Saturday 1 June 2013

No 10788, Saturday 01 Jun 13, Neyartha

Neyartha in a poetic mood today. How many of you got 18D without Googling for it, as there was no word play to get the answer.

ACROSS
7   Put aloe spread after Duncan cuts half the fruit (10) CANTALOUPE {dunCAN}{PUT+ALOE}*
9   Shape of the cricket grounds in Kensington and Adelaide? (4) OVAL [GK]
10 Song Mala composed after receiving ring from the east (8) MADRIGAL {MA{DRIG<=}AL*}
11 In Talinn, a teacher was born (6) INNATE [T]
12 Short composition on love Yamini recited in concert initially (5) LYRIC {L}{Y}{R}{I}{C}
13 Give concrete form to the protest condition at the end of the day (9) OBJECTIFY {OBJECT}{IF}{Y}
14 Oriental’s participation has no effect on the comic verse (7) DOGGREL Also spelt as DOGGEREL, that's why the Oriental participation has no effect.
17 Teacher sent back alone with a meat pastry (7) RISSOLE {RIS<=}{SOLE}
20 Acting as a representative to gather accountant’s closing remarks (9) RECAPPING {RE{CA}PPING}
22 Frost, in conversation, reveals what children may be exposed to in the nursery (5) RHYME (~rime)
25 Everyone in retreat was entertained by the offensive folk song (6) BALLAD {BA{LLA<=}D}
26 Article’s questionable clarity shows impatience (8) ALACRITY {A}{CLARITY*}
27 Frenchman moving in for a short time with Wordsworth to get one of his works? (4) POEM {POE(-t+m)}
28 National Highway? (5,5) TRUNK ROUTE [CD]

DOWN
1   Breakdown’s a result of the letters from a Guatemala dynast (6) MALADY [T]
2   George and the Asian trade places in delight over the Yankee’s song (5) ELEGY {(-g+e)ELE(-e+g)G}{Y}
3   Rock music? Probably not! (7) LULLABY [CD]
4   Hide a small fruit for the auditor with a vitamin deficiency ailment (8) BERIBERI (~bury berry)
5   A Wordsworth work obtained by Britain’s leading singer with a cap? (6) SONNET (-b+s)SONNET Somethings not right here.
6   Strict believers (8) FAITHFUL [DD]
8   Point of time when things may change? (7) TURNING [CD]
15 Mathematical symbol provided by a machinist (8) OPERATOR [DD]
16 Microsoft program to capture power flow sent up for dispatch (8) EXPEDITE {EX{P}{EDIT<=}E}
18 Fast movement in symphony (7) SCHERZO [E]
19 Eat out after evacuation at sea away from the normal environment (2,5) IN VACUO eVaCUAtION*
21 Shining ring model removed from spoilt meat loaf (6) AFLAME {MEAt+LoAF}*
23 Butcher disheartened by change (6) MUTATE MUTilATE
24 Japanese verse by Henry on Air India and Kuwait Airways (5) HAIKU {H}{AI}{KU}


21 comments:

  1. Is 24A ok ? No indicator for acrostic? And yeah 5A is a bit iffy

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    1. Not required as H, AI and KU are standard abvns.

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  2. 5 D Could the ans be B(ONNET). Probably means B replaces S from leading (s)inger?. Wordplay not explicit here.

    24 D: Kuwait Airways should ideally be KA. Otherwise airways has no role.

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  3. Deepak

    Please see Clue 26ac. in THC by Gridman pub. on Sat, May 25 (a puz that was blogged by Kishore).

    Though 18dn in today's puzzle has no wordplay, those who had cracked that cryptic clue might have had a familiar bell rung in them - though one is singular and the other is plural form of the word.

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    1. I didn't solve the CW that day due to the breavement in the family. Even if I had, I doubt it would have rung a bell, even though it was just a week ago. Let's see how many commenters here got it without a problem.

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    2. I could get the word by the crossings. I did not know the meaning.

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  4. 24a is not an acrostic. As shown by the Col, Henry gives H, Air India gives AI. KU must be airways ID for Kuwait Airways.

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    1. Yes CV it is the IATA code for Kuwait Airways.

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  5. Well, well, well.

    I had a woman chasing me just a while ago!

    Honestly, it was the .xe effect!

    Finding that I had forgotten to replace bath soap in the soap dish, I stole a dollop of shower gel from a bottle that is not owned by me.

    When I emerged out of the bathroom, I could feel the effect working - not exactly palpably but verbally.

    I saw whether there were other women behind the old, familiar face - not one.

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  6. I am yet to get any confirmation for the abbr. KU fro Kuwait.

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    1. KU is the abbr for their Flight number. As IC is for Indian Airlines, Spice Jet has SG.

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    2. Thank-you everybody who gave the confirmation.

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  7. The airport code is KWI. Google mentions both KWI and KU as IATA code for Kuwait.

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  8. Wrt the recent story about protests in Mumbai over scantily clad mannequins (I was wondering whether there isn't any gender form for this word), I too am of the view that such displays must be in-store and not at shop windows.

    I wrote a letter but letters of mine published must be a very small percentage of letters I wrote and sent. I asked: shouldn't {male] mannequins wearing micromini briefs be not admissible as well.

    That window display has deletrious effects on people cannot be denied.

    Read/Watch

    http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/209684661.html?tab=video&c=y

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    1. How about those hideous looking hoardings that are mounted on main roads and half or full page ads showing men in briefs (why are they called so, I wonder !) They're equally vulgar and offensive .Or those ads for men's body sprays making them looking 'macho' (etym for machaan?) with silly looking bimbette girls swooning over? Whither creative copy-writing?

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  9. 5 D still to be resolved. I'm confused about the Def and wordplay. I assumed ans was B ONNET

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    1. We will know only on Monday as Neyartha is incommunicado.

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    2. As the reference is to Wordsworth, it can only be SONNET Cap- BONNET- replace B with S. A bit off but its OK, as I feel.

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  10. Coming from Kenya, KA stands for Kenya Airways and not Kuwait Airways.

    Today, Nyartha seemed out of sorts. So many unexplained cluing. To wit, where does the N fit in 10A RInG ?

    Happened to be not one of my favourite solving days. A crossie that one would wish would be filled in any which way and be done with.

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  11. Solved 18D without googling. I had ALLEGRO in mind without any crossings, but once 17A fell in place, it was plain what was intended.

    And yes, I agree with Ragunath about 'Airways' in 24A. A bit confusing, at a glance.

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