Sunday 19 June 2011

No 2639, Sunday 19 Jun 11

ACROSS
1   - Cover bovine? Bull, at last (4) - {COW}{L}
3   - Female holding up a train? (10) - BRIDESMAID [CD]


10 - Lengthen lease, in writing (3,4) - {LET} {DOWN}
11 - Parted company in Croatian port towards the north (5,2) - {SPLIT} {UP}
12 - Sweet foreign kid hurt his leg on end of slat (7,7) - {TURKISH DELIGH*}{T}
14 - Has words, upset about first of our promotional tours (9) - {ROADSH{O}WS*}
16 - A new member backing backer (5) - {A}{N}{GEL<-}
18 - Girl in aquarelle, nineteen (5) - ELLEN [T]
19 - Candlemakers caught coaches (9) - {C}{HANDLERS}
20 - One could be blue! (4-6,4) - FOUR-LETTER WORD [CD]
24 - Cans provided by top teacher with group (7) - {HEAD}{SET}
25 - Odd pint with her in a Cumbrian town (7) - PENRITH* Thanks to Google
26 - Talk to girl and mistress of a fashionable household (10) - {CHAT}{ELAINE}
27 - Photograph taken on the spur of the moment (4) - SNAP [DD]
DOWN
1   - Method of treating drug addiction in chilly country (4,6) - {COLD} {TURKEY}
2   - Force used after breaking barrier (9) - {W{ATERF*}ALL}
4   - Book missing from office in hacienda (5) - bRANCH
5   - Indigestion, said Pepys, suffering (9) - DYSPEPSIA*
6   - Nervously bind a new book (6,3,5) - SYLVIE AND BRUNO*
7   - I may appear straight after this character (5) - AITCH [CD]
8   - Illegal drugs information (4) - DOPE [DD]
9   - Literary hero of Hood's on erratic course? (8,6) - {ROBIN'S}{ON} {COURSE*} (Correction
- {ROBIN'S}{ON} {CRUSOE*})

13 - Stopped up to inform on just union members here (6,4) - {CLOSED} {SHOP}
15 - Band playing Ireland, say (9) - ORCHESTRA [CD]
17 - Old brotherhood member getting angrier, distraught about shot (9) - {GRE{GO}RIAN*}
21 - Some up from part of Utah, a Mormon city (5) - OMAHA [T<-]
22 - Simple goal, mine at home (3-2) - {TAP}-{IN}
23 - Stylish young woman? Not quite (4) - CHICk



10 comments:

  1. Navneeth
    Your query yesterday in the Comments section has been answered there.

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  2. Found the crossword tough going today - mostly because I was not too familiar with some of the answers - Sylvie and Bruno, Chatelaine, Four letter days for example. Loved 9D - my CoD.

    Regarding yesterday's discussion that touched on "has", I have a question. I have generally interpreted "has" as an insertion indicator more than just a charade placement indicator next to the previous component. I am curious to see what the generally accepted convention is. Thx.

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  3. Yes, 'has' may be an inserticator but I don't see any problem in using it as 'charade placement indicator' (as you so well put it).

    'have' also means 'take, accept'.

    This is my take. I haven't looked up any manual.

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  4. 9 - Literary hero of Hood's on erratic course? (8,6) - {ROBIN'S}{ON} {COURSE*}

    Small typo here: ROBINSON CRUSOE

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  5. 9d reminded me of the anecdote when Enrico Caruso checked into a hotel and the receptionist asked him: "You are quite a famous man, Mr Caruso. When did you get off the island?"

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  6. 7 - I may appear straight after this character (5) - AITCH [CD]

    Almost the same concept in FT #13722 Mudd Max hosted by SRV in Orkut today:

    25a Irish county suggesting April 30, perhaps? (4)

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  7. I have generally interpreted "has" as an insertion indicator more than just a charade placement indicator next to the previous component. I am curious to see what the generally accepted convention is.

    I think "has" works well in both containers and charades. In fact I've heard the opposite view more often - that it is a weak containment indicator.

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  8. 15 - Band playing Ireland, say (9) - ORCHESTRA [CD]

    I doubt whether any one solving THC would have heard of John Ireland who was a composer.

    I penned in the answer from the band part of the clue.

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  9. I doubt whether any one solving THC would have heard of John Ireland who was a composer.

    I have. :)


    [Cross-posting my reply to Chaturvasi from yesterday's post]


    Thanks, Chaturvasi. While I knew that it had to be parsed as "Cu has", I did not realise that it could also be used as a connector. As such, I would have written the answer down as CTEU (which doesn't make sense of course, but I mean to equate "has" with "contains").

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  10. One of the mosty delectable teasers I've ever chewed on. Especially,COLD TURKEY,CLOSED SHOP, FOUR_LETTER WORD and CHATELAINE. SYLVIE AND BRUNO was an intricately woven anagram.
    Made my Sunday, I should say.

    I was annoyed with PENRITH but I can live with it.

    Raju Umamaheswar

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