tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076694229571954420.post2502958904991603677..comments2023-10-20T04:06:02.501-04:00Comments on Anokha's Hindu Crossword: The Hindu Crossword No. 9507 Wednesday, April 15, 2009anokhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07700552442950543434noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076694229571954420.post-42011315108263277122009-04-15T15:00:00.000-04:002009-04-15T15:00:00.000-04:00AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />Well, that says it all for missing 25dn - part of Belgium is French and on top of that I have been trying to teach myself French for some time now! So deviously obvious - no idea what train of thought I was on - probably none!<br /><br />Mon Dieu - Je n'ai aucune excuse!<br /><br />Thanks everyone! Nice to see you here p'chu!<br /><br />Nachiketa - Vasi sir and Shuchi are some of the best in the business. I'm adding links to their blogs here (slow to figure out all the capabilities in the blogger)!<br /><br />The "peccadillo" deserves comment in the main section!anokhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07700552442950543434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076694229571954420.post-40311919390721008912009-04-15T05:06:00.000-04:002009-04-15T05:06:00.000-04:00No doubt that it improves the surface. My view was...No doubt that it improves the surface. My view was about the <I>cryptic</I> reading of the clue.<br /><br />nonsense=rot, <br />some nonsense=some rot. <br />That's the most precise derivation. <br />some nonsense=rot makes 'some' unnecessary - it led me to consider if there was a deletion involved.<br /><br />The clue works well otherwise, and thanks for putting it in the amusing context of imaginary- peccadillo-in-village-cave :)Shuchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01255928672885834649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076694229571954420.post-69479857759755156772009-04-15T04:27:00.000-04:002009-04-15T04:27:00.000-04:00Let's say that a boy and a girl often go into a ca...Let's say that a boy and a girl often go into a cave and emerge out of it after a few minutes.<br />Some passersby notice this and they go to the village headman and tell him to look into the matter as "some nonsense" is going on.<br />They have only some suspicions and they are not quite sure of any peccadillo.<br />Thus, the compiler may have added 'some' to improve the surface reading.<br />But you are quite entitled to your view!Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076694229571954420.post-84486173807157371112009-04-15T04:24:00.000-04:002009-04-15T04:24:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076694229571954420.post-18600976911235975952009-04-15T03:34:00.000-04:002009-04-15T03:34:00.000-04:00Hi Anokha,
I had to Google for 25D too, though I'...Hi Anokha,<br /><br />I had to Google for 25D too, though I'd caught on that it must be a French word for 'lord'. <br /><br />nachiketa: 5A is anag. of GOT (worried is the anagram indicator) around ROT (nonsense). The cryptic reading could've done without "some" in the clue.<br /><br />10A: I enjoy that Gridman uses lesser-known meanings of familiar words in his puzzles. 'rush' isn't just hurry, it's also a grasslike plant...and 'lay' is a song. That gives RELAYED (passed on) i.e. LAY (song) in REED (rush).Shuchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01255928672885834649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076694229571954420.post-44251125921107685182009-04-14T22:39:00.000-04:002009-04-14T22:39:00.000-04:0025 DOWN - DIEU25 DOWN - DIEUpammechchuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314566586135561644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076694229571954420.post-10281311744410301712009-04-14T22:20:00.000-04:002009-04-14T22:20:00.000-04:00Today was tougher than normal for me.How do you cr...Today was tougher than normal for me.How do you crack 5 and 10 across?<br />5ac = got + rot(=nonsense)?nachiketahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13572673031283629327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076694229571954420.post-41029391147882433492009-04-14T21:57:00.000-04:002009-04-14T21:57:00.000-04:00Actually, 29ac is PUMPED UP.
You need to revise 25...Actually, 29ac is PUMPED UP.<br />You need to revise 25dn; you may have to recall reading any Agatha Christie novel featuring HP. Or think of HP's nationality!Chaturvasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.com