Saturday 13 August 2011

No 10232, Saturday 13 Aug 11, Arden

ACROSS
6   - Charlie on yahoo is a hit (5) - CLOUT {C}{LOUT}
7   - Crime boss alone had some coverage (2,6) - AL CAPONE {AL {CAP}ONE}
10 - Maintained a velocity, having strayed (7) - AVERRED {A}{V}{ERRED}
11 - This would snake around Rhode Island making music (7) - MARIMBA {MA{RI}MBA}
12 - With him at the round table some merry making had followed (7) - GALAHAD {GALA}{HAD}

SEE THIS CARTOON

13 - Lawyer having no clues, perhaps (7) - COUNSEL*
14 - Spring time buzz in the garden plot, like a frequently used book (4-7) - WELL THUMBED {WELL}{T}{HUM}{BED}
19 - Looks for something to eat.... till eternity (7) - FORAGES {FOR}{AGES}
21 - Transport car then gets a bundle (7) - TRANCHE*
23 - He came in as some student ran towards him (7) - ENTRANT [T]
25 - A secure place with a strange dialect (7) - CITADEL*
26 - Girl is after the players' scarf (8) - BANDANNA {BAND}{ANNA}
27 - The principle makes sense either way (5) - TENET <->
DOWN
1   - Salad made following Old King's decree (8) - COLESLAW {COLES}{LAW}
2   - Stiffen to see a celebrity before the church (6) - STARCH {STAR}{CH}
3   - Open seat arranged for those in the fray (10) - CANDIDATES {CANDID}{ATES*}
4   - Run leaving each swindle (4) - SCAM SCrAM
5   - Hindustani music suppresses any ill-will (6) - ANIMUS [T]
6   - Rush payment (6) - CHARGE [DD]
8   - Upset some with improper turbocharging (7) - PERTURB [T]
9   - The man goes around the park looking for this tree (5) - MAPLE {MA{P}LE}
13 - Hard case gets one on one with say, a shrimp (10) - CRUSTACEAN {CRUST}{ACE}{AN}
15 - He stays behind but will pull girl up (7) - LAGGARD {LAG}{GARD} <-
16 - Being self-indulgent, it takes a month to make a mark (8) - DECADENT {DEC}{A}{DENT}
17 - Frequently make it less hard, losing direction (5) - OFTEN sOFTEN
18 - A fanatic fervour to return (6) - ZEALOT {ZEAL}{OT<-}
20 - Ran around a race with a cane (6) - RATTAN {R{A}{TT}AN}
22 - Clever way to restore the statue (6) - ASTUTE*
24 - A crazy fellow returns the fish (4) - TUNA {TUN}{A} <-

GRID


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22 comments:

  1. Anonymous13 August 2011 at 08:39

    Nice puzzle. My Cod, not 24d, is 14a

    Well Thumbs up.

    Extra points for brining up Mr Threepwood in 12a.

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  2. Chaturvasi13 August 2011 at 09:01

    Kishore

    As usual, you're fishy!

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  3. Anonymous13 August 2011 at 09:23

    CV, u smelt it.

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  4. Anonymous13 August 2011 at 09:26

    Today is S'h'am Browne Belt day !

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  5. Chaturvasi13 August 2011 at 09:54

    Oh my... Initially I didn't understand what you meant. But when I thought of a possible reason for the low response here and came to record it, I got it!

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  6. Anonymous13 August 2011 at 10:47

    CV 954, the first step, of course, is to unravel a cat's cradle !

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  7. Anonymous13 August 2011 at 10:57

    Sir Richard has just broken into the Golconda Fort!

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  8. Padmanabhan13 August 2011 at 11:11

    Sometimes Kishore's puzzles are a little more difficult than THC.It took a while for me to connect to the fact that Richard is in Hyd.Nice way of putting it.PGW way of putting things in 'long hand'when you are paid by the word!

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  9. Chaturvasi13 August 2011 at 11:14

    He may be told something by a little bird...

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  10. Chaturvasi13 August 2011 at 11:52

    Did he assuault the fort with a special missile?

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  11. Suresh13 August 2011 at 11:59

    Padmanabhan@11:11. Kishore is quite incomprehensible much of the time. No wonder he is happily married for so long.

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  12. Padmanabhan13 August 2011 at 12:09

    Suresh@11.59-

    Man to his lawyer-"I need a divorce,my wife has not spoken to me for 6 months."
    Lawyer-"Better have second thoughts.Such wives are very rare indeed!"

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  13. Chaturvasi13 August 2011 at 13:04

    I am happily married for nearly 40 years because I go by what the sacred book says!

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  14. Anonymous13 August 2011 at 13:20

    CV, you, me and Deepak (and the non resident Shridhar Iyer, possibly) follow Gita-upadesha.

    We are all happily marred.

    See, no ego at all, no i in married.

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  15. Anonymous13 August 2011 at 13:22

    He may be told something by a little bird...

    As reported by SR, Hyd is a place where sparrows and microwave towers co-exist. The bird which informed me is one of the latter.

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  16. Bhavan13 August 2011 at 14:35

    Although I got to it only late in the day, the puzzle was enjoyable. Much like how it was the last time around. Looking forward to Arden's Monday offering.

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  17. jaggu13 August 2011 at 17:41

    This crossword was Sankaloid in that it did not take much time to complete and was satisfying at the same time.

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  18. Chaturvasi13 August 2011 at 18:00

    Here I have uploaded a blog on a topic that I promised my readers the last time:

    http://cgrishi.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/setters-as-celebrities/

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  19. Venkatesh13 August 2011 at 18:04

    Kishore,

    As reported by SR, .....

    The correspondent is Richard the Lionheart from his Vijaya Yatra to the city of Nizams and Pearls, and the report would have gladdened Dr Salim Ali were he alive today.

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  20. veer13 August 2011 at 18:06

    Sankaloid is almost making it to the popular vernacular now, it seems, kind of like what hoovering or googling have come to mean. Curious if there were words to coin for other setters' styles? Gridmanical does not sound right though..

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  21. Venkatesh13 August 2011 at 18:14

    Suggestions:
    NJesque
    Gridmanic
    Neyarthal

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  22. Rengaswamy13 August 2011 at 21:54

    4 - Run leaving each swindle (4) - SCAM SCrAM

    The Anno should be SCAM(-per)

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