Cryptic Crossword #01

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 18 Aug 2009, 09:32

2. A priestÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s rant in front of a fiery sacrificial fire turned musical in a second (8)ratnAngi

rant + agni turned = ratnangi; second = 2nd mela

By the way for few days I was scrambling this clue as agni and fiery and rant as kopa ending with agnikopa ,then had to change it to ratnangi after few days

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 18 Aug 2009, 09:36

10. A raga mudra in His name? That speaks volumes about him (11) Sarangadeva
raga mudra= Saranga His= god= deva

This clue was a bombshell in the sense I was too sure with the wrong answer for a long time . With raga mudra in his name as the key phrase I went for syamasastri , infact syamasastri speaks more volumes about him. Then with kiravani and a possible kaligiyuNte I had to change it to sarangadeva , of course got this only after a private mail from suji who said syamasastri and who indicated that some time before in one of the crosswords you have posted it to arun.

The worst thing to happen is to write confidently a wrong answer in a pen and in turn jeopadrizing many many clues because of that.

naarayanan · Post by **naarayanan** » 18 Aug 2009, 09:39

hahahah. rajesh, i have done that a lot of times.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 18 Aug 2009, 09:41

Suji
In short this crossword is superb , even though during the course of solving I was always thinking as to why suji is not giving a more perfect crossword like arun. Looks like with this you almost caught up with Arun.

Suji/narayanan/arun
We will have a big break for some time with crossword let my head stop spinning.Have to catch up on Lot of interesting posts .

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 18 Aug 2009, 09:52

Thanks a lot for playing. I had more fun creating this. I did not think I had to give prompts but I my ratings were going low so I had to get you all interested

BTW: Trail mix is a snack which contains different kinds of nuts raisins etc often chocalate laden, used by people going on hikes/trails
I used this idea for ragamalika -as a gamaka laden trail mix

dhEnuka is an evil demon in mahabharata

Clues I enjoyed making were tillana, dikshitar and mohra and ramani. Abdul Kalam just struck me in the last moment

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 18 Aug 2009, 09:55

rajeshnat wrote:Suji
In short this crossword is superb , even though during the course of solving I was always thinking as to why suji is not giving a more perfect crossword like arun. Looks like with this you almost caught up with Arun.

Suji/narayanan/arun
We will have a big break for some time with crossword let my head stop spinning.Have to catch up on Lot of interesting posts .

Don't worry Rajesh-mine is going to be only a quarterly assignment. Unless someone calls for a mid-term..
At least I'll get some rest from bombarding spam mails from you

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 18 Aug 2009, 11:55

6. ItÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s Lara again, this time playing this song with her hands. A cute performance by her (8)cEtulAra
cute performance= cEtu by Lara = cEtulAra (Means by oneÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s own hand)

In telugu does cetulara mean one's own hand

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 18 Aug 2009, 12:03

Yes, in telugu
http://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.co ... -raga.html

naarayanan · Post by **naarayanan** » 18 Aug 2009, 20:57

i got ramani, kalam, kaligiyunte, kiravani these 4 only. but suji, that was damn cryptic, i mean damn good.
very meticulously done.

i enjoyed your explanations very much. btw, i hope u r not shuchi of crosswordunclued.com smile

rajesh, you are a great source of encouragement. you never give up. i should learn a lot from you. thanks for the wonderful support.