Friday 5 October 2012

No.10586, Friday 5 Oct 12, Arden

Arden opens with an entertaining and comparatively easy puzzle which should bring respite to a few solvers here after the last two days : )

ACROSS
1 Motionless, lands it at last somehow (2,1,10) AT,A,STANDSTILL (LANDS IT AT LAST)*
10 In a maths function I see reasoning (5) LOGIC (LOG + I + C) C = See missing a homophone indicator?


11 Crime and punishment for one placed awkwardly (5,4) PENAL,CODE (ONE PLACED)*
12 Grow with a group that is collecting tax (9) CULTIVATE (CULT + IE outside VAT)
13 The local has no time to be artless (5) NAIVE (NAtIVE)
14 The expert will nudge the boss (7) EGGHEAD (EGG + HEAD)
16 It is almost fashionable to oppose wine (7) CHIANTI (CHIc + ANTI)
18 Live up to see if it could cause harm (4,3) EVIL,EYE (LIVE<= + EYE)
20 Smut about public call office is for public consumption (7) POPCORN (PORN outside PCO)
22 Appropriate  // advice from a physical trainer (5) BEFIT (DD)
24 Fancy car for all to see and some money makes one erratic (9) MERCURIAL (MERC + U + RIAL)
26 Aphrodite sadly wasted away (9) ATROPHIED (APHRODITE)*
27 Condescend to a study about a former prime minister, perhaps (5) DEIGN (DEN outside Indira Gandhi)
28 Understanding what perching men do otherwise (13) COMPREHENDING (PERCHING MEN DO)*

DOWN
2 Language label on a record (7) TAGALOG (TAG + A + LOG)
3 Senior aircraftsman upset about, say the violation (9) SACRILEGE (SAC + RILE outside EG)
4 Character shown in the initial phase (5) ALPHA (T)
5 If horse could start, will mostly avoid this humiliation in class (6,3) DUNCE'S, CAP (DUN + C + ESCAPe)


6 Get along holding part of a bird’s foot (5) TALON (T)
7 Asian national disaster is nameless (7) LAOTIAN (NATIOnAL)*
8 With a servant in bed, stop taking energy pulse (5-4,4) BLACK-EYED,BEAN (LACKEY inside BED + BAN outside E)
9 Perhaps the Doge could not see this obstruction (8,5) VENETIAN, BLIND (VENETIAN + BLIND)
15 Initially denounce paper as being surreal (9) DREAMLIKE (D + REAM + LIKE)
17 Confiscated when one admits to be hit (9) IMPOUNDED (I'M + POUNDED)
19 Divine refusal leads to hell (7) INFERNO (INFER + NO)
21 Round gear is often aired (7) OPINION (O + PINION)
23 Fill it to the brim for a little pet (3-2) TOP-UP (TO + PUP)
25 Travel around midnight for a highland feature (5) RIDGE (RIDE outside G)

20 comments:


  1. GM all

    An enjoyable Ardenesque puzzle. Liked AT A STANDSTILL, PENAL CODE, CULTIVATE, NAIVE, CHIANTI, EVIL EYE, POPCORN (my COD) BEFIT, MERCURIAL, ATROPHIED, COMPREHENDING, SACRILEGE, TALON, RIDGE, TOP UP and others.

    A few classics like EVIL EYE and VENETIAN BLIND.

    My day is done. Thank you, Arden.

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    1. TAGALOG came easily since I had a few Filipinos and Filipinas as colleagues while working abroad.

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  2. Hi Bhavan,

    10 In a maths function I see reasoning (5) LOGIC (LOG + I + C) C = See missing a homophone indicator?

    SEE is standard substitution for the letter C, on the lines of EM for the letter M that Neyartha had used the other day.

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  3. I think anno for 22a should be
    Appropriate = BEFIT = {BE}{FIT}

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  4. CV,
    Long time no 'C', where are you?

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    1. I was preparing the same post.

      Isn't some time since we heard from CV-ji. Hope everything is fine. CGB could perhaps let us know.

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  5. Thank God! Arden has restored some sanity.

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  6. Much needed respite from Arden! Many thanks to all for the welcome encouragement yesterday. Enjoyed Venetian Blind and Popcorn! Good morning all.

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  7. Good one from Arden ( as usual ). Liked Venetian blind & opinion (Spent a lot of time trying to find a round gear using 'is often' as fodder). Dun & Sac were new words for me.

    What some want Arden to do ( or not do ?)

    Maintain or raise the level (4,2,2)

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    1. 'Keep it up' is what I was looking for (as Padmanabhan has said below)

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  8. Talon fig was nice! The 'leg piece' we call claws generally was good.

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  9. Brilliant stuff, the kind that makes crossies worth doing. Clever surfaces and wordplay as usual

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