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Friday, 1 December 2017

No 12177, Friday 01 Dec 2017, Lightning


ACROSS
1   Clean small den not good enough initially (8) SCAVENGE {S}{CAVE}{Not}Good}{En...h}
5   Reject/allow Indian snack? (6) CUTLET {CUT}{LET}
9   Plain gold thrown in yard (8) ORDINARY {OR}{IN+YARD}*
10 Small fire in dirty place (6) SCANTY {S{CAN}TY}
12 Demo jingle featuring representation of heart, say (5) EMOJI [T]
13 Not fully finished, I mark chief recipe to move forward (9) IMPERFECT {I}{M}{P(-r)E(+r)RFECT}
14 Depart for everyone’s high (6) PERISH {PER}{1'S}{H}
16 Church with bright yellow room (7) CHAMBER {CH}{AMBER}
19 Cricketer, injured fellow, snared tail-ender (7) BRADMAN {B{e..eR}AD}{MAN}
21 Misguided action left peacekeepers at a gutted city (6) LUNACY {L}{UN}{A}{CitY}
23 Mistake after mistake after mistake by fielder (5,4) THIRD SLIP  Definition by example
25 Panel dissolved country (5) NEPAL*
26 Show up with petition not entirely right (6) APPEAR {APPEAl}{R}
27 Lamas to donate shelters for old animal (8) MASTODON [T]
28 Restrain objective woman after odd tweet (6) TETHER {TwEeT}{HER}
29 Valuable ring’s tip — uranium oscillator (8) PENDULUM {P{END}{U}LUM}

DOWN
1   Drunk on the way back, shows less energy (6) STONED {DENOTeS}<=
2   Man adored spinning galaxy (9) ANDROMEDA*
3   Nine universal changes for boredom (5) ENNUI {NINE+U}*
4   Dress wound oddly rancid on the inside (7) GARNISH {GA{RaNcId}SH}
6   Not sure about a nice turn (9) UNCERTAIN*
7   Look at headless spear (5) LANCE gLANCE
8   Play second fiddle around primary role in movie (3,5) TOY STORY {TOY} {S}{TO{Role}Y}
11 Classic show’s sides splitting (4) EPIC dEPICt
15 Item media broadcast at once (9) IMMEDIATE*
17 Fellow on record to change stance (9) BACKPEDAL {LAD}{EP}{<=(back)} [RA]
18 Summary of sailor’s essay (8) ABSTRACT {ABS}{TRACT}
20 New ship’s body lacking height becomes useless (4) NULL {N}{hULL}
21 He could transform Los Angeles city for one (7) LAPLACE {LA}{PLACE}
22 Ample numbers contributing to a full assembly (6) PLENUM [T]
24 Feedback on batting position (5) INPUT {IN}{PUT}
25 Famous editor supporting hundred going north (5) NOTED {TON<=}{ED}

GRID

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25 comments:

  1. Padmanabhan1 December 2017 at 08:46

    Thank you Venkatesh for an enjoyable puzzle.
    Bradman is still unclear.

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    1. Shrikanth1 December 2017 at 08:54

      Injured = Bad Fellow = Man Tail-ender = R. R gets snared

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    2. Padmanabhan1 December 2017 at 08:59

      Thank you Col. & Shrikanth. I am rather slow on the take. I could not connect injured to bad.
      Some cricketing words- enough to be calle a theme?

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  2. Padmanabhan1 December 2017 at 08:48

    Nice to see Emoji - indicative of the smile on our faces on Sunday?!
    BTW- cyclonic weather here in Chennai today & tomorrow. Hope it clears by Sunday. Visitors from outside Chennai to note and be prepared.

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  3. Padmanabhan1 December 2017 at 08:50

    Here is an additional link on Laplace's Transform-
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace_transform

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    1. Vasant1 December 2017 at 09:12

      Remembering Laplace Transform from your engineering college days?

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    2. Padmanabhan1 December 2017 at 09:21

      Only vague memories. Had to google to brush up. Yet to read it fully. Anyway, remembered enough to connect Laplace to transform.

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  4. Vasant1 December 2017 at 09:06

    Nice puzzle!Liked the crisp clues and smooth surfaces

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  5. Chaturvasi1 December 2017 at 09:08

    I like 5a very much - pithy, unusual surface like an option in a survey at a food festival abroad before choosing items..

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  6. Chaturvasi1 December 2017 at 09:11

    Doing an MB: IN 19a, the first letter in brackets that is struck off must be t.

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    1. Padmanabhan1 December 2017 at 09:20

      I don't think so. It is only 'ender'-tail indicating the last letter.

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    2. RameshJ1 December 2017 at 09:29

      No. I think it is tail-ender=tail of ender=e...r as Col. has shown

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    3. Chaturvasi1 December 2017 at 09:55

      Yes - you're right. I was less than careful. Apologies to MB.

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    4. Padmanabhan1 December 2017 at 11:42

      Yes, that is an MB copyright!

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    5. raju umamaheswar1 December 2017 at 11:50

      With dark clouds all around, with lighting dim, LIGHTNING lit up the brains with the SMILEY as an EMOJI. Got our MOJO.
      Tell me, Ye-all, do you solve the clues systematically , Acrosses clues first , one by one and then the DOWN ones following? Do you solve the DOWN clues first ( as to me they invariably seem easier to start with !) or the ones ACROSS? Or do you solve at random; with the first answer inserted and then connecting it to the adjoining ones and then proceed further ? What is the method by which one can solve at LIGHTNING speed? Do you feel exhausted and drained after solving a toughie? Or do you feel triumphant having won the battle of wits with the compiler? Or do you feel impotent when you get stumped and feel frustrated ? Which compiler makes you feel easy on mind and which one causes you metal stress?
      Do you feel many times not equal to the task and feel guilty and get to eat your toes when the answers turn out to be so easy AFTER you missed the target clue?

      Do some setters make you feel less brainy than most others? How many of you turn to gadgets and Googles and Lexicons or solver- assistance from the Net ?

      I'd love to hear from all my fellow bloggers !

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    6. Padmanabhan1 December 2017 at 12:42

      Raju,
      Why don't you join the S&B meet day after? You can have all the answers in one go across a sumptuous lunch- including liquids on choice.

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    7. raju umamaheswar1 December 2017 at 14:04

      Alas ! I am not able to ! Too many collateral damages with travel, especially to MADras ! I'm terribly allergic to Cheh - Nai !

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    8. Padmanabhan1 December 2017 at 17:13

      So,if I have to meet Raju does it have to be at Coimbatore?

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    9. raju umamaheswar1 December 2017 at 18:39

      Paddy:I'd love, too. to meet all our friends in this blog, which has become kind of a family. Who knows when and where ? This world is too small ! A time & occasion will arise . The Col and CV refuse to enlarge our meeting occasionally into a S& B affair . I have some vague plans of holding an Exhibition of my collections and memorabilia in CBE, like I did in Nairobi. Perhaps, then that will act as a magnet for others to zoom into CBE?

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  7. Padmanabhan1 December 2017 at 11:41

    What is the logic in TH reducing the size of the grid so much, esp. when so much of blank space all around. Even assuming no one fills up on paper, it is difficult even to read the clues.

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  8. C.G. BHARGAV1 December 2017 at 12:24

    TODAY'S SPECIAL.
    Tiffin: ORDINARY dosa and CUTLET
    Movie: The 36th CHAMBER of Shaolin
    For Children: TOY STORY
    Drama: The IMPERFECT murder.
    Cricketer: BRADMAN
    Weather: UNCERTAIN
    Pastime: ENNUI packed off by solving this crossie.
    Fielder: Ponting in THIRD SLIP.
    Book: The ANDROMEDA strain.
    Dress: ? swimsuit
    GARNISH : wide choice

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  9. Padmanabhan1 December 2017 at 12:40

    Sounds a nice combination. Would not mind hot dosa (though ordinary) and cutlet on this rainy day.

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  10. raju umamaheswar1 December 2017 at 13:32

    The Hindu's Features Dept believes and thrives only in their advertisers; so does the New Indian Express whose pages contain more ads and less news and lesser views ! As opposed to these, The Deccan Chronicle gives value for money with inputs of articles, features and other news from the Spectator etc. Their Magazine section also is newsy and innovative.

    Th Hindu has to use their HINDsight and the NEI has to match their Sunday edition daily with good articles by their writers .

    Though I do the Hindu crossies online, thanks to this blog, I do collect the clippings regularly after solving.

    The Times of India is replete with articles of interest though it costs the cheapest amongst all its sister papers.

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  11. Padmanabhan1 December 2017 at 17:15

    Yes, TOI is available at a throwaway annual subscription. TH still holds on to its perch both on line and in print.

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