Wednesday 29 December 2010

No 10037, Wednesday 29 Dec 10, M Manna

Off for a round of Golf will be back after lunch.
ACROSS
1   - Sceptically inquire over use of cane (7) - {ASK}{ANCE*}
5   - Spares easterner affected from being falsely accused (7) - ASPERSE*
10 - The French is in agreement for amalgamated trade union for workers (6) - {UN}{IS}{ON} 
11 - A cryptographer's ruse of simply taking initial characters (8) - {A}{C}{R}{O}{S}{T}{I}{C} &lit Brilliant

12 - Colourful fruit (6) - ORANGE [DD]
13 - Kayak in which I once sat crumpled up (8) - CANOEIST* Something amiss here
14 - He arranges the grave stone to be assembled about ten (6) - {SE{X}TON*}
15 - Make an effort for the family (6) - STRAIN [DD]
18 - Poem for a fool returning to Black Sea port (6) - {ODE}{SSA<-}
20 - Swallow a drink I needed (6) - MARTINi
23 - Deep green? (3,5) - SEA GRASS [CD]
25 - Pam with sis moves around everywhere (6) - PASSIM* New word for me
26 - Iron cutback (8) - DECREASE [DD]
27 - How the hours pass when composedly asleep (6) - ELAPSE*
28 - Testifies the way the State designed (7) - ATTE(ST)S*
29 - NE gales blowing around the country (7) - SENEGAL*
DOWN
2   - One's rattled by the artist, a foreign lady (6) - {SENO*}{RA}
3   - They'll agree to allow records of stupid fellow (9) - {ASS}{ENTERS}
4   - Quite happy to deceive over accommodation (7) - {CON}{TENT}
6   - Recoils from psychiatrists (7) - SHRINKS [DD]
7   - English lies to turn her in (5) - {E}{LSIE*}
8   - Women's garment to cover her torso in water (8) - SWIMSUIT [E] Present day swimsuits hardly cover anything!!
9   - His students are taught step by step (7,6) - DANCING MASTER [CD]

16 - Restore control, say (9) - {REIN}{STATE}
17 - He supports a woman in the depression (8) - {A}{D{HER}ENT}
19 - A stoppage a compulsive worker finds very hard (7) - {A}{DAM}{ANT}
21 - Having had enough to make pet reel around (7) - REPLETE*
22 - Seat is prepared for a nap (6) - SIESTA*
24 - Girl ran amok from ogre in ravine (5) - {G}{ORGE*}

14 comments:

  1. I got Seagrass wrong.. thought 'twas seaweed (see earlier post). Got stuck. Thanks.. great blog. Visiting India for a week, stumbled on this blog. Excellent work. See you again in 6 months. Going back home today.

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  2. A crossword ritual often sets the initial clue this way.
    11a
    Really enjoyed this one. By far the most enjoyable clue today.

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  3. Quite a good puzzle today and of course the standout is acrostic.

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  4. Is Kayaker a proper synonym for Canoeist?

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  5. Kodaikanal is surely healthier, offering rejuvenating excursions for me.

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  6. can someone explain how you get unison?

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  7. A request to JayD (and others who may be new to this blog): please don't post the current solutions in the previous days' posts. Although I begin solving the crossword long after the Colonel puts the solutions up, I however check the previous day's comments section to follow up on discussions and such, if any. Thankfully, today I didn't see beyond ASKANCE.


    Vasant@15:14,

    The French = UN (one; it's not an exact translation)

    IS (from the clue)

    "To be ON" is to be in agreement. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/On)

    And 'amalgamated' asks you to put together those three words.

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  10. 20A - How I from martini is removed? Any clues?

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  11. Subramaniam,
    I is not removed, if I is added to Martin it becomes the drink Martini

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  12. Swallow// a drink// I needed (6) - MARTINi

    Martin is a swallow and to get a drink, I is needed: MARTIN+I = MARTINI

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  13. Martin needed to swallow a drink? :)

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  14. @Kishore 18:25 - Thanks Kishore! I was actually trying to get hold of some trivia questions...and there was this post as I was going through the blog comments!

    ACROSTIC was the first clue I cracked today - Awesome Manna!!

    9d was iffy, DANCE MASTER sounds good for the clue given...wouldn't fit though..

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