Wednesday 21 February 2018

No 12246, Wednesday 21 Feb 2018, Gridman


Answer and anno for 17A left for a rookie commenter till 10 AM.

ACROSS
1   Asks a wit to conjure up a Hindu symbol (8) SWASTIKA*
5   Released special part of ladder (6) SPRUNG {SP}{RUNG}
9   Welcome me back with pair (7) EMBRACE {ME<=}{BRACE}
10 Woman's right: one girl's to shake leg and move to and fro (7) WRIGGLE {W}{R}{1}{G}{LEG*}
11 Show a grim hairdo (9) POMPADOUR {POMP}{A}{DOUR}

Pompadour (PSF).png

12 Nothing to tear around and speak (5) ORATE {O}{TEAR*}
13 Say nice, odd characters are in harmony (4) SYNC {SaY}{NiCe}
14 Expel Padre leaving first of altars in a rush and confused (9) PERPLEXED {EXPEL+PaDRE}*
17 Persevere with Bond getting one working (7,2) ?O?D?E? O? (Addendum - SOLDIER ON {SOLD{1}ER} {ON} - See comments)
19 Was around with big crime lab tool (4) SWAB {WAS*}{B}
23 Passage from a small island (5) AISLE {A}{ISLE}
24 Former wife to elaborate — not a trace of evidence to act as an illustration (9) EXEMPLIFY {EX}{(-a+e)EMPLIFY}
25 Twisting the top-ranked one's deterioration, when you look back (7) TORSION {NO1'S}{ROT}<=
26 Give edge to launch site's writer (7) SHARPEN {SHAR}{PEN}
27 Political party's part of a course, perhaps (6) GREENS [DD]
28 Dark brown animal surrounding ten fallen back (8) BRUNETTE {BRU{TEN<=}TE}

DOWN
1   That woman with extremely fragile and broken hips is meek (8) SHEEPISH {SHE}{f...lE}{HIPS*}
2   White book’s objective stops short (7) ALBUMEN {ALBUM}{ENd}
3   A get-up around sailor needing a brewing item (3,3) TEA BAG {GET}<= over {AB}{A}
4   Monitor — as an archer should with respect to the target (4,4,3,2) KEEP ONES EYE ON [DD]
6   Detainee somehow rips singular fellow (8) PRISONER {RIPS*}{ONER}
7   Dare pug to perform better (7) UPGRADE*
8   Old fellow, my love is endless! (6) GEEZER {GEE}{ZERo}
10 Promise in favour of duty or what is used for data entry (4,9) WORD PROCESSOR {WORD} {PRO}{CESS}{OR}
15 Union head turns to Mumbai suburb (8) ADHESION {HEAD*}{SION}
16 Bishop kept out of church — article on church under suspension (8) ABEYANCE {ABbEY}{AN}{CE}
18 Watch old boy's bad verse (7) OBSERVE {OB}{VERSE*}
20 Beat favourite dog (7) WHIPPET {WHIP}{PET}
21 Scruffy artist’s joke about model (6) RAGTAG {RA}{G{T}AG}
22 One is out of aspirin that's ordered for an injury (6) SPRAIN ASPiRIN*

GRID

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25 comments:

  1. sree_sree21 February 2018 at 08:37

    Felt like super solver except for geezer. Typo in 9a anno.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath21 February 2018 at 08:38

      Corrected

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    2. Vasant21 February 2018 at 09:57

      Used CV Sir's technique to get Geezer. Got Gee from My then put in the last ER as E was in the crossing and ran through the alphabet for the 4th letter Z( CV Sir had quoted this technique in his interview in CU)

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    3. sree_sree21 February 2018 at 10:07

      I got the love endless ZER and G from crossing. confidence in GRIDMAN said GEE has to be MY.

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    4. Ramani21 February 2018 at 12:55

      +1 for Super solver feeling

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  2. B N Acharya21 February 2018 at 08:39

    17A soldier on- solder (bond) taking 1 (one) on (working)

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  3. D.Chandrasekhar21 February 2018 at 08:39

    17A SOLDIER ON = persevere ( SOLDER = Bond , I = one , ON = working )

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  4. P. Venkatesan21 February 2018 at 08:48

    24a: {ex}{(-a)(+e)mplify}
    Normally, 'not a trace of evidence'= (-e)
    To read separately
    not a = (-a)
    Trace of evidence =(+e)
    looks odd.

    8d: gee=my?

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  5. KARTHIK21 February 2018 at 08:52

    A day when a rookie like me could complete the full crossword correctly; thank you Gridman; feel elated

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  6. Padmanabhan21 February 2018 at 09:02

    This round of Gridman continues the easy enjoyable way- all the way.
    Liked 11A the best. Short,crisp clue and to the point. Just 4 words.
    26A- Nation's pride,Sriharikota never struck me until I saw the blog. Thank you Col.

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  7. Padmanabhan21 February 2018 at 09:04

    17A- Capitalised Bond was a nice decoy.

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  8. Padmanabhan21 February 2018 at 09:05

    9A- Welcome- Namo style!

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    1. Vasant21 February 2018 at 09:53

      Mitron!

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    2. sree_sree21 February 2018 at 10:10

      NAMO style would be "Me back with surgical contraption"

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    3. Padmanabhan21 February 2018 at 10:39

      Gridman called it a pair. So,pair=brace=surgical contraption.

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    4. sree_sree21 February 2018 at 13:21

      PMs welcome return during later 60% of demon.

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  9. raju umamaheswar21 February 2018 at 11:11

    Each day one word or phrase from the Compulanguage ? Today, it is WORD PROCESSOR.

    POMPADOUR is well constructed- reminded of Madame de Pompadour . The Pura Koodu used to be the hairstyle of the gracious ladies like Nanda and Mala Sinha in the Hindi films of yore. Wonder how many pigeons were hidden in them ! GREENS is redolent of POPEYE & OLIVE. GEEZER constructed as MY-GEE + ZER(0) good wordplay. Bond with a capital B need not have to be capital B. Did Gridman ever lived in SION in Bombay any time? He likes to reminisce on this suburb many times in his grid. He perhaps, can bring out a crossie on the suburbs of Bombay. Many of them lend to good wordplay- like Dahisar, Andheri Mahim etc. Gridman's clues bring a lot of good comments here.

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  10. C.G. BHARGAV21 February 2018 at 16:07

    Late news

    A RAGTAG golfer wearing a tee with a SWASTIKA emblem SPRUNG from the GREENS to EMBRACE an elegant BRUNETTE with a fantastic PAMPADOUR.
    Onlookers were PERPLEXED. SHEEPISH.
    No need to keep in ABEYANCE as to what happened next.
    Many did OBSERVE that the person was the young golfer's mother!!

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  11. Vasant21 February 2018 at 20:47

    A super Crossword in 1 Across. Do solve.

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