Today is Friday the 13th, but nothing untoward has happened so far.
Mover, after what I felt was a bit of a challenging puzzle yesterday, reverts to his 'familiar' style. There are quite a few American expressions and references which I had to look up to confirm the answers.
ACROSS
6 British Petroleum wrangle (5) BROIL (BR+OIL)
7 Like Cheops, for example, with Ra-Horakhty ending in apt fashion (8) EGYPTIAN (EG + Y + IN APT*)
10 Onset of catarrh in infected cynic (7) SCEPTIC (C inside SEPTIC)
11 Mix a tonic noted for its poisonous properties (7) ACONITE (A TONIC)* where is the E coming from?
12 Real cad exploded volcanic crater (7) CALDERA (REAL CAD)*
13 Cleaning lady gets a drink in a clue like this? (7) CHARADE (CHAR + ADE)
14 Like a campanile, eager to participate (4,5,2) WITH, BELLS, ON (DD)
19 Elite Academician changed studio (7) ATELIER (ELITE + RA)*
21 Block of shares representing ranch investment by Lawrence (7) TRANCHE (RANCH inside TE)
23 In a fix, left between two girls (7) DILEMMA (L inside DI & EMMA)
25 Reunite diverse followers (7) RETINUE (REUNITE)*
26 My rice, wheat or corn, we hear, causes headache (8) MIGRAINE (~my grain)
27 Peculiar bias about male feet (5) IAMBS (BIAS* outside M)
DOWN
1 Old King's edict for cabbage dish (8) COLESLAW (COLE'S + LAW)
2 Disturbed letch grabs ring for cover (6) CLOTHE (LETCH* outside O)
3 Charm ebbed around boudoir (10) BEDCHAMBER (CHARM EBBED)*
4 Army names hidden bird (4) MYNA (T)
5 Brute returned thin plate (6) LAMINA (ANIMAL<-)
6 One religious group after a follower can divide in two (6) BISECT (I SECT after B)
8 Computers may get infected by these USC football players (7) TROJANS (DD)
9 Either way, it's flat (5) LEVEL (Palindrome)
13 Abrupt withdrawal perhaps of frigid thanksgiving bird (4,6) COLD,TURKEY (COLD + TURKEY)
15 Comparatively neat opportunist (7) TRIMMER (DD)
16 Diminutive king joins servant uprising in French resort (8) NICKNAME (K + MAN<- inside NICE)
17 Endangered animal also seen in Pennsylvania (5) PANDA (AND inside PA)
18 Temporarily adjourn niche (6) RECESS (DD)
20 Prepared lacier cream pastry (6) ECLAIR (LACIER)*
22 She hasn't finished the alternative to riding side-saddle (6) ASTRID (ASTRIDe) Not sure who 'she' is in this long list
24 Motherless animal turns blue? (4) ANIL (ANImaL)
Mover, after what I felt was a bit of a challenging puzzle yesterday, reverts to his 'familiar' style. There are quite a few American expressions and references which I had to look up to confirm the answers.
ACROSS
6 British Petroleum wrangle (5) BROIL (BR+OIL)
7 Like Cheops, for example, with Ra-Horakhty ending in apt fashion (8) EGYPTIAN (EG + Y + IN APT*)
10 Onset of catarrh in infected cynic (7) SCEPTIC (C inside SEPTIC)
11 Mix a tonic noted for its poisonous properties (7) ACONITE (A TONIC)* where is the E coming from?
13 Cleaning lady gets a drink in a clue like this? (7) CHARADE (CHAR + ADE)
14 Like a campanile, eager to participate (4,5,2) WITH, BELLS, ON (DD)
19 Elite Academician changed studio (7) ATELIER (ELITE + RA)*
21 Block of shares representing ranch investment by Lawrence (7) TRANCHE (RANCH inside TE)
23 In a fix, left between two girls (7) DILEMMA (L inside DI & EMMA)
25 Reunite diverse followers (7) RETINUE (REUNITE)*
26 My rice, wheat or corn, we hear, causes headache (8) MIGRAINE (~my grain)
27 Peculiar bias about male feet (5) IAMBS (BIAS* outside M)
DOWN
1 Old King's edict for cabbage dish (8) COLESLAW (COLE'S + LAW)
3 Charm ebbed around boudoir (10) BEDCHAMBER (CHARM EBBED)*
4 Army names hidden bird (4) MYNA (T)
6 One religious group after a follower can divide in two (6) BISECT (I SECT after B)
8 Computers may get infected by these USC football players (7) TROJANS (DD)
9 Either way, it's flat (5) LEVEL (Palindrome)
13 Abrupt withdrawal perhaps of frigid thanksgiving bird (4,6) COLD,TURKEY (COLD + TURKEY)
15 Comparatively neat opportunist (7) TRIMMER (DD)
16 Diminutive king joins servant uprising in French resort (8) NICKNAME (K + MAN<- inside NICE)
17 Endangered animal also seen in Pennsylvania (5) PANDA (AND inside PA)
18 Temporarily adjourn niche (6) RECESS (DD)
20 Prepared lacier cream pastry (6) ECLAIR (LACIER)*
22 She hasn't finished the alternative to riding side-saddle (6) ASTRID (ASTRID
24 Motherless animal turns blue? (4) ANIL (ANI
In 11A I think 'E' comes from 'noted'
ReplyDeleteNote as in music for E is fine, but noted?
DeleteMebbe, if 'titled' means having a title, noted can be stretched to mean having a note...
DeleteNOTe a chance, you think?
My thought was the same as that of Kishore's but I breakfasted for the past few minutes before I could share it (the thought, I mean) with you people.
DeleteKishore @8.57 Note really
DeleteNoted in the clue could read as mix a tonic 'with a note'. Hence E.
Delete11 Mix a tonic noted for its poisonous properties (7) ACONITE (A TONIC)* where is the E coming from?
ReplyDeleteNoted...
Bhala (not the blogger here) uski kameez meri kameez se neeli kaise? Because he used a-neel.
Talking of the US, quite a few Indians have named their kids with an Indian-American name like Neil~Neel,Tara, Maya...
My brother-in-law's son-in-law is named Neil - a Gujarati born and brought up in the US.
DeleteWhy, closer home, we have Neil Nitin Mukesh, son of singer Nitin Mukesh, son of legendary playback singer Mukesh Chand Mathur (1923-1976), better known mononymously as just Mukesh.
DeleteToday is Friday the 13th, but nothing untoward has happened so far.
ReplyDeleteThird time lucky, this is the third Friday the 13th this year.
How do you keep count of all these?!
ReplyDeleteI got ten fingers and the number of Friday 13ths in a year cant exceed 10 ;-)
DeleteAah! And here I was thinking you counted 1..2..3..4 etc. How stupid of me!
Delete22D: astrid herself is the She!
ReplyDeleteBhavan was referring to all the Astrid's in the long list shown in the link.
DeleteWas a nice mixed bag today, some rather straightforward enough. Son studying in USC had put me wise to TROJANS earlier! He won't take kindly to me calling them worms though!
ReplyDeleteReflecting on using American references and expressions, I get the sense that in crossword communities, these are typically looked upon in different light to say using British expressions or references - Is that really the case ?
ReplyDeleteJust as a point of comparison (though not exact), one of Arden's clues from earlier this year had DEF=city and the ANSWER=Aberdeen. Of course the clue was very well constructed that you could get the answer, but still Aberdeen is a British Reference and it there was no qualification for city.
About Neil - just off the track:
ReplyDeleteWhile we were in a church a few years ago, Neil, the son of a friend of mine was helping the priest at the prayer service. In between, suddenly, he wanted to draw the boy's attention and called out loud enough near the mike, "Neil, Neil..."...
And, lo, the entire congregation knelt down! Amen.
Nice one, Richard, (Not to forget the comma)
DeleteMaybe Kishore could tell me.
ReplyDeleteWhich is a better word for the fear of Friday the thirteenth, Paraskevidekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia ?
Admitting it is all Greek to me, I became a Googlekar. Results of my research (I had to search and re-search):
DeleteI would go with the first, for dekatria appears to be the correct name for 13, so though the second one exists, it may be putting the cart before the horse.
On 13 being bad luck, Groucho says that it indeed is, if there are 13 guests at a table and hostess has only 12 chops.
What is the name for the fear of spelling and pronouncing such words?!!
ReplyDeleteIamafraidicanttellyou
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