Tuesday, 25 October 2011

No 10292, Tuesday 25 Oct 11, Scintillator

Tough one today. I'm stumped all over and in a hurry to go out. You'll can fill in the blanks.
ACROSS
7   - Metropolitan boarder? (6) - BISHOP [DD]
8   - ___ or a gripe affecting children ... (8) - PROGERIA*
9   - … in the words of German psychiatrist (8) - (Addendum - ASPERGER - {AS}{PER}{GER} - See comments)
10 - Criminal steals ornamental works (6) - TASSEL*
11 - Crowds throng special English director (8) -(Addendum - SCORSESE {SCORSE*}{S}{E} - See comments)
12 - I start to develop into an expert (6) - ARTIST*
13, 17Dn. - Or mad as a teenager in curious mental sickness (11,7) - ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA*
18 - For example, Lord Shiva at CERN a deserted sculpture (6) - (Addendum - DANCER - {CERN+A+D}* - See comments}
20 - Generous help is offered to reporter's union (8) - HANDSOME Anno pending (Addendum - {HAND}{SOME}(~sum) - See comments)
22 - A detective in charge of LSD? (6) - ACIDIC {A}{CID}{IC}
23 - Jesus, for the people of Rio (8) - REDEEMER [CD]
24 - Vagrant soul returns to lie in bed, but not quite (8) - HOMELESS ? (Addendum - ROOFLESS {ROO{FLES<-}St} - See comments)
25 - Genie bottle (6) - SPIRIT [DD]
DOWN
1   - Break down underworld group (7) - DISBAND {DIS}{BAND} (Addendum - DISSECT - {DIS}{SECT} - See comments)
2   - Farm woman regularly keeps course (5,3) - (Addendum - SHEEP RUN - {SHE}{kEeP} {RUN} - See comments)
3   - Culmination of Andhra? O My! (6) - APOGEE {AP}{O GEE}
4   - Fundamental shock for a water supplier (4,4) - ROOT HAIR {ROOT} {HAIR}
5   - A room attached to dirty bidets (6) - BEDSIT*
6   - Skirt diplomacy (7) - FINESSE [CD]
8   - Gates manufactured echo receptors (5-8) - (Addendum - PORTE COCHERES* - See comments)
14 - Sincere husband polishes ornaments (8) - ENRICHES {SINCERE+H}*
15 - Difficulty having daily sex when ill (8) - DYSLEXIA*
16 - Have food when crushed? (3,4) - EAT CHOW [CD] (Addendum - EAT CROW [CD] - See comments)
17 - See 13 Ac.
19 - Kid's provided Year's Digest (6) -(Addendum - CODIFY {COD}{IF}{Y} - See comments)
21 - Stripping twice at annual Indian custom exposes raw one (6) - NUDIST {NU}{DI}{ST}

22 comments:

  1. 20 - Generous help is offered to reporter's union (8) - HANDSOME Anno pending

    {HAND}{SOME(~sum)}

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  2. 16 - Have food when crushed? (3,4) - EAT CHOW [CD]

    EAT CROW (To be forced to accept a humiliating defeat...Freedict)

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  3. 2 - Farm woman regularly keeps course (5,3) - {SHE}{EP(kEePs)} {RUN}

    Definition: farm for raising sheep

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  4. 18 - For example, Lord Shiva at CERN - a deserted sculpture (6) - DANCER {CERN} + {a} + {d} Nataraja anyone?

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  5. 9 A - … in the words of German psychiatrist (8) {AS PER}{GER}
    Couldn't find any psychiatrist, but there is pediatrician - Hans Asperger - after whom Asperger syndrome is named.

    11 - Crowds throng special English director (8) {SCORSE*}{S}{E}

    1D - Break down underworld group (7) - DISBAND {DIS}{BAND}
    {DIS}{SECT} fits

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  6. 19D is COD IF Y

    I do not know what 24A is

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  7. Asperger's syndrome is named after Hans Asperger, a German psychiatrist.

    See

    http://www.autisable.com/734695343/the-social-network-mark-zuckerberg-has-aspergers/

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  8. 24A would be ROOFLESS Anno not sure

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  9. Actually thought that Asperger ws a pediatrician according to Wiki

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  10. Suresh

    I had ROOFLESS but the anno beat me. Congrats on unravelling it.

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  11. With so many diseases, I almost deceased. Boy, was it tough!

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  12. Last solution in at 10:30 AM only! Must be some sort of record for a non NJ/Manna CW
    I am still away from my desktop will update the main post when I get back

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  13. I am guilty of starting at 10, since I left home early and got back only at 10. Further, some Gooogley was required after a long time.

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  14. 24A must be {REST}{LESS}. Put in EAT CHEW? and CADETS? for others.

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  15. 21D Anno was brilliant, Deepak

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  16. Diseases might be lurking in the grid but solvers should note that there might be a method in madness. Try to connect diseases with themes of Hindi films, Taare zamin par, for one. I am not a keen watcher of Hindi films nowadays and what I know is only from reviews that I might read. So I am leaving it to my learned friends.

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  17. And anterograde amnesia features in Ghajini.

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  18. ... a method in madness

    As today's ET cartoon says:

    Other people have a method in their madness, but he has a madness in his methods.

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  19. Scintillator really had me tied up in knots today. It's been a long time since I have left a CW with so many blanks

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