Monday, 19 February 2018

No 12244, Monday 19 Feb 2018, Gridman


Answer and anno for 4D left for a rookie commenter till 10 AM.

ACROSS
1   Support at home somehow reset about a problem (11) BRAINTEASER {BRA}{IN}{TE{A}SER*}
9   Brown, dark-stained drinking vessel (7) TANKARD {TAN}{DARK*}
10 He's eying no small, regulated state of cleanliness (7) HYGIENE {HEs+EYING}*
11 Brilliance of strange tale about head of clan (5) ECLAT {E{Clan}AT*}
12 Alert Cole to reform a type of college in the US (9) ELECTORAL*
13 Cover one animal (5) COATI {COAT}{1}
15 Tart breaks cars with a short baton (9) SARCASTIC {CARS*}{A}{STICk}
18 French father's broad smile at Oriental bird (9) PEREGRINE {PERE}{GRIN}{E}

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21 Child led by scholar to become construction worker (5) MASON {MA}{SON}
22 Covers around last of the covers (9) ENVELOPES {ENVELOP{thE}S}
24 Sidestep car? (5) DODGE [DD]
26 Hint: insect's among the Poles (7) SMIDGEN {S}{MIDGE}{N}
27 In sum, a couple of learners didn't keep mum (3,4) ALL TOLD {A}{LL} {TOLD}
28 Support New York hit by a fashionable youngster (11) TEENYBOPPER {TEE}{NY}{BOPPER}

DOWN
1   Ram's prize is a flower (9) BUTTERCUP {BUTTER}{CUP}
2   Cancel article taken from year-book (5) ANNUL ANNUaL
3   Close shave? Close it! (4,5) NEAR THING {NEAR} {THING}
4   Straight dismissal of boy is perpetual (7) E?D?E?S (Addendum - ENDLESS bENDLESS- See comments)
5   Bribe school male rector to admit each (7) SCHMEAR {SCH}{M}{EA}{R}
6   Maker without legal claim (5) RIGHT Anno pending (Addendum - wRIGHT - See comments)
7   Fresh ceremony is said to be causing a complaint (8) NEURITIS (~ new rite is)
8   Coverage's reportedly lower (4) VEIL (~ vile) Not sure of Anno as this homophone is not right (Addendum - (~ vail) - See comments)
14 Nice farewell (2,6) AU REVOIR [CD]
16 Animal doll Maria destroyed (9) ARMADILLO*
17 Against soft competitor (9) CONTENDER {CON}{TENDER}
19 Perhaps Gemini, by keeping quiet, may have an effect (7) IMPINGE {IM{P}INGE*}
20 Election Commission's quashing of stay brings happiness (7) ECSTASY {EC'S}{STAY*}
22 If not, say LL... (4) ELSE (~ l's)
23 Smoker's request is frivolous (5) LIGHT [DD]
25 Daughter's substandard rise results in decline (5) DROOP {D}{POOR<=}

GRID

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35 comments:

  1. sree_sree19 February 2018 at 08:35

    8d vail hp

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  2. Satyen Nabar19 February 2018 at 08:40

    6D (-w)RIGHT, maker=wright, with out+ delete w, defn = legal claim

    8D VEIL (HP of VAIL), vail= lower

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  3. D.Chandrasekhar19 February 2018 at 08:46

    4D ENDLESS = perptual, (straight = BENDLESS - B (boy) )

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  4. Vasant19 February 2018 at 09:15

    Gentle 1A!Typical Gridman fare with some instructive clues and elegant construction.
    21 minutes for this. Did anyone time their solving?What would be the solving time of the Super solvers?Under 10?

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  5. Padmanabhan19 February 2018 at 09:17

    If Vasant is not one among them!

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    1. Vasant19 February 2018 at 09:44

      Paddy, I am not a Super Solver..at best I am a steady solver..this I realised in this year's IXL finals..the time of Super solvers were 16 minutes(Ramki, Jose) to 21 minutes. That was also a Gridman puzzle!

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  6. Padmanabhan19 February 2018 at 09:20

    Yes, a fast one. Gridman starts his Ac. clues with his favourite support and ends with the golfer's support. All told, we support him all the way for the gentle,breezy brainteaser.

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  7. P. Venkatesan19 February 2018 at 09:48

    1d: butt is ram, butter is a milk product. Why butter?

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    1. Vasant19 February 2018 at 09:57

      Butter= that which butts=goat, ram, sheep a la flower that which flows= a river

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  8. P. Venkatesan19 February 2018 at 10:22

    So butter is rammer - ram. Got it.

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  9. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore19 February 2018 at 10:37

    1a: brainteaser - bra+in(at home)+(reset*)+a
    15a: sarcastic - (cars*)+a+stic(k)
    18a: peregrine - pere(Fr.father)+grin+e
    7d: neuritis - nu(~new)+rit(~rite)+is
    17d: contender - con(against)+tender(soft)
    19d: impinge - {gemini + p}*
    25d: droop - d+(poor<=)

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    1. Padmanabhan19 February 2018 at 11:11

      These are given above by Col. daily (except Fridays) ON other days, we only raise any doubts,queries, additions, alterations etc.

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  10. raju umamaheswar19 February 2018 at 10:39

    Smooth as butter through a knife. Just the kind for beginners. Truly, I finished this in less than 15 minutes. That doesn't give me any claim to be a super-solver , Vasant.

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  11. raju umamaheswar19 February 2018 at 11:28

    Rev Spooner & I p'haps suffer from Word processing and preceding succeeding speed ! Honestly, I always typ the next letter before the first word too solon. Dyspellia ?

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  12. raju umamaheswar19 February 2018 at 11:29

    too soon , see ?

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  13. C.G. BHARGAV19 February 2018 at 11:33

    The Duke of Braganza left Portugal and after what seemed an ENDLESS journey reached Branson.
    The swashbuckling Duke was full of bravado as he had come RIGHT there to solve a BRAINTEASER in the party. He was a top CONTENDER for the cup.

    But a brawny TEENYBOOPER, a brat wearing a golden bracelet wanted to finish first with ECLAT and brag about his win.
    ALL TOLD not a tough one thought the Duke sipping his LIGHT brandy.
    "A word with double support?"
    The Duke wrote nonchalantly :
    A?????????A !!
    Bravo!
    He was awarded the brass cup.

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  14. Nadathur Rajan19 February 2018 at 13:44

    A(BRA)CADA(BRA)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QyoRzZrF00

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  15. C.G. BHARGAV19 February 2018 at 14:31

    +1

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  16. vdsprasad49@gmail.com19 February 2018 at 15:05

    15A. In the sparsing an 'A' remains unaccounted.

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  17. vdsprasad49@gmail.com19 February 2018 at 15:06

    15A. A typo, parsing, not sparsing.

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    1. Chaturvasi19 February 2018 at 15:42

      Note "with a" in the clue. Prasad sir, you're probably saying that to the Col.

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    2. vdsprasad49@gmail.com19 February 2018 at 16:08

      Yes, sir, that's what I meant to do.

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    3. Col_Gopinath19 February 2018 at 19:43

      Corrected now

      Delete

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