Wednesday 14 June 2017

No 12033, Wednesday 14 May 2017, Afterdark


ACROSS
1   Two females in a fight on bed to grab a small garment (6,5) DUFFEL COATS {DU{FF}EL} {CO{A}T}{S}
9   Pressure to find choice of one in hundred and deal (7) PORTION {P}{OR}{T{1}ON}
10 Nobody in the centre tracks situation to find fake medicine (7) PLACEBO {PLACE}{noBOdy}
11 Leave taken through loss of pay is to get between the sheets essentially (5) ELOPE {shE{LOP}Ets}
12 Announcement on team broadcast in tube, perhaps (9) STATEMENT {ST{TEAM*}ENT}
13 Display box's lid lost, get a second in place (5) SIGHT (-f+s)SIGHT
15 One at Chandigarh, say receives circular to get married with a jerk on a car, perhaps (9) AUTOMATIC {A}{UT}{O}{M}{A}{TIC}
18 Discussion with Director to let CIA destabilize India and Cuba (9) DIALECTIC {D}{LET+CIA}{I}{C}
21 Least worried about flat (5) STALE*
22 These days I and Stella get together and it’s divine (9) CELESTIAL {CE}{I+STELLA}*
24 Return to NIT perhaps with ulcer, being hungry (5) RECUR {REC}{UlceR}
26 Nexus at border to smuggle silver following weekend (7) LINKAGE {LIN{weeK}{AG}E}
27 In Paris, it’s good to have Italian wine with support (7) BASTION {B{ASTI}ON}
28 Needless to outwardly disqualify writers (11) DISPENSABLE {DIS{PENS}ABLE}

DOWN
1   Crowd invades; record by Moody (9) DEPRESSED {DE{PRESS}ED}
2   Following order to stay outside organisation, resign (5) FORGO {F}{ORG}{O}
3   History recorded on teen's convulsions, contains reading of point discussed during tremor (9) EPICENTRE {EPIC}{ENT{R}E*}
4   Accountant's tricky, stops short at a card game (7) CANASTA {CA}{NASTy}{A}
5   Hotel key found below a society parking on paving (7) ASPHALT {A}{S}{P}{H}{ALT}
6   Bar seen on roads (5) STAVE {ST}{AVE} Must be 500 metres away though :-)
7   Medicine returned; ward collects contents of vial with a condition (8) DEMENTIA {MED<=}{ENT}{vIAl}
8   Forsyth's first book had old typeface (4) FONT {Fo...h}{O}{NT}
14 Girl angrily chopped a fish (8) GRAYLING {G}{ANGRILY*}
16 Film on USSR's disintegration showcases Turkish President's suspicions (9) MISTRUSTS {MIST}{RUS{T}S*}
17 King in accident; leaves hospital on authorization (9) CLEARANCE {Ch{LEAR}ANCE}
19 Muscles get septic; treated by injecting rifampicin to begin with (7) TRICEPS {Ri...n} in {SEPTIC}*
20 Strength of republican deconstructed; not socially acceptable, lacks power and name (7) CALIBRE REpuBLICAn*
22 Chef Lily regularly seen in a small room... (4) CELL {ChEf}{LiLy}
23 ...small room and lawn (5) SWARD {S}{WARD}
25 Scale of 151 metre provided by a follower (5) CLIMB {CLI}{M}{aB}

GRID

20 comments:

  1. Thanks AD.
    Solved in broad daylight (India's after dark!)

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  2. Afterdark counter showing 98..so this is the 99th puzzle. Tomorrow would be AD not out 100!

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    1. Actually 98 here includes today. However you are right too. I have had a puzzle published in some other magazine and hence tomorrow is No 100 indeed

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    2. 1Across anniversary souveneir?

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    3. No another magazine called as ISSUU. 1 Across I did one, but I forgot to count that. So this actually is the 100th maybe

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    4. So, congrats on your ton is due already! Great!
      Keep it going.

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    5. That is a huge achievement consudering your multiple roles.
      Congrats!

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  3. Only two comments till now?

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  4. 24A- 'being hungry' to indicate eat the middle away?- UR from ulcer

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    1. I intended it as hungry = empty stomach , hence ulcer becomes UR

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    2. Thank you Shrikanth. that was a different take.

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  5. 6D- These bars are usually found on Indian roads!

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  6. If anybody can, it is AFTERDARK who can prove that I'm rather poor in additions and deletions. I had to break the solving time into three sessions over a period of three hours .

    I'm so nonplussed to arrive at the final sum. What' the next lesson? Multiplications and divisions?

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    1. Your comments are more cryptic than this crossword. Hats off to you Sir😀

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    2. I have nothing more to add or take away. Its AFTERDARK's job lead us into the light(s)

      Pun intended !

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  7. To day it is a negative record day for me.Not even one,I am able to crack.

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  8. A better puzzle though I am not a fan of ADs surfaces :) I think the grammar is off in 22A. Also 17 D king in accident??

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    1. 22A:didn't get the ungrammatical part...I & Stella..Stella & I? Verb does agree with the subject, doesn't it?
      17D: King can be in an accident, can't he?

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    2. Yeah 17D you are right. For 22 it should be Stella and I, I thought

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