Thursday, 8 January 2015

No 11287, Thursday 08 Jan 2015, Buzzer


Enjoyed 8D though I was almost beaten Black and Blue by it.

ACROSS
1   Revises about hundred court orders (6) EDICTS {EDI{C}TS}
5   Endlessly complain, suffering a tumour (6) LIPOMA cOMPLAIn*
10 Well-known line say close to a railway (9) LEGENDARY {LEG}{END}{A}{RY} (Addendum - {L}{EG}{END}{A}{RY} - See comments)
11 Drunk man is graceful? (5) LITHE {LIT}{HE}
12 Island to restrict river current (5) CAPRI {CAP}{R}{I}
13 Down in the dumps, quite sour and blue (9) TURQUOISE*
14 Harsh features beginning to disappear duly (7) AUSTERE fEATURES*
16 Plan to help backward village in India (7) DIAGRAM {DIA<=}{GRAM}
18 Doctor seeing that spasm is severe (7) DRASTIC {DR}{AS}{TIC}
20 Understand how to become popular (5,2) CATCH ON [DD]
21 Welcome small children at last for an evening devoted to pranks (9) HALLOWEEN {HALLO}{WEE}{c...eN}
23 Thrust clenched hand around ring (5) FOIST {F{O}IST}
25 A bit of nicety in “good evening” (5) TYING [T]
26 Brief commotion during gospel is gradually getting louder (9) CRESCENDO {CRE{SCENe}DO}
27 Erudite but lacking right bent (6) LEANED LEArNED
28 Matador dashed around a circuit (6) TORERO {TORE}{RO} Anno not clear (Addendum - {TORE}{RO<=} - See comments)

DOWN
2   A small dog I had reared to track down (3,2) DIG UP {D'I}{G UP}<=
3   Seasoning is ground not minced (9) CONDIMENT*
4   Take up residence outside a metropolis in Washington (7) SEATTLE {SE{A}TTLE}
5   Having many coats put before starting to dye (7) LAYERED {LAY}{ERE}{Dye}
6   Penicillia seen often on top of unusually spicy dish (5) PILAU {PenIciLliA}{Un...y}
7   Mother superior? (9) MATRIARCH [CD]
8   Plain set behind catwalk (5,3,5) BLACK AND WHITE*
9   Settlement of will (13) DETERMINATION [DD]
15 Minor items sold around shopping complex (5-4) SMALL-TIME {S{MALL}-TIME*}
17 Creatively a terrific and skilled craftsman (9) ARTIFICER*
19 Losing all money in business, director is put under pressure (7) COERCED {COmmERCE}{Di...r}
20 To study ahead of an exam is a challenge (7) CONTEST {CON}{TEST}
22 Eye say, a musical instrument (5) ORGAN [DD]
24 Relatively foolish to let slip a secret (5) INNER INaNER

GRID

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24 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath8 January 2015 at 08:35

    Announcing the next edition of our S&B lunchtime Meet at Chennai on Sunday 08 Feb 15. Further details after venue etc is finalised. Do make it convenient to attend, specially those not in Chennai. I shall start a post on this tomorrow.
    Bhavan from Australia will be attending as he will be in Chennai during that period.

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    1. Chaturvasi8 January 2015 at 10:04

      Feb 8 is a muhurtham day when I have to attend a 'grahapravesam' of a close relative in the morning.
      Evening time may be convenient for me. Of course, this need not be the deciding factor.
      Time that suits the majority must be.

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    2. Deepak Gopinath8 January 2015 at 10:32

      You could join us after an early lunch at the Grahapravesam. An evening meeting makes it difficult for outstation attendees. Moreover I checked the late night trains to Bangalore on 8th night and they are already waitlist!!

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  2. SandhyaP8 January 2015 at 08:38

    28 Matador dashed around a circuit (6) TORERO {TORE}{RO<-}

    OR Circuit: a computer circuit

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    1. Deepak Gopinath8 January 2015 at 08:44

      Thanks. I took 'dashed around' as TORE and missed out on the circuit

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  3. SandhyaP8 January 2015 at 08:39

    Buzzer never ceases to please! :)

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  4. Abhay8 January 2015 at 09:23

    Very nice one from Buzzer! Some unusual aninds here - "harsh", "sold", "down in the dumps"...

    I parsed the first three letters of 10a a little differently: L from "line" and EG from "say".

    Thanks to setter and blogger!

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    1. Deepak Gopinath8 January 2015 at 09:33

      Thanks, you're right.

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    2. SandhyaP8 January 2015 at 13:11

      Harsh is not the anagram indicator.

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    3. Abhay8 January 2015 at 14:40

      My apologies - I meant duly, not harsh, which is of course the definition.

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  5. Padmanabhan8 January 2015 at 12:51

    Thank you Col. & thank you Bhavan for the S&B at Chennai. Looking forward eagerly.

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  6. Padmanabhan8 January 2015 at 12:54

    +5

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  7. Padmanabhan8 January 2015 at 12:55

    28A- 'around' is for reversal of OR?

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam8 January 2015 at 14:24

      Paddy, pl try @ http://cryptics.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_reversal_indicators

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    2. Padmanabhan8 January 2015 at 19:11

      Thank you MB.

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  8. Padmanabhan8 January 2015 at 12:57

    Is Hallo an alt.spelling of Hello?

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  9. Padmanabhan8 January 2015 at 13:01

    I missed out skipping 2 letters in 6D. This can be added to the list- Bhavan never fails to surprise- very justly though.'Down in the dumps' as an anind!

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  10. PKPSwami8 January 2015 at 13:39

    Nice x'ie. well laid-out clues. To mention specially 3d .seasoned one where 'ground' is anind not fodder.9 d equally nice. Today Buzzer is like a bumble bee & still ringing.Thank you Bee.

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