Saturday, 29 June 2013

No 10812, Saturday 29 Jun 13, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Wax for artist fellows in suffering (8) PARAFFIN {PA{RA}{FF}IN}
6   A body of detectives becoming sour (4) ACID {A}{CID}
9   Wise one: “Top of boat blown off” (6) ORACLE cORACLE
10 Bears English force without limit (7) ENDURES {EN}{DURESs}
13 They are not of the present time (5,4) OLDEN DAYS [CD]
14 Something you shouldn’t do! (5) TABOO [E]
15 ABCDFGHIJKMN…? (4) NOEL (~no l) (Addendum - {NO}{E}{L} - See comments)
16 Not the artillery for light infantry (5,5) HEAVY STUFF [CD]
19 Great hotel renovated completely (10) ALTOGETHER* Reminds me of how we come into this world.
21 Mischievous child born to traitor (4) BRAT {B}{RAT}
24 Nibs scattered around eastern dramatist (5) IBSEN {IBS{E}N*} Popular dramatist among setters.
25 Dress for Bill, returning to French city, with nothing new (9) CAPARISON {CA<=}{PARIS}{O}{N}
26 It may be laid over the top of a house (7) SHINGLE [GK]
27 Being natural, public house took the bait, so to say (6) INNATE {INN}{ATE}
28 Advantage that isn’t central (4) EDGE [DD]
29 Indeed detective is giving full particulars (8) DETAILED {DE{TAIL}ED}

DOWN
2   Shorten a dentist’s work (7) ABRIDGE {A}{BRIDGE}
3   American Rear Admiral going round to preserve obscure matters (6) ARCANA {A}{R{CAN}A}
4   Release a man — representative having no constraints (4,5) FREE AGENT {FREE} {A}{GENT}
5   These are required to be met if one is not to be deprived (5) NEEDS [CD]
7   Cartoon character, not ill, holds bone of Arctic deer (7) CARIBOU {CAill{RIB}OU} Never heard of this cartoon series
8   Gifts Dominic distributed are embarrassing (12) DISCOMFITING*
11 Hate journalist coming up to examine (6) DETEST {DE<=}{TEST}
12 Utopian’s site reveals question that is debatable (5,2,5) POINT AT ISSUE*
17 Perspective on position from where you may admire scenery (9) VIEWPOINT {VIEW}{POINT}
18 Urge for no-good drink (6) EGGNOG {EGG}{NO}{G} YUK!!
20 Trying to time a deceptive operation (7) TASTING {T}{A}{STING}
22 Gridman, for one, last now first, given round badge of honour (7) ROSETTE {(+r)R{O}SETTE(-r)}
23 Be one going around to manage the country (6) BRUNEI {B{RUN}E}{1}
25 Faith American Indian placed on Delhi leader (5) CREED {CREE}{D}

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32 comments:

  1. Sridhar29 June 2013 at 08:45

    I had the anno for 15A as follows :
    The string of letters in the clue does not have an "E" or an "L" so leading to NO E L...
    Don't know what clue type this comes under but was really enjoyable!

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    1. Richard29 June 2013 at 08:50

      An enjoyable crossie.

      Some of our friends may have said 'Karibu' (welcome in Swahili) to 7D.

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    2. Deepak Gopinath29 June 2013 at 09:04

      Thanks Sridhar,

      I need to brush up on my ABCD!!!

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  2. Venkatesh29 June 2013 at 08:56

    15 ABCDFGHIJKMN…? (4) NO E L

    Reminded me of HIJKLMNO? (5)
    and ABCDEFGHIJKLM (4)

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    1. Chaturvasi29 June 2013 at 09:57

      You must see the use of the ellipsis and the QM.
      Ellipsis suggests that thes eries continus to Z but two letters are missing in that series.
      QM suggests that there's something unusual about the clue - lack of def, e.g.

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  3. Venkatesh29 June 2013 at 09:00

    13 Can 'they' be used to refer to days? Normally, we refer as these or those days.

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  4. Deepak Gopinath29 June 2013 at 09:10

    Submissions invited for the Sunday specials. Stock running out.

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    1. Chaturvasi29 June 2013 at 09:46

      Re 'they'

      Please see it (superscript 1) in the Chambers dictionary.

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    2. Srivathsan30 June 2013 at 01:16

      Colonel, I've sent one tonight.

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  5. Raghunath29 June 2013 at 09:23

    Nice one by Gridman. The best of the lot was the clue featuring him.

    18 Urge for no-good drink (6) EGGNOG {EGG}{NO}{G}

    Urge is actually EGG ON. Do we take 'on' to be above NO G? That would be superfluous, as it is in any case over NO G

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    1. Raghunath29 June 2013 at 09:24

      That should read
      Urge is actually EGG ON. Do we take 'on' to be above NO G? That would be superfluous, as it is in any case it is over NO G

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  6. Venkatesh29 June 2013 at 09:26

    27Ac
    took the bait, so to say = ATE
    So to say indicates a homonym
    Is it ~bait = bite,
    took the bite = ATE

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    1. Raghunath29 June 2013 at 09:46

      Probably like a fish eating a bait.

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    2. Chaturvasi29 June 2013 at 09:52

      "so to say" need not be a hom ind.
      It means "in a manner of speaking"
      When a fish or a wild animal takes the bait, they bite/swallow - or EAT.
      They take the quarry literally.
      Do humans eat when they take the bait?

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    3. Raghunath29 June 2013 at 09:54

      Thought on the same lines too.

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    4. Richard29 June 2013 at 09:54

      In many cases when humans take the bait, they bite the dust....

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    5. Richard29 June 2013 at 09:55

      or eat the hubmble pie...

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    6. Richard29 June 2013 at 09:56

      humble, I mean.

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  7. Raghunath29 June 2013 at 09:45

    Could not figure out the NOEL answer. What's it?

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  8. Chaturvasi29 June 2013 at 09:48

    It is an occasional clue. You get it or don't get it.

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    1. Raghunath29 June 2013 at 09:50

      By 'occasional' do you mean reg. an ocassion like Christmas?

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    2. Chaturvasi29 June 2013 at 09:54

      No - in the sense of 'for the nonce'.

      When you're bored with all those anagrams, charades, homophones, telescopics, you try something noVel.

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    3. D.V.Sashank29 June 2013 at 10:16

      NOEL. Does not the clue require a definition?

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    4. Nagesh29 June 2013 at 12:45

      Like
      Gegs (9,4)

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    5. Rengaswamy29 June 2013 at 18:11

      Scrambled eggs!

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam29 June 2013 at 18:24

      ....without salt !?

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  9. PKPSwami29 June 2013 at 14:26

    Nice clues.9 &25a well sculpted ones.2 & 7d appealing. In fine good entertaining puzzle.

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  10. Mukundala Balasubramanyam29 June 2013 at 18:12

    99 Run Out !. Missed 15A. My IAF experience came in handy to get Caribou easily. The transport/cargo aircraft of 70s is obsolete now.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam29 June 2013 at 18:45

      CV Sir, could see E and L were missing in your novel clue but no further progress I could make,
      however hard I tried !. All said and done, it is an entertaining puzzle requiring IQ skills for 15A !

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  11. Padmanabhan29 June 2013 at 18:24

    One more name may be added to the type of clues list- mischievous. 15A would typically qualify! I am so glad I got it after a bit of struggle and with crossings. Thank you Gridman for an enjoyable puzzle.

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  12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam29 June 2013 at 19:21

    ....variety is the spice of life !

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  13. raju umamaheswar29 June 2013 at 20:26

    !5 a. No e and l _ NOEL; could have been defined as something relating to Christmas. Haven't seen such a clue before ! but not defining the answer also added to the mystery and added to the possibilities.

    Reminded me of another similar clue I had come across earlier.

    . (5,4)

    any answer from any one? Brevity is the soul of wit.

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