Solution to 4A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular/novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.
Though the e-paper says the setter is Afterdark, this is actually by Sunnet!!
Reference List
Hard = H, Fifty = L, Pound = L, Quiet = P, Bill = AD, As = QUA, Right = RT, Pluto = DIS, A = ONE, Place = PL, Note = RE, Engineer = RE(Royal Engineers), Sweetheart = JO, Small = S, Saint = S
Though the e-paper says the setter is Afterdark, this is actually by Sunnet!!
ACROSS
1 Fall, for every one’s hard (6) PERISH {PER}{1'S}{H}
4 Player to grab and bring some record (8)?A?P?P?R (Addendum - BAGPIPER {BAG}{PIPE}{Re...d} - See comments)
10 No part of nutritious liquid or soup is leak-proof (9) NONPOROUS {NO}{Nu...s}{OR+SOUP}*
11 Point of concern or theme (5) NORTH [T]
12 Touched Zero° F? (5) FROZE* &lit? Actually it happens at-212 32 Degrees F
13 Perfectly rig a ruler for cheating (9) IRREGULAR*
14 Travelling around with fifty pounds in toll (7) ROLLING {R{O}{L}{L}ING}
16 Terrible to ride off (4) DIRE*
19 River meets quiet sea (4) DEEP {DEE}{P}
21 Hide leak (7) SECRETE [DD]
24 Darker and more pretentious? Bill will block it (9) SHADOWIER {SH{AD}OWIER}
25 As right measure (5) QUART {QUA}{RT}
26 Fires enveloping some lovely car parts (5) AXLES {AX{Lo...y}ES}
27 A lead/head for animation (9) ALIVENESS {A}{LIVE}{NESS}
28 Ruin Pluto’s flower (8) DISASTER {DIS}{ASTER}
29 Joins World Organisation with better ties (6) UNITES {UN}{TIES*}
DOWN
1 Clip and a bow with dress (8) PINAFORE {PIN}{A}{FORE}
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2 Managed my old training without bias (8) RANDOMLY {RAN}{MY+OLD}*
3 Way to a rock (5) STONE {ST}{ONE}
5 Swore fool’s practiced (7) ASSURED {ASS}{URED}Anno for URED not clear Link added
6 Praise well-built gay prince (9) PANEGYRIC*
7 Colour of perfect place inside (6) PURPLE {PUR{PL}E}
8 Take back note with greeting to engineer (6) REHIRE {RE}{HI}{RE}
9 Sweetheart! The ruler is not serious (6) JOKING {JO}{KING}
15 Reserve chambers in igloos? (9) ICEHOUSES {ICE}{HOUSES}
17 Communist’s sharp warning (3,5) RED ALERT {RED}{ALERT}
18 They prefer wide, open mouths with dimples having one small indentation in the middle (8) DENTISTS {DENT{1}{S}{i...nTa...n}S}
20 Archbishop’s formal tea arrangement (7) PRIMATE {PRIM}{TEA*}
21 Saint Mark is severe (6) STRAIT {S}{TRAIT}
22 Area in this landing (6) ISLAND [T]
23 Headless dogs? They can be spotted in the sky (6) EAGLESbEAGLES
25 Perhaps Elizabeth’s band (5) QUEEN [DD]
1 Fall, for every one’s hard (6) PERISH {PER}{1'S}{H}
4 Player to grab and bring some record (8)
10 No part of nutritious liquid or soup is leak-proof (9) NONPOROUS {NO}{N
11 Point of concern or theme (5) NORTH [T]
12 Touched Zero° F? (5) FROZE* &lit? Actually it happens at
13 Perfectly rig a ruler for cheating (9) IRREGULAR*
14 Travelling around with fifty pounds in toll (7) ROLLING {R{O}{L}{L}ING}
16 Terrible to ride off (4) DIRE*
19 River meets quiet sea (4) DEEP {DEE}{P}
21 Hide leak (7) SECRETE [DD]
24 Darker and more pretentious? Bill will block it (9) SHADOWIER {SH{AD}OWIER}
25 As right measure (5) QUART {QUA}{RT}
26 Fires enveloping some lovely car parts (5) AXLES {AX{L
27 A lead/head for animation (9) ALIVENESS {A}{LIVE}{NESS}
28 Ruin Pluto’s flower (8) DISASTER {DIS}{ASTER}
29 Joins World Organisation with better ties (6) UNITES {UN}{TIES*}
DOWN
1 Clip and a bow with dress (8) PINAFORE {PIN}{A}{FORE}
3 Way to a rock (5) STONE {ST}{ONE}
5 Swore fool’s practiced (7) ASSURED {ASS}{URED}
6 Praise well-built gay prince (9) PANEGYRIC*
7 Colour of perfect place inside (6) PURPLE {PUR{PL}E}
8 Take back note with greeting to engineer (6) REHIRE {RE}{HI}{RE}
9 Sweetheart! The ruler is not serious (6) JOKING {JO}{KING}
15 Reserve chambers in igloos? (9) ICEHOUSES {ICE}{HOUSES}
17 Communist’s sharp warning (3,5) RED ALERT {RED}{ALERT}
18 They prefer wide, open mouths with dimples having one small indentation in the middle (8) DENTISTS {DENT{1}{S}{
20 Archbishop’s formal tea arrangement (7) PRIMATE {PRIM}{TEA*}
21 Saint Mark is severe (6) STRAIT {S}{TRAIT}
22 Area in this landing (6) ISLAND [T]
23 Headless dogs? They can be spotted in the sky (6) EAGLES
25 Perhaps Elizabeth’s band (5) QUEEN [DD]
Reference List
Hard = H, Fifty = L, Pound = L, Quiet = P, Bill = AD, As = QUA, Right = RT, Pluto = DIS, A = ONE, Place = PL, Note = RE, Engineer = RE(Royal Engineers), Sweetheart = JO, Small = S, Saint = S
Dr RKE's mother passed away this morning, she was 92. My heartfelt condolences to him and his family on behalf of everyone here. I am told she too was an avid cruciverbalist.
ReplyDeletePlease send condolence messages directly to him and not through this blog page.
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4a BAGPIPER; player; {BAG}{PIPE}{Record}
ReplyDeleteCol.,
ReplyDelete12A- water frezes at 32 F (equivalent to 0C) and not - 212.
Probably you got cofused with -273 deg which is absolute 0.
Zero f is an anagram... :-)
DeleteOops, my mistake. Thanks Paddy, will amend that
DeleteTechnically it's -273 is K not F.
Delete212°F is boiling point of water, not freezing point.
Delete0 °F, was established as the freezing temperature of a solution of brine made from a mixture of water, ice, and ammonium chloride (a salt).
Delete32F or 0C is ice cold, which is when pure water starts to freeze.
So technically zero F is correct.
For the records,
DeleteMinus 273 is °C,
0° is K (Kelvin), and
minus 459° is °F.
These are all equivalent and called absolute Zero.
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DeleteChennai's print edition also gives credit to Afterdark and I was a little confused.
ReplyDelete25A- Is it not 'Rt' for right?
ReplyDeleteYes, Ref. List needs small tweaking.
DeleteCorrected
DeleteIs there a theme? Dire Strait, Rolling Stone. Any other?
ReplyDeleteQueen is another.
DeleteDeep Purple, Eagles
DeleteRed alert, Island
DeleteIn fact many other words in the CW, if you google them you will find Music groups with those names
DeleteGreat! My knowledge of "Rock Music" is very limited.
DeleteIA version gives the setter's name as Sunnet. Saint is most commonly abbreviated as st, not s.
ReplyDeleteVDS Prasad
Prasadji,
DeleteS for Saint too, as per Chambers.
So the setter is Sunnet (as given in IA version) or Afterdark (as per print edition)- Which is correct?
ReplyDeleteIt goes without saying that the setter is Sunnet. It has a theme and a pangram. And it is his second grid in this round. Is this not enough, Ram?
ReplyDelete...and Col. has said so in his preamble.
ReplyDeleteInteresting to note most of the music group nmaes have been split with the first half appearing in Ac & the 2nd in Dn.clues-
ReplyDeleteRolling stone
Deep Purple
Dire Straits
That was just a happy coincidence.
DeletePasting a comment about yesterday's blog.
ReplyDeleteAlso it has about 4 thousand sutras, so thousand can also be considered as a theme word. Imagine all the facets of a langauge expressed in just 4000 rules ( In all about 10000 words). An amazing feat.
I saw your post late yesterday. I am doubly happy that I have just started on a Sanskrit Diploma course of Sastra University and had learned about Panini and some of the Grammar rules. We had our first on line classes on Sat.& Sunday. Fresh in my memory.
DeleteWow padday. V.g-lad.
DeleteAdmire your interest in learning our Vedic language. Best of luck!
DeleteI think Paddy in retirement has done a course in Vaishnavisn
DeleteWow!
DeleteGreat going Paddy. I too am learning Sanskrit (via correspondence from Samskrita Bharati, Bengaluru ).
DeleteOh! Good.
DeleteThe bands I had in my list - Rolling Stones, Dire Strait(s), Deep Purple, Eagles and Queen. Ofcourse as the Col. has stated, since the number of band names is very large almost every word can potentially be from a name of a band.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations KKR Suresh and Vasant for their ranking in IXL
ReplyDeleteThanks Ram!
DeleteBut you have missed Sree-Sree [Katalam Sreeram at 18].
As I see it, it is going to be difficult to climb further as there is hardly any place!
Earlier, we used to be there in the list even with one mistake [or two]. I think those days are gone now.
Congrats to you too Ram! My performance is dipping!
DeleteMy POI is Kumaresh.
DeleteSorry for the omission
ReplyDeleteNotable omission seems to be Sowmya!!! Did she not participate in this round? Or she has a mistake?
DeleteYes. Very surprising.
DeleteMost likely she has made a mistake as there were 113 all correct entries
DeleteA typo by her :(
DeleteCongratulations to Mr.KKR,Mr Vasanth, Mr MB & Smt.Sowmya Happy to see your names in IXL. I too participated in round 1. I have attempted 12. but 7 was correct. I just appear to get the experience. But I have not appear for the other rounds. The Entire credits goes to All members of THCC blog. Please accept my sincere Thanks to all members. Have a nice day.
DeleteWhat is the anno of 16A(Knee)
ReplyDeleteTip of needle going up, penetrating body part (4)
I biffed it.
Round 3 of IXL
DeleteKNEE {K(+N)EE(-N)}
DeletePenetrating = keen
Tip of needle = N
Thanks Venkatesan
DeleteIf you take out N (tip of needle) only eek (going up) remains. Does it indicate pain?
DeleteK[+N]EE[-n] penetrating=keen
DeleteYou may however have knee-jerk reaction to say that the indication is not very clear that the tip should move to second place. But knowing that this is body part, we have to take it take it there.
Got it.Thank you Venkatesan.
DeleteA2Z,Prasad,Sree Srre becomes Katalam Sreeram!! Man of many names- without the above help I would not have placed him. Probably better to look for Rajamundry.
ReplyDeleteSorry to disappoint paddy. Just shifted to Vijayawada.
DeleteAnd I have to correct myself too. Its katakam, just realised auto error.
DeleteOh, I too felt your surname sounded different from what I remember.
DeleteThanks Ram
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the folks that topped this round of IXL.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback folks
Can somebody explain 15D? Apart from igloo and ice I don't follow.
ReplyDeleteReserve = ICE (Put on ice)
Deletechambers = HOUSES
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igloos = ICEHOUSES {ICE}{HOUSES}
Thanks Mr.Gopinath. I am an absolute novice.
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