Saturday, 10 November 2018

No 12468, Saturday 10 Nov 2018, Gridman


Across

1. What one sees when something is smashed to smithereens (3,2,6) ALL IN PIECES (CD?)
9. Made fit, one man finally enters unconventional trade (7) TRAINED {I}{maN} inside {TRADE*}
10. Gets inside information back — result: savings (4,3) NEST EGG {G{GETS}EN}<=
11. Taxer works more! (5) EXTRA {TAXER*}
12. Intensely dislike sailor's mantra our Navy lapped up (9) ABOMINATE {AB}{OM}{IN}{ATE}
13. Try in style? (5) TASTE (DD)
15. Most provincial weapon in home (9) NARROWEST {N{ARROW}EST}
18. In fresh outfit, more sick drop arms and dare (9) CHALLENGE {CHA{iLLEr}NGE}
21. Country cart (5) TONGA (DD)
22. Complainant's simple quarrel (9) PLAINTIFF {PLAIN}{TIFF}
24. One new approach fizzled out before time in a type of music (5) INDIE {I}{N}{DIEd} Anno correct?
26. Find faceless star by the side of home without portal (7) UNEARTH {sUN}{hEARTH}
27. Salient dismantling of a carpenter's tool (4,3) NAIL SET {SALIENT*}
28. Zigzag pattern of that woman's ornament (off-white in colour) (11) HERRINGBONE {HER}{RING}{BONE}

Down

1. Real gold Tamil leader found in district is cleared at first (9) AUTHENTIC {AU}{THEN{Tamil}I}{Cleared}
2. Labour leader's direction is next to nothing (5) LEAST {Labour}{EAST}
3. No, no, one in Mumbai suburb is second to none (9) NONPAREIL {NO}{N}{PARE{I}L}
4. Introspective Hindu deity's directions (7) INDRAWN {INDRA}{W}{N}
5. Chennai leader's moving outline (7) CONTOUR {Chennai}{ON TOUR}
6. Narasu's hitched to some Japanese dish (5) SUSHI (T) Does 'to some' work as a hidden word indicator?
7. Unusual act around eastern sea: pushing out old whales, for one (8) CETACEAN {ACT*} around {E} + {oCEAN}
8. Gawk at what may be seen on the computer screen — old girl's backed out (4) OGLE {goOGLE}
14. What is in the Bay of Bengal? A sweater tossed about? (8) SEAWATER {A+SWEATER*}
16. Getting old boy to receive education right away (9) OBTAINING {OB}{TrAINING}
17. One gets a brew from this whistler on the range (3,6) TEA KETTLE (CD)
19. 23's one or other choice word (7) NEITHER {N}{EITHER}
20. Find fee sufficient for Turkish official (7) EFFENDI {FEE+FIND*}
22. Rabbit on, and son leaves, giving sulky look (4) POUT {sPOUT}
23. Bridge player, that's the way to go up! (5) NORTH (DD)
25. Club finding so out-of-the-way (5) DISCO {DISCOvery}

Reference List

 One=I, Information=Gen, Sailor=AB, Mantra=Om, Our Navy=IN, New=N
Gold=Au, Eastern=E, Old=O, Girl-G, Old boy=OB, Right=R, Son=S, So=Very

Colour/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word,  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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22 comments:

  1. Chaturvasi10 November 2018 at 08:59

    24a anno is correct and is the same as my intention.

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    1. Ramki Krishnan10 November 2018 at 09:40

      "before time" is the indicator to remove last letter?
      I though it was "DIET" (approach) with T removed, but wasn't sure till I saw the blog :)

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    2. sree_sree10 November 2018 at 09:42

      i took before time as premature as in not-complete

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  2. Chaturvasi10 November 2018 at 09:05

    This herringbone design I have seen notably in saris worn by ladies but also in shirts and sheets - without knowing the word for it.

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  3. Padmanabhan10 November 2018 at 09:50

    1D- I read it as T (Tamil leader) in Theni (district in TN)- AU (THEN(T)I)C. C is cleared at first.

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  4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam10 November 2018 at 09:54

    1Dn : {AU}{THEN{Tamil}I}{Cleared}

    THEN for?

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  5. sree_sree10 November 2018 at 09:56

    6d "to some" is used in "to some extent", american though.

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  6. Ramki Krishnan10 November 2018 at 09:58

    20D: "sufficient" as anagram indicator was new to me.

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    1. Srivathsan10 November 2018 at 18:51

      How does it convey movement or rearrangement?

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    2. Padmanabhan10 November 2018 at 19:20

      The letters in the fodder is enough/ sufficient to get the Greek official- is the best that I can think of.

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    3. Vasant10 November 2018 at 19:24

      Sufficient=qualified(archaic)?

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    4. Vasant10 November 2018 at 19:31

      Also found these synonyms
      In the swim, cooking gas, hunky dory..

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    5. sree_sree10 November 2018 at 19:46

      20=score sufficient!

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  7. sree_sree10 November 2018 at 10:03

    1a i took smashed/tired as "all in" and smithereens-pieces semi&lit.

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  8. Vasant10 November 2018 at 10:52

    Couldnt anno Theni in 1D and 7D was new to me.
    Favourite was 17D.

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  9. Padmanabhan10 November 2018 at 11:40

    Yes, 17D is a nice enjoyable CD.

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  10. Deepak Gopinath10 November 2018 at 20:53

    IXL news

    Imp Notice: Round 7 Of IXL may have a delayed start. Adequate notice would be given about the revised timings. Kindly bear with us .. Team IXL

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    1. sree_sree10 November 2018 at 21:21

      thanks col. wanted to check the sol for ixl 6 and the site isnt opening. may be some technical issues.

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