Tuesday 28 December 2010

No 10036, Tuesday 28 Dec 10, M Manna

A good opener from Manna
ACROSS
1   - Finished plan wins credit (9) - {OVER}{DRAFT}
6   - Implied when I indulge in finesse (5) - {TAC{I}T}
9   - Short credit is given on money (5) - {CR}{IS}{P}
10 - Board accepts new role that can be endured (9) - {T{OLER*}ABLE}
11 - From Rome, pilots find London for example (10) - METROPOLIS*
12 - Al caught distributing granular mineral (4) - {T{AL}C*}
14 - Hasten on paths leading to the trails (7) - {RUN}{WAYS}
15 - A feature of the church, up to a point (7) - STEEPLE [CD]
17 - Before time detectives concoct to foretell (7) - {PRE}{DIC*}{T}
19 - I am only to arrange allowance to support spouse (7) - ALIMONY*


20 - Irish guy backing alternative form of transport (4) - {RO}{RY} (Correction to anno {RO<-}{RY})
22 - Gates opened around forest refreshment areas (3,7) - {TEA G{ARDEN}S*}
25 - Credit given for using a simple vocabulary (4,5) - {EASY} {TERMS}
26 - Add to the endless story (5) - {TO}{TALe}
27 - Rock loosely found by South American Indians (5) - {S}{CREE}
28 - Are mended — put right — when twisted (9) - MEANDERED*
DOWN
1   - Company used Mac for programming language (5) - OCCAM* No AInd
2   - “That's Life” broadcast — exit scene shifters! (9) - EXISTENCE*
3   - Academic award to elevated citizen is judicious (10) - {DIPLOMA}{TIC<-} Is CIT an abbreviation for Citizen?
4   - Court proceedings (7) - ACTIONS [CD]
5   - Sound films (7) - TALKIES [E]
6   - Scarlet's home in Ireland (4) - TARA [DD]
7   - Swan on river and a snake (5) - {COB}{R}{A}


8   - For betrayal Lawrence had to cheat on lines (9) - TREACHE{RY} Some error here first part should have be (TE+CHEAT) as per the clue
13 - Dennis and I reduced to shreds and vilified (10) - {DEN}{I}{GRATED}
14 - They take notes for the media (9) - REPORTERS [CD]
16 - He sits in for an examiner (9) - {PRO}{TESTER}
18 - To me her complicity has to be proved (7) - THEOREM*
19 - Imposing month for a girl! (7) - {AUGUST}{A}
21 - Revolting individual seen in flight (5) - RISER [DD]
23 - South African boy mixes cold dish of vegetables (5) - {SA}{LAD}
24 - A small tumour (4) - STYE [CD]

16 comments:

  1. 20 - Irish guy backing alternative form of transport (4) - {RO}{RY}

    {RO<-}{RY}

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  2. Noun: cit ~sit
    A citizen; an inhabitant of a city

    http://www.wordwebonline.com/search.pl?ww=6&w=cit

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  3. some strange clues, some good ones. Nice puzzle.
    1 D i took 'USED" as anind.
    mathu

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  4. Hi,
    1) Why is Irish Guy RY?
    2) What does Lawrence represent in 8D?

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  5. Benkiman,

    It is not that Irish guy is RY, instead, form of transport is Railway or RY.

    Lawrence is T.E. as in T.E. Lawrence.

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  6. Hi Benkiman,
    1)Col has given Irish guy in bold and italic which means it is the definition part of clue.
    OR- alternative
    backing-reversal indicator which gives RO
    form of transport -RY (Railway)
    Definition -RORY
    Rory O'Connor was the last high king of Ireland
    2)TE for Lawrence appears frequently in crosswords. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._E._Lawrence)

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  7. Venomous company support in the seventh dimension (5)

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  8. Kishore-missed you yesterday.How is your star gazing,going good?
    Seventh dimension? co-bra,part -I could follow,but..?

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  9. Cobra. Seventh of nether dimension.

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  10. Simple folks, if 3rd dimension is 3d, 7th would be 7d, ie 7 down.

    Clouds, Paddy, are clouding the Oort cloud.

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  11. LOl..:) Nāgas live in Pātāla, the seventh of the "nether" dimensions or realms.(From wiki)

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  12. Right Ajeesh, and the name for the Kohima inhabitants comes from a different uncovered root.

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  13. if 3rd dimension is 3d, 7th would be 7d, ie 7 down.

    Oh, so nothing to do with Calabi-Yau Manifolds, then? :D

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  14. Nor M theory, Mobius strips, Klein bottles, strings, super strings, flexiverse etc. Stephen and others have been hawking. Just good old two dimensional Cartesian reference in the CW style.

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  15. flexiverse

    That's a new one. I must admit that you're the master of the flexiverses.


    Stephen and others have been hawking.

    HA!

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  16. Today.. 12/29


    Askance, Asperse, Unison, Acrostic, Orange, Canoeist, Odessa, Martin, Seaweeds, Passim, Elapse, Attests, Senegal

    Senora, Assenters, Content, Shrinks, Swimsuit, Dancing Master, Adherent, Replete, reinstate, siesta

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