Thursday 3 November 2016

No 11842, Thursday 03 Nov 2016, Arden


ACROSS
1   Shepherd's calling to play — is not even quick (6) PAPACY {PlAy}{PACY}
4   Perform magic trick, over time it becomes rigid (8) DOGMATIC {DO}{GMA{T}IC*}
9   Ben and Tom went to Bury (6) ENTOMB*
10 Back two boys — maybe giving away (8) BETRAYAL {BET}{RAY}{AL}
12 Donators construct, they also destruct (8) TORNADOS*
13 Note rejected by cheese maker (6) TENNER <=
15 Husband missing wife? Inform wife the marital vow we take (5,7) GRASS WIDOWER{GRASS} {W}{I DO}{WE}{R} Last R from ? See comments
18 Having total control on day work — colitis treated (12) MONOPOLISTIC {MON}{OP}{COLITIS*}
21 A quiet overcall could be the missing link (3-3) APE-MAN {A}{P}{E MAN<=}
22 Make it short agreement (8) CONTRACT [DD]
24 Well inside the earth it could be found (5,3) S?A?E ?E? {SHALE OIL {S{HALE} OIL} - See comments) Semi &lit
25 Capital of Italy, extremely hard to move around (6) RIYADH {ItalY} in {HARD}*
26 Guerillas charge over a 24 hour period, seen regularly (8) FEDAYEEN {FE{DAY}E}{sEeN}
27 Line of emails back and forth (6) THREAD [DD]

DOWN
1   Short iron I get to play adds to my good rating (8) PRESTIGE {PRESs}{I+GET}*
2   Favourite business software — one for a young character (5,3) PETER PAN {PET}{ER P}{AN}
3   Kindly reach, I only ate bananas (15) COMPASSIONATELY {COMPASS}{I+ONLY+ATE}*
5   It gets too hot in May to venture out (4) OVEN [T]
6   Maybe Catherine's milder as an actress (7,8) MARLENE DIETRICH*
7   Testing one's patience as the court is dealing with it (6) TRYING [DD]
8   Keen to acquire English and the French vegetable (6) CELERY {C{E}{LE}RY}
11 Watch it in single run (7) MONITOR {MON{IT}O}{R}
14 Sun and moon affected him as a ruler (7) SOLOMON {SOL}{MOON*}
16 Salt consumed by animal, reportedly (8) STEARATE {STEAR}{ATE}(~steer ate)
17 Drink ready, regularly stopped (8) SCOTCHED {SCOTCH}{rEaDy}
19 Service provided on highland (6) MASSIF {MASS}{IF}
20 He calls out to the cattle around a lake (6) HERALD {HER{A}{L}D}
23 The German has money — it isn't much (4) MERE ? Anno pending (Addendum - DIME {DI{M}E}- See comments)

23 comments:

  1. take - recipe - R - the symbol doctors used in their prescriptions.

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  2. 24 SHALE OIL
    well=hale
    Earth =soil

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  3. 23 DIME
    The German = die
    Money = m?

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  4. 24 Well inside the earth it could be found (5,3) S{HALE} OIL

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  5. Extremely hard. Glad to the extent I was able to do. Maybe just crossed 60%.
    Was Arden in Chennai this May?! Anyway, it was nicely hidden.

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    1. They haven't yet uploaded the CW for yesterday and today

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    2. ...and the red letter continues there also.

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    3. I did yesterday's puzzle online(leads to Ad now) but not with the new link you gave below.

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    4. I searched for www.thehindu.com/crossword/the-hindu-crossword-11841/article9292270.ece and used web cache version. surprisingly there is no web cache version of today's http://www.thehindu.com/crossword/the-hindu-crossword-11842/article9296680.ece

      It appears todays has not been published at all.

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  7. Following is the link to the CW page in the new site of The Hindu

    http://newsite.thehindu.com/crossword/

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  8. Each of the pages of the new site has got a link "VOTE NOW: REDESIGN OF THE HINDU'S WEBSITE" Any body can vote

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  9. 6D The way the clue is worded should not the 'S' in Catherine's be a part of the anagram fodder? In my mind it should be and the clue is defective to that extent. Other views welcome.

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  10. This 'S always creates a problem. It is either 'is' or 'has' or totally omitted (as here) as the situtation demands. So, one has to be on the lookout.

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    1. It does not have to. Here it is a problem because it is in the middle of the fodder

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  11. Re. r for recipe-
    It is actually Rx (see below)
    Rx: A medical prescription. The symbol "Rx" is usually said to stand for the Latin word "recipe" meaning "to take." It is customarily part of the superscription (heading) of a prescription.

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  12. 13A clue seemed unsolvable had to look up here. Tenner ? How?

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    1. A ten rupee note or Ten pound note is known as a Tenner

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    2. Cheese worth more than tenner, Is that the relevance?

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  13. Tenner reversed is rennet, which is cheese, rejected being the reversal indicator.

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  14. Can someone post a link to this grid? am able to see only upto 11840.. :(

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