tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post590446666839317379..comments2024-03-28T13:03:55.666+05:30Comments on THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 11562, Monday 30 Nov 2015, AfterdarkCol_Gopinathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06166793743790376031noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-49534992226666338002015-11-30T16:13:59.334+05:302015-11-30T16:13:59.334+05:30Thanks. Sorry for misinterpretation. Note to self:...Thanks. Sorry for misinterpretation. Note to self: Must look before I leap.<br />(as if I am in a state to do bungee jumping !)Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-85151376254065586542015-11-30T15:25:56.962+05:302015-11-30T15:25:56.962+05:30NEAR comes from relatedNEAR comes from relatedDeepak Gopinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337043600355573557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-8754390898369672512015-11-30T14:48:49.290+05:302015-11-30T14:48:49.290+05:30CV@ 2.24-
Are you referring to 6D? If so, within i...CV@ 2.24-<br />Are you referring to 6D? If so, within is not used to indicate near. It is used as a container indicator.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-40019222518589541522015-11-30T14:24:03.241+05:302015-11-30T14:24:03.241+05:30Excuse me. Can you give an illustrative sentence w...Excuse me. Can you give an illustrative sentence where 'within' can be substituted by 'near'.<br />What I mean is 'within' does not seem to be just the right syn. for the required 'near'.<br />As I wrote this, I formed these sentences:<br />It is near. It is within my reach.<br />'within' alone won't do, I think.<br />What do others think? I am ready to stand corrected.<br /><br />Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-7344771581558765902015-11-30T13:06:12.564+05:302015-11-30T13:06:12.564+05:30Wonderful puzzle.Smooth surfaces enable good orche...Wonderful puzzle.Smooth surfaces enable good orchestration.14d- bed-ridden by patent clue.12a-catch is in 'hand'. Nice month end & week beginning cw. Thanks AD.PKPSwamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244413172407309709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-73128324087044868932015-11-30T11:28:12.065+05:302015-11-30T11:28:12.065+05:30Lovely one...could cold solve most...
Rejoined wor...Lovely one...could cold solve most...<br />Rejoined work after a week..could grid solve after 10.30..Vasanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032858551414707310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-14058518580561792202015-11-30T10:24:39.300+05:302015-11-30T10:24:39.300+05:30Earlier Russia was synonymous with USSREarlier Russia was synonymous with USSRDeepak Gopinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337043600355573557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-37023571490116364122015-11-30T10:15:10.855+05:302015-11-30T10:15:10.855+05:3010 Hardware store supplying ROM, almost ignores No...10 Hardware store supplying ROM, almost ignores North (10) IRONMONGER {ROM+IGNOREs+N}*<br />Supplying is an anagrind? Thought supply is anagrind as an adverb. <br /><br />11 USSR disintegrated, primarily into a different country (6) RUSSIA {USSR*}{Into}{A<br />Why different? VMA Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195152250121457237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-86677334151172677702015-11-30T10:09:15.600+05:302015-11-30T10:09:15.600+05:30To think that after getting the CA, I put can in h...To think that after getting the CA, I put can in hand!Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-92181084678446324182015-11-30T10:08:17.617+05:302015-11-30T10:08:17.617+05:30CGB- Thanks for the cameo! Very apt.Blog always to...CGB- Thanks for the cameo! Very apt.Blog always to the rescue- be it for the missing word,anno or a meaty comment. We can always come here with a cap in hand.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-44337263014223528062015-11-30T09:58:27.238+05:302015-11-30T09:58:27.238+05:30Did we have a surfeit of anagrams today?Did we have a surfeit of anagrams today?C.G. BHARGAVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16895309488057746628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-28133037435577242462015-11-30T09:53:30.630+05:302015-11-30T09:53:30.630+05:30AFTERDARK dawn breaks and the newspaper is thrown ...AFTERDARK dawn breaks and the newspaper is thrown near the front door.<br />This setter likes movies and cricket among other things. <br />I open the paper and have a look at the crossword. USSR disintegrated....Bond - From Russia with Love. First clue solved cold.<br />Next I see glasses. Glasses, glasses, glasses, SPECS. I remembered my friend who was SP in Hyderabad years back. Oh boy, Specs is right.<br />Silly ploy? Loopy.<br />Arrived with nothing. Years back when I tried some stock trading there used to be this CAMEO software -- share registrars.<br />Cost manipulation. Really required some manipulation to get TOCSIN. Is it pronounced as toxin?<br />Hater reborn. Come on, come on HAVE A HEART.<br />Lunch in Wagah to have, To have.... checked CHINWAG.<br />Pitcher is a VASE. VAS is a channel.VASE is a pitcher (vessel). Anno not clear but answer should be right...<br />Shrewed missus. Was a bit 22/7ssed but got it as SUSSED.Checked with Free dictionay.<br />To humbly... Thought of Ajeesh with a blue screen in front of him and a cap on his head !! CAP IN HAND !! <br />Inscription..path's about....EPITAPH.<br />Hospital dweller INPATIENT fits and will check anno. later.<br />Wrote hear has in a roundabout fashion and had HEAT RASH in a trice.<br />Noted thief... anagram worked out.<br />Sailor (AB) returns with THE...BATHER.<br />The circle THE O C RACY.<br />Endure Auto's ...OUTPOST<br />Kinky orgy. Conservatie Bishop. CYBORG. checked with free dictionary.<br />Old city UR is seen frequently in crosswords. Mass at....MATURE<br />Hardware store...rom....Under the spreading Chestnut tree the village smithy stands....IRONMONGER.<br />Dil monge more? <br />Time is 8.40 am.<br />For 12 across I had entered THEOCR in pen instead of at 18 across.<br />Wrongly put in CHECK at 15 across.<br />Inbetween had hit the OVERARM like an UNDERARM.<br />A few in the top right corner were left out......<br /><br />C.G. BHARGAVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16895309488057746628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-16505772092650169462015-11-30T09:17:45.010+05:302015-11-30T09:17:45.010+05:30Thank you AD for some crispy samosas.. Cap in hand...Thank you AD for some crispy samosas.. Cap in hand fell last with a bit of a struggle.. Srividyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158643858913977806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-17259824637189590382015-11-30T09:14:22.681+05:302015-11-30T09:14:22.681+05:30The theme recalls to my mind stories in which kill...The theme recalls to my mind stories in which killers dismember the parts of corpus delicti and strew them here and there before the murder <br />is out.Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-32246898108548742942015-11-30T09:05:17.736+05:302015-11-30T09:05:17.736+05:30I did think of the CA but CAP never struck me as t...I did think of the CA but CAP never struck me as the standard idiom is HAT IN HANDDeepak Gopinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337043600355573557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-1104927686486542962015-11-30T08:57:58.463+05:302015-11-30T08:57:58.463+05:30Even I did not immediately think of CA as an audit...Even I did not immediately think of CA as an auditorSureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12985297587673755564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-4813774002343173702015-11-30T08:57:04.124+05:302015-11-30T08:57:04.124+05:3013a CAP In HAND13a CAP In HANDSureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12985297587673755564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-39822911381771928182015-11-30T08:56:59.683+05:302015-11-30T08:56:59.683+05:30Thanks SureshThanks SureshCol_Gopinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06166793743790376031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-42568036275421328802015-11-30T08:55:55.678+05:302015-11-30T08:55:55.678+05:30Thanks SandhyaThanks SandhyaCol_Gopinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06166793743790376031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-85147068176883632862015-11-30T08:55:41.522+05:302015-11-30T08:55:41.522+05:309a VASE. A in vs followed by E9a VASE. A in vs followed by ESureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12985297587673755564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-64814341909971102992015-11-30T08:43:50.025+05:302015-11-30T08:43:50.025+05:306 Listen, love and death's related, answer l...6 Listen, love and death's related, answer lies within (4,2,3) LEND AN EAR {L}{END} {A} {NEAR} L for love?<br /><br />L = Love in text messagingSandhyaPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04942775086227477649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-73725784802524665212015-11-30T08:39:34.268+05:302015-11-30T08:39:34.268+05:3013 To humbly ask for help, auditor comes to quiet ...13 To humbly ask for help, auditor comes to quiet worker in between (3,2,4) <br /><br />{CA}{P} {IN} {HAND}SandhyaPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04942775086227477649noreply@blogger.com