Tuesday 26 November 2013

No 10940, Tuesday 26 Nov 2013, Buzzer


ACROSS
8 Shakespeare's play depicting nervy husband (5,1) HENRY V :: Anag. of nervy h
9 Advocate promotion to project worker (8) ADJUTANT ::   ad jut ant
10 Unkempt afro is covering say pate (4,4) FOIE GRAS :: e.g. in foiras (anag. of afro is)
11 Essentially unruly, yet awfully sorry (6) RUEFUL ::  I had to think a bit to get the anno which is a charade of ru ef ul that are the central parts of the words unRUly, yEt, awFULly
12 Fellow ends in hot water snorting crack (4,3,6,2) FIND THE ANSWER TO ::  anag. of f ends in hot water
14 Silk cloth put around thick cheese (7) TAFFETA :: anno to be provided by any reader 
16 Pawn, likely plastic (7) PLIABLE :: p liable
19 Spontaneity from old hand is seen in speech (15) EXTEMPORISATION ::  ex temp or (is) ation
22 Precious victory associated with a fierce duel (6) VALUED :: v a lued (anag. of duel)
24 Tree is rife with bananas (5,3) WHITE FIR :: anag of rifewith
25 Often there's worry about turning adolescent (8) TEENAGER ::  tee nag er<
26 Suggest wearing regular cozy cotton fabric (6) CHINTZ :: c(hint)z

DOWN
1 By-product of hard grind from some toiling Chinese tennis player (8)  SEMOLINA ::  semo (anag. of some) Lina
2 Run into a fanatic supporter (6) FRIEND :: r in fiend
3 Obvious, man takes to power too much (4-3-3) OVER-THE-TOP :: overt he top

Cartoon by Rishi

4 Officer of the armed forces we hear (7) MARSHAL ::  sounds like ‘martial’
5 Cracked alphabet jigsaw after resolving all starting letters (4) AJAR :: first letters of the words alphabet to resolving
6 More of the same drunken after-effect, not at all fine (2,6) ET CETERA :: anag of ‘atereect’ after deleting all the f’s from after-effect
7 Making U-turn around hospital is safe (6) UNHURT ::   h in unurt (anag of uturn)
13 Sort of spiel cast by hawker primarily (5,5) SALES PITCH :: salespitc (anag. of spielcast) h


Cartoon by Rishi
15 Repeated worry about heartless ruler (8) FREQUENT :: qu[e]en in fret
17 Can relative turn over probe? (4,4) LOOK INTO :: loo kin to
18 Picture of Noah's boat carrying a pair over river (7) ARTWORK ::  two r in ark
20 Partial tax rate deduction for adult (1-5) X-RATED :: hidden in ‘tax rated deduction’
21 Paper production is cut by one-third initially (6) THESIS :: anno to be provided by any reader
23 Gets home (4) DIGS :: double def - digs in the sense of understands/gets


27 comments:

  1. 14 Silk cloth put around thick cheese (7) {TAF<-}{FETA}

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  2. 14 Silk cloth put around thick cheese (7) (TAF<=)(FETA)

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  3. 21 Paper production is cut by one-third initially (6) (-syn)THESIS

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  4. 21 Paper production is cut by one-third initially (6) [-syn]THESIS

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  5. 21 Paper production is cut by one-third initially (6) THESIS :: anno to be provided by any reader
    (-SYN) THESIS

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  6. Nice cartoons, Rishi. Now the other in-house cartoonist knows what competition is... ;-)

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    1. Rishi is the inspiration, not competition. He started the trend of drawing cartoons for this blog.

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    2. Thanks to Rishi for the providing the daily dose.

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    3. I stand corrected and sit in silence.

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    4. @Kishore, our Cartoonist Laureate, Very well said.
      Today, Rishida has given us a double dose of cartoons. A suggestion: If he includes his signature/name sign inside the cartoon (instead of mentioning it outside), each cartoon would be complete in itself and carry the insignia of its creator.

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  7. SYNTHESIS of an answer each from Sandhya, Venkatesh and Rengaswamy...:-)

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  8. 12A - It was a bit difficult to find an answer to the clue.

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    1. Yes it was. It appears his submission has got delayed

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  10. It is a pangram ! Nice one Buzzer.

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  11. leheron pe leher hai.
    Ulfat hai jawan?

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    1. Par aap ke ganje sarpe,
      baal hai kahaan?!

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    2. After Helen and Leher, I think you are expecting some more turbulence !

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    3. A friend explains why the cyclones are named after women.

      As they come, they keep you wet and shivering. As they leave, they take your car and house.

      No offence, please. ;-)

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    4. Honey, why are there more property brokers than marriage brokers?
      Because people pay more for assets than liabilities.
      -- From a real estate ad in HT yesterday

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  12. After Helen (name proposed by Bangladesh), the following names have been approved to be assigned to the tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea in that order (with the proposing country in brackets):
    Madi (Maldives), Nanauk (Myanmar), Hudhud (Oman), Nilofar (Pakistan), Priya (Sri Lanka), Komen (Thailand), Chapala (Bangladesh), Megh (India).

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    1. Yes, it is a "read the clue again for def" clue.

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  14. There was a nice front page cartoon in DC yesterday-
    "Boss,please name the next cyclone after my favourite actress"!

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  15. Thank you Ramesh for pointing out the pangram. Looking back, it must have been obvious- with Henry V, X rated etc.
    Enjoyed today's CW, though I could not complete.All anagrams were nicely done and I don't think even Suresh will complain.

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    1. I did not notice the anagrams. so it proves your point

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  16. CV,
    Hats off for a tongue-in cheek cartoon. It was a timely allusion to the Goa journo's case. I wonder how many caught on to your reference to the 'lift'.

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