Saturday 22 July 2017

No 12066, Saturday 22 Jul 2017, Gridman

ACROSS

1. Adore old kind of distribution in place of great wealth (8) ELDORADO  {ADORE+OLD}*
6. Give out the return of age (4) EMIT {TIME<=}
9. Delay robbery? (6) HOLDUP  (DD)
10. Second French darling gets a bit of zest and old movement (7) SCHERZO {S}[CHER}{Zest}{O}

13. Coach, among others, shows self-control (9) RESTRAINT {RES{TRAIN}T}
14. Ascent of Chennai's top member (5) CLIMB {Chennai}{LIMB}
15. Balanced number after son leaves (4) EVEN {sEVEN}
16. Fifty per cent of Tamils, with Ludlum hero, holding one percussion instrument (10) TAMBOURINE {TAMils}{BOUR{I}NE}

19. I feel differently about feline holding itexpress congratulations (10) FELICITATE {I+FEEL}* around {C{IT}AT}
21. Leave the City out it's wet (4) DAMP {DecAMP}
24. Fleet-based John, with a piece of news, is back (5) NAVAL {{LAV}{A}{News}}<=
25. He is not bound to release a man (4,5) FREE AGENT {FREE}{A}{GENT}
26. With a measure, a number of lawyers try for prohibition (7) EMBARGO {EM}{BAR}{GO}
27. After work, I took food — it's sleep-inducing (6) OPIATE {OP}{I}{ATE}
28. Release special engineering wizardry, to begin with (4) SPEW {SP}{E}{Wizadry}
29. Open resistance of French groom-to-be (8) DEFIANCE {DE}{FIANCE}

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2. Quick inspection reveals it's 'king' in informal English (4-3) LOOK-SEE {LOO{K}SE}{E}
3. Filth rude dispersal by soldiers (6) ORDURE {OR}{RUDE*}
4. Father backing flexible adoption of conservative candidate (9) APPLICANT {PA<=}{PLI{C}ANT}
5. First appearance at the film studio? (5) ONSET {ON}{SET}
7. Small car carrying museum stuff and drink (7) MARTINI {M{ART}INI}

8. Children carrying three varieties of money in areas of unrest (7,5) TROUBLE SPOTS {T{ROUBLE} {S}{P}OTS}
11. Edges off solid vessel — that's a minor problem (6) HICCUP {tHICk}{CUP}
12. Conservationist touches what are useful in the nursery (5,7) GREEN FINGERS {GREEN} {FINGERS}
17. Gambler's absent — is with more money that way! (6,3) BETTER OFF {BETTER} {OFF}
18. Waggish Jack's left eyepiece (6) OCULAR {jOCULAR}
20. Nothing about a hungry bull is endearing (7) LOVABLE {LOV{A}{BulL}E}
22. A month, I see, is clean (7) ASEPTIC {A}{SEPT}{I C}
23. Film one in an Indian city (6) PATINA {PAT{I}NA}
25. A bank bust may cause this (5) FLOOD (CD)

Reference list  

Second=S, French darling=Cher, Old=O, Son=S, One=I, City=EC, John=Lav, Measure=Em, Work=Op, Special=Sp, Engineering=E, Of French=De
King=K, English=E, Soldiers=OR, Conservative=C, Money=Rouble, Money=S (Shillings), Money=P (Pence), Jack=J, Month=Sept, I see=IC

Color/Font Scheme

DefinitionSolutionComponent lettersEmbedded links, Anagram IndicatorC/C indicatorReversal IndicatorHidden word IndicatorLetter Pick indicatorDeletion IndicatorHomophone IndicatorMovement IndicatorPositional IndicatorSubstitution, IndicatorLink/Connector, Extraneous

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24 comments:

  1. No comments?! Saturday effect?
    Easy & enjoyable. Thank you Gridman for a nice start.
    Thank you Ramesh for the (by now) usual excellent blog.

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  2. 21D- indication for leaving out 'EC"?

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    1. Yes, I too couldn't find satisfactory answer for EC
      Somehow, I faced difficulty in logging in to the blog in firefox.
      Later, I noticed that our blog address has changed from .in to .com
      Don't know why!

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    2. Didn't notice that change myself. I too had a bit of a problem in the morning, seems ok now

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    3. i worded my query wrongly. I wanted to ask why EC?

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    4. EC is the postcode area for Lodon City. See the link below

      EC Postcode Area

      It appears frequently in CWs

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    5. Thanks Col.
      Unfortunately, it is not mentioned in my dictionaries

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    6. Thank you Col. My memory to blame?

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  4. Those of you who have bookmarked this page change the URL from .in to .com at the end. I don't know if this is a permanent change or temporary

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  5. Couldnt log in until Col helped me by redirecting from .in to .com
    I had saved the url in my mobile as favourite and during weekdays I log in from there.

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  6. Good one for an average solver like me!

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  7. Smooth as a knife through butter ! Here's a toast to Gridman .

    Can Defiance also mean a break up for the French beau? Not quite, so long as the relations are 12 down ! 18 down could be (j) or (os) .

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  8. Col, please allow me to make a digression to share my happiness:
    https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss…

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  9. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=pavalamani+pragasam%27s+rhyme+time

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    1. Congrats PP. Unfortunately I am not into ebooks as such I will not be able to read your books

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  10. hanks Vasant and Colonel! I myself am unfamiliar with kindle. The western readers are my target at present because many here are not using kindle. I saw the ad for self-publishing and it was just for lazy bones like me. I was happily surpised to see them published!

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    1. With so much on computers nowadays, I have slowly started reading e-books, e poems...not an unpleasant experience

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  11. Sir how to solve a crossword?

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    1. Please visit www.crosswordunclued.com. There you will find on the right a heading 'For Beginners'. Please go through all the posts under that.

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