Sunday, 15 December 2013

Special, Sunday 15 Dec 2013, Barker


Three clues with annotation, per commenter, upto 6 PM



ACROSS
1   Burt to us, enraged: "I'm about to explode in anger!" (8)
5   The fairer sex, they run out of the laundries (6)
10 EULA for the President's services? (5)
11 I run into a state of loss (9)
12 "You're messing up his aorta line!" "There's a reason behind that" (9)
13 Trench in former Ethiopia (5)
14 Sabres and snakes could do the latter (6)
15 I eat at Starbucks to begin with, it can quench my appetite (7)
18 The Iced Men may wander, but they belong here (7)
20 Crusty way to acknowledge the Queen? (6)
22 Gaia's watch (5)
24 The Ferric One is here to bolster us! (9)
25 De-ice part of the penthouse for a hundred feet (9)
26 The examiner suspended Rex for his stylized art (5)
27 Drawn out news dealer scrambles around as he is on borrowed time (6)
28 Father's tea is way over there (8)

DOWN
1   Cry out in anger, public anger (6)
2   Seems any Slavic made arrow, broken of course, would be a good substitute for a fortune teller (5,4)
3   Conduct unbecoming of a cricketer (15)
4   German notwithstanding, Measured (n.) without doubt is a fine way to refer to the family line (7)
6   Castrate off a mat, though messily to be honest (2,1,6,2,4)
7   Illicitly lilt away, showing no emotion (5)
8   Popular relative is actually quite devious (8)
9   Two pecs building up my arms (6)
16 "Thou Art the Truth," said the Roman uncomfortably, yet trying to be forceful (9)
17 A TV dessert will only see you grow opposite of this direction (8)
19 Loan out collarbone and rebuild a support (6)
20 His anger on Mach only turned him into a beast of mythical repute (7)
21 It's best he gives the command (6)
23 My random bridge partners got me these (5) 



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28 comments:

  1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 December 2013 at 10:32

    21D : It's best he gives the command (6) BEHEST {BEST HE}*

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  2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 December 2013 at 10:38

    3D : Conduct unbecoming of a cricketer (15) (UNGENTLEMANLIKE) (CD)

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 December 2013 at 11:22

      Correction : Please read UNSPORTSMANLIKE for "ungentlemanlike' !!

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  3. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan15 December 2013 at 10:42

    1 A Burt to us, enraged: "I'm about to explode in anger!" (8) OUTBURST (burttous)*

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  4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 December 2013 at 10:44

    12A : "You're messing up his aorta line!" "There's a reason behind that" (9) (RATIONALE) {AORTA LINE}*

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  5. Shrikanth15 December 2013 at 10:46

    11A - RUINATION ( I RUN INTO A)*
    13A - ABYSS (FORMER ETHIOPIA - ABYSSINIA)

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  6. Shrikanth15 December 2013 at 10:48

    18A - ENDEMIC - (ICED MEN)*

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  7. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan15 December 2013 at 10:54

    6 D Castrate off a mat, though messily to be honest (2,1,6,2,4) AS A MATTER OF FACT ( Castrate off a mat)*

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  8. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan15 December 2013 at 10:56

    9D Two pecs building up my arms (6) BICEPS (BI + pecs*)

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  9. Unknown15 December 2013 at 11:10

    7D Illicitly lilt away, showing no emotion (5)
    ICILY (ILLICITLY - LILT)
    Def: Showing no emotion

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  10. Unknown15 December 2013 at 11:14

    15A I eat at Starbucks to begin with, it can quench my appetite (7)
    SATIATE (I EAT AT S)*
    Def: It can quench my appetite

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  11. Unknown15 December 2013 at 11:35

    26A The examiner suspended Rex for his stylized art (5)
    ANIME (exAMINEr)*
    Def: Stylized art

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  12. SandhyaP15 December 2013 at 11:37

    14A Sabres and snakes could do the latter (6) RATTLE (DD)
    (sabre-rattling: threatening behaviour which is intended to frighten someone [Freedict])

    22A 22 Gaia's watch (5) TITAN (DD)

    17 A TV dessert will only see you grow opposite of this direction (8) VERTICAL (TV + ECLAIR)*

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  13. Raghunath15 December 2013 at 12:10

    14A Sabres and snakes could do the latter (6) RATTLE (DD)
    (sabre-rattling: threatening behaviour which is intended to frighten someone [Freedict])

    I feel Barker's intention was to connect 'latter' with RATTLE*.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 December 2013 at 12:27

      + 1

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    2. SandhyaP15 December 2013 at 12:49

      I took it to be a DD (SABRES, SNAKES) as well as an anagram - I forgot to put the asterisk.
      But you are right, SNAKES must be the anagram indicator.

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    3. Suresh15 December 2013 at 17:28

      I think could is th anind. with rattle snakes and saBRE rattling

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  14. Gita SB15 December 2013 at 12:49

    19D Anagram of (Collarbone-Loan) clrboe- CORBEL

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  15. Gita SB15 December 2013 at 12:51

    5A (Laundries-run) is LADIES

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  16. Gita SB15 December 2013 at 12:55

    20A Anag of Crusty - CURTSY

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  17. Srivathsan15 December 2013 at 13:43

    28A - FARTHEST - (FATHERS + Tea)* . Doesn't Tea require a homophone indicator?

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  18. Deepak Gopinath15 December 2013 at 14:49

    My 3

    1D - OUTCRY*
    8D - {S{IN}ISTER} No encapsulation indicator
    24A - REINFORCE*

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  19. Vinayak15 December 2013 at 16:05

    25A: CENTIPEDE {DE ICE PENT}* [ De ice & pert of penthouse]
    Defn : hundred feet = centipede
    20D: CHIMERA { IRE MACH }* , anger = ire
    Defn. Mythical Beast = Chimera

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  20. Deepak Gopinath15 December 2013 at 16:28

    LEFTOVERS :

    Across : 10, 27.

    Down : 2, 4, 16, 23.

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  21. Unknown15 December 2013 at 17:46

    4D: SURNAME {MEASUREDN-DE}*
    Meaning: Refer family line
    27A: LESSEE {NEWSDEALERS-DRAWN}*
    Meaning: Borrowed time

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  22. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 December 2013 at 18:00

    10A : EULA for the President's services? (5) TERMS (DD) (Terms of 'end user agreement license' and Term(s) of President's service)
    27A : Drawn out news dealer scrambles around as he is on borrowed time (6) LESSEE {nEwS dEaLEr+S}* S from 'not known' !
    23D : My random bridge partners got me these (5) TONGS {GOT NS}*



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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 December 2013 at 18:10

      27A : Perhaps for that extra S, the clue should read as "news dealers" scramble, I believe.

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