Tuesday 3 November 2009

No 9678, Tuesday, 03 Nov 09, Nita Jaggi

Back with ten days of torture and wild guesses, don't ask me for annotations, some of them are just @#$%&*
ACROSS
 2 - Priestly member has no number of the Creator (6) - BRAHMA(-n)
 7 - Completely follow the width of the structure (4) - {W}ALL
 9 - Half open a flask (4) - {A}{JAR} Somehow I had always thought ajar meant fully open!!
10 - Suffering — not physical in nature! (6,7) - MENTAL ANGUISH [CD]
12 - The German is in possession of the rugby medal of the player (7) - D{RU}{MM}ER
13 - Look to measure back an animal (7) - GAZE{LLE<-} )
15 - Meaningless device, overheard (4) - VAIN (~vane)
17 - Always surround an Inspector General on the mountain peak (5) - E{IG}ER
18 - Inform the couple to trim nails (4) - PARE (~pair)
19 - Bring at first one animal for the fish (7) - {B}{ONE}{DOG}
21 - Flavours in the south-east is specifically on us (7) - {SE}{AS}{ON}S Anno not clear
23 - Tenth girl sees an injured dog (7,6) - ENGLISH SETTER*
27 - Said to have run away with an insect (4) - FLEA (~flee) Said to have run away would be FLED
28 - Spoken about an alternative for the gangster (4) - {OR}{AL}
29 - Selected comedian Margaret as a soprano in the borders of Edmonton (6) - {CHO}{S}{EN} And I thought NJ was talking about our very own CHO from Tamilnadu!!
DOWN
 1 - Pound the meat initially made for the queen (6) - {HAM}{M}{ER}
 2 - Dish for the lawyer can be made by a man in the outskirts of Greece (10) - {BL}{ANC*}{MAN}{G}{E}
 3 - Islamic commander (4) - ALLA [E] (Correction - AGHA Thanks to Suresh)
 4 - Language cut short for the Goddess (4) - MAYA(-n)
 5 - First to display in front of the greatest painter (4) - {D}ALI
 6 - Unmarried man suffering from black cholera (8) - {B}ACHELOR*
 8 - Rock magazine for the master (5) - {MAG}{MA}
11 - Ruling out the king held in hiding (7) - LUR{K}ING*
13 - Smoothens the way for the gunmen capturing each London area (7) - {G}R{EA}{SE}S Anno ?
14 - Former location of an exhibition (10) - {EX}POSITION
16 - Especially, a lovable character (5,3) - ABOVE ALL*
20 - Think around to desire for something (5) - {O}PINE
22 - Any row can erupt in the country (6) - NORWAY*
24 - Target is ready before for the learner (4) - {GO}{A}{L}
25 - Talking quietly, Bush at last is in an American hospital (4) - (-b+h)HUSH (Correction - (-bus){H}{US}{H} - Thanks to Suresh)
26 - Turn over the tender spot to the God of love (4) - EROS<- )

24 comments:

  1. DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT COLONEL.

    IT COULD BE 10 DAYS OF IMAGINATION EXCITEMENT AND LOTS OF INTERACTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS PLUS A LOT OF RESEARCH

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  2. 13A GRS IS AN ABBREVIATION FOR GUNMEN ACCORDING TO A LIST OF CROSSWORD ABBREVIATIONS WHICH I GOT OUT OF ONE OF THE EARLIER DISCUSSIONS ON THIS FORUM

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  3. ANNO FOR 25D SHOULD BE, I THINK
    H =BUSH AT LAST
    US= AMERICAN
    H= HOSPITAL

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  4. I LIKE YOUR RESEARCH ON ANNO FOR CHOSEN. I WAS WONDERING WHERE THE MARGARET FITTED IN.
    ALSO I LIKED DALI, WHICH I DID NOT GET. FORGOT THAT ALI WAS 'THE GREATEST'

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  5. 9 - Half open a flask (4) - {A}{JAR} Somehow I had always thought ajar meant fully open!!


    Maybe because you as a young boy often put your hand in the cookie jar left open by your grandma?

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  6. Thanks Suresh,
    Your anno for 25D is spot on.
    Don't remember the discussion on GRS.
    I wouldn't say Excitement but Imagination (~aka wild guesses), interaction, discussion & research OK.

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  7. Chaturvasi,
    How did you guess? I have always been one for midnight snacking, one of the reasons for my being portly!!

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  8. Discussion was not on GRS per se. It was a link to a long list of crossword abbreviations which CV or somebody provide which I downloaded and copied

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  9. Portly is good Colonel. My wife's complaint is that I have become pot bellied

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  10. Suresh -
    What is the definition for the word reqd?
    "Hush" means "Quiet", so how do you account for "Talking quietly".
    "Hush, hush baby" means "Quiet, baby! Don't cry!" Not "Talk quietly!"
    The def as given, if correct, would lead only to HUSHING, not HUSH.
    With "Flavours (plural) ... is (singular)..." in another clue and with ever so many other problems elsewhere, we should be
    25dn
    really.

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  11. THE DEF SHOULD BE TALK QUIETLY BY ALL NORMAL THOUGHT PROCESSES. MAYBE NJ THINKS DIFFERENTLY.
    THIS IS WHAT I MEANT THAT IT WILL BE FUN AND GAMES FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS

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  12. Readers of The Hindu Crossword Corner,

    Hop over to Crossword Unclued and read an interview with Colonel Gopinath:
    http://www.crosswordunclued.com/2009/11/interviews-with-ace-solvers-part-vi.html

    Colonel: Thank you again for the interview. It's great to get an insight into the mind of a formidable solver :)

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  13. Hi Shuchi,
    Thanks for featuring me on your blog. I am honoured

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  14. You are right Suresh, it is AGHA and not ALLA

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  15. Colonel: Have been following your blog for a couple of months now.

    Am quite a fan :)

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  16. Hi Col
    I read your interview and am really impressed. You are really a crossword 'GURU'.
    We are all learning from you.

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  17. Just a humble request to some of our members here. Please avoid posting comments in upper case. It is a bit harsh on the eyes. Please take this in the right spirit.


    Richard

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  18. Just to add on to Richards comment, upper case in internet parlance is akin to shouting!!

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  19. Hello Col, What a treat it was to read your Crossword Unclued interview. I had no idea that crossword puzzles were so popular in India. It was interesting to see the differences and similarities in the puzzles you solve and the ones we have in the United States.

    You have quite a few fans. Keep up the good work.

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  20. I was about to write that at 66 I am a bit hard of hearing but still I could do without the shouting.
    If depressing shift key is a prob. in using uc/lc as in normal writing, the message can be in all lower case - which is not a strain on the eye.

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  21. Clear Ayes,
    Thanks for the compliments and for dropping by at my blog.

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