Friday 11 December 2015

No 11572, Friday 11 Dec 2015, Neyartha


Don't we need at least 6 words to qualify for a themed CW?

ACROSS
1   Cheese dish arbiter shrewdly prepared is not dry (5,7) WELSH RAREBIT {ARBITER+SHrEWdLy}*
8   Place to find a number of keys? (7) FLORIDA [GK]
9   Indian beach with a fancy dock (6) MARINA [DD]
11 Group exerting pressure on politicians? (9) LOBBYISTS [CD]
12 Company to get rid of the gold whales and the South American shrubs (5) COCAS {(-or+co)COCAS}
14 Seize books included in the crumpled receipt (9) INTERCEPT {NT} in {RECEIPT}*
16 Overheard spy in the docking station (4) PIER (~peer)
18 Article grappled by Mexican cat breed (4) MANX {M{AN}X}
19 Boy upset by a man from Mars leaves castle with a large dog (9) DALMATIAN {DAL<=}{MArTIAN}
21 Bernie celebrates to some extent with a relative (5) NIECE [T]
22 International upsets widower seizing evacuated land (9) WORLDWIDE {WIDOWER+LanD}*
23 Slogan's a sacred chant (6) MANTRA [DD]
25 Gamble by the Wisconsin ex-model in the interval (7) BETWIXT {BET}{WI}{X}{T}
26 Emotional state, not easy to mould? (4,8) HARD FEELINGS [CD]

DOWN
2   Outrageousness resulting from harmful exacerbation after article loss (11) EXORBITANCE EXaCERBATION*
3   Trendy to board low horse carts going north to the place where boats are built (8) SHIPYARD {HIP} in {DRAYS<=}
4   Reportedly drove to alter dates at a partly sheltered anchorage (9) ROADSTEAD (~rode){ROAD}{DATES*}
5   Old verses provided by the model making way for the mass ceremonies (5) RIMES RI(-t+m)MES
6   British officers reheating some cold halibut initially with beet soup (6) BORSCH Acrostic
7   Insane person turning up for a large cask (3) TUN <=
8   Graceful student moving down to capture a video gets success (10) FULFILMENT {FILM} in {F(-l)U(+l)LENT}
10 Acerbic German ignored spy wrapping the cord (10) ASTRINGENT {STRING} in {AgENT}
13 Disapproving of the analyst sign I modified (11) CRITICISING {CRITIC}{SIGN+I}*
15 Fair to uncover bundle sent up by the French (9) TOLERABLE {TOL}{ERAB}<={LE}
17 Tape with an Italian note for the marauders (8) BANDITTI {BAND}{IT}{TI}
20 Inflamed sore in the giraffe's terrible (6) FESTER [T]
22 Leaders of the West hurry and return from the dock (5) WHARF Acrostic
24 Cashier concealing burnt remains (3) ASH [T]

26 comments:

  1. 50 years back was the beginning of a bright spark,
    Who made a grand slam,
    With a triple pangram -
    A superb setter who has made an indelible mark,
    Join me in wishing our dear friend Mr. Afterdark!

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    1. He is a man of estate
      With impeccable taste
      He is also a man of spirit
      Who can hold with a lot of grit
      A loving father, an adoring husband
      To him go our wishes - all grand.

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    2. Happy Birthday Shrikanth! :)

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  2. At
    https://www.facebook.com/thc7115/
    I am talking about 21a.
    And I have invited readers to comment on another clue. Would you?

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  3. Sailing theme ... wharf, pier, shipyard, florida, marina ?? Nice one from Neyartha - thanks for the samosas today :)

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  4. Re 9a
    Marina as a noun is 'a berthing area for yachts, etc, prepared with every kind of facility for a sailing holiday' (Chambers).
    That being the case, why 'Indian'?
    Is it a reference to Chennai's area known as Marina?
    And talking of Chennai's Marina it has little ailing activity except for fishing boats or an occasional yacht.
    We have statues aplenty!

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  5. Happy Birthday & many Happy returns of the day Shrikanth aka Afterdark (aka Brightness!)
    Nice enjoyable CW though I had a few holds on the right (?) half. Left was fully right!
    I still can't understand how and why I put wideworld instead of the obvious worldwide. I misspelt Borsch- enough to create chaos.

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  6. Read 'Holes' instead of 'Holds'.

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  7. Kishore,
    It is Thenga0 Manga- Pattani- Sundal.

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    1. Thanks. now I know why my recipe wasn't turning out right..

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  8. The Mexican cat breed took away my samosas...:((

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  9. Suresh,
    Thank you for your call. That was the last call and we were totally cut off for 3 days after that. Just as I was speaking to you power was cut off and in the next hour or so water level started rising very fast and luckily we were able to stay safe upstairs.

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  10. Many happy returns of the day Shrikanth

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  11. Couldnt get to solving the puzzle till noon...njoyed solving...lovely one from Neyartha

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  12. Logging in late.
    Happy Birthday Shrikanth!

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  13. A wonderful puzzle! Thanks for the samosas, Neyartha!

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  14. MB,
    Thank you for your welcome note yesterday. saw it late.

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