Saturday 14 October 2017

No 12137, Saturday 14 Oct 2017, Vulcan

Across

1. It is a rum used in a dessert (8) TIRAMISU {IT+IS+A+RUM}*

5. Approve of project leader's pay hike (6) PRAISE {Project}{RAISE}
10. Noticing old cast anonymously (9) INCOGNITO {NOTICING+O}*
11. Stop wearing gold for so long (5) ADIEU {A{DIE}U}
12. Intern initially employed by mill — adaptable (6) PLIANT {PL{Intern}ANT}
13. Speech about, for instance, a German magazine (7) SPIEGEL  {SPI{EG}EL}
14. Discuss one's English essay (8) TREATISE {TREAT}{I}{S}{E}
15. Sad times, year's beginning to frustrate (6) STYMIE {TIMES+Year}*
18. Part of a flower — a different one, not ovary basically (6) ANTHER {ANoTHER}
20. Entanglement of free-flying bird (4,4) REEF KNOT {FREE}*{KNOT}

22. It's tougher to stop the old collector (7) HOARDER {H{O}ARDER}
25. Party's head, I reckon, is the one that loots (6) PIRATE {Party}{I}{RATE}
27. Creature not born as a flier (5) EAGLE {bEAGLE}

28. According to a friend, for the most part, eating fish is a religious thing! (6,3) PRAYER MAT {P{RAY}ER MATe}
29. Hit opening, not conventional (6) THRESH {THRESHold}
30. Headed a study about a plant (8) AMARANTH {A}{MA{RAN}TH}

Down


1. Couple of best winners (4)  TWIN (T)
2. Remember to gather once more (9) RECOLLECT {RE}{COLLECT}
3. Traveller from Michigan gets concession (7)  MIGRANT {MI}{GRANT}
4. This funny parody, at the start, is lively (8) SKITTISH {SKIT}{THIS*}
6. This pragmatic one is on a roll (7) REALIST {{RE}{A}{LIST}
7. Essentially nice in good cake decoration (5) ICING {nICe}{IN}{G}
8. Excited mammal that's trapped in dangerous net (9) EBULLIENT {BULL}{IE} in {NET*}
9. Gets hold of police officers (4) COPS (DD)
14. Rates this cryptic as most inferior (9) TRASHIEST {RATES+THIS*}
16. Little article about male revolutionary (9) MINUTEMAN {MINUTE}{M}{AN}

17. Surprisingly, no sample showing tumour (8) NEOPLASM {NO+SAMPLE}* Thanks to google
19. Everlasting without any purpose? (7) ENDLESS {END}{LESS}
21. Avoid doubt when catching ball (7) FORBEAR  {F{ORB}EAR}
23. A cover-up to hide University's promise (5) AUGUR {A{U}{RUG<=}}
24. Seasoned beef not good (4) RIPE {gRIPE}
26. Chit-chat that's somewhat long (4) ITCH (T)

Grid

17 comments:

  1. Enjoyable puzzle.Nice blog too.
    Coincidently I had looked up Neoplasm yesterday after a post in CCS. The word there was pleonasm and somehow while looking the word up I had typed neoplasm(affected by Spooner?)

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  2. Pleonasm is "The use of more words than are required to express an idea".

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  3. Interesting.
    30A- 'ran' from?
    It is Ramesh's turn to surprise with a Col. like blog. I ran to the bottom to check the blogger.

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  4. 6 is very lonely here l so let me give company by being 7-- as a comment.

    Every one on the PRAYER MAT (for divali? ) which is beautifully spread out.

    Schaden Spiegel is a German magazine I used to get to read in Nairobi from my reinsurers.

    Vulcan has remained in a pseudonym for long. Who is he? or a she?

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    1. Vulcan aka Vijay (VJ) says the setters link on top. But, to my knowledge, he has not participated in any discussion here in the blog.

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  5. Thank you MB.
    One mistake & a typo.

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    1. This was the toughest till now. Till last minute confusion was there about Swore & Store.Now can breath easy till noon tomorrow😀😀

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    2. Hi Paddy,
      First time all correct solutions!
      Submitted at 6:30 pm on Sunday.

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    3. Congrats!! But 6.30 pm?! To ensure 100%?

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    4. Was busy with guests at Nellore.
      Am back in Hyderabad now.

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  6. I too was not sure whether SWORE is right. Heaved a sigh of relief.

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  8. SWORE/STORE : If one took the clue, either could work out to be correct ! I swear ! Trouble in store tomorrow !

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