tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post4642445179287207144..comments2010-01-01T19:37:51.765+05:30Shuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01255928672885834649noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-38728522165057843342010-01-01T19:34:44.205+05:302010-01-01T19:34:44.205+05:30I did not notice it at all, though glad it was Gridman&#39;s! Shuchi, I salute your power of observation!<br /><br />Have a great new year, everyone!Vasanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339174189978219543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-21872320042005035312010-01-01T16:47:14.096+05:302010-01-01T16:47:14.096+05:30About double unches - I think their position makes a difference. Double unches within a word are better than at the end or start of a word. <br /><br />I don&#39;t mind double unches at all actually, as long as the clues that fill them are fair. The &quot;look&quot; of the grid in this case is my greater objection.Shuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01255928672885834649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-58837655514186314002010-01-01T16:38:55.729+05:302010-01-01T16:38:55.729+05:30Happy New Year to all of you!<br /><br />@Ganesh: You were the first to find this message. Applause! <br /><br />@Bhavan: That&#39;s a thought. Starting at the top-left would have made the Nina easier to notice. Gridman wanted it to be less conspicuous, maybe? <br /><br />@Musical Scientist: Guess what. I had written anti-clockwise in my post too, and made the correction after seeing yours. Thanks :)<br /><br />@Chaturvasi: You raise a fair point, but I rather like the word Nina - it&#39;s short and mysterious and more importantly, is now universally understood to mean a hidden message in crossword grids. I don&#39;t mind continuing to use the word.Shuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01255928672885834649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-41617745840029247262010-01-01T16:04:24.399+05:302010-01-01T16:04:24.399+05:30Hi Shuchi,<br /><br />I would not have looked for something amiss in the grid. But with so much attention showered on it I could make out why. <br /><br />In the clockwise direction: WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR. Cheers!raghunathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17162552411714117166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-35823543538046350732010-01-01T15:25:42.763+05:302010-01-01T15:25:42.763+05:30Hi Richard, Very warm welcome to Crossword Unclued. A hidden message of this kind is traditionally called a Nina -look at this post for more <a href="http://www.crosswordunclued.com/2009/10/what-is-nina.html" rel="nofollow">What Is A Nina?</a><br /><br />Other commenters: <br />I&#39;ll publish your comments together, giving other visitors a chance for some more time. Congrats to all those you got it right!Shuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01255928672885834649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-31644743952481372582010-01-01T14:52:18.207+05:302010-01-01T14:52:18.207+05:30Hello Shuchi<br /><br />This is my very first post on your blog.<br /><br />The URL directed from the Colonel&#39;s THC blog shows an extra name - that of Nina. Could it have something to do with the hidden message?<br /><br />http://www.crosswordunclued.com/2010/01/hindu-crossword-9729-gridman-nina.html<br /><br />Richardrichlashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04181639742047074494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-35186360710456271762010-01-01T13:00:40.997+05:302010-01-01T13:00:40.997+05:30Oops..that should have been &quot;reading clockwise&quot; :)Musical Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16849070599966874957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-37332517731947662912010-01-01T13:00:29.619+05:302010-01-01T13:00:29.619+05:30I must say you have been observing THC grids closely.<br /><br />We were not sure that the pangram that you noticed in a Gridman crossword the other day was THC&#39;s first - for the simple reason that we may not have seen it in any earlier instance unless we had been careful enough - unless we went looking for it.<br /><br />However, I think the hidden message in the grid should be a first in THC.<br /><br />As for the term Nina, I don&#39;t see why we should use it. If I am not mistaken, it is the name of the daughter of an artist who tucked it away somewhere in his drawing. I guess each time it must have been the same name. However, if messages are embedded in crossword grids it is different each time. Right? So why should we call it Nina? <br /><br />At least for this sort of trick in crosswords published in India, let&#39;s coin some other term. Any suggestions? <br /><br />The grid that the setter created is not pleasing. It is not done well but you are surprised that it is done at all.<br /><br />This setter&#39;s usual grids do not have double unches but here he seems to have relaxed his self-imposed rule. <br /><br />I may point out that some UK crosswords do have double unches: the grids may be from the past. Bloggers often suggest that those grids might be dispensed with and fresh ones created.<br /><br />As for the mass of blocks in the grid, I see that kind of thing in Everyman crosswords though even here Gridman may have overdone it. At least the grid is symmetrical!Chaturvasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00284780490945841507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-61353974903522672832010-01-01T12:59:14.718+05:302010-01-01T12:59:14.718+05:30Indeed a beautiful gift from Gridman. Thanks a lot for pointing out the &quot;Wish you a happy new year&quot; part as we read anti-clockwise starting from the bottom right. A stroke of genius..thanks shuchi and wish you a very happy new year too!!Musical Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16849070599966874957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-75538516927800226962010-01-01T11:50:39.601+05:302010-01-01T11:50:39.601+05:30Well Well that&#39;s why it was Gridman out of turn. I too &#39;WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR&#39; Gridman!!Col_Gopinathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06166793743790376031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-11773291795746855292010-01-01T11:20:44.987+05:302010-01-01T11:20:44.987+05:30I can&#39;t contest the fact that the grid looks misshapen. I can&#39;t figure either why the message started where it did. Probably I would have found it conforming had it started diametrically opposite !Bhavanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852787341816551917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-72965421599209877312010-01-01T09:52:55.347+05:302010-01-01T09:52:55.347+05:30Oh I see it. <br />Wish you a very Happy New Year as well!sriks7http://www.blogger.com/profile/02547577779046968751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025878547150944281.post-4286902087041492872010-01-01T09:26:34.446+05:302010-01-01T09:26:34.446+05:30Shuchi,<br /><br />Wish You a Happy New Year!<br /><br />My reaction on seeing today&#39;s crossword were very similar to yours!<br /><br />Please look for my comments on the Orkut thread for today&#39;s crossword :)Ganesh T Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957137699259998423noreply@blogger.com