Thursday 16 June 2016

No 11728, Thursday 16 Jun 2016, Spinner


Col is having network issues. Thanks Ramesh, I'm back online.

ACROSS
1   Ace marksman, famous cinematographer or granter of wishes sent from heaven? (8,4) SHOOTING STAR [MD]
10 Necessary, so it was written after degree (5) BASIC {BA}{SIC}
11 Cheat faltering idiot with no qualification (9) CONDITION {CON}{IDIOT*}{N}
12 Novel's surprisingly unquiet, excluding climax (6) UNIQUE UNQUIEt*
13 Genuine crush on a girl overwhelming Spinner (8) ORIGINAL {ON A GIRL*} around {I}
15 Father's ship left Barbados finally, getting travel permits (9) PASSPORTS {PA}{SS}{PORT}{b...oS}
16 Imprisons training partners (4) PENS {PE}{NS}
20 Textrous starts to set cryptic challenge (4) TEST {Te...s}{SET*}
21 Display ultimately people-centric, energetic form of governance (9) DEMOCRACY {DEMO}{p...iC}{RACY}
24 Cost-effective electronic company adopts negative amplification (8) ECONOMIC {E}{CO}{NO  MIC}
26 Husband involved in lawsuit appears before some special courts (6) CHASES {C{H}ASE}{Special}
28 Most charming setter's tips detailed and presented differently (9) PRETTIEST {SETTER+TIPs}*
29 Increase applause when starting late (5) RAISE pRAISE
30 You might inherit from these women fine accents with a touch of nasality (12) ANCESTRESSES {A{Nasal}CE}{STRESSES}

DOWN
2   Letting go of drug? Last hope is undergoing rehabilitation in health centres! (9) HOSPITALS &lit {LAST HOPe}* around AL (Addendum - {LAST+HOPe+IS}* - See comments)
3   Definitely lost in female's absence (2,6) OF COURSE {OFf}{ COURSE}
4   Batting on 100, Hayden begins to move slowly (4) INCH {IN}{C}{Ha...n}
5   Destroyed in one great wave (10) GENERATION*
6   This includes extremely nerve-wracking stuff (6) THINGS {THI{Ne...nG}S}
7   Rule to regulate drinks? Good! (5) REIGN {REI{G}N}
8   Ali's first fight over (5) ABOUT {Ali}{BOUT}
9   Innumerable borders protecting the French (7) ENDLESS {END{LES}S}
14 Perhaps illness describing a single? (10) LONELINESS &lit ILLNESS* around ONE
17 Too much for one-time tax? That's describing VAT, basically! (9) EXCESSIVE {EX}{CESS}{I{Vat}E}
18 Try to woo a model upfront (7) ATTEMPT {A}{T}{TEMPT}
19 Pursuing gold, burn down small fruit gardens (8) ORCHARDS {OR}{CHARD}{S} (Addendum - {OR}{CHAR}{D}{S} - See comments)
22 'Rhymester' Spinner's introduction to crosswords is imaginative (6) POETIC {POET}{I}{Cr...s}
23 Fool hides, man remains (5) ASHES{AS{HE}S}
25 Works of art from old (chiefly pre-modern) age (5) OPERA {O}{Pre-modern}{ERA}
27 Awaken kind man's temper, almost (4) STIR {ST}{IRe}

26 comments:

  1. 2 Letting go of drug? Last hope is undergoing rehabilitation in health centres! (9) HOSPITALS {LAST HOPe}* around AL

    Correction: {LAST HOPe IS}*

    Some very good clues.

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  2. Sorry about the blog today. I'M m in Coimbatore and having network issues with my data card as well as the WiFi here.
    Thanks to Ramesh for hitting the publish button

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  3. Spinner bowls some lovely deliveries todays...played them on the frontfoot..smothering the spin & reading the drift..
    20A: Wishful thinking for Texturous to start setting again(wish Texturous..Spiffytrix & Mac come out of hibernation)

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    1. The three of them are definitely in my personal favourites list. I think I've referenced two now. Mac will feature soon, too, hopefully ;).

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    2. Hey Vinod,Maddy & Mohsin:Are you listening?

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  4. A gem of a puzzle! Century for the taking!! Thanks Spinner. :)

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  5. Back online. The connection through my b-i-l's wifi which is connected through his laptop, was off and my Reliance datacard started playing up after connecting initially Grrrrrrrrrrrr.
    I think this is the first time this has happened over the last 7 years of this blog

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  6. Anno for 19 D was intended as burn = char, down = D.

    OR+CHAR+D+S

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    1. That correction was done but got lost with my network problems

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  7. 14D 'a single' = 'one' as in 'not a single person turned up' = 'not one person turned up'.

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  8. Thanks Spinner for the well clued puzzle. No convoluted contrivance

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  9. In 28A 'SETTER'S TIPS's at the ends are ignored and the rest is an anagram. How is the S deleted?

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    1. TIPs detailed i.e remove the tail(the last letter) from TIPS

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  10. Some rather poetic clues from Spinner :) the surface of the clues were pretty awesome.. shooting star, genuine, loneliness, about, reign.. so many today.. if there is a point to carp about (and this is like the beauty spot on Monroe's face :) .. its with Poetic as a clue split as Poet and ic.. but perhaps thats what adds more beauty ?? :)

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    1. Dwelled for ages on this while setting. But this clue has more to it than meets the eye. My first published THC Crossword, my 'introduction to crosswords', had a Nursery Rhymes theme. Hence, the relaxation.

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  11. Enjoyed solving today's crossword.....

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  12. TOps from Spinner--- nice whirr !

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  13. Thanks for all the comments :)

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  14. Entertaining one from Spinner as usual. : ) Liked original and attempt the best.

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    1. Thanks Exa. And the clues you mention seem to have a theme :P

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    2. Who is the this model Spinner? :-) Do I hear wedding bells?

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    3. Like CV sir always says, assume things from clue surfaces at your own risk.

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  15. Thanks for all the comments :)

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