Friday 13 September 2019

No 12729, Friday 13 Sep 2019, Gridman


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ACROSS
1   By accident, tramp finds temporary accommodation (5,3) CRASH PAD {CRASH}{PAD}
6   Breezed through publicity about church (4) ACED {A{CE}D}
9   Mind endlessly to delve over colour (6) INDIGO {mINd}{DIG}{O}
10 Castle puts together French water with Indian dish (7) CHATEAU {CHAT}{EAU}
13 Quiet operation to defeat workers (4,5) SHOP FLOOR {SH}{OP}{FLOOR}
14 Interrogate cook (5) GRILL [DD]
15 Exceptional artist's on (4) RARE {RA}{RE}
16 Enthralled female travelled a distance (10) FASCINATED {F}{A+DISTANCE}*
19 Anon exists thus (10) NAMELESSLY [CD]
21 Preserve society head's key (4) SALT {So...y}{ALT}
24 Join by just taking a bit of glue (5) MERGE {MER{Glue}E}
25 Distressed diner's into bad performance (9) RENDITION {DINER*}{INTO*}
26 Fancy ring given to gran heartily (7) CHIMERA {CHIME}{gRAn}
27 Therefore congregant withdrew party (6) SOCIAL {SO}{LAIC<=}
28 Cover old Venetian resort (4) LIDO {LID}{O}
29 The man is taking mafia leader to a bit of mad pursuit of pleasure (8) HEDONIST {HE}{DON}{IS}{Mad}

DOWN
2   Prominent person's pronounced bitterness (7) RANCOUR (~ranker)
3   Disdainful section extremely tentative (6) SNIFFY {Se...oN}{IFFY}
4   Support also different small offers (9) PROPOSALS {PROP}{ALSO*}{S}
5   Design scheme of French company's right (5) DECOR {DE}{CO}{R}
7   Revolutionary to return and keep six sheep (7) CHEVIOT {CHE}{VI}{TO<=}
8   Activity of foursome – seeing, seeing! (6-6) DOUBLE-DATING DATING twice
11 Pain anew with 'Dennis the Menace' friend (6) ANGINA {A}{N}{GINA}
12 Huge moral actions pulled off (12) ASTRONOMICAL*
17 Complaint about crude noise is settled (9) COLONISED {COL{NOISE*}D}
18 Overcharge for wool (6) FLEECE [DD]
20 United male made it without a trace of vanity (7) MARRIED {M}{ARRIvED}
22 A new mail's about wild bunch in zoo (7) ANIMALS {A}{N}{MAILS*}
23 Container, container, container (3,3) TIN CAN {TIN}{CAN}
25 Come to the limit of tether, everyone (5) REACH {t...eR}{EACH}

Reference List
Publicity = AD, Church = CE, Over = O, Quiet = SH, Artist = RA, On = RE, Female = F, Key = ALT, Old = O, Small = S, Of in French = DE, Company = CO, Right = R, Male = M

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61 comments:

  1. Vasant13 September 2019 at 07:36

    With an hour and half head start, I completed the puzzle around 5.15 AM IST.
    Liked 12D, 8d 19A but favourite was 11d which reminded me of good old childhood days and reading Dennis comics.
    Thanks Gridman.

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    1. Padmanabhan13 September 2019 at 08:46

      Good old days (with the actual meaning of old) for reading,re-reading Dennis comics. Evergreen,shall I say? One wishes he never grows up and continue to enthrall us!
      Thank you Gridman.

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    2. raju umamaheswar13 September 2019 at 09:59

      Dennis the Menace still continues to enthral all of us with his inimitable red dungarees. I wonder how many parents must be comparing their own brats to him. I have a collection of his antics in a book form.

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    3. Padmanabhan13 September 2019 at 10:29

      Looking forward to my next visit to Coimbatore ( to see Dennis as well as a peep at your amazing CW collectrion)!

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  2. Remy13 September 2019 at 07:52

    29 a Hedonism-man-he+don-(mafialeader)+is+m of mad.
    28 a Lido cover-lid+o of old.
    24 a Merge Mere-just bit of glue-g.mer(g)e.
    10 a Chateau-castle.chat-indian dish.+eau-water.
    22 d animals.Wild bunch.a+n+anag of mails.

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  3. Padmanabhan13 September 2019 at 08:47

    Eau- French water ( I did not know it until I connected it with Eau De Cologne)

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  4. Rama Sandur13 September 2019 at 08:53

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  5. Brajesh13 September 2019 at 09:05

    5d decor d _french co and r from right

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  6. Jayalakshmi arumugam13 September 2019 at 09:08

    4dn proposals prop (also)* s

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  7. Jayalakshmi arumugam13 September 2019 at 09:10

    13ac shop floor sh(quiet) op(operation) floor(defeat)
    25ac rare ra+re

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    1. Padmanabhan13 September 2019 at 09:54

      13A- I did not know the meaning of 'shop floor' as referring to workers. I thought it referred only to the place. Had to check it out.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 September 2019 at 10:12

      +1

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    3. Vasant13 September 2019 at 10:15

      +2. But related from expressions, "Shop floor worker/supervisor/engineer"

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  8. Jayalakshmi arumugam13 September 2019 at 09:17

    1ac crash pad
    crash(accident) pad (tramp)

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    1. raju umamaheswar13 September 2019 at 13:44

      IPAD crashed ? Magic of words and phrases ! In the hippie era a PAD was a place where they gathered to smoke pot ?!

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  9. Jayalakshmi arumugam13 September 2019 at 09:19

    12dn astronomical (moral actions)*

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  10. Brajesh13 September 2019 at 09:20

    12d astronomical anagram of moral actions

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  11. Brajesh13 September 2019 at 09:22

    2d rancour annotation not clear to me

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  12. Padmanabhan13 September 2019 at 09:56

    Ranker= prominent person. I did not get too. Thank you KKR.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 September 2019 at 10:04

      A commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status especially in the army.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 September 2019 at 10:08

      Something akin to idiom Rose from the ranks!

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    3. Vasant13 September 2019 at 10:17

      This had come up in a Gridman puzzle in the not so distant past and I could immediately get it.

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    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao13 September 2019 at 10:40

      If the hp indicator is placed exactly between, we will have to guess on the basis of no. of letters.
      If the answer word is having the same no. of letters, it will create endless woes!

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  13. Ravi13 September 2019 at 09:57

    26 across. Ring is chime and gran centrally is ra . Chimera.

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  14. Padmanabhan13 September 2019 at 09:59

    Col. at Niagara falls!
    Have a good time. It is a sight to see!
    Nowadays, the first thing I see in the blog is Col.'s location. Good idea to record it here. Maybe look back some time when you can have fond memories of travel.

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    1. Vasant13 September 2019 at 10:19

      +1. We too are on a vicarious trip!

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    2. Vasant13 September 2019 at 13:41

      Awesome pictures posted in FB of Col. at the Niagara falls.

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  15. Ravi13 September 2019 at 10:03

    Activity of foursome is double. Seeing is dating. Hence double dating.

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  16. Brajesh13 September 2019 at 10:07

    18d fleece overcharge and wool coat of sheep also

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  17. Brajesh13 September 2019 at 10:10

    Thank you Mr Rao

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  18. Dr. M. Murugan13 September 2019 at 10:10

    6A- ACED- AD -CE church of England
    14A- Grill

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  19. Ravi13 September 2019 at 10:12

    Enthralled. Fascinated. F + a distance anagram

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  20. Ravi13 September 2019 at 10:14

    16 across. F+ a distance = fascinated anagram

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  21. Brajesh13 September 2019 at 10:18

    7d Cheviot che revolutionary vi six ot is to returned

    Cheviot is a kind of sheep thanks to Google

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  22. Dr. M. Murugan13 September 2019 at 10:19

    8D- Double Dating-
    11D- Angina- AN-anew..Gina -DENNIS’ friend
    21A-Salt—society head ‘’S’- keyboard key is ALT

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  23. Rajan13 September 2019 at 10:43

    3D: SNIFFY. Section extremely = SN. Tentative ; IFFY
    19A: NAMELESSLY (CD?)
    27A: SOCIAL. Therefore = SO. Congregant = LAIC. Congregant withdrew = CIAL
    17D: COLONISED. Complaint = COLD, around crude (anagram indicator for) noise
    23D: TIN CAN. Container = Tin; container = Can; Container = TIN CAN

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  24. raju umamaheswar13 September 2019 at 10:46

    Double Dating took me to Boeing Boeing , the hilarious sitcom, written by Marc Camoletti, staged and filmed in many languages. Jerry Lewis , my all time favourite , acted in this with his partner , Tony Curtis.

    Thanks,Gridman for taking me back to 1965 !

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  25. Sundarram13 September 2019 at 10:56

    9A - in (mind endlessly), dig (to delve), o ( over) - indigo

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  26. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 September 2019 at 11:09

    20D United male made it without a trace of vanity (7) MARRIED {M}{ARRI(-V)ED}
    Male=M. Made it = Arrived. V the first letter of (a trace of) Vanity.

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  27. sree_sree13 September 2019 at 11:22

    Yet to be
    Anno for 25A and 25d

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    1. Rajan13 September 2019 at 12:02

      Anno for 25D:
      Definition: Come to = REACH
      End of tether = R
      Everyone = EACH

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    2. sree_sree13 September 2019 at 13:00

      5 per commentator pls.

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  28. Rama Sandur13 September 2019 at 11:34

    19 ac blamelessly
    Annotation couldn't make

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  29. Rama Sandur13 September 2019 at 11:35

    Sorry thing error
    It is namelessly

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  30. C.G. BHARGAV13 September 2019 at 11:40

    Gridman must have thought of Wordsworth!
    Like an army defeated
    ⁠The Snow hath retreated,
    ⁠And now doth fare ill
    ⁠On the top of the bare hill;
    The Plough-boy is whooping—anon—anon:
    ⁠There's joy in the mountains;
    ⁠There's life in the fountains;
    ⁠Small clouds are sailing,
    ⁠Blue sky prevailing;
    The rain is over and gone

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  31. Padmanabhan13 September 2019 at 11:42

    25A-(Diner into)*
    Hope I did not jump the gun this time.

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  32. Padmanabhan13 September 2019 at 11:44

    Thank you CGK for the nice poem.

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  33. Vasant13 September 2019 at 14:23

    7d Revolutionary to return and keep six sheep (7)
    Is "return" a kosher reversal indicator in a down clue?

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    1. Chaturvasi13 September 2019 at 15:54

      Why not?
      It returns, whether upwards, downwards or sideways from left/west to right/east.
      It is not 'lifted' or 'raised' or some such, restricting the direction.

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    2. Vasant13 September 2019 at 16:40

      Thanks Sir.

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  34. Vasant13 September 2019 at 19:13

    Thanks Col. for the link.. Never knew Gina's surname(or for that matter of Joey and Margaret)

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  35. Padmanabhan13 September 2019 at 22:12

    Thank you Col. Interesting link.

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