Sunday 08 Mar 2026, IIT (M) WGC, IIT (M) Crossie Open, KrisKross

Announcing the Crossie Open 2026 - Cryptic Crossword competition conducted by the Word Games Club of IIT Madras. It is on March 8th, 2026 at the IIT Madras campus, and I will be hosting it this year.

Registrations are now open - please use this link (google form) to register.

https://forms.gle/eZivoahrNcwt3pTdA

No 14639, Friday 14 Nov 2025, Arden

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Regular solvers/Veterans can post 1 answer each, but after 11 AM only.

Thanks for the response, here's the regular blog.

ACROSS

9   Crab cooked in West, say, is gruesome (7) MACABRE {MA{CRAB*}E}

10 American keeps very quiet - in the manner of a Swedish town (7) UPPSALA {U{P}{P}S}{A LA}

11 Partners in characteristic travel (7) TRANSIT {TRA {NS}IT}

12 Option to include cold or frozen dessert (4-3) CHOC-ICE {CHO{C}ICE}

13 Restricted dogs, exceeded limits (9) CURTAILED {CUR}{TAILED}

15 Openers not out - together can handle score (5) NOTCH Acrostic

16 Vessel holding another is dusky (7) DARKISH {D{ARK}ISH}

19 Students receive help, those essentially down sick (4,3) LAID LOW {L}{AID}{L}{dOWn}

20 Assassin arrested again, in jail (5) NINJA [T] 

21 Discontinues after Alberto is regularly seen with a billionaire (9) ABROGATES {AlBeRtO}{GATES}

25 Gimmicks make gums get hard (7) SHTICKS {S{H}TICKS}

26 I belong otherwise to base (7) IGNOBLE*

28 Student lands in soup - criminal character (7) UPSILON {L} in {IN+SOUP}*

29 Understanding home faculty (7) INSIGHT {IN}{SIGHT}

DOWN

1   Evacuant to evacuate emporium - equipment inelastic (6) EMETIC {Em...uM}{Eq...nT}{In...iC}

2   Money church raised is sweet (6) ECLAIR {RIAL}{CE}<=

3   Peters' directions to keep books (4) EBBS {E}{BB}{S}

4   Pulse is fast, ideal at extremities (6)  LENTIL {LENT}{IL}

5   Wine and rum calmed us (8) MUSCADEL*

6   Hiring a president - indicating support (10) APPOINTING {A}{P}{POINTING}

7   Grapes are vital in making wine (8) VARIETAL* Semi&lit

8   TV programme on how to support Olympics, say (4,4) GAME SHOW {HOW}<=>{GAMES}

14 Microscopic organism, not human - cryptic clue? (10) ANIMALCULE {ANIMAL}{CLUE*}

16 Old monster sound - like rising in our surroundings (8) DINOSAUR {DIN}{O{AS<=}UR}

17 Game for an amusement arcade, only strings going all around (8) RINGTOSS {O+STRINGS}*

18 Part of circuit designed in haste, finally stuck (4,4) HEAT SINK {IN+HASTE}*{s..cK}

22 Sun God is in 5 (6) RAISIN {RA}{IS}{IN}

23 Caribbean island also gets the sack (6) TOBAGO {TO{BAG}O}

24 Gumshoe's criminal hustle (6) SLEUTH*

27 Starts now - one should have food (4) NOSH Acrostic

Reference List

Very Quiet = PP, Partners = N,S, Cold = C, Student = L, Hard = H, Church = CE, Book = B, President = P, Only = O

NICE 25 South Zone Finals, 02 Aug 25, Chennai

Sunday 09 Mar 2025, IIT (M) WGC, IIT (M) Crossie Open

The Word Games Club, IIT Madras, is delighted to present our annual flagship cryptic crossword competition – Crossie Open with an exciting prize pool of 24k!

Date: March 9, 2025
Venue: CRC, IIT Madras Campus
Format: Prelims (written) + Finals 

Join us, in teams of 1-2 members, for an engaging test of wit and wordplay, where seasoned solvers and enthusiastic newcomers alike can challenge themselves in the art of cryptic crosswords. Register Now!

Please register for both members of your team. If you do not have a teammate, do not fill in any details for Member 2. Please add any queries you have at the end of the form.

Registration Form can be accessed at the following link

https://forms.gle/spSVpqc5ikzugZJm7

Saturday 02 Mar 2024, IIT (M) WGC, IIT M Crossie Open

All the best to all participants

IIT M Crossie Open

Date - Saturday 02 Mar 24

Registration link - https://forms.gle/UYYqS2efKrNFH5qg7

Venue - Class Room Complex (CRC), IIT Madras

Timings - Round 1 will commence at 10 AM

Conducted by - Shrikanth T aka Afterdark

CONVENERS

Kavya - 9632225662

Abhinav - 9943486164

CORDINATOR

Nerika Mishra 

Saturday 04 Mar 2023, IIT (M) WGC, IIT M Crossie Open

Updating the post with the results and some photographs from the Competition.

Ramki Krishnan and Lakshmi Vaidyanathan won the competition. Kumaresh and hus team mate came second with Sowmya and Madhusudan taking the third spot.

IIT M Crossie Open

Date - Saturday 04 Mar 23

Registration details - https://forms.gle/e3i2YHVXfvFozkvJ8

Venue - Class Room Complex, IIT M 

Timings - Preliminary Round 10:30 AM

                  Final Round  1:30 PM

Conducted by - Srivatsan aka Spinner

CONVENORS

Anjali - 9900740564

Shatakshi - 9535634150

No 13173, Wednesday 17 Feb 2021, Avtaar

Solution to 8D  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.

ACROSS

1   Indian and Nepalese leaders hold brief amongst themselves (5,2) INTER SE {In...n}{Ne...e}{TERSE}

5   Dollar advanced and collapsed (7) BUCKLED {BUCK}{LED}

9   Headgear in unusual shade of peach and gold (7) CHAPEAU {PEACH*}{AU}

10 UCLA questions admitting persons who are hired to say “Yes, Sir” (7) CLAQUES [T]

11 8 Down is X (6,3) NUMBER TEN [CD] [DD] See comments

12 Avtaar’s boy rallied to get gold, perhaps? (5) MEDAL {ME}{LAD<=}

13 Oriental king beheaded mathematician (5) EULER {E}{rULER}

15 One story exceptional about special display vessel kept in a church (9) OSTENSORY {ONE+STORY}* over {S}

17 Salesmen get allowance for rent, conveyance and food, finally corrected (9) REPHRASED {REP{HRA}S}{c...cE}{fooD} 

19 Every other group gets joke about bowler’s stride (3-2) RUN-UP {gRoUp}{PUN<=}

22 Crows start to bite kids (5) BRAGS {Bite}{RAGS}

23 Hell’s let loose — cutting order to liquidate stock (4,5) SELL SHORT {S{HELLS*}ORT}

25 Satires in press videos, regularly getting censored (7) IRONIES {IRON}{vIdEoS}

26 The Spanish couple, seated back-to-back, behind old European capital for a bowl of soup (7) ECUELLE {EL}{LE<=}<=>{ECU}

27 Viscous substance, say, is flipped with tongue (7) GELATIN {EG<=}{LATIN}

28 Most of the taxmen... they leave the man dry (7) THIRSTY {THe}{IRS}{TheY}

DOWN

1   Get under someone’s skin during noisy hearing, say (7) INCENSE (~in sense)

2   Bond’s assumption about supporting the Russian leaders (7) TRAMMEL {LEMMA<=}<=>{The}{Ru...n}

3   Thread your way through where everybody’s crossing (5) REEVE [T]

4   Frame a question for “Problems in Algebra” (9) EQUATIONS*

5   Philosopher cured meat (5) BACON [DD]

6   Queen’s holding up entrance to famous landmark (9) CHARMINAR {RANI<=}<=>{CHARM}

7   Sign across 1$ — “Praise be to God” (4,3) LAUS DEO {L{A}{USD}EO}

8   Show ID (cryptically) (7) D?S?L?Y (Addendum DISPLAY {ID}* [RA] - See comments))

14 Part of teenage attire — a couple of hem-less bras — burlesque with red inlay (2-2,5) RA-RA-SKIRT {bRAs}{bRAs}{SKI{R}T}

16 Most inebriated heads of the interns’ dorms, dance lewdly irritating every single teacher (9) TIDDLIEST Acrostic

17 Well-known thief catches boy and girl stealing (7) ROBBING {ROB{B}IN}{G}

18 Ape cavorting with female bird, one that belongs to the pheasant family (7) PEAFOWL {APE*}{F}{OWL}

20 New bags for pasta (7) NOODLES {N}{OODLES}

21 Unknown boy hero on top in China (7) POTTERY {Y}<=>{POTTER}

23 Name of “Miss America” featured in every other song (5) SUSAN {USA} in {SoNg}

24 An Arab sheikh’s first vehicle from Ingolstadt (5) SAUDI {Sh...h}{AUDI}

Reference List

Oriental = E, Special = S, The in Spanish = EL, Red = R, Female = F, New = N

No 13172, Tuesday 16 Feb 2021, Gussalufz

At Chennai for a wedding, unfortunately no time to meet anyone.

Solution to 8D 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.

ACROSS

1   Extremely rough translation of Socrates (8) COARSEST*

5   Workplace no longer using internal combustion engine (6) OFFICE {OFF}{ICE}

9   Tommy’s secret (7) PRIVATE [DD]

10 They might be keeping tabs on all singles, etc., about to get into cross-dressing (7) SCORERS {SCO{RE}RS*}

11 A broken pen and a lack of inspiration (5) APNEA {A}{PEN*}{A}

12 Lift operator crushed ... Om Shanti (8) HOISTMAN*

13 Saved a little chap getting hurt (6) CACHED {Chap}{ACHED}

14 Vehicles of love-laden, excited escorts (8) SCOOTERS {O} in {ESCORTS}*

18 New listeners: oddly, it’d be one flank of a horse or a car? (8) NEARSIDE {N}{EARS}{ItD+bE}

20 Come home from metro station, rushing briskly and taking only seconds (6) RETURN {fRom}{mEtro}{sTa...n}{rUs...g}{bRisk}{aNd}

23 Having the capacity to live without a drop of refreshing fluid (8) VARIABLE {V{A}{Re...g}IABLE}

25 Rude to change sides for status (5) CLASS C(-r+l)LASS

27 Trying a sour rum (7) ONEROUS {ONE}{SOUR*}

28 File away any rough chips, helping insure very even openings (7) ARCHIVE Acrostic

29 In poor taste to have ministry ultimately moving back to some coal plant production (3,3) FLY ASH FL(+y)YASH(-y)

30 Husband under-prepared; daughter and son get centuries (8) HUNDREDS {H}{UNDER*}{D}{S}

DOWN

1   A picnic arranged around two pieces of sandwiched essence of chillies (9) CAPSAICIN {A+PICNIC}* over {SAn...h}

2   Coin tossed after many denials, essentially, of a particular charge (7) ANIONIC {COIN*} after {mANy}{denIals}

3   Sailors from a great distance taken in by soothsayers (9) SEAFARERS {SE{AFAR}ERS}

4   Look at the rage! (6) SEETHE {SEE}{THE}

6   Bob regularly rejected team on left (5) FLOAT {TeAm+On+LeFt}<=

7   Repeat attire accidentally worn by me at last (7) ITERATE {ATTIRE}*{mE}

8   Different sizes under discussion (4) E?S? (Addendum - ELSE (~ ells) - See comments)

10 Replacement of wife for new betrayer (6) SWITCH S(-n+w)WITCH

15 Ice-cold A.I. replaced an organic substance found in plants and animals (5,4) OLEIC ACID*

16 Creative artists’ plea for help involving messy gents room for starters! (9) SONGSTERS {SO{GENTS*}{Room}S}

17 Homes in which walls of blackwood are swapped for bricks (6) ADOBES A(-b+d)DO(-d+b)BES

19 College Fashion Day came! (7) ACADEMY*

21 Nuke going off over gangster Gussalufz opposed? (7) UNALIKE {UN{AL}{I}KE*}

22 When you relive Javed’s shot getting cup, limitlessly (4,2) DEJA VU {JAVED*}{cUp}

24 Images of tragic onslaughts (5) ICONS [T]

26 Turn left and feminine! Game? (4) GOLF {GO}{L}{F}

Reference List

About = RE, New = N, Husband = H, Daughter = D, Son = S, Wife = W, Gangster = AL, Left = L, Feminine = F

Special, Sunday 20 Jan 2019, IXL-18 Final Crossword 2

Three answers per commenter as usual till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment

ACROSS
1   Father concealing deceit ultimately backs risky speculations (6)
4   Criticize harshly! Shocking to grab single female (7)
8   Summon strike first and run riot (7)
9   Girl with evidence backing dissident (7)
11 Singer, endlessly conceited, lousy in circuit (10)
12 Mountaineers plausibly keep going around mountains (4)
13 Forgetting name, relatives recollect unusual but friendly form of address (5)
14 Largely overindulge devouring a lot, possibly leading to this? (8)
16 Take a bath perhaps and be overtly flirtatious? (3,5)
18 Mockery! Bit unfair on youngster (5)
20 Swimmer beginning to accelerate in concluding event (4)
21 Business associate admits debt is on a massive scale (10)
23 Plans to hide his reckless misadventures (7)
24 Ace by wife captures king, finally making contract (7)
25 Utter...utter radio silence (4,3)
26 Grain given by sailors in barge (6)

DOWN
1   Right to take in student showing talent (5)
2   How poet introduced himself? Shut up! (7)
3   A character chasing girl in skirt! That's nonsense (9)
5   Take away suspicious parcel unopened (5)
6   Top arts centre renovated to stage a past event (7)
7   Shallowness and impertinence by Trump finally breaks illusion (9)
10 Jump to embrace maiden with body that's a stunner (9)
13 What one might do with champagne bottle to delay action? (4,2,3)
15 Possible to disregard old boy crushed by weapon that is thrown (9)
17 Fellow flogged and shot (7)
19 Victory for Republican! Speech gets applause (7)
21 Caught pair cavorting in Italian island (5)
22 Allowed princely leader to change sides (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at IXL 18 Final 2

Enjoy.

The Sunday Crossword No 3031, Sunday 20 Jan 2019

ACROSS
1   Forceful machine one steered in quiet waterway (4,6) PILE DRIVER {P}{1}{LED}{RIVER}
6   See second best round (4) SPOT {S}{POT}
9   House style according to declaration (5) MANOR (~manner)
10 Scrambled over a dune, making an effort (9) ENDEAVOUR*
12 Part of building above foundations getting great new rust remedy - about time (14) SUPERSTRUCTURE {SUPER}{RUST*}{C{T}URE}
13 Roll into hearing in court (8) TRIBUNAL {TRI{BUN}AL}
15 Dull affair having no end (5) MATTE MATTEr
17 Reel around in circles (5) LOOPS<=
19 Final section from record, one left by villain, not right (8) EPILOGUE {EP}{1}{L}{rOGUE}
21 Heat’s damaged container, perhaps, depending on circumstances (2,3,4,3,2)  AS THE CASE MAY BE {HEATS}*{CASE}{MAYBE}
24 Bed occupied by male with obvious illness (9) COMPLAINT {CO{M}{PLAIN}T}
25 Area in pub became finally empty (5) INANE {IN{A}N}{b...mE}
26 Weighty book from my perspective (4) TOME {TO ME}
27 Sharp sequence in neat broadcast (10) ASTRINGENT {A{STRING}ENT*}

DOWN
1   Quiz round avoided by learner (4) PUMP PlUMP
2   Weariness in tips from orator after speech giving age away (7) LANGUOR {LANGUage}{Or..oR}
3   Lacy blue dress designed for dancer (6,7) DARCEY BUSSELL*
4   Diplomacy without force supported by northern church, basically (2,7) IN ESSENCE {fINESSE}{N}{CE}
5   Colour that is picked up in bird frequenting coastal area (5) EIDER {RED}{IE}<=

7   Point about staff copper raised, getting result (7) PRODUCT {P{ROD}{CU<=}T}
8   Aimed at gain in trade all over the place (8) TARGETED {TAR{GET}ED*}
11 Compromise? Hotel for instance offers it (13) ACCOMMODATION [DD]
14 Garland around tree’s not normally seen in city (9) LEICESTER {LEI}{C}{TREES*}
16 Definite corruption of cruel act (5-3) CLEAR-CUT*
18 Choose centre for holiday with mother? Perfect (7) OPTIMUM {OPT}{holIday}{MUM}
20 Universal fury about doctor causing offence (7) UMBRAGE {U}{MB}{RAGE}
22 False name, sadly, one admitted (5) ALIAS {AL{1}AS}
23 Garment in attractive style (4) VEST [T]

GRID

Sloggers and Bloggers (S&B) Meet, Chennai, 20 Jan 2019

Our next S&B meet is scheduled to be held in Chennai. Details as under.

Date : Sunday  20 Jan 2019
Location : Chennai
Venue ;  Coffee shop 'Splash', Presidency Club, Ethiraj Salai
Time : 1 PM
Dress code for Gents - Shirt/T-Shirt with collar, Leather footwear (No sandals)

ATTENDING
1. Bhavan (Buzzer)
2. Bhalachandra (xChequer)
3. Rishikesh (Gridman)
4. Col Deepak Gopinath
5. Bhargav
6. Ramki (KrisKross)
7. Padmanabhan
8. Sudarsan Balaji
9. P Suresh Babu

MAY ATTEND


NOT LIKELY TO ATTEND
1. Koteswar Rao

NOT ATTENDING
1. Kurian (Skuldugger)
2. Raju
3. Karthikeyan
4. Devanathan (Arden)
5. Ram
6. VP (Lightning)
7. Abhay
8. Sandhya
9. Richard
10. Arvind
11. Dr Gayathri (In UK now)
12. Shuchi
13. Lakshmi
14. Prasanna Rao
15. Dr Satyen Nabar (Dr. X)

16. Ajeesh
17. Kishore (Incognito)
18. Rengaswamy
19. Dr Sreenivasan
20. PrasadVDS
21. Sreeram

Anybody who is interested to attend may indicate the same in the comments section or send me an email at deepakgita@gmail.com

No 12454, Wednesday 24 Oct 2018, Incognito

Another African Safari from Incognito.

ACROSS
7   Central Intelligence Agency circular letter spells out what may be said on departure (4) CIAO {CIA}{O}
8   All five try to construct a geological feature (4,6) RIFT VALLEY*
10 Clement ex-PM, a model general (6) ATTLEE {A}{T}{T}{LEE} Second T from?
11 Trouble by conducting silly rite around Rita (8) IRRITATE {IR{RITA}TE*}
12 Volcanic island has half-monster king and a tailless amphibian (8) KRAKATOA {KRAken}{K}{A}{TOAd}
14 Trip leaders of American females wearing Indian dress (6) SAFARI {S{A}{F}ARI}
16 Upper class person takes in air in African capital (7) NAIROBI {N{AIR}OB}{I}
18 Teach by placing old coin between two Euros (7) EDUCATE {E}{DUCAT}{E}
21 Sprayers made by South Korea with United Nations, knight and son (6) SKUNKS {SK}{UN}{K}{S}
23 Spies return colouring material — stuff used by Indians (3,5) WAR PAINT {RAW<=} {PAINT}
25 Aristocratic person and a little churchman become haughty (8) SNOBBISH {SNOB}{BISHop}
27 Movie shown by Omaha tar industrialist (6) HATARI [T]
29 Fish carried by girl reveals bacteria (10) SALMONELLA {SALMON}{ELLA}
30 Dehusk sesame and grind — it remains unaltered (4) SAME sESAMe*

DOWN
1   Queen’s winner is above an American (8) VICTORIA {VICTOR}{1}{A}
2   Unknown bird's cry (4) YOWL {Y}{OWL}
3   Old town male is pressing (6) URGENT {UR}{GENT}
4   Person from the Dark Continent may reconstitute California after removal of oil cracking (7) AFRICAN CAliFoRNIA*
5   Finished before American editor employed beyond reason (8) OVERUSED {OVER}{US}{ED}
6   Spot British site (4) BLOT {B}{LOT}
9   Go in — teen's confused before king! (5) ENTER {TEEN}*{R}
13 Townsfolk are not holding author of Out of Africa (5) KAREN [T]
15 Initially, foreign agents' (spies) dash (5) FACIA {Fo...n}{Ag...s}{CIA}
17 Snob goes back carrying wine to strongholds (8) BASTIONS {B{ASTI}ONS<=}
19 Puzzle pieces are brown and have little weights, I hear (8) TANGRAMS {TAN}{GRAMS}

20 Wish Ali changes language (7) SWAHILI*
22 Yank travelling around East African country (5) KENYA {K{E}NYA*}

24 Warm again, when heater is repaired (6) REHEAT*
26 Church podium beam's warped (4) BEMA*

28 Source of ivory got from leaders of tribal unions stripping Kenya (4) TUSK Acrostic

GRID

No12453, Tuesday 23 Oct 2018, Incognito

Pangram less a Z.

ACROSS
1   Divides into 4 residential units (8) QUARTERS [DD]
5   Appeared genetic material contained traces of extinct mammoth (6) SEEMED {SEE{Ex...t}{Ma...h}ED}
10 Flower from East Eritrea (5) ASTER [T]
11 Inspector General left responsibilities and offerings to God (9) OBLATIONS OBLigATIONS
12 Place to raid when hungry and get fat, hesitatingly (6) LARDER {LARD}{ER}
13 Dislike for a variant (8) AVERSION {A}{VERSION}
15 Emotion displayed on the warpath after losing a penny (5) WRATH WaRpATH
17 Additional time for actor in crowd, model, and Indian setter (5,4) EXTRA TIME {EXTRA} {T}{I}{ME}
19 Great Greek mathematician becomes a type of cartoon character (9) SUPERHERO {SUPER}{HERO}
20 Nozzles, and nothing more, can be converted into loops (5) NOSES NOoSES
21 Beast holds trap for dark haired person (8) BRUNETTE {BRU{NET}TE}
23 Usurped (without right), mixed and consumed (4,2) USED UP USUrPED*
27 Then, orlop was modified at this place (5,4) NORTH POLE*
28 Important rank in the army (5) MAJOR [DD]
29 Subscribed after being singed badly (6) SIGNED*
30 A colour-blind person possibly named a yellow flight recorder thus (5,3) BLACK BOX [CD]

DOWN
1   Shiver like a bird (5) QUAIL [DD]
2   Deaf tramp concocted mine gas (9) AFTERDAMP*
3   Number of letters in six (5) THREE [DD]
4   North African returns space (4) ROOM<=
6   Get into convoy after dropping off the rector and amuse (9) ENTERTAIN {ENTER}{TrAIN}
7   New Zealander seen when chairman was on Rhode Island (5) MAORI {MAO}{RI}
8   Deviously strides in and exhumes (9) DISINTERS*
9   Height of what is visible at the front of the house (9) ELEVATION [DD]
14 Ditch animal for Rommel (6,3) DESERT FOX {DESERT} {FOX}
15 Want osseous things like furculae (9) WISHBONES {WISH}{BONES}
16 Good luck charm that one has underfoot when taking part in equestrian events (9) HORSESHOE [C&DD]
18 In-house burglary, for example, where ring is found in possession of biblical character (6,3) INSIDE JOB {IN}{SIDE} {JOB}
22 Dismantle Turing construction after loss of temperature (5) UNRIG tURING*
24 Total air-conditioning for a plant (5) SUMAC {SUM}{AC}

25 Espy Rexford holding borosilicate glass (5) PYREX [T]
26 Cover very esoteric idol lovingly at first (4) VEIL Acrostic

GRID

Mini S&B at Chennai, 23 Oct 2018

Self and wife will be at Chennai from 22 evening to 24 afternoon. Would like to meet up with those at Chennai with their better halves.

Date - 23 Oct
Time - 12 Noon 7 PM (Time changed to accommodate those who are working)
Location - To be decided Ruby Hall, Terrace of Presidency Club (Access through main Building), Ethiraj Salai, Chennai 

As of now

ATTENDING
1. Self and Wife and Cocoa(If permitted) (All Non Veg, Poison-Vodka, Breezer)
2. Bhala (Self only, Poison - Beer?)
3. Rishikesh (Self only, Veg, Poison-Beer)
4. Padmanabhan (Self only, Veg, Poison-TT)
5. Ram ( --- Ditto ---)
6. Ajeesh (Still single, Non Veg, Poison-Brandy)
7. Ramki and wife (Both Veg & Poison-TT)
8. Abhay and wife (Both Veg & Poison-TT)

UNABLE TO ATTEND
1. Rengaswamy

2. Bhargav

Any others interested may kindly comment accordingly in the comments section. Everyone is requested to bring their better halves with them.

The Sunday Crossword No 2972, Sunday 03 Dec 2017

ACROSS
1   Cringe in Washington in connection with predicament (3,3,6) BOW AND SCRAPE {BO{W A}ND} {SCRAPE}
9   Take place in company going around with scoundrel (5) OCCUR {CO<=}{CUR}
10 Garage designed to accommodate tank in compound (9) AGGRAVATE {AGGRA{VAT}E*}
11 Weak revolution ending in trouble to a smaller extent (9) SPINELESS {SPIN}{t...lE}{LESS}
12 Avid solver omitting every other letter in passage (5) AISLE {AvId+SoLvEr}
13 Average temperature indicated (5) MEANT {MEAN}{T}
15 Crime covered up by attendant in minister's place (9) PARSONAGE {P{ARSON}AGE}
16 Freeze street in part of film about city (9) LEICESTER {LE{ICE}{ST}ER<=}
17 Shine in field among leaders of great movement (5) GLEAM {Gr..t}{LEA}{Mo...t}
19 Suppose visitors must be short of time (5) GUESS GUEStS
20 Long distance from the rig, lay wrecked (5-4) LIGHT-YEAR*
23 Scent in tune with surrounding country (9) FRAGRANCE {F{RAG}RANCE}
24 Danger in place full of revolutionary anger (5) PERIL  {P{IRE<=}L}
25 Bug? It's caught by poor player, we cry (6-6) CREEPY-CRAWLY* {C}{PLAYER+WE+CRY}*

DOWN
1   Mature crowd upset about defeat (7) BLOSSOM {B{LOSS}OM<=}
2   Song from enchantress, heartless with language, holding men up (7,7) WICHITA LINEMAN {WItCH}{ITA LI{MEN<=}AN}

3   Audacity never out of order (5) NERVE*
4   Post put at risk (5) STAKE [DD]
5   Keeper of records about substance, endlessly scarce (9) REGISTRAR {RE}{GIST}{RARe}
6   Pretend to co-operate in drama with arm initially extended (4,5) PLAY ALONG {PLAY} {Arm}{LONG}
7   Be surprised by arena, I see, excited before fight (5,2,7) RAISE AN EYEBROW {BY+ARENA+I+SEE}*{ROW}
8   Part of treatise renegade composed (6) SERENE [T]
14 Audit's conclusion stern about certain person in charge of funds (9) TREASURER {a..iT}{REA{SURE}R}
15 Bad temper shown by alien in rising up with weapon (9) PETULANCE {P{ET}U<=}{LANCE}
16 Trademark? Very loud exit (3,3) LOG OFF {LOG O}{FF}
18 Doctor with demonstration in ethical style (7) MORALLY {MO}{RALLY}
21 E.g. key unusually handy with technology? (5) GEEKY*
22 Become thinner in band on run (5) TAPER {TAPE}{R}

Sloggers & Bloggers (S&B) Meet No 9, Sunday 03 Dec 2017, Chennai

Our next S&B meet is scheduled to be held at Chennai on Sunday 3rd Dec.

Date    : Sunday 3rd Dec

Time   : 12 Noon to 3:30 PM
Venue : Platinum Point, Presidency Club, Ethiraj Salai, Chennai.
Dress code for Gents - Shirt/T-Shirt with collar, Leather footwear (No sandals).

Attending

Ser No	Name	Pseudonym	Strength Attending	Veg/Non-veg	Remarks
1	K Bhavan	Buzzer	1	V	Tickets booked
2	PB Padmanabhan
3	Bhalachandra Pasupathy	xChequer
4	CG Rishikesh	Gridman	1	V
5	CG Bhargav		1	V
6	Col Deepak Gopinath		1	NV	Tickets booked
7	R Devanathan	Arden	1	V
8	Ramki Krishnan	KrisKross	1	V
9	Dr Satyen Nabar	Dr. X	1	NV	Tickets booked
10	Rengaswamy		1	V
11	Shrikanth T	Afterdark
12	Vignesh Kiran
13	Rajalakshmi
14	Abhay Phadnis
15	Suresh Babu
16	Prasad (sree-sree)		1	NV
17	AR Subramaniam (Ram)		1	V
18	Ajeesh VM		1	V
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On the fence
1 Srivathsan (Spinner)
2 Bhuvaneswari Sundaram

Not Attending
1 Kishore (Incognito)
2 Lakshmi
3 Ajeesh
4 Arvind Ramaswamy
5 Raghunath (The Phantom)

6 Vasant Sreenivasan

PS - It would be nice if our spouses could attend wherever possible.