Sunday 10 January 2010

No 2566, Sunday 10 Jan 10

No idea what 12A is
ACROSS
1 - Disney actors who overact? Draw in Gtr London town (11) - {WALT}{HAMS}{TOW}
9 - Criminal, evil European girl (7) - {ILL}{E}{GAL}
10 - Worker settling in fine US city (5,2) - S{ANT}A FE
11 - Cape carried by Jonathan (Azed) (4) - NAZE [T]
12 - Ring her about feeble leader (10) - ?E?L?E?{HER}
14 - Arthropod's reported smell, one by deep ground (9) - (~scent){CENT}{I}{PEDE*} Seen abundantly in the Andamans, has a most painful bite.

15 - A large candle, to the right in front of church (5) - {TO}{R}{CH}
16 - Entice one from agency, latest of eight (5) - {TEMP}{T}
17 - Disposed towards good direction in a film (5,4) - {STRAW DO*}{G}{S} Had to google this
20 - Impatient on train, let loose (10) - INTOLERANT*
21 - International trial (4) - TEST [DD]
23 - Afloat in river crossing heart of Devon (7) - SOL{V}ENT
24 - Officially excused from duty, one touring vale abroad (2,5) - ON {LEAV*}E
25 - Naughty night by aunt? Not in the least (8,3) - ANYTHING BUT*
DOWN
1 - Dancing, the Empress Maud in a song (8,7) - {WALTZING} {MATILDA}
2 - Branch on top of English box (4) - {LOG}{E}
3 - Greek girl drinking litre, last from fridge . . . (7) - {HEL{L}EN}{E}
4 - . . . a wine shown in doctor's magazine (7) - {MOS}{ELLE}
5 - Cast went on list in Hollywood (10) - TINSELTOWN*
6 - A follower of the news? (7,8) - WEATHER FORECAST [CD]
7 - Take a meal outside, that's something easy to do (6) - PICNIC [DD]
8 - Examine burn on child (6) - {SEAR}{CH}
13 - Tired and silly drunk in here? (10) - DISTILLERY*
16 - Long crumpled T-shirt (6) - THIRST*
17 - Extend prison term (7) - STRETCH [DD]
18 - Find ladder below (3,4) - {RUN} {DOWN}
19 - Everyman's dog? (6) - SETTER [DD] Everyman being the name of this Crossword at the Guardian
22 - Layabout could make one cry nicking pound (4) - S{L}OB


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24 comments:

  1. Richard10 January 2010 at 08:33

    A momentous day for you, Colonel.

    Your visitors' tally is clocking 50,000 today.

    Richard

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  2. Col_Gopinath10 January 2010 at 08:35

    Thank you Richard

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  3. Richard10 January 2010 at 08:40

    25A - Naughty night by aunt? Not in the least (8,3) - ANYTHING BUT*

    Nice but naughty clue.


    Richard

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  4. Bhavan10 January 2010 at 08:40

    Good morning Colonel.

    12 Ring her about feeble leader (10) - BELL{WET}HER

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  5. Richard10 January 2010 at 08:44

    A few other nice clues:

    13D, 16D

    12D - Ring her about feeble leader (10) - ?E?L?E?{HER}

    This is a tough one. Unless we have a wrong crossing. Feeble leader... could there be an 'f' in the middle of the answer? My guess could be wrong.

    Richard

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  6. Bhavan10 January 2010 at 08:44

    Good clues today, but then THC Sunday has mostly had them. Liked 1A,14A,23A and 1D,3D,6D

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  7. Bhavan10 January 2010 at 08:46

    Hi Richard, should we try again and post our 3rd set of messages at the same time : ) ?

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  8. Richard10 January 2010 at 08:47

    I did think of BELLWETHER but could not find it in my handy dictionary.

    I should have googled it that time. Now the search gives these meanings.

    * a person or thing that assumes the leadership or forefront, as of a profession or industry: Paris is a bellwether of the fashion industry.

    * a person or thing that shows the existence or direction of a trend; index.

    * a person who leads a mob, mutiny, conspiracy, or the like; ringleader.

    Thanks, Bhavan.

    Richard

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  9. Richard10 January 2010 at 08:49

    Go ahead, Bhavan, shoot ! I will wait for a while.

    Richard

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  10. SandhyaP10 January 2010 at 09:00

    4DOWN: What does MOS mean?

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  11. Bhavan10 January 2010 at 09:03

    @ Sandhya, 4D, MOs = Medical Officers = Doctors

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  12. SandhyaP10 January 2010 at 09:33

    @Bhavan: Thank you!

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  13. Chaturvasi10 January 2010 at 10:23

    'wether' is a sheep.
    The head of a flock of sheep has a bell tied round its neck so that others may know that they have to follow them.
    Hence, 'bellwether' means leader.

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  14. Chaturvasi10 January 2010 at 11:19

    read: follow it

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  15. Vikram10 January 2010 at 12:18

    12A Where does 'feeble' come in?

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  16. Col_Gopinath10 January 2010 at 12:20

    @Bhavan
    What's the connection between 'WET' and 'FEEBLE' in 12A?

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  17. Chaturvasi10 January 2010 at 13:06

    Simple, if you have The Chambers Dictionary.
    Among the several meanings for 'wet' we have 'ineffectual, feeble'
    Marked (inf) for 'informal'
    The English we in India speak is formal, very formal.

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  18. Bhavan10 January 2010 at 13:39

    @Chaturvasi, thanks for the ovine explanation. Didn't know that.
    @Colonel, what Chaturvasi said about Chambers is the derivation from feeble to wet.

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  19. Col_Gopinath10 January 2010 at 17:02

    I would call it simple if your Chambers give WET against the meaning of FEEBLE and not vice-versa as you have put it

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  20. Chaturvasi10 January 2010 at 17:20

    Deepak,
    You're asking for a reverse dictionary!

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  21. Bhavan10 January 2010 at 17:27

    Actually fair point. This was a 'feeble' word to mean wet.The compiler could have opted for a better (not easier, but an unambiguous) word.

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  22. Col_Gopinath10 January 2010 at 19:22

    Why reverse dictionary, as Bhavan has mentioned the word in the clue is feeble, so if at all I need to look up synonyms/meanings of the word, I would look up feeble and not wet.

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  23. Chaturvasi10 January 2010 at 20:14

    You're right, Deepak.

    In any case, the Chambers thesaurus lists 'wet' under 'feeble'.

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  24. Suresh10 January 2010 at 20:49

    Wet has raised a lot of debate. A damp squib perhaps, or should we say a wet squib

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