Thanks to Pradeep Raghunathan, I am posting the THC of 03 Jan 2000, he gave me the Across Lite file for the same. I think those were the days when the setters name was not given in the byline. So let us see who can identify the setter. after all the answers come in.
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ACROSS
1 Heaven is in a ceremonial march (8)
5 Horrified by a ghostle head, has temperature (6)
10 Public speech has to avoid extremes and show proportion (5)
11 He sold ale to get rented property (9)
12 Venerable old lady, one blending with charm and art (9)
13 African province at birth (5)
14 Paying your part of the bill? What a treat! (5)
16 Subversive brutes - a ring busted (8)
18 Suddenly attacked, exhausted after morning (8)
20 Cut into cubes, passed away holding key (5)
24 Sweet girl that is after a share (5)
25 European community split in allowances for responses (9)
27 Breaking an idle set, they show the time and place on top of newspaper stories (9)
28 Relative returning from Greece in triumph (5)
29 Get off from the ship like a bachelor in a state of ignorance (6)
30 Abated after last month but expired (8)
DOWN
1 Soft, dim ray deflected by huge construction (7)
2 Deserter at a time sounds like knocing on the door (7)
3 Burning in the environs of Delhi? This is the garment for you (5)
4 Alas, Roy is heartless about remuneration (6)
6 Forest of immature trees? (9)
7 Evangelist could stop ale flowing (7)
8 Child unsteady on his feet (7)
9 Stupid chap with a stout nut? (7)
15 In the rolls 'e is cast as a resident in the campus (9)
17 Give the girl a call for fish (7)
18 Agreed to a measure supported by two pressmen (7)
19 Container for ablution (7)
21 Summertime equipment for prisons (7)
22 Go down in a bad scene in extremes of dread (7)
23 For a lass he generates a lot of trouble (6)
26 Impart a slight trace of elemnt, germanium in short (5)
13A: NATAL (DD)
ReplyDelete16A: SABOTEUR {BRUTES+A+O}*
18A: AMBUSHED {AM}{BUSHED}
But I am seeing a grid 13076 of GM in the IA version
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious that at 'The Hindu', the Left hand does not know what the Right hand is doing!!! There is no paper today but the Interactive version has gone ahead and published the puzzle. I am sure they will remove it after sometime or edit it to show it again tomorrow.
DeleteOnline version had GM crossword. But no enu. Does it count as regular!
ReplyDeleteNothing new for The Hindu!!!
DeleteDown
ReplyDelete4 Alas, Roy is heartless about remuneration (6) SALARY - anag of ALASROY after deleting
O which is not the
heart of the fodder
6 Forest of immature trees? (9) EVERGREEN - CD
7 Evangelist could stop ale flowing ( APOSTLE - anag of stopale7
6D is incorrect CV
DeleteSorry! I will let someone else solve it. Not taking any substitute. The puzzle is not Gridman's as can be determined just by the blank grid.
DeleteDone so fast. I feel it is again by Sanklak.
ReplyDeleteCol wanted us to keep guessing, till all the answers are out, Paddy.
Delete+1 paddy. Will leave the guesswork to others, since my guess ruled self-out.
DeleteApologies. Just read Col.'s comment. Anyway it's only a guess.
Delete1A- PARAD(IS)E- Heaven
ReplyDelete20A- DI(C)ED
30A- DEC EASED- Expired
14A DUTCH CD ( A Dutch treat)
ReplyDelete18A AM BUSHED
24A CUT IE
In Place of 18A
Delete9d FAT HEAD
10a Ratio - oration minus n and o
ReplyDelete24a Cutie - share is cut. That is = ie. Cutie is sweet girl
3d Dhoti - burning is hot. Environs of Dehli is DI. Dhoti is garment
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DeleteReplacement for 24a
Delete1d pyramid - soft is P. Ray + dim + p anagram is pyramid meaning huge construction
21D COOLERS (double def)
ReplyDelete23D HASSLE (anagram of LASSHE, def = a lot of trouble)
26D TINGE (TIN + GE, def = a slight trace)
The setter is Gridman for sure. I was able to get five of the clues correctly in as many minutes.
ReplyDeletePlease read Gridman's comment above saying he is not the setter.
ReplyDeleteMaybe GM hinted for misdirection? Haha!
Deletehe would have been CV then!
Delete11AC LEASEHOLD*
ReplyDelete12AC MATRIARCH*
15DN HOSTELLER*
12A Anno needs to be explained propery to indicate where the I comes from
DeleteThanks Col,
DeleteIt was my carelessness:
12AC MATR[I]ARCH*
11a LEASEHOLD: (he sold ale)*
ReplyDeleteRented property
12a MATRIARCH: (I(one) charm art)*
Venerable old lady
5a AGHAST: a g(hostle head) has t(temperature)
Horrified
25a REACTIONS Rations with E & C inside
ReplyDelete27a DATELINES (an idle set*)
28a NIECE (T) in reverse
Substitute for 11a
ReplyDelete25a REACTIONS: responses
EC(European Economic Community) split in rations(allowances): r(e)a(c)tions
Substitute for 12a
ReplyDelete2d RATATAT: knocking sound
Rat(deserter) at a t(time)
Substitute for 25a
ReplyDelete17d HERRING: fish
Her(girl) ring
Her(girl) ring(call)
ReplyDelete17D HER RING
ReplyDelete18D A CC ED ED
19D BATHTUB (DD)
Changed the profile and ram becomes Ramani
subs. 22d D (ESCEN)* D
ReplyDelete8D TODDLER (dd)
ReplyDeleteAs a subs.
DeleteSubs for which one?
DeleteExtremely sorry for my error.
Delete19D BATHTUB - container for ablution CD
ReplyDelete8D TODDLER - child unsteady on his feet CD
27A DATELINES - anagram of An idle set
6dn GREENWOOD (DD)
ReplyDeleteimmature:green trees:wood is it DD?
DeleteThanks Prasad. Not DD but pure charade!
DeleteLast one 29A
ReplyDeleteI think there is an error in 29A
DeleteYes, Sir!
Delete29A : DEBARK (BA in DARK) won't give DEBARK!
May not be?
DeleteYes, that was my intended pun! BE..
Delete\ ˈderk \
DeleteDefinition of derk
chiefly Scottish variant of dark
Knowing this setter I dont think that is the annotation
Deletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Baccalaureate
DeleteWhat is this link for?
DeleteEB, bachelor degree.
DeleteThat's not a degree but a school diploma
DeleteI am with Col that it has an error.
DeleteThe setter is Pradeep Raghunathan
ReplyDeleteOh, is it? Very nice grid. Would love to see them more.
DeleteWhen the serial number of THC is given, the date of publication is given, copyright is assigned to THC, how can it be someone else's?
DeleteThe setter is not Pradeep Raghunathan. Pradeep Raghunathan used to have a blog titled the same as this one in 99-2000 he had sent me the Across Lite files for three crossword THC 6631, 6632 and 6633 which he had blogged
DeleteIC, Are you going to let the cat of bag at least now?
DeleteLet the regulars guess
DeleteI think it's quite evident who the setter is.
ReplyDeleteMr. Rishi
ReplyDeleteAny guess will remain a guess because in those days puzzles were published anonymously. Unless the Col has in his library a copy of the blank grid that a particular setter used for his puzzles. I had printouts of grids of various setters of those days but they have since been discarded.
Delete4D Today's Guardian Cryptic clue
ReplyDelete1 Sadly returned envelope of ready money (6)
Is there "1" in the clue? Think typo
Delete1 is the clue number ie 1 Across
DeleteI got the answer but I doubt whether the def. is synonym for the solution word!
DeleteI too thought 'money' was not quite an exact def for 'salary'
DeleteThanks Vasi Sir!
DeletePuzzles 6631 through 11697 from January 1, 2000 through May 11, 2016 are available in:
ReplyDeletehttp://the-hindu-crossword.appspot.com/
I never knew about this page. It has interacive crosswords for the period mentioned. I wonder why it has not been updated beyond 11 May 2016
DeleteCol,
DeleteWhen I opened the link given by Parthasarathy Sir, I got puzzles. But when I clicked the "answers" button, surprisingly it leads me to our blog. What is the connection?
Or is it my system's cache causing the trouble? I don't know.
I think he has linked the applet to my blog
DeletePuzzles 6631 through 11697 from January 1, 2000 through May 11, 2016 are available in:
ReplyDeletehttp://the-hindu-crossword.appspot.com/
Thanks Sir!
DeleteSince no more guesses are forthcoming. The setter of this crossword is Late Sankalak. This grid is one of those that he used. Paddy was right in his comment at 9:08
ReplyDeleteHurray!!!
DeleteI thought some clues and the language was very typical.
I also thought it was sankalak since it was so easy. When i started i could solve only his puzzles. 😊
DeleteAbout a decade back on a cold blistry morning in Jammu I solved my first crossword puzzle.. It was a Sankalak puzzle. The joy of seeing the whole grid filled spurred me on my cw journey.
ReplyDeleteOn seeing the grid and a few clues it left me on no doubt whatsoever who the setter was. Such is tha magic of Sankalak that it lives on! The clues grow on you like the sun rays on a cold morning, giving warmth and pleasure the whole day.
Identical experience. You couldnt have put it better. The joy of all filled grids. 😊
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