Tuesday, 16 September 2014

No 11191, Tuesday 16 Sep 2014, Neyartha


Unlike yesterday this one was on the tougher side for me, I enjoyed cracking it. 

ACROSS
1  Giant to reportedly chase an improbable story (4,4) TALL TALE {TALL} {TALE}(~tail)
                                                   Cartoon by Rishi
5  Avoid Spanish plug (6) ESCHEW {ES}{CHEW}
9  Flying by the English river to collect boron and oxygen is prohibited (8) AIRBORNE {AIR{BORoN}E}
10 Luxury car manufacturer's wild cat (6) JAGUAR [DD]
11 Strangely, he allowed Amber to get a food item (9,5) WHOLEMEAL BREAD*
                                                     Cartoon by Rishi
14 Malign Yankee coming in for Illinois examination (5) ASSAY ASSA(-il+y)Y
16 Gold medal winner, a natural count beginner? (6,3) NUMBER ONE [DD]
17 Ill-gotten cover for counter area cut with agent causing congenital malformation (9) TERATOGEN {T{aERA<=}TOGEN*} Had to cheat for this word.
19 Indulge Romeo moving back in a container (5) CATER C(-r)ATE(+r)R
20 Children's road safety rules (5,5,4) GREEN CROSS CODE [GK]
23 Part of pear Che devoured was curved (6) ARCHED [T]
24 Rich result of a pleasing task for the future (4-2-2) WELL-TO-DO {WELL}-{TO-DO}
                                                    Cartoon by Rishi
25 Torment for arranging hollow ashlars (6) HARASS ASHlARS*
26 Avoid including promotion for the adventurous exploit (8) ESCAPADE {ESCAP{AD}E}

DOWN
1   Shopping center in retreat gets a track-running vehicle (4) TRAM<=
2   Helpless when left here? (5) LURCH [CD]
3   Ancient city accepts measure about a passenger vehicle (7) TROLLEY {TRO{LLE<=}Y}
4   US electrician with silver and erbium, one exercising authority in a formal hierarchy (4,7) LINE MANAGER {LINE MAN}{AG}{ER}
6   Walk awkwardly in a rush to replace chromium with hydrogen (7) SHAMBLE S(-cr+h)HAMBLE
7   British leader throws out Charlie's dressing gown from the barge (9) HOUSEBOAT HOUSE(-c+b)BOAT
8   Bored auditor's twisted arms to get rid of 50% off coupon (5-5) WORLD-WEARY (~whorled){WORLD}-{WEAponRY}
12 Delivers runs (11) ADMINISTERS [DD]
13 Criticise jargon from south Philippines about a scientific instrument (10) PANTOGRAPH {PAN}{TOGRA<=}{PH} Typical example of a reverse engineered Anno
15 American wagon may reset cart development (9) STREETCAR*
18 Fiddles with the pedlars (7) TINKERS [DD]
19 Snail-shaped tube lost in cochineal processing (7) COCHLEA COCHinEAL*
21 Bindoo naively conceals Australian duvet (5) DOONA [T]
22 Ten-foot long barge accessory? (4) POLE [CD]

GRID

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14 comments:

  1. Chaturvasi16 September 2014 at 08:32

    PAN TOGRA< PH
    Criticise - PAN
    jargon - ARGOT
    from south - rev ind in a Dn clue, so TOGRA
    Philippines -PH
    about - link (not sure if 'about' is a proper link word between WP and def)
    a scientific instrument - def

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  2. Kishore16 September 2014 at 08:34

    I got carried away by the theme

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    1. Chaturvasi16 September 2014 at 08:38

      Did you ride on a jaguar? Were you able to get off it, Kishore? Or were you carried away? How did you manage to tell the story?

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    2. Kishore16 September 2014 at 09:00

      Sure I did. Yes, when the chauffer opened the door for me. Nope. Here, though it is a tall tale.

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  3. Kishore16 September 2014 at 08:34

    I have no 'Desire' for 15d

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    1. Chaturvasi16 September 2014 at 08:40

      How can you? You're Kishore, after all!

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    2. Kishore16 September 2014 at 09:10

      You mean, I have a reputation to live down to?!

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    3. Padmanabhan16 September 2014 at 09:24

      'A street car named desire'- a good old movie!

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  4. Chaturvasi16 September 2014 at 08:36

    Qn: Why is the power apparatus on an electric train called 'pantograph'?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath16 September 2014 at 08:55

      For the simple reason that it resembles the Pantograph shown above

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    2. Kishore16 September 2014 at 09:02

      This design of interlocking arms which can extend and retract is also seen in:
      a. The support for telephone stands of yore as well as some contraptions to hang cllothes
      b. The prop used by Bhangra dancers

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  5. Padmanabhan16 September 2014 at 09:23

    I remember those old telephone stands when you could neither have a long chord nor a mobile hand set. There also used to be instruments one main telephone with 2 extensions and a telephone operator. Now they may look so silly and outdated.

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    1. Kishore16 September 2014 at 09:26

      The extensions were usually powered by a large 9v battery usually attached to a furniture leg with sticking plaster

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    2. Padmanabhan16 September 2014 at 09:41

      And there will be a plugged in charger for the batteries. Looks like centuries ago in the era of smart phones.
      Communications is one line that seems to have developed by leaps and bounds and we, in India, seem to catch up with the rest of the world.

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