Saturday 25 February 2017

No 11940, Saturday 25 Feb 2017, Arden

ACROSS

1. Tense, in agony under a coat (6) PATINA {PA{T}IN}{A}
4. Skip the feast (8) PASSOVER {PASS}{OVER}
9. My hand breaks a banker (4,2) DEAR ME {DE{AR M}E}
10. After college, two choices which allow free passage (8) CORRIDOR {C}{OR}{RID}{OR}
12. Understood stock market involvement it could be cosmetic (8) CLEANSER {CLEA{NSE}R}
13. Lives reviewed, solicitor will recuse (3,3) SIT OUT {SI<=}{T OUT}
15. Calls for internal resistance, watches scene from the top (5,3,4) BIRDS EYE VIEW {BI{R}DS} {EYE} {VIEW}
18. Mountaineers correct tallies (12) ENUMERATIONS {MOUNTAINEERS}*
21. Not for keeping empty vase in the back (6) AVERSE {A{VasE}RSE}
22. Chemicals in a liquid state (8) ACETATES {ACE}{STATE*} Ace from A
24. 21 in other words — a port for a womaniser (8) LOTHARIO {LOTH}{A}{RIO}
25. It's novel to see tail wagging (6) LOLITA {LO}{TAIL*}
26. After many years, not only absent but effete (8)  DECADENT {DECADE}{NoT}
27. Hey Presto! — the missing cuckoo bird (6) OSPREY {HEY+PRESTO-THE}*

DOWN

1. Go up half way with basic transport rickshaws (8) PEDICABS {DEPart<=}{BASIC*}
2. Betrayer damaged a plant (8) TEABERRY {BETRAYER*}
3. Saw man on Indian lass, panting... (2,3,2,2,6) NO MAN IS AN ISLAND {MAN ON INDIAN LASS}*
5. ... over promoting anti-terror law (4) ATOP {POTA<=}
6. Keeps supporting the mass as they provide the gas (7,8) SERVICE STATIONS {SERVICE}{STATIONS}
7. See very big tapes (6) VIDEOS {VIDE}{OS}
8. Try air force, once in a while (6) RARITY {TRY+AIR}*
11. Make out without relying regularly on preaching the Gospel (7) KERYGMA  {MAKE}* around {RelYinG} New word for me
14. Ordering caviare is sin (7)  AVARICE {CAVIARE}*
16. It's dearer because pound is deposited in bank (8) COSTLIER {COS}{T{L}IER}
17. Geological equilibrium is zero, stays in order (8) ISOSTASY{IS}{O}{STAYS*}
19. Given about two lakhs initially all white (6) PALLID {PA{Lakhs}{Lakhs}ID}
20. Doctor inspected endlessly it's infected (6) SEPTIC {InSPECTed}* See comments Endlessly seems to indicate NSPECTE
23. Strange to give up a right (4) LIEN {aLIEN}

Tense=T, College=C, Resistance=R, A=Ace, Port=Rio, Only=O
See=Vide, Very big=OS, Because=Cos, Pound=L, Zero=O

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19 comments:

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    1. 4A is Cryptic & Double Definition
      Skip= pass over
      the feast = passover

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  2. Thanks. Fixed 20D. Can't find any dictionary that gives passover as skip. Pass over(4,4) is skip not passover (8)

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    1. 'Saw' also means a saying- proverb like. Here it is NMIAI.

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  4. Agree with 11DN.
    Not a fan of Gospel truths, really!

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  5. "Saw man on Indian lass, panting... "
    Who was left panting - the man or the lass?

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  6. Liked 23D for its simplicity and the surface reading.
    27A- 'Cuckoo' as anind? First time? But fits in nicely.

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  7. Forgot to thank you Ramesh for the nice blog.

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  8. One of the meanings of cuckoo is foolish or crazy. So it fits in.

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  9. Quite an unusual puzzle.. or so it seemed to me while solving

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  10. Couldnt get to solve the puzzle..peaked in here..looks like a nice puzzle

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