As promised in my post on Admiral Katari, here is The Hindu Crossword no. 1000 set by him. This puzzle was originally published in The Hindu on October 17, 1974. Enjoy solving.
Interactive Across Lite version created by Chaturvasi, available here: THC 1000 Interactive.
Instructions: Post answers with annotations in the comments section. Max 3 answers per person.
I'll update this post with the solution grid, handwritten by Admiral Katari, on October 15, 2012 (Monday).
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Update [October 15, 2012]:
- Solution grid and clues to The Hindu Crossword 1000, handwritten by Admiral Katari
- Annotated answers to The Hindu Crossword 1000
Related Posts:
- Remembering Admiral Katari, the first crossword setter of The Hindu
- Q&A with Six New Hindu Crossword Setters
- The Hindu Crossword Compilers: Your Views?
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8D Yorker E
4A Assembly DD
11A Miser E
This is a treat!
14a LASSO
L - left, ASS - donkey, O - nothing
3d LOIN-CLOTH cryptic defn
24d EVENS
EVE - the lady, N and S - divergent points
1A F(AIR)LY
1D (FOR)(ME)(RLY)
5D (STEP) (ON ONES TOES)
26A EERIE [Headless Peer = EER + That is = IE]
DEF: Wierd
22D ALLEGE {AL{LEG}E}
Drink = Ale
Support = Leg
Def: Claim
7D BASSOON {BASS{O}ON}
Singing Voice = Bass
Noting ON = O + ON
Def: Instrument
10A:(AVA)(I)(L);
1D:(FOR)(ME)(RLY)
2D - {I}{M}{PET}{US}
3D - LONG-CLOTH [CD]
6D - {(-th)EM}{MET}
1D.(FOR)(ME)(RLY)
1A.F(AIR)LY
2D.(I)(M)(PET)(US)
Deepak,
3D is LOIN-CLOTH (CD)
(as already answered by Rajiv)
9d HANDLE WITH CARE
15d IM (M) ORAL
10A-Replicate
Def.-fold back
Material- rep
insurance body- LIC
consumed- ate
15A- Emotions (10A-
29A- Please
DEf.- Satisfy
Excusess- Pleas
To the point- E
27 A: ABE RRA(N)CY*
28 A: ENLISTED
16 A: IN AUG URAL
I did intend LOIN-CLOTH, I don't know how I keyed in LONG !!
That gives me a chance to compensate with
17D - KLONDYKE [DD]
18A: FISHWIFE: swimmer = fish, mate=wife, def=known for her loud mouth
13A: OUTCOME; def=Result; play on deb's first party ie coming out, not sure if this qualifies as DD
21D: ANTENNA; ANT (Worker) + ANNE reversed, def = Aerial
Clues remaining to be solved:
12a, 23a, 25a
Any new takers?
12A- Enticed- 'tice' in end. Connection to 8 is not clear.
23A- Lamberth- Anno not clear
25A- Tighten- eight* in TN (Trade Name)
12A-TICE: 'A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.'
( I have never heard this word despite my to listening numerous cricket commentaries over years. Might have been in vogue in the Admiral's younger days)
23A- Lamberth- Anno not clear LAMBETH [DD].
1. A line dance popular in the 1930s, in UK.
2. A place in London.
Thanks to www.thefreedictionary.com.
All done. *applause*
I had to look up LAMBETH and TICE too. Which were your favourite clues in the grid? Mine were the first and last - 1a and 24d - smooth surfaces with nicely blended definitions.
Now linking to the solution grid from the main post...
Readers of fiction will know LAMBETH from the title "Liza of Lambeth", the first novel written by W. Somerset Maugham. The author was working as a doctor in the place when he wrote it.
If I click THC 1000 interactive I am getting some other xword.I think there is some problem.
Only today I read this post.Interesting. But I am not able to do the xword in acrosslite.How can I get it?
@Lakshmi: Thanks for letting us know about the link issue. Meanwhile, you can try the interactive version for THC 1001:
http://icrossword.com/share/?id=115D_THC_1001rev.puz
@CV Sir: Has the interactive grid for THC 1000 been moved? Can you help?
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