PDA

View Full Version : Comments on answers to the The Hindu Crossword puzzle



pavalamani pragasam
6th August 2008, 07:23 PM
Let the 'kids' have fun here! Please avoid very open disclosures. Continue only the deceptively harmless, innocent comments!!! :D

CLUELESS
6th August 2008, 08:01 PM
dear pp,
many thanks for thinking of an alternative. an excellent via media.
i will visit both the sites and be an interference to the one i see as a jovial challenge.

listen to beatles "we can work it out". and u will know what i mean.

pavalamani pragasam
6th August 2008, 08:08 PM
Better than beatles, now being a playmate with grandchildren I love Bob, the Builder's title song,'can we fix it, yes we can'!!! :lol:

CLUELESS
6th August 2008, 08:14 PM
never heard that one. will try tomorrow.
i too am disturbed by my grandchildren.

pavalamani pragasam
6th August 2008, 08:21 PM
How nice!

CLUELESS
7th August 2008, 06:38 AM
SK123,
thanks to pp, we have inherited this thread. why don't you emit your output.
come on SK123, don't feel shy like a kashmiri bridegroom.

pavalamani pragasam
7th August 2008, 08:33 AM
Wow! Glad we hit on this idea!

CLUELESS
7th August 2008, 08:35 AM
but, how to alert SK123, p'chu???

pavalamani pragasam
7th August 2008, 08:42 AM
Hope they read the old posts! pammechu knows?

CLUELESS
8th August 2008, 09:14 AM
dear erudites,
your theory of excluding yourselves amounts to shirking away from your targets.
please stop ogling around and put pen to paper.

pavalamani pragasam
8th August 2008, 10:44 AM
:rotfl: Creating a new word game, sentence-making exercise is fun indeed!

sherkhan123
8th August 2008, 05:33 PM
Sorry guys have been away...did not read the old posts.....will do as PP madam wishes....starting tommorow i will not let the cat out of the bag.....and if the urge ovwrwhelms me...it will be on the other thread.

CLUELESS
8th August 2008, 06:06 PM
nothing wrong in letting out the four cats over there. and then lets play mischief over here.

CLUELESS
9th August 2008, 08:22 AM
sk123,
again u r absconding. don't say there is no end to the clues. immerse yourself with minimum effort while waving off any distraction.
be quick as mardi is around the corner.

CLUELESS
9th August 2008, 09:44 AM
have to hurry now... to attend an expo on the expanse of crossword syndrome.

pavalamani pragasam
9th August 2008, 09:57 AM
Hilariously innovative!!!

CLUELESS
10th August 2008, 08:22 AM
SK123 & OTHERS,
sundays are for chilling out and today's crossword will be like a gamble in monte carlo.
be sober and nondrinker to reveal your talents.
oh! blimey! i am endearing to reveal more!!

pavalamani pragasam
10th August 2008, 09:25 AM
Nice lobby!

CLUELESS
10th August 2008, 10:10 AM
when chewing pan better be equipped with a spittoon nearby. lack of hygiene breeds roundworms.

CLUELESS
10th August 2008, 11:18 AM
pp,
is sweetpea copper in colour?

pavalamani pragasam
10th August 2008, 12:48 PM
Clueless, I am amazed by your clue-play talent!!!

CLUELESS
10th August 2008, 02:08 PM
one doesn't have to be a sherlock holmes.

pavalamani pragasam
10th August 2008, 08:52 PM
I am glad I found a way to retain such a witty camaderie! :D

CLUELESS
11th August 2008, 07:12 AM
i'm starting today's tickle:

however much i desist my ulterior motives which brink on idiocy; i reassess my goal on coming to a bridge even if i have to foot it.

please don't be dismissive of my pranks!!!!

CLUELESS
11th August 2008, 08:35 AM
tried my new roebucks for today's walk. turned out to be fake and a real image of the original. better walk barefoot like in the iron age.
maybe design my own shoes in my atelier.

pavalamani pragasam
11th August 2008, 08:39 AM
Still a few more?

CLUELESS
11th August 2008, 11:22 AM
after the morning fiasco with roebucks, i would like to resort to an isle, faraway from the herd of humanity and be a servant to people who want to emigre to the isle.

isn't it a gem of a reflection from a nut like me??

CLUELESS
11th August 2008, 11:33 AM
if anyone rigs our clues, i will almost have a r..... mortis!!!! citrus helps flexibility.

CLUELESS
11th August 2008, 11:33 AM
if anyone rigs our clues, i will almost have a r..... mortis!!!! citrus helps flexibility.

CLUELESS
11th August 2008, 12:19 PM
wishing for an old fashioned fight and publicising in the mass media, has me foxed.
any rescuers???

pavalamani pragasam
11th August 2008, 12:20 PM
'nut'? :rotfl: Delicious for a monkey like me! :lol: Fantastic feast of imagination! :swinghead:

CLUELESS
11th August 2008, 12:23 PM
feast of imagination is incomplete until the old fashioned fight is won. esp. when it is in the mass media!!!

pavalamani pragasam
11th August 2008, 12:36 PM
I am clueless now! :roll:

CLUELESS
12th August 2008, 06:51 AM
today's programme is to stay at home and order the busy lascar to cook extra okra curry.

pavalamani pragasam
12th August 2008, 08:44 AM
And never waver or peeve the speeds over the osier!

CLUELESS
12th August 2008, 09:27 AM
okra-curry goes well with barbeque ling. thought it was scarce in asia, but caught 'lode's of them by the river.
my orthodox neighbours may think i don't believe in atheism or ahimsa.
a good lunch followed by a siesta .... y....awning!!!

CLUELESS
12th August 2008, 09:28 AM
sorry, remove the 'a' from atheism.

pavalamani pragasam
12th August 2008, 09:35 AM
Done! :lol:

kkotirao
12th August 2008, 09:35 AM
Hey all, stop beating around Nandina bushes!
Let the ostler take charge

pavalamani pragasam
12th August 2008, 09:39 AM
u tu?! :o

The fun is irresistible! :D

CLUELESS
12th August 2008, 09:43 AM
the fun wants me to entomb today's x-word. may I???

CLUELESS
12th August 2008, 09:44 AM
may I ?? brutus!!!

pavalamani pragasam
12th August 2008, 09:49 AM
Wait for the clock to strike ten!

kkotirao
12th August 2008, 10:02 AM
Yes, i too have decided to aspirate for certain things...and stopped hearing carnatic music

CLUELESS
12th August 2008, 10:10 AM
kk,
you are a late raider and most welcome.
i am turing blue & green -- almost cyan.
can't figure what to mount in france?

kkotirao
12th August 2008, 11:05 AM
Yes, Clueless,
it is unmountable for now

CLUELESS
12th August 2008, 12:10 PM
lets wait till morrow to mount this beast in the south of france.

CLUELESS
12th August 2008, 12:17 PM
the compiler has a lot of explanation to do !!!!!
r u listening????

kkotirao
12th August 2008, 09:43 PM
Yes, he owes an explanation for framing such a bad clue! I doubt whether anyone got it...

CLUELESS
13th August 2008, 06:31 AM
pp,kk,
if we were ardent skiers, we would have gone to Mount MEZENC.
good one. don't you agree?
i am out of station in another 30 minutes, for 2 to 3 days.

pavalamani pragasam
13th August 2008, 08:49 AM
Shall miss you! :(

sherkhan123
14th August 2008, 09:43 AM
where is the common gang? grant that clueless is away...

CLUELESS
15th August 2008, 09:45 AM
i am back to spend time on this addiction and no more errata after the first recant by me this morning.

CLUELESS
16th August 2008, 07:24 AM
the early birds for the present moment have the fringe benefit of extra corners to fill; in so far as the after effects are not unlawful or taboo and are acceptable to fellow hubbers.

CLUELESS
16th August 2008, 09:11 AM
sk123,
i presume you are a late riser!!

sherkhan123
16th August 2008, 09:24 AM
No..its Decreed.. the morning constitutional is a must.. even if it means collecting bells in a corner with the help of a lantern....but the despicable fellow eludes me....as does the pencil

CLUELESS
16th August 2008, 09:33 AM
if ADAM & EVE were chinese, we would still be in paradise -- they would have preferred the snake to the apple. (or even the rat).
at the rate humans are going, they will soon be endangered species because of adam's folly.

CLUELESS
16th August 2008, 11:16 AM
lets abscond for a while and find the cam that writes a slate.
hope you trapped the rat, by now !!

CLUELESS
16th August 2008, 11:38 AM
the pencil is slated for an autopsy, if the correct "3letter word" is not forthcoming.

CLUELESS
17th August 2008, 07:38 AM
it's sunday, and let the wild goose chase begin. by posting at two different threads, a two timer is not guilty of transgressions.

sherkhan123
17th August 2008, 10:17 AM
HAVE U EATEN TOURNEDOS ROSSINI?

CLUELESS
17th August 2008, 10:23 AM
NEVER TRIED IT!!
I'M TOLD IT IS CRUSTY AND YOU HAVE TO RESORT TO CUTTING THE CORNERS BEFORE BITING. A MISHMASH LIKE BHELPURI.

sherkhan123
17th August 2008, 10:35 AM
IM THROUGH..IM GOING TO FLY KITES FOR THE REST OF THE DAY...LOOKS LIKE THIS CHILDISH BANTER IS ONLY FOR US...NO ONE ELSE POSTS HERE...EVEN PAMMECHU..

CLUELESS
17th August 2008, 10:41 AM
U R RIGHT.
I WAS THE ONLY ONE YESTERDAY.
WHAT NEXT?

pavalamani pragasam
18th August 2008, 09:39 AM
Nervous users executed while Electra dwelt with the easel near the trident.

pavalamani pragasam
18th August 2008, 09:41 AM
How I miss the clue -givers! :(

pavalamani pragasam
18th August 2008, 09:45 AM
See the erse erector on the terrace!

kkotirao
18th August 2008, 10:06 AM
I appreciate your elaborate attempts

pavalamani pragasam
18th August 2008, 12:02 PM
:thumbsup:

kkotirao
19th August 2008, 09:11 AM
Where are the members of the conclave? Are they on this isothermal planet or have they become alienists?

pavalamani pragasam
19th August 2008, 11:58 AM
Out of station, I suppose!

sherkhan123
20th August 2008, 08:53 AM
Good to see the Council here....lets take a lance and bleed the leech...cause it relegated the herb to being the topic for amendment...but make sure you leave no stains...any one for a Campari? :wink:

pavalamani pragasam
20th August 2008, 09:29 AM
If Theresa proposed to uncle to elevate and steer the rotor cleared for good investment!

kkotirao
20th August 2008, 09:42 AM
Why relegate Theresa, when you have the barmaid, who scratched the strangler?

kkotirao
20th August 2008, 09:46 AM
Sherkhan123, Thanks for raising the topic on campari, ofcourse, I drink...but i kept it top secret from my family...and i need transport after a drink

pavalamani pragasam
20th August 2008, 01:58 PM
:rotfl:

sherkhan123
21st August 2008, 09:10 AM
HELLO....is it time for he mid term break? are we going to stoop to our feral instincts and have medoc? or outbear and be austere? where is swami clueless...may be with the recession he thought it expedient to suspend activities.

pavalamani pragasam
21st August 2008, 09:30 AM
Foretaste of dentistry with optic coverage nears asset seconds before one totes sheared spoils trouping with top secret.

sherkhan123
23rd August 2008, 09:14 AM
has clueless gone in search of ethereal myriapods? he should be restrained before he reaches monrovia...and takes a bridal fancy to the sultana..or before he will conspire to enrol at erato's and make a spectacle of himself.

pavalamani pragasam
23rd August 2008, 09:38 AM
:lol:

CLUELESS
25th August 2008, 09:59 AM
sk123,
there were no sultanas in my fancy.
anyway, coming back to the main(s), the kick-start today was good and i did my share. i almost fractured my spatula and my clothes were in tatters when i wanted to rejoin the hubbers.
what did our edict proclaim during my adsence???

kkotirao
26th August 2008, 09:01 AM
Your reappearance is much needed and feel like having goodies made with ghee...I take an auto to come here and tell you this...

sherkhan123
28th August 2008, 09:09 AM
KKrao....The Royalty dont take off on autos....a prairie Schonner more like it....they also eat scampi..and carry a scimitar...with enamel on their teeth. still life has to go on ...but be on call...i cant get 4DN and do also 15 AC ?a? off.

CLUELESS
29th August 2008, 08:38 AM
was bored staying in ankara and my mind rusted. no crosswords to weave your clues.consulted the quacks who soon made me a toper. now i am back with sadistic pleasure.

kkotirao
29th August 2008, 08:59 AM
Tie-up with Shaman would have been a better choice.

CLUELESS
29th August 2008, 09:05 AM
kk,
thanks for the tips. their receipe seemed to appeal to my salivary glands; alas! it tasted no better than offal dipped in boric acid.

CLUELESS
30th August 2008, 08:06 AM
come on hubbers! you don't need a passport to enter- just relax in your easy chair. do not worry or imagine of a tsunami which may extirpate us upto bahrain- stuntsmen are lucky to be secured and prosper.

kkotirao
30th August 2008, 10:00 AM
Clueless,
Carry along a Flashgun, it may provide some respite...
Floral tributes to those bracing in Tsunami...

sherkhan123
18th September 2008, 09:35 PM
hello.........looks lke this forum as died out with the mysterious disappearance of clueless......where r you clueless?

CLUELESS
24th October 2008, 12:27 PM
sk123,
will be back soon.

pavalamani pragasam
29th October 2008, 08:05 AM
A clause in the catalogue of rebates can be melodramatic in the twin city mela!

pavalamani pragasam
29th October 2008, 08:08 AM
Can a theodolite build a castle with nuts and bolts?

CLUELESS
16th January 2009, 09:52 AM
very few hubbers today??
cheer up leaving your torrid moods behind. but, abide by the rules of this thread and don't spin tales - lest it be considered a cognizable offence!!!

pavalamani pragasam
16th January 2009, 10:54 AM
:lol: Utterly enchanting! People idling in the lounge? :huh: Time to fill up, though!

CLUELESS
17th January 2009, 10:09 AM
today's X-word is really an afflict-ion. referred english dictionary and usage, for remote possibility of a hint.
so that i can lark(s) around the rest of the day.

pavalamani pragasam
17th January 2009, 12:17 PM
So, larks it is! Not at all a song, I agree! :lol: With a pie as dish in hand!!!

CLUELESS
22nd January 2009, 09:36 AM
one has to look up in order to spot the roundarch; no point is showing shabbiness when referring to the thesaurus.

CLUELESS
22nd January 2009, 09:54 AM
control the horse with a bit, reins and ******

pavalamani pragasam
16th July 2010, 07:51 AM
Risk of dismal documentaries absent!

CLUELESS
16th July 2010, 10:23 AM
PP,
YOU HAVE SOUNDED THE FIRST SIREN FOR A GALA TIME HERE.

pavalamani pragasam
16th July 2010, 03:39 PM
:D

pavalamani pragasam
17th July 2010, 08:16 AM
Gliding through hopeless clues touched nadir and the garden of Eden!

CLUELESS
17th July 2010, 09:03 AM
TO PASS TIME AND BOLSTER ONES SPIRIT, A GAME OF POLO WITH SOME EATS WOULD SPARE US FROM STUPIDITY. (OR EVEN A LONG WALK TO EXERCISE OUR CALF MUSCLES).

CLUELESS
18th July 2010, 10:15 AM
today started off as a tempest in the tea shop, with topical problems to mess about. with tarot reading, tidy answers emerged though some inane to me.

pavalamani pragasam
18th July 2010, 03:06 PM
:exactly:

CLUELESS
19th July 2010, 09:13 AM
The inventor of todays CW lures us to many bottom-less clues requiring tapa filters. A dutch-wife may support our starving minds to huff & puff at double time in order to merge with the guiles of NJ.

pavalamani pragasam
19th July 2010, 09:22 AM
:rotfl3:

CLUELESS
20th July 2010, 09:29 AM
ANYONE WILL EVER BE BEWILDERED BY THE CLEVER & EERIE CLUES.
STARING THROUGH BINOCULARS AFTER A BINGE MAY INCITE US TO SEE THROUGH THE ETHER, THE PINT SIZED IMAGINATION PLANTED BY THE BENEFACTOR OF TODAYS CW.

pavalamani pragasam
20th July 2010, 09:42 AM
:lol:

CLUELESS
22nd July 2010, 08:54 AM
I relent for having visited the site which borders on motions that make you go berserk.
Other businesses were lying ajar, instead of a spasmodic tryst with NJ.

pavalamani pragasam
22nd July 2010, 01:30 PM
:lol2:

CLUELESS
22nd July 2010, 01:51 PM
apart from the two of us -- nobody seems interested.
think== should this thread continue?????

pavalamani pragasam
22nd July 2010, 02:16 PM
Let it continue in the hope more will be lured. Two is good enough, only solo will look odd!!! :D

CLUELESS
23rd July 2010, 08:55 AM
some anomalous sample clues require applied research to earn a copper medal or a bouquet of lettuce.
better to lie low and learn naiki.

pavalamani pragasam
23rd July 2010, 01:25 PM
:rotfl2:

CLUELESS
24th July 2010, 08:49 AM
TODAY'S MOSAIC OF CLUES WERE NOT DEGRADING OR CAUSING AN EPILEPSY.
NEITHER WAS THE NEED FOR AN UMPIRE OR A COMMANDO.

pavalamani pragasam
24th July 2010, 09:02 AM
:yes:

CLUELESS
26th July 2010, 09:26 AM
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STAR SOLVERS WHO GO TO LENGTHS WITH EASE.
I PREFER TO ABORT THE BARBARIC STABS AT MY IGNORANCE WHICH AGGRAVATES MY MISERY.
BETTER TO BE BLITHESOME LIKE A LARK, RATHER THAN A SHRIVELLED VIPER.

pavalamani pragasam
26th July 2010, 09:57 AM
:D I was lame!!!

pavalamani pragasam
27th July 2010, 08:55 AM
Answers to some clues appearing in the clues for other words! What a wonderful idea! :clap:

CLUELESS
27th July 2010, 09:14 AM
IT WAS A PASSIONATE & SCHOLARLY ATTEMPT BY THE SETTER - MAYBE A SALVAGE OPERATION!! :idea:

pavalamani pragasam
27th July 2010, 09:34 AM
:lol:

CLUELESS
31st July 2010, 10:07 AM
stood with arms akimbo as experts shredded the clues though some were otiose and camouflaged in khaki. i did retrieve some from the slough, though Obrien had the last villainous laugh.

pavalamani pragasam
1st August 2010, 07:51 AM
:D

CLUELESS
6th August 2010, 09:38 AM
the inmates of the CW theatre raid with a driving force almost resorting to spirit writing.

pavalamani pragasam
6th August 2010, 09:40 AM
:yes:

CLUELESS
19th August 2010, 09:48 AM
HAD A HITCH ON BRIQUETTE BUT OPTED OUT.
HOWEVER, TOUCH WAS A SOLUTION NON PAREIL.

pavalamani pragasam
19th August 2010, 11:31 AM
Oh! :D

CLUELESS
6th September 2010, 10:35 AM
breakfast today was an ODDBALL of AVOCADO pear with glass of lime topped with DRY ICE - good for the TORSI.
it was STUPID and DEMEANing of me not to GET THERE as a couple of clues were ASTERISKed by me after going on an ECLIPTIC spree.

pavalamani pragasam
6th September 2010, 03:17 PM
Good! :D

CLUELESS
7th September 2010, 08:48 AM
thanks to the COL !!!!
or else i would have been PAINFULly SATURNINE by NOONDAY.

P.S. all flowers are BEE-FLOWERs , i suppose!!

pavalamani pragasam
7th September 2010, 08:57 AM
:rotfl:

CLUELESS
8th September 2010, 08:59 AM
the OGRE in me detects a BLACK SPOT :idea:

CLUELESS
21st September 2010, 10:47 AM
anagrams, word-play, ET AL AROUSed my thoughts to get a GRIP of it. but the HEART BREAKING PROTRUSIONS were like a DEATHTRAP. after some WARM UP ASANAs followed by a set of BADMINTON, MARSHALled my memories as a SCHOOL TEACHER.
a breakfast of MEATBALLS & fried SEA TROUT later, i was THANKFUL to the colonel.
let me SIGN OFF for a visit to the "john" to answer the call of nature.

pavalamani pragasam
21st September 2010, 11:33 AM
:rotfl3: