Monday, 16 July 2018

No 12370, Monday 16 Jul 2018, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Smash against section of fortification (7) RAMPART {RAM}{PART}
5   Small groups beginning to cut clusters of plants (6) CLUMPS {Cut}{LUMPS}
9   Drink pair imbibing is not so ruddy (5) PALER {P{ALE}R}
10 Bully gets gun moved to the front for astronaut (9) ARMSTRONG (+arm){ARM}{STRONG}(-arm)
11 There's more to court passage (7) EXTRACT {EXTRA}{CT}
12 Palace attendant with no time for messenger (7) COURIER COURtIER
13 Avoid wily deva at entrance to estate (5) EVADE {DEVA*}{Es...e}
14 Feel low as every daughter's in line, with a bit of nastiness (5,4) REACH DOWN {R{EACH}{D}OW}{Na...s}
16 Leader to stop losing head and being almost wacky (3,6) TOP BANANA {sTOP}{BANANAs}
19 Thai travels to one West Indies nation (5) HAITI {THAI*}{1}
21 Still a generation takes part in cultivation (7) TILLAGE [T]
23 What brings radio programmes to listeners (7) AIRWAVE [CD]
24 Officer-in-charge going around wild Riga street is debauched (9) ORGIASTIC {O{RIGA*}{ST}IC}
25 This and this forming the incomplete set (5) THESE {THE}{SEt}
26 Mischievous announcement is difficult to understand (6) KNOTTY (~naughty)
27 Shout top principal is in hospital department and scramble (7) ENCRYPT {EN{CRY}{Pr...l}T}

DOWN
1   Complaint on show (14) REPRESENTATION [DD] (Addendum - {RE}{PRESENTATION} - See comments)
2   11, with Tamils, leave section and run to become reservists (7) MILITIA {11+TAMILs}*
3   Measure of faulty care takes a long time (7) ACREAGE {CARE*}{AGE}
4   Place to eat pastry brought back to matriarch's centre (9) TRATTORIA {TART<=}{TO}{matRIArch}
5   Firm note to city’s top wag (5) COMIC {CO}{MI}{City}
6   Aunty's heart badly hurt by lie (7) UNTRUTH {aUNTy}{HURT*}
7   Condition in favour of all but disguise (7) PROVISO {PRO}{VISOr}
8   Estranging dame in move for promotion (14) AGGRANDISEMENT*
15 Runs away from cattle farm in a valley in flood (9) AVALANCHE {A}{VAL{rANCH}E}
17 Only GOP can make out the figure (7) POLYGON*
18 Obstinate woman worker beginning to trouble (7) ADAMANT {ADA}{MAN}{Tr...e}
19 Dissident's present with sign of nervousness (7) HERETIC {HERE}{TIC}
20 One line about dirty game raises mind pictures (7) IMAGERY {1}{GAME*}{RY}
22 Guard doesn't start to make admission (5) ENTRY sENTRY

GRID
Bhargav's Talepiece

The bouncer and the dancer - Part 89

​To avoid being reprimanded for not adhering to a certain PROVISO in the local community rules Clement had to please a TOP BANANA.

To get out of the KNOTTY situation that might arise, he arranged for a naughty ORIGIASTIC dance ( to some tunes played on the sax by a person resembling Louis ARMSTRONG) exclusively for the ADAMANT officer and also allowing ENTRY to some of his friends.

Clement also had to REACH DOWN to the bottom drawer in his desk and take out a fat envelope to be handed over to the officer.

Later Clement was asked to send a written reply through COURIER mentioning some UNTRUTH. 
The matter was hushed up.

What happened next?


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41 comments:

  1. sree_sree16 July 2018 at 08:34

    1d on:re, show:presentation my understanding.

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  2. sree_sree16 July 2018 at 08:43

    27d "is" it OK when both cry and p go in? I thought the clue is better without is.

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    1. cdrgani2916 July 2018 at 11:31

      You mean 27A? Then
      +1

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    2. sree_sree16 July 2018 at 11:48

      sorry. its 27a

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    3. Vasant16 July 2018 at 12:57

      I thought "is" was required for the surface( someone is shouting...)

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  3. A-VM16 July 2018 at 09:38

    Easy crossword. Proviso took time. What's the position indicator in 5A?

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    1. Vasant16 July 2018 at 10:21

      "To"

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    2. KARTHIK16 July 2018 at 11:06

      IMHO 5A) Defn: Small groups;
      Anno: {C+LUMPS}
      cluster of plants = LUMPS

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  4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 July 2018 at 09:53

    I think 5AC
    def: small groups
    C+LUMPS [clusters of plants]

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    1. sree_sree16 July 2018 at 10:09

      clump and lump are synonyms.

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    2. sree_sree16 July 2018 at 10:19

      but i agree, definition has to be "small groups" if whole "beginning to cut" gives C. cluster of trees:lump(s)

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    3. KARTHIK16 July 2018 at 11:08

      +2; ignore the same anno @ 11:06

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 July 2018 at 10:07

    Nice grid. Pleasant start to the week. Thanks Friedman.

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    1. Vasant16 July 2018 at 10:17

      Remember meetings of weekend at Hindustan Unilever conducted by unit head..they were referred to as FRIday meetings

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    2. sree_sree16 July 2018 at 10:21

      the economist isnt called what you suggest MB.

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  6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 July 2018 at 10:17

    Sorry Gridman. My apologies. It was a typo.

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  7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 July 2018 at 10:25

    BTY everytime I type Gridman ,Friedman appears automatically in the words column! Why is it so?

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 July 2018 at 10:27

      ...while posting through smartphone!

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 July 2018 at 10:30

      Probably your phone is heated up and needs cooling.

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    3. A-VM16 July 2018 at 10:31

      Next time press on Friedman after you type.. You can see "Remove prediction" option

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 July 2018 at 10:35

      Good suggestion! Thank you Cryptic Academy. :)

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 July 2018 at 10:39

      KKR your suggestion was a cool one! :) Tks.

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  8. Vasant16 July 2018 at 11:22

    Repeating question to Cryptic Academy: What/who is Cryptic Academy?

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  9. Chaturvasi16 July 2018 at 11:37

    And confirm what I wrote following a similar comment a couple of days ago.

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  10. raju umamaheswar16 July 2018 at 13:59

    Yesterday:Mystery of SRI- today it is CRYPTIC ACADEMY - a few days ago, it was UNKNOWN ! Aren't we a THCC family? Why do we have to hide behind pseudonyms? Any inside story behind this anonymity? Why the compilers and bloggers here want to hide in INCOGNITO ? Why not come out and declare their identity? I think this was the idea of British compilers who wanted to pass on information/intelligence during the wars in cryptic language to hide their identity . Who had introduced pseudonyms in the crossword world ? Is it a colonial hangover ?

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  11. raju umamaheswar16 July 2018 at 14:01

    I strongly recommend that all of us declare our identity - applies to compilers and bloggers alike. Let us know eahc other better !

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    1. Vasant16 July 2018 at 19:35

      See yesterday's blog and Kishore & CV Sir's comments for the identity of Sri...A "broad" hint.

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  12. Padmanabhan16 July 2018 at 17:04

    Agreed Raju.
    Thank you Gridman for a pleasant start for the week.
    MB,
    I find the unwanted changes the smart (!) phone makes, annoying to say the least. One has to be careful and keep on making changes.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 July 2018 at 18:34

      Agreed Paddy. Good to hear from you. :)

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    2. Vasant16 July 2018 at 19:13

      I have removed the prediction option..so no prompt from the smart phone for any spelling..if any mistake is there, it will be a typing error.

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 July 2018 at 07:02

      Taken note of it Vasant. Thanks.

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  13. C.G. BHARGAV16 July 2018 at 17:25

    We see that Cryptic Accademy has 2 Cs.

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    1. Chaturvasi16 July 2018 at 19:05

      That means you will remember it for its peculiarity.

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    2. C.G. BHARGAV16 July 2018 at 19:10

      Australian Jenni Chandler's website is www.crosswordacademy.com

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  14. C.G. BHARGAV16 July 2018 at 17:27

    The bouncer and the dancer - Part 89

    ​To avoid being reprimanded for not adhering to a certain PROVISO in the local community rules Clement had to please a TOP BANANA.

    To get out of the KNOTTY situation that might arise, he arranged for a naughty ORIGIASTIC dance ( to some tunes played on the sax by a person resembling Louis ARMSTRONG) exclusively for the ADAMANT officer and also allowing ENTRY to some of his friends.

    Clement also had to REACH DOWN to the bottom drawer in his desk and take out a fat envelope to be handed over to the officer.

    Later Clement was asked to send a written reply through COURIER mentioning some UNTRUTH.
    The matter was hushed up.

    What happened next?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 July 2018 at 17:44

      CGB Sir, Good Morning. Picture is yet to be drawn?

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    2. C.G. BHARGAV16 July 2018 at 18:00

      Sent and we shall wait till Col. is free to upload. Clue for the Logo is in the picture...

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  15. Deepak Gopinath17 July 2018 at 07:38

    Picture now added. Sorry for the delay

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  16. raju umamaheswar17 July 2018 at 10:42

    Col: spam ? How these creeps creep in here ?

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