Saturday, 21 March 2020

No 12889, Saturday 21 Mar 2020, Gridman

ACROSS
1   Unawareness of old big cat having eaten four (8) OBLIVION {O}{B}{L{IV}ION}
5   Aches for a long time with Poles (6) YEARNS {YEAR}{NS}
9   Setter backs Hindi talk essentially sick and relating to clots (7) EMBOLIC {ME<=}{BOL}{sICk}
10 To rig a mixie involves some paperwork (7) ORIGAMI (T)
11 Most important soldier to hop on (9) PARAMOUNT {PARA}{MOUNT}
12 Express a view: “Leaders of old public institutions not enterprising” (5) OPINE (Acrostic)
13 Every youth leader’s one on your side (4) ALLY {ALL}{Youth}
14 Portrayed as evil, stupid minors having not a shade of remorse indeed (9) DEMONISED {DE{MINOrS*}ED}
17 Thus trade leader’s present and in favour of end to Sale (9) THEREFORE {Trade}{HERE}{FOR}{salE}
19 First letter is first letter backing continent (4) ASIA {A}{IS}{A}}<=
23 “What’s the purpose of green light?” “Pass” (5) FORGO {FOR}{GO}
24 Terms home circulated for electrical resistance calculators (3,6) OHM METERS {TERMS+HOME*}
25 Make too much of what’s plain about account (7) OVERACT {OVER{AC}T}
26 Musical effect confuses lot more (7) TREMOLO {LOT+MORE*}
27 Sorrowful to back that woman as dancer’s teammate (6) DASHER {SAD<=}{HER}

28 Mentioned half of redact is in and attributed (8) CREDITED {C{REDact}ITED}

DOWN
 Exaggerate the importance of soft song finished first (8) OVERPLAY {OVER}{P}{LAY}
2   Generous // one on the Left (7) LIBERAL (DD)
3   Book quantity (6) VOLUME (DD)
 Conductor fled in a hurry in the face of this weather condition (8,5) OCCLUDED FRONT {CONDUCTOR+FLED*}
6   Somewhat poised, in-charge is coming at intervals (8) EPISODIC {POISED*}{IC}
7   Become aware of a pack of lies (7) REALISE {RE}{A}{LIES*}
8   Party thus has anger over ultimate impudence (6) SOIREE {SO}{IRE}{impudencE}
10 Exhausted executive group takes a little time to begin repairing removable engine (8,5) OUTBOARD MOTOR {OUT}{BOARD} {MO}{TO}{Repairing}
15 Claim from English spa with no introduction (8) ARROGATE {hARROGATE}
16 Father’s procured weapon with security code (8) PASSWORD {PA}{S}{SWORD}
18 Control run around partner on ship (7) HARNESS {HAR{N}E}{SS}
20 Leave pets? (4,3) STEP OUT {PETS*} Reverse Anagram
21 Manage the cost of a foreign car (6) AFFORD {A}{F}{FORD}
22 The French officer’s beginning to destroy key (6) LEGEND {LE}{GEN}{Destroy}

Reference List

Old=O, Big=B, Four=IV, Poles=NS, Setter=Me, Soldier=Para, Account=Ac, That woman=Her
Soft=P, In-charge=IC, Of=Re, Little time=Mo, Father=Pa, Partner=N, Ship=SS, Foreign=F, The French=Le, Officer=Gen

Colour/Font Scheme

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Dr RKE's TalePiece

Janata curfew

ASIA and Europe are the worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The Chinese appetite for wild meat has been DEMONISED and OVERPLAYed as a cause. Virologists REALISE that coronaviruses EPISODICally shift their host and THEREFORE OPINE that human-to-human transmission is now PARAMOUNT. Every Government YEARNS to stop the contagion. Some have OVERACTed with a draconian  lockdown, while the more LIBERAL ones who have permitted SOIREES to go on, are witnessing an unprecedented VOLUME of cases. The PM must be CREDITED with the idea of HARNESSing the people as an ALLY in this battle, as our country can ill-AFFORD the heavy cost of widespread testing. He says "on the day of Janata curfew, do not STEP OUT and  keep your FRONT door OCCLUDED". I  may add "FORGO your Sunday outings, do some pious reading of a LEGEND like the Ramayana, PASS your time by teaching kids some WORD games or ORIGAMI, walk about inside the house to avoid an EMBOLIC complication, mentally holiday by imagining that you are DASHing in the sea on a Goan beach in a boat with an OUTBOARD MOTOR, etc". There is no OHM METER to test the resistance of the public to such measures, but unless we act now, we are sure to be pushed into an OBLIVION. Curfew or not, don't forget to wash your hands.

20 comments:

  1. Hail Dr. Most topical subject and good timely advice.

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  2. Deprived of the pleasure of solving 100% since I could not parse Arrogate (filled in though) Not my fault that I had not read about Harrogate- to his credit Gridman has duly mentioned English. Had a doubt about Dsher too until I read Ramesh's link. Neat blogging as usual. thank you Ramesh.

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    1. +1 Paddy on Harrogate
      Thanks Gridman for the entertainment.

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  3. Nice puzzles. Of course Today's Tale piece aptly delivered. Tnx to our Trio. [Grid Man, Col. & RKE]

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  4. Grindman's usual self in this cycle. During the first 3 he has raised the bar, imho.

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    1. Except for Arrogate & Dasher, I was able to run through in less than half hour without any help. It is a pleasure that it flowed ever so smoothly.

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  5. Dr. RKE, with his daily talepieces, is becoming a LEGEND. Every day he STEPs out and writes. We can read it wihout using any PASSWORD. The way he HARNESSes his talent to such a LIBERAL VOLUME is commendable. Due thanks must be given to his EPISODIC adventure which is of PARAMOUNT importance to certain followers like Paddy who OPINEs it is so good that he cannot FORGO it even for a day and YEARNS for it. Thus Dr RKE is CREDITED. He thinks the doc cannot AFFORD to have any respite. He ARROGATEs to himself such a trust in the doctor. But we had better not OVERACT or OVERPLAY! We do REALISE that our interest in the doc is born out of our innate love for a fellow-member. THEREFORE, let's leave our ALLY with followers all over ASIA and beyond to do as he pleases.

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    1. Sir, you are matchless in your way with words🙏🙏🙏

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    2. You have even used "arrogate" which I couldn't fit in!

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    3. Should I start asking for CV's piece also?!!

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    4. Vasishtar vaayal brahmarishi

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  6. Brilliant message Dr. RKE. I am looking forward to your publishing a collection of all these little bits. I will be one of the first to buy it.

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  7. Sorry doc, affordability is not going to cut at the brink of survival. Tests, tests and more tests are a must. The cost of stage 3 would be enormous compared to widespread test.

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  8. Hi, I am a beginner in cyptic Crosswords. Could someone explain the different types of annotations used

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  9. Hi, I am a beginner in cyptic Crosswords. Could someone explain the different types of annotations used

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  10. Fantastic message, Doc. Loved CV Sir's eulogy as well.
    Resolved to do Janta Curfew here in Thailand and 5 minutes clapping at 5 PM.

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  11. Loved the tale piece! Of course the grid couldn't finish about 4 and looked in the blog. Jai ho for janata curfew. Hope it works!

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