Monday 21 August 2017

No 12091, Monday 21 Aug 2017, Spinner


ACROSS
1   THOSE WHO PUT UP GROUP OF HOUSES FOR RENT? (5,7) BLOCK LETTERS {BLOCK} {LETTERS} & Definition by example or REBUS - See comments
10 Pan graduate’s mistake (5) BASIN {BA}{SIN}
11 Utter curse ceaselessly to change shape (9) STRUCTURE {UTTER+CURSe}*
12 University’s top lady kidnapped by two knights? That’s rough! (6) UNEVEN {Un...y}{N}{EVE}{N}
13 Quotes by nearly forgotten wise men (8) PASSAGES {PASt}{SAGES}
15 Obliterated legal document to hide problematic story (9) DESTROYED {DE{STORY*}ED}
16 Leave out classroom items/bottles (4) OMIT [T]
20 Keep quiet about you and me in hotels! (4) HUSH {H}{US}{H}
21 Emerging software destroyed in rage (9) APPEARING {APP}{IN+RAGE}*
24 Aroused by gyration done kinkily (6,2) TURNED ON {TURN}{DONE*}
26 Unending onslaught with hard strap (6) ATTACH {ATTACk}{H}
28 Renovate crumbling dome’s surface with resin, at last (9) MODERNISE {DOMEs*}{RESIN*} (Addendum - {DOME*}{R{resiN}ISE} - See comments)
29 Almost overwhelmed by course (5) ROUTE ROUTEd
30 She caters to arrangement with the heart of a soprano, scores music! (12) ORCHESTRATES {SHE+CATERS+TO}* over {sopRano}

DOWN
2   Frolicking, less inert audience (9) LISTENERS*
3   Shows firms taking over Indian Educational organisation (8) CONCERTS {NCERT} in {COS}
4   Final bomb fails to take off (4) LAST bLAST
5   Pressurised, making a dent there! (10) THREATENED*
6   Changed sexes to overcome primarily chauvinistic overindulgence (6) EXCESS {SEXES}* over {Ch...c}
7   Hurt, upset, crazy girl! (5) STUNG {NUTS<=}{G}
8   One upside down container having ring around (5) ABOUT {A}{TU{O}B<=}
9   God protects disheartened nuns, giving solidity (7) DENSITY {DE{NunS}ITY}
14 Cop’s memoir altered to get deal (10) COMPROMISE*
17 Adult drinks a bit of Indian native intoxicant, becomes baby (9) MINIATURE {M{In...n}{Na...e}{In...t}ATURE}
18 Extremely rubbish myths busted by recurring patterns (7) RHYTHMS {Ru...sH}{MYTHS*}
19 Note practice bringing up voice standards (8) CRITERIA {C}{RITE}{AIR<=}
22 Spinner’s endless deception — The standard to compare against! (6) METRIC {ME}{TRICk}
23 Perhaps, there’s a crowd? (5) THREE*
25 Commercial appearing in city’s broadcast medium (5) RADIO {R{AD}IO}
27 Make a crossword about cool community (4) SECT {SE{C}T}

GRID

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43 comments:

  1. sree_sree21 August 2017 at 08:34

    28a I think dome+rise+n*

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    1. Raghunath21 August 2017 at 08:46

      MODE* R(N)ISE

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    2. Padmanabhan21 August 2017 at 09:00

      Yes, that is right. I did not get it. Otherwise 'at last' does not fit.

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  2. Chaturvasi21 August 2017 at 08:37

    All or many of you may have missed the following our friend Neyartha wrote under Comments the other day.
    He wrote:
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    I remember the events that led to starred clues in THC. It was C-Vasi who started it back in 2008 with a raga-themed crossword ( The Hindu Crossword 9198 ). Here is the link to the puzzle from The Hindu's web archive (no grid, unfortunately):

    http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/The-Hindu-Crossword-9198/article15203994.ece

    Those were the days when The Hindu carried puzzles without bylines. So, the setter's name was not known beyond the THC inner circle at that time :)

    I had met C-Vasi at his residence shortly after that puzzle was published. Since all my puzzles have themes (I use theme words for the initial fill to seed the grid), I felt encouraged after my conversation with him. Starting from around that time, I used to send at least one starred puzzle in every set. Nowadays, we have instructions to avoid starred clues because it doesn't go well with the online solving platform.

    - Ganesh (Neyartha)
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    1. Vasant21 August 2017 at 08:52

      Had read. Quite interesting.

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    2. Srivathsan21 August 2017 at 15:00

      This is really interesting - I'm curious as to how well the crossword was received since Raga names may not be part of everyone's vocabulary - CV sir, was there any feedback on this?

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    3. Deepak Gopinath21 August 2017 at 15:43

      I doubt if there was any feedback in those days

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  3. Vasant21 August 2017 at 08:51

    Nice Spinners!1 A was well bowled. So were the others. Thanks Spinner.

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  4. Padmanabhan21 August 2017 at 08:55

    Yes, I certainly missed it.That's very interesting. Thank you CV.One more old CW to solve. Just curious and will make it a point to try it today. Maybe CV/ vasant can help with the grid- that will make things easier.

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    1. Vasant21 August 2017 at 09:26

      Paddy have sent you the puzzle. Happy solving!

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    2. Padmanabhan21 August 2017 at 11:28

      I just don't know how to thank you. I owe you a lot- will take care of you whenever you visit Chennai. Not sure when that will be.

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    3. raju umamaheswar21 August 2017 at 20:41

      Vasant: I may be having this in my unsolved lot but to ferret it out will be cumbersome. Can you please send me the grid ? Thanks

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  5. Padmanabhan21 August 2017 at 08:57

    Thank you Spinner for an interesting start for the week. Criteria was the last to fall. Surprise that TH cooperated with Block Letters- otherwise it would have flattened the clue.

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    1. Srivathsan21 August 2017 at 16:55

      I thought of this eventuality - so I sent a note with the puzzle. I'm glad it was accepted.

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  6. Mona Sogal21 August 2017 at 10:06

    Amazing, smooth flowing grid- lovely :)

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  7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 August 2017 at 11:04

    A delightful puzzle, full of clear clueing and fine surface readings. Thanks Spinner.

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  8. Padmanabhan21 August 2017 at 11:29

    Surface reading is always a pleasure in Spinner's CW's.

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  9. Ramani21 August 2017 at 11:55

    Rufus also has used legal document for DEED in today's Guardian crossword! What a coincidence!

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  10. raju umamaheswar21 August 2017 at 14:03

    BLOCK LETTERS USED AS A CLUE FOR THE ANSWER IS UNIQUE ! What do we call such clues as ? A new nomenclature ?

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    1. RameshJ21 August 2017 at 14:06

      Rebus

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    2. Vasant21 August 2017 at 15:07

      Ramesh: In Rebus type of clues we don't have definition and have to get the answer through lateral thinking, IMHO like the classic
      Gegs? for scrambled eggs and
      O for circular letter
      This clue had WP & as Col has mentioned DBE

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    3. Srivathsan21 August 2017 at 16:53

      This clue would pass off as a CD or an Easy type clue (E) - The rebus is an added layer. So colonel's comment against the clue is right - It is probably CD+rebus or E+rebus.

      In my first ever puzzle for TH, there was

      MCE MCE MCE (5,5,4).

      This would be a pure rebus, in the sense that Vasant has described.

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    4. Vasant21 August 2017 at 21:23

      Srivathsan:The clue you quoted of your debut puzzle is a clear Rebus clue as it does not have any definition.
      But today's clue cannot be called a Rebus clue. It has a clear definition..there is Word play, a CD and is a definition by example as the whole clue us written in bold letters, the answer

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    5. Vasant21 August 2017 at 21:37

      There is this very interesting article and a more interesting discussion in CU. Here is the link:
      http://www.crosswordunclued.com/2011/01/clues-with-no-definition-o

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    6. Vasant21 August 2017 at 22:00

      I read your debut puzzle blog!What a beautiful puzzle!

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    7. Srivathsan22 August 2017 at 14:32

      Thanks vasant :) And yes like I said, this clue has rebus only as an added layer.

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  11. Deepak Gopinath21 August 2017 at 14:20

    Ref CV's remark at 8:37. I couldn't get even one Raga of THC 9198 despite knowing that they were all ragas, needed Google help to get all of them, the variations in Indian spellings didn't help also. I suppose if I didn't know they were ragas I wouldn't have been able to do the CW. I am still stuck on 6D, 7D and 13A

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    1. Deepak Gopinath21 August 2017 at 14:24

      Finally cracked it. I had 10A wrong all along

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    2. Vasant21 August 2017 at 15:03

      I did the ragas the last except 29A which I knew. After getting all the cross checkings had only to Fill in the blanks...confirmed through google...still it was tough to get.

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    3. Padmanabhan21 August 2017 at 15:56

      I am just taking a coco break (without Coco) to freshen up my mind. I have 10A as 'Bahari'. Help needed.

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    4. Vasant21 August 2017 at 16:00

      10A: Arabhi

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    5. Padmanabhan21 August 2017 at 16:02

      Thank you Vasant. That should give me a kick start.

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    6. Padmanabhan21 August 2017 at 16:03

      Nice discussion about Arabhi in the Tmail film about singer JKB.

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  12. Ramki Krishnan21 August 2017 at 14:59

    Lovely puzzle as usual, Spinner! Thanks.

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  13. Padmanabhan21 August 2017 at 15:58

    When I already have doubts about ragas, the variations in spelling makes me stumble.

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  14. Padmanabhan21 August 2017 at 19:25

    Col.,
    You had not started THCC when this CW appeared in 2008?

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  15. Padmanabhan21 August 2017 at 19:25

    Yes, it starts from 2009. So I had not missed much earlier.

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  16. Pushpangathan21 August 2017 at 20:15

    Nice and interesting

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