ET4191

Solution to ET Crossword 4191

Across

1. Calabash = Cash (money) + a + lab (place for experiment) = pipe

8. Grocer - Homonym (Grosser = Grocer = tradesman)

9. Foursome = Sure + of + Mo = a group

10. Picnic - Homonym (additive; Choose a man = Pick Nick = Picnic = eating out)

12. Else = 'Found' in the streets of ChELSEa

13. Prospector = Pro (in favour of) + Spector (Phil the producer; Phil Spector - a legendary American record producer and songwriter)

15. Billiard Table - Direct (Green areas where there might be cannon)

19. Common Features = Shared by some = Common (Vulgar) + Features (appearances)

23. Australian = From far away = Austrian (European) + 'al' (a line) 

25. Ebor = 'Back' Robe (dignified cover) = archbishop

28. Breeze = Get wind of = Something easy

29. Rehearse = Ears + here = for practice

30. Enlist = Silent revolution = Get support of

31. Sympathy = Sy (?) + MP (politician) + at + hy (Harry empty) - Foolish politician not bad at showing Harry empty understanding

Down

1. Coffee = Co (Company) + f (loud) + fee (payment) = drink

2. Louts = lots (great deal) + u (second of July) = rough types

3. Bash = make a hit = a party

4. Samurai = rum (odd) + as + ai (first class = A-One)

6. Rhine = her + in

7. Constable = Con + stable ? (painter of the fuzz)

8. Recorder - from time to time a judge may be (?) = one to note

11. User = 'from' tartan troUSERs

14. Clio = Muse = C + oil (rise in fuel)

15. Bombshell = Bombs (attacks) + hell (awfull place) = surprise

16. Ace = Palace (superior dwelling) - Pal (friend) = one

17. Tout = ? Solicit custom for everything continental

18. Scrabble - Direct = Game to put characters on board

20. Felt = Given a touch = Material

21. Academy = Amy (girl) + e (embracing) + cad (rebel)

22. Artery = Where blood flows = main road

24. Razes = Puts up (raises - homonym) = demolishes

26. Beret - Direct = On your head be it, soldier!

27. Keep = up Peel (Take a quick look)

ET4190

Solution  to ET Crossword 4190

Across

6. On the Outskirts = One + hut + to + skirts (cover for ladies)

9. Seance (Direct - Meeting to contact those that are gone)

10. Roll Over (Direct - Apply pressure at the top for money not won)

11. Intrudes = Side  + turn

13. Inmost = Tom + sin

15. Stuffy (Direct = Having that old fashioned lack of ventilation)

17. Stupor = St (Way) + up (elevated) + or (otherwise)

18. Bender (double entendre: one doesn't go straight = bender = a drinking spree)

20. Pathetic (Way = path + quote = cite)

22. Sprawled = Warps (Twitst 'back') + led (taken to)

24. Ripple = Rile (Cause annoyance) + pp (parish priest)

26. Transformation = Trains - I (Followers without 'one') + structure (formation)

Down

1. Lose ne's temper (some + poles + enter)

2. Stun (?)

3. Legend (Foot = Leg + end = story)

4. Psalmist = pals + mist (when visibility is poor)

5. Dido = Did (took) + 0(o = no action)

7. Unrest = Run + set

8. Treasure Island (Direct - Where to find great wealth in writing)

12. Round (double entendre - bit of a fight = round = complete a circuit)

14. Maple = Map (plan) + le ('some' of the leaves)

16. Fork Lift (double entendre - have some truck = fork lift = take food to consumer area (tongue))

18. Spider (Direct - likely occupier of website)

21. Tarmac = Tar (river rises) + mac (jack) ?

23. Aunt (?) (Sally may be the one to get the chuck)

25. Prim = Prime (Top minister) - e (inconclusively)

ET4189

Solution to ET Crossword 4189 

Across

1. Face (Confront) the Issue (Children)

8. Observe = OE + verbs

9. Genetic = Get + nice

11. Consortium = ?

12. Dram = Dr. (one to do you good) + AM (before lunch)

14. Matinees = Seem (Appear to give all round) + a + tin (holder)

16. Siesta = I (One) + Seats 

17. Sup = S (Way) + elevated (up)

19. Impose = I (one) + poems

21. Merchant = Mer (?) + chant (sing)

24. Tome = To Me ('I' get given)

25. Difference (Direct)

27. Looting = ?

28. Realist = Re (about) + a + list (catalogue)

29. Astringently = Trains + gently (without great impact)

Down

1. Fishnet = Hen + fits

2. Cartoonist = Car + to + on + Ist (first)

3. Trestles = Lets + rest (others)

4. Eggcup = ?

5. Sand = ?

6. Upturns = Put + urns (containers)

7. Non-commital (double entendre)

10. Compartments = Comments + part (bit)

13. Discordant = Disco + rant (harangue) + d (dead)

15. Sum = Many (m) + us (our people)

18. Perforce = Crop + free

20. Pompous = Omp (Englishman in Australia) + Soup

22. Annuity = Nuit (Dark time in Paris = Night for French) + any (whatever)

23. Virgin = VI (Half a dozen) + R (right) + Gin (drink)

26. Bier = Ber (Foreign drink) + one

Coincidence or not, but very timely

Not to mention a treat for MB20 fans too.

These Hard Times - Rob Thomas

The 'right' video is here:

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=zMCx9Pu3rKY&feature=related

Obesity and Brain's response to Dopamine

An interesting study by Eric Stice of Oregon Research Institute has shown that obesity is probably associated with genes with relatively fewer dopamine receptors. Studying the brain's (dorsal striatum's, in particular) response to milkshake he found that those with "blunt" response were more likely to gain weight in the future. 

Likely reason: Because those with "blunt" responses perhaps derive less pleasure from food, they eat more to compensate.

[HT: BBC]

How we read Today and perhaps will Tomorrow

1. Lazy Eyes: How we read Online? (Slate)

2. Is Google making us Stupid? (The Atlantic)

3. Future Reading: Digitization and its Discontents (The New Yorker)

4. Adventures in Wonderland: Libraries of the Past and Books of the Future (The New Yorker)

[HT: the Freakonomics blog]

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