Wednesday 4 January 2017

No 11895, Wednesday 04 Jan 2017, Arden


ACROSS
1   Lets boy to move slow (6) ALLOWS {AL}{SLOW*}
4   Fools stay at home, he takes them out (8) ASSASSIN {ASS}{ASS}{IN}
9   Keep in touch when one is breaking a story (6) LIAISE {1} in {A+LIES}*
10 Gates say, managed one from Europe (8) ANDORRAN {AND}{OR}{RAN}
12 Terrible way to reject quote (8) PATHETIC {PATH}{CITE<=}
13 Quiet in Indian city, voice heard here in Greece (6) DELPHI {DEL{P}HI}
15 Talk about returning bribe — is fit to stand trial (6,6) COMPOS MENTIS {COM{SOP<=} MENT}{IS}
18 Left with no interest in play — wrong thing for play (7,5) TWELFTH NIGHT {LEFT+WiTH}* {THING}*
21 For zero charge, takes one to China (6) ORIENT {0}{R{1}ENT}
22 Intelligent people reject public transport in place (5,3) SMART SET {TRAMS<=} {SET}
24 Roger, come back at eight — first set off (8) DETONATE {NOTED<=}{AT}{Eight}
25 Compelling businessman (6) COGENT {CO}{GENT}
26 Choose a boy, it's a very small matter (8) ELECTRON {ELECT}{RON}
27 No point being sleepless here in Italy (6) NAPLES {NAP LESs}

DOWN
1   Cook special meal, finally add this (8) ALLSPICE {SPECIAL+meaL}*  &lit
2   How long does it take to get ahead, before you give up? (4,4) LEAD TIME {LEAD} {EMIT<=}
3   Santa went to town spreading good message (5,3,4,3) WASTE NOT WANT NOT* My COD
5   It may go down in the kitchen (4) SINK [DD]
6   Manage six an overare on a fast depleting condition (8,7) ANOREXIA NERVOSA*
7   Fight till the end, it's great, they say (6) SCRAPE {SCRAP}{thE} Definition not clear See comments
8   Diplomat perhaps has interest in sister company (6) NUNCIO {NUN{C{I}O}
11 Milling around the bar (7) GINMILL*
14 State not named over the years as a subject of study (7) ANATOMY {MOnTANA<=}{Y}
16 Push and she will break easily (8) EGGSHELL {EGG}{SHE'LL}
17 Countries without trade union laws (8) STATUTES {STA{TU}TES}
19 Novice goes for classy pet food (6) ?O?D?E (Addendum - FONDUE - FOND(-l+u)UE - See comments)
20 Through true representation, lost a good thing (6) VIRTUE {VIa}{TRUE*}
23 German material, essentially (4) OTTO cOTTOn

GRID

19 comments:

  1. 19 Novice goes for classy pet food (6) ?O?D?E

    FONDUE ... fondle with L going for U

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    1. Great KKR! So, fight is the definition

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    2. Vasant - Re 7dn - 'Fight' is not the def. It is part of wordplay (scrap (fight) + E). The def is homophone of 'great' - 'grate' ('scrape')

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    3. Yes Sir..had wanted to correct that..thanks..nice to see you here once again..Happy New Year

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  3. Anorexia..., compos... exploring new territories. well clued as usual but well disguised as well.
    Col.,
    Setter's name not mentioned in the first post.
    For those who missed it- pl. see PP's comments in yesterday's blog.

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    1. Setters name will be there in the body of the post and not in the Title

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    2. Good to see Mrs.PP's message & what a nice message it was!

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    3. Still monkeying around? Tut, tut!

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    4. PP, be it Madurai/Chennai/Bangalore, we would like to see you here more regularly.

      Starting today we have started posting the Unsolved clues and grid here, so there is no need to go looking for a paper. The unsolved clues and grid will be available till 8:30 AM

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    5. Of course I love to peep in to watch the interesting interactions, Colonel! But how far I can succeed in shaking off my lethargy towards solving is very doubtful!!!

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  4. Good message 3D..6D also not hard to get..16A wp was so clear that it fell easily..last in was fondue & parsed as Bhavan had done..overall a very nice puzzle..special thanks to Col for the clues..

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  5. If an &lit clue is defined as one where the entire clue is both a definition and a cryptic clue, can 3D be classified as one?

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  6. In a typical &Lit clue we have to reread the clue for def. Here 'good message' seems to stand out as def. in what may be a simple anag clue. No rereading of clue is involved to see the def.

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  7. Thank you Kishore. I had missed it.

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