A moving puzzle from Neyartha
ACROSS
7 Rewrote annotations after temperature drops in a Texan city (3,7) SAN, ANTONIO (ANNOTAtIONS)*
9 Rip apart the band on the radio (4) TEAR (~TIER)
10 Factory belt? (8) CONVEYOR (CD)
11 Watches for the listener finding the connection between stories? (6) STAIRS (~STARES)
12 Mask of coldness shifts from one bridge player to another (5) FRONT (FROST with N for S)
13 A contract clause to employ aluminium in the coaster design (9) ESCALATOR (AL inside COASTER*)
14 Judge in North Carolina leaves with recommendation (7) REFEREE (REFEREncE)
17 Dance number by darlings in retreat (3-4) ONE-STEP (ONE + PETS<=)
20 Animated representation of triglyphs (9) SPRIGHTLY (TRIGLYPHS)*
22 Former school dentist’s selection (5) OLDEN (T)
25 Steps to get the bachelor to move out with a membranous sac (6) LADDER (bLADDER)
26 Kind of hospital care that a South African region adopted for a long time (8) NEONATAL (NATAL outside EON)
27 Pick up dart with force at the wrong place (4) LIFT (FLIT with F misplaced)
28 Directed adaptation after account became official (10) ACCREDITED (AC + DIRECTED*)
DOWN
1 English party // workers (6) LABOUR (DD)
2 The Spanish confiscated your antiknock fluid (5) ETHYL (EL outside THY)
3 Make someone responsible for the hospital department’s decline (7) ENTRUST (ENT + RUST)
4 Somehow coax wins out of the helmsman (8) COXSWAIN (COAX WINS)*
5 Fruit-filled pastries placed upside down by the army leader on the tables (6) STRATA (TARTS<= + A)
6 Porcelain almost damaged in a ballet step (8) CAPRIOLE (PORCELAIn)*
8 Proceed with the loan (7) ADVANCE (DD)
15 What bold letters may be used to lay? (8) EMPHASIS (CD)
16 Late write up about a roll-call reply was exquisite (8) ETHEREAL (LATE<= outside HERE)
18 At sea, silly sailor admitted to making plans (7) SYLLABI (SILLY* outside AB)
19 Start off with a precious metal (metal that the Spanish ignored) for Lucifer (3,4) OLD, NICK (gOLD + NICKel)
21 A salt’s fuss about the knotted tie outside (6) IODATE (ADO<= inside TIE*)
23 Be late due to being partially ecstatic (6) ELATED (T)
24 Braided ladies get victory over Mark (5) WOVEN (WOMEN with V for M)
ACROSS
7 Rewrote annotations after temperature drops in a Texan city (3,7) SAN, ANTONIO (ANNOTA
9 Rip apart the band on the radio (4) TEAR (~TIER)
10 Factory belt? (8) CONVEYOR (CD)
11 Watches for the listener finding the connection between stories? (6) STAIRS (~STARES)
12 Mask of coldness shifts from one bridge player to another (5) FRONT (FROST with N for S)
13 A contract clause to employ aluminium in the coaster design (9) ESCALATOR (AL inside COASTER*)
14 Judge in North Carolina leaves with recommendation (7) REFEREE (REFERE
17 Dance number by darlings in retreat (3-4) ONE-STEP (ONE + PETS<=)
20 Animated representation of triglyphs (9) SPRIGHTLY (TRIGLYPHS)*
22 Former school dentist’s selection (5) OLDEN (T)
25 Steps to get the bachelor to move out with a membranous sac (6) LADDER (
26 Kind of hospital care that a South African region adopted for a long time (8) NEONATAL (NATAL outside EON)
27 Pick up dart with force at the wrong place (4) LIFT (FLIT with F misplaced)
28 Directed adaptation after account became official (10) ACCREDITED (AC + DIRECTED*)
DOWN
1 English party // workers (6) LABOUR (DD)
2 The Spanish confiscated your antiknock fluid (5) ETHYL (EL outside THY)
3 Make someone responsible for the hospital department’s decline (7) ENTRUST (ENT + RUST)
4 Somehow coax wins out of the helmsman (8) COXSWAIN (COAX WINS)*
5 Fruit-filled pastries placed upside down by the army leader on the tables (6) STRATA (TARTS<= + A)
6 Porcelain almost damaged in a ballet step (8) CAPRIOLE (PORCELAI
15 What bold letters may be used to lay? (8) EMPHASIS (CD)
16 Late write up about a roll-call reply was exquisite (8) ETHEREAL (LATE<= outside HERE)
18 At sea, silly sailor admitted to making plans (7) SYLLABI (SILLY* outside AB)
19 Start off with a precious metal (metal that the Spanish ignored) for Lucifer (3,4) OLD, NICK (
21 A salt’s fuss about the knotted tie outside (6) IODATE (ADO<= inside TIE*)
23 Be late due to being partially ecstatic (6) ELATED (T)
24 Braided ladies get victory over Mark (5) WOVEN (WOMEN with V for M)
This moving puzzle brought 2 things to mind:
ReplyDeleteOne the predicament of a person, who was told to PUSH and PULL doors, on encountering a LIFT.
Would descending ESCALATORS have to be called De-escalators like the DGMOs?
You are good at generation of humour, and not de-...
DeleteAll movements only ACROSS though using vertical movement appliances less 10A of course
Delete10A could also be vertical.
DeleteIf you're ELATED, you do experience some LIFT, don't you?
ReplyDeleteRemembered singer Adnan Sami belting out Lift kara de.
Deleteand what a belt ! (he must have been wearing)
DeleteNever miss a chance to belt out your puns!
DeleteIf all the belts were one belt ...
Deleteon the same lines as
if all the seas were one sea
Where will we be?
DeleteHow would 24D sound if 'Mark' is replaced by 'Men' or maybe 'leading men'? -"Ladies get victory over men"
ReplyDeleteTautology
Delete"Ladies get victory over men". The latter get TAU(gh)T.
DeleteOuch!
ReplyDeleteTo put things in place-
ReplyDeleteWhat Kishore wanted to say was "Needless repetition" (needless to say I had to look up the dictionary!
To Chaturvasi@06:42AM in yesterday's post:
ReplyDeleteI was pointing out those words which were not highlighted in the main post.
And as regards Physics at Viveka, I managed to survive all three years of it. :-)
Oh, I see.
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