Tuesday, 8 December 2015

No 11569, Tuesday 08 Dec 2015, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Aged individual in INC, say (3,5) OLD PARTY {OLD} {PARTY}
6   Letter from Greece for son in India (4) BETA [DD]
9   Puts out Greek letter by females in ship (6) SNUFFS {NU}{FF} in {SS}
10 Salesmen, turning back, seize vehicle and escape (7) SCARPER {CAR} in {REPS<=}
13 Would animals that have lost their appendages want to do business with them? (9) RETAILERS [CD]
14 Get to know real mad bridge player (5) LEARN {REAL*}{N}
15 Clever enough not to start parade (4) ARCH mARCH
16 Saint calling saint in series of connections (10) STRINGINGS {ST}{RINGING}{S}
19 Defeated, having been struck to the ground (6,4) BEATEN DOWN {BEATEN} {DOWN}
21 One evening I recalled Zulu band (4) IMPI {I}{MP}{1}<=
24 Fully satisfied, Tamil leader left Government department (5) SATED {StATE}{D}
25 Cause a plan to fail by breaking adobe wall (4,1,4) DEAL A BLOW*
26 Brief witticism (English) on a couple of animals (7) EPIGRAM {E}{PIG}{RAM}
27 If so, it's not solid — consumed in grimly humorous circumstances (6) WATERY {ATE} in {WRY}
28 Small remains in wide belt (4) SASH {S}{ASH}
29 Moily initially persuaded and moved to accept an outstanding athlete (8) OLYMPIAN {MOILY+Pe...d}*{AN}

DOWN
2   A kind of fringe in a cult that is all over the place (7) LUNATIC*
3   Bird out of breath? No good! (6) PUFFIN PUFFINg
4   Took it easy having physical training court — it's appreciated (9) RESPECTED {PE}{CT} in {RESTED}
5   Noes don't have these (5) YESES [CD]
7   Former wife's simple enough to clarify (7) EXPLAIN {EX}{PLAIN}
8   Broadcast in an opinionated manner (3,4,5) AIR ONES VIEWS [CD]
11 State member is in spirit (6) ALLEGE {LEG} in {ALE}
12 Stomachs debates and barks that are horrible (5,7) BREAD BASKETS*
17 Why Taiwan disposed— how? (2,4,3) IN WHAT WAY*
18 The more aged follows with skilled worker (6) WELDER {W}{ELDER}
20 Gets a first in Tamil — saint's excited (7) ATTAINS {A}{Tamil}{SAINT*}
22 Terrible alarm on India's primarily agricultural disease (7) MALARIA {ALARM*}{I}{Ag...l}
23 Circuit on excellent home office equipment (6) LAPTOP {LAP}{TOP}
25 Among the two, doctor is stupid (5) DUMBO {MB} in {DUO}
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22 comments:

  1. Suresh8 December 2015 at 08:39

    Liked to see Retailers sticking the tail on the donkey

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  2. maradnusro8 December 2015 at 08:53

    Finished by 8.45 AM. Thanks Gridman

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  3. Chaturvasi8 December 2015 at 09:03

    In
    https://www.facebook.com/thc7115/?fref=ts
    Clue 22d comes for a discussion.
    Please read it if you like.

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    1. Chaturvasi8 December 2015 at 11:50

      I did write a piece. But I am not able to trace it myself. May have made some mistake. If any of you went on a wild-goose chase, pardon me.

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    2. Chaturvasi8 December 2015 at 12:21

      I have now re-written the 'post' and it's available at the above URL.

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  4. C.G. BHARGAV8 December 2015 at 10:04

    This crossword has the style of another THC setter!!

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam8 December 2015 at 10:53

    Happy to get samosas after a long time! Thank you Gridman!

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  6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam8 December 2015 at 11:02

    O/T : IXL 2015 Round No.10

    9A : Second article removed from Greek tranche (4) PART

    Request annotation for the above please.

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    1. Vasant8 December 2015 at 11:08

      (-S)PART(-A)

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam8 December 2015 at 11:11

      Thank you Vasanth! That was the one I had it wrong in the final round of IXL 2015.

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    3. Vasant8 December 2015 at 11:12

      Or it could also be (-S)PART(-AN) as Greek, an adjective could give SPARTAN..of or belonginging to sparta..a region in old Greece

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    4. Deepak Gopinath8 December 2015 at 14:11

      (-s)PART(-an)

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  7. Vasant8 December 2015 at 11:09

    Could get to solving the puzzle only at 10.30...could complete in double quick time..lovely puzzle

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  8. VMA Nair8 December 2015 at 12:04

    13A wordplay leads to de-tailers? though retailers fits in the grid.

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    1. Suresh8 December 2015 at 13:48

      What happened to my reply?

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    2. Chaturvasi8 December 2015 at 13:59

      Suresh had replied that RETAILERS is the solution as animals that have been de-tailed would go to the RE-TAILERS to have their tails re-fixed after treatment/reconstruction. (His Reply got deleted by an inadvertent action of mine).

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    3. Deepak Gopinath8 December 2015 at 14:14

      Comment of Suresh which came in at 8:39

      " Liked to see Retailers sticking the tail on the donkey "

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    4. VMA Nair8 December 2015 at 14:18

      Thanks. I read Suresh s reply as well

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  9. Unknown8 December 2015 at 14:56

    Gridman - really enjoyed solving the CW today! Thanks for making it a breezy morning!

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  10. Chaturvasi8 December 2015 at 16:38

    Thanks to all who said they enjoyed the crossword. It is so gratifying.
    In our early years of compiling - and more so in the 1970s when my predecessors started it all and regularly contributed crosswords - we did not have any feedback. Make a mistake, a letter will arrive FWD'd by the paper. Today, make a mistake, a plethora of mails will land. But then and now, no letter has been forwarded to the setter about any single soul appreciating the work. Today, in blogs and message boards, people are so forthcoming in expressing their appreciation. This in itself is a reward.

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  11. Srividya8 December 2015 at 17:01

    Couldnt get to the xword till very late today .. some lovely and elegant clues - charades and anagrams today.. feels different

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