Let us look at it this way, in case of every perfect square, the square root will be at the centre of the list of factors when written in ascending or descending order. All other factors have a pair or conjugate number, except the square root. Hence, the number of factors of a perfect square is always odd. In this case for example, taking the factors and their conjugates the list becomes
Delete1 x 100
2 x 50
4 x 25
5 x 20
10 x 10
But the last two 10s form the same factor. Starting at 1 and proceeding counterclockwise or starting at 100 and proceeding clockwise will give us the ascending or descending series mentioned earlier.Of course, both the 10s are treated as the same.
Thank you Ramesh. What you say reg. perfect squares- good but I have not thought on those lines at all. It sets me thinking. But I am surprised that there is such a mistake in The Hindu's Young World. It is incorrect to give a wrong answer to children.
ReplyDeleteOr to adults, including Paddy.
DeleteYes Kishore. I thought about the odd nos. of factors and found that the square root being unique to perfect squares makes it ODD! Thank you. I wanted to double check since I expected The Hindu to be doubly careful in this.
ReplyDeleteVisitors have crossed the 1.8 million mark today. Did anyone notice?
ReplyDeleteIt will be truer to say 'visits', I think.
DeleteThe figure does not show unique visitors.
Each time you visit this page on a single day, the figure goes up, I think.
Scroll down fully and see another figure at left - which is unique visitors since a particular date.
And what is the definition of 'unique visitor'? I don't know. Does it take into account one when they visit for the first time and ignore them on all subsequent visits ehether on the first day itself or later?
So are all 638988 visitors different?
As usual, I did my crossword past midnight. :-( I got 28A right by guessing from shelter (roof) and again (re) & with the other clues already answered but didn't understand the reference to Umpire Southhead. Could someone explain? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteUmpire= Referee = REF
DeleteSouthhead = head (top) of south = S
Amplifying further
DeleteUmpire = REF
Southhead = S
surrounding = Encapsulation indicator
jumper = ROO
provides shelter again = Definition = {RE{ROO}F}{S}
Thanks a lot.
DeleteFurther...
ReplyDeletejumper = one that jumps = kangaroo = 'roo, as kangaroo may be called by babies,