Thursday, 19 June 2014

No 11115, Thursday 19 Jun 2014, xChequer


xChequer increasing his quota? I've been KAYOED today.
ACROSS
1   Issues surrounding radical hot spots (7) TROPICS {T{R}OPICS}
5   Slabs or boards over top of tombs (7) TABLETS {TABLE{T}S}
9   Set of various modules to cook, hence range (9) KITCHENER {KIT}{HENCE*}{R} &lit
10 Romantic evening spent in desert (5) NEGEV EVENinG* Romantic as AInd?
Illustration by Rishi
11 All parts joined with a hammer (6) MALLET {M{ALL}ET}
12 Sweep leg-cutter? (7) SURGEON {SURGE}{ON} (See comments)
14 and 22. Mind-blowing fake of recent origin’s withdrawn (4,7) TAKE OFFENCE {FAKE+OF+rECENT}* Withdrawn?
15 Pasta formed in little rings, stuffing in pork (10) TORTELLINI {T{pORk}TELLINI*} &lit (See comments)
19 Perhaps one always looking at the mirror in cars sits properly (10) NARCISSIST*
20 and 21dn. By this you say you accept it but not if this clue is wrong (4,2,4) SUCH IS LIFE* Seems to be an error in the fodder (Addendum - {iF+tHIS+CLUE+IS}*)

25 Known to a select few, being part of team? (6) INSIDE {IN}{SIDE}
27 Feet in poetry one may associate with a metre by the way it sounds (5) IAMBI {1}{A}{M}{BI}(~by)
28 Perverted cases of being aggressive (3-6) TWO-FISTED {TW{O-F}ISTED} (See comments)
29 Aquatic creature rushed back home through barrier taking short cut (7) NARWHAL {NAR<=}{W{H}ALl}
30 This gives you right to employ idle vagrant (7) YIELDER {Y{IDLE*}E}{R} (See comments)

DOWN
1   Dog chain in empty kennel (4) TYKE [T]
2   Person living in remote area dismissed a sponsor (9) OUTBACKER {OUT}{BACKER}
3   Whiff of some rain reportedly holding up batting (6) INHALE {IN}{HALE}(~hail)
4   Society's measures introducing nuclear restrictions (9) SANCTIONS {S}{A{N}CTIONS} (See comments)
5   Spells words (5) TERMS [DD] (See comments)
6   Fund flow anticipated by financial institution (8) BANKROLL {BANK}{ROLL}
7   Bird in pet cage flew but always within limits (5) EAGLE {pEt}{cAGe}{fLEw}
8   Given these, you're asked to lay them straight (5,5) SEVEN EIGHT [GK] (Addendum - {GIVEN+THESE}* &lit ) Back to KG and housie ...
                                              Cartoon by Bhargav
13 Booming trade in stone art (10) STENTORIAN*
16 Witness, simple chap, scratching head during cross (9) TESTIMONY {TEST{sIMON}Y} (See comments)
17 Sister's days are numbered maybe after I get buried (9) INUNDATED {I}{NUN}{DATED}
18 An expression of disgust is hard to conceal, essentially candid but cruel (8) FIENDISH {FIE}{caNDid}{IS}{H}
23 Object favourite for dogs primarily, a bone? (5) FEMUR Anno pending {(-d+f)FEMUR} - See comments)
24 Energy and time taken by salmon running upstream fetches praise (5) EXTOL {E}{X{T}OL<=}
26 River in central Europe flowing north, bordering Germany (4) ODER {peO{DE}Rue<=} &lit (See comments)

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35 comments:

  1. Kishore19 June 2014 at 08:32

    Across
    12 SURGE ON
    28a TWO FISTED anno not clear
    30 Y(IELD*)E R

    Down
    3 IN HALE ~ HAIL
    4 S A(N)CTIONS
    5 TALKS 2
    6 BANK ROLL
    7 pEt cAGe fLEw
    16 TEST(sIMON)Y
    23 +F-dEMUR
    26 ODER (gk)

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    1. Kishore19 June 2014 at 08:33

      A real toughie ! 18d ;-) But I enjoyed it ... Yet to get 9a

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    2. Kishore19 June 2014 at 08:35

      26d was worded like a cryptic and led to euROpe N G and Google confirmed that a river by that name existed. I had RONG in till I got 30a and found that rong was wrong

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    3. Bhavan19 June 2014 at 08:36

      I think 26 is ODER ... O(DE)R<= with DE = Germany

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    4. Bhavan19 June 2014 at 08:40

      5 Spells words (5) TERMS (DD) fits better than TALKS with the crossings?

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    5. Kishore19 June 2014 at 08:41

      5d is TERMS dd
      and 9a is (KIT)(CHENE*)R

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    6. Kishore19 June 2014 at 08:43

      Thanks, B, for the ODER anno. I got terms when I got kitchener ...

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    7. Kishore19 June 2014 at 08:45

      Can 26d be considered &lit as well, Bhavan? Since wiki says
      The Oder (Czech and Polish: Odra) is a river in Central Europe. It rises in the Czech Republic and flows (generally north- and northwest-ward) through western Poland, later forming 187 kilometres (116 mi) of the border between Poland and Germany, part of the Oder–Neisse line.
      which in essense is what the clue says ...

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    8. Bhavan19 June 2014 at 08:52

      Yes I think it is an &lit

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    9. mohsin19 June 2014 at 12:16

      "River" plays no part in the wordplay.
      The same goes for "pasta" in 15A
      So, not an &lit, in the strictest sense (semi &lit?)

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  2. Bhavan19 June 2014 at 08:38

    9 Set of various modules to cook, hence range (9) KIT + CHENE* + R
    15 Pasta formed in little rings, stuffing in pork (10) TORTELLINI (IN LITTLE* outside pORk)
    28 Perverted cases of being aggressive (3-6) TW(O-F)ISTED

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  3. Chaturvasi19 June 2014 at 08:39

    23 Object favourite for dogs primarily, a bone?
    23 Object - DEMUR
    favourite for dogs primarily, - F for D
    [after needed sub]
    a bone - def
    ? - QM for unusual WP

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  4. Deepak Gopinath19 June 2014 at 09:03

    Time to cool off with some breakfast now :-)

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  5. ranger19 June 2014 at 09:04

    Very good crossword.Some nice clues

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  6. Padmanabhan19 June 2014 at 09:19

    17D- Buried- Inundated?
    I thought inundated is only flooded/ submerged. I could not get any dictionary meaning as 'buried'.

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  7. Gautam19 June 2014 at 09:29

    Do any of you know if Hindu online edition has stopped carrying the crossword? The crossword app has not worked 3 days in a row.

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  8. Padmanabhan19 June 2014 at 09:42

    This has ben commented upon in this blog for the last 2 days. The grid appears above in this blog for those who want to solve on line.

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    1. Venkat19 June 2014 at 10:19

      Thank you for posting the link to the grid. Since the online edition of the paper does not have a link to the crossword today, I have manually added it . You should now be able to solve today's crossword interactively on the THC Online app.

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    2. Gautam19 June 2014 at 18:20

      Thanks a lot!

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  9. C.G. BHARGAV19 June 2014 at 09:42

    Paddy is over-whelmed and buried in thoughts regarding inundation....

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    1. Padmanabhan19 June 2014 at 12:31

      Yes Bhargav, I was until MB came to my rescue and pulled me out. Thank you MB.

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  10. Kishore19 June 2014 at 09:47

    15a is also an &lit

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    1. Kishore19 June 2014 at 10:10

      Looks like 5a too. And maybe 9a, 19a and 20a ...

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    2. Kishore19 June 2014 at 10:11

      4d, 6d, 23d ...

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    3. Kishore19 June 2014 at 10:12

      Can &lits paired with different types of clues be a theme?

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    4. Col_Gopinath19 June 2014 at 10:16

      So will that be a &Liteme ?

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    5. Kishore19 June 2014 at 10:17

      In fact, the whole puzzle is an &lit for 18d ! ;-)

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    6. Kishore19 June 2014 at 10:19

      @ DG @1016

      & lithe, me? No chance!

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  11. C.G. BHARGAV19 June 2014 at 10:51

    Throwing light on lit &lit !!

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  12. Suresh19 June 2014 at 11:35

    Enjoyable and a tough one. Glad I did not have to finish it bu 8:30

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  13. raju umamaheswar19 June 2014 at 13:07

    Extremely FIENDISH crossie, today. SUCH IS LIFE !

    Gautam: Venkat's Online is back on stream. No 22, has been numbered 25 though, thus causing subsequent errors and a YIELDER word has been blockaded ! It was ok for me !

    Paddy is right. There have been comments here when online was introduced by him..
    Serves us great !

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  14. Venkatesh19 June 2014 at 20:15

    12 Sweep/ leg//-cutter? (7) SURGEON {SURGE}{ON}
    'leg' = ON is not part of the definition (cutter).
    Needs to be removed from highlighting.

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    1. Venkatesh19 June 2014 at 20:17

      Leg side = On side
      Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leg_side

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  15. Deepak Gopinath19 June 2014 at 21:50

    No one noticed and nor did I until Bhala brought it to my notice that 8D was an anagram plus &lit

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