A Pongal special from Scintillator giving you the ingredients.
Happy Pongal and Makara Sankranti to all
ACROSS
1 Son boards lodging accommodation (6) HOSTEL (S in HOTEL)
4 Where railway meets roadway? (8) TRAMLINE (CD)
9 Earring’s lost, run to rummage and recover (6) REGAIN (EARRING-R)*
10 Examine pulses to find black marks (8) SCANDALS (SCAN DALS)
12 To realise being lovelorn is sick and most unmodern (8) EARLIEST (TO REALISE-O=love)*
13 Poor Isabel is let down (6) ABSEIL (ISABEL*)
15 Obtain skins of terrestrial duck (4) TEAL (TErrestriAL)
16 No one puzzled with a tsunami’s origin — tidal expansion (10) DILATATION (NO 1 A Tsunami TIDAL)*
19 Gossamer bubble, not quite coarse (3-7) SEE THROUGH (SEETHe ROUGH)
20 A liquid drunk by Tamil kings (4) MILK (T)
23 Legend earns filling delight (6) ENDEAR (T)
Two telescopes next to each other
Two telescopes next to each other
25 Gross rate or a government’s invested claim (8) ARROGATE (RATE OR A G)*
27 Rebate chocolate, fruitcakes and fruits (8) COCONUTS (Ca NUTS)
28 Eastern government of ours faces some odd selfishness (6) EGOISM (E GOI SoMe)
29 Engineered alloy — it’s a firm support (8) LOYALIST (ALLOY IT'S)*
30 Top-class skirts on nurse drawing full crowd (6) PLENUM (PLUM around EN=enrolled nurse)
All these words ending with UM remind me of a classic line from Asterix - My pilum is stronger than your sternum
All these words ending with UM remind me of a classic line from Asterix - My pilum is stronger than your sternum
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1 Indiscriminately starve after hideous opening collection (7) HARVEST (STARVE* after H)
2 Not a bitter fare son can argue about (9) SUGARCANE (S CAN ARGUE)*
3 Gall over having to drink side medicine (6) ELIXIR (RILE< around XI=team=side)
5 Sweet root without a lot of alcohol and cereal (4) RICE (LIQOURICE- LIQOUr)
6 Trick begun to intercept worker in plant (4,4) MUNG BEAN (BEGUN* in MAN)
Though this spelling is acceptable, in India we seem to prefer Moong
Though this spelling is acceptable, in India we seem to prefer Moong
7 Online gaming lifts up hidden content in profile (5) IMAGE (T<)
8 A symbol of ‘Record Ceylon’ on the radio (7) EPSILON (EP ~CEYLON)
Reminded me of the days when Radio Ceylon was an essential part of our entertainment
Reminded me of the days when Radio Ceylon was an essential part of our entertainment
11 Lacking in warmth, these northerners are (7) ESKIMOS (CD)
Not considered parliamentary presently. I knew it !
Not considered parliamentary presently. I knew it !
14 Lump poached egg in vessel with unspecified sugar (7) JAGGERY (EGG* in JAR Y)
17 Sham cop not part of international moderation (9) IMITATION (I MITIGATION-IG) Thanks to Bhavan
18 Overturned nuclear standard in cut grenade and shell (8) SHRAPNEL (N PAR< IN SHELl)
19 LIC’s take-home salary initially reversing a pattern (7) STENCIL (NET S< LIC)
Remember using these in the days of typewriting or getting stencilled/cyclostyled question papers
Remember using these in the days of typewriting or getting stencilled/cyclostyled question papers
21 Very quiet you should be to look after mother (4,3) KEEP MUM (DD)
22 Extended festival pressure concerning a woman (6) PONGAL (P ON GAL)
24 Roper, who with mass could turn out to create comedy (5) DECOY (with M could become COMEDY)
HAPPY PONGAL to everyone
ReplyDeleteHappy Makara Sankranti to all
ReplyDeleteHappy Pongal / Makara Sankranti to each and everyone of you and families.
ReplyDeleteHappy Sankaranti!
ReplyDeleteHappy pongal and makar sankranti to everyone.
ReplyDeleteHappy Makara Sankaranthi Pongal to all.
ReplyDeleteHappy kite-flying to everybody.
DeleteIn the literal sense or in the sense of 'Sham'? The latter seems more popular.
DeleteHappy Pongal/ makara Sankaranthi to all on this auspicious harvest festival. A big 'Thank you' to all those who wished and to Scintillator on his nice timely CW.
ReplyDelete27A- Is 'fruits' the defn.?
ReplyDeleteYes. I forgot to highlight it
DeleteScintillator has rightly defined Pongal in 22d as "Extended Festival" as it spreads over a few days with Bhogi, Thai, Mattu and Kaanu nomenclatures. Devotees top themselves up with Venn and Sakkare pongal.
ReplyDelete6D : Anno needs some correction pl
ReplyDeleteShould it be 'began' in the clue?
DeleteThen solution MUNG BEAN would be wrong !
DeleteNo. The annotation was wrongly typed, now corrected.
DeleteAnyone has the anno for 17D?
ReplyDeleteSomething to do with LIMITATION (moderation))?
DeleteL for cop?
Delete17 Sham cop not part of international moderation (9) IMITATION
DeleteInternational = I
moderation = MITIGATION - IG (cop)
Kishore, there is a clue acrostic too as part of the pongal wishes.
WOW !!!
DeleteI did not notice that, Bhavan. I am not sure how to highlight it.
DeleteI'll do it
DeleteMy uncertainty was due to the fact that first letters of several clues have already been highlighted as being part of defn or anno
DeleteDone
DeleteLooks good. Thanks.
DeleteSize matters!
DeleteA scintillating effort, indeed.kudos to the setter.
DeleteI tried deletion of 'SI' (for cop) from some word for moderation, but could not quite make it and gave up (at least for now) since sham was the obvious defn. and fitted the crossings.
ReplyDeleteWishing everyone a happy Pongal/ Makara Shankaranti
ReplyDeleteHappy Pongal/Makara Shankaranti and ID-E-MILAD
ReplyDelete27 Rebate chocolate, fruitcakes and fruits (8) COCONUTS (ChOCO NUTS)
ReplyDeleteThis might be COCOa NUTS
Yes it is
DeleteAlso, Happy Lohri
ReplyDeleteHappy Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri to everybody. After today you will not see Makara in the sky for the next 6 months.
ReplyDeleteHappy Makar sankranti & Pongal to all ! :)
ReplyDeleteAn enjoyable puzzle.
ReplyDeleteHappy pongal to all :)
Today is also the Feast of Infant Jesus
ReplyDeleteHAPPY DAY FOR EACH ONE OF YE ALL OUT THERE-- AS PER YOUR CHOICE-- INDIA AND ESPECIALLY SOUTH INDIA IS FULL OF EACH DAY BEING A FESTIVAL DAY ! MAKES EVERYONE A HAPPY LOT !! TODAY IT IS ALSO Milad un-Nabi/Id-e-Milad .
ReplyDeleteOrkut obliged. Good acrostic and themed crossie by Scintilator. Ha difficulty in getting MUNG BEAN . Correct spelling ought to be: Moong as we know it to be.
CV mentioned kite flying. we will have to get Modi over for that!
ReplyDeleteWould we have an online edition of CW tomorrow or Col. is putting up a special?
ReplyDeleteLast year there was no discontinuity on account of Pongal
DeleteYour memory is better than mine!
ReplyDeleteOff-track:
ReplyDeleteDid anyone here celebrate his / her birthday on 12/12, the day before yesterday? I missed asking this question that day.
Or anyone's wedding anniversary?
A close friend of mine was married on that day. He keeps saying, Baarah baarah ko hamara baarah baj gaya....
Richard,
DeleteDay before yesterday was 12/01/14 !!
...baarah baj gaya kya, Richard !?
DeleteNever mind, Richard, that barah-barah was last month! I still enjoyed your friend's comment!
ReplyDeleteHappy Sankranth and Happy Pongal to all fellow solvers!
Sorry, friends, for the horrible mix-up! Glad that Rita enjoyed the joke.
DeleteIt was no hangover effect in any case. Have been going through a very bad spell of sore throat for a few days...
Really nice one from Scintillator. Thanks for the special.
ReplyDeletePongal & Makara Sankaranthi wishes to all.