Thursday 18 June 2015

No 11424, Thursday 18 Jun 2015, Exa


ACROSS
1   Fifty-one beers laid out for free (11) LIBERALISED {LI+BEERS+LAID}*
9   Gone Girl in German (7) MISSING {MISS}{IN}{G}
10 Hounds with a deep voice guarding place (7) BASSETS {BAS{SET}S}
11 Right to wear cap in outing (4) TRIP {T{R}IP}
12 Knitted a little hem continuously (3,3,4) ALL THE TIME*
13 Out of nine, note the odd man out (3,2,3) ONE IN TEN*
16 Get old books for salesman (5) AGENT {AGE}{NT}
17 Offer to sell duck in apartment (5) FLOAT {FL{O}AT}
19 Parts of steel men forged (8) ELEMENTS*
21 Follow them in a luxurious car around East Course (4,6) ROLE MODELS {ROL{E} {MODE}LS}
23 Pound initially spent to see race (4) RUSH cRUSH
26 Language and some grammar at Highbrow (7) MARATHI [T]
27 Impressed by flight endlessly (7) STAMPED STAMPEDe
28 Amateurs talented? It's unusual (11) DILETTANTES*

DOWN
1   Deadline for student finishing off exam in IIT (5) LIMIT {L}{I{exaM}IT} Exa struck out!
2   Bachelor lad has it kept back for support (7) BASTION {BA{S{TI<=}ON}
3   Clear out of area with loot (4) RAID {R{A}ID}
4   Allowed girl in field to meet lover at the entrance (5) LEGAL {LE{G}A}{Lover}
5   This drug substitutes brown, cocaine and ecstasy (9) SUBSTANCE {SUBS}{TAN}{C}{E}
6   Reckless, like some spouses on television (9) DESPERATE [E&GK]
7   Choose month around Eid (6) DECIDE {DEC}{EID*}
8   Side view (6) ASPECT [DD]
14 Early to gather round a bar daughter suggested (9) INTIMATED {IN TIM{A}{T}E}{D}
15 Dull routine made exciting on entering a little tunnel's brook (9) TREADMILL {Tu...l}{R{MADE*}ILL}
17 Places to discuss documents for university to go through (6) FORUMS {FOR{U}MS}
18 Carry one litre with hesitation into very large tankers (6) OILERS {O{1}{L}{ER}S}
20 Heading off to play favourite instrument (7) TRUMPET {sTRUM}{PET}
22 Composer's last parting record (5) LISZT {LIS{Z}T}
24 Man has to show ID to see secret places (5) HIDES {H{ID}E}{S}
25 Brought up a little information (4) DATA {DAT}{A}<=

GRID

16 comments:

  1. Good one Exa! Keep them coming! :)

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  2. Some very nice surfaces today. Not sure if 1D works. Finishing off exam = m?

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    1. It should have been 'of' but then the surface makes no sense.

      'Deadline for student at IIT taking exam after removing setter'

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    2. Would 'finish of exam' or 'end of exam' sound and fit better?

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    3. It would but I was trying to figure in Exa in the clue

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  3. Nice one from Exa. Got stuck in NW corner for I filled in 9ac as MADCHEN (Girl in GERMAN when translated!). Got 1ac &1dn alright. Overall a well knitted puzzle. Enjoyed it.

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  4. Very nice puzzle. Exa is churning out wonderful puzzles

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  5. Nice one Exa. Enjoyed it though I could not complete.Surfaces are very apt and interesting.

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  6. Good one Exa! Enjoyable! Lovely clues..

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  7. Very nice puzzle. . Anything left in those 51 Exa? :-D

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  8. What's the anagrind for 13A (ONE IN TEN) ? "Out of"?

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  9. Thank you EXA for samosas. Enjoyed solving.

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  10. Nice crossie that I could get onto, thanks to THC Online. I wish this source posts regularly, even if it be few days late . .. EXA is exemplary in his pithy compilations. ROLEMODELS is my clue of the day !

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