8 different ways of E!
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1 Liberal parting financial return for sound recording (8) PLAYBACK {P{L}AYBACK}
5 Sharp male supplanted Tesla with new and keen insight (6) ACUMEN {ACU(-t+m)ME}{N}
9 One that runs musical show on a hill (8) OPERATOR {OPERA}{TOR}
10 Curtailed prank to return knitted fabric (6) TRICOT {TRIC
12 Nearly produce electromotive force with salt solution (5) BRINE {BRIN
13 Clever bishop's tirade about hostile institute (9) BRILLIANT {B{R{ILL}{I}ANT}
14 Ninja guards withheld animal (6) JAGUAR [T]
16 Instrument to smuggle ecstasy with ocean herb (7) OREGANO {OR{E}GAN}{O}
19 Electronic design is delicate (7) EMOTIVE {E}{MOTIVE}
21 Hundred and two engineers getting away to Java, maybe? (6) COFFEE {C}{OFF}{EE}
23 Kit a valet misplaced being chatty (9) TALKATIVE*
25 Departed consuming first tropical refreshment (5) LATTE {LA{T
26 Screen document covering temperature resistance (6) FILTER {FIL{T}E}{R}
27 Buy large net, building equipment primarily to get chemical substance (8) BUTYLENE {BUY+L+NET}*{E
28 European breaking box to build (6) CREATE {CR{E}ATE}
29 Perhaps a shot of energy thus protecting force? (8) ESPRESSO {E}{S{PRESS}O}
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1 Nationalist leaving ring with black oriental bird (6) PHOEBE {PHO
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4 Caught at fight beside public house with iron rod (7) CROWBAR {C}{ROW}{BAR}
6 Essentially searching for a river eel distributed in underwater ecosystem (5,4) CORAL REEF {
8 Musical symbols a tenor included in principle (8) NOTATION {NOT{A}{T}ION}
11 Tax he removed with old statesman (4) TITO {TIT
17 Well-organised, passed net with proficiency (9) ADEPTNESS*
18 Hit provided one with century, expressing supreme happiness (8) BEATIFIC {BEAT}{IF}{1}{C}
20 Leave former lover with appeal (4) EXIT {EX}{IT}
21 Attache questioned smuggling bills for exchanging money (7) CHEQUES [T]
22 Engineering other changes for this purpose (6) HERETO {E+OTHER}*
24 Not doing well in the French city (5) LILLE {L{ILL}E}
25 Covering segment of play erratically (5) LAYER [T]
Reference List
Liberal = L, Male = M, Tesla = T, New = N, Hill = TOR, emf = E, Bishop =B, Institute = I, Ecstacy = E, Ocean = O, Electronic = E, Hundred/Century = C, Engineer/Engineering = E, Temperature = T, Resistance = R, Large = L, European = E, Energy = E, Black = B, Oriental = E, Ordinary = O, Caught = C, River = R, Tenor = T, Old = O, Appeal = IT
It's light coffee from Lightning! Very refreshing.
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DeleteCol's opening remark:Nice observation.
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DeleteSmall correction in reference list.
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Following resistance was the cause of the error.
DeleteMy brother used to say that his handwriting was bad because his thinking was faster than hs writing! (pre computer days)
Why pre-computer days? Even today, our minds think much faster than machines. Only thing is we don't use our mind nowadays.
DeleteI meant about writing- no one writes these days.
DeleteYes, computer/ phone memory increases and our memory decreases! We dont even know phone nos. or mail Id's of people with whom we are in touch daily (as we used to)
I totally agree. In fact, my hands are paining if I write two sentences!
DeleteI do write a lot , despite the computers. I agree, our mind runs faster. I al ways write the second letter in a word sooner than the first and have to invariably correct. I still doing my crossies on paper, occasionally using the white-out pen, which are ball- points as opposed to the earlier edition of brush messing up the correction. Incidentally, I had written tto the BIC makers to incorporate a white out pen on the other side, like we used to get pencils with erasers. Patent awaited ! As our worthy friend CV would agree, all crosswords in newspapers are in small prints . The Times of London is the actual and correct size. Computerised crossies are more orderly and Less human ! Makes our solving easier, no doubt. Can also lead to typo errors, due to the cues jumping on to the next block.
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DeleteI still manage to keep writing pages and pages of Tamil in connection with some religious reading that I do. I managed to write a few 3 hour exam papers,of course in Tamil,conducted by Shastra University,Tanjore (but classes and exams in Chennai)
Just found out from Stationary shop that thers is a Pilot ball pen with an eraser at the back (not whitener) which just cleans up the writing without damaging the paper and it costs Rs.100/-
DeleteSo there goes your patent!
Please come to Chennai and I will present you one!
DeleteYES...RECENTLY IT WAS LAUNCHED BY hAUSER-gERMEN MAKE....BY THE BY....26ac....CAN WE SUBSTITUTE "T" FOR TEMPERATURE....but the abbr. mentioned as "R".....usually we use the letter "TR" for probes which will do transmitting and receiving....
DeletePl. see comments above. It is just a typo. It is T pnly.
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DeleteThanks for the correction. Sh.Col.sir..have a nice day....
DeleteThank you Lightning for the 2nd dose of my morning coffee. Enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteWE HAD E-COFFEE WITH LIGHTENING.........NICE PUZZLES. LET'S HAVE COFFEE WITH BLOGGERS
ReplyDeleteYears ago during a visit to the US I bought in supermarket ball pens with eraser at the tip. Let me add that while it's good indeed, the ink would be rather faint and may fade ovtime in the heat of our country.
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