Sunday 19 May 2013

Special, Sunday 19 May 13, The Battosai

INSTRUCTIONS

 1. Three answers per commenter.
2. Annotations to be compulsorily provided with the answer.


Chishiki
by
The Battōsai


ACROSS
1          Danish senor, worn at sea, had to save up (4,2,4,5)
9          Discount worker admits sound enticement with cruciverbalist (9)
10        Endlessly master regulated anger (5)
11        Butter up bad work to hide reclusive leader (5)
12        Plant by the French coop in Jordan (8)
15        Decorated by one who competed (5)
16        Government has rotten male tie (9)
18        Mint — stroke dress having central cut (9)
20        Blue shade almost ascetic (5)
21        Request to enact sin in disguise (8)
23        Beat dog with lead rod for first time (5)
26        Trunks I sort randomly (5)
27        Vote depended upon the conductor (9)
28        Ignore a near miss with organ in bad toss (5,4,4,2)

DOWN
1          Couple, one held by worthless fellow (4)
2          Structural expert of a treaty organization on film (9)
3          Coiled chicken head, rotten and not warm (3-4)
4          Kick off the instrument under the ring (4)
5          Murder caused by a nausea hit (10)
6          Guarantee to accommodate over time (7)
7          Official note on the evening (5)
8          Dump some new speech loosely remembered (8,2)
13        Implicit Secret Service could be unsophisticated (10)
14        Firearm engraving to somehow contuse arrested revolutionary (10)
17        Rogue back in Connecticut, away from the absurdly cautious and cheeky (9)
19        Pellucid inlay he assembled (7)
20        Unsteadily fly it southwest in a flash (7)
22        Gear mechanism serves two-thirds nothing (5)
24        Pickle at a diner? (4)
25        Lead this place with 0 for 2.71828... (4)

Author’s Note
Chishiki is the Japanese equivalent of knowledge.
This puzzle was made in the hope that a few uncommon words would improve your knowledge.
Reviews welcome on THCC or at: kenshin.thebattosai@live.com with the subject: XWord and an in-mail reference to the crossword title.



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29 comments:

  1. Shrikanth19 May 2013 at 10:42

    20D - SWIFTLY (SW IT FLY)*
    3D - ICECOLD - (COILED + C)*
    10A - STEAM (MASTER - R)*

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  2. The Battōsai19 May 2013 at 10:47

    I'm currently recovering from an eye surgery and may not be online. I have certain limits imposed on exposing my eyes to the computer screen, for about a week more. Will check back again. I hope you enjoy this work! Thanks, all.

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    1. Anonymous19 May 2013 at 13:30

      Best wishes for a fast and complete recovery. I am a bit busy today and may b able to participate only in the lte evening.

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    2. The Battōsai19 May 2013 at 19:16

      Arigato, Kishore.

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  3. Jayaseelan19 May 2013 at 10:58

    18A {PAT}{CHOULI}
    5D EUTHANASIA *{a nausea hit}
    14D ESUT(CHE)ON {CHE in *(contuse)}

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  4. B.V.K.19 May 2013 at 11:02

    19D HYALINE (INLAY HE)*

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  5. B.V.K.19 May 2013 at 11:15

    21A INSTANCE (ENACT SIN)*
    Interesting one - Anag was easy but had to look up thesaurus for the meaning.

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  6. VJ19 May 2013 at 11:34

    Is Battosai, the setter, originally from Japan?

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  7. Vasant19 May 2013 at 12:02

    20A: (SAD){(HU)(-E)}
    22D:SERV(-ES)+O
    26A:TORSI(I SORT*)

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  8. Raghunath19 May 2013 at 12:08

    At present he's doing what's described in 28 AC.;)

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  9. Raghunath19 May 2013 at 12:19

    28A: ClOSE,ONE(S, EYE,S,TO*)

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  10. Deepak Gopinath19 May 2013 at 12:20

    My 3

    13D - SIMPLISTIC {IMPLICIT+SS}*
    16A - {STA{LEMA*}TE}
    27A - {ELECT}{RODE}

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  11. Raghunath19 May 2013 at 12:24

    2 DN: A NATO MIST. Good one!
    8 DN: SUMMONED,UP* from nu~ new.

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  12. Unknown19 May 2013 at 12:35

    9A Discount worker admits sound enticement with cruciverbalist (9) {A(BATE)(ME)NT}
    15A Decorated by one who competed (5)(I)(VIED)

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  13. Raghunath19 May 2013 at 13:59

    Anno corr:
    9A Discount worker admits sound enticement with cruciverbalist (9) {A(BATE)(ME)NT}

    BATE ~ Bait

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  14. Unknown19 May 2013 at 15:30

    25D HERO
    DEF Lead
    HERE - e(2.7...) + O

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  15. SandhyaP19 May 2013 at 15:34

    1A Danish senor, worn at sea, had to save up (4,2,4,5)
    DRAW IN ONE'S HORNS*

    12A Plant by the French coop in Jordan (8)J{A LA}{PEN}O

    17D Rogue back in Connecticut, away from the absurdly cautious and cheeky (9){AU{DAC<-}IOUS*(-ct)}

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  16. Unknown19 May 2013 at 15:41

    25D HERO
    DEF Lead
    HERE - e(2.7...) + O

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  17. Unknown19 May 2013 at 15:56

    19D HYALINE (INLAY HE*)
    Def Pellucid

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  18. VMA Nair19 May 2013 at 16:26

    11A KOTOW (WORK TO -R)*
    1D DUAD {DU(A)D}
    7D REEVE {RE}{EVE}

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  19. Unknown19 May 2013 at 16:55

    6D Guarantee to accommodate over time (7) (HOST)(AGE)

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  20. Deepak Gopinath19 May 2013 at 17:02

    Left overs

    23A, 4D & 24D

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  21. Padmanabhan19 May 2013 at 17:29

    4D- Open
    Def.- Kick off
    Instrument- Pen
    (under the) Ring- O

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  22. Suresh19 May 2013 at 17:36

    23a BI(-t+r)RCH
    24D MESS (2)

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