Comments on Crossword Unclued: The Hindu Crossword 9564: Gridman

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2009-06-30T13:32:20.711+05:30

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2009-06-20T21:27:48.418+05:30

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"Remove from memory any guilt feelings that y...

2009-06-20T20:52:36.658+05:30

"Remove from memory any guilt feelings that you were responsible for the suicide of the girl whom you jilted."
"Erase any guilt feelings that you were responsible for the suicide of the girl whom you jilted."
Do they work?
Anyway I will leave it at that.

"Remove from memory" improves the sur...

2009-06-20T20:34:49.087+05:30
"Remove from memory" improves the surface reading
True...but if the definition is "remove from memory" it should be replaceable by ERASE in a sentence. Can you suggest a sentence where that substitution can be made?
In most situations it doesn't work e.g. "Still thinking of your ex? Remove her from memory." isn't the same as "Still thinking of your ex? Erase her."

But I realize now that "remove from memory" = ERASE switch can work, in one situation at least!

PPS: "periods" gives ERAS (without our h...

2009-06-20T13:38:55.552+05:30
PPS: "periods" gives ERAS (without our having to resort to onelook) and then E as mentioned above.

PS: "extreme sufferance" yields only E, ...

2009-06-20T13:35:43.218+05:30
PS: "extreme sufferance" yields only E, after we have had ERAS from periods.

6 Remove from memory periods in extreme suffera...

2009-06-20T13:27:03.875+05:30
6 Remove from memory periods in extreme sufferance (5)

An era is usually divided into two or more periods, so says www.onelook.com

(Period alone might have been sufficient, though.)

'Remove' by itself will give ERASE but "Remove from memory" improves the surface reading. The clue seems to advise someone to forget the days when they went through a bad patch in their life.

Thanks CVasi Sir. 'change' for 'rear...

2009-06-20T10:54:07.853+05:30
Thanks CVasi Sir.

'change' for 'rearrange' is fair enough IMO. 'bottom off' led me to expect the last letter(s) deleted of course. Smart of Gridman turn around the cliche!

Re Line after taking bottom off change (5) RANGE i...

2009-06-20T10:27:23.765+05:30
Re
Line after taking bottom off change (5)
RANGE is correct.
Deleting REAR (bottom) from REARRANGE (change)
'Change' for 'rearrange' may be considered rather vague.

Oh yes, KNUR it should be. Thanks. Notice somethi...

2009-06-20T10:11:40.661+05:30
Oh yes, KNUR it should be. Thanks.

Notice something interesting? Two words that appear in the solutions RANGE and SCRAP are also there in the clues (20A, 8D)?

Assuming RANGE is right - I can't quite get the full anno.

I have updated the main post with some comments, check it out.

Grammatically it should be RUN and so K{NUR<-} ...

2009-06-20T09:52:29.115+05:30
Grammatically it should be RUN and so K{NUR<-} as pointed out by Chaturvasi in my blog. Though both KNAR and KNUR have the same meaning

Hello Mrs. PP, I believe Col. Gopinath has given...

2009-06-20T09:10:39.469+05:30
Hello Mrs. PP,

I believe Col. Gopinath has given the right answers in the first comment.

15 Can be easily won over without a Frenchman’s help (6)
can be easily won over = AMENABLE
without = deletion indicator
a Frenchman = A M (monsieur)

Solution: {-a m}ENABLE

The definition 'help' is a noun in the surface but a verb in the cryptic reading.

14 King to hurry up with wooden ball (4)
King = K
hurry = RAN
up = reversal indicator

Solution: K NAR<-, which is a ball-like knot on tree/wood.

The 'adamant' 15ac clue seemed to me to be...

2009-06-20T09:00:34.475+05:30
The 'adamant' 15ac clue seemed to me to be FEEBLE giving 14dn as LEAR!!!

Hi Col, Thanks for clearing up 14D/15A. I had rea...

2009-06-20T08:49:46.786+05:30
Hi Col,

Thanks for clearing up 14D/15A. I had realized VIABLE was incorrect but was still stuck on KNAR.

One Hindu absolute among the old is in turmoil (8) AG{I TAT}ED
in turmoil: definition
one = I, old = AGED,
Hindu absolute = TAT, the Sanskrit/Vedic word for "absolute".

With advantage, copper played a cricket stroke (5) EDGE D
played a cricket stroke: definition
advantage = EDGE
copper = D (the British penny)

I'm adding comments/annotations for a few other clues to the main post.

Hi Shuchi, 14D is KNAR and 15A ENABLE. How would y...

2009-06-20T08:34:49.254+05:30
Hi Shuchi,
14D is KNAR and 15A ENABLE.
How would you annotate AGITATED and EDGED?