Swimming styles is the theme today. I am stumped by 4D.
ACROSS
1 - Auditor's waterproof sealant put on clamp for bottle opener (9) - (~caulk){CORK}{SCREW}
6 - Authorized beheading is terrible (5) -lAWFUL
9 - Mani treasures hidden explosive (5) - NITRE [T]
10 - Cuban communist leader confused in the end by smooth purgative (6,3) - {CAST(O<->R)} {OIL}
11 - A match, say, for the ring I sent back with note enclosed (7) - {I}{GNI{TE}R<-}
12 - Move to put male teetotaller inside an isolated area (6) - {G{HE}{TT}O}
14 - Leave missing Ada in Australian city (5) -adELaIDE
15 - Oddly opt for inn that is not commercially motivated (3-6) - NON-PROFIT*
17 - 100-legged arthropod? (9) - CENTIPEDE [E]
19 - Peter out … (5) - ABATE [E]
20 - …in the rush hour, sent away by Tesla, to find the reptile (6) - TURTLEAnno pending (Addendum - (-h+t)TURTLE - See comments)
22 - Land mass I included in the calculated US area (7) - {EURAS{I}A*}
24 - Outrageous semi price is not accurate (9) - IMPRECISE*
25 - Slow speech by Conservative getting rid of daughter's fawn (5) - (-d+c)CRAWL
26 - Credit given to party in the Arab market counter (5) - {KU{D}OS<-} Just 'D' for party? D for Democrats?(Addendum - {KU{DO}S<-} - See comments)
27 - It may flutter by, looking fancy (9) - BUTTERFLY*
DOWN
1 - Swindle the fool behind the trust (10,5) - {CONFIDENCE} {TRICK}
2 - Fired PA's presentation recreated from memory (9) - RETENTIONpas*
3 - Staff with muscles lifting the ruffled European leaders (7) - {SCEP<-}{T}{R}{E}
4 - Smash heard by tenant, one paying exorbitantly for that privilege? (4-6) - R?C?-R?N?E? (Addendum - (~wrack){RACK}-{RENTER} - See comments)
5 - Clean layer (4) - WASH [DD]
6 - Added oxygen gets trapped in a part of the flower (7) - AN{O}THER
7 - Cover rise of an infectious sheep disease in an Australian state (5) - {FRO<-}{NT}
8 - Flowering herb surrounded by mountains? (4,2,3,6) - LILY OF THE VALLEY
13 - Doctor, neat and decent, needed for the prior (10) - ANTECEDENT*
16 - Pole in an Arizona town (9) - FLAGSTAFF [DD]
18 - Health problem resulting from tangled snell picked up in Iceland (7) - {I{LLNES*}S}
19 - Needing no introduction to peculiar shape of a part of the heart (7) -pAURICLE*
21 - Hurried to find scrap idler concealed (5) - RAPID [T]
23 - It may be cast when broken (4) - LIMB [CD]
ACROSS
1 - Auditor's waterproof sealant put on clamp for bottle opener (9) - (~caulk){CORK}{SCREW}
6 - Authorized beheading is terrible (5) -
9 - Mani treasures hidden explosive (5) - NITRE [T]
10 - Cuban communist leader confused in the end by smooth purgative (6,3) - {CAST(O<->R)} {OIL}
11 - A match, say, for the ring I sent back with note enclosed (7) - {I}{GNI{TE}R<-}
12 - Move to put male teetotaller inside an isolated area (6) - {G{HE}{TT}O}
14 - Leave missing Ada in Australian city (5) -
15 - Oddly opt for inn that is not commercially motivated (3-6) - NON-PROFIT*
17 - 100-legged arthropod? (9) - CENTIPEDE [E]
19 - Peter out … (5) - ABATE [E]
20 - …in the rush hour, sent away by Tesla, to find the reptile (6) - TURTLE
24 - Outrageous semi price is not accurate (9) - IMPRECISE*
25 - Slow speech by Conservative getting rid of daughter's fawn (5) - (-d+c)CRAWL
26 - Credit given to party in the Arab market counter (5) - {KU{D}OS<-}
27 - It may flutter by, looking fancy (9) - BUTTERFLY*
DOWN
1 - Swindle the fool behind the trust (10,5) - {CONFIDENCE} {TRICK}
2 - Fired PA's presentation recreated from memory (9) - RETENTION
3 - Staff with muscles lifting the ruffled European leaders (7) - {SCEP<-}{T}{R}{E}
5 - Clean layer (4) - WASH [DD]
6 - Added oxygen gets trapped in a part of the flower (7) - AN{O}THER
7 - Cover rise of an infectious sheep disease in an Australian state (5) - {FRO<-}{NT}
8 - Flowering herb surrounded by mountains? (4,2,3,6) - LILY OF THE VALLEY
16 - Pole in an Arizona town (9) - FLAGSTAFF [DD]
18 - Health problem resulting from tangled snell picked up in Iceland (7) - {I{LLNES*}S}
19 - Needing no introduction to peculiar shape of a part of the heart (7) -
21 - Hurried to find scrap idler concealed (5) - RAPID [T]
23 - It may be cast when broken (4) - LIMB [CD]
20 - …in the rush hour, sent away by Tesla, to find the reptile (6) - TURTLE Anno pending
ReplyDeleteHurtle=rush
hour sent away by Tesla= -h+t
reptile=def
26 - Credit given to party in the Arab market counter (5) - {KU{D}OS<-} Just 'D' for party? D for Democrats?
ReplyDeleteParty=do
Arab market=Suk (alternate spelling)
4 - Smash heard by tenant, one paying exorbitantly for that privilege? (4-6) - R?C?-R?N?E?
ReplyDeleteSecond word is probably Renter, tenant. Not sure of anno for RICH RENTER, one who pays exhorbitant rent
27 - It may flutter by, looking fancy (9) - BUTTERFLY*
ReplyDeleteThe earlier word for butterfly was 'flutterby' !
4 - Smash heard by tenant, one paying exorbitantly for that privilege? (4-6) - R?C?-R?N?E?
ReplyDeleteI had it as RACK-RENTER
RACK =~ WRECK ( Yes!)
FYI - http://www.google.co.in/search?q=define%3Arack-rent&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
ReplyDeleteThanks Kishore
ReplyDeleteThanks Prasanna,
ReplyDeleteI too got as far as Renter, but was looking for RECK(~wreck) that's how I got misled. I suppose americans pronounce WRECK as RACK?
Smash is wrack. So it is wrack~rack :)
ReplyDeleteWonder if 4D homophone is wrack ~ rack. Given the setter is Neyartha and by his admission being one who uses Wordweb extensively, it is possible as wrack in word web gives smash as a synonym when used as a verb.
ReplyDeleteDeepak 858, maybe similar to the 'Frandships' ?
ReplyDeleteI see Shyam has the same thought -it must be right then! :-)
ReplyDelete"by his admission being one who uses Wordweb extensively"
ReplyDeleteLOL, Veer. Great observation! Chambers doesn't think so, and even wrack's use as a verb is said to be an erroneous spelling of rack.
Shyam & Veer,
ReplyDeleteWrack it is.
This is what I have on my American edition of OED. Maybe it will clear the air
ReplyDeleteUSAGE The relationship between the forms rack and wrack is complicated. The most common noun sense of rack, ‘a framework for holding and storing things,’ is always spelled rack, never wrack. The figurative senses of the verb, deriving from the type of torture in which someone is stretched on a rack, can, however, be spelled either rack or wrack: thus, : racked with guilt or : wracked with guilt;: rack your brains or : wrack your brains. In addition, the phrase : rack and ruin can also be spelled : wrack and ruin .
Highly contrived word play for an easy CW. Wonder why most THC setters can't think of word play whose level of difficulty is at the same level as that of the CW.
ReplyDeleteIn 1D, it seems that it should be "fool" (verb) and not "the fool" (noun).
ReplyDeleteRe: Rack-renter, hotels here in the States have something called a "rack rate", which is in some sense the official price for the room, but apparently one that few if any pay. (Don't get me started on healthcare, it sometimes feels like no one knows what anyone pays for those services!)
ReplyDeleteUsual Neyartha fare I'd say and I'm happy to see the variety in THC setters.
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ReplyDelete'wrack' is same as 'wreck' except that it may be obsolete.
ReplyDeleteI remember the following line from Shakespeare:
As rich as is the ooze and bottom of the sea
With sunken wrack and sumless treasuries.
HB
ReplyDeleteExcuse my ignorance but...
Do people pay more or less than the official price?
I have stayed overnight in hotels in Texas, California and Wisconsin, but the tab was picked up by someone else!
Health services and medicines in India too cost quite a lot, though it may not be on the same scale as in the US.
At least we can see a doctor quickly. We needn't wait for two or three days for an appointment.
CV.normally people would pay less than the rack rate which is like the MRP and is a term used in hotels in India as well
ReplyDeleteThanks, Suresh.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that this term was used in India as well. Must be having quite a circumscribed life!