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Saturday, 24 March 2018

No 12273, Saturday 24 Mar 2018, Gridman

Answer and anno of 26A left for a first time commenter till 10 AM.

Across

1. Number used in operation theatre (11) ANAESTHETIC (CD)
9. Church rigorously beginning to suppress sensuality of group (7) CLUSTER  {C{LUST}E}{Rigorously}
10. Daily's publicity extremely nice for Hitchcock's movie (7) CHARADE {CHAR}{AD}{nicE} Is it a Hitchcock movie? See comments
11. Sudden attack leads to Indian commission taking unusual stance (5) ICTUS (Acrostic)
12. Vagueness of bad mishap involving mother losing article (9) AMORPHISM {MISHAP}* around {MOtheR}
13. Foreigner with one pucca Arab (5) IRAQI ? Anno not clear
15. Powerful // in operation (9) EFFECTIVE (DD)
18. Animal and pest in plane (5,4) TIGER MOTH {TIGER}{MOTH}

21. Marsh was cleaned up by a political representative (5) SWAMP {WAS*}{MP}
22. Celebrity indicates horoscope data (4,5) STAR SIGNS {STAR}{SIGNS}
24. Match-maker's trophy has side stripped (5) CUPID {CUP}{sIDe}
26. Army officer, General, gets direction to meet Irish woman, maybe (7) C?L?E?N (Addendum - COLLEEN {COL}{LEE}{N} - See comments)
27. I therefore drink something in elemental form (7) ISOTOPE {I}{SO}{TOPE}
28. Visionary power to see minute location, say (6,5) SECOND SIGHT {SECOND}{~SITE}

Down

1. Record keeper's cunning visit goes awry (9) ARCHIVIST {ARCH}{VISIT*}
2. Expansively laud Tamil leader for being mature (5) ADULT {LAUD*}{Tamil}
3. A fulfilling person, son ratifies pact (9) SATISFIER {S}{RATIFIES*}
4. Woman's sack with Oriental grass and such (7)  HERBAGE {HER}{BAG}{E}
5. Irritate by withdrawing credit? (4,3) TICK OFF {TICK}{OFF}
6. Restrict credit to a politician (5) CRAMP {CR}{A}{MP}
7. Herb I can endlessly shower in church (8) BASILICA {BASIL}{I}{CAn} What is the role of shower?
8. Support // for a broad smile (4) BEAM (DD)
14. A rug is torn — bale bundled out is doubtful (8) ARGUABLE {A+RUG*}{BALE*}
16. Yet sometimes these may fail to give profit to farmers (4,5) CASH CROPS (CD)
17. Suitable old walker at one medical department (9) EXPEDIENT {EX}{PED}{I}{ENT}
19. Cargo in transit is natural (7) ORGANIC {CARGO+IN}*
20. Jute the man has started selling to Scotsman (7) HESSIAN {HE}{'S}{Selling}{IAN}
22. South Indian cook — a tired partner? (4) SICK {S}{I}{CK} From the phrase 'sick & tired'
23. Plan details // for glasses (5) SPECS (DD)
25. Probing release of short bit is the point (5) PRONG {PRObiNG}

Reference List
Church=CE, Publicity=Ad, Article=The, Political representative=MP
Son=S, Oriental=E, Credit=Cr, Politician=MP, Old=Ex, Walker=Ped, One=I, Medical department=ENT, Scotsman=Ian, South=S, Indian=I, Cook=Ck

Colour/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous


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48 comments:

  1. Chaturvasi24 March 2018 at 08:37

    Charade is not a Hitchcock movie. I thought I had checked initially. In my subsequent reviews, failed to check. No excuses. Apologies.

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    1. Padmanabhan24 March 2018 at 08:48

      You are not very far off-
      and was additionally noted to contain influences of genres such as whodunit, screwball and spy thriller. It has also been referred to as "the best Hitchcock movie that Hitchcock never made"

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  2. Poornima24 March 2018 at 08:39

    26a- COLLEEN..female Irish name
    COL= Army officer LEE= General (Robert Lee?) N= Direction

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    1. Padmanabhan24 March 2018 at 08:51

      Good one. I was struggling with 'Gen' for general before getting Lee.

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  3. sree_sree24 March 2018 at 08:41

    one:I
    Arab:qari
    pucca is cooked. my unerstanding

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  4. Padmanabhan24 March 2018 at 08:49

    How Arab is 'Qari'?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao24 March 2018 at 08:53

      Pucca has no meaning in Dict. Probably intended PUCKA. Still the anno is not clear

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    2. Deepak Gopinath24 March 2018 at 08:56

      Pucca is not cooked. In Hindi Pucca means permanent

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    3. Padmanabhan24 March 2018 at 08:58

      Pucca/ Pucka would mean well,typical etc.- here with intent to mean well cooked. But with Arab indication I was not sure if it si Irani or Iraqi

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    4. Padmanabhan24 March 2018 at 09:01

      Pucca/ Kacha is used in Civil Engineering to indicate Permanent/ temporary constructions. Permanent may mean proper.

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    5. sree_sree24 March 2018 at 09:05

      pucca/pukka (->pak->pakwan)(pak shastra) is cooked/ripe. kacha is raw.

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    6. KARTHIK24 March 2018 at 09:20

      My take is
      Pucca Arab means muslim name and here it is Raqi;

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    7. raju umamaheswar24 March 2018 at 13:49

      Foreigner with one pucca Arab. I- RAQ-I . There are two I s here. Which one stays and which one is elided ? RAQ - the arabic etympology could be as RAKHWALA or an overseer or as in the Islamic term, a conscious keeper ? as in, He's my Raqib . I think when Gridman used the word pucca he meant to indicate a true-blue IRAQI-- a pucca arab? He is the best to clarify , as the COl says !

      Sree_sree's interpretation of PUCCA is too far-fetched !

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    8. C.G. BHARGAV24 March 2018 at 15:17

      In Tamil we have heard "Avan oru pucca thirudan" so many times!!!

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    9. raju umamaheswar24 March 2018 at 15:39

      Pucca is a Hindi word . It has crept in to the English lexicon, like so many others. I wonder, why '' Adhu Vandhu '' which is so common among the Tamilians as a word-filler before they decide to say what they want is not in the English dic !

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  5. Padmanabhan24 March 2018 at 08:52

    18A- Tigermoth was featured in one of the clues in yesterday's ET CW, which made it easy for me.

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  6. Padmanabhan24 March 2018 at 08:55

    11A- yesterday a doubt was raised about Acrostic. This is a typical example with 'leads to' indicating picking of first letters. (they are not std. abbreviations)

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  7. Padmanabhan24 March 2018 at 09:02

    7D- 'Shower' did confuse me too. Can someone explain what is the role of 'Shower' in the clue?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath24 March 2018 at 09:11

      Only Gridman can :-)

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    2. Vasant24 March 2018 at 09:12

      I think it is there for the surface only and acts as a connector.

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    3. Padmanabhan24 March 2018 at 09:16

      ??

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    4. raju umamaheswar24 March 2018 at 13:25

      SHOWER-= sprinkle- an anagram indicator for I CA(-N). HERB=BASIL + I CA(N) This is how I got it !

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    5. Col_Gopinath24 March 2018 at 13:53

      Raju, there is no anagram in the clue

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    6. raju umamaheswar24 March 2018 at 14:34

      How about my interpretation-- BASIL + I+ CA(-N ) - can endlessly and shower being the indicator to jumble I+CA ? Your interpretation is too simple ?

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    7. Col_Gopinath24 March 2018 at 15:26

      BASIL+I+CA(-N) is already BASILICA, why do you want to jumble it?

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    8. raju umamaheswar24 March 2018 at 15:42

      If so, why SHOWER ? why CHURCH? GOK- Gridman Only Knows !

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    9. Deepak Gopinath24 March 2018 at 17:28

      Raju I am really at a loss when I see your odd questions. Church is the definition

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    10. raju umamaheswar24 March 2018 at 20:08

      BASILICA ! YOu can find yourself now !

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  8. Poornima24 March 2018 at 09:15

    Maybe, to represent something falling from top...basil..I..ca

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  9. Vasant24 March 2018 at 09:23

    13A: I think it is I+RAQI; Raqi refers to someone who has knowledge of Islam. Hence a pucca Arab?

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    1. Vasant24 March 2018 at 09:32

      I got this meaning of Raqi in Arabic: elegant, pucca, sophisticated

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    2. Vasant24 March 2018 at 09:32

      Www.wordhippo.com

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    3. Padmanabhan24 March 2018 at 10:03

      Great. Gridman was probably waiting for one of us to solve it.

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    4. Chaturvasi24 March 2018 at 10:50

      Indeed, I had checked and I must have seen it there only.

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  10. Unknown24 March 2018 at 09:42

    26A Army officer=col, General=Lee, direction = N(orth) gives Colleen
    Manogar, Chennai

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  11. P. Venkatesan24 March 2018 at 10:25

    22 down: How CK from cook? No indicator for picking up only first and last letters. Heartless cook would have been better.

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    1. Chaturvasi24 March 2018 at 10:55

      In chess notation, ck is 'cook'.

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    2. P. Venkatesan24 March 2018 at 11:13

      Thanks CV sir.

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    3. Padmanabhan24 March 2018 at 11:56

      Can you pl. give some ref. for cook/ck in chess notation? I have not come across either so far and I would like to know it.
      I tried to google the same, but so far not able to get it.

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    4. Vasant24 March 2018 at 12:00

      I think in chess notation CK is probably check or symbolically notated with +

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    5. Vasant24 March 2018 at 12:02

      Standard abbreviation for cook is ck
      www.the freedictionary.com/ck

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    6. sree_sree24 March 2018 at 13:16

      https://www.abbreviations.com/acronyms/NAVY/33 std abbr used in Navy terminology.

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  12. Chaturvasi24 March 2018 at 12:01

    It is used in chess problems. A two- or multiple move problem sometimes may have a cook - a second and a possible solution not intended by the setter. That is a cook. It may be indicated by ck by etc.

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  13. Padmanabhan24 March 2018 at 12:13

    Thank you Sir. First time I hear this. Let me dig deeper.

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  14. maradnusro24 March 2018 at 14:52

    Thank you. Solved most of the clues without help of any sort. A satisficing puzzle. Thanks and regards to Gridman

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  15. C.G. BHARGAV24 March 2018 at 16:16

    COLLEEN, the girl with the rimless SPECS, was now an ADULT. CUPID had struck her. She welcomed her IRAQI lover with a BEAM. A shy girl it was love at SECOND SIGHT for her. She wanted the wedding ceremony to take place in the BASILICA.
    Fine.
    But having grown in South India she insisted that an astrologer view both their BIRTH SIGNS and fix the date!!!

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    1. Vasant24 March 2018 at 16:27

      Lovely story about Colleen, a South Indian girl

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  16. Rita Mathur24 March 2018 at 21:46

    Yes, lovely story about Colleen!
    10 A, Charade was the only confusion!

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