Saturday, 18 January 2014

N0 10985, Saturday 18 Jan 2014, Lightning

ACROSS
1   Summon to dismantle a bus? Nope (8) SUBPOENA*
5   Old hospital charging high prices — My God! (2,4) OH DEAR {O}{H} {DEAR}
9   Use archaism for appeal (8) CHARISMA*
10 Late kick, yielding one point (6) BEHIND Anno pending [DD] See comments
12 Compare similar first names (5) LIKEN {LIKE}{N}
13 Persuade to banish war criminal (9) BRAINWASH*
14 Thickening of skin with regular decay of membrane (6) CORNEA {CORN}{dEcAy}
16 End of fine retreat (4,3) BACK OFF {BACK} {OF}{F}
19 Foretell public relations announcement (7) PREDICT {PR}{EDICT}
21 Alcohol-free study for writer (6) DRYDEN {DRY}{DEN}
23 Athletic scholar cracking word puzzle, lacking strategy at first (9) ACROBATIC {ACRO{BA}sTIC}
25 Mineral deposit outside Switzerland is yellowish-brown in colour (5) OCHRE {O{CH}RE}
26 Characteristic I had to drop for existence (6) ENTITY i'dENTITY
27 You and I, say, are for society to embrace new periodical column (8) PRONOUNS {PRO}{N}{cOlUmNs}{S}
28 Bullfighter initially trying on Mexican hat split in half (6) TORERO {T}{O}{sombRERO}
29 Curiously greet men coming into view (8) EMERGENT*

DOWN
1   Upset with the French tool (6) SICKLE {SICK}{LE}
2   Singularity, perhaps in sinister flaw (5,4) BLACK HOLE {BLACK} {HOLE}
3   An assembly of stars working outside Brazilian city (5) ORION {O{RIO}N}
4   Area Bishop — one in a medium sized country (7) NAMIBIA {A+B+1+IN+A+M}*
6   Public uproar at racy, nude, core fashion model (3,3,3) HUE AND CRY {RACY+NUDE+fasHion}*
7   Girl, one about to divide time (5) ERICA {ER{1}{C}A}
8   Shed rift about effect of increase in wavelength of light (8) REDSHIFT*
11 Needle the Spanish student to leave weightlifting equipment (4) BARB BARB(el)(l)
15 Bait line thrown right at a last minute finish (4-5) NAIL-BITER {NAIL-BITE}*{R}
17 Inn that never closes? (4,5) OPEN HOUSE [CD]
18  It is obvious that a guardian adopted Penny (8) APPARENT {A}{P{P}ARENT}
20 Carry a badge lacking finish (4) TOTE TOTEm
21 Protocol of Parisian firm is peculiar (7) DECORUM {DE}{CO}{RUM}
22 Do these wealthy people fix a plane? (3,3) JET SET {JET} {SET}
24 One going around in circles in hill coming back with gold (5) ROTOR {ROT<=}{OR}
25 Landlord not starting sedative (5) OWNER dOWNER

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  1. Richard18 January 2014 at 08:30


    Liked many clues today. SUBPOENA took some time. OH DEAR, BRAINWASH - 'criminal' a new anagrind for me at least -, LIKEN, CORNEA, ENTITY, SICKLE, BLACK HOLE, HUE AND CRY, TOTE, JET SET and quite a few good ones.

    As the deadline approached, gave up at 27A.

    10A - Would someone see a connection between kick and b....?


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  2. Richard18 January 2014 at 08:31

    I had guessed PRONOUNS but the annotation could not be accounted for. Now I know from the blog.

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  3. Kishore18 January 2014 at 08:35

    10 Late kick, yielding one point (6) BEHIND Anno pending

    DD

    Behind
    a score worth one point, earned by putting the ball between a goal post and a behind post, or by the ball hitting a goal post, or by the ball being touched prior to passing between the goalposts.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Australian_rules_football

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    1. Unknown18 January 2014 at 13:31

      Well, i solved it as PERIOD. Taking ' late' as end/PERIOD & 'one point' as full stop/ PERIOD. Is it O.K.?

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  4. Kishore18 January 2014 at 08:35

    DG Toon sent

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  5. Kishore18 January 2014 at 08:39

    18 It is obvious that a guardian adopted Penny (8) APPARENT {A}{P{P}ARENT}

    Kaley Cuoco got married recently.

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  6. Padmanabhan18 January 2014 at 09:00

    Richard,
    Curiously subpoena was the first one I got being familiar with the term from my Perry Mason adventures!
    Nice Cw from Lightning which got filled with matching speed - barring a few of course.Kicking myself for missing the Black Hole which should have been seen easily(!) by good cluing.

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    1. Richard18 January 2014 at 09:06

      Paddy, you will be surprised to discover that I don't read novels, let alone Perry Mason stuff. I can easily proffer the pretext of job constraints. ;-)

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    2. Kishore18 January 2014 at 11:22

      That's quite a novel excuse

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  7. Padmanabhan18 January 2014 at 09:10

    It is not a pretext, but a pressing necessity!

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    1. Richard18 January 2014 at 09:24

      But that would be a launderer's job...;-)

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    2. Padmanabhan18 January 2014 at 09:40

      I have to be careful with punners!

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    3. Anonymous18 January 2014 at 11:08

      PGW had used this double pun

      I can't press yout trousers and suit at the same time

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    4. Kishore18 January 2014 at 11:22

      That should have been:

      You can't press your trousers and suit at the same time

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  8. Richard18 January 2014 at 09:30

    25A - I have noticed that Switzerland's international vehicle registry and internet code CH (Confederatio Helvetica) is a favourite with setters.

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    1. Anonymous18 January 2014 at 11:09

      CHF is the std. Abbr. for Swiss Francs

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  9. Ramani18 January 2014 at 09:48

    @Mr Paddy 9.40 - you may add (vir) before 'punners'

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    1. Col_Gopinath18 January 2014 at 10:55

      Hey Ram, what is (vir)?

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    2. D.Srinivasan18 January 2014 at 11:12

      விற்பன்னர் ViRpannar adept at everything!

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    3. Kishore18 January 2014 at 11:26

      Like sakalakalavallavan. I remember the song KattavanDi, which I believe can be interpreted in two ways.

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  10. Ramani18 January 2014 at 11:14

    In Tamil virpunnar means highly knowledgeable, skilled, specialist etc

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  11. Ramani18 January 2014 at 11:16

    Thanks Mr D S

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  12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam18 January 2014 at 12:21

    Nice one from Lightning ! I couldn't get 14 Across, otherwise OK with me but for a few annotations like BEHIND, OCHRE, TORERO and PRONOUNS.
    27A : Had it been 'regular' column instead of 'periodical' column, I could have got the Anno ! "Periodical" for odd letter choosing was new to me :)

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  13. Mukundala Balasubramanyam18 January 2014 at 12:41

    3D : An assembly of stars working outside Brazilian city (5) ORION {O{RIO}N}

    RIO : One more city in the 'hit list' of present setters ! (Not to forget ERODE, TRIPOLI, OSLO etc) !!

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  14. Richard18 January 2014 at 13:44

    1A - somehow sounds dangerous like sab peena asking one to drink to the last drop...

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  15. Kishore18 January 2014 at 17:27

    Rahen na rahen ham, mehka karenge ...

    Rahte the kabhi, jinke dil mein, hum jaan se bhi pyaaro ki tarah,
    BaiThe hein unhi ke kooche mein, hum aaj gunahgaaro ki tarah.

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  16. Richard18 January 2014 at 18:59

    With so much of Mamta you brought back the 1966 memories of the late Suchitra Sen...

    Lovely music by Roshan.

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    1. Richard18 January 2014 at 19:05

      Roshan, father of Rakesh Roshan, father of Hrithik Roshan.

      His son Rajesh Roshan is also a music director, who gave us classics like Julie, a remake of Malayalam ChaTTakkari.

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    2. Anonymous18 January 2014 at 19:30

      Majrooh wrote those great lyrics. And Suman sang in the duet of the first mentioned.

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  17. VMA Nair18 January 2014 at 22:30

    Nice clue on pronouns

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  18. Jrao18 January 2014 at 23:39

    Enjoyed today's crossword. .. anagrams and interesting clues. .. except a few of course. Miss the literary clues quite common some years back

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