Wednesday 29 May 2013

No.10785, Wednesday 29 May 13, Gridman

One down in the fifth ball in Gridman's over reminded me of Ms Kamra, whose 'kamar' was as big as a 'kamra' and had to be replaced with a smaller one. Talk of downsizing, huh ! Of course, it was done 'in camera', Kamerad.

ACROSS
1 The kind of laughter that’s loud and inextinguishable (7) HOMERIC (CD) The last one to fall accompanied by some belly laughter remembering H. Simpson
5 Disabled person loses hundred in rush (6) RIPPLE (cRIPPLE)
9 Steer the first person to get into the conspiracy (5) PILOT (I in PLOT) Debatable whether Pontinus Pilate was the first person involved in a conspiracy in the AD era
10 What an eagle from high would do on sighting a prey (5,4) SWOOP DOWN (CD)
11 Master, find fee to be disbursed (7) EFFENDI (FIND FEE)* I had come across this word for the first time in War Comics based in North Africa
12 Turtle loses soft ground (7) TERRAIN (TERRApIN)
13 Endless fortune! Prem’s no limits to wealth (5) LUCRE (LUCk pREm)
14 Locales for Romeos? (9) ROADSIDES (CD) Ability to deliver shrill whistles is a minimum requirement to qualify as a Roadside Romeo. At one time a comb was also required.
16 How the clipped hair rose? (7,2) CROPPED UP (CD)
19 Endlessly praise artist girl (5) LAURA (LAUd RA)
21 Inmate runs away to the English show (7) MATINEE (INMATE* E) Monday's matinee idol has now lost the idol
23 Select decoction (7) EXTRACT 2
24 Gone in a rush to one in the gallery to work a deal (9) NEGOTIATE (GONE*, 1 in TATE)
25 General perception is I am taking a long time (5) IMAGE (I'M AGE)
26 Contrary to fact, nut resolved to feel sorry (6) UNTRUE (NUT* RUE)
27 Horribly mined ship in gloom (7) DIMNESS (MINED* SS)


DOWN
1 Informed about change in a surgery? (3,11) HIP REPLACEMENT (HIP as in well -informed, up to date). Once all the parts are replaced whither the original individual ?
2 Man, female in charge is nasty (7) MALEFIC (MALE F IC)
3 Regret about the withdrawal of night train (7) RETINUE (NITE< inside RUE) A ruler's train
4 Head of clan has less healthy-looking journalist dismissed (9) CASHIERED (C ASHIER ED)
5 Resting place for jumper on street (5) ROOST (ROO ST), a place to rule
6 Personal assistant misspelt ‘syrup’ in ancient manuscript (7) PAPYRUS (P.A. SYRUP*)
7 Sign to father on road: “Big cat” (7) LEOPARD (LEO PA RD) I spotted it first ! An old leopard cannot change its stripes ...
8 After disbursing tons, Los Angeles is very tired (2,4,4,4) ON ONES LAST LEGS (TONS LOS ANGELES)*

15 Anticipate arrest? (9) APPREHEND 2
17 Officer Commanding secured label on figure (7) OCTAGON (OC TAG ON)
18 Punjab University’s stern treatment of funny person (7) PUNSTER (PU STERN*) I have not taken Richard's permission to post his photo here, so I cannot
19 Element put a spot on man embracing union leader (7) LITHIUM (LIT HIM around U)
20 Ignorant girl taking pottery (7) UNAWARE (UNA WARE) Reminded me of the Una-bomber, who, if you are 20d, tried to 22d quite a lot of things
22 Destroy royal steeped in comfort (5) ERASE (R in EASE)
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  1. SandhyaP29 May 2013 at 08:33

    18 Punjab University’s stern treatment of funny person (7) PUNSTER (PU STERN*) I have not taken Richard's permission to post his photo here, so I cannot

    Your pic would be best :P

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    1. Kishore29 May 2013 at 08:35

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    2. Kishore29 May 2013 at 08:36

      That, madam, would be self-aggrandizement

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    3. SandhyaP29 May 2013 at 08:37

      :))

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    4. D.Srinivasan29 May 2013 at 09:02

      To most of us, esp.Padmanabhan, KISHORE is the obvious choice, but as is his wont, he has one-upped

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    5. Richard29 May 2013 at 12:47

      +1. By they way, Kishore, I guess it was a left-handed compliment from you.

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    6. Anonymous29 May 2013 at 12:57

      Richard, since I am left-handed, it would be straight forward in the right-handed world. Not sinister at all.

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    7. D.Srinivasan29 May 2013 at 13:40

      Richard@12:47, I definitely didn't intend that way.Sorry Kishore, may be I should have worded differently

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    8. Richard29 May 2013 at 15:07

      DS I really dunno what you had to say sorry for.

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    9. Anonymous29 May 2013 at 15:25

      +1

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    10. Padmanabhan29 May 2013 at 17:22

      Both Kishore & Richard qualify for it in equal measure- declared joint leaders!

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  2. SandhyaP29 May 2013 at 08:36

    11 Master, find fee to be disbursed (7) EFFENDI (FIND FEE)* I had come across this word for the first time in War Comics based in North Africa

    For me, it was Orhan Pamuk's novels.

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  3. Chaturvasi29 May 2013 at 09:04

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  4. Chaturvasi29 May 2013 at 09:06

    Kishore's trick is to bury a mistake deliberately luring his readers to pounce on it. I have spotted it, but even if I receive stripes black and blue on my sleek coat I am not going to - what's the expression that he uses? - bite the bait.

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    1. Anonymous29 May 2013 at 09:12

      Receiving stripes and a lion, you could become a Havildar-Major.

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    2. Anonymous29 May 2013 at 15:27

      "The tree is living yet!"

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  5. Chaturvasi29 May 2013 at 09:11

    Rita Mathur et al

    In yesterday's blog, there are some subsequent posts under the one on the Relish story.

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    1. Anonymous29 May 2013 at 09:39

      Without revealing the plot, citing some memorable last lines (ex-memory):

      Romance, at short notice, was her specialty.

      In the next room, Mary Maloney, started giggling.

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    2. Shrikanth29 May 2013 at 10:49

      Open Window :)

      There is an wonderful collection of short stories which once RD published. 52 of them. Gems

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    3. Shrikanth29 May 2013 at 11:04

      Open Window :)

      There is RD collection of Greatest Short stories. 52 of them. All gems

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    4. Chaturvasi29 May 2013 at 11:14

      Read from my blog:

      http://cgrishikesh.wordpress.com/?s=window

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    5. Shrikanth29 May 2013 at 11:34

      Ahh. I have unearthed a treasure there now. Earl Reed Silvers' 'Do you remember' is missing though. That's a classic. A web link for the same

      http://www.geocities.ws/rvsneeraja/Do-you_remember.html

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  6. Chaturvasi29 May 2013 at 09:18

    SR has pointed out elsewhere that PU is Panjab University (spelt thus).

    I should have checked.

    Apologies to solvers.

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  7. Unknown29 May 2013 at 10:06

    I did not get 1A!
    I knew the word -'Homeric' - but just did not associate it with Homer Simpson!!
    Thanks, CV for info about yesterday's blog!

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  8. Shrikanth29 May 2013 at 10:39

    Kishore, small typo in 14A . It is in plural

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  9. Shrikanth29 May 2013 at 11:05

    Kishore, small typo in 14A. It is in plural

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    1. Raghunath29 May 2013 at 11:09

      This is what CV probably alluded to at 9.06

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    2. Chaturvasi29 May 2013 at 11:18

      I am afraid not! But I think I have given hint as to where the plant could have been planted.

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    3. Kishore29 May 2013 at 11:22

      Thanks, AD.

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  10. Chaturvasi29 May 2013 at 11:08

    To techies

    Question:

    When we enter a few letters in the address field of a browser, a list of suggestions drop down.

    Are these only the addresses that we (i.e. any user of a common PC) enter on our computer?

    Or are they from the www (whole wide world, as the son of a niece of mine used to say often when he was a child).

    Next question:

    Is there a way (like deleting cookies, erasing sites visited, going Kishore, etc.) of removing the suggestion list (or at least some embarrassing addresses in the said field)?
    ---

    going Kishore: going incognito

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    1. Richard29 May 2013 at 12:50

      Nice new contribution to the vocabulary, after Shanghai, Bangalored etc.

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  11. Shrikanth29 May 2013 at 11:31

    CV Sir , the top results that show are what is in your cache (your past searches) which you can remove if you want.

    Regarding embarrassing search results , you can turn the Safesearch filter on. This can be done by going to your Google account and modify search settings

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    1. Shrikanth29 May 2013 at 11:33

      And in Chrome , you can always choose to browse through an Incognito window which doesn't store cookies & history. Alternatively you can set the History to be cleared in pre-determined frequencies

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    2. Chaturvasi29 May 2013 at 12:28

      Thanks for the tips - which I will try..

      Occasionally I do use ctrl + shift + n ! (I hinted this by saying I go Kishore. But I am always looking over my shoulder to see if Mrs. is walking in to give me my cup of coffee so I miss what is on the screen).

      I can also add that none except me uses the PC.

      PS: If cache is cleared, all the previous entries will disappear in one go - am I right?

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    3. Shrikanth29 May 2013 at 12:53

      Yes, as per your choice. It can delete everything or as you choose the period to be , an hour, a day , a week and from the beginning

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  12. Shrikanth29 May 2013 at 11:58

    This is the book I referred to

    http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1222659.Great_Short_Stories_Of_The_World

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  13. Nitin29 May 2013 at 13:31

    Sorry to spam - another interesting cricket Crossie grid on Cricinfo: http://www.espncricinfo.com/thestands/content/story/638255.html

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  14. PKPSwami29 May 2013 at 13:50

    I'm on cloud nine since Im able to complete cw sans googling thanks to well chiselled components of clues leading to desired destination(definition).

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  15. raju umamaheswar29 May 2013 at 18:53

    Punjab is pronounced as POONJAB by the British. The original spelling ws also PuNJAB. At what point in time itr got to be spelt as PaNJAB. However, a PUN , by any spelling if FUN. So Pun along Kishore and Richard. A pun always adds to the fun.

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