Saturday 4 January 2020

No 12824, Saturday 04 Jan 2020, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Rapidly airlift a PAC turn-out (2,1,4,4) AT A FAIR CLIP {AIRLIFT+A+PAC*}
9   Sailor at square to drink — dresses cheaply (5,2) TARTS UP {TAR}{T}{S UP}
10 Sisterly kind doesn’t complete exam (7) SORORAL {SORt}{ORAL}
11 Discharge His Excellency in peculiar situation (5) RHEUM {R{HE}UM}
12 Poor versifier sees American author with sample (9) POETASTER {POE}{TASTER}
13 Even both ways (5) LEVEL <=>
15 Awfully ignorant about institution head limiting supplies (9) RATIONING {IGNORANT*} about {Institution}
18 Philosophy of life a frog in the well cannot have (5,4) WORLD VIEW (CD)
21 Graduates beginning to transform primarily industrial district (5) BASTI {BAS}{Transform}{Industrial}
22 A small attempt to describe whirling moon in space science (9) ASTRONOMY {A}{S}{TR{MOON*}Y}
24 Ancient Greek region backing top class repeatedly (5) IONIA {AI}{NOI}<=
26 Picks extraordinary place outside limits of Tiruvallur (7) PLECTRA {PLACE*} around {TiruvalluR}
27 Old vessel brought back by master awaiting confirmation (2,5) ON APPRO {O}{PA N<=}{PRO}
28 Groom roped in mate to hold the advantage (11) PREDOMINATE {ROPED+IN+MATE*}

DOWN
1   Behind the queen, girl’s depressed in fading light (9) AFTERGLOW {AFT}{ER}{G}{LOW}
2   Accord to a good bloodline, essentially (5) AGREE {A}{G}{bREEd}
3   Ma blessed runaway characters brought together (9) ASSEMBLED {MA+BLESSED*}
4   Cover the walls again — from top to bottom or the other way around (7) REPAPER <=>
5   That woman, consumed by a deadly sin, is most green (7) LUSHEST {LU{SHE}ST}
6   Temporarily place a winter garment (5) PARKA {PARK}{A}
7   Easy answers to clues // from election losers (5-3) WRITE-INS (DD)
8   Insult Sri Lanka’s tourer regularly (4) SLUR {SL}{toUreR}
14 Tire out in struggles to establish basic truths (8) VERITIES {V{TIRE*}IES}
16 Old boys and Gail are moved to take it up from essential passages (9) OBBLIGATI {O}{BB}{GAIL*}{IT<=}
17 Could be too genial but act independently (2,2,5) GO IT ALONE {TOO+GENIAL*}
19 Single out one very behind (7) ISOLATE {I}{SO}{LATE}
20 Encouraging words // to proceed in the same direction (3,2,2)  WAY TO GO (DD)
22 Gets no-great snakes (4) ASPS {grASPS}
23 Availability status of draft beer in bar (2,3) ON TAP (CD)
25 Starts noticing absolutely patent, pliable, attractive leather (5) NAPPA (Acrostic)

Reference List


Sailor=Tar, Square=T, His excellency=HE, Graduates=BAs, Small=S, Top class =AI (A-One), Top class= No 1, Old=O, Master=Pro
Behind=Aft, Queen=ER, Girl=G, Good=G, That woman=She, Sri Lanka=SL, Boys=BB, One=I, Great=Gr

Colour/Font Scheme

DefinitionSolutionComponent lettersEmbedded linksTheme word Anagram IndicatorC/C indicatorReversal IndicatorHidden word IndicatorLetter Pick indicatorDeletion IndicatorHomophone IndicatorMovement IndicatorPositional IndicatorSubstitution, IndicatorLink/Connector, Extraneous


30 comments:

  1. From IONIA to BASTI, what a WORLD VIEW ! ASSEMBLED here were some clever, enjoyable wordplays, rare words like SORORAL, NAPPA and OBBLIGATI, served without RATIONING. Knew about WRITE IN cadidate in election, but is there a meaning that suggests "easy answers to clues"? Despite being RHEUMy eyed at 2.30am at Hyderabad airport, could do this AT A FAIR CLIP. AGREE this is the WAY TO GO, Gridman

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  2. See CV's comment in yesterdays blog regarding the theme which was not spotted until pointed out

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    1. I copy paste my comments which was posted in yesterday's blog just a few moments ago:
      "Amazing! So many Theme words wonderfully woven together in one grid!"

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    2. yes col.sir, I just noticed the yesterday's theme which i could not spotted out. such a wonderful puzzles and grid which was made my day with joy. got an opportunity to learns so many new words by Grid man. hats off to you and col.too

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    1. That is not the intention of the indicator 'regularly'

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  4. What a WAY TO GO!

    He sure has a WORLD VIEW. And in BASTI BASTI people look upon him as Parbat Parbat!

    Yes, he will sure GO IT ALONE to ensure everyone gets a LEVEL playing field.

    Many conveniently forget the VERITIES and are out to criticise him. They SLUR over his contribution.

    Why ISOLATE him? I am sure you all will AGREE.

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    1. Nice One! Second line inspired from the very old song," Basti basti parbat, parbat, gata jaaye banjara..."?

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    2. We see a wonderful competition between CGB and RKE. Keep it going!

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    3. Fancy you remembering this very old song ( bhule bisare geet or evergreen song?).
      I remember them from listening on radio( vividh bharthi) and later watching enrapt on "Chitrahaar".
      Some programmes on radio such as "The manchahe geet" or "Fauji Bhai ki Pasand" were wonderful. One would get people writing in from such places as "Jhumri Taliya".

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    4. Yes. "Jhumri Taliya" and "Marwar
      Mundwa".

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    5. +1 Vasant.
      I too remember names of places like Naya Jalna, Bhatapara, Rajanandgaon from Aap Hi ke Geeth

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    6. @Bhargav: Sir, I can never draw LEVEL with you. I am only a POETASTER!

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  5. Is radio making a comeback- in the form of FM?

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    1. It is indeed. And already many of the RJs are superstars!

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  6. WoW for yesterday's themed grid whichall of us missed- in spite of so many theme words.

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  7. 13A today is a palindrome. Here when read backwards letter-by-letter,the meaning remains the same as when read forward. What do you call it when reading backward gives a different meaning? Obviously, the letters when read backwards need to be grouped to form different words. Are there any English examples? There are such verses in Sanskrit. An example is Ramakrishna vilomakavyam.https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-palindrome-in-Indian-literature.
    https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-palindrome-in-Indian-literature

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    1. Yes, I remember to have read it sometime back. But,so far, I have not come across any such thing in English. It would be very difficult to make (unlike in Sanskrit) CV (Gridman) should know better.

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    2. Example #2:

      Unseen Travelers

      "Spoken Breath
      Creating flesh and spirit
      Souls stirring divine dances
      Leaping, joyful with life
      Entertaining harmony and grace
      Angels of myriads and myriads
      Sentinel watchers
      Merging unseen
      ~Travelers~
      Unseen merging
      Watchers, Sentinel
      Myriads and myriads of angels
      Grace and harmony entertaining
      Life with joyful leaping
      Dances divine, stirring souls
      Spirit and flesh creating
      Breath spoken."

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    3. Great one. Thanks. Any idea who is the author?

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  8. Did this grid 1 down. Tarts up is usually done by tarts, in that sense of a varlet.Gridman should change his pseudonym too, as he seems to have acquired a new avatar by his prowess to change from the rut.20 down. He seems to have a fresh 18 of cluing.Afterglow in his new halo.Xo other solvers 2 down with me ?

    What 28s today's special ?

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