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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Enjoy

28 comments:

  1. 21D : It's best he gives the command (6) BEHEST {BEST HE}*

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  2. 3D : Conduct unbecoming of a cricketer (15) (UNGENTLEMANLIKE) (CD)

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    1. Correction : Please read UNSPORTSMANLIKE for "ungentlemanlike' !!

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  3. 1 A Burt to us, enraged: "I'm about to explode in anger!" (8) OUTBURST (burttous)*

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  4. 12A : "You're messing up his aorta line!" "There's a reason behind that" (9) (RATIONALE) {AORTA LINE}*

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  5. 11A - RUINATION ( I RUN INTO A)*
    13A - ABYSS (FORMER ETHIOPIA - ABYSSINIA)

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  6. 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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  7. 9D Two pecs building up my arms (6) BICEPS (BI + pecs*)

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  8. 7D Illicitly lilt away, showing no emotion (5)
    ICILY (ILLICITLY - LILT)
    Def: Showing no emotion

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  9. 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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  10. 26A The examiner suspended Rex for his stylized art (5)
    ANIME (exAMINEr)*
    Def: Stylized art

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  11. 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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  12. 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. 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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    2. I think could is th anind. with rattle snakes and saBRE rattling

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  13. 19D Anagram of (Collarbone-Loan) clrboe- CORBEL

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  14. 28A - FARTHEST - (FATHERS + Tea)* . Doesn't Tea require a homophone indicator?

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  15. My 3

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

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  16. 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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  17. LEFTOVERS :

    Across : 10, 27.

    Down : 2, 4, 16, 23.

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  18. 4D: SURNAME {MEASUREDN-DE}*
    Meaning: Refer family line
    27A: LESSEE {NEWSDEALERS-DRAWN}*
    Meaning: Borrowed time

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  19. 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. 27A : Perhaps for that extra S, the clue should read as "news dealers" scramble, I believe.

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