Friday, 7 March 2014

No.11026, Friday 07 Mar 2014, Sankalak's files



ACROSS
1 Scary Net interpretation of lineage (8) ANCESTRY (SCARY NET)*
           Remembered a line from Sudden, where a Mexican bandit claims he is a descendant of Old  Spain. Sudden retorts, "And yu will soon become an ancestor"
5 Followed orders but, starting to outdo, shouted out (6) OBEYED (O BEYED=~BAYED?)
10 Instruction to player of a possibly grand instrument (5) PIANO 2
11 Theatre ad misinterpreted as a demographic indicator (5,4) DEATH RATE (THEATRE AD)*
12 Pay off for a theft — arm twisted (9) AFTERMATH (THEFT ARM)*
13 Poison, one found in returned motor vehicle (5) VENOM (ONE in MV)< Though only one is returned as per the clue and not the MV (or the other way around)
14 Parent gets 24 hours with two daughters (5) DADDY (2Ds in DAY)
16 Category in plant classification as a standby arrangement (8) SUBORDER (SUB ORDER)
18 Conceptual paintings held back by a bachelor caught beginning to thieve (8) ABSTRACT (A B ARTS< C T) I could not locate the reversal indicator for the BA to return  See comments
20 A rare lichen, a bit of a survival from the past (5) RELIC (T)
          You can see the relics of SFX, the Goemcho Saib,  HERE
          Those who misread the F in above line, please change your spectacles
24 Clothing items of famous dramatist going across Arkansas (5) GARBS (GBS across AR) George Bernard Shaw
25 Perhaps a teenager who urges Tony to reform (9) YOUNGSTER (URGES TONY)*
27 Legal responsibility of a Korean with skill (9) LIABILITY (LI ABILITY)
           Marriage is a matter of shared accounts. Assets and Income belong to one, Liabilities and Expenses to the other ...
28 Pleasant to the taste but quite small in a way (5) SWEET (WEE in ST)
29 Impudent, a feature with the first of yobs (6) CHEEKY (CHEEK Y)
30 Dragged from the mount, but rushed on precariously (8) UNHORSED (RUSHED ON)*

DOWN
1 Express approval for a very quiet peer of the realm, say (7) APPLAUD (A PP ~LORD)
2 Spoke sanctimoniously about Henry, spoke in a sing-song tone (7) CHANTED (CANTED about H)
           The root of this word spawns many words for 'Song' like canto in Italian, cantar in Spanish and cantaram in Goan Konkani
3 A battle to get back bases (5) STOOR (~ROOTS<)
4 Such an engine as may be found in a secret hiding place built up without notice (6) RADIAL (LAIR< outside AD)
6 Conduct that can obviate rush somehow, dismissing good man (9) BEHAVIOUR (OBVIATE RUSH-ST)*
7 Longed for what the youth leader acquired (7) YEARNED (Y EARNED)
8 Upset socialist carrying some paper — not a realist (7) DREAMER (RED< carrying REAM)
9 Shy at a party, not quite perfect (7) BASHFUL (BASH FULL)
15 Standard that makes courts function (9) YARDSTICK CD  (YARDS TICK)
           I always wondered how something can be "Standard and Poor", unless the standard is poorly set, and then Wiki enlightened me
17 Painting provokes a wail by insurer (7) ACRYLIC (A CRY LIC)
18 Innocent and genial conservative? Odd (7) ANGELIC (GENIAL C)*
19 A façade that certainly carries incomplete reality (7) SURFACE (SURE carrying FACt)
21 Means of communication for those looking for tenants? (7) LETTERS CD,DD
          I wonder what the French tenants do with their letters...
22 Detectives suppress a decay in artery (7) CAROTID (A ROT in CID)
23 Painful swelling in toe reported by famous Nonconformist (6) BUNYAN (~BUNION)
           Would a conformist be admitted to the Nonconformists Club, since he does not confirm to their requirement of being a nonconformist and thus qualifies?
26 Travel around posh street with enthusiasm (5) GUSTO (U ST in GO)

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  1. Richard7 March 2014 at 08:30

    Another characteristically Sankalakesque puzzle. Some impressive anagrams and anagrinds. Just iffy about a very few annotations like 27A and 4D. Will have to check up in the blog.

    Perhaps just one of those rare puzzles that did not contain 15-letter anagrams.

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  2. Col_Gopinath7 March 2014 at 08:47

    I had 16A as {SUB}{ORDER} Standby = SUB, Arrangement = ORDER

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  3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 March 2014 at 08:48

    One more classic from the CW maestro ! It was music all the way !! Missed out on 3 Down. I put it as ROOTS.

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    1. Col_Gopinath7 March 2014 at 08:50

      It is ROOTS<= STOOR is a variant spelling of STOUR

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 March 2014 at 08:51

      Typo : STOOR (Back Bases being ROOTS)

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 March 2014 at 08:53

      Thanks, Col Sir.

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    4. Kishore7 March 2014 at 08:53

      STOOR it is! Thanks

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 March 2014 at 08:57

      That means I got all correct today ! :-)

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    6. Padmanabhan7 March 2014 at 09:08

      Great!
      I did not have any 'liability' and was doubtful about Bunyan.

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    7. Kishore7 March 2014 at 09:10

      Congos, MB

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    8. Richard7 March 2014 at 09:16

      Sorry if this sounds gender-biased. But it is for real. I had read a small poster in a bachelor's mess:

      The greatest asset of a girl is her lie-ability. Lie is a fib, I presume.

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    9. Kishore7 March 2014 at 09:19

      Lie can also be a variant of 'lay'. Interpret it as you want, at your own risk. But remember the French ....

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    10. Kishore7 March 2014 at 09:20

      I am no expert on that, I am just a lay man

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    11. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 March 2014 at 09:22

      Thanks,Paddy and Kishore :)

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  4. Col_Gopinath7 March 2014 at 08:48

    And 18A as {A}{B}{STRA<=}{C}{T}

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  5. Chaturvasi7 March 2014 at 08:48

    I wonder what the French tenants do with their letters...

    French tenants first adore their letters and then the latter adorn the former.

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    1. Kishore7 March 2014 at 08:50

      C'est la vie!

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    2. Col_Gopinath7 March 2014 at 08:52

      I think that should be

      French tenants first abhor their letters and then the latter adorn the former.

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    3. Kishore7 March 2014 at 08:55

      Was it DH Lawrence who said "Friction of skin is no sin" ?

      And a popular Hindi dialogue "Hum dono ke beech kuch nahin hai"

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    4. Richard7 March 2014 at 09:06

      Remembered an old limerick I had come across long ago. The wording may not be accurate.

      Ladies inhabiting the planet Venus
      Have signalled us saying they have seen us
      'There is a yen here
      To get some men here
      And nothing but space is between us'

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    5. Kishore7 March 2014 at 09:22

      I just reached Venus with the escape velocity of Jupiter !

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    6. Kishore7 March 2014 at 09:23

      Signing off, rather busy day, here on Venus

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  6. Col_Gopinath7 March 2014 at 08:53

    And another in 15D as {YARDS}{TICK}

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    1. Kishore7 March 2014 at 08:56

      How could I be so blind? My specs too require a change!

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    2. Col_Gopinath7 March 2014 at 09:10

      Just the specs or the specs of specs as well?

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    3. Kishore7 March 2014 at 09:17

      Let all raise our glasses to that one!

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  7. Richard7 March 2014 at 09:02

    Pardon me for going off-track:

    The comment against 27A reminded of an anecdote from my journalistic fraternity, which I often love to narrate at parties:

    A man, at the celebration of his golden wedding anniversary, was interviewed by a journalist, .

    One of the questions was as to what the secret of the success of such a long married life was.

    'So simple. We have had an understanding that all major decisions would be taken by me, and all minor decisions will be hers,' said the guy.

    The journo got curious. 'What are the minor decisions that your wife takes, for example?'

    The man replied, 'Oh, those simple ones like what car we should buy, what kind of furniture and fixtures to be had, what food we have every day, what kind of friends we should have, the kind of restricted circle of friends we should visit, so on and so forth.'

    'And what are the major decisions you take, may I ask?'

    'Oh, they are really the ones that matter. I take decisions as to whether the US should nuke Iran, whether Putin should continue, if troubled Middle Eastern states should be taken over by the UN....and many others.'

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    1. Col_Gopinath7 March 2014 at 09:09

      We need to party at Mangalore to hear more anecdotes ;-)

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    2. Richard7 March 2014 at 09:11

      Jaan haazir hai, janaab!

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    3. Kishore7 March 2014 at 09:13

      Looks like your friend recently took a major decision wrt Ukraine. Putin put in troops after his decision, methinks.

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    4. Kishore7 March 2014 at 09:14

      Jaan haazir hai, janaab!

      Woh to hai, par spirit ki bhi zaroorat hai ! ;-)

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    5. Richard7 March 2014 at 09:20

      Rest assured, esprit de corps will be aplenty!

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    6. Kishore7 March 2014 at 09:23

      You planning on grave robbery? ;-)

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  8. Padmanabhan7 March 2014 at 09:04

    Though I filled in piano (based on grand) I still do not understand the DD part.(instruction to the player?)

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    1. Col_Gopinath7 March 2014 at 09:09

      Piano in music is also used as a direction to play softly, so an instruction to the player

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    2. Kishore7 March 2014 at 09:12

      It also goes further as pianissimo or play very softly. Both are used by setter to clue in P as against F for fortissimo or play hard (to get?)

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    3. Padmanabhan7 March 2014 at 09:29

      Thank you Col. & Kishore. This is the reason for using P for soft in CW?

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    4. Anonymous7 March 2014 at 09:32

      Yes, but recently another kind of pee appeared ...

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    5. Padmanabhan7 March 2014 at 10:09

      You had mentioned it as 'unmentionable'!

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    6. Kishore7 March 2014 at 10:11

      TH rules may or may not apply in THCC. Over to the boss ...

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  9. Col_Gopinath7 March 2014 at 09:13

    23D up north is pronounced as BUNYAAAAAAN

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    1. Kishore7 March 2014 at 09:17

      And just yesterday I was recalling a motor cycle mechanic (a Bullet specialist) near Minerva Circle who starts work in the morning with in sparkling white banian (pants too, but not white) goes to get his hands grimy by the evening, but the banian remains curiously sparkling white.

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    2. Padmanabhan7 March 2014 at 09:28

      Grease monkey? Probably he keeps wiping his hands on his pants only, but not on the banian.

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    3. Anonymous7 March 2014 at 09:33

      However much I try, within an hour I end up looking like Wiiliam in one of his dream roles, even if I am not wearing white.

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    4. Richard7 March 2014 at 09:41

      Let the poor bloke live in peace. Don't throw a spanner into his works...

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    5. Bhalchandra Pasupathy7 March 2014 at 10:46

      Think 23D was meant to be BUNYON (a variant spelling which is there in free dict but not in my Chambers)

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  10. Unknown7 March 2014 at 13:42

    27 - A - Can anyone explain, how is LI for Korea?

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  11. Ramani7 March 2014 at 14:50

    23d Russell's paradox? Only barber in a village shaves persons who do not shave themselves. Does the barber belong to the set?

    20 a I read spectacles as .... You know what it is... Should I change the specs?☺

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  12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 March 2014 at 16:04

    8D : Upset socialist carrying some paper — not a realist (7) DREAMER (RED< carrying REAM)

    I think the Anno could be written this way too {D(REAM)ER<--}

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    1. Anonymous7 March 2014 at 16:24

      It is the same thing, MB. I try to use the same container/anagram/deletion indicator as given in the clue. Further, using RED as I have used can help a newcomer to link it to socialist.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 March 2014 at 16:45

      Yes, I agree with you Kishore.

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    3. Venkatesh7 March 2014 at 20:30

      18 Innocent and genial conservative? Odd (7) ANGELIC (GENIAL* C)
      By the same token, this should be annotated as (GENIAL C)* (odd - AnagrInd)

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    4. Anonymous8 March 2014 at 06:11

      Correct

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  13. Prabhanjan7 March 2014 at 17:46

    7D Longed for what the youth leader acquired (7) YEARNED

    On a light note, could also be: Longed for what the South Indian reportedly acquired.
    He "yearned" a lot of money.

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    1. Anonymous7 March 2014 at 18:32

      I have heard that pronunciation all over the yearth!

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