Tuesday, 18 March 2014

No 11035, Tuesday 18 Mar 2014, Buzzer


ACROSS
8   Initially Voldemort’s all consumed by anger for Harry (6) RAVAGE {RA{V}{A}GE}
9   Proclaimed a campus from the east housed a world of scholars (8) ACADEMIA [T<=]
10 One’s a bit bent showing respect (8) OBEISANT*
11 Rupee tendered around old continent (6) EUROPE {EUR{O}PE*}
12 Leave chaps dashed, stumped inside a shop (10,5) DEPARTMENT STORE {DEPART}{MEN}{T {ST}ORE}
14 Words at the altar, lies uttered for love (7) IDOLISE {I DO}{LIES*} I wonder how many 'I do lies'?
16 Speculate about danger of a meat cut (7) BRISKET {B{RISK}ET}
19 Assorted Hispanic names are mostly … (7,8) SPANISH AMERICAN {HISPANIC+NAMES+ARe}* &lit
22 Friend returned cap and notebook (6) LAPTOP {LAP<=}{TOP}

24 Resisted wearing piece of formal attire (5,3) DRESS TIE*
25 Ally dined with energy and speed (8) FEDERATE {FED}{E}{RATE}
26 Calling Korea say (6) CAREER (~korea)

DOWN
1   Fluttering ad banner for Indian food (3,5) NAN BREAD*
2   Isle, one by the Spanish city (6) MANILA {MAN}{1}{LA}
3   Perhaps assist team in transition (10) METASTASIS*
4   Disney's ultimate character showed some moves (7) WALTZED {WALT}{ZED}
5   Pronounced phase of shock (4) FAZE (~phase)
6   Accumulated junk gets somehow dustier over time (8) DETRITUS {DE{T}RITUS*}
7   Part of dividend is purloined capital (6) DISPUR [T]
13 Pretence he put up for getting old money (10) THREEPENCE* Bhargav must be having one of these
15 Stretch of glen developed subsequently (8) LENGTHEN {GLEN*}{THEN}
17 Old colliery around a base one gets tested (8) EXAMINEE {EX}{A}{MIN{E}E}
18 Detective writer to tear sheet up (7) GARDNER {GAR}{DNER}<=
20 Training a man first to nab a bird (6) PEAHEN {PE}{A}{HE}{N}
21 Enclosed by certain cover (6) INSURE {IN}{SURE}
23 Say slipping off top mountain (4) PEAK sPEAK

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  1. Richard18 March 2014 at 08:30

    Buzzer makes our grey cells work at a feverish pitch. Left with about three blanks by 8-30 am. But by then, cannot resist the temptation of having a peek at the blog.

    My COD 19A - SPANISH AMERICAN.

    Many clever, well-constructed clues.

    DEPARTMENT STORE - One often comes across DEPARTMENTAL STORES all over the place. Departmental = concerning a department, like one in a government, which is a wrong label for any store.

    Liked OBEISANT, IDOLISE, BRISKET, LAPTOP, DRESS TIE, NAN BREAD, METASTATIS, DETRITUS (new word, courtesy Google), DISPUR, LENGTHEN (good one!), EXAMINED and others.

    26A - Maybe some bloggers will have an issue about the homophone with Korea.

    18D will warm the cockles of the Perry Mason readers' hearts.

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    1. Richard18 March 2014 at 08:35

      corr. EXAMINEE.

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    2. Kishore18 March 2014 at 08:37

      Buzzer makes our grey cells work at a feverish pitch.

      And TH adds by not uploading the puzzle online.

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  2. Kishore18 March 2014 at 08:31

    DEPARTMENT STORE - One often comes across DEPARTMENTAL STORES all over the place.

    In India, even a small shop calls itself a departmental store. You have to take leave of your senses, ...

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    1. Richard18 March 2014 at 08:33

      Got to depart as a mental?

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    2. Raghunath18 March 2014 at 08:39

      departmental store. You have to take leave of your senses, ... Twice:

      Depart: leave and Mental: take leave of your senses'. I think I've left my senses in the 'store' while writing this.

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    3. Richard18 March 2014 at 08:41

      Take care, they may remain safely stored there.

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  3. Kishore18 March 2014 at 08:32

    Cartoon inspired by someone's recent encounters with a laptop ...

    Thanks, Boss, for being an inspiration!

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    1. Richard18 March 2014 at 08:35

      This is unfair, with reference to the word Boss in cartoon!

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    2. Kishore18 March 2014 at 08:38

      The Boss is quite fair!

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    3. Kishore18 March 2014 at 08:39

      But, as you will see, not bald as drawn ...

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    4. Richard18 March 2014 at 08:50

      The Boss must be away with 'tee' pe kharcha!

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    5. Kishore18 March 2014 at 08:52

      Yeah, losing balls can cost quite a bit

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    6. Col_Gopinath18 March 2014 at 08:55

      No golfing today. Have a court case to attend

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    7. Kishore18 March 2014 at 09:06

      All the best.

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    8. Kishore18 March 2014 at 09:06

      It can be more tiring than golf.

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    9. Raghunath18 March 2014 at 09:11

      more 'trying' you mean?

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    10. Richard18 March 2014 at 09:16

      whichever would 'suit'...

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    11. Raghunath18 March 2014 at 09:20

      In which 'case' it could be 'trying'.

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    12. Richard18 March 2014 at 09:22

      In this court, there would be no 'Love All'...

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    13. Chaturvasi18 March 2014 at 09:32

      Or, did he mean that he was going a-courting?

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    14. Col_Gopinath18 March 2014 at 12:41

      Anticlimax, Judge on leave, hearing postponed!!

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  4. Richard18 March 2014 at 08:32

    14A - I wonder how many 'I do lies'? Remembered the old joke? A bride who said I did...

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    1. Kishore18 March 2014 at 08:36

      Ref toon for Fait accompli at

      http://thehinducrosswordcorner.blogspot.in/2013/08/no10843-monday-05-aug-2013-gridman.html

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    2. Richard18 March 2014 at 08:40

      Yes, you had used that theme in your cartoon.

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam18 March 2014 at 08:50

    A beautiful puzzle for grey cells! Missed out on 16A, 25A and 18D. Yet I am happy and satisfied. Thanks, Buzzer. :-)

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  6. Chaturvasi18 March 2014 at 09:02

    Only yesterday I said I must curb my tendency for 'top banter'. In the evening I was caught at it.

    We were standing at the portico of a hotel when I turned to my friend, an author in Tamil and English, and said something - it was in response to some observation that he had made earlier about the shirt that I was wearing. His own remark would fall under ''ribbing''.

    My remark in Tamil was rather a glance at women's dress flowing from his leg-pull at me. I know that I am not a feeble-voiced person but I didn't realise that what I told my friend could be overheard, for - alas - a lady in front, another author and columnist, turned back, 'Hmmm... I heard that...."

    The remark I made to my friend was general and certainly not directed at anyone in the vicinity.

    Yet I told the lady 'Sorry'. She had not expected it and she smiled at me.Her own observation was only in good humour and not in disapproval.

    Have you been caught in any such piquant situation because of pearls from your lips?

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    1. Richard18 March 2014 at 09:05

      ..and she smiled at me. Just proves the point that the CV charisma from the days of yore is still alive and kicking...

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    2. Kishore18 March 2014 at 09:07

      So many pearls have fallen that I can only give a toothless smile ...

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    3. Kishore18 March 2014 at 09:08

      Quite soon, you will hear of one of them ;-)

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    4. Richard18 March 2014 at 09:14

      A close friend's wife had once asked me how her new dress looked.

      I said: Nothing looks better...

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    5. Chaturvasi18 March 2014 at 09:23

      Kishore
      Your 9-07 is an excellent comeback!

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    6. Chaturvasi18 March 2014 at 09:28

      Richard
      What gumption you must have to say that! But then among friends it's
      harmless
      speaks for mastery over the language and it's understood that it's all in jest and wordplay
      We must be wary only of those silent, bottled-up people.
      In Tamil, the word for the silent, suppressed nature is 'kamukkam'.

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    7. Richard18 March 2014 at 09:32

      CV 9:28 It was a harmless, off-the-cuff response.

      But when I immediatey thought of its mischief potential, I shivered for a while. Thankfully, its possible implication did not get registered.

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    8. Rengaswamy18 March 2014 at 09:48

      A girl is best dressed when she is least dressed!

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    9. Padmanabhan18 March 2014 at 10:07

      I hear 'tut tut' from someone.

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    10. Anonymous18 March 2014 at 10:08

      PP, here's your cue !

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    11. pavalamani pragasam18 March 2014 at 12:48

      grrrrr.....

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    12. Anonymous18 March 2014 at 13:30

      Finally dialogue is in sync with pix ;-)

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    13. pavalamani pragasam18 March 2014 at 18:28

      lol

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  7. Padmanabhan18 March 2014 at 09:48

    'kamukkam'- even if the first letter is removed, it still means the same!

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    1. Rengaswamy18 March 2014 at 09:49

      K=1000, so Kamukkam is 1000 times amukkam

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    2. Padmanabhan18 March 2014 at 09:52

      God interpretation!

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    3. Padmanabhan18 March 2014 at 10:06

      Sorry. I meant good.

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    4. Richard18 March 2014 at 10:28

      Was just wondering why you would drag God into such things...

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    5. Rengaswamy18 March 2014 at 11:15

      God did not get the ring. Missed call!

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  8. Padmanabhan18 March 2014 at 09:51

    'Z' for 'Zed' is fine?
    I was thinking it is only 'Isle of Mann'. Knew the alt.spelling today.
    Felt happy I got a few tough ones,though I missed a few tough and easy one on one of my favourite authors!

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  9. Padmanabhan18 March 2014 at 09:54

    Kishore @9.08- (tooth) fairy times? Go for the pillow!

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    1. Anonymous18 March 2014 at 10:07

      Or to the mattresses ...

      Remember that usage in The Godfather?

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    2. Padmanabhan18 March 2014 at 10:08

      Godfather? I don't remember. Will have to look up.

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    3. Anonymous18 March 2014 at 10:13

      http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/159900.html

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    4. Padmanabhan18 March 2014 at 10:19

      Thank you Kishore. you saved me some search time.I did not know this one.

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  10. Padmanabhan18 March 2014 at 09:56

    17D- 'E' for base? I filled in examined, going with 'tested'.

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  11. Padmanabhan18 March 2014 at 10:06

    Thank you Ramesh. Forgot the Maths part. So, extending the logic (again today?) 10 can also be called base.

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  12. Vinayak18 March 2014 at 10:33

    No print edition in Delhi. Not able to find the crossword online also. The apple app for THC is also not able to download , says "crossword not available". Help please !! Anybody ?

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    1. Richard18 March 2014 at 10:35

      Now that you have already read the clues, answers and annos here in the blog, how would it help you?

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    2. Anonymous18 March 2014 at 10:41

      If you wish to have the empty grid and clues to print and use, send me a mail at kishoremrao@hotmail.com

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    3. Vinayak18 March 2014 at 10:45

      Richard,
      Have not read the clues nor the answers and annos. Skipped to the last comment and sent my request. Don't see the answers before trying out myself first and accepting defeat ! Have always done like that.

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    4. Richard18 March 2014 at 10:52

      You are a man of integrity! Keep it up.

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  13. Anonymous18 March 2014 at 11:04

    In fact, due to non availability of the online addition, DG had to type out the clues into Blogger from the print edition.

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    1. Richard18 March 2014 at 11:09

      Calls for a 'Crossword Ratna' award!

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    2. Anonymous18 March 2014 at 11:31

      Definitely.

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    3. Col_Gopinath18 March 2014 at 12:43

      Kishore being modest, he typed the Across and I the Down

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    4. Anonymous18 March 2014 at 12:45

      Rare, huh?!

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  14. Padmanabhan18 March 2014 at 11:50

    He has got the award already. This is only confirmation, if one is needed.

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  15. raju umamaheswar18 March 2014 at 11:52

    In matters of publication, the press media remain united by announcing a day in advance of a holiday. However, all the other three , viz: TOI, NIE and DC arrived dutifully. I qwonder. Orkut is of course, kaput ! So, I'm hard put ! Kishore: you are my sahara ! Please send me the printable version. Thanks.I must have my daily fix.

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    1. Anonymous18 March 2014 at 11:57

      Sent, but Sahara may presently be the wrong word to use. And I know you have ink in your pen ready to go at the crossie ...

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  16. Unknown18 March 2014 at 11:52

    I couldn't access the cw today, either.
    Vinayak, are you in Delhi?

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    1. Col_Gopinath18 March 2014 at 12:47

      Vinayak's reply got deleted when I deleted Rita's duplicate post. His answer 'Yes, I am in Delhi'

      By the way the CW is either not there on the online edition of the Hindu or it is hidden away in some obscure page, search feature also was not able to locate it, as Kishore has mentioned above we had to type out the clues from the print edition.

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    2. Anonymous18 March 2014 at 12:54

      I have kept the grid and clues in a word file and can send to anyone who needs it. My email: kishoremrao@hotmail.com

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    3. raju umamaheswar18 March 2014 at 13:11

      Aha, sahara in tihar !! My ambitions are limited to crossies only. Thanks for being my ek-hi sahara !!

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    4. Richard18 March 2014 at 13:42

      @ Vinayak, any decision on your holiday plan down south? Had sent you links. Let me know.

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    5. Vinayak18 March 2014 at 14:33

      @ Rita Mathur, yes, ma'am I live in Delhi. C.R.Park.

      @ Kishore, Thanks for the grid and the clues.

      @ Richard, have sent you a mail.

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  17. Padmanabhan18 March 2014 at 13:49

    A very nice song for old timers. I forget the beginning-
    "....sahara de de...." Mere Mehboob?

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    1. Anonymous18 March 2014 at 13:53

      The title song

      http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CmKyRkWUPSY

      http://www.lyricsmasti.com/song/5957/get_lyrics_of_Mere-Mehboob-Tujhe-Meri-Muhabbat-Ki-Qasam.html

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    2. Anonymous18 March 2014 at 13:53

      A very long song 7 min

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    3. Richard18 March 2014 at 13:54

      Paddy @1:49 It is from one of the stanzas of the title song of Mere Mehboob.

      Mera khoya hua rangeen nazara de de . If you are interested in the complete lyrics and English translation, you can read here .

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    4. Richard18 March 2014 at 13:55

      K and I came in almost together. My post will be complementary to his.

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    5. Richard18 March 2014 at 13:56

      If the link does not open, here is the URL:
      http://www.hindilyrics.net/translation-Mere-Mehboob/Mere-Mehboob.html

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  18. Padmanabhan18 March 2014 at 14:29

    Thank you both of you. A beautiful song with nice lyrics.

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  19. Unknown18 March 2014 at 21:58

    Thanks to Buzzer,today I established a notorious record.I found no need to open my pen at all.

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