Thursday 6 February 2014

No 11001, Thursday 06 Feb 2014, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Period following the end of a sentence (4,4) FULL STOP [C&DD]
5   Flirtatious girl’s performance having some effervescence at first (6) FIZGIG {FIZz}{GIG}
10 Girl in Gujarat’s capital not to be seen (7) MISSING {MISS}{IN}{G}
11 Audacious newcomer misplaces parts in Union Territory (7) UPSTART {U{PARTS*}T}
12 Raise the French hit hard in port (6) LEAVEN {LE}{hAVEN}
13 City silhouettes that might be viewed when landing, perhaps (8) SKYLINES [CD]
15 Leaving the novice, slip to the recess (4) APSE lAPSE
16 Old bouncer transformed as a cook of the highest distinction (6,4) CORDON BLEU*
18 Not one to be utterly communicative (6,4) SILENT TYPE [CD] Wonder who Gridman had in mind :-)
20 Decorate the nautical platform (4) DECK [DD]
23 Abuse! Let trail wear away (3-5) ILL-TREAT*
24 Mischievous creature to mouth love back (6) GOBLIN {GOB}{LIN<=}
26 Put in Jasmine’s confession? (7) IMPLANT {I'M}{PLANT}
27 Almost state returning officer is brisk (7) ALLEGRO {ALLEGe}{RO}
28 American lawyer’s return to outlaw’s refuge may dispirit (6) SADDEN {SAD<=}{DEN}
29 Ignore the chosen one (8) DESELECT [CD]

DOWN
1   The drinks that you are quite acquainted with? Not exactly! (8,7) FAMILIAR SPIRITS [CD]
2   Sailors in U.S. city’s vehicles (7) LASCARS {LA'S}{CARS}
3   Lamb, recalled in South Dakota, breezed through (6) SAILED {S{AILE<=}D}
4   Soldiers greatly disheartened by revelry (4) ORGY {OR}{GreatlY}
6   Having no money, five, pushed out, are downright rude (8) INSOLENT INSOLvENT
7   Prang! Dropped by the Spanish is a type of anchor (7) GRAPNEL {PRANG*}{EL}
8   What happens to someone sucked by a swamp (4,5,4,2) GETS STUCK INTO IT [CD]
9   Plucky Sid out in fair games (5,4) LUCKY DIPS*
14 Low woman’s voice continued without interest in Californian city (9) CONTRALTO {CONT}{RiALTO}
17 Make feeble veteran run around edge of circle (8) ENERVATE {VETERAN*}{circlE} can also be {EN{E}RVATE*}
19 Girl’s soft publicity for frog’s perch (4,3) LILY PAD {LILY} {P}{AD} 
21 English hint: there’s nothing good in pastoral poem (7) ECLOGUE {E}{CL{O}{G}UE}
22 Dog Chennai’s top comic character of old (6) COLLIE {C}{OLLIE}
25 Opening suffix with any scandal (4) GATE [DD] India is full of such openings ;-)

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  1. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 08:39

    18 Not one to be utterly communicative (6,4) SILENT TYPE [CD] Wonder who Gridman had in mind :-)

    Me, of course! ;-)

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    1. Richard6 February 2014 at 08:42

      Ha!

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    2. Col_Gopinath6 February 2014 at 08:48

      Double Ha!

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    3. Padmanabhan6 February 2014 at 08:57

      Add mine and I am sure many more are to come in!

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    4. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 09:05

      Add many more from me too ...

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    5. Chaturvasi6 February 2014 at 09:20

      I disagree. Kishore is not utterly communicative. He's drawn to be communicative.
      Am away from home. Am writing this from an odd place.

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    6. Richard6 February 2014 at 09:29

      'Odd'?

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    7. Padmanabhan6 February 2014 at 09:50

      He will be 'even'ing it out soon!
      He probably means that Kishore is cryptically communicative, leaving it out to us to solve his 'clues'.

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    8. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 09:56

      CV makes me with-draw my statement ...

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    9. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 10:35

      PAE !

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    10. Ramani6 February 2014 at 11:31

      CV Sir 9.20 - Thats why we did not get the clarifications from the Pithamaa yesterday. Generally he clarifies like the ball and wall

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  2. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 08:46

    25 Opening suffix with any scandal (4) GATE [DD] India is full of such openings ;-)

    Nadella has taken the position of American Gates!

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    1. Richard6 February 2014 at 09:38

      and Windows!

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    2. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 09:55

      As they say in Kannada:

      NaaDella gothu agbittaite, Microsoft CEO yaarantha!

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  3. Padmanabhan6 February 2014 at 08:59

    I am sure Gates will be different from gate as a suffix. Anyway, it has given an opportunity to Kishore for have some f(p)un.

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  4. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 09:09

    Today's Calvin and Hobbes toon reminded me of a recent episode of Cyrus Broacha's The Week That Wasn't ...

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  5. Col_Gopinath6 February 2014 at 10:15

    Re the cartoon at 19A. The fairy tale that I knew had only 1 frog, so what's the catch here?

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  6. Unknown6 February 2014 at 10:15

    Kishore, please translate what you have said about Nadella! Don't want to miss out on the fun - I might mis- interpret!

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    1. Padmanabhan6 February 2014 at 10:21

      Yes, Kishore. Hum sab kannadiga alla!

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    2. Richard6 February 2014 at 10:23

      May I come in? What he meant is that the whole country or territory knows who the CEO of Microsoft is. He has played a pun on 'Nadella' which means 'the whole country or area'.

      Phew! No language is safe in his hands. He can make kachumbar out of anything or anyone.

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    3. Richard6 February 2014 at 10:31

      I understand that Satya's name is pronounced as NaadeLla - సత్య నాదెళ్ల.

      The Kannada word is 'naaDella', combination of 'naaDu' a la E-naaDu, and 'ella' (the whole of).

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    4. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 10:34

      You are correct as usual. That is why Kannada script was avoided, it won't work that way. The kachumber will remain uncooked ...

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  7. Padmanabhan6 February 2014 at 10:19

    Prince became a frog? (going by the crown on its head & surprise ending)

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    1. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 10:32

      Yes, Prince or Princess, take your pick. For further details, over to MB. He seems to be an expert at sexing cockroaches ;-)

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam6 February 2014 at 14:04

      ...but I find only frogs here !

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    3. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 16:27

      And here I had thought you were James Herriot !

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam6 February 2014 at 16:43

      From 'Entomologist' to a 'Vet', no way ! :)

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    5. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 17:31

      You are a veteran anyway ;-)

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam6 February 2014 at 17:41

      Tks :)

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  8. Padmanabhan6 February 2014 at 10:22

    gothu= understand?

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  9. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 10:32

    Aaaama, sir

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    1. Richard6 February 2014 at 10:36

      Tortoise?

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    2. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 10:56

      Are you understanding in Malayalam, when I am posting in Anglicised Tamil? ;-)

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    3. Richard6 February 2014 at 11:00

      Brain turns turtle...

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    4. Ramani6 February 2014 at 11:28

      @Kishore 10.32 & @Richard 10.36 .......LOL

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  10. Padmanabhan6 February 2014 at 12:22

    Richard@10.23-
    No language & nobody is safe in his hands, including princes,frogs & cockroaches!

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    1. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 12:29

      Even grains like, wheat, barley, paddy, ragi, corn etc.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam6 February 2014 at 17:33

      ...anything left ?!

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  11. Padmanabhan6 February 2014 at 12:40

    Paddy is Padmanabhan, is Irish and also happens to be a grain and probably Kishore has already digested it!!

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  12. PKPSwami6 February 2014 at 12:55

    24a - rendered agape by gob clued as mouth.26a -lovely clue.3d - reminded of 'essays of elia'. 25d - simply floored.In fine stupendous puzzle.

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  13. Richard6 February 2014 at 14:12

    Everything seems to be quiet on the crossword frontier.

    Are there many Mumbaikars in this forum?

    I have received from a friend a very useful, informative and comprehensive railway map of Mumbai and suburbs in pdf format, showing names of all major and smaller stations, on different lines like Western, Central, Harbour, Trans-harbour, Indian Railways, Nerul-Uran and Mumbai Metro.

    It could be useful to all Mumbaikars and frequent visitors to the commercial capital of India. I will be e-mailing copies to all blog members whose IDs are my database.

    Anyone else interested in having it can send a message to rlasrado@gmail.com and can receive a copy.

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    1. Richard6 February 2014 at 14:14

      correction: 'whose IDs are in my database'.

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    2. Anonymous6 February 2014 at 16:28

      Thanks for your training and coaching, Richard.

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    3. Richard6 February 2014 at 19:24

      :-)

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    4. Padmanabhan6 February 2014 at 22:26

      Thank God you did not say it is all 'Bogie'!

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    5. Anonymous7 February 2014 at 06:33

      I don't play golf!

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  14. Mukundala Balasubramanyam6 February 2014 at 17:24

    19D : Girl’s soft publicity for frog’s perch (4,3) LILYPAD {LILY} {P}{AD}

    A request from Lily. She doesn't want to be too close to Pad ! Wants separation !!

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  15. Unknown6 February 2014 at 17:24

    Thanks Richard!

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  16. Nizarpervad6 February 2014 at 19:08

    I ve come across dispirited as an adjective. Disprit as verb is rare, rt?

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam6 February 2014 at 20:10

      OED says : Dispirit (Verb) : Cause to lose enthusiasm or hope.

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