Tuesday, 5 March 2019

No 12565, Tuesday 05 Mar 2019, KrisKross


ACROSS
1   Attractive fellow's making an impression (8) FETCHING {F}{ETCHING}
5   Sailor employs insults (6) ABUSES {AB}{USES}
9   After 50, right time to chase a woman? Get a grip! (8) LEVERAGE {L}{EVE}{R}{AGE}
10 A Zulu in tumultuous Arab market (6) BAZAAR {B{A}{Z}AAR*}
12 Heart-broken child on the way to our home (9) EARTHWARD {HEART*}{WARD}
13 It can be material (5) SATIN {SA}{TIN}
14 Gentle nurse's beginning to feed child (4) KIND {KI{Nu..e}D}
16 The sort of answer you find here (7) ANAGRAM [CD]
19 It could be used to tie an artist (7) PAINTER [DD]
21 Worker is right, perhaps (4) HAND [DD]
24 Tip from expert's no good (5) PRONG {PRO}{NG}
25 Mess at outskirts of Bandra — place with a spicy rice dish (9) JAMBLAYA {JAM}{Ba..rA}{LAY}{A}
27 Please stop animals crying (6) ENDEAR (~ end deer)
28 Change in America's directions (8) QUARTERS [DD]
29 Eventually, lazy member of staff heading out for "Express delivery" (6) YORKER {lazY}{wORKER}
30 Exits, say, breaking bar locks (8) EGRESSES {EG}{tRESSES}

DOWN
1   Stumble unsteadily after drinking a drop of liquor (6) FALTER {FA{Li...r}TER*}
2   Bob kicked servant out in public (6) TAVERN sERVANT*
3   Bitter husband remains without dinner in the end (5) HARSH {H}{A{d...eR}SH}
4   Scrooge briefly loitering around (7) NIGGARD DRAGGINg<=
6   Can containing healthy food (whole almonds, primarily) for an officer (9) BOATSWAIN {B{OATS}{Wh..e}{Al...s}IN}
7   Quiet doctor treats fractures (8) SHATTERS {SH}{TREATS*}
8   Country's agreed to give protection to one rebellious fellow (8) SURINAME {SUR{1}{MAN<=}E}
11 KrisKross would shortly have a brainwave (4) IDEA {I'D}{havE}{A}
15 At home after retirement, aim to finally settle and knit (9) INTEGRATE {IN}{TARGET<=}{s...lE} What's the role of 'after' See comments
17 Company receiving order from top, coordinates attack (8) APOPLEXY {AP{Or..r}PLE}{XY}
18 Rod is terribly embarrassed about illness (8) DISORDER {ROD+IS}*{RED<=}
20 King in Agra, jailed (4) RAJA [T]
21 Radio operator at food counter in European city (7) HAMBURG {HAM}{GRUB<=}
22 Worries over small pet (6) CARESS {CARES}{S}
23 Girl with very large rings (6) LASSOS {LASS}{OS}
26 Amateur, mostly inexperienced, is fit (5) AGREE {A}{GREEn}

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33 comments:

  1. sree_sree5 March 2019 at 08:33

    11d shortly have :ea(t), imu

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  2. Vasant5 March 2019 at 08:34

    Beautiful puzzle! Simple and elegant & a Pangram to boot.Thanks KrisKros.

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  3. sree_sree5 March 2019 at 08:40

    29a are all yorkers express?

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  4. Padmanabhan5 March 2019 at 08:49

    Yes. Speed is its essence.

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    1. Satyen Nabar5 March 2019 at 09:55

      I think what Prasad is referring to is the type of ball bowled by Jasprit Bumrah to trap Shaun Marsh plumb lbw in the 1st innings of the 3rd test India v Australia at MCG. That was an example of a slow yorker!

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  5. Padmanabhan5 March 2019 at 08:50

    Can someone please explain 'Painters' & 'Quarters'?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 March 2019 at 08:54

      Quarters are coins [change] in America/Canada

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 March 2019 at 08:57

      Free dict: Painter is
      (boat) a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing)

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  6. Chaturvasi5 March 2019 at 08:54

    Painter also means 'rope' (though a kind of rope for tying boats to bollards) and painters/artists dip rope in paint and use it for drawing lines, I think.

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  7. Chaturvasi5 March 2019 at 08:58

    Quarters - one meanning is directions, N E W S
    Another change - money as in loose change. You must have used 'quarters' in your US trips.

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  8. Padmanabhan5 March 2019 at 09:01

    Thank you KKR & CV.
    Yes, I have used lots of them. They are in demand for dropping into parking meters.
    Painter is new to me.

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  9. Chaturvasi5 March 2019 at 09:01

    The plural 'quarters' of money don't require plural 'changes'. Change may be a single coin or several coins.

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  10. Padmanabhan5 March 2019 at 09:08

    Yes and he has used 'change' only correctly.

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  11. Ramani5 March 2019 at 09:58

    13A Beautiful surface. My COD

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    1. Padmanabhan5 March 2019 at 10:16

      'It' was used quite unobtrusively. I had to look here for parsing.

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    2. raju umamaheswar5 March 2019 at 13:06

      To give no quarter also means show no mercy.

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    3. raju umamaheswar5 March 2019 at 13:08

      Good and creative grid, Ramki. A pan gram to be incorporated is an extra effort and a bonus offered to the solvers. Hats doffed !

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  12. Vasant5 March 2019 at 10:10

    Thank God we get The Hindu Crossword( and the Guardian crossword & FT,ET,Independent) free online.The Times(London) & The Daily Telegraph are not free.The former will be doubling its subscription rate from next month. Imagine having to pay 4 pounds per week for the daily crossword, 4 pounds for Saturday puzzles and 4 pounds for Sunday Puzzles!They do not have special prices for those who need Crosswords only.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 March 2019 at 10:25

      True. I wish the packaging concept as in DTH channels should be introduced so that we can opt only for crosswords online [probably for Re.1 every month!

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    2. Vasant5 March 2019 at 10:35

      Of Course, there are other benefits of being a subscriber of Times. You can solve and submit the daily crossword online and be part of the Leaderboard. You get the Times Club Special crossword. You get outstanding puzzles other than the daily cryptic( The daily quick Cryptic, The Week end Jumbo, The Listener barred grid on Saturday, the Mephisto on Sunday, the Sunday Times Cryptic, etc.)

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    3. Chaturvasi5 March 2019 at 10:58

      I will pay to watch two wrestlers fighting it out for a trophy as they are subjecting themselves to troubles. Why should I pay for a mental exercise that I may undergo?

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    4. Vasant5 March 2019 at 11:08

      There is a separate thread in TfTT, CV Sir.It makes for an interesting reading.
      Some readers echo your thoughts. The others say that they are hooked to this for life(Re: Uncle Yap from Kualalumpur's comments)and shall pay whatever the cost.

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    5. Chaturvasi5 March 2019 at 11:41

      Uncle Yap is an elderly gentleman from Malaysia who had his education in the UK. He may have also lived and worked there for sometime. He blogged and commented in 15 sqd and has also published puzzles under the pseudonym Sayang. I don't know if he is active now.

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    6. Vasant5 March 2019 at 11:49

      He is. I am in touch with him as well.

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    7. Chaturvasi5 March 2019 at 11:56

      Vasant
      I checked the thread just now. My Comments above are from my knowledge of him when I was viewing Web pages earlier and not from this particular thread..

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    8. Vasant5 March 2019 at 20:38

      Yes Sir. You two being veteran cruciverbalists, you must have come across each other many times in 15 squared and TfTT.
      Uncle Yap coined the Dud for duplicate definition as given by Shuchi in CU.

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  13. Satyen Nabar5 March 2019 at 10:11

    Superb surfaces as always. Thanks Ramki!

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  14. Ramki Krishnan5 March 2019 at 10:18

    Thanks for the comments everyone.
    15D: "after retirement" is the reversal indicator

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