Thursday 17 March 2011

No 10104, Thursday 17 Mar 11, M Manna

ACROSS
1   - Something for the editor to consider (7) - ARTICLE [DD}
5   - Heroic lover (7) - GALLANT [DD]
9   - I'm with Nolan, working for an inconsiderable amount (7) - NOMINAL*
10 - Critically watch, to ascertain a fact (7) -  OBSERVE [CD]
11 - The stage, especially of an ancient Greek theatre (5) - SCENE [E]
12 - To cut around royal insignia shows a democratic spirit (9) - {TO}{L{ER}ANCE}
13 - Cures a patchy tan — it does work (9) - ANTIDOTES*
15 - Engagement ring (5) - ARENA [CD]
16 - Duck out of a ride to east (5) - {(E)IDER*}
18 - Picking up a hoop for the others to go through (9) - {A{R{REST}ING}
21 - Will meant to go straight following an investigation (9) - {TEST}{AMENT*}
24 - Anil goes around to meet her (5) - {IL{O}NA*}
25 - A model left Costa Rica going round the island! (7) - CORSICAt* (Correction - CORSICAat* - See comments)
26 - A Marine flier (7) - SEABIRD [E]
27 - He wastes time to swindle (7) - DIDDLER [DD]
28 - Rex ordered to meet the most violent (7) - EXTREME*
DOWN
1   - Why a name is bound to be forgotten (7) - AMNESIA*+&lit
2   - Play of violent disturbance (7) - TEMPEST [DD]
3   - Competitor not in favour of a certain proposal (9) - {CON}{TENDER}
4   - The French cat has a striking effect (5) - ECLAT* (le+cat)
5   - A poor keeper, but a sport? (4,5) - GOOD LOSER [DD]
6   - Amplify light to a narrow and intense beam (5) - LASER [E]
7   - Make plans to work out an agreement (7) - ARRANGE [DD]
8   - Girl we see about going into the Salvation Army (7) - {THE}{RE}{SA}
14 - Sales not too bad at the business show (5,4) - {TRADE} {FAIR}
15 - When put out over a worker he's really aggressive (9) - {ASSAIL}{ANT}
16 - Tempted one to lead him astray (7) - ENTICED [CD]
17 - Wanted to see a baronet in action (7) - {DE{SIR}ED}
19 - Revere greatly (7) - IDOLISE [E]
20 - Garden redesigned by English aristocrat (7) - {GRANDE*}{E}
22 - Cut off trouble that relates to alliance of powers (5) - {AX}{IAL*}
23 - A test made by eating a small portion (5) - TASTE* &lit

GRID


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13 comments:

  1. Suresh17 March 2011 at 08:38

    You have quite a big encyclopaedia, Deepak That picture o SCENE is an example.

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  2. Venkatesh17 March 2011 at 08:43

    11 - The stage, especially of an ancient Greek theatre (5) - SCENE [E]
    should be SKENE - In ancient Greek theatre, this was a building behind the playing area that was originally a hut for the changing of masks and costumes but eventually became the background before which the drama was enacted.
    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/547420/skene

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  3. Deepak Gopinath17 March 2011 at 08:55

    Suresh @ 8:38,

    With WWW at one's disposal the sky is the limit to my encyclopaedia ;-)

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  4. Bhavan17 March 2011 at 09:10

    Today's puzzle was a lot better in comparison. I had the stage as scene too, but Skene looks like is the correct answer.

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  5. Ajay17 March 2011 at 09:39

    I still feel the crossword lacked eclat though was a gallant effort and I cant wait for the skene to change. Not many bloopers today yet did not totally satisfy. The X factor is missing in these crossies.

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  6. SandhyaP17 March 2011 at 10:00

    25 - A model left Costa Rica going round the island! (7) - CORSICAt*

    CORSICA*(-a)(-t)

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  7. Deepak Gopinath17 March 2011 at 10:03

    Ajay,

    The skene changes tomorrow and will remain so till the 30th after which we'll be back to Square one, maybe, way below square one I should say.

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  8. Deepak Gopinath17 March 2011 at 10:04

    Thanks Sandhya,

    Manna & NJ tends to make one careless :-)

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  9. Bhalchandra Pasupathy17 March 2011 at 11:30

    Reasonably good, and no red herrings today. We will find out about SKENE vs SCENE tomorrow I guess, but anyway I have learnt a new word!

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  10. Bhalchandra Pasupathy17 March 2011 at 11:34

    By the way, I think Anno for 15d should be {AS}{SAIL}{ANT}.
    Any comments?

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  11. Suresh17 March 2011 at 11:39

    That's right Bhala. I did not notice that it was given differently in the post

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  12. Bhalchandra Pasupathy17 March 2011 at 12:11

    27A Interestingly 'FIDDLER' also fits this clue perfectly. Actually had that as a placeholder for some time (and wasted time)

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  13. Chaturvasi18 March 2011 at 09:09

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