1 - Old record is used in Gridman's article to develop stories (11) - {MY}{TH{O}{LOG}{IS}E}
9 - Industrialist and sailor back a series of knocks (3-1-3) - {RAT}-{A-TAT} <- I wish Gridman had clued it as R@@@
10 - Rate differently issue in crime against the government (7) - {TREA*}{SON}
11 - Pull one in game with the last two gone (5) - {HO{I}CK
12 - Or — thrice it's extracted and used in perfumery (5,4) - ORRIS ROOT*
15 - Momentary loss? (4-5) - TIME-LAPSE [CD]
18 - Three-foot ruler (9) - {YARD}{STICK} &lit
21 - You needn't do anything to earn this title (5) - IDLER [CD]
22 - Destination of the Magi (9) - BETHLEHEM [E]
24 - Enter gangleader's warning at an auction house (5) - {GO}{IN}{G} Nice one
26 - Five leave village and stormily take pupil: it's unauthorised (7) - {
27 - Fruit for a village officer and a doc in trouble (7) - {A}{VO}{C{A}DO*} I hate this fruit and my better half loves it!
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1 - How a soldier might leave a place quickly? (5,4) - MARCH AWAY [CD] Why quickly? I suppose Gridman has added quickly as the word of command in english is 'QUICK MARCH' or 'TEZ CHAL' in Hindi.
2 - Race to workers' sit-out (5) - {TU}{TSI*}
3 - Kiss tutor outrageously in the fringes (9) - OUTSKIRTS*
4 - ''In” mail? Just the opposite in remote settlement (7) - {OUT}{POST}
5 - Fit, possessing a bit of energy, for the time being (7) - {INT{E}RIM}
6 - Quits before the opponents (5) - {EVE}{NS}
7 - Legal bar lest Pope should be at variance (8) - ESTOPPEL*
8 - Join, abandoning oriental detachment (4) - UNIT
14 - Anticipated a number said and counted (8) - {~four}{FORE}{TOLD}
16 - How a humiliated person should not take things? (5,4) - LYING DOWN [CD]
19 - Boy breaks in with the woman for a respirator (7) - {IN}{H{AL}ER}
20 - Capital on Lake Victoria (7) - KAMPALA [E]
22 - Minor deviation with second spout (4) - {B}{LIP}
23 - See, soldier begins cannoning with reasoning (5) - {LO}{GI}{C}
25 - Language team accepts artist's question (5) - {I{RA}{Q}I}
Hi folks
ReplyDeleteAs on most days, an essential Gridman. Most of them could be cracked on surface reading.
1A - MYTHOLOGISE took a long time.
RAT-A-TAT, ORRIS ROOT, TIME-LAPSE, YARDSTICK, IDLER, BETHLEHEM, CERTAINTIES, OUTPOST, INHALER, LYING DOWN, EGREGIOUS, LOGIC etc. were interesting.
19D - AL seems to be one of most common names for a boy.
25D - Remember having come across IRAQI very recently. Not sure it was Gridman's.
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ReplyDeleteYesterday we had MORRIS in 10a, and today we have headless MORRIS in 12a. Rat-a-tat reminded of Enid Blyton stories with this and similar names: Rub-a-dub, Ring O’Bells etc. and also the first fitting acronym I came across: Frederick Algernon Trotteville. TUTSI brought back memories of the Rwandan 1994 genocide where Hutus killed about half a million to a million of them. KAMPALA brought back to memory the 1976 OPERATION THUNDERBOLT at Entebbe headed by Jonathan Netanyahu (incidentally I was in Entebbe on 11th September).
Col: Loved your clue for 9a !!!!!
ReplyDelete27A - Don't tell me, Deepak ! (I am happy I have Bhabhi-ji's company.)
ReplyDeleteAVOCADO (yummy!) is my favourite fruit. Called Persea americana in BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE, its common names are butter pear or
alligator pear. The Nahuati origin of the word is something unmentionable!
Most likely because of its fleshy content with butyraceous consistency (when mashed), here in our country, it is commonly called 'butter fruit', in a way misnomer though. As a natural corollary, it has inspired some convenient Indian names, like the following.
Hindi: makhanphal
Tamil: veNNai pazham
Telugu: veNNa pandu
Kannada: beNNe haNNu
Malayalam: goshtubtang - Achtung! This tongue-twister - goshtubtang - sounds like a German name! Can someone tell me what it means?
On the whole a really good puzzle, but what gets my goat are the E clues. Not specifically a problem with Gridman, but in any cryptic crossword.
ReplyDeleteMore often than not, the solvers' standing is binary. Either they know the answer or not. There is no "active thinking" that they can indulge in to arrive at the answer.
They may have a place in Quick crosswords, but I'd rather not see them in cryptics.
I wish Gridman had clued it as R@@@
ReplyDeleteAn excellent suggestion!
R@@@ ????
ReplyDeleteI don't get it.
@Col : R@@@ was brilliant
ReplyDelete@VJ : R@@@ translates to the same answer RATATAT (@=AT)
'Estoppel' would have taken Mr Richard to his old Banking Days
ReplyDeleteVJ
ReplyDelete{R}{AT}-{A-T}{AT} where @ = AT
5 - Fit, possessing a bit of energy, for the time being (7) - {INT{E}RIM}
ReplyDeleteCould someone explain the anno for this please? I understand
fit = TRIM
bit of energy = e
possessing = in?
Even if possessing = in, how were we supposed to juxtapose them in that order?
Oh, thanks Deepak and Bhavan.
ReplyDeleteWhen I see those kinda symbols, I invariably assume it's gonna be a swear word. I was stuck 'cause I couldn't think of one starting with R, having four letters.
Nice one!!!
Satya, I think fit = in trim
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ReplyDeleteIn trim would mean fit. A person who is fit is 'in trim' In and trim are not separate expressions
Thank you VJ and Suresh. I've learned something new today, then. Had never heard, "He is in trim", but sure have heard, "He is trim and fit." I am not questioning the correctness of your explanation, please understand.
ReplyDeleteThanks again.
Satya, we say "He's in trim condition," which is quite the same as saying "He's fit." So, "fit" could be equated to/ defined as "in trim condition." In this particular clue, the definition part has been truncated to "in trim."
ReplyDeleteI think there's nothing to complain.
27A - My 08:36 post:
ReplyDeleteMalayalam name for AVOCADO is said to be goshtubtang
Achtung! This tongue-twister - goshtubtang - sounds like a German name!
I am still waiting for someone knowing Malayalam to tell me the meaning.
Deepak, won't you know a bit of the language? Sorry for asking.
Richard,
ReplyDeleteMy malayalam is as good or as bad as your's. Never stayed there having been in the services right since childhood.
Namaskaram Deepak modalazhi, in that case my Malayalam could surely be a shade better than yours. I have picked a fair proficiency, having watched a lot of Mollywood movies and having worked with a good number of Keralites in - among all the places - the Middle East.
ReplyDeleteI surprise my local friends by breaking into a tolerable version of Malayalam when meeting friends from Kerala.
Nanni. Pinne KaaNNan...
Contd. I guess they say nanri for thanks in Tamil.
ReplyDeleteRe: 1d Remember a PT teacher who use to ask us to do a MARCH FAST.
ReplyDeleteKishore, there was another PT teacher, who used to scold the students saying, 'Pun por you, puneral por me!'
ReplyDeleteAre you by any chance referring to Mr Ghulam Ghouse of Mission High School? He had quite a few anecdotes credited to him, according to my Grandpa !
ReplyDeleteAlso, remember some old timers who used to buy 'Pups' from the local bakery.
ReplyDeleteKish 22:21 further by email
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