Sunday, 14 October 2012

The Hindu Crossword 1000 [October 17, 1974]

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]:

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20 comments:

  1. Alok13 October 2012 at 09:49

    8D Yorker E
    4A Assembly DD
    11A Miser E

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  2. Rajiv13 October 2012 at 10:11

    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

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  3. Venkatesh13 October 2012 at 10:37

    1A F(AIR)LY
    1D (FOR)(ME)(RLY)
    5D (STEP) (ON ONES TOES)

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  4. Unknown13 October 2012 at 10:47

    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

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  5. Vasant13 October 2012 at 10:48

    10A:(AVA)(I)(L);
    1D:(FOR)(ME)(RLY)

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  6. Deepak Gopinath13 October 2012 at 10:51

    2D - {I}{M}{PET}{US}
    3D - LONG-CLOTH [CD]
    6D - {(-th)EM}{MET}

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  7. Vasant13 October 2012 at 10:55

    1D.(FOR)(ME)(RLY)
    1A.F(AIR)LY
    2D.(I)(M)(PET)(US)

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  8. Venkatesh13 October 2012 at 11:03

    Deepak,
    3D is LOIN-CLOTH (CD)
    (as already answered by Rajiv)

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  9. D.Srinivasan13 October 2012 at 13:05

    9d HANDLE WITH CARE

    15d IM (M) ORAL

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  10. Padmanabhan13 October 2012 at 14:13

    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

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  11. Raghunath13 October 2012 at 18:05

    27 A: ABE RRA(N)CY*
    28 A: ENLISTED

    16 A: IN AUG URAL

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  12. Deepak Gopinath13 October 2012 at 20:27

    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]

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  13. Bhalchandra Pasupathy13 October 2012 at 23:56

    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

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  14. Shuchi14 October 2012 at 17:08

    Clues remaining to be solved:

    12a, 23a, 25a

    Any new takers?

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  15. Padmanabhan14 October 2012 at 18:37

    12A- Enticed- 'tice' in end. Connection to 8 is not clear.

    23A- Lamberth- Anno not clear

    25A- Tighten- eight* in TN (Trade Name)

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  16. Raghunath14 October 2012 at 19:11

    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.

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  17. Shuchi15 October 2012 at 02:46

    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...

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  18. Chaturvasi15 October 2012 at 09:14

    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.

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  19. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan30 April 2013 at 17:19

    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?

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  20. Shuchi30 April 2013 at 18:03

    @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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