Saturday 20 February 2010

No 9771, Saturday 20 Feb 10, Sankalak

Gear up for NJ from Monday
ACROSS
 1  - Frenchman returning after a time without food gets a clasp (8) - {FAST}{ENER<-} )
 5  - Get the body ready for burial (6) - EMBALM [E]
10 - Gesture of indifference from a brash rugged man (5) - SHRUG [T]
11 - The girl next door (9) - NEIGHBOUR [CD]
12 - Such twins could have no differences (9) - IDENTICAL [E]
13 - Note team escorting knight for some healing (5) - {RE}{I{K}I} I have heard of people boasting that they repaired electrical switches with Reiki!!
14 - Ill-natured, heartless Dory expelled from old American soap opera (5) - (-dy)NASTY
16 - Nature’s packing for breakfast food (8) - EGGSHELL [CD]
18 - What Adonis was made son hard, unsteady (8) - {H}ANDSOME*
20 - Icy home for one, endless darkness (5) - {I}GLOO(-m)
24 - Elevation popular with salaried workers (5) - RAISE [DD]
25 - A dress, one tailored is what a good driver needs (4,5) - ROAD SENSE*
27 - In the gym it is dreary routine (9) - TREADMILL [CD]
28 - Precious stones, very big, worn by friend (5) - O{PAL}S

29 - Chemical expert getting firsts in the yearly exams (6) - {ACE}{T}{YL} From the clue wording this should have been ACETYE couldn't find that anywhere so settled for ACETYL
30 - Remove the burden, after getting off the mount perhaps (8) - UNSADDLE [CD]
DOWN
 1  - The latest thing in an initially fixed deposit with first rate return (7) - {F}{ASH}{ION<-} )
 2  - Ways for good men to circumvent growth (7) - S{TREE}TS
 3  - Source of alkaloid that the queen obtained (5) - {ER}{GOT}
 4  - A worm that can make you reportedly pleasant (6) - (~you){EU}{NICE} Nice one

 6  - Valmiki for one (9) - MAHARISHI [E]
 7  - Give metal a treatment, said one mischievously (7) - ANODISE*
 8  - The kind of music to make one militant? (7) - MARTIAL [CD]
 9  - Plunder that made an attendant sick inside (7) - P{ILL}AGE
15 - Beatles’ song of a time gone by (9) - YESTERDAY [CD]
17 - Implicate Rob and Emil somehow in controversy (7) - EMBROIL*
18 - Drink brewed from camomile, say (4,3) - HERB TEA [CD]

19 - Venal tie without a hint of love exposed by artlessness (7) - NAIVETE(-l)*
21 - French article, new three-foot cord (7) - {LA}{N}{YARD}
22 - Supervise a bit of cricket with a heartless observer (7) - {OVERS}{E(-y)E}
23 - Fish with both sides in deep water (6) - MA{R}{L}IN

26 - Tiny pore on a leaf, as Tom made out (5) - STOMA*


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28 comments:

  1. Richard20 February 2010 at 08:32

    Hello friends

    Clues I liked: 11A, 16A, 24A, 4D, 6D and 17D.

    Correctly guessed, without anno being clear: 1A and 29A

    11A The girl next door (9) NEIGHBOUR - Although it does not fit in there, somehow the very first word that came to my mind was PADOSAN ! :-) (Remember the evergreen classic comedy film in Hindi, with Mahmood in the lead and directed by Jyoti Swaroop?

    29A Chemical expert getting firsts in the yearly exams (6) ACETYL - The firsts of 'the yearly exams' makes 'TYE' and not 'TYL'. (Yes, it has been pointed out above, as I can see.)

    6D Valmiki for one (9) MAHARISHI - This is the correct form, while in common parlance MAHARSHI is used, as in the case of Ramana Maharshi and Maharshi Yogi. This may have foxed some solvers.

    18D The commonly-heard name being HERBAL TEA, this came as a surprise, although not wrong.


    Richard

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  2. Richard20 February 2010 at 08:37

    Even this was a nice clue, though an easy anagram.

    25A - A dress, one tailored is what a good driver needs (4,5) - ROAD SENSE*

    Richard

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  3. Suresh20 February 2010 at 09:11

    Certainly don't know about reiki repairing switches, but it certainly gives relief from common ailments like headaches, besides energising the body.
    I practice it everyday

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  4. Suresh20 February 2010 at 09:26

    29A. ACETYL
    Do you think that with NJ around the corner, the influence is already being felt.

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  5. SandhyaP20 February 2010 at 09:29

    1 down: What does NOI mean?

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  6. Suresh20 February 2010 at 09:30

    Sandhya, No. 1

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  7. Usha Ramaswamy20 February 2010 at 10:02

    It has been one of my smaller goals in life to solve the HCW 100 %. Iam now on 60 to 80 % level. But after logging on to Col Gopinaths blog for the last 4 days, I am quite sure that am edging my way to reaching my goal very very soon . Tks a lot .
    In todays 2 D what is the connection between TREE and " circumvent growth "

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  8. Krishnan20 February 2010 at 10:06

    Hello friends, today I stumbled badly - faltered at 4 clues 29D, 30D, 4A and 23A.

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  9. Pip in the Midwest20 February 2010 at 10:08

    @Usha: The ways (sts) circumvents the growth (tree).

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  10. Krishnan20 February 2010 at 10:09

    Richard, Padosan was made in Tamil as Adutha Veetu Pen and it was a rollicking comedy starring T R Ramachandran , Thangavelu and Anjali Devi. If I am right, I think the movie was made in several other languages too.

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  11. Krishnan20 February 2010 at 10:11

    Usha, I am sure you will be cracking all the clues in The Hindu Crossword very soon.

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  12. SandhyaP20 February 2010 at 10:32

    @Suresh: Thank you. I seem to miss the simplest of things!!

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  13. Hobbes20 February 2010 at 10:32

    I've been off touch with THC fr a while nw ... I'm no expert but I absolutely enjoy trying to crack the grid .. I'm back to solvin 'em after a long time, and just whn I get tht zest back, I have a Jaggi to deal with ! OMG ! Pl. Hindu! I implore you to cut down in NJ and give more puzzles to Gridman and Sankalak!
    Spl. mention to the colonel.

    Cheers all :)

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  14. SandhyaP20 February 2010 at 10:37

    @Usha & Pip in the Midwest:

    2down Ways for good men to circumvent growth (7)S{TREE}TS

    ways: meaning STREETS
    growth: TREE
    good men: STS(saints)
    circumvent: surround
    (STS surround TREE)

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  15. Pip in the Midwest20 February 2010 at 10:42

    Oops. Sorry. That's what I meant. Too sleepy. Thanks Sandhya.

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  16. SandhyaP20 February 2010 at 10:52

    @Pip in the Midwest: If are in the Midwest, you really must be sleepy :)

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  17. Col_Gopinath20 February 2010 at 11:01

    @Pip,
    Nothing to be sorry about, what you have written is the same as what Sandhya has elaborated.

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  18. Richard20 February 2010 at 11:25

    @ Suresh re: Reiki and switches -

    A friend of mine here says Reiki has helped him in being cured of a headache which used to constantly switch places, something known as migraine.

    Richard

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  19. veer20 February 2010 at 11:45

    Maybe Suresh or Richlas can answer this question on Reiki: can it help alleviate or cure Lupus which is an autoimmune ailment I believe? Thanks

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  20. Richard20 February 2010 at 11:51

    @ Veer

    Re Reiki: Sorry, I have neither a RAY of information about it nor a KEY to your query.

    Richard

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  21. Suresh20 February 2010 at 11:54

    I am not a Reiki master and have only done a 1st degree course. I do not know what is Lupus.
    Several claims are made by practitioners and masters.
    It could promote general wellness and health, but it takes a little over an hour every day, at least half an hour.
    Since it wolrks with other lines of treatment. it is well worth a try.

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  22. veer20 February 2010 at 12:38

    @Suresh, @Richlas, Thanks for responding. Your comments on Reiki piqued my interest and hence the query. I couple of my friends also fervently believe in the healing powers of Reiki but for some reason, I have always been a sceptic.

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  23. SandhyaP20 February 2010 at 13:15

    @Richard: Aiming to be a X word setter for The Hindu? (RAY KEY)
    Maybe you could replace Nita Jaggi:D

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  24. Richard20 February 2010 at 13:32

    @ Sandhya: No ambition of that kind, since it may be a long way to go. While acknowledging that part of the compliment, I do not find the thought of replacing someone (!) very comfortable.


    Richard

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  25. Krishnan20 February 2010 at 13:33

    23D Fish with both sides in deep water - Can somebody tell me how the answer was arrived at ?
    I know R and L are for sides. Is MA an indicator ?

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  26. Richard20 February 2010 at 13:44

    @ Krishnan: MAIN is a literary term for a vast ocean or sea. So RL inserted to make it MARLIN.

    Richard

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  27. Krishnan20 February 2010 at 15:29

    Thanks Richard.

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  28. vck20 February 2010 at 19:10

    some of the clues are really artificial especially the adonis one; the whole clue doesnt make any sense!

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