tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post41555521101716321..comments2009-03-22T11:58:25.699+05:30Shuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01255928672885834649noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-23637432185763382152009-01-29T20:22:00.000+05:302009-01-29T20:22:00.000+05:30Re your comment on 4dn.<BR/><BR/>Some thirty years ago Debonair, when Anil Dharker was the Editor, used to carry a thematically sexy crossword but the reader perhaps had his nose buried in the pinups.Chaturvasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-70389317106166094832009-01-29T17:13:00.000+05:302009-01-29T17:13:00.000+05:30Hi Sridhar, Welcome to the comment space of Crossword Unclued!<BR/><BR/>BADAMI looks better with CVasi's explanation, though MANALI works fairly well too, as: Man = NAL, nearly big = MAI{-n}, Indian city = definition.<BR/><BR/>In either case - MANALI or BADAMI - the crossing letters remain the same and have me stuck with 27A!<BR/><BR/>7D: I had worked it out as CVasi says, except that I couldn't explain how B equalled 'soft'. The pencil association, ah yes. I've used so many Bs in my sketching classes.Shuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01255928672885834649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-51574195165637743522009-01-29T16:59:00.000+05:302009-01-29T16:59:00.000+05:30'rabble' is both noun and verb.<BR/><BR/>The noun form 'rabbler' is derived from the verb 'rabble'.<BR/><BR/>The anno is R A(B)BLER.<BR/><BR/>B is soft; in indications onpencil. <BR/><BR/>'soft' is part of wordplay.<BR/><BR/>Only 'tool' is the def.Chaturvasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-80098952756158352222009-01-29T16:54:00.000+05:302009-01-29T16:54:00.000+05:30It is ADAM (man) in BI (nearly BIg)Chaturvasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-26314349884285757462009-01-29T16:28:00.000+05:302009-01-29T16:28:00.000+05:30First time I am seeing and using this 'comment' facility!<BR/> <BR/>23 Dn is 'BAD AMI'. Nearly big Indian is BADA(-A)and I think AMI is french.There is no indicator for it to be MIA* or Mian (-e).<BR/>7 Dn is incorrect. Rabble is a tool not a Rabbler. Also it is only a hooked tool used in smelting and nothing soft about it. Rabbler can only mean a rabble rouser!Sridharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03441258241181592913noreply@blogger.com