Tuesday, 10 April 2018

No 12287, Tuesday 10 Apr 2018, Scintillator


Drowned in the 21D by Scintillator today.

Answer and anno for 20A left for a first time commenter till 10 AM.

ACROSS
1   Small organism has unending vim and vigour (6) VIBRIO {VIm}{BRIO}
4   Arrival put on hold in system? (8) COMPUTER {COM{PUT}ER}
9   Swimming creates fantastic tans (6) NATANT {TAN+TAN}* Thanks to Google
10 Dramatic articles detailed fraud (8) THEATRIC {THE}{A}{TRICk}
12 Makes sure electronic test is over correctly (4,2,2) SEES TO IT {E+TEST+IS+O}*
13 Republican to encourage walls? That's a blow! (6) STROKE {ST{R}OKE}
15 Sermon regularly delivered denigrating saffron? That's cheap (4) NAFF sAFFroN*
16 Slim woman in gym gets hitched without a hitch (10) SWIMMINGLY {SLIM+W+IN+GYM}*
19 Become a landlord and give up one's life in the States (3,3,4) BUY THE FARM [DD]
20 Mere thought is half-finished (4) ?O?D (Addendum - POND PONDered - See comments)
23 There can be no tennis match without this noise (6) RACKET [DD]
25 Choke because of scarf? Dialled 0 to exchange (8) STRANGLE ST(-o+rang)RANGLE
27 Fashionable taste? Possibly, so to say (2,1,5) IN A SENSE {IN} {A SENSE}
28 Terrible fault disregarding chief's counsel (6) ADVICE {bAD}{VICE}
29 Our silly jigs can be unreal (8) ILLUSORY*
30 Engineer, given food, having gobbled first of eggs, talked of bellyache (6) BEEFED {BE}{Eggs}{FED}

DOWN
1   Possible ingredient in sambar/chutney? (7) VENISON ? Venison/Sambar understood but the rest is not clear. Shiva Shiva!!!
2   Anxiety for corporation facing a lot of this (9) BUTTERFLY ? (Addendum [CD] - See comments)
3   Set fire to nightie, fighting with estranged husband (6) IGNITE NIGhTIE*
5   Ozzie captain has exceeded leaders' line in sport (4) OCHE Acrostic
6   Estate has to cut banana tree (8) PLANTAIN PLANTAtIoN Why 'tree'?
7   Core body temperature, approximately (5) TORSO {T}{OR SO}
8   Stack of hay, yet loose and unstable (7) RICKETY {RICK}{YET*}
11 A nurse is 25% better? (7) MIDWIFE Anno pending See comments
14 Desert in East India hosting some retired academics (7) EMERITI {E{MERIT}I} Anno not clear  See comments
17 Crumbs in a soup for doggie (4,5) GOOD GRIEF*
18 They encourage children, and place education primarily before money (8) CHEERERS {CH}{Ed...n}{ERE}{RS}
19 Clean up blood on one's suit (7) BURKINI {RUB<=}{KIN}{1}
Burkini modesty swimsuit PROP 178 MG 2016 01.jpg
By Science History Institute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
21 Difficult place to start, not just for rookies taking a dip (4,3) DEEP END [CD]
22 Shot down leg side, walk for a duck (6) PADDLE [DD]
24 Disheartened coworker — one can be boring creep (5) CRAWL {Co...eR}{AWL}
26 Patriots are mobbing an emperor (4) TSAR [T]

GRID

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50 comments:

  1. Satyen Nabar10 April 2018 at 08:40

    2D I think corporation refers to paunch. Butterflies in stomach equated to anxiety?

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    1. sree_sree10 April 2018 at 08:41

      +1

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    2. Padmanabhan10 April 2018 at 08:55

      +1

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    3. sree_sree10 April 2018 at 10:21

      Terribly bad sign (gridman)

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    4. raju umamaheswar10 April 2018 at 12:58

      RIGHT ON THE BELLY BUTTON, DOC ! In Kenya , we used to refer to the councillors and MPs as corporation bodies , as all of them used to fill up their bellies with you know what !!

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  2. sree_sree10 April 2018 at 08:41

    11a wife ->better half. 25% is half wife or mid wife

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  3. C.G. BHARGAV10 April 2018 at 08:50

    The bouncer and the dancer - part 4

    Thus the ILLUSORY life IN A SENSE became miserable.
    Before it DEEPEN(E)D further the manager of the club, a retired army officer and a good SAMARITAN SEES TO IT that he is reformed.
    He calls him aside and gives sane ADVICE.
    "Escape from this RACKET. With the money in your hand BUY THE FARM near the forest POND".
    What a SROKE of luck it proves to be!
    The dancer also is relieved of her daily routine of THEATRIC tricks (her waistline had increased!!).
    The bouncer through farming soon becomes a millionaire. Enjoys the fruits of his labour (PLANTAIN etc.!!) and occasionally has VENISON too.
    Several EMERITI visit him to study his farming model.

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    1. Padmanabhan10 April 2018 at 08:59

      CGB's Thodar katahi continues... Great.Like in the weekly magazines, we look forward to the next issue.

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    2. Vasant10 April 2018 at 11:25

      +1

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  4. KARTHIK10 April 2018 at 08:51

    Very tough today

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  5. Padmanabhan10 April 2018 at 08:53

    11D. It has to be correct, but looks roundabout.

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  6. Padmanabhan10 April 2018 at 08:54

    My 8.53 refers to Prasad's 8.41.

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  7. C.G. BHARGAV10 April 2018 at 08:59

    1 down
    Maybe Sambar on double duty...

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    1. Padmanabhan10 April 2018 at 09:04

      Venison in sambar/ chutney! What will our Saffron brigade do about it? Col.'s comment seems to be apt. Shiva shiva!

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    2. Vasant10 April 2018 at 09:43

      😀😀

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    3. sree_sree10 April 2018 at 10:05

      Checkout Devon venison chutney, Kerala, Mumbai??

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    4. vdsprasad49@gmail.com10 April 2018 at 10:26

      There is a species of deer called sambar. Am sure many of us must be knowing about it. But where does chutney come into the picture?

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    5. sree_sree10 April 2018 at 10:35

      And I read a lot abt bhojpuri mix with soca to realise chutney is a form of fusion music.

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    6. raju umamaheswar10 April 2018 at 13:06

      Sambar without chutney no good for idli ! Where does this clue fall in terms of classification ? Venison= deer meat= sambar( a specie of deer?) = sambar for idli ? far cry ! Scintillator on NJ route ? where's the simile indicator? as mixed u as ground chutney ! That;s what my brain became solving this !

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  8. Raghunath10 April 2018 at 09:01

    From Chambers: Merit: deserts

    14 Desert in East India hosting some retired academics (7) E(MERIT)I

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    1. sree_sree10 April 2018 at 09:04

      Def is some retired academics. As all rtd academics are not given emeritus status. My understanding.

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    2. Raghunath10 April 2018 at 09:05

      From thefreedic, MERIT: 1. worth, value, quality, credit, talent, desert, virtue.
      Desert is singular.
      Def seems to be some retd. academics

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    3. Padmanabhan10 April 2018 at 09:10

      Deserved merit is usually called 'Just desrts'.

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    4. Deepak Gopinath10 April 2018 at 10:07

      Read article at the following link



      JUST DESERTS or JUST DESSERTS

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    5. Padmanabhan10 April 2018 at 10:35

      Thank you Col. There is so much to know.

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    6. sree_sree10 April 2018 at 10:38

      Interesting reading for the interested. http://www.iep.utm.edu/desert/

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  9. Padmanabhan10 April 2018 at 09:09

    I have also done it once before. Seeing ?? by col. leads us to it.

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  10. Padmanabhan10 April 2018 at 09:23

    21 D- Took a long time to understand Blood= Kin. Nice surface.

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    1. Vasant10 April 2018 at 09:41

      Burkini seems to be a portmanteau word. Burkha+Bikini

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    2. sree_sree10 April 2018 at 10:13

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkini. Also Says so vasant.

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    3. raju umamaheswar10 April 2018 at 13:12

      reminds me of Burkina Faso with a capital that sounds like gudugudu in the stomach-
      Ouagadougou !

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    4. Vasant10 April 2018 at 13:47

      Gudugudu😀😀😀

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    5. Padmanabhan10 April 2018 at 14:44

      chadugudu (kabaddi) inside the stomach?
      Incidentally, I learned Ouagadougou from my grandson while reserching African capitals. But Raju has first hand knowledge.

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  11. Deepak Gopinath10 April 2018 at 10:04

    20A is now open to all. It's part of the theme as well

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  12. Balaji10 April 2018 at 10:17

    20A. Thought - PONDer

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  13. Chaturvasi10 April 2018 at 10:58

    Thought - past tense - PONDERED - half of it is POND

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  14. raju umamaheswar10 April 2018 at 13:16

    Mere prefixing thought does not lead you to pondered ! Just a thought !

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  15. Padmanabhan10 April 2018 at 14:39

    Not just today!

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  16. maradnusro10 April 2018 at 15:17

    Frankly, below par in offering rational clues.

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    1. Vasant10 April 2018 at 21:45

      Sir, this was a high class puzzle!You can't find fault with any clue. This setter is steeped in cryptic and has worked hard to master his craft.
      Please do give credit to his craft.

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    2. Vasant10 April 2018 at 21:55

      I have read somewhere Shyam(Scintillator)saying that the Colonel always manages to solve his puzzle howsoever hard the puzzles are.
      So, the Setter acknowledging with respect the solver's craft.
      And I have read somewhere how Col. has mastered his craft, "Practise.More Practise"

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    3. Vasant10 April 2018 at 22:02

      So, all I am saying that ehen we are not able to solve a puzzle, we should make a determined effort to solve the puzzle. If we still are not able to solve, we should acknowledge that the setter on that day was better than me.

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  17. Vasant10 April 2018 at 22:27

    CSK vs KKR at Chepauk..exciting match....

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