Nice one from Vulcan. 5A was the last to fall.
ACROSS
1 Asian got mugged in this city (8) SANTIAGO*
5 Fine home in silent neighbourhood (6) MINUTE {M{IN}UTE}
9 Happy about top protection given to first lady! (8) RELIEVED {RE}{LI{EVE}D}
10 Web designer picked primarily into a team leading in research (6) SPIDER {S{P
12 I don't fume at others (9) NONSMOKER [CD]
13 Mountain place sounding like 8 (5) EYRIE ( ¬ eerie)
14 Remains a girl that doesn't keep time (5) LASTS {LAS{T}S}
17 Magazine seller's recently-acquired small place (9) NEWSSTAND {NEW}{S}{STAND} Semi&lit
19 Adding together and recapping (7,2) SUMMING UP [DD]
22 Scheme to avoid (5) DODGE [DD]
23 Clearly admitted, orally (5) ALOUD (¬ allowed)
24 Understanding of war in a sense that is different (9) AWARENESS {A{WAR}ENESS*}
27 Team consumed by anger, upset with a drink (6) ELIXIR {EL{IX}IR}<=
28 Dull edge of player's old hat (8) SOMBRERO {SOMBRE}{
29 Spoil lawyer's dirty game (6) DAMAGE {DA}{GAME*}
30 Freezing point begins here (4,4) SNOW LINE [CD]
DOWN
1 Creases removed completely, basically after applying special powders (9) SPRINKLES (-c+sp)SPRINKLES
2 Cloth many Londoners wear (5) NYLON [T]
3 Supporter, one with a broad smile (1-4) I-BEAM {1}-{BEAM}
7 Uncover Nehru and daughter's top secret (9) UNDERHAND {NEHRU+AND+D}*
8 Mysterious English lake (5) EERIE {E}{ERIE}
11 Design department coming up (4) DRAW <=
15 Movement of my limbs so badly affected (9) SYMBOLISM*
16 Swim and in the end, fish, for long (9) SPINDLING {SPIN}{
18 In this German town, mostly doctors go around in black tie! (5,4) DRESS CODE {DRES{S COD<=}E
20 Indian godman without a bit of dignity or a hint of morality (4) GOAN GO
21 Team's project extremely boring (7) PLATOON {PLA{TOO}N}
23 Change seen in guys after a date (5) AMEND {A}{MEN}{D}
25 Bowler has no right to bend this (5) ELBOW BOWLE
26 Oily thing resulting from fuel emission (5) ELEMI [T]
My new DELL laptop does not have the symbol which I normally use for a homophone though it is shown as such on the keypad. Any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteWhat it shows up as, when typed is ¬
1 Press and hold a"Shift" key.
Delete2 Press the tilde (~) key.
3 Release the "Shift" key.
Please try Alt+0152 which will give you ˜
DeleteThat is the normal procedure, however it shows up as ¬
DeleteKishore,
DeleteWhy should I do that when the symbol printed on the keyboard is showing correctly
Alt+0152 shows up like that? It worked when I typed my 840 comment without using the tilde key. My tilde key gives ~, a more vertically centred tilde, while the Alt+0152 gives ˜ a tilde floating a bit higher
DeleteBecause there appears to be some mapping problem. The key seems to send the wrong code. Long back I had a keyboard which had a similar problem, but that keyboard had a switch on the underside to shift from one mode to another (AT to XT). Now there may be some soft settings to be changed. Till then, the alt method is the easiest.
DeleteDoesn't work
DeleteYou will have to use the code 0152 (on the numerical keypad) when the Alt key is held down. Since you are ref.ing to a laptop, you might have to use numlock first and then use the numerical keys on the numpad part (and not the top row)
DeleteCan you check that in Control panel -> Region and Language . Under the Keyboards and Languages Tab ->
DeleteClick on Change Keyboards
It is set to English (United States) - US and not US International or some other setting.
If not then you should change it to English (United States) - US
Yes, 5a is excellent.
ReplyDeleteEnglish, with many synonyms for many words is a highly pliable language for wordplay.
It is the clever exploitation of it that brings out such good clues.
And therein lies the individuality of a composer.
Consequently it becomes more difficult to get the answers.
DeleteA detail that detracts from 5a is that the c/c indicator is the same as the wordplay component IN (home).
DeleteMy vote for PLATOON.
20 Indian godman without a bit of dignity or a hint of morality (4) GOAN GOdmAN
ReplyDelete---
Should it have been and instead of or ?
+1
DeleteThe GOAN swallowed the samosaas today :(
Good puzzle. Liked PLATOON, ELBOW and GOAN.
ReplyDelete14 Remains a girl that doesn't keep time (5) LASTS {LAS{T}S}
ReplyDeleteI didn't get the anno for this.
There seems to be an error in the clue.
DeleteThanks Raghunath!
DeleteDoesn't doesn't fit in!
DeleteI too thought similarly. The girl seems to keep time. Malicious to complain about her.
DeleteIf 'that' means remains, when the t goes off, it will give you 'lass' meaning girl, I think.
DeleteMany brilliant clues for their sheer simplicity. 5A obviously takes the cake. 10A is no less. I see that when setters play around with the definition intelligently, it becomes an whole new game.
ReplyDeleteA doubt about Platoon: Boring is a containment indicator? 'Too' in 'Plan'?
ReplyDeleteYes
DeleteNot containment but Insertion
DeleteGot it Col.
DeleteThank you Raghu.
ReplyDeleteW.r.to Shuchi's latest post on 'CAN", here is a nice (borrowed) limerick-
ReplyDeleteA canner exceedingly canny,
one morning remarked to his granny
A canner can can
Anything that he can
But a canner can't can a can,can he?
A news reporter visited a US farm and sought information on food production and related matters.
DeleteOne of his statements was, 'We eat what we can and what we cannot we can'.
The reporter wrote it in passive voice, 'He told me that what they ate what they could and what they could not they could.'
How CAN it be?
DeleteLovely limerick :-)
Delete2D Cloth many Londoners wear (5) NYLON [T]
ReplyDeleteIs it true that the etymology is from the initials of New York and LONdon?
I had read somewhere that originally NYLON was a trademark that came into common parlance a la Xerox...
DeleteNYLON got the name as it was simultaneously synthesised both from New York and LONdon
DeleteQuite a fabric-ated name!
DeleteTrust either you or Kishore to come up with that!
DeleteEtymology of NYLON as per Wikipedia
DeleteIn 1940, John W. Eckelberry of DuPont stated that the letters "nyl" were arbitrary and the "on" was copied from the suffixes of other fibers such as cotton and rayon. A later publication by DuPont (Context, vol. 7, no. 2, 1978) explained that the name was originally intended to be "No-Run" ("run" meaning "unravel"), but was modified to avoid making such an unjustified claim. Since the products was not really run-proof, the vowels were swapped to produce "nuron", which was changed to "nilon" "to make it sound less like a nerve tonic". For clarity in pronunciation, the "i" was changed to "y".[15]
Alternative but apocryphal explanations for the naming are:
- it is a combination of the names of the two cities New York and London: NY-Lon;
- it is an acronym from WWII, a challenging slogan by the allies to their enemy at that time: Now You Lazy Old Nippon, Nippon being an alternative name for Japan, which is the country known for the traditional culture of making silk from silkworms.
4D After the end of wedding, girl's family in a pickle (7) GHERKIN {G}{HER}{KIN} Can Gherkin by itself be pickle?
ReplyDeleteWould this have been better? After the end of wedding, girl's family in a pickle - content?
Americans use 'pickle' to ref to cucumber/gherkin, as in :"add a pickle to my sub".
DeleteFrom thefreedictionary.com;
ReplyDeletegher·kin (gûr′kĭn)
n.
b. A pickle made from such a fruit.
@Richard,
What's a 'pickle-content'. 'In a pickle' is the standard phrase, about which I'm sure you know. Or is it that after being in a pickle, the family is content?
I had not checked the thefreedictionary.com. I stand corrected on that score.
DeleteSince there was a question from the Col against the answer in the blog, I meant 'content' to mean 'Happy?' :-)
Happy, are you? :-)
And I referred to gherkin as a content of pickle.
DeleteYes, I know
DeleteMy COD is
ReplyDelete25A Bowler has no right to bend this (5) ELBOW BOWLE(-r)* &lit
Off track:
ReplyDeleteFor all cricket aficionados feeling crestfallen after the Binny Vs England cricket match:
A friend, a neophyte in the cricket arena, has made these observations.
Cricket is absolutely a cheating game
1. Most of the time, the ball is in the hand. Yet sometimes they declare it a 'No Ball'.
2. They say there are six balls in an over. Yet the same ball is used again and again.
3. When they say 'All out', in fact only ten will be out, while the eleventh always remains not out.
4. If the umpire raises one hand, it means 'Out'. If he raises both hands, it is called 'Six'. Nobody knows who the two persons declared out are nor does anyone ask. Logic seems to be missing here.
5. A goalkeeper stops a goal being hit. Similarly, a wicketkeeper should see that the wicket is not hit. On the other hand, he is the one who knocks the wicket down. Travesty of justice!
6. Only a few overs are called 'Power Play'. Do they play the rest of the overs in the dark?
7. Only one batsman is called a Night Watchman. But after the play is over, he goes back to the dressing room instead of guarding the ground.
8. They call it a 'Tea Break' but drink only soft drinks.
9. The entire ground is flood-lit, but only one side is called the 'off' side.
10. When the game is over, they call only one of the players the 'man' of the match. Then what are the others?
Any method to 'fix' the game?
For the Col's keyboard problem:
ReplyDeleteCan you check that in Control panel -> Region and Language . Under the Keyboards and Languages Tab ->
Click on Change Keyboards
It is set to English (United States) - US and not US International or some other setting.
If not then you should change it to English (United States) - US