Saturday, 3 December 2016

No 11868, Saturday 03 Dec 2016, Sunnet


An out of turn broadside from Sunnet, shall leave it to the commenters to decipher.

ACROSS
1   Mail service to Alps is transformed (6) POSTAL*
4   Bar is ordered to shut within (8) BLOCKADE {B{LOCK}ADE}
10 Procedure to start off drug supplies (9) OPERATION {dOPE}{RATION}
11 You eventually love broken but small egg (5) OVULE {yoU+LOVE}*
12 Priest's note to high society (5) ELITE {ELI}{TE}
13 Lawyer's too cold to recollect Stroke's cause perhaps (5,4) BLOOD CLOT {BL}{TOO+COLD}*
14 Weapon and explosive is out of control (7) TRIDENT {TNT} over {RIDE}
16 Refusal to accept very dark blue (4) NAVY {NA{V}Y}
19 Pen wrong sign for underground river (4) STYX {STY}{X}
21 Karnataka vehicle taken back to Hawaii's city (7) KARACHI {KA}{CAR<=}{HI}
24 He & I wear no mantles (9) NONMETALS*
25 Main steward's without one (5) WATER WAiTER
26 United at home regarding England (2,3) IN ONE {IN} {ON}{E}
27 Repeating it with English sailor (9) ITERATING {IT}{E}{RATING}
28 Used gateman's identification cards (4,4) NAME TAGS*
29 Snake language (6) PYTHON [DD]

DOWN
1   Building quality (8) PROPERTY [DD]
2   Mostly bit provided by chip is exact (8) SPECIFIC {SPECk}{IF}{IC}
3   Startle a jungle (5) AMAZE {A}{MAZE}
5   Zip up: zip out leader (7) LINCOLN Anno pending (Addendum - {NIL<=}{COLoN} - See comments)
6   Become opaque when coarse blanket is thrown around (5,4) CLOUD OVER {C{LOUD} OVER}
7   A quail is torn by an eagle (6) AQUILA*
8   Energy streams around cold discharges (6) EJECTS {E}{JE{C}TS}
9   Bird cut a juicy part (6) TITBIT {TIT}{BIT}
15 Most rigid old meters collapsed with time (9) EXTREMEST {EX}{METERS}*{T}
17 So stitch together a dialect (8) SCOTTISH*
18 Putting up money or information for fertilizer (8) NITROGEN {TIN<=}{OR<=}{GEN}
20 Photographing double-crossing director (1-6) X-RAYING {RAY} in {X-ING}
21 Touched child without direction (6) KISSED {KI{SSE}D}
22 Setter is one person originally living in America (6) INDIAN [DD]
23 Communicate to current class (6) INFORM {IN}{FORM}
25 Very tired to display some yarn (5) WEARY {WEAR}{Yarn}


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36 comments:

  1. sree_sree3 December 2016 at 08:32

    5d ZIP-> nil -> LIN
    colon -> o out -> coln

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    1. Deepak Gopinath3 December 2016 at 08:35

      Well done, a2z_iima. Can we have your real name please, unless of course you want to remain hidden

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    2. sree_sree3 December 2016 at 08:40

      Its a Very long one, Katakam Sreerama Chandra Vara Prasad, which is why I am called a2z almost every where. the second half is my most important accomplishment IIM-A

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 December 2016 at 08:40

      +1.

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    4. Raghunath3 December 2016 at 08:42

      The second part one could decipher, but not the first which is a typical Andhra name

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 December 2016 at 08:43

      Mr. Prasad,
      This +1 is for your parsing and Deepak's applause.
      Not for your long name because I have come across longer names than yours!

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    6. Deepak Gopinath3 December 2016 at 08:47

      Thank you Prasad

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    7. Deepak Gopinath3 December 2016 at 08:49

      A number of initials are the hallmark of names in Andhra

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    8. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 December 2016 at 09:59

      Normally, the names start with the family name/surname followed by the names of their popular local deities and may occasionally end with the names associated with their castes (like raju, naidu, reddy etc). Nowadays, the last part is done away with for various reasons.

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    9. Deepak Gopinath3 December 2016 at 10:17

      So KKR what is your First name?

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    10. Suresh3 December 2016 at 11:35

      Kolluru would be the surname and Koteswara Rao his first name

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    11. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 December 2016 at 12:40

      Yes, Suresh is right. Thanks to him for answering the question on my behalf. I was out of home

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  2. Padmanabhan3 December 2016 at 08:41

    Colon?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 December 2016 at 08:43

      Sign :

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    2. Raghunath3 December 2016 at 08:44

      COLON =:. Zip out remove O from Colon

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    3. Padmanabhan3 December 2016 at 08:49

      Thank you KKR & Raghu.
      It took me a while to get the sign in the clue. Not enough care.

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  3. Padmanabhan3 December 2016 at 08:44

    It is a Pangram. Good one Sunnet.
    Th print edition of Chennai has made the grid decipherable- can't make black or white. Looks like both merged into a single colour. More experimenting, more disaster.

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  4. Raghunath3 December 2016 at 08:51

    20 D is unclear to me. Double crossing? What's double?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath3 December 2016 at 08:54

      I presume the first is X-ing and the second is the indicator for crossing RAY

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    2. Raghunath3 December 2016 at 08:57

      That seems to be it.

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  5. Deepak Gopinath3 December 2016 at 08:56

    The answer to my opening statement is still awaited. A hint - Sunnet has stolen Incognito's regular thunder

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    1. Raghunath3 December 2016 at 09:01

      Blockade of Karachi in 1971 war, that's operation trident

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    2. Raghunath3 December 2016 at 09:02

      Add Operation Python, Indian Navy to it

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    3. Raghunath3 December 2016 at 09:20

      4-5 Dec '71 (Trident).

      All the above result of googling.

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    4. Kishore3 December 2016 at 10:24

      This time I am sailing in a different boat ...

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    5. Kishore3 December 2016 at 10:27

      ... On the eve of the Navy Day there are several jokes floating around about sighting of naval ships in the Bay of Bengal without permission of a certain person :)

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    6. Raghunath3 December 2016 at 13:59

      The neurotic didi?

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  6. Shrikanth3 December 2016 at 09:33

    Strange are the ways of mind. Till now, I didn't see it was Sunnet. Was assuming it to be Arden and these days I am finding Arden, I was struggling with this one. :) Normally I do Sunnet pretty quick.

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    1. RameshJ3 December 2016 at 14:15

      Happens very often to me, especially on the day of the first Neyartha puzzle. I solve it thinking it is a tougher & quirkier Gridman. After the puzzle (or sometimes when the last couple of clues are left), I find that the setter is not Gridman but Neyartha. Once I do that, the remaining clues (if any) quickly fall in place.

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  7. Vasant3 December 2016 at 09:45

    A bit tougher than the usual Sunnet puzzle..but what a puzzle! A themed pangram with the theme beautifully camouflaged...thanks to all the commentators here for deciphering the theme & the parsings..a2z (oh sorry Prasad)well done!Thanks Mr.Walker too.

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam3 December 2016 at 10:56

    As usual an enjoyable themed pangram puzzle from Sunnet. Feeling elated on completing this one, a rare accomplishment while dealing with his puzzles! Thank you, Sunnet. :)

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  9. Padmanabhan3 December 2016 at 11:14

    Styx is also part of the theme?

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  10. RameshJ3 December 2016 at 14:07

    Thanks folks for your feedback. This CW is dedicated to all the folks from the Indian Navy. As noted above, December 4th is Navy Day & commemorates the start of Operation Trident.

    Styx missile was used to sink PNS Khaibar

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    1. Padmanabhan3 December 2016 at 16:32

      Thank you Ramesh. Good to remember our war heroes.

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  11. ranger3 December 2016 at 18:59

    To come up with a pangram in a themed crossword is commendable effort. Thank you Sunnet for a nice crossie.

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  12. raju umamaheswar3 December 2016 at 23:56

    KKR: Raju is a caste name? How come? what is the root of this name? Mera assumed naam bhi Raju hai but if you think Andhraites have long names, you will break your tongue spelling out my full official name that even spills out of the boxes in official forms. It is C.N. Umamaheswar which for convenience's sake I renamed myself as Raju Umamaheswar ! Figure out what C & N stand for? Don't even bother to try it !

    Like the Kikuyus of Kenya, South Indian Palghatis (parents who were proud of their villages?) give themselves names as : C for the name of the village, N for my father's name and U for my grandfather's name but I have no first name ! To numb your tongue again, they have a surname as Iyer - so when the forms are to be filled with the first name, surname and middle name one is lost midstream to decide where to put what-- not to speak of the spilling out of the alphabets from the boxes ! Alas, like our crosswords, one can't spill the letters out of the boxes nor thinking out of the box helps any ! Proves my point that one has no choice of one's parents nor name ! Swallow it or get a lump in the throat - either ways -- Hic hic -cupps ! oops !!

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