tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076694229571954420.post2388391047636798288..comments2023-10-20T04:06:02.501-04:00Comments on Anokha's Hindu Crossword: The Hindu Crossword No. 9535 Monday, May 18, 2009anokhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07700552442950543434noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076694229571954420.post-27571269947533156672009-05-18T12:49:00.000-04:002009-05-18T12:49:00.000-04:00Thanks, Vasi Sir - for noticing the comment in 5dn...Thanks, Vasi Sir - for noticing the comment in 5dn. Need to work on the "homophone" clues now! The 'apostrophe' was little jarring. Nice example from the Guardian. Going to be out today and tomorrow .........anokhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07700552442950543434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076694229571954420.post-57299341600943886272009-05-18T08:11:00.000-04:002009-05-18T08:11:00.000-04:00Anokha,
Again it's me bumping into myself but does...Anokha,<br />Again it's me bumping into myself but doesn't matter. The ink had hardly dried (inkpots and steel pens have disappeaed but let them stay at least in these expressive idioms) since I wrote my last Comment when I came across this clue in today's Guardian crossword:<br /><I>Regretted sounding discourteous (4)</I>The blogger and one or two commenters say they confidentally put in RUED but had to change it to RUDE in the light of crossings. <br />I too would have put RUED.Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076694229571954420.post-86952551862910581522009-05-18T06:32:00.000-04:002009-05-18T06:32:00.000-04:00Anokha,
I enjoyed the gentle fun that you poked at...Anokha,<br />I enjoyed the gentle fun that you poked at yourself parenthetically in 5dn.Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076694229571954420.post-17503711234230713172009-05-18T02:47:00.000-04:002009-05-18T02:47:00.000-04:0025 Noblemen’s jetties, by the sound of it (5) PIER...25 Noblemen’s jetties, by the sound of it (5) PIERS (~peers)<br /><br />Homophone clues sometimes offer dilemma as to which one is the answer, especially when the homophone ind. is in the middle. I think there is no ambiguity here as to which is the def for word req'd. I think the def is noblemen and the wordplay - the subsidiary indication is "jetties, by the sound of it". So the answer is -Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.com