ACROSS
1 - Forsakes sinking Owens Ltd (4,4) - LETS DOWN*
5 - Oriental to declare belongings (6) - {E}{STATE}
9 - Good, in France a New Zealand ace gets a windfall (7) - {BON}{A}{NZ}{A}
10 - A short period to tear around the tower (7) - {MIN}{ARET*}
11 - Diaphanous treatment with nothing left on Sanskrit treatise (9) - UPANISHADo*
12 - Thanks to artist secreting a royal headgear (5) - {T{I}A}{RA}
13 - Woman's right — always! (4) - {EVE}{R}
14 - Logician strenuously tries a lot to beat totaliser (9) - ARISTOTLE*
17 - No duty is cast upon you to get such goods (3-6) - TAX-EXEMPT [CD]
19 - Beat first of wagon-horses with it (4) -{WH}IP Seems to be an error here (Addendum - {W}{HIP} - See comments)
23 - Shed tears as rice becomes rotten at the beginning of drought (5) - {CRIE*}{D}
24 - He gets high passes on the field from termagant, perhaps (6,3) - TARGET MAN*
25 - Become rigid if force is held by gun (7) - {ST{IF}{F}EN}
26 - Leader's foolish, losing 50 in a clamorous manner (7) - {NO1}{SIlLY}
27 - Polite word to satisfy? (6) - PLEASE [DD]
28 - But this expanse for planes is on the ground (8) - {AIR}{FIELD} &lit
DOWN
1 - Worker at science room more grim, having lost lid of dish (8) - {LAB}{dOURER}
2 - Got Anne worried by offering so much weight (7) - TONNAGE*
3 - Murdered an individual amidst noise (4,2) - {D{ONE} IN}
4 - Hit by the elements (7-6) - WEATHER-BEATEN [CD]
6 - Redraft contains final authorisation (8) - SANCTION*
7 - Post that's high up? (7) - AIRMAIL [CD]
8 - Catch partners losing money and sinking back (6) -srENTRAP <-
10 - Way of working in Latin (5,8) - MODUS OPERANDI [E]
15 - Adieu, Bye, Ciao, Farewell, Sayonara, Ta-ta… (4-4) - SEND-OFFS [E]
16 - On the look-out, not sleeping (4-4) - OPEN-EYED [DD]
18 - Kind of dye all the rage in a course in African history (7) - {A}{NIL{IN}E}
20 - Edge in fashion that has its ups and downs (7) - {HEM}{LINE} &lit
21 - Makes a scene and puts revised version after a chapter's beginning (4,2) - {A}{C}{TS UP*}
22 - What some maps show is on file that's set apart (6) - {RE}{LIEF*}
1 - Forsakes sinking Owens Ltd (4,4) - LETS DOWN*
5 - Oriental to declare belongings (6) - {E}{STATE}
9 - Good, in France a New Zealand ace gets a windfall (7) - {BON}{A}{NZ}{A}
10 - A short period to tear around the tower (7) - {MIN}{ARET*}
11 - Diaphanous treatment with nothing left on Sanskrit treatise (9) - UPANISHAD
12 - Thanks to artist secreting a royal headgear (5) - {T{I}A}{RA}
13 - Woman's right — always! (4) - {EVE}{R}
14 - Logician strenuously tries a lot to beat totaliser (9) - ARISTOTLE*
17 - No duty is cast upon you to get such goods (3-6) - TAX-EXEMPT [CD]
19 - Beat first of wagon-horses with it (4) -
23 - Shed tears as rice becomes rotten at the beginning of drought (5) - {CRIE*}{D}
24 - He gets high passes on the field from termagant, perhaps (6,3) - TARGET MAN*
25 - Become rigid if force is held by gun (7) - {ST{IF}{F}EN}
26 - Leader's foolish, losing 50 in a clamorous manner (7) - {NO1}{SI
27 - Polite word to satisfy? (6) - PLEASE [DD]
28 - But this expanse for planes is on the ground (8) - {AIR}{FIELD} &lit
DOWN
1 - Worker at science room more grim, having lost lid of dish (8) - {LAB}{
2 - Got Anne worried by offering so much weight (7) - TONNAGE*
3 - Murdered an individual amidst noise (4,2) - {D{ONE} IN}
4 - Hit by the elements (7-6) - WEATHER-BEATEN [CD]
6 - Redraft contains final authorisation (8) - SANCTION*
7 - Post that's high up? (7) - AIRMAIL [CD]
8 - Catch partners losing money and sinking back (6) -
10 - Way of working in Latin (5,8) - MODUS OPERANDI [E]
15 - Adieu, Bye, Ciao, Farewell, Sayonara, Ta-ta… (4-4) - SEND-OFFS [E]
16 - On the look-out, not sleeping (4-4) - OPEN-EYED [DD]
18 - Kind of dye all the rage in a course in African history (7) - {A}{NIL{IN}E}
20 - Edge in fashion that has its ups and downs (7) - {HEM}{LINE} &lit
21 - Makes a scene and puts revised version after a chapter's beginning (4,2) - {A}{C}{TS UP*}
22 - What some maps show is on file that's set apart (6) - {RE}{LIEF*}
14 - Logician strenuously tries a lot to beat totaliser (9) - ARISTOTLE*
ReplyDeleteI saw this as a double anagram
Def Logician=Aristotle
Strenuously=AInd
fodder=tries a lot
beat=Aind
fodder=totaliser
Initially put GOOD BYES in 15d and had a merry go round.
14 - Logician strenuously tries a lot to beat totaliser (9) - ARISTOTLE*
ReplyDeleteAnagram of TRIES A LOT as well as TOTALISER
It is an &lit as well
ReplyDeleteWhat is the distinction if any between a CD and an &lit ?
ReplyDeleteAs I understand, if a clue is both the meaning and also the wordplay it becomes an &lit. So there could be an anagram&lit, hidden&lit, charade&lit etc.
But would a CD&lit make sense?
On Bhavan's cue, how about AIRMAIL above?
ReplyDeleteI think today is one of Gridman's best in a while and certainly in this cycle, for me (disregarding the whip clue which seems to be an honest error).
ReplyDeleteOn the topic of &-lits and CD's, for what I have read, for a clue to be a proper &-lit each word in the clue should have a near equal part in the definition and in word play. I think I have read Tim Moorey write something to this effect somewhere. Seems to be as good a definition as any going around. Sticking to that def., it would seem that the Col. interprets &-lits a bit more loosely than the conventional sense. To me, ARISTOTLE would be a double anagram, AIRFIELD and HEMLINE would be very good CD's though one can argue HEMLINE as a semi-&lit. AIRMAIL is a CD as well to me.
Anyone up for an alt. clue for WHIP to right the one blemish?
cartoon is great!!
ReplyDeleteNoticed the increased use of 's in the last two puzzles.
ReplyDelete13 - Woman's right — always! (4)
which expands to "woman is right" or "woman has right".
In the first case "is" is a filler serving no purpose, but in the second "has" is a misleading container indicator.
Not criticising, just an observation.
Be quick to defeat and criticise (4) WHIP (MD)
ReplyDelete@Veer for a minute I misread your 'alt' and thought you were asking for an &lit clue for whip!
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ReplyDeleteAnd people usually advocate the use of 'has' as a charade indicator more than as a container indicator.
ReplyDeleteRouse with stylish woman on top? (4)
ReplyDeleteWife's stylish strap (4)
ReplyDeleteHow come women are always involved in whip clues? ;-)
ReplyDeleteFlog political enforcer (4)
starting with a joint,stir it (4)
ReplyDeleteFlog Captain's daughter (4)
ReplyDeleteBeat first of wagon-horses with it (4) - {WH}IP
ReplyDeleteCould be W(agon-horses)+HIP ?
(informal) With it = Hip = fashionable :)
Very simple puzzle today. Enjoyed. 8 D my COD
ReplyDeleteAjeesh's 1202 seems bang on.
ReplyDeleteGood one Ajeesh. Veer will have to review his 09:04
ReplyDelete[Insert Kishore's 08:36 here]
ReplyDeleteYour tax cartoon is very like our service tax officials. The Beggars Union here needs to take note.
ReplyDeleteNew ideas for Pranabda
Differential diagnosis, people.
ReplyDeleteAjeesh is invited to have a shot at yesterday's vase.
Suresh @13.54-
ReplyDeleteAs if he is short of ideas!
(-M0) URN = VASE ?!!
ReplyDeleteSuresh-that's it!!
ReplyDeleteNot a good one if that is it.
ReplyDeleteSuresh 1430, Srividya said the same thing first, today morning at 1050 in yesterday's post ?!!! ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh! I don't read yesterday's post today.
ReplyDelete@Col, Missed the crossword yesterday. Lovely pic of asphodel, thank you.
ReplyDeleteNo offence, Suresh, I ain't sending you to bed with the captain's daughter !
ReplyDeleteAjeesh @1202 and Col. @1322, I think that is what Gridman intended. Nice crack, Ajeesh. The thought that crossed my mind briefly was if "it" = hip but I thought it would not be very it of Gridman to do so. But "with it" = hip does do the trick.
ReplyDeleteOff track question for Kishore, the resident mathemagician here or any other lurking math addicts as well:
ReplyDeleteLast weekend I was messing around some Math homework of my 6th grade nephew. I was helping out with geometry and pointing him to solve a problem of figuring out internal angles subtended in a four sided figure. I then made up this comment that for any closed figure of n sides, the sum of all internal angles subtended by the vertices of the figure would be 180(n-2). I then very avuncularly asked him to prove it and indicated that the proof would be along the lines of proving that any closed figure with n sides can be broken down into n distinct triangles with two vertices of each triangle the same as that of the n-sided figure and one common vertex for all the triangles which would lie inside the closed n-sided figure. Is this true or am I just blowing smoke? How would one go about proving it? Thank you..
Veering off track with Veer:
ReplyDeleteOf course it is true. Your smoke is not without fire. Simple proof is that the sum of all angles of the n triangles is 180xn degrees and reducing the 360 degrees subtended at the centre would make it 180n-360=180(n-2) degrees.
Further, it is enough if we know 180 tables:
For 3 sides 180
Add 180 for each side added.
And the beauty is, you can chose any point within the closed figure to build your triangles.
ReplyDeleteIn my 2040, please substitute 'point' for 'centre'.
ReplyDeleteWhile on mathemagics, today's question from one of my friends:
ReplyDeleteWhat is the minimum value of 'x' so that x!, that is factorial of x ends with precisely fifty zero's, where 'x' is a positive integer ?
Logical solving required, not brute force computronics.
OMG, that is 4d from yesterday !
ReplyDeleteAdieu, Auf Wiedersehen, Bye, Ciao, Do Svidanya, Farewell, Kwaheri, Sayonara, Ta-ta for the day.
Hi Kishore
ReplyDeleteIs the answer 205? Every multiple of 5^n, n belonging to the set of natural numbers, will generate an extra zero.
Bingo, Shyam:
ReplyDeleteNumber of trailing zeros for n!
f(n)= Sigma (i=1tok) Abs(n/5^i), where k must be chosen so that 5^(k+1)<n<5^k
Logical explanation:Seeing that having a multiple of 5 is essential for getting a zero (there are plenty of 2s lying around in every even number), we need to tract multiples of 5.There are 20 multiples of 5 in 100!, but of these 25,50, 75 and 100 yield two factors of 5 each, ie 4 more. Hence, 24 factors of 5 in 100!. When we think of 200!, 125 creeps in with 3 factors of 5 hence the number becomes 49. Hence, we require one more factor of 5 to make a round 50 which comes from 205. Hence, 205! is the answer.
And Veer, in a concave polygon, it would not always be possible to construct triangles to a point within. Eg: It is possible in a four sided arrowhead shape whereas impossible in a six sided Z shaped polygon.
ReplyDelete@Kishore, Thx. Empirically it seems to make sense as far as I can see. I was wondering if there exists a proof that will extend to all n, where n are natural numbers >2. And I was also thinking if the other part of the statement about whether one can draw unique triangles with one common vertex inside any n-sided closed figure was true - your 2221 seems to indicate otherwise.
ReplyDeleteVeer
ReplyDeleteI have come across something called the Art Gallery theorem, where essentially the problem is to find the position of minimum number of guards inside a polygon-shaped art gallery such that every point inside the polygon has a line-of-sight path to at least one guard.
Essentially, one guard suffices for any convex polygon. But for complex shapes, it becomes a NP-hard problem!
@Shyam, 2305: Nice..Will check the Art Gallery Theorm out. I am a bit of a trivia buff storing tidbits here and there for use later though not on the scale of some here. Thx..
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