Thursday, 31 May 2018

No 12331, Thursday 31 May 2018, Anon


ACROSS
1   Political party to chant for Eastern interest (6) INCOME {INC}{OM}{E}
4   Flexible one in factory (6) PLIANT {PL{1}ANT}
9   Page about security missing Special Investigation Team’s sources (2-2) OP-ED DEPOsit* <=
10 Unkempt divan torn, left in (10) BEDRAGGLED {BED}{RAGG{L}ED}
11 Fervent THC setter toils, at first (6) ARDENT {ARDEN}{To..s}
12 Money for just fabric (8) CASHMERE {CASH}{MERE}
13 Return in taxi with 200 mg sulphur for card games (9) BACCARATS {CAB<=}{CARAT}{S}
15 Yours truly ingested new fruit (5) ANNON {AN{N}ON}
16 Last hairdresser, in anger, when covered with hair (5) FURRY {FUR{h...eR}Y}
18 Developed decades ol’ contraption (9) ADOLESCED*
22 Dessert is in atrium at sea (8) TIRAMISU {TIRAM{IS}U*}
23 Remove last smirch from skeleton with French liqueur (6) CASSIS ChASSIS
25 Trotskyites hide secret service roster in distress signal (10) SOCIALISTS {SO{CIA}{LIST}S}
26 Hands outfits (4) ARMS [DD]
27 Microscopic flash (6) MINUTE [DD]
28 Songs on note appended to donation (6) PSALMS {PS}{ALMS}

DOWN
1   Empires of elf, one in epoch (7) IMPERIA {IMP}{ER{1}A}
2   Beg for first deer to be put into enclosure (5) CADGE {CA{Deer}GE}
3   Gang member, for first meal, decapitates crustacean (7) MOBSTER {Meal}{lOBSTER}
5   Relate to fifty one left out of passage (6) LIAISE {LI}{AISlE}
6   Quarrels, somehow augments source of revenue (9) ARGUMENTS (AUGMENTS+Re...e}*
7   The ball began oddly with lute-like instrument (7) THEORBO {THE}{ORB}{Od...y}
8   Cute dudes, sage wrongly estimate (8,5) EDUCATED GUESS*
14 Pink automobile for people (9) CARNATION {CAR}{NATION}
17 Costume has single design (7) UNIFORM [DD] (Addendum - {UNI}{FORM} - See comments)
19 Student somehow scouts grasshoppers (7) LOCUSTS {L}{SCOUTS}*
20 IG names weird problems (7) ENIGMAS*
21 Letter from William to alien (6) BILLET {BILL}{ET}
24 Heads of Serbia, Tunisia and Liberia look to delay (5) STALL Acrostic

GRID
Bhargav's Talepiece

The bouncer and the dancer - Part 50

In the days when Uncle Sam wore the UNIFORM a secret meeting was held in a BILLET.

An ARMS deal with the Union of Soviet SOCIALISTS Republic by a sinister looking international MOBSTER was to be thwarted.

The message had been sent by Military Intelligence via an ENIGMA machine.

After several ARGUMENTS and MINUTE discussions a team of seven was formed.

Uncle Sam was one. And another a young woman in a FURRY CASHMERE sweater.

The team was split soon after and one could not contact the other.

It was Uncle Sam's EDUCATED GUESS that Kayal was that woman. If so, it is dangerous for them to be seen together...

What happened next?

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40 comments:

  1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao31 May 2018 at 08:40

    Liked 18AC.

    Thanks Anon!

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    1. Padmanabhan31 May 2018 at 09:02

      I learned today about 'adolesce' being a verb.Spell checker objects!

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao31 May 2018 at 09:07

      Probably spellchecker is sync with Chambers. This word is not there

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  2. sree_sree31 May 2018 at 08:53

    The highest number of appearances would go to tiramisu. Smooth one from anon.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao31 May 2018 at 09:06

      Cooler for hot days! More also welcome

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    2. Padmanabhan31 May 2018 at 09:51

      More (in Tamil) is also welcome for hot days.

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    3. sree_sree31 May 2018 at 11:11

      as long as its not the instant more from packet pal!!!

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    4. raju umamaheswar31 May 2018 at 13:23

      Anagram is TUMARITIS. Tumaritis considered as an ideal place in which all kinds of people live together in harmony. In addition, people can also coexist with other creatures in there without harming each other.

      Can we hope for such a society? Not unless the EARTH and its inhabitants are invaded from outerspace, there is no hope for it in this love-jihad world !

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    5. Padmanabhan31 May 2018 at 13:42

      Hopefully people are no worse in outer space.

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    6. Padmanabhan31 May 2018 at 13:44

      Mauritius?

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    7. sree_sree31 May 2018 at 16:16

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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  3. P. Venkatesan31 May 2018 at 08:58

    'Op-ed' on the third consecutive day!
    At 27 down the day before yesterday by Incognito, at 26 across yesterday by Lightning and at 9 across today by Anon.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao31 May 2018 at 09:04

      Superb, Venkatesan Sir. None of us would have noticed.
      Great observation.
      I too actually remembered its appearance and thought of including it in my next.

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    2. Chaturvasi31 May 2018 at 09:46

      For ?P?D what are the choices available? List, please.

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    3. Deepak Gopinath31 May 2018 at 09:49

      Sped, Aped, iPod, Spud come to my mind

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    4. Chaturvasi31 May 2018 at 09:55

      Wow.

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    5. sree_sree31 May 2018 at 10:59

      apod,aped,ipad,

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  4. Padmanabhan31 May 2018 at 09:01

    That's a hat trick, but we don't miss it, do we?!

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  5. Vasant31 May 2018 at 09:09

    9A: Isn't it indirect?

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  6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam31 May 2018 at 09:14

    17Dn : UNIFORM {DD}?

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  7. Vasant31 May 2018 at 14:12

    Cassis looks delicious in the photo.
    Annon:Is it Sitafal? (it is called as such here in North India); I always knew it as Custard Apple in English.

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    1. C.G. BHARGAV31 May 2018 at 16:04

      Yes. Custard apple. The botanical name is Annona Squamosa.

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    2. Padmanabhan31 May 2018 at 16:22

      Tamil name is also Sitappazham. I had a doubt (after seeing the picture in the blog) and got it confirmed.

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  8. C.G. BHARGAV31 May 2018 at 16:29

    The bouncer and the dancer - Part 50

    In the days when Uncle Sam wore the UNIFORM a secret meeting was held in a BILLET.

    An ARMS deal with the Union of Soviet SOCIALISTS Republic by a sinister looking international MOBSTER was to be thwarted.

    The message had been sent by Military Intelligence via an ENIGMA machine.

    After several ARGUMENTS and MINUTE discussions a team of seven was formed.

    Uncle Sam was one. And another a young woman in a FURRY CASHMERE sweater.

    The team was split soon after and one could not contact the other.

    It was Uncle Sam's EDUCATED GUESS that Kayal was that woman. If so, it is dangerous for them to be seen together...

    What happened next?

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  9. Padmanabhan31 May 2018 at 17:58

    Getting deep into international espionage. Interesting.

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  10. Chaturvasi31 May 2018 at 18:00

    In the compound of our old house in the present site, there was a sitafal tree, a dozen coconut trees, four mango trees, besides banana, papaya and koyya trees. I remember, I remember.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath31 May 2018 at 20:08

      In my mothers house at Coimbatore we have a couple of 'Sitaphal' trees which bears extremely sweet fruit. I have grown a plant from one of those seeds on my terrace and it has just borne fruit. I presume they will be as sweet as the ones at Coimbatore

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  11. ranger31 May 2018 at 19:31

    ...those were the days my friend

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  12. Padmanabhan31 May 2018 at 20:25

    We still have a mango tree at home here in T. Nagar. Just had a sweet mango out of it today.

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  13. Vasant31 May 2018 at 22:40

    Out here we have two mango trees just in front of our house and a big 'Beel' tree(dont know the English equivalent of this..the leaves of the tree are dedicated to Lord Shiva)..the Beel tree bears big fruits & which naturally fall..my wife collects them to make juice out of them...

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  14. C.G. BHARGAV31 May 2018 at 22:48

    Beel or Bael is Vilampazham (wood apple)

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  15. Brajesh1 June 2018 at 10:37

    19d bronze bar without a and zone

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