ACROSS
1 - Extremely hot for a confused mass in half of famous New York prison (10) - SWELTERING {S{WELTER}ING(-sing)}
7 - Promises made at a union (4) - VOWS [CD]
10 - Aggressive fighter may limit a TN movement (8) - MILITANT*
11 - Give a name to a companion, grown in status? About time! (8) - CHRISTEN {CH}{RIS{T}EN}
12 - Cut in dimensions, say (6) - INCISE {IN}{CISE}(~size)
13 - Southern lumberjack, one given to slow labour (7) - SLOGGER {S}{LOGGER}
17 - Turkish title for one from mid-left, reformed fiend (7) - EFFENDI {lEFt}{FENDI*}
19 - Designer in poor digs with an inclination (7) - STYLIST {STY}{LIST}
22 - Hesitate and be awfully late to enter France (6) - FALTER {F{ALTE*}R}
23 - Intimidate Brother White and strike (8) - BROWBEAT {BRO}{W}{BEAT}
26 - Begin by substituting rand for naira in business (8) - COMMENCE {COMME(-r+n)CE} Should have been 'naira' for 'rand'
27 - Conventional attire for master and pupil (6) - FORMAL {FOR}{MA}{L}
28 - They go with the birds in lessons on the facts of life (4) - BEES [GK]
DOWN
2 - Fail to repay money borrowed from Lowel shamelessly (5) - WELSH [T]
3 - Ruler coming after large amount is wanting (7) - LACKING {LAC}{KING}
4 - Throw out Conservative accommodated in English plane (5) - EJECT {E}{JE{C}T}
5 - Safe from disease (6) - IMMUNE [E]
6 - Go around looking for fun like a village matron travelling, avoiding Rome (9) - GALLIVANT {VILLAGe+mATroN}*
7 - Tax, one to preserve small European state (7) - VATICAN {VAT}{I}{CAN}
8 - They give direction and strength to blows in airfields (9) - WINDSOCKS [E]
15 - Capacity to suffer in two directions on confinement… (9) - ENDURANCE {E}{N}{DURANCE}
18 - … buries doctor in worked stone (7) - ENTOMBS {ENTO{MB}S*}
20 - Generous about covering artist in damaging statement (7) - LIBERAL {LIBE{RA}L}
21 - Most competent one, literally sanctified (6) - ABLEST {A}{BLEST}
24 - Garbled fax in order for charity (5) - OXFAM {O{FXA*}M}
25 - Ship-breaking centre causing some unusual anguish (5) - ALANG [T]
| GRID |
26 - Begin by substituting rand for naira in business (8) - COMMENCE {COMME(-r+n)CE} Should have been 'naira' for 'rand'
ReplyDeleteExactly my nit in Orkut.
famous New York prison -Singsing
Frequently referenced by Plum. I had used this type of name in a puzzle long back. Here it is:
Hi folks,
Seeing the good response to my ‘Dozen phones’ where not only individuals, but also multinational, cross border, overseas conglomerates and joint ventures are taking part giving new meaning to the term ‘Hindi-Chini bahen bhai’; in which I was using real and contrived homophones, I thought why not look at existing places, people and what not and came up with the following:
1. Kikuyu, Embu and Meru vs the British Empire
2. Georges Remi’s adventurer
3. Sen-sational actress in Bow Barracks Forever
4. Stage name of vocalist in Chandralekha and later a heavy weight in Indian cinema
5. Smallest antelope of eastern and southern Africa
6. Thiamine shortage can cause this
7. First born island (?) with Mount Pahia and Mount Otemanu
8. Movie meaning ‘Tiger, tiger, tiger’ in Japanese or short for ‘totsugeki raigeki’
9. Sweets which sound doubly good in French
10. QF 2 pounder gun or cheerleaders ball of fluff
11. Archie of the old now replaced by SAMs
12. Ten passengers could ride this now almost extinct north Indian motorcycle variant
13. Max sec prison in NY
14. Seeds of papaver somniferum used in food
15. BBC comedy serial on the French resistance
16. Hindi Actor GA Ahuja’s nickname
17. Sister in Kiswahili became the last name of the Last King of Scotland
18. World's largest unbroken, unflooded volcanic caldera
19. The first line of a call and answer type of joke, usually punny
20. Where train meets plane in Kolkata
21. Spherical granules of semolina and wheat popular among Arabs and Jews
22. An autorickshaw in parts of south east Asia
Eg: Oil storage at Kolkata => Budge budge. Strangely, Africa keeps popping up in the above, maybe, I cant avoid it, being there for prolonged period of time.
Enjoy,
Kishore
The guff in the preliminary para may be ignored as it is out of context here. No.13 is already apparent. Please answer to kishoremrao@hotmail.com
Kishore 0835
ReplyDeleteCould get 4,6,8,9,14,16,17, 20 and 22 at first look. So I celebrate. As for the rest, I have to cerebrate now.
From yesterday, if you are looking for a white paper on black money, it's got to be in black and white.
Happy I could rouse the sleeping giant, Richard.
ReplyDeleteit's got to be in black and white.
When I ask for a computer print / printer cartridge or refill thereof, I am invariably asked whether I want colour or black and white ;-)
Kishore 0835
ReplyDeleteGuess I got all except 11.
Krishnan, that one should be easiest for Deepak and Manna. Please send mail.
ReplyDelete26 Ac.
ReplyDeleteSorry. IT SHOULD have been naira for rand. Slipped up!
Sankalak
Thanks, Sir. This run has been extremely delighting !
ReplyDeleteThanks Sankalak,
ReplyDeleteI second Kishore's views
I third mine.
ReplyDeleteDG:
ReplyDeleteIs there any way by which one could carry forward the postings of the previous day onto the day next, to maintain a continuity in the interest? I know each day for itself, but yet, it could make things more participative.
Raju,
ReplyDeletePostings from the previous day cannot be carried forward.
Kishore,
ReplyDeleteYour 19:25 reminds me of the game we played as kids
I one a Rat
I two a rat and so on....
and in Hindi
Main thera ek kar,
Main thera do kar and so on ...
Deepak, I knew the Hindi one, but the English one is new to me, as surely as 9 follows 8, in the above where you have given them in numerical order which of course leads to why 6 was afraid of 7?
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