Saturday 14 December 2019

No 12806, Saturday 14 Dec 2019, Sunnet


Our Pangrammist is back.

ACROSS
1   Gems of quiet noblemen (6) PEARLS {P}{EARLS}
4   Is inside kid’s rail (8) BANISTER {BAN{IS}TER}
10 Reporters ran back to gunners on hills (9) NARRATORS {RAN<=}{RA}{TORS}
11 Precise demand (5) EXACT [DD]
12 Temp typist’s available (5) EMPTY [T]
13 Wrongly enamoured by appearance (9) DEMEANOUR*
14 First off, treason is an issue (7) EDITION sEDITION
16 See dry fruit (4) DATE [DD]
19 Grain in gelato machine (4) ATOM [T]
21 Small quantity (around a yard) given to lean rider (7) CYCLIST {C{Y}C}{LIST}
24 Former student has pets taken back to the French blocks (9) OBSTACLES {OB}{CATS<=}{LES}
25 River is on the other side of husband’s home (5) HOUSE {OUSE}<=>{H}
26 Males cooked food (5) MEALS*
27 Wind a wire to explode (4,1,4) BLOW A FUSE {BLOW}{A}{FUSE}
28 Therefore heartless intellectual is alone (8) SOLITARY {SO}{LITerARY}
29 Black lodge for rich travellers (3,3) JET SET {JET}{SET}

DOWN
1   Glasses to fix engineer having acid reflux (5-3) PINCE-NEZ {PIN}{CE}{ZEN<=}
2   Degeneration of a prize mostly given by Iowa (8) ATROPHIA {A}{TROPHy}{IA}
3   Porous meadows near Kentucky (5) LEAKY {LEA}{KY}
5   Adopted or used sad muse (7) ASSUMED*
6   Rigid elected jerk avoids backing deal (9) INELASTIC {IN}{SALE<=}{TIC}
7   Kettle’s companion ate crumpled 'pan' (6) TEAPOT {ATE*}{POT}
8   Put back on shift (6) RETURN {RE}{TURN}
9   Excellent General’s over the hill (6) GOLDEN {G{OLD}EN}
15 New train isnt on the way (2,7) IN TRANSIT*
17 Spirits live near one unfinished row house (8) LIQUEURS {L}{1}{QUEUe}{RS}
18 Road engineer’s trial is most expensive (8) STEEPEST {ST}{EE}{PEST}
20 Coast of Malta according to court (7) MALABAR {Malta}{A LA}{BAR}
21 Every other cruise by boy is routine (6) CUSTOM {CrUiSe}{TOM}
22 Say pads for detective (6) HOLMES (~homes)
23 Attack when on voyage (6) ASSAIL {AS}{SAIL}
25 Lift given by man on street (5) HEAVE {HE}{AVE}

Reference List
Quiet = P, Gunners = RA(Royal Artillery), Yard = Y, The French = LES, Husband = H, Engineer = CE, E, On = RE, Live = L, House = RS(Rajya Sabha),


35 comments:

  1. Welcome Sunnet.
    Happy you relented on popular request. Saturday anyway is YOUR day.
    Enjoyed solving Thank you.

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  2. A doubt about 17D-
    Is 'RS' house? Residence shortened?

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    1. Rajya Sabha, as noted by Col. in the reference list

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  3. My picks-
    Cyclist,Blow a fuse (I did not get it) Jest set,Pince-Nez,Malabar,Teapot(!)

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  4. It is really refreshing to see Sunnet back in the grids.
    Thanks for the enjoyable offering.

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  5. Solitary Cyclist, Empty House, Golden Prince-Nez, Return Of Sherlock Holmes..
    Thanks Sunnet for the puzzle and your Comeback.

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    1. That is all are stories from Return of SH

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    2. All the theme words were from the collection published under 'The return of Sherlock Holmes'

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    3. Thanks Vasant. And congratulations for spotting a slightly obscure theme

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  6. Well spotted Vasanth. Missed it in spite of being a Holmes fan.

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  7. Enjoyable puzzle. I got all the clues except 22D Holmes. Didn't spot the theme though I'm a Doyle fan too!

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  8. The theme takes me back to 1956. That year I was rusticating in Durgapur, West Bengal, before I went on to do my SSLC in Coimbatore later. That was when I read all these stories. Books were brought home by father from office library in a steel city that was in its incipient stage.

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  9. warm welcome to Sunnet. Puzzle 1D amazing. its without support. well demonstrated.

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    1. Though I filled in with the help of crossings,I did not get Zen part. Good one.

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  10. Col enjoying the snow!
    Nice little exercise from sunnet. Old student was late in striking so Holmes was also delayed.

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    1. I did not notice the Kasuli part- woke up after the mention of snow.
      Old student (OB) dawned late for me too.

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  11. Great to see you back Ramesh :)

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  12. Enjoyable feature, Sunnet. Spreading sunshine even in Tokyo! I'd have missed all the fun of this pangram, based on a theme from the inimitable Doyle stock. How come you missed the most elementary character, Watson ?

    I can't thank enough MB and his son Chaitanya for making it possible to do THC. Looking forward to the Sunday Special tomorrow.

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  13. In 1dn zen is acid?
    In 21ac how do u get list? From lean?
    Although I got all the words today, couldn't parse quite a few. So kindly explain. Thx.

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  14. ZEN is the Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
    Yes, lean is list

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  15. In such cases, simply look up 'list' in a dictionary.
    It will show the usual n. and v. meanings of the familiar 'list' but also the other meaning 'lean' as a v.
    The benefit of this looking up words in a dictionary is it enhances our understanding and appreciation of the language.
    You will learn that 'list' is used in the context of a ship that falls on one side and rests after having been caught in a storm.
    You can't say 'The man listed on the wall' when you want to say he leant against the wall.

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    1. Crossword solvers [and setters] have to lean on list of dictionaries!!!

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