Tuesday 22 November 2016

No 11858, Tuesday 22 Nov 2016, The Phantom


ACROSS
8   Is our arrangement to have retired brilliant or stupid? (10) RIDICULOUS {LUCID<=} in {IS+OUR}*
9   Change of seat not permitted by University (4) VARY VARsitY
10 Opposition about to reject one's point of view (10) RESISTANCE {RE}{1'S<=}{STANCE}
11 Caught swapping ends in race for speed (4) RATE RA(-c+t)TE
12 Device to shoot from very short distance taking a lot of time (6) CAMERA {C{A}M}{ERA}
14 One from the embassy of Portugal, I am told negotiated (8) DIPLOMAT {P+I+AM+TOLD}*
15 As usual wearing pale blue dress (7) APPAREL {PAR} in {PALE}*
17 Royalty grant permission to screen play (7) MAJESTY {MA{JEST}Y}
20 Rain's again soaked new suit (8) MOISTURE {SUIT*} in {MORE}
22 Poor English seen in postgraduate’s aptitude test (6) MEAGRE {M{E}A}{GRE}
24 Suffering from service provided in hotel? On the contrary! (4) ACHE {AC{H}E}
25 Information by engineer helping production (10) GENERATION {GEN}{E}{RATION}
27 Hear judge now! (4) HERE (~ hear)
28 Striking somebody about to kill (10) NOTICEABLE Anno pending (Addendum - {NOT{ICE}ABLE} - See comments)

DOWN
1   Weaken from exercises during breaks (4) PINE {P{IN}E}
2   Muscular hands pinning one in fight (6) VIRILE {VI{R}{1}{L}E}
3   Habit nowadays to carry a small item of luggage (8) SUITCASE {SUIT}{C{A}{S}E}
4   Ran helter-skelter during commotion in storm (7) TORNADO {RAN}* in {TO DO}
5   Take shelter in a small park for resting (6) ASLEEP {A}{S}{LEE}{P}
6   Never too stupid to get hint (8) OVERTONE*
7   Muscle needed for bear to climb hill (10) PROTRACTOR {PRO}{CART<=}{TOR}
13 Original Americans possessed expert techniques (10) APPROACHES {AP{PRO}ACHES}
16 Explained some Indians were Dravidians (8) ANSWERED [T]
18 Dangerous inter country rivalry with loss of leader destroys nation (4,4) ARMS RACE {hARMS} {RACE}
19 Not many bananas? Ape’s wild (7) PEANUTS {APE*}{NUTS}
21 Desperate bid under compulsion (6) URGENT {URGE}{NT}
23 Fake (duplicate) diamonds disposed of as real (6) ACTUAL Anno pending (Addendum - {ACT}{dUAL} - See comments)
26 Look frequently out for each missing eagle (4) OGLE {O}{eaGLE}

GRID

27 comments:

  1. 28 Striking somebody about to kill (10) NOT{ICE}ABLE

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  2. So is Actual.. way too clever.. or a typo/mistake? not convinced of Varsity - sit = vary clue either..has the Ghost gone on a walk about and let a duplicate pen this??

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    1. out of curiosity, what is it that you are not convinced about? wordplay? surface?

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    2. hmm.. wont say more than just that def.since change is the def..what we are removing from varsity is seat..not sit ..

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    3. When you 'seat a guest' you 'sit him down'

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    4. Seat: 1 sit, place, put, position, deposit, set, locate, install, fit, fix, settle
      From Chambers

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  3. @Col: Please check the last post in the Sunday special. Needs to be deleted.

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  4. 12 Device to shoot from very short distance taking a lot of time (6) CAMERA {CA}{M}{ERA}

    Typo in anno: {C{A}M}{ERA}

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  5. Phantom slightly more difficult and different from usual. I did not do as well as I would do normally.

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  6. Loved this puzzle..had to think a lot for the annos..the obvious mistake I made in anno of actual..remembered CV Sir saying always write the anagram fodder & cross the letters..loved most of the clues..nice mix of all clue types..

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