Sunday 23 June 2013

Special, Sunday 23 Jun 13, The Battosai


Three answers per commenter with annotations.
Shiken
by
The Battosai 




Author’s Note
Shiken is the Japanese equivalent of trial.
This puzzle was meant to be a trial, to see if I can work with more clue types.
Reviews welcome on THCC or at kenshin.thebattosai@live.com with the subject XWord and an in-mail reference to the crossword title.

ACROSS
1   Create confusion using plenty of jam at eatery (4)
3   Onlookers see rare metallic element on the vessel (10)
10 An ultra-poor, talented person (7)
11 Unhealthy oriental girl is a felon (7)
12 Vote can give rise to paisa equivalent (7)
13 Lauds crazy, sex-admitting group’s comeback (6)
15 Intelligence commission uncovers more conspiracies (5)
16 Great teacher well-versed in Hindu literature?! (9)
18 Guarantee of security provided by a guard on the web (6.3)
21 The woman you left suffered dearly (5)
23 Minibike I left tentatively to fetch bathing suit (6)
25 Reveals the right way to place container? (5,2)
27 Roar at Stanley’s girl after the Greek letter returned altogether (7)
28 Piece from real log (7)
29 Loathing expressed by near-exotic irregularity (10)
30 Crappies even out the cloak (4)

DOWN
1   Racism unit disturbed the beautician (10)
2   A scan, it reveals evil (7)
4   Mason life at sea island (4.2.3)
5   Just speak, or communicate by letter (5)
6   Narrator’s note on deceased ring leader (7)
7   Bargains and almost has spectacles move away (7)
8   Attack the skin (4)
9   Issue order for raid on building (6)
14 Small chatting device! (10)
17 Warm tuber served as pickle (3,6)
19 Air fuel engineered by loser (7)
20 Where people seem to disappear too often (4.3)
21 Time-worn! (3-3)
22 Pasta awkwardly causes anal gas (7)
24 It contained a flipped instrument not upto the task (5)
26 Cunning, yet regularly acquitted (4) 


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55 comments:

  1. Venkatesh23 June 2013 at 10:37

    Without grid... 3 easy anagrams

    ACROSS
    28 Piece from real log (7) ALLEGRO* {real log}*
    DOWN
    19 Air fuel engineered by loser (7) FAILURE* {air fuel}*
    22 Pasta awkwardly causes anal gas (7) LASAGNA* {anal gas}*

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  2. Shrikanth23 June 2013 at 10:38

    23A - BIKINI - MINIBIKE - ME
    19D - FAILURE - ( AIR FUEL )*
    9D - ORDAIN - ( RAID ON )*

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  3. Anonymous23 June 2013 at 10:40

    23a Bikini*(-me)
    21d age old
    4d Isle of Man*

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  4. CA Prasad23 June 2013 at 10:42

    19 A. EXECRATION (NEAR EXOTIC)*

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  5. Shrikanth23 June 2013 at 10:43

    Substitution for 19D

    2D - SATANIC ( A SCAN IT )*

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  6. Unknown23 June 2013 at 10:43

    29 Loathing expressed by near-exotic irregularity (10)
    EXECRATION (ANEAR EXOTIC*)
    Def Loathing

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  7. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan23 June 2013 at 10:46

    30 A Crappies even out the cloak (4) CAPE (CrApPiEs)

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  8. Chaturvasi23 June 2013 at 10:48

    23 Minibike I left tentatively to fetch bathing suit (6)

    Good try as it is a variation from the hackneyed BIKIN' I wordplay. But I = ME may not be acceptable by some crossword editors.

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  9. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan23 June 2013 at 10:51

    4D Mason life at sea island (4.2.3) ISLE OF MAN (Mason life)*

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan23 June 2013 at 11:00

      Substn for 4D
      12A Vote can give rise to paisa equivalent (7) CENTAVO (Vote can )*

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  10. CA Prasad23 June 2013 at 10:52

    1.D.MANICURIST.(RACISM UNIT)*

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  11. Unknown23 June 2013 at 10:54

    26 Cunning, yet regularly acquitted (4) 
    CUTE aCqUiTtEd
    Def Cunning

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  12. Unknown23 June 2013 at 10:57

    24 It contained a flipped instrument not upto the task (5)
    INEPT (I PEN<- T)
    Der not upto the task

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  13. Jayaseelan23 June 2013 at 10:59

    10A NATURAL *(An ultra)

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  14. SandhyaP23 June 2013 at 10:59

    27A Roar at Stanley’s girl after the Greek letter returned altogether (7) ({ULUL}{ATE})<- (Little Lulu: character from a comic by Stanley)

    17D Warm tuber served as pickle (3,6) {HOT} {POTATO}

    20D Where people seem to disappear too often (4.3) THIN AIR (CD)

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    1. The Battōsai23 June 2013 at 13:03

      The 'pickle' here should not be mistaken to be the 'eatable' pickle. A Hot-Potato is a situation difficult to handle (like a hot potato), hence the usage of pickle in the clue. A friend of mine asked me if hot potatoes are served as pickle upon looking at the clue, hence the clarification. :)

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  15. Jayaseelan23 June 2013 at 11:00

    12A CENTAVO *(vote can)

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  16. Jayaseelan23 June 2013 at 11:05

    18A SAFETY-NET {GUARD ON WEB}

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    1. Venkatesh23 June 2013 at 11:14

      provided by a guard SAFETY
      on the web NET

      Defn: Guarantee of security (SAFETY)-(NET)

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    2. The Battōsai23 June 2013 at 13:07

      I intended it as
      Def: Guarantee of Security
      Link word(s): provided by a
      Synonym: SAFETY (guard in the sense of "A device designed to prevent injury or accidents")
      Follow-indicator: on the
      Synonym: NET (web)
      So, Jayaseelan was right, but I think Venkatesh is also right in his own right. ;)

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  17. CA Prasad23 June 2013 at 11:06

    20.D.THIN AIR CD

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  18. Unknown23 June 2013 at 11:17

    Sub for 29
    14 Small chatting device! (10)
    MICROPHONE (CD)

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  19. CA Prasad23 June 2013 at 11:25

    16.A.MAHARISHI.CD

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  20. The Battōsai23 June 2013 at 12:34

    I have tried to expand my use of clue types with this crossword. Any comments would help greatly. Thanks in advance. :)

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  21. Nadathur Rajan23 June 2013 at 12:45

    3A (VIEW)(ER)(SHIP) ER - Erbium, rare metallic element
    11A (ILL)(E)(GAL)
    5D WRITE ~right (just)

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  22. Nadathur Rajan23 June 2013 at 12:57

    We have heard of dropping things like a 'hot potato'. 'Hot potato' has also been used as a synonym for danger, cause celebre, hazard or imperilment. However, we have never heard of hot potato being a pickle! Please enlighten us.

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    1. Nadathur Rajan23 June 2013 at 12:58

      Wonder if it is an indirect association as pickle means a sticky situation or predicament?

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    2. The Battōsai23 June 2013 at 13:09

      I mistakenly clarified at the post which provided the solution, because I hadn't seen this. Sorry for looking at the page chronologically. :)

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  23. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan23 June 2013 at 13:01

    7 D Bargains and almost has spectacles move away (7) HAGGLES {(-GO)+HAGGLES}

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  24. Unknown23 June 2013 at 14:26

    6D Narrator’s note on deceased ring leader (7) (RE)(LATE)(R)
    13A Lauds crazy, sex-admitting group’s comeback (6) {EX(TOL<=)S}*
    15A Intelligence commission uncovers more conspiracies (5) RECON (T)

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    1. Venkatesh23 June 2013 at 20:28

      Minor correction in Anno:
      13A Lauds crazy, sex-admitting group’s comeback (6) {EX(TOL<=)S*} SEX* admitting LOT<=

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  25. Deepak Gopinath23 June 2013 at 16:18

    My 3

    1A - MESS [DD] What's the role of 'using plenty of jam'?
    21A - ADLER(-y)* Y for 'you'?
    8D - PELt [DD]

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    1. Shrikanth23 June 2013 at 17:25

      I suppose it is TD

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    2. Jayaseelan23 June 2013 at 17:35

      http://www.synonyms.net/synonym/mess shows jam as synonym for mess

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    3. The Battōsai25 June 2013 at 09:41

      It was supposed to be MD... Plenty of= mess of, jam=mess, eatery=mess, confusion=mess... Four definitions, may be I pushed it...

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    4. The Battōsai25 June 2013 at 09:50

      I suppose you always stands for u. But in this case, even if all the letters are removed, it remains unchanged, so left it like that for surface... :)

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  26. Deepak Gopinath23 June 2013 at 16:19

    Last one

    25A open for anyone who wants to have a go. Only if the Annotation can be provided.

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    1. Anonymous23 June 2013 at 16:27

      Opens up dd

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    2. Anonymous23 June 2013 at 16:29

      1. Reveals
      2. Open side up, the right way to keep a container

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    3. Anonymous23 June 2013 at 16:31

      That closes up the Trial, me lud. Thanks, B.

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    4. Venkatesh23 June 2013 at 20:20

      25 Reveals the right way to place container? (5,2)
      Not a DD

      the right way to place container - OPEN SIDE UP
      Defn: reveals (OPEN}(S) (UP)

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  27. raju umamaheswar23 June 2013 at 20:39

    11A: MAHARISHI---- great- MAHA- RISHI-- teacher-- (0ur Favourite in this blog?) are these Sanskrit words permitted in the English dictionary? Though I have been using the word Maha right from my college days to express greatness as an adjective !! Maha- compiler this one !!

    28 A : ALLEGRO - anagram of REA:L LOG

    29A : EXECRATION-- anagram of near exotic --No one can term these clues as this?

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  28. raju umamaheswar23 June 2013 at 20:45

    Excellent variety-- well done, Battosai !

    Clue of my day : 3 A

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    1. The Battōsai25 June 2013 at 09:43

      Arigato.
      Thanks for your encouragement... :)

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