Comments on Crossword Unclued: Palindromes

Its one of the cleanest and best blog i have seen ...

2011-09-06T11:59:32.812+05:30

Its one of the cleanest and best blog i have seen .Keep it up shuchi.

Reg ambidextrous...I was thinking on the lines of ...

2009-07-30T10:05:47.104+05:30

Reg ambidextrous...I was thinking on the lines of
Ambidextrous => left hand = right hand ; for plaindromes in Ac clues - LHS = RHS due to centre line symmetry . Hence proved :)

Didnt have any particular clue in mind... Vasi sir's Ava Gardner (no pun intended) triggered the thought that it may be a good word for clueing palindromic names..say

By the grace of god, hebrew girl is ambidextrous (6)

Ambidextrous tennis players from the Eastern Bloc? (4)

or even

Is Actress Gardner ambidextrous?(3)

@Aim: Thank you, it's great to receive good fe...

2009-07-30T09:11:45.312+05:30

@Aim: Thank you, it's great to receive good feedback.

About reversal indicators, or any indicators for the matter - the easiest way to decide if a word is valid is to look at the meaning of the word. Does it, in any sense, suggest the action to be performed on the fodder?

"up" can imply a vertical turn in direction, not a horizontal turn - so "up" works for DOWN clues only. An indicator like "going west" can be used for ACROSS clues only.

Here's more about reversal indicators.

We know that 'dexter' means 'right'...

2009-07-30T06:33:14.231+05:30

We know that 'dexter' means 'right' (cf. 'sinister'). 'Ambidextrous' is from a Latin word that literally means 'righthanded on both sides'. I am afraid it might not work as a palindromic ind.
Now, what is 'ambidexter'?
What is 'ambilevous'?

ROTAVATOR ROTOR PEPE EYE AVA BTW: 1. I fully agre...

2009-07-30T00:46:06.493+05:30

ROTAVATOR
ROTOR
PEPE
EYE
AVA

BTW: 1.
I fully agree with Rajani. Once I asked in THCS 'Do you take classes?' and Vasi sir promptly replied "What else she does in her blog?" That brought me to your blog.
2. Now that Maddy mentioned can ambidextrous be used for ACROSS clues, I wonder again, rev inds up /down should be used in down clues only? That's what I thought when someone explained me that 'up' was rev ind (it was a down clue). So I assumed, up / down is rev ind for down clues.

It's a creative thought, but I don't think...

2009-07-29T22:49:25.840+05:30

It's a creative thought, but I don't think it precisely conveys a palindrome.

ambidextrous = able to use both hands equally well,
palindromic = the same in both directions

Close enough, perhaps, for the solver to deduce what 'ambidextrous' is trying to say in the clue, but it's not accurate I think.

Do you have a clue in mind using 'ambidextrous'?

can ambidextrous be used as a palindrome indic...

2009-07-29T20:19:20.329+05:30
can ambidextrous be used as a palindrome indicator for across clues

I don't think so but let's see what Shuchi has to say.

Farm machine going up and down (9) hotch potch of...

2009-07-29T20:07:54.050+05:30
Farm machine going up and down (9)

hotch potch of various clues for the answer.

Fan encircles actress gardner and model.

BTW, can ambidextrous be used as a palindrome indicator for across clues??

And, if within the solution word, you Look up and ...

2009-07-29T17:23:54.544+05:30
And, if within the solution word, you
Look up and down (4)
you can
View back and forth (3)
Actress Gardner the same upon reflection (3)

To construct the up-and-down farm machine, put ...

2009-07-29T16:35:44.279+05:30
To construct the up-and-down farm machine, put a cooking tool inside a machine part.

AND this machine part also goes up and down.

To construct the up-and-down farm machine, put a c...

2009-07-29T16:29:06.515+05:30
To construct the up-and-down farm machine, put a cooking tool inside a machine part.

Now try this: (The Chaturvasi Herald) Farm machine...

2009-07-29T16:21:59.679+05:30
Now try this:
(The Chaturvasi Herald)
Farm machine going up and down (9)

*applause* With solvers like y'all around, I s...

2009-07-29T16:08:23.458+05:30
*applause* With solvers like y'all around, I should know I wouldn't have to reveal answers myself.

ROTATOR is an &lit, as of course you'd have noticed.

Standard that may be raised to no effect (5)

The answer in the puzzle was LEVEL, though it could as well be TENET if solved w/o grid. Interestingly, someone had mentioned on the Times blog that they put in TENET and got the crossings wrong.

Standard that may be raised to no effect (5) LEVEL...

2009-07-29T14:56:44.724+05:30
Standard that may be raised to no effect (5) LEVEL also fits...

Why should they wait for a week to be solved? It s...

2009-07-29T14:42:35.957+05:30
Why should they wait for a week to be solved?
It swivels up and down (7) ROTATOR
Flat food turned over just the same (4) NAAN
Standard that may be raised to no effect (5) TENET
Witnesses going up and down (4) SEES

Thanks, Kavi. Let's wait for a few days for o...

2009-07-29T10:57:25.922+05:30
Thanks, Kavi.

Let's wait for a few days for other readers to crack those clues. Will give out the answers if unsolved till next week.

"Do geese see God?" Wow, never heard tha...

2009-07-29T10:42:03.157+05:30
"Do geese see God?" Wow, never heard that before. Nice image with it.

The answers to clues?

@Rajani: Your comment made my day, thank you!

2009-07-28T16:47:21.292+05:30
@Rajani: Your comment made my day, thank you!

Before reading your blog I had no interest in CROS...

2009-07-28T12:53:35.698+05:30
Before reading your blog I had no interest in CROSSWORDS but now I try to follow your suggestions when I see any crossword and attempt to solve it.
The way you explain things is unbelievable. Your wrinting has the power to get people glued to your blog.
I am glad to have come across your blog.... KEEP WRITING :)