Thursday 6 June 2013

No 10792, Thursday 06 Jun 13, Arden

As delightful as ever though a shade easier than yesterday. Liked 11A.

ACROSS
1   May be an issue forcing union (7,7) SHOTGUN WEDDING [CD]


10 Minister not quiet about crime (5) ARSON pARSON
11 Spiritual leader of a country brings a boy up (5,4) DALAI LAMA {DAL}{A}{I LAM}{A}<= My COD
12 Attack the girl and slip away (7) SLITHER {SLIT}{HER}
13 Search to find time-setter inside encampment (7) HUTMENT {HU{TME}NT} Anno for TME  not clear (Addendum - {HU{T}{ME}NT} - See comments)
14 Those people with English as a subject (5) THEME {THEM}{E}
16 Initially Mary Pierce is prepared to be off the mark (9) IMPRECISE {M+PIERCE+IS}*
19 Approve green design for one travelling (9) PASSENGER {PASS}{GREEN*}
20 Get a pirate to hold the beast (5) TAPIR [T]
22 Salesman gets his nosh and does it again (7) REPEATS {REP}{EATS}
25 Cold wind and fog – really odd (7) MISTRAL {MIST}{ReAlLy}
27 Money kept inside missing, so not drinking (9) ABSTINENT {ABS{TIN}ENT}
28 There is clamour for the odd NCO’s issues (5) NOISE {NcOs}{IsSuEs}
29 Perhaps rely on loony nut? No way! (3,2,4,5) NOT ON YOUR NELLY*

DOWN
2   Henry has some wine on the headland being in a hurry (9) HASTINESS {H}{ASTI}{NESS}
3   Show how to change name for a fish…. (5) TENCH {TE(-a+n)NCH}
4   … and beneath a fish is a bottle washer (9) UNDERLING {UNDER}{LING}
5   Cheat a Cambrian (5) WELSH [DD]
6   Most exquisite but is not in the end, by the way (9) DAINTIEST {D{AIN'T}IE}{ST}
7   Strange enigma, a nameless picture (5) IMAGE EnIGMA*
8   Given the rights he will somehow agree to accept the contract (7) GRANTEE {GRA{NT}EE*}
9   Dog born with virtue (6) BASSET {B}{ASSET}
15 Promotion gets the Spanish girl into trouble (9) ELEVATION {EL}{EVA}{INTO*}
17 A soldier to measure the characteristic factor (9) PARAMETER {PARA}{METER}
18 One distributed mail around the section being fair (9) IMPARTIAL {1}{M{PART}IAL*}
19 Belong to royalty protected by a French marshal (7) PERTAIN {PE{R}TAIN}
21 Banked on to rest in shade (6) RELIED {RE{LIE}D}
23 Assume as a fact that there is a river model (5) POSIT {PO}{SIT}
24 He or she might take notes by arrangement (5) STENO* &lit
26 Burn some of what KG basin generates (5) SINGE [T]


6 comments:

  1. 13 Search to find time-setter inside encampment (7) HUTMENT

    HU{T}{ME}NT
    T: time
    ME: setter

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  2. 1A is like a way of life in Bihar.

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    1. 1 A also includes a nickname name for the actor from that state.

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  3. Lov ely cw.Liked the punch in24d. Both anagram fodder& definition happen to be the same word.Also enjoyed 13a & 18d for the building blocks which help to crack the words.29a though anagram helps to come across a usage in out- of currency.

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  4. Arden's not hard at all today. Smooth as ice cream. why then few hits on the blog today? or is it the cause?

    Liked the WELSH clue --similar to doing a KUMBAKONAM on some one !!

    how places become con(-vena)l-ient agents !


    STENO is a rare clue-- are the stenos not a dying breed nowadays? I had one from Kumbakponam at one time-- he had flying fingers while taking notes and typing !

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