Friday 30 March 2012

No 10424, Friday 30 Mar 12, Neyartha

Neyartha has taken us into a Haberdasher's shop today.
ACROSS
1   - Places a tune's translation in the digest (11) - ENCAPSULATE*
9   - Letter travelling at the speed of light? (1-4) - E-MAIL [CD]
10 - Creative king forces out the unionist living in a world of fantasy (8) - ARTISTIC A(-u+r)RTISTIC
12 - Appealing to include a public interest litigation about a type of carpet, say (3-4) - CUT-PILE {CUT-{PIL}E}
13 - A short letter about Mark's lease (7) - NOTELET {NOTE}{LET}
14 - Aunt, an advisor? (5) - AGONY [CD]
15 - Teach hero about a reciprocal pronoun (4,5) - EACH OTHER*
18 - Syd comes back with a soft drink and vitamin for the stomach upset (9) - DYSPEPSIA {DYS<-}{PEPSI}{A}
20 - Performed for the audience in checked clothing (5) - PLAID (~played)
21 - Ruby to locate a shelter for Olympian Lewis (7) - SCARLET {S{CARL}ET}
24 - Comic Cary with what sounds like clean, but, synthetic fabric (7) - ACRYLIC {CARY*}{LIC}(~lick)
25 - Zero in on the issue after accepting half of the inputs (8) - PINPOINT {P{INPuts}OINT}
26 - Australian scapegoat's Easter costume (5) - BUNNY [DD]
27 - The British press for a task force on the road (5,6) - FLEET STREET {FLEET} {STREET}
DOWN
2   - Invalidate New York's seizure of the uniform supply from the south (7) - NULLIFY {N{U}{LLIF<-}Y}
3   - Knowledge about a fresh rising in the Eastern cape (9) - AWARENESS {A}{WAR<}{E}{NESS}
4   - Mark's misplaced article about an embroidery stitch (5) - SATIN S(+a)AT(-a)IN
5   - Obnoxious school-mate's Mac was lost in an African kingdom (7) - LESOTHO {ScHOOL-maTE}*
6   - Trust William to conceal the weave pattern (5) - TWILL [T]
7   - Set out to design trade-in schemes for stock (11) - MERCHANDISE {tRADe-IN SCHEMEs}*
8   - Prudent Cary asks Uma to issue odds using software initially (8) - CAUTIOUS {C}{A}{U}{T}{I}{O}{U}{S}
11 - Protect lady frightened by the flying reptile (11) - PTERODACTYL*
16 - Nature of the note sent up after the cleaning lady's deed (9) - CHARACTER {CHAR}{ACT}{ER<-}
17 - Careless with the halogen compound containing deuterium (8) - HEADLONG {HEA{D}LONG*}
19 - Charlie expelled by the Left block from the Oval (7) - ELLIPSE E(-c+l)LLIPSE
20 - Wear out minor with a moral tale (7) - PARABLE Anno pending {Addendum - {PARdonABLE - See comments)
22 - The taxi Alex provided was pivotal in the … (5) - AXIAL [T]
23 - … journeys to the falls (5) - TRIPS [DD]

13 comments:

  1. I wish Neyartha had taken Smitha of Kollywood fame into account.

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    1. Sankalak often had textiles related chemistry clues and today Neyartha has taken me into my field of activity of which 20A was played very well.

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    1. 20D - Probably {PA{RAB<-}LE}? Aren't Bars supposed to Bar Minors? : )

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  3. Pale could be minor(as against major) as in a pale shadow. But if bar is reversed, I am not able to find a reversal indicator. Is it 'out'?

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  4. 'Don' (minor) is out. But where do we get 'pardonable' from?

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  5. Msg from Ajeesh regarding 20D

    DON = to put on or wear
    Pardonable = MINOR
    out = deletion indicator

    moral tale = PAR(-don)ABLE

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  6. Thank you Col. & Ajeesh. That clears it.

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  7. Neyartha has taken us into a Haberdasher's shop today.

    Fine, as long as he does not take us to the cleaners...

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