Saturday 29 December 2012

No 10657, Saturday 29 Dec 12, Lightning

 Some long winded clues today.

ACROSS
1   Friend’s effort reformed a criminal without priors (5,8) FIRST OFFENDER*
8   Woodland place (4) PARK [CD]
9   Loud and noisy protest on debts (10) UPROARIOUS {UPROAR}{IOUS}
10 Arranged in layers before being engulfed by unending current (6) TIERED {TI{ERE}De}
11 Overtake and head off goon on the runway (8) OUTSTRIP {lOUT}{STRIP}
12 Assume half of the errors to be fixed in these calculators (9) MEASURERS {ASSUME+ERRors}*
14 Doctor No retired to idle (4) MOON {MO}{ON<=}
15 A dance by graduate students (4) BALL {BA}{LL}
16 Side effect along with a substance formed during a chemical reaction (2-7) BY-PRODUCT [E]
20 Caught extremely elusive girls frolicking with religious leaders (8) CLERGIES {C}{ElusivE+GIRLS*}
21 Extremity of punishment overwhelms German resistance (6) FINGER {FIN{G}E}{R}
23 Detached rogue about to send back offspring to gangster (10) IMPERSONAL {IMP}{ER<=}{SON}{AL}
24 Attempt to initially lay diamonds on a precious metal (4) GOLD {GO}{L}{D}
25 Bad theory devised to separate vehicle’s energy sources (13) CARBOHYDRATES {CAR{BAD+THEORY*}S}

DOWN
1   Flimsy dossier about tabloid (7) FRAGILE {F{RAG}ILE} (Filmsy corrected to Flimsy)
2   He searches thoroughly with a long toothed tool and some resourcefulness (5) RAKER {RAKE}{R}
3   Rumble created by eccentric fellow returning outside hospital with the German (7) THUNDER {T{H}UN<=}{DER}
4   Classified film (3,4,4,4) FOR YOUR EYES ONLY [DD]
5   Legislates measure on shams (6) ENACTS {EN}{ACTS}
6   Marine debris resulting from stray logs (9) DRIFTWOOD {DRIFT}{WOOD}
7   Hesitant to go back to marriage gathering (7) REUNION {RE<=}{UNION}
13 Time elapsed during one revolutionary journey (5,4) SOLAR YEAR [CD]
15 In Kabul, I micromanaged a person with an eating disorder (7) BULIMIC [T]
17 Fellow breaking in to steal royal file, perhaps (7) RIFFLER {RIF{F}LE}{R}
18 Hundred characters describing Eastern European descendants in the West Indies (7) CREOLES {C}{R{E}OLES}
19 A complete failure in a segment of the mafia’s code (6) FIASCO [T]
22 Saviour in shining armour, we hear, in a period of darkness (5) NIGHT(~knight)

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14 comments:

  1. Klue Klux Klan29 December 2012 at 08:43

    Hullo there!

    First, I'm extremely sorry for highjacking lightning's crossword today. I've been quite out of circulation for more than 10 days and just got back online today. In fact, I only found out about 10 min ago that my crossword had been published yesterday. Hence, I could not make any clarifications. Apologies for that.

    Re some typos in the clues, I think that the version that I did submit did not have them. Then again, I don't like giving excuses. Hence, I would like to apologize once again for any confusion caused.

    Re the nature of the clues themselves and ppl commenting on the difficulty, well, I only seek to try and make the puzzles interesting. When comparing setters such as self to gridman and sankalak, please do note that I am but an amateur while they are people who people like me look up to and aspire to set puzzles like.

    I can only say that I will try and make further offerings better.

    Here's wishing you a fantastic 2013!

    Cheers!

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    1. VJ29 December 2012 at 08:50

      Good one there, KKK. A very positive response.

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    2. Suresh29 December 2012 at 09:50

      Thanks KKK. I, for one enjopy your crosswords.

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    3. RameshJ29 December 2012 at 09:53

      +1

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    4. maradnusro29 December 2012 at 10:25

      Thank you very much KKK. It was gracious of you to respond so nicely. Apart from wishing you a smashing new year I shall look forward to solving puzzles set by you since I learnt so many new words.

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    5. Krishnan29 December 2012 at 11:15

      Thanks a lot..looking forward to entertaining puzzles from you. Happy New Year.

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    6. Unknown29 December 2012 at 22:52

      Thank you KKK. Look forward to your CWs in the New Year - hope I can solve them!
      Wishing you a great 2013 - Cheers.

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  2. RameshJ29 December 2012 at 09:34

    Back to breaking fast with a samosa after a tough couple of days.

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  3. Padmanabhan29 December 2012 at 11:19

    Thank you KKK and wish you also all the very best in 2013 and beyond.

    I had a peculiar experience today. I had to fill in a few answers first and then look deeper to find the anno. Of course the first offender came off quite easily and getting a 1A in sets the trend for the rest.

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  4. Bhalchandra Pasupathy29 December 2012 at 12:11

    Nice and smooth one from Lightning today.

    And nice comment from KKK, though one might say you should just pursue your own style! Fully endorse the objective of keeping a puzzle interesting and entertaining

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  5. Venkatesh29 December 2012 at 16:29

    Hope we get a Nina in CW 10659 (the New Year Cryptic).

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  6. Unknown29 December 2012 at 22:54

    Ooh what a relief to have Lightning, to-day!

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  7. Unknown30 December 2012 at 20:20

    1 Dn.It is wrongly printed as "Filmsy"and not as shown above.

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