Saturday, 22 March 2014

No 11039, Saturday 22 Mar 2014, Arden



ACROSS
1   In dispute with data she circulated about the feller (2,11) AT LOGGERHEADS {AT {LOGGER}HEADS*}
10 Peers at the ground (5) LORDS [DD]
11 Perhaps use drill on bearing, engineers used it before (5,4) SLIDE RULE {SLIDE RUL*}{E} Along  with the Log Tables this was my faithful companion in Engineering college
12 Many will affirm common sense is hollow (9) CAVERNOUS {C}{AVER}{NOUS}
13 It’s a fighter’s cry, my friend (5) AMIGO {A}{MIG}{O}
14 Happy to harangue about our country (not at home) (7) RADIANT {RA{inDIA}NT}
16 Accommodates as the globe is transformed (7) OBLIGES*
18 Discipline could start to move it, as they say (7) CHASTEN {C}{HASTEN}
20 Man of god loses interest in church (7) MINSTER MINiSTER
22 Sharpened hard and done away with (5) HONED {H}{DONE*}
24 He helps reform Satanists (9) ASSISTANT*
26 “Putting them in office” is fashionable saying (9) INSTATING {IN}{STATING}
27 Uncle Sam managed to hoard capital (5) AMMAN [T]
28 Grudgingly made Alfred healthy (4-9) HALF-HEARTEDLY*

DOWN
2   Did well then, partly to drive away (7) THRIVED {THen}{DRIVE*}
3   Watchful and orderly following a river (9) OBSERVANT {OB}{SERVANT}
4   Relish only when down wind (5) GUSTO {GUST}{O} Anno not clear
5   Not starting to analyze such bad weather (9) RAINSTORM bRAINSTORM
6   Measures before a medical procedure (5) ENEMA {EN}{EM}{A}
7   Party hiring for fire fighting (7) DOUSING {DO}{USING}
8   Current seating arrangement before departure (8,5) ELECTRIC CHAIR [CD]
9   Reprimanding sailor for chasing monster at sea (13) REMONSTRATING {MONSTER*}{RATING}
15 Wine promoting opera? Doubtful (9) TENTATIVE {TENT}{ATIVE<=}
17 Exotic places and scenery (9) LANDSCAPE* &lit
19 In this part of the world, men sadly suffer memory loss (7) AMNESIA {A{MEN*}SIA}
21 Impediment to melt away the butter inside (7) TRAMMEL {T{RAM}MEL*}
23 One from diamond harbour lacks height (5) DWARF {D}{WhARF} semi&lit
25 It’s sweet to see daily American resurgence (5) SUGAR {SU}{GAR}<=

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31 comments:

  1. Rengaswamy22 March 2014 at 08:34

    8 Current seating arrangement before departure (8,5) ELECTRIC CHAIR [CD]

    Many present day politicians need this sentence

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    1. Anonymous22 March 2014 at 08:41

      But due to electricity companies' unhappiness with government audit, there will be no power supply

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    2. Rengaswamy22 March 2014 at 08:49

      How will the departure take place, when power loss happens mid-way when on e-chair?

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    3. Anonymous22 March 2014 at 09:05

      Trishanku due to three-phase malfunction

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  2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 March 2014 at 08:34

    A successful outing with Arden's puzzle today, for the first time ! Had trouble in annotating TENTATIVE. An entertaining and enjoyable crossy. Thanks, Arden.

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  3. Raghunath22 March 2014 at 08:38

    4 Relish only when down wind (5) GUSTO {GUST}{O} Anno not clear

    O: Only. Down wind: Below GUST. GUST + O

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    1. Deepak Gopinath22 March 2014 at 08:41

      O for only not found in Chambers

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    2. Deepak Gopinath22 March 2014 at 08:42

      Chambers shows Gust by itself having an archaic meaning as Relish

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    3. Raghunath22 March 2014 at 08:46

      O can come 'only' from only, or else there's no place for it in the clue.

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 March 2014 at 08:52

      ...that's how I interpreted. :)

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  4. Prabhanjan22 March 2014 at 08:41

    Woohoo! I completed Arden for the first time today too!! Had to take help for a couple of them - TRAMMEL truly was an impediment for me. Also 17D distracted me with LAPDANCES - it took me half a minute to give that image up and go for a different scenery with LANDSCAPE.

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    1. Anonymous22 March 2014 at 08:43

      Just half a minute! ;-) That was quick. Or is the correct word prem*****

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    2. Padmanabhan22 March 2014 at 09:30

      :-) I could see your signature!

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    3. Padmanabhan22 March 2014 at 09:31

      Or should it be sign-ature?

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 March 2014 at 08:57

    2 Did well then, partly to drive away (7) THRIVED {THe}{DRIVE*}

    I think, THen should appear in the Anno pl.

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  6. Raghunath22 March 2014 at 09:23

    Liked the construction of 9 and 19 D. Diamond in 23 D could probably have had a capital D?

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  7. Padmanabhan22 March 2014 at 09:29

    Good CW and enjoyed solving it. Finished well in time except for a couple of doubts. I always get into problems with deletion (14A- India-in)
    Slide Rule- I still have it and so problem in filling it!
    6D- 'en' & 'em' are measures? Music or printing? I took it as &lit since enema is a procedure before surgery.

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    1. Anonymous22 March 2014 at 09:37

      Printing, the shorter en dash - and the longer em dash

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  8. Richard22 March 2014 at 09:41

    1A - When someone enters the web world, if others ask, 'Who's that feller?', the obvious answer is 'logger'. ;-)

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  9. Padmanabhan22 March 2014 at 10:02

    I am an old timer still thinking of felling logs! (though I wondered if 'feller' meant fellow)

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    1. Anonymous22 March 2014 at 10:08

      Arden probably meant felling of logs, imo

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    2. Raghunath22 March 2014 at 10:15

      http://www.thefreedictionary.com/logger.

      Logger : Feller.

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    3. Richard22 March 2014 at 10:25

      I too took it the same way. My 9:41 post was meant for humour.

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  10. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 March 2014 at 13:07

    For some more info on EN/EM measures click here

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  11. PKPSwami22 March 2014 at 14:01

    Splendid clues.smooth surfaces. Nowhere we felt like clueless. Nice cw at week end.

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  12. Navneeth22 March 2014 at 14:12

    18A: What's the role of 'as they say'?

    15D: Even if the distinction between opera and musical can be blurred at times, I would have preferred the latter term here, since Evita is not something to comes to mind when one says opera.

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    1. Raghunath22 March 2014 at 15:12

      18a: "Move it", I suppose is slang (as they say).

      15d: Musical is apter.

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    2. Navneeth22 March 2014 at 15:15

      Thanks.

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  13. Unknown22 March 2014 at 16:58

    Good crossword Arden.
    Was it a tad easier than your earlier offerings?
    Even I could complete it!!

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