Wednesday, 12 March 2014

No 11030, Wednesday 12 Mar 2014, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Abroad, father carries a note that is not current (8) OUTDATED {OUT}{DA{TE}D}
5   Arab rulers holding gold in marketplaces (6) AGORAS {AG{OR}AS}
9   Gross gathering of mules (7) FULSOME*
10 Connection leaking awfully (7) LINKAGE*
11 Try to possess a small note (4,1,4) HAVE A STAB {HAVE} {A} {S}{TAB}
12 From them, merchants get Eurasian wheat (5) EMMER [T]
13 Show has no page in range (4) ROVE pROVE
14 Stipulate roughly: “Stay awake at night” (3,2,4) SIT UP LATE*
17 Mistitles novel: “Boundaries that have been prescribed” (3,6) SET LIMITS*
19 Interpretation of Harbhajan Singh’s bowling? (4) SPIN [DD]
23 Had a session holding old time musical composition (5) MOTET {M{O}{T}ET}
24 Sat in response to a receptionist’s invitation maybe (4,1,4) TOOK A SEAT [CD]
25 Begin stalking that man by the French sea in glistening light (7) SHIMMER {S}{HIM}{MER}
26 Happen to leave Egyptian leader for police officer in major league (3,4) BIG TIME {B(-e+ig)IGTIME}
27 Fixed girlfriend? (6) STEADY [DD]
28 At event, daughter drawn into bitter feud (8) VENDETTA {AT+EVENT+D}*

DOWN
1   Dispatches her violently around middle of October away from land (8) OFFSHORE {OFFS}{H{O}RE*}
2   Parker, maybe, returns before 4 in West Asia (3,4) TEL AVIV {TEL AV<=}{IV}
3   Promise in a kind of letter, reportedly (6) AVOWAL {A}{VOWAL}(~vowel)
4   Its running may shock some consumers (8,5) ELECTRIC METER [CD]
6   With the utmost care, trap left for fellow in Germany (8) GINGERLY {GIN}{GER(-man+l)LY}
7   Ailing maître dput back in the hospital (7) READMIT*
8   Son picks up tailor’s tool (6) SHEARS {S}{HEARS}
10 What may lead to a striking situation — what may cause panic in delivery room (6,7) LABOUR TROUBLE [C&DD]
15 Poorly scheduled, I had crushed millet brought in (3-5) ILL-TIMED {I'{LL-TIME*}D}
16 Curse three articles by the scholar (8) ANATHEMA {AN}{A}{THE}{MA}
18 Link a medical speciality with the port (7) ENTWINE {ENT}{WINE}
20 Guess public relations’ order (7) PREDICT {PR}{EDICT}
21 Archrival doesn’t start throwing up (6) EMESIS nEMESIS
22 Jack, old, going through note that’s rough (6) JAGGED {J}{AG{G}ED}

49 comments:

  1. Solving joy truncated!

    The TH subeditors appear to have used their 8D at the 'bottomline' today. The last row in the grid is missing. I realized it when cracked ANATHEMA and alerted all bloggers whose email IDs are with me.

    Same issue with online edition, I'm told. So I guess it is the likely story all over.

    Good puzzle yet again. My COD 9A. Gross gathering brought to mind 144 donkeys. (I am avoiding a synonym lest there should be 'Bang' responses.) 3D AVOWAL was also equally good. 4D ELECTRIC METER ticked well. 10D LABOUR TROUBLE was also well delivered.

    Not sure of anno for 5A. The play with STIPULATE and SIT UP LATE was good. Also liked SET LIMITS, SHIMMER, OFFSHORE and others.

    My guess for missing 27A is STEADY. Not sure of 28A.


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    1. Raju will have the blank grid staring at him in Orkut. Thank heavens for symmetry in the grid, which will help many to untruncate it

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  2. 10 What may lead to a striking situation — what may cause panic in delivery room (6,7) LABOUR TROUBLE [C&DD]
    d&cd - DD where the second part is the cryptic definition.

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  3. Yet one more humdinger of a puzzle from Gridman ! Missed out on 5A,6D and 21D. Nevertheless I enjoyed solving this CW. Thank you, Gridman. :-)

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  4. 24 Sat in response to a receptionist’s invitation maybe (4,1,4) TOOK A SEAT [CD]

    Can anyone give me a literal translation of 'Tashreef rakhiye" ? I always wonder, considering the thing we put down, when we sit.

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    1. During my office days, a few of us used this expression asking to give way in narrow passages - saying, 'Can you park yourself sideways?'. A well-built guy was always being asked, 'Would you mind moving your truck?'

      Similarly, when you ask someone to come over, you say tashreef laayiye, the truck has to be moved towards you. Tashreef rakhiye is asking him to park himself in the seat. ;-)

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  5. Missing last line created some problems, but managed.How shall we have our vendetta? Glad I got it though with a little help.A good, not so easy,enjoyable anagram.
    Filled in Electric motor, wondering why. Similarly put in octet in stead og motet and got into trouble with (N)emesis.
    Otherwise smooth sailing and enjoyable start to the morning.

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  6. 22D - I would prefer Jagged to Jetted

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    1. The car-makers might sue the cartoonist for the 'derogatory' comparison. ;-)

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    2. Because of the missing plane?

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    3. Missing plane has nothing to do with it. I love driving.

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    4. DG 9:00 - Tried riding atop a live jaguar anytime?

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    5. Richard, you talking from experience? ;-)

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    6. You said you preferred Jagging than jetting. Just asked out of curiosity. Never met a live jaguar. Otherwise, could have given it a hand...

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    7. Richard, I am sure the Tata's have a sense of humour.

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    8. For the record, I too would prefer Jagging to Jetting.

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    9. Regarding the live jaguar, I recall:

      There was a young lady of Niger
      Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
      They returned from the ride
      With the lady inside,
      And the smile on the face of the tiger.

      There are conflicting reports as to who is to be credited with this, Lear, Monkhouse or Anon.

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    10. Perhaps it was 'Riga' not Niger.

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    11. ...and I recall a 'Question-Answer' session.

      Q: What 4 animals does a woman need in her life?

      A: A mink on her back, a jaguar in the garage, a tiger in her bed and a jackass to pay for it all !

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    12. Pardon adopting the Col's bugbear in my 10.24 above. Pl read as Tatas

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  7. You mean the car?! (otherwise you would not live to enjoy it)

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  8. The missing plane reminded me of Tintin Flight 714 which is hijacked and made to land on a makeshift runway in the Sunda straits area, not to far from the Melaka Straits.

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    1. Times Now is displaying a wrong map. Instead of mainland Malaysia, it is showing Borneo and calling Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei as Kuala Lumpur! I have been to Borneo and spent time in Kota Kinabalu and recognise the map quite well.

      It looks like even KL is away from its moorings!

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    2. After reading your informative posts, here's my wish for you:

      May you always make the Headlines Today and enjoy the Times Now...

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  9. They just want to impress people by showing some maps etc., not knowing it can be spotted by people like you or they do not expect people to go into details. I think they will continue to do this all day today.

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    1. Looks like that! Borneo has 3 parts, the Sultanate of Brunei, part of Malaysia and part of Indonesia. The person trying to source a map of peninsular part of Malaysia must have seen the name in the Borneo part of it and picked up the map. The only capital on the island is Bandar Seri Begawan, so must have been renamed.

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    2. Bandar Brunei (Brunei Town) was renamed Bandar Seri Begawan in 1970 after the Sultan's late father Omar Ali Saifuddien. His mosque, built in 1958, figures prominently among the most beautiful mosques in the world. Begawan is a name given to monarchs who have abdicated (and comes from bhagavān भगवान). Seri also comes from the honorific Sri श्री. Bandar means haven/port ("बन्दर्गाह bandargah in Hindi); in Malay, it is used for "town".

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    3. Machilipatnam ( which has a port) in AP, is also called Bandar.

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  10. And Masjid Bunder in Mumbai.

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    1. Mumbai has a number of piers along its waterfronts, each named after the cargo it handled or occasionally after a landmark or a VIP. While many a pier has long gone, its name continues to be in popular use. Some examples:
      Boree (= sack/bag) Bunder, Brick Bunder, Colsa (=coal) Bunder, Dana (= grain) Bunder, Ghod (= horses) Bunder, Hay Bunder, Kerosene Bunder, Lakdi (= timber) Bunder, Carnac Bunder, Chendani Bunder, Chinch Bunder, Chincholi Bunder, Apollo Bunder, Akhtar Bunder, Arthur Bunder, Ballard Bunder.

      Gandhiji's birthplace Porbunder also got its name in a similar fashion. This ancient port city is also the birthplace of Sudhaama (or Kuchela in Tamil mythology), friend of Lord Krishna.

      {For a detailed list, pl see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar}

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  11. One of our north Indian relatives used to call me bunder, i cannot imagine why!

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    1. A blunder by your relative.

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    2. You can't sue a person for saying the truth.

      No man is an island but I am a port!

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  12. Here in our city, there is Bunder which is the city's old port. 'Bandar' means a simian in Hindi. There is a Monkey Stand also.

    Over a decade ago, I had written for an English magazine a piece of humour that it was in evidence of the homo sapiens having evolved from the apes. By the way, there is another place called Marakada. (Variation of Markata, Sanskrit for a simian?)

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    1. Thee other famous Bandar is the pygmy tribe led by Guran featured in The Phantom

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  13. Kishore: Kyu chidkaoing paprika in the pimple , yaar !! My day is ruined when I see a daunting blak square when the Orkut opens up !!

    Urdu is a most polite language ever--- even when they ask you in anger to leave a place : Tashreef le jayyeeye !! Tehjeeb pesonified !!

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    1. Talking of languages, here is a quote from a Billy Bunter story: "Latin is a dead language, as dead as dead can be. It killed the ancient Romans, and now it's killing me!"

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  14. Bhandaar in Hindi (with 4th Bha) means a market place. Probably this might have evolved into port- remember in olden days markets used to be nearer ports, either river or ocean.

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  15. Talking of missing planes James Hilton's "Lost Horizon" is based on a flight which goes missing and the protagonist lands in the now well known ' Shangri La".

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    1. I fondly remember the Little Manchu

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    2. And the philosophy of moderation. When questioned whether he believes in it, the old abbot says "I moderately believe in it"

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  16. The part of the grid showing the 15th bottom horizantal is not printed,at least in Hyderabad prints.

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    1. Correction announcement carried out in next day's C&C

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