Wednesday, 4 November 2015

No 11542, Wednesday 04 Nov 2015, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Have a recollection about a couple of learners, graduate and cook (4,4) CALL BACK {C}{A}{LL} {BA}{CK}
5   Bachelor boy wearing Haji's altered long coat (6) JIBBAH {B}{B} in {HAJI}*
10 Defeats thoroughly and gains points in a game (5,2) RACKS UP [DD]
11 Garments appear untidy on leading lady (7) APPAREL {APPEAR}*{Lady}
12 First batsman has nothing to preen about (6) OPENER {O}{PREEN}*
13 Brothers act differently on opening of Italian wine (8) FRASCATI {FRAS}{ACT*}{It...n} 
15 Go without food — quickly! (4) FAST [DD]
16 Leaving scene of action after bad scrape (10) SCARPERING {SCRAPE*}{RING}
18 Journo a bit wary in making solemn charge (10) OBJURATION*
20 Graduate after graduate gets rum cake (4) BABA {BA}{BA}
23 Torch found by Len — no learner — in a difficult situation (8) PENLIGHT {P{lEN}LIGHT}
24 Discover in hole (6) INVENT {IN}{VENT}
26 I am gone over — it's a bit thick (7) IMPASTO {I'M}{PAST}{O}
27 One who looks small — a craftsman (7) SPOTTER {S}{POTTER}
28 Angry outburst of one in business (6) TIRADE {T{1}RADE}
29 Belittles aged Reds' production (8) DEGRADES*

DOWN
1   Additional copy includes a measure of greenhouse emissions (6,9) CARBON FOOTPRINT {CARBON} {FOOTPRINT} (Correction - {CARBON {FOOT}PRINT - See comments)
2   Don't have stupid yes-servants (7) LACKEYS {LACK}{YES*}
3   Graduates take that woman to be a harsh critic (6) BASHER {BAS}{HER}
4   Cold animal needing protective covering (4) CAPE {C}{APE}
6   Fools going after devil in standoffs (8) IMPASSES {IMP}{ASSES}
7   One's 'no' to bone reversed in spicy dish (7) BIRYANI {BIR}{YAN}{1} <=
8   They keep airliners aloft or they could be wrestlers' methods (7,8) HOLDING PATTERNS [DD]
9   Mary, I’d brood endlessly running to where milk is stored (5,4) DAIRY ROOM {MARY+I'D+bROOd}*
14 Son goes over slashed revolutionary's shield (9) SCUTCHEON {S{CUT}{CHE}ON}
17 Team leader praised freely and walked around (8) TRAIPSED {Team}{PRAISED*}
19 During a month I start planting right kind of shrub (7) JUNIPER {JUN{I}{Pl...g}E}{R}
21 Notified of danger from treadle (7) ALERTED*
22 You have to necessarily enter for this sort of game (6) INDOOR [CD]
25 Land mass is over half a mile (4) ISLE {IS}{miLE}

GRID

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  1. SandhyaP4 November 2015 at 08:34

    1D Additional copy includes a measure of greenhouse emissions (6,9) CARBON FOOTPRINT {CARBON} {FOOTPRINT}

    I took this to be CARBON {FOOT}PRINT

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  2. Abhay4 November 2015 at 08:46

    I was able to do The Hindu crossword after almost a week's break - felt like a homecoming, especially with a Gridman puzzle! :)

    Thank you for the puzzle and the blog, Gridman and DG. Enjoyable crossword. My COD was 16a for the sheer smoothness of the clue.

    I was struck by the number of graduates (1a, a couple in 20a, 3d)! :)

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    1. Chaturvasi4 November 2015 at 09:30

      Thanks for that observation.
      I say 'observation' because I don't think you have mentioned it as a drawback.
      But a drawback it might be.
      Often I check the clues for repetition and when I find repetition of such components I rewrite the clues to remove the duplicates.
      I don't think I checked this clue sheet from that point of view, though recheck I did.
      Offhand, I am not able to say whether any of these graduates could have been eliminated, maybe yes, maybe not!

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    2. Suresh4 November 2015 at 10:40

      If you had a few more bachelors it could have become a theme. Happy Bachelors day

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  3. C.G. BHARGAV4 November 2015 at 08:56

    Till today I only knew Baba black sheep and Rajini's Baba !!

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    1. Abhay4 November 2015 at 09:27

      :)

      I have always seen/heard the sweet referred to only as "rum baba". It took a dictionary check to confirm that it is also referred to as just "baba".

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    2. Raghunath4 November 2015 at 09:33

      CGB,

      In India there's no shortage of Babas. Tune in to Aastha and Sanskar channels on TV.

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    3. Chaturvasi4 November 2015 at 09:34

      CGB
      Didn't any of your loved ones call you 'Ba...Ba...'. like 'ra...ra...' in that famous Tamil film song?

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  4. Ramani4 November 2015 at 09:17

    Enjoyed the samosas Gridman! Thanks

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  5. Srividya4 November 2015 at 09:37

    oops missed samosa but enjoyed this one alright :) with some amount of food and drink :) spotter was a nicely worded clue :) thought it was spelt escutcheon then figured out this is archaic spelling :) thanks gridman

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  6. Padmanabhan4 November 2015 at 09:51

    I did not know 'scutcheon' as alt. for 'escutcheon' which I knew but did not fit in here.
    I did not spot the spotter, but once the spotter was spotted, indoor was spotted immediately. That explains my weakness of depending on crossings.
    I was totally fooled by the 'Jibbahs'. Nice one. I was searching for all types of long coats including what cricket umpires used to wear.
    Hyderabadis, cheer up! Your biryani is here!

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  7. Padmanabhan4 November 2015 at 09:54

    Col.
    Thank you for the holding pattern link. Interesting to learn about it.

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  8. Vasant4 November 2015 at 10:01

    Frascati took a long long time..i first put in broscati but checking in dict didnt yield that word..kept on looking for synonyms of brother & finally hit upon fras...lots of clues to savour & new words to learn..impasto...baba as rum cake..jibbah & biryani added indian flavour while frascati definitely had the Italian tang..

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  9. Ramani4 November 2015 at 14:08

    First time 'hat trick' - because of Grindman. Very happy.

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  10. Ramani4 November 2015 at 14:08

    Samosas for three consecutive days!

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