tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post8269244863168570741..comments2024-03-29T19:18:34.904+05:30Comments on THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 11439, Monday 06 Jul 2015, IncognitoCol_Gopinathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06166793743790376031noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-80067116238300519962015-07-07T03:59:30.431+05:302015-07-07T03:59:30.431+05:30After correcting the typos:
About the metro train:...After correcting the typos:<br />About the metro train: my second son in Bangalore refused to take me for a ride in the metro citing the same reasons and I am afraid my first son in Chennai also will do the same when I return home!pavalamani pragasamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07849088346239731755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-51238715692694818532015-07-07T03:52:58.268+05:302015-07-07T03:52:58.268+05:30Watched the fireworks from Thousand Oaks near Los ...Watched the fireworks from Thousand Oaks near Los Angeles. Same opinion-felt at every Diwali back at home!pavalamani pragasamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07849088346239731755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-54307125116363868822015-07-06T21:43:40.403+05:302015-07-06T21:43:40.403+05:30Its amazing that in a crossie by Incognito , one s...Its amazing that in a crossie by Incognito , one simple glides from clue to clue like fixing a jigsaw piece ! He has also paid tributes by using some of the compilers , cleverly camouflaged in clues. Thanks, Kishore.<br />My empathy for pets ( though I'm not a pet lover as opposed to my wife and daughter, made me to pen the following after witnessing the 4th of July pyro technics near the East river here in Manhattan.<br /><br /><br />As much as my heart smouldered at the colossal loss of money literally burnt in the sky, causing( conducted non-stop for forty five minutes) smoke pollution and petrified canines and felines, due to the echoing blasting sounds, I enjoyed the pyrotechnics near the east river coastline in Manhattan for the celebrations of the fourth of July here.<br /><br />It was astronomy in reverse,<br />instead of falling meteors and asteroids <br />from the sky above.<br /><br /> Rockets fired from the barges <br />zoomed up into the clear sky,<br />bursting into flames,<br />showering down to the earth,<br />diamonds , rubies, sapphires<br />emeralds and amethysts<br />all in parabolic and concentric circles,<br />splitting themselves into<br />singular stars and dying sown<br />into embers in humongous numbers.<br /><br />After all this was over, <br />the sky stood <br />in gloom and clouds of smoke<br />a canopy of silent mourning ?<br /><br />No doubt, a sight to behold,<br />but is there no other way to <br />celebrate other than by <br />noise and pollution?<br /><br />I returned home pensive over this <br />to immediately pen this short<br />episode of wonder of man's <br />ingenuity to seek pleasure out of<br />destruction !!!.raju umamaheswarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107883886526369417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-85713825014314809542015-07-06T21:04:51.878+05:302015-07-06T21:04:51.878+05:30On second look I find my guess FIVE too was wrong....On second look I find my guess FIVE too was wrong. It was FOUR (Enu being 4) Clever clues!!Mukundala Balasubramanyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778248287813410500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-30247981876908988552015-07-06T20:57:02.720+05:302015-07-06T20:57:02.720+05:30Thanks Renga. I could guess the 2nd one FIVE but w...Thanks Renga. I could guess the 2nd one FIVE but was not sure!Mukundala Balasubramanyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778248287813410500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-64084931591593668142015-07-06T20:02:23.005+05:302015-07-06T20:02:23.005+05:30Good night, all
Good night, all<br />Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-41786094953658473602015-07-06T18:42:37.793+05:302015-07-06T18:42:37.793+05:30MB - Answer @ my 6.41 postMB - Answer @ my 6.41 postRengaswamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486462887896094187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-5968974102314831522015-07-06T18:41:15.059+05:302015-07-06T18:41:15.059+05:30@MB - the answers:
Sweet formed by two letters (5)...@MB - the answers:<br />Sweet formed by two letters (5) C AND Y --- C&Y<br />Number part of 5 (4) FOUR -- FIVE has IV as part which is four in roman.Rengaswamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486462887896094187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-35463847867937402422015-07-06T18:08:09.205+05:302015-07-06T18:08:09.205+05:306d is indeed an indirect anagram as one has to get...6d is indeed an indirect anagram as one has to get GUARD from 'sentry' before discarding D and jumbling the word.Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-27369933618679213922015-07-06T17:48:54.245+05:302015-07-06T17:48:54.245+05:30No indirect. Just a normal anagram of (guard-D)* w...No indirect. Just a normal anagram of (guard-D)* with 'tosses' being Anind.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-50681786703216504632015-07-06T17:42:02.589+05:302015-07-06T17:42:02.589+05:30An enjoyable crossword :)
A doubt-is 6D an indirec...An enjoyable crossword :)<br />A doubt-is 6D an indirect anagram? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17172118281788440390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-88022312960702757192015-07-06T15:43:17.338+05:302015-07-06T15:43:17.338+05:30Can't get them. Could you pl give the answers?...Can't get them. Could you pl give the answers?Mukundala Balasubramanyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778248287813410500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-20303048432546664292015-07-06T15:11:20.377+05:302015-07-06T15:11:20.377+05:30Enjoyable crossie, Kishore! Thanks a lot :)Enjoyable crossie, Kishore! Thanks a lot :)Ramki Krishnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657170670979388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-7656997146101901772015-07-06T14:14:29.752+05:302015-07-06T14:14:29.752+05:30Pl delete d in the fifth word - typoPl delete d in the fifth word - typoRamanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397749600795786434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-47293023069784400382015-07-06T14:13:37.361+05:302015-07-06T14:13:37.361+05:30Thanks for the samosas K!
Yesterday I could not p...Thanks for the samosas K! <br />Yesterday I could not participated in the Special because of the power failure here. :((Ramanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397749600795786434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-29872698320082768342015-07-06T14:00:14.135+05:302015-07-06T14:00:14.135+05:30:):)SandhyaPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04942775086227477649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-75682260115670669842015-07-06T11:45:45.171+05:302015-07-06T11:45:45.171+05:30CV,
Thanks for the update on Metro. To be precise,...CV,<br />Thanks for the update on Metro. To be precise,you beat me to it. I wanted to have a ride for exactly the same reasons mentioned by you. Ans, as you said, I also wanted to do it before it gets 'Madras'ed, if I may say so. But I certainly was expecting to see Madras from an elevation. Probably, I should use an uncrowded day. Well, let me hope I get one soon.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-51630913877522439222015-07-06T11:39:01.098+05:302015-07-06T11:39:01.098+05:30The Times crossword persisted with full stop at th...The Times crossword persisted with full stop at the end of clues even after most others had discarded the practice. Eventually TT too dropped it.<br />THC's first setter, the Admiral, used the full stop. in his work.<br />I don't remember when exactly THC dropped the full stop but I, from the start of my setting career, do not use full stop unless it's part of the clue. QMs and EMs will appear as and when needed.Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-89934699282912960492015-07-06T11:35:45.396+05:302015-07-06T11:35:45.396+05:30Apologies to setters not included. Apologies to setters not included. Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-15437003831328711392015-07-06T11:33:38.467+05:302015-07-06T11:33:38.467+05:30Yesterday I became a child.
Well, I took a 'j...Yesterday I became a child.<br /><br />Well, I took a 'joy ride' by the just-inaugurated Metrotrain from Alandur to Koyambedu and back.<br /><br />Actually I wanted to give my granddaughter an experience.<br /><br />Joy ride, did I say? It was anything but!<br /><br />On this Sunday many families were out just with the same intention as mine and there were old people milling with young ones.<br /><br />On the 'to' journey we had to stand throughout the 20-minute ride with hordes.<br /><br />The racks on top were empty. No briefcases, no backpacks, not even gunny sacks.No business travellers. <br /><br />My idea was to look at the swank stations and coaches before they were spoilt by what we usually spoil them with.<br />Before the escalators became unserviceable.<br /><br />It is quite elevated and there are two/three levels at the stations. So without the escalator, it would be really difficult for the aged. <br /><br />But the entrance/exit doors of the coaches are level with the platform.<br /><br />We are not issued tickets but rather plastic tokens which when inserted in a slot at the gate opens the turnstile that gives access to the ticketed part of the station. <br /><br />The coaches are fully airconditioned and annoucements on the PA system mention stations. The exit door opens usually at left but also at right in some stations.<br /><br />Did we get a view of the city from the broad windows? Not a chance. <br /><br />In any case what you could have seen are all the tops of commercial buildings and signages. Some temple towers rose above these. <br /><br />It will be several years before the Metro passes by my neighbourhood - most part of which will be underground.Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-58599373479861362172015-07-06T11:28:47.397+05:302015-07-06T11:28:47.397+05:30Thank you, Sandhya ma'am. :)Thank you, Sandhya ma'am. :)Mukundala Balasubramanyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778248287813410500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-77593143223335870952015-07-06T11:26:26.150+05:302015-07-06T11:26:26.150+05:30A couple of (as Richard calls them, pointless) poi...A couple of (as Richard calls them, pointless) points...<br /><br />i've seen ch used for friend in some British crosswords, possibly as a short form of chum. But I don't find it in Chambers... My apologies.<br /><br />Sandy, it's actually the other way round... No, I have not dropped the full stop at the end of the other clues as you say.... period. Almost all setters do not put a fs at the end of their clues, by some unwritten convention I suppose, though they do use ? And ! At the end. To my knowledge, there is only one person I have seen who meticulously uses a fs at the end of ever clue. I am sure you know who that person is ;). Go look in a mirror ...Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-36055539361292980502015-07-06T11:19:44.522+05:302015-07-06T11:19:44.522+05:30Hi all,
Thanks for your appreciation... The idea...Hi all, <br /><br />Thanks for your appreciation... The idea was to wean MB off his samosas and serve him a different junk food .... Chat/chaat. Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-40188843821181468922015-07-06T11:10:47.781+05:302015-07-06T11:10:47.781+05:30It is a composite anagram.
It is a composite anagram.<br />SandhyaPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04942775086227477649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-60066843118048709242015-07-06T10:33:30.156+05:302015-07-06T10:33:30.156+05:30Oh the sheer joy of a samosa day! Thank you Incogn...Oh the sheer joy of a samosa day! Thank you Incognito, for a delightful crossword.....<br />Richard - good to know I was missed! Had a busy time with kids and grand kid's holidays!<br />Vacation over, time to get down to the business of solving crosswords and Sudokus!!<br />After many days of very hot and humid weather in Delhi, a beautiful rainy day in Delhi - ideal for samosas and coffee!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199329078191837462noreply@blogger.com