Friday, 3 August 2018

No 12386, Friday 03 Aug 2018, Buzzer


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ACROSS
9   Where military personnel might be disorderly (2,1,4) IN A MESS [DD]
10 Strike a bargain time and again saving rupees (5,2) AGREE ON {AG{R}E}{EON}
11 One believes swiping capital is robbery (5) HEIST tHEIST
12 Many a cosmetic paste cracking cheeks (9) LIPSTICKS {LIP{STICK}S}
13 One might succeed in it winning woman's love and respect initially (9) INHERITOR {IN}{HER}{IT}{O}{Re...t}
14 Having girl opposite in lively dance (5) GALOP {GAL}{OP}

15 Kernels of legumes sowers needed to gather and plant (7) GUMWEED {leGUMes}{soWErs}{neEDed}
17 Daughter making prison visits spontaneously (5,2) DROPS IN {D}{PRISON}*
19 Empty drawer to keep cool kitchen utensil (5) DICER {Dra{ICE}weR}
20 Vans heard crashing into porticos (9) VERANDAHS*
22 Fan of one wearing bow, spectacles and bowler? Not half (3,6) AIR COOLER {A{1}RC}{OO}{bowLER}
24 Express disapproval of seventh note, all speaking musically (5) TUTTI {TUT}{TI}
25 Fools wasting hours of intelligent people (7) TINKERS ThINKERS
26 Beefed up arms on a sailor (7) OARSMAN*

DOWN
1   Having a TIFF or GIF thing animated (8) FIGHTING*
2   Extravagant hit going over, a sixer (6) LAVISH {LA{VI}SH}
3   Beginning from Yamuna, see artery flowing past (10) YESTERYEAR {Ya...a}{SEE+ARTERY}*
4   One very tardy departs alone (8) ISOLATED {1}{SO LATE}{D}
5   Run around to get hold of a doctor in Orange city (6) NAGPUR {N{A}{GP}UR<=}
6   Regularly turn out for a run (4) TROT {TuRn+OuT}
7   Strongman he is amassing filthy lucre (8) HERCULES {LUCRE}* in {HE'S}
8   Eventually comes to a place to stop and eat (4,2) ENDS UP {END}{SUP}
14 Drawn-out ego trips dispensing with kindness (4,6) GOOD NATURE {DRAwN+OUT+EGO}*
16 Dodgem — a car, on it all around narrow tubes? (8) MACARONI [T]
17 Biblical boat on river drowned by fate. No light in sight there (8) DARKROOM {D{ARK}{R}OOM}
18 Daily reports lacking weight left wanting consumer clueless (8) NESCIENT {NEwS}{ClIENT}
19 Unaware of changing of date (4,2) DEAF TO*
20 Half of VIPs escaping in case, extremely sickening (6) VILEST {VIps}{LEST}
21 Fall for ME? (6) AUTUMN Fall is Autumn in ME/Maine/USA
23 O! heartlessly yoked farm animals (4) OXEN OXygEN

GRID

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  1. Srinidhi3 August 2018 at 07:21

    15A Kernels of legumes sowers needed to gather and plant (7)
    Central letters of (kernels) leGUMes soWErs neEDed
    16D Dodgem — a car, on it all around narrow tubes? (8)
    Hidden inside dodgeM A CAR ON It
    22A Fan of one wearing bow, spectacles and bowler? Not half (3,6)
    I inside ARC (bow) add OO(spectacles) then add LER(bowLER not half)
    23D O! heartlessly yoked farm animals (4)
    OXEN
    O is OXYGEN
    remove central letters( heartlessly yoked)
    OXygEN

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    1. sree_sree3 August 2018 at 08:38

      Yoked is part of def. Its the beam the oxen are tied. Its the ref to oxen among farm animals.

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    2. Suresh3 August 2018 at 09:34

      Great solve. Srinidhi. I could not get the anno for OXEN.

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 August 2018 at 10:06

      Good show Srinidhi.

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    4. Srinidhi3 August 2018 at 12:59

      @Sree_sree: It does yep. Thanks.

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  2. Srinidhi3 August 2018 at 07:34

    My last one
    21D Fall for ME? (6)
    AUTUMN
    ME is Maine(US postal abbreviation)
    In US autumn is called fall

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  3. Jayalakshmi arumugam3 August 2018 at 07:38

    1dn fighting (gif thing) *
    9ac in a mess (DD)
    11ac heist (t)heist
    19ac dicer ice(cool) in d(rawe)r
    20ac verandahs (vans heard) *

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  4. D.Chandrasekhar3 August 2018 at 08:11

    2D LAVISH = Extragavant, hit is LASH, six is VI ,

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  5. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore3 August 2018 at 08:12

    13a: inheritor - {in(her)it(o)(re̷s̷p̷e̷c̷t̷)}
    3d: yesteryear - {(ya̷m̷u̷n̷a̷)+(see +artery)*}
    5d: nagpur - {r(a)(gp)un<=)}
    17d: darkroom - {d(ark)(ri̷v̷e̷r̷)oom}
    18d: nescient - {(new̷s)+cl̷ient)}

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  6. D.Chandrasekhar3 August 2018 at 08:15

    3D YESTERYEAR = past, Yamuna + { see+artery}*

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  7. D.Chandrasekhar3 August 2018 at 08:25

    6D TROT = run, alternative letters of TuRn OuT

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  8. D.Chandrasekhar3 August 2018 at 08:30

    7D HERCULES is Strongman , {HE'S(he is )+lucre}*

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  9. Suresh3 August 2018 at 08:30

    Anybody see the fly in the ointment

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    1. Ramki Krishnan3 August 2018 at 08:38

      Saw it now :)

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    2. Chaturvasi3 August 2018 at 08:51

      The question is: what is the ointment? What is the fly?

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    3. Suresh3 August 2018 at 09:32

      Fly would be a buzzer. But there are no imperfections here

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    4. Bhavan3 August 2018 at 14:29

      When I filled the grid it meant nothing, but turned horribly prophetic as the submission was delayed by several weeks. So in a sense I was the fly in the THC schedule ointment.

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 August 2018 at 15:33

      Good observation by Suresh!
      What prompted you to look for a Nina?
      We blindly solve the grid and come here.

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    6. Suresh3 August 2018 at 17:16

      Fluke, really. The last one in was an unknown word Nescient and I saw the ointment.

      Partly because I had finished cycling by then

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  10. Suresh3 August 2018 at 08:34

    What is the occasion,Buzzer?

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    1. Bhavan3 August 2018 at 14:25

      Nothing at all Suresh. Some times I just fill in a phrase at the perimeter to narrow down the rest of the grid fills. Instead of starting with a completely blank grid which seems more daunting :)

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    2. Suresh3 August 2018 at 17:13

      Oh! How mundane. :))

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  11. D.Chandrasekhar3 August 2018 at 08:41

    14A GALOP is dance { GAL =girl + OP(posite) }

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  12. P. Venkatesan3 August 2018 at 09:00

    4d: isolated {i(=one)}{so(=very)}{late(=tardy)}{d(=departs)} = alone

    8d: ends up {end(=stop)}{sup(=eat)} = eventually comes to a place

    14d: good nature {dra(-w)n +out+ego}* = kindness
    Consumer=client; left wanting = (-l)

    19d: deaf to {of+date}* = unaware

    20d: vilest {vi(-ps)}{lest(=in case)} = extremely sickening

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  13. Murali3 August 2018 at 09:16

    26D OARSMAN (arms on a)* = Sailor

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  14. KARTHIK3 August 2018 at 09:17

    10A) Defn: strike a bargain; Soln: AGREE ON; Anno: {AG(R)E+EON}
    25A) Defn: fools; Soln: TINKERS; Anno: {T(-H)INKERS}
    24A) Defn: all speaking musically; Soln: TUTTI; Anno:{TUT+TI}; express disapproval=TUT
    17A) Defn: visits spontaneously; Soln: DROPS IN; Anno: {D+PRISON*}
    26A) Defn: sailor; Soln: OARSMEN; Anno: {ARMSONA}*

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    1. KARTHIK3 August 2018 at 09:33

      typo in 26A) read soln as OARSMAN

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    2. KARTHIK3 August 2018 at 09:40

      replacement for 26A)
      12A) Defn: many a cosmetic; Soln: LIPSTICKS; Anno: {LIP(STICK)S}; chheks=LIPS; paste=STICK; C/C ind= cracking

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  15. Sujatha3 August 2018 at 09:19

    17A daughter - d + prison - anagram = drops in.
    26a arms+on+a, anagram = oarsman

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  16. Shrikanth3 August 2018 at 09:37

    #21D Fall for ME? (6)
    AUTUMN
    ME is Maine(US postal abbreviation)
    In US autumn is called fall#

    I think there is more to this. Unable to get it though

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 August 2018 at 09:47

      I feel Srinidhi is right.
      Autumn is called Fall in North America. ME is Maine which is in NA

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    2. Bhavan3 August 2018 at 14:27

      What I had in mind is what Srinidhi had annotated. There wasn't anything more.

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  17. Deepak Gopinath3 August 2018 at 09:57

    Last one to be solved 2D

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  18. Deepak Gopinath3 August 2018 at 10:26

    So that was a quick solve today.

    Any rookie commenter with the answer to the query by Suresh at 8:30?

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    1. Srinidhi3 August 2018 at 12:56

      "Fly in the ointment" is the Nina. Letters in the first and last rows make the hidden message. Very clever.

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  19. Chaturvasi3 August 2018 at 16:06

    Can anyone write a clue for FLY IN THE OINTMENT (3,2,3,8) which can't go in any THC grid unless it is split in two slots - which is not permitted.

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  20. C.G. BHARGAV3 August 2018 at 16:21

    In the beginning there is nothing
    So he starts with something
    Then the mixture
    And fixture
    Isn't it a wonder how he gets everything?

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  21. Mona Sogal3 August 2018 at 16:57

    Really enjoyed the grid today and the Nina :)

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  22. Padmanabhan3 August 2018 at 20:28

    Great CW and a good ending by CGB.
    Took a while to get the 'Six-footer'. A Tamil poem sent by DS earlier uses this pun- Poonaikku aaru call". One outward meaning 'Cat has six legs, the other the bee (Buzzer?) - the flower licker- has 6 legs.
    Thank you Buzzer. Enjoyed the quick solve, but was nescient about nescient.

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    1. raju umamaheswar3 August 2018 at 23:14

      God ! Who is omnipresent, omnipotent & omNISCIENT ! Very rarely one comes across NESCIENT by itself !

      I am trying to catch up with ye-all - still in a time warp wrap !

      Col: Can we post our comments at night here and morning there ? Which of course means that I have to keep a WAKE !

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