Sunday 3 March 2013

No 2728, Sunday 03 Mar 13


ACROSS
1   Girl having a short walk (6)  ASTRID {A}{STRIDe}
4   Knight's weapon, auction item (8) LANCELOT {LANCE}{LOT}
10 Cliché from first of prisoners given freedom (9) PLATITUDE {P}{LATITUDE}
11 Imitate La Bohème female beginning to cry (5) MIMIC {MIMI}{C}
12 Manage to score before Italian (3,2) CUT IT {CUT} {IT}
13 One excluded strange isle abroad (3,3,3) ODD MAN OUT {ODD} {MAN} {OUT}
14 Line in a Henry Miller novel (6,2,6) TROPIC OF CANCER [DD]
18 Court trouble having fish cooked in hot Riviera resort (5,2,4,3) SKATE ON THIN ICE {SKATE} {ON THI*}{N ICE}
20 Result of fine jump (9) OFFSPRING {OF}{F}{SPRING}
22 Operatic heroine not quite of sound mind (5) NORMA NORMAl
23 Heading for marina in carriage, a vagrant (5) TRAMP {TRA{M}P}
24 A settler from abroad, I'm male with one permit (9) IMMIGRANT {I'M}{M}{1}{GRANT}
25 A guiding principle on credit is shown to be misplaced (8) DOCTRINE*
26 Famous composer - Her Majesty is among supporters (6) BRAHMS {BRA{HM}S}

DOWN
1   Animal from mountain, a cat with no tail (6) ALPACA {ALP}{A}{CAt}
2   First-class crumble and pie over in restaurant (9) TRATTORIA {TRAT}{TOR}{IA}<=
3   I do it foolishly, being a fool! (5)  IDIOT*
5   FIFA's president, for example, is in an advantageous position (5,2,3,4) AHEAD OF THE GAME {A HEAD OF THE GAME}

6   Return with pardon? (4,5)  COME AGAIN [DD]
7   Member's introduction to old dance (5) LIMBO {LIMB}{O}
8   Saying little, volunteers about one opportunity (8) TACITURN {TA}{C}{1}{TURN}
9   Released from nick, unfit (3,2,9) OUT OF CONDITION {OUT} {OF} {CONDITION}
15 One who enticed children in Dieppe with rip off? (4,5) PIED PIPER {DIEPPE+RIP}*
16 See pest rock violently on board single-decker (9) COCKROACH {C{ROCK*}OACH}
17 Miscellaneous trades, so varied (8) ASSORTED*
19 New stakes in French football club (6) NANTES {N}{ANTES}
21 Boy is missing a Swiss coin (5) FRANC FRANCis
22 Turbulent reign in African country (5) NIGER*

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  1. Chaturvasi3 March 2013 at 08:39

    3 I do it foolishly, being a fool! (5) IDIOT*

    Is the clue sentence absolutely idiomatic?

    My question is: Does the phrase "being a fool" go to I?

    We might say: I, being a fool, do it foolishly.

    Or

    Being a fool, I do it foolishly.

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    1. Bhalchandra Pasupathy3 March 2013 at 12:45

      I think it is OK. There is only one noun here, so 'being a fool' can refer only to I. Am sure we can think of a lot of similar constructions?

      These Sunday puzzles are really good, not all that difficult either, but there's a lot to learn from the simplicity and logic plus the elegance of clueing. The clues unfailingly lead to the answer without dispute.

      Bit strange that there are very few comments on Sundays!

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  2. Col_Gopinath3 March 2013 at 08:46

    Special at 10:30 today is by Afterdark, a new setter

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  3. Shrikanth3 March 2013 at 13:23

    16D , Is it OK that the def comes as the second word of the clue? Got me tangled for a while.

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    1. Bhalchandra Pasupathy3 March 2013 at 13:49

      A link word, bit of an instruction to the solver, similar to say 'get' or 'find'

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  4. PKPSwami3 March 2013 at 15:20

    Lovely clues.slightlymisled by 2d, 19d 2d:first class crumble ie ia(ai) tort over:ttor fine.what about initial tra?19d slightly confused. I thought it anagram of stakes.could not strike antes as stakes.20a result is differently defined.fantastic fitments for 4a&24a.6d most impressive.By and large quite enjoyable CW.

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