Thursday 28 January 2021

No 13156, Thursday 28 Jan 2021, Neyartha

Solution to 20A has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS
1/27A  Vivid 21D indication from dad returning with fish wrapped in grass to an event mom organised (5-3) RAPID-EYE MOVEMENT {R{PA<=}{IDE}YE}{EVENT+MOM}*
5   Tactless Argentine cowboy gets energy to chase the duck away (6) GAUCHE GAUCH(-0+e)E
9   One raised to surrender? (5,4) WHITE FLAG [CD]
11 Risk hiding in the plain curtains (5) INCUR [T]
12 After initial turmoil, plan to enter the branch gets cut short by the locks cleaner (7) SHAMPOO {M<=>AP} in {SHOOt}
14 Most vulgar neckties are from factories exporting sartorial tools originally (7) N?F?E?T  (Addendum - NAFFEST Acrostic - See comments))
15 Doctors cry on the line in a disjointed manner (12) INCOHERENTLY*
17 Prepares methodically again to frame rules in a different manner (12) REFORMULATES {TO+FRAME+RULES}*
20 Approve the execution of a cleaning step to welcome the revolutionary staff (7) I?D?R?E (Addendum - INDORSE {rIN{ROD<=}SE} - See comments)
22 Discussions with the heads (7) SUMMITS [DD]
23/7D Spleen briefly damaged by a pattern of repeated occurrences after dropping off (5) SLEEP CYCLE {SPLEEn}*{CYCLE}
24 Drop protocol to obtain an analog computer (5,4) SLIDE RULE {SLIDE}{RULE} I wonder if present day Engineers know what thi is.
26 Just short of the donations required to bring in Oscar and Tesla (6) ALMOST {ALM{O}S}{T}
27 See 1A (8)

DOWN
1   The least trained got the most difficult to obtain wicket for a run (6) RAWEST RA(-r+w)WEST
2   Make it no longer a government concern to force capturing one on a large vessel (9) PRIVATISE  {PR{1}{VAT}ISE}
3   Stain resulting from decay, reportedly (3) DYE (~die)
4   Some hand tools found under the scared birds (13) YELLOWHAMMERS {HAMMERS}<=>{YELLOW}
6   Time to break up corrupted UN? Idi Amin has imprisoned the French leader permanently (2,9) AD INFINITUM {T} in {UN+IDI+AMIN}* over {Fr...h}
7   See 23A (5,5) 
8   Time to include the northbound sailor’s list of lapses (6) ERRATA {ER{RAT<=}A}
10 Commander-in-chief with an orange missile at sea (13) GENERALISSIMO*
13 Icons in a vessel from the south transporting a broken go-cart and a piano (11) PICTOGRAPHS {SHIP<=} over {GOCART}* and {P}
16 Young girl accepting tax cut gets upset by the apathy (9) LASSITUDE {LASSI{DUTy<=}E}
18 Characters from the embassies taping an afternoon nap (6) SIESTA [T]
19 Auditor’s agreement to make progress (6) ASCENT (~assent)
21 In colour, this might be unrealistic (5) DREAM [CD]
25 Animal with an African tribe (3) EWE [DD]

Reference List
Energy = E, Duck = 0, Factory = F, Oscar = O, Tesla = T, Wicket = W, Run = R, Time = T, Piano = P


20 comments:

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    1. With crossings (after checking the meaning) I filled in and saw the initial letters much later.

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  2. 23a typo. repeated occurences is part of def.

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  3. 12A what is m<=>ap? I got the answer but still don't understand this annotation. Could someone help please?

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  4. 20 A (R)INSE (Cleaning step RINSE executed/decapitated) with DOR (ROD-staff reversed) - INDORSE

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    1. What does VU stand for in your Name?

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  5. I was hardly able to keep my eyes open while solving this sleep-inducing grid!!!
    Thanks Neyartha!

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    1. Yes,he shook us out of our sleep including some rapid eye movements (blinking) at some clues.

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  6. Lassitude & incoherently can also be part of the theme?

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  7. I though dreams may be realistic in colour?

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  8. Slide rule!! Good old days. I still have it in tact. It was a part of us for 5 long years.

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  9. Your father's!! I thought mine would be a rarity. Must be close to 100 years old. Mine is 60+

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  10. We have seen changes from log tables to Slide rules to calculators to cell phones over the decades.

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  11. An excellent crossword puzzle from Neyartha. Enjoyed solving.

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  12. I struggled with this one and plodded my way through it.

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