Monday, 16 January 2012

Special 8, 16 Jan 12, Arden


Thanks to Arden for providing us with a CW for today.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR TODAY

1.  Each commenter can submit 3 answers with annotations in the comments section below. Final solution will be provided tomorrrow in case any remain unsolved.

2.  GRID is available at the link below the last clue.

3.  Across Lite version of the CW is available below the clues for those who can access the CW in Across Lite mode

Across
1 Nowadays a youngster gets the Spanish to lead on (6)
4 Ban burdening mother with three articles (8)
9 What Chaos begot before the vehicle ? (6)
10 Could a snort be rather different ? (8)
12 Surreptitious way to be fit, avoiding hospital (8)
13 Denigrate a country with a no good review (6)
15 Could be a prey to Handy-Dandy (8,4)
18 May be a Chinaman on purpose sent to jail for being a writer (9,3)
21 Indulge excessively before end of party (6)
22 Demosthenic quote Leonard botched up (8)
24 It was a battle scene when the server showed no interest in John (8)
25 Community will vanish if one goes for the oriental (6)
26 Arm protection - There is a way with money upfront (8)
27 Rely on something evenly spread up close (6)
Down
1 It is an event when Don gets mature (8)
2 They owe allegiance to Sham rock on two points (8)
3 One uses different yardsticks with two flags (6,9)
5 Bore within the inner diameter (4)
6 Anti revolutionary article on people who are old-fashioned in the Chinese capital (15)
7 It is racial to let an alien inch away (6)
8 Utter skill managed internally (6)
11 One has a high roof (7)
14 Elbowing a player out is wrong and a mean thing to do (7)
16 A pint looks small when one has the craving (8)
17 When informed, the poles got irritated (8)
19 Building material for a hypertext system is flimsy (6)
20 Place to sleep with a German girl (6)
23 The Arab gets an accomodation back (4)

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18 comments:

  1. Chaturvasi16 January 2012 at 08:30

    4a AN A THE MA
    5d NERD (T)
    8d AR(RAN)T

    If 'art' is skill, what is 'craft'?
    We often speak of 'art and craft'. What does art signify? and what, craft?

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    1. Richard16 January 2012 at 13:22

      The art of solving the crosswords could be 'wordcraft'. :)

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    2. D.Srinivasan17 January 2012 at 13:41

      Good one Richard.Enjoyed

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  2. VP16 January 2012 at 08:31

    12a: STEALTHY: {ST} {hEALTHY-h}
    13A: MALIGN: {MALI} {NG*}
    5D: NERD [T]

    Many thanks Arden and Col for providing us a crossword today.

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  3. Deepak Gopinath16 January 2012 at 09:40

    My 3

    15A GUESSING GAME [CD]
    24A {WA(-i)TER}{LOO}
    26A {BRASS}{A}{RD}

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  4. Suresh16 January 2012 at 10:07

    1A D{EL}UDE
    9A ERE BUS
    10A BREATHER*

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  5. Chaturvasi16 January 2012 at 11:33

    Deepak
    Since this was put up w/o any announcement the previous day,
    - since some people might be on extended holiday mood in States like Tamil Nadu,
    - since persons like Kishore might have left for work and might be returning home in the evenings,
    please extend the dateline so the Max of 3 per person might remain until the puz is completed.
    There is no need to close it as the next Special won't come immediately!

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  6. Padmanabhan16 January 2012 at 12:06

    I second it since I am still working on it. I have started late in spite of asking if there is a CW yesterday itself!

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  7. Padmanabhan16 January 2012 at 12:12

    1D-(Dress)age

    3D-(Double)standards

    19D-cobweb Flimsy-def.,
    cob-building material
    web-hypertext system

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  8. Nadathur Rajan16 January 2012 at 12:25

    Across
    21 Indulge excessively before end of party (6)(OVER)(D0)
    Down
    7 It is racial to let an alien inch away (6)(ET)(HNIC*)
    23 The Arab gets an accommodation back (4)MOOR <-

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  9. raju umamaheswar16 January 2012 at 13:28

    22A: ELOQUENT
    26A: BRASSARD
    24:WATERLOO

    Thanks Deepak and Arden for keeping us busy this hoilday.

    Very interesting and arduous task for you both and the solvers too, Arden.

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  10. raju umamaheswar16 January 2012 at 13:29

    15A GREASING PALM

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  11. Deepak Gopinath16 January 2012 at 13:30

    Please note there is no relaxation on the 3 solutions per commenter rule.

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  12. raju umamaheswar16 January 2012 at 13:41

    I stand corrected: It should be GUESSING GAME to match with 14down IGNOBLE and 6 down: TIANANMAN SQUARE.


    Haah!! I'm through with this cerebral explosion, lest I get a thrombosis.! I'll now have a scrumptuous lunch. 1345 hrs.

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  13. Anonymous16 January 2012 at 20:41

    Thanks for waiting:

    27A DaErPs< END
    2D LIE GEM E N
    20D BERTH A

    remembered Big Bertha:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha_%28howitzer%29

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  14. Rengaswamy17 January 2012 at 06:28

    18 May be a Chinaman on purpose sent to jail for being a writer (9,3){BALL} {POINT}{PEN}
    11 One has a high roof (7)SHINGLE
    16 A pint looks small when one has the craving (8)(A)(P)(PETITE)

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  15. Deepak Gopinath17 January 2012 at 08:08

    Left overs for a latecomer

    25A,14D, 17D

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  16. Deepak Gopinath17 January 2012 at 10:09

    25A - PARISH P(-e+a)ARISH
    14D - IGNOBLE {ELBO(-w)ING}*
    17D - SNITCHED {SN}{ITCHED}

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