KKK has a trio of cities (TURIN, NAGASAKI & OSLO) and a brace of poets (YEATS & LEAR) in the answers and wordplay, accompanied by a couple of guys with pseudonyms (SAKI & BANNER) in the puzzle a la Incognito!
ACROSS
1 Liberal Tzar, bizarre innovator (11) TRAILBLAZER (LIBERAL TZAR)*
9 Regular repairman’s revolutionary pain (3,4) EAR ACHE (rEpAiRmAn CHE)
10 Fashionable group like cricket, say (6) INSECT (IN SECT)
11 City’s chance to take in one (5) TURIN (TURN to take in 1)
12 Hideout of untidy eater found within Ranipet borders (7) RETREAT (EATER* in RT)
15 Consumes beheaded poet of yore (4) EATS (yEATS) or (kEATS) having made his advent earlier, See comments
16 Rotate cart made of earthenware (5,5) TERRA COTTA (ROTATE CART)
18 Resemblance of commander with one in jail (10) COMPARISON (COM. A in PRISON)
20 Come back from 26, say, by cable car (4) TRAM (MART<)
23 Jobs makes a mistake, and accepts (7) ERRANDS (ERRS accepts AND)
24 Gabriel, for one, reverses direction at the end, evokes ire (5) ANGER (ANGEL-L+R)
26 American, Zambian, Australian leaders admitted into inn at marketplace (6) BAZAAR (A Z A in BAR)
27 Royal gallery found in clandestine surroundings (7) STATELY (TATE in SLY)
28 Never odd or even, say, these are the same either way (11) PALINDROMES DD (NEVER ODD OR EVEN<>, for eg.) my favourite fish
DOWN
2 Young trustee about to replace great leader (6) RECENT (REGENT-G+C)
3 Goat is amidst nine (4) IBEX (BE in IX)
5 Remove naughty brats caught in the act;… (8) ABSTRACT (BRATS* in ACT)
6 ….the outlandish can then charm (7) ENCHANT (CAN THEN)*
7 Awareness of judge harbouring one… (9) SENTIENCE (SENTENCE harbouring 1)
8 …fungus found in sundry rotis (3,3) DRY ROT (T)
13 Confused bird led ewe astray (10) BEWILDERED (BIRD LED EWE)*
14 These might turn a Banner into a monster (5,4) GAMMA RAYS (GK- ref to Bruce Banner who becomes The Hulk under influence of a gamma bomb)
17 Torment a writer in Japanese city (8) NAGASAKI (NAG A SAKI)
19 Wine without Indian spices is right (7) MARSALA (MASALA outside R)
21 Feel sorry for last Lear’s bird (6) REGRET (R EGRET)
22 Bill slipped in to confront misrepresentation (6) FACADE (AD in FACE)
25 Leaders of opposition stutteringly leave office in this city (4) OSLO (acrostic)
ENDNOTE
ENDNOTE
For a Sunday special in the future, a
community CWD is being planned for which CV will contribute a filled-in
grid. Clue writing will be by members of this
blog.
Volunteers have to send a mail to
chaturvasi{at}yahoo{dot}com with THCCCC in the subject line.
As there may be 30 clues, he needs 15/30
volunteers. One member will write one clue each. If there are fewer volunteers,
clues will be distributed pro rata and any left-overs he will tackle.
He will assign clues to voluntary
clue-writers and do the rest of the work. All are welcome including Venkatesh
who, if interested, may write to him.
Credit will be in general terms with names disclosed but not which clue number. In the email indicate the byline you want if it is not your real name.
Credit will be in general terms with names disclosed but not which clue number. In the email indicate the byline you want if it is not your real name.
See the comments section in yesterday's
post for further on this.
Happy Ugadi to everyone and families.
ReplyDeleteFor the first time, as far as I can remember, I had 100% success with a KKK puzzle. Could crack a good number of them at first look. (Good honing process and evolution, thanks to this blog!)
TRAILBLAZER, INSECT, TURIN, RETREAT, TERRA COTTA, COMPARISON, ERRANDS, STATELY, BEWILDERED were really good.
Specially liked RECENT (switched from REGENT), ABSTRACT (we had this yesterday), BAZAAR, TRAM, IBEX, ENCHANT, BRIDEGROOM (tongue in cheek!), SENTIENCE, DRY ROT (a rare telescopic clue, an absolute giveaway!), NAG+A+SAKI, MA(R)SALA, REGRET, FAC(AD)E, OSLO and others.
9A - Responses - if one word or two words - expected, quoting different dictionaries.
28A - PALINDROMES - My COD.
15A - I thought KKK had Keats, as a poet, in mind.
ReplyDeleteOf course, nothing was lost. But 'yore' gives precedence to Keats.
DeleteI buy your argument. KKK will have to confirm which of the bards did he have in mind.
Delete9a as Richard says can go both ways, maybe... Chambers has it as one word under the main heading ear. But can it also be two words with ear as and adjective? Open to debate.
ReplyDeleteIf the debate is dragged, we all may have 9A.... ;-)
DeleteOr worse, carpel tunnel syndrome ...
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ReplyDeleteAfter I have created the grid, I will send clues to each of the above.
DeleteI think you mean, you will send the WORD for which the clue is to be written
Why hasn't our ace solver Sandhya checked in? Out of station?
DeleteShe might paradrop in later ;-)
DeleteThere she is just 2 min.s behind above comment. I am sure she will send a mail to CV forthwith.
DeleteDeepak
DeleteThanks for correcting it! Of course, it's the word(s) to clue.
I would like to participate as "CLUELESS".
Deletesender's name: CHARI
Reposted after edit)
DeleteSo far I have received requests from the following volunteers to participate in the THCC CC
1 Deepak
2 Padmanabhan
3 Prashanth Sai
4 Raghunath
5 Ajeesh (email to come to me from him)
6 Lakshmi Vaidyanathan
7 Kishore
8 Bhavan
9 Sowmya
10 Vasant
11 Richard
12 Ramesh
13 Ram (ARS)
14 Vijay who signs in as VJ
15 Shrikanth
Now I have 15 and I can handle this by allotting two words/phrases to each - quite manageable.
However, to give a chance to any eager member who signed in just today, I am willing to accept any more request till 7 a.m. tomorrow (Tue).
Please note that the participants' names will appear only as a list and clues will not be credited individually.
After I have created the grid, I will send words/phrases to each of the above.
While sending the words/phrases to clue I might perhaps add clue variety needed so we avoid the preponderance of a particular clue type.
Once the words/phrases are sent, volunteers will be required to send clues within 3 days - which will embrace a weekend.
All future correspondence on this subject will be directly to the volunteers.
Ajeesh - send email to me.
I am happy to contribute a clue or two as well, if required and if not too late. Balaji Agoram (BAgoram@gmail.com)
DeleteAm happy to contribute a clue or two if not too late... Balaji. (BAgoram@gmail.com)
DeleteHAPPY UGAADI!
ReplyDeleteThere you are! Happy Ugadi to you and family!
DeleteI always found the spellying Ugadi or Ugaadi a bit odd. Since the word probably comes from Yuga, a period and Adi, a beginning, I've always felt Yugadi is more apt. Hence, I have used that spelling in the Greeting toon and mentioned new beginnings ...
DeleteI am with you Kishore. I too find it odd that 'Yuga' (era or eon) plus 'aadi' (beginning) could become Ugaadi. Found it safe to go with the majority...;-)
DeleteEven in Kannada/Telugu the word is written starting with an U or Yu. Many even pronounce it as oogadi.
DeleteRichard, both you and I belong to the minority community ;-)
DeleteYou have a way with words!
DeleteI am wayward ...
DeleteIt is too dangerous to make honest admissions at times...
DeleteWhy is HAPPY handwritten and UGADI is not?
ReplyDeleteQuirk...
DeleteI wanted UGADI to sort of match up with the Y
Or as Ajeesh might put it, a certain Happy may be happy at the handwritten script ;-)
DeleteThat gives it a personal touch, Ajeesh, coming from inside. Besides the letters look like dancing icons, oozing with happiness. ;-)
Delete@Kishore 8.53: thank U for personalizing my greeting:):):)
Delete28 Never odd or even, say, these are the same either way (11) PALINDROMES DD (NEVER ODD OR EVEN<>, for eg.) my favourite fish
ReplyDeleteMy favourite too but I'm a veggie Kishore ;-)
Happy Ugadi to all!
So are most fish!
DeleteSo are Bengali brahmins who eat fish.
DeleteAnd Kashmiri and Konkani brahmins eat fish too
DeleteRef cartoon for BRIDEGROOM
ReplyDeleteI happened to spot an AAP campaigner with a broom in hand, alighting from a DUSTER...
AAP candidate for Bangalore South Nina Nayak is a relative by marriage, to wit, my wife's cousin effectively dividing the fairly large Konkani votes between her, Nandan Nilekani and BJP supporters.
Delete23 Jobs makes a mistake, and accepts (7) ERRANDS (ERRS accepts AND)
ReplyDeleteKKK makes a mistake here? Should it have been: accepted, which spoils the grammar or accepts, and ...?
Poetic order, not prosaic?!
DeleteSUDARSHAN/CHARI/CLUELESS
ReplyDeleteSend email request to me.
See posts in yesterday's blog for email ID
While a volunteer may express his desire here so fellow-members may know, the request to particpate must be intimated to me by email
Belated (Y)ugadi wishes to all. majority/ minority does not count in sending Good Wishes!
ReplyDeleteI liked errands/ jobs very much, being the man of the Moment.Different kind of jobs.
I am still not able to connect 'never odd or even' (though I got the word being a dead giveaway)
7D- 'Judge' as a verb for sentence?
Never odd or even
DeleteIs a palindrome
WOW! How can I miss it?!
Delete...Ummm, great ! I filled in Palindrome alright but missed to note that "Never odd or even" itself is a Palindrome !
DeleteIs it not odd that today is the first day of one year and the last day of another?
ReplyDeleteAn accounting mind accounts (or counts) everything!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward and backward at a time...
DeleteI'm staying in the present not past or future, as they sat.
DeleteShould read 'as they say'.
DeleteFigures and dates have an unique relaionship. A good figure can lead to plenty of dates
DeleteSounds like a man-date, figuratively speaking...
DeleteBeing mathematically inclined, figures always make one think of multiplication
DeleteToday's game
ReplyDeleteFor his cartoons Kishore uses the same drawings but with different captions.
I think today's cartoon is an example as I remember seeing the drawing before. It's the red lips of the bride that were a give-away.
Now write a caption for today's drawing!
Mine:
Father, make it quick! I don't want to keep her long...
Until debt do us part...
DeleteHope it is long enough to say "I do".
DeleteIs 'Until death do us part' the original? It sounds strange in the present circumstances.
DeleteContinuing the broom theme: Dust we art and to dust we returneth...
DeleteCV has rightly spotted a reuse. But this bride is thinner compared to the previous one as she is not gravida
DeleteShe sashayed down the aisle, her train sweeping the floor,
DeleteHe consented to be the broom, the alternative was the door!
Father, make it quick! I don't want to keep her long...
DeleteThis reminded me of some much-married celebrities from Hollywood...
If the same priest had married RB and ET the second time around, he'd have said, " you both are coming up before me for the second time, aren't you?" Sounding like a reprimanding judge
DeleteI had the same couple in mind.
DeleteCentum today! :)
ReplyDeleteCongos!
DeleteHAPPY UGADI TO ALL
ReplyDeleteJaya nama samvatsara subhakankshalu to all.
ReplyDeleteHappy Ugadi and a prosperous new year
A nice puzzle from KKK. Missed out on 11Ac and 2Dn, nevertheless I enjoyed it. :)
ReplyDelete11 City’s chance to take in one (5) TURIN (TURN to take in 1)
ReplyDeleteCould there be a typo in the clue pl ? Change in place of Chance ? I took 'try' meaning 'chance' and tried to get answer but failed.
turn = chance
DeleteThough Turin itself is shrouded in mystery, it was clearly Richard's turn/chance to oanswer MB's q.
DeleteThanks, Richard and Kishore. :)
DeleteK 10:40 - Nice veiled reference to the Shroud of Turin.
DeleteHad to Google for 'Shroud of Turin' and got the veiled info ! Thanks. :)
DeleteHappy Yugadi to all ! :)
ReplyDeleteRL, another convert embraces our thin king ...
DeleteSpace is white, not black!
18a simply bowled over by 'a' tricky switch for 'i'.7d equally nice.3d worth a splmention.Nice puzzle.
ReplyDeleteTurin also reminds me of a once popular soft drink Torino (the Italian version of the name) as well as FIAT
ReplyDeleteYugaadikrut, yugaavartho, naikamaayo mahaashanah: - Vishnu Sahasra Naama. Happy New Year to all. Shubha Nava Varsha!
ReplyDeleteTathaastu!
DeleteRichard,
DeleteSanskrit is your second language in school or you learned it out of interest? I have been following your apt quotes in Sanskrit on several occasions.My regret is that in the place where I went to school, I did not have that option.
No erudition, but plain flair, boss!
DeleteI was born in a Konkani-speaking family, grew up among Tulu-speaking friends, communicated with Malayalam-speaking traders and Tamil-speaking estate workers, studied in Kannada medium up to SSLC, now fully into writing in English. No blowing of own trumpet, this. Just jack of all, master of none.
DeleteWas KKK easier today? Solved all for the first time, I think!
ReplyDeleteToo many samosas not good for one, so I'll refrain from them!
Happy Ugadi to one and all.
:-))
ReplyDeleteA few are ready & eager to share with you.
DeleteYes, if I remember right, KKK has purposely toned down the last 2/3 CW's (acceding to popular demand?)
ReplyDeleteHappy Yugadi to you all:) or as Ajeesh and now Kishore might say..Happy to say Yugadi to you all:):)
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DeleteSo, woman, my answer makes you Happy? (6)
DeleteHer Ok, is custom-made for you Incognito:)
DeleteTouche!
DeleteArs magna* - great art of anagrams!
DeleteWhat a play of words in this arena!
ReplyDeleteHmm...A long way to go...
ReplyDeleteList updated
ReplyDelete1 Deepak
2 Padmanabhan
3 Prashanth Sai
4 Raghunath
5 Ajeesh
6 Lakshmi Vaidyanathan
7 Kishore
8 Bhavan
9 Sowmya
10 Vasant
11 Richard
12 Ramesh
13 Ram (ARS)
14 Vijay who signs in as VJ
15 Shrikanth
16 Mohsin
17 Raju U
Requests for enlisting will close at 7 a.m. tomorrow
ReplyDelete4 Newly-wed, cross, pushed first girl to end of chamber (10) BRIDEGROOM (BRID(-G)E(+G) ROOM)
When "G" is moved to end of 'chamber'(room), can we place it before ROOM also pl ?
Cross=bridge
DeletePushed first girl to end= shifted g to end= brideg
Chamber =room
Newly wed=defn
Well, I could get whatever you explained, from the Anno itself but my interpretation was 'when G is shifted to end of ROOM, should it not appear at the end of ROOM(G)?
DeleteOf course, in which case, the answer can't be found !
...perhaps I should read it as 'shifted to end', keeping in mind only 'bridge' and not as 'shifted to end of chamber'.
DeleteItna bhi door mat jaao ke paas ana mushkil ho!
Delete...teekh kahate ho ! :)
DeleteA VERY HAPPY UGAADI TO YE-ALL !! may we-all keep playing JUGADI with words for all the time to come !!
ReplyDeleteJug jug jiyo...
DeleteYuk, Yuk !!! ji ji Richie Ji 11
DeleteHappy Ugadi to all
ReplyDeleteCame across this wonderful one Plz solve this:
ReplyDeleteIt's Varnasi sin to give birth to a dictator (10)
I SEE , ICCI, BCCI, !! Srinivasan !! Chi Chi to all dictators and those pyare with their kursi !!
Delete:)
DeleteTextrous had aptly said..After all, "India Cements" anagrams to "Need scam in it"
DeleteThat is a cognate anagram!
DeleteTextrous has a field day in Twitter. :)
DeleteUGADI SHUBAKANSHULU , as we say in Telugu.
ReplyDeleteI have a clarification. Two words or single words are interchangeably used by setters. Today 1 - A & 16 - A confused me. Can anyone explain, if it is O.K?
To answer your question, they cannot be used interchangeably at will. It has to be permitted in the language. Trailblazer is a single word as far as I know. Terracotta can be a single word or two. Both are permitted by OED
Delete@Richard & Kishore: I couldn't respond to you'll in the morning thanks to a powercut - the woes of summer have begun :(
ReplyDeleteI enjoy solving crosswords, not too keen on framing clues. Maybe I'll join in some time later.
Dash it! What a disappointment! The power cut I mean ;-)
DeleteOn the other hand, I have some hopes. "Some time" can be quite short and is not never ever ...
I will check back with you after .... say 5 minutes ?
That will be too long!
DeleteYou are right. I will check every 5 minutes and you can check in the other 4 minutes. Thanks for your help
DeleteShall we float an online petition?
DeleteIMO Kishore's idea sounds good ! It's only upto 7:00 AM tomorrow !!
DeleteWe have time till 7 AM tomorrow. Man lives in hopes.
ReplyDeleteGood clue solver may be (has to be?) a good clue writer. True or false?
It's 50-50.
DeleteWe are on 18...going on 19, past a century!
ReplyDeleteKishore @ 11:05 : RL, another convert embraces our thin king ...
ReplyDeleteSpace is white, not black!
????
White space between last two words is to be ignored
DeleteOMG! You guys really know how to encourage a person! :P
ReplyDeleteGo, Sandy, go, if you have not gone up to now. I am sure the 7am deadline is IST.
Delete:))
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