Wednesday 1 August 2012

No 10530, Wednesday 01 Aug 12, Buzzer

US Ahoy! Good one from Buzzer.

ACROSS
8   - Every other occurrence of their dudgeon is kept under wraps (6) - HIDDEN {tHeIr DuDgEoN}
9   - Looking keen to sell I’d say (4-4) - HAWK-EYED {HAWK}-{EYED}(~i'd)
10 - Akashvani to join broadcast between planes (3-2-3) - AIR-TO-AIR {A.I.R.}-{TO}-{AIR}
11 - Rewrite or type literary work (6) - POETRY*
12 - Old Glory of popular actors with lines (5,3,7) - STARS AND STRIPES {STARS} {AND} {STRIPES}

14 - Vault 100 holds one secret (7) - CRYPTIC {CRYPT}{1}{C}
16 - Decreasing appeal, awkward for Signorina (7) - IRONING {sIGNORINa}* What's the indicator for deletion of sides?
19 - American version of Lady with the Lamp? (6,2,7) - STATUE OF LIBERTY [CD]

22 - Check box (6) - HAMPER [DD]
24 - Words one blotter wiped out (8) - LIBRETTO* {I+BLOTTER}*
25 - Puzzle’s detailed clue like this gets a mark of approval? Almost (8) - ACROSTIC {ACROSs}{TICk}
26 - Act on obscene blue image (6) - DOUBLE {DO}{BLUE*}

DOWN
1   - Politician being evil, bartered top position for millions (8) - MINISTER (-s+m)MINISTER

2   - One’s job is to proofread media story without taking sides (6) - EDITOR {mEDIa}{sTORy}
3   - A teen to aim for a change independent of others (3,2,1,4) - ONE AT A TIME*
4   - Church poster describing artist Constable, ultimately a parody (7) - CHARADE {CH}{A{RA}D}{E}
5   - Trade school workshop arranged pottery for all beginners (4) - SWAP {S}{W}{A}{P}
6   - Censorship study covered Eliot’s writing (8) - DELETION {DE{ELIOT*}N}
7   - Good grief given by favourite setter (4,2) - DEAR ME {DEAR} {ME}
13 - Bunt spider scurrying in vegetable patches (6,4) - TURNIP BEDS*
15 - Dishonest scheme to build career … (3-2,3) - PUT-UP JOB {PUT-UP} {JOB}
17 - … it’s my pleasure? Hardly (3,2,3) - NOT AT ALL [DD]
18 - Carrying out facelift without direction spells trouble (7) - AFFLICT FACeLIFT*
20 - Stateswoman sans hesitation makes good cover material (6) - THATCH THATCHer
21 - Joke about chasing one from Eden square (4,2) - EVEN UP {EVE}{N UP<-}
23 - Launch vehicle for Indian Idol? (4) - RATH [E]


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13 comments:

  1. All types of clues are covered here, in more ways than one. Way to go, Buzzer.

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  2. Buzzing around flower bed to flower bed?

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  3. HIDDEN, CRYPTIC, ACROSTIC, DOUBLE (definition), CHARADE, SWAP,DELETION,

    & don't take me LITERALly

    Nice to remember the Iron Lady, Maggie

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  4. 16 - Decreasing appeal, awkward for Signorina (7) - IRONING {sIGNORINa}* What's the indicator for deletion of sides?

    Not deletion of sides. Decreasing sex appeal, deletion of s........a, double duty!

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    1. Then is 'decreasing' doing double duty as deletion indicator and a quaint def for word reqd?

      Is the position of del ind correct?

      If 'decreasing' in thes ense of 'removing creases' is the def, should it have been de-creasing?

      When does the deletion take place - before the anagram operation or after that?

      Isn't the surface reading excellent?

      How does the Signorina increase her appeal? Um - by not evening out?

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    2. That one was meant as a compound anagram

      ironing + sa = signorina

      with 'awkward' as the anagram indicator

      Delete
  5. Really enjoyed solving.Thanks B sir

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  6. Excellent CW. Enjoyed it immensely, though I could not complete a few. Kicking myself after seeing the annos. Libretto was new to me. As Kishore put it aptly,Way to go, Buzzer!

    Good case for increasing Buzzer's quota?

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    1. Thanks for the vote of confidence but I'm happy to stick to the current quota unless I lose my day job : )

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  7. Another good one from Buzzer.

    My view

    Simpler to extract correlative lye as your poison.(10,4)

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  8. I think I can safely say that Buzzer has filled the hole left by Spiffytrix, for me at least! The surfaces are a pleasure to read, even better I'd say, comparatively speaking, and makes solving enjoyable.

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