Tuesday, 3 February 2015

No 11308, Tuesday 03 Feb 2015, Mac


I'm generally confused on the usage of 2D, due to which I'm unable to get 13A. Stumped on 1D as well. On the whole a nice one from Mac

ACROSS
9   To function, drug user consumed last bit of weed left (7) OPERATE {dOPER}{ATE}
10 Ring concealed in wooden closet (7) ENCLOSE [T]
11 Motivate heads of academic committee to undertake administrative tasks efficiently (7) ACTUATE Acrostic
12 Allow one to lie, to disguise absence of love (7) ENTITLE {oNE+To+LIE+To}*
13 Revolutionary respected and given sovereign authority in America (9) ??R/E?T?R?D (Addendum - SCEPTERED* - See comments)
15 Humble sailor at stormy sea (5) ABASE {AB}{SEA*}
16 Eccentric recasts leading lady (7) ACTRESS*
19 Splendidly renovated gallery (7) REGALLY*
20 Believer's beheaded for theft (5) HEIST tHEIST
21 University teacher of journalism accepted extreme offer (9) PROFESSOR P{ROFFE*}SSOR Anno pending (Addendum - {PR{OF}ESS}{OffeR} - See comments)
25 Timekeeping device originally set in dual configuration (7) SUNDIAL {Set}{UNDIAL*}
26 Associate's year-end net return (7) PARTNER {PARTNE}{Raey}<=
28 Backward woman in foul settlement (7) VILLAGE  {VIL{LAG<=}E}
29 Charm by speaking a lot (7) ATTRACT (~ a tract)

DOWN
1   No bit of information in mails or in messages (6) ?O?A?? (Addendum MORALS M(+or-i}ORALS
2   Core of recent development (6) CENTER* or is it CENTRE*
3   Island language (4) JAVA [DD]
4   Mysterious remote celestial object (6) METEOR*
5   Full-back fed up with finisher (8) DEFENDER {DEF<=}{ENDER}
6   Clever perspective - it's not obtuse (5,5) ACUTE ANGLE [CD]
7   Sport fancy boot in season (8) FOOTBALL {F{BOOT*}ALL}
8   A place to rest in peace (8) CEMETERY [CD]
14 Agitatedly tail the car in a dramatic manner (10) THEATRICAL*
16 Devise a compound with hydrogen inside - a sticky paste (8) ADHESIVE {AD{H}ESIVE*}
17 Model's exceptionally large in figure (8) TRIANGLE {T}{RIANGLE*}
18 Stock pile-up disassembled aboard ship (8) SUPPLIES {S{UPPLIE*}S}
22 Her parents are late (6) ORPHAN [CD]
23 Sailor commits crimes endlessly? Despicable! (6) SINBAD {SINs}{BAD}
24 Right to equality with no trace of prejudice? That doesn't happen very often! (6) RARITY {R}{pARITY}
27 Religious observance is ethical, by the sound of it (4) RITE (~right)

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  1. Shrikanth3 February 2015 at 08:31

    9A Morals - m(or)(-I)ls

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  2. Shrikanth3 February 2015 at 08:35

    A very neat one from Mac. But I felt there was an overdose of anagrams, full & partial

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  3. SandhyaP3 February 2015 at 08:36

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    1. SandhyaP3 February 2015 at 08:39

      13 Revolutionary respected and given sovereign authority in America (9) SCEPTERED* (American spelling)

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    2. Deepak Gopinath3 February 2015 at 08:41

      Thanks Sandhya

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  4. Deepak Gopinath3 February 2015 at 08:44

    Surprisingly only 4 entries received for the Prize special and I'm not saying if they are correct, so there is still time till 8:30 tonight.

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    1. SandhyaP3 February 2015 at 08:47

      Unable to get a couple of answers. :(

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    2. Raghunath3 February 2015 at 08:53

      It's a wicked puzzle, certainly not my cup of tea. I'll send in an unfinished grid with answers about which I'm sure of

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    3. Padmanabhan3 February 2015 at 08:56

      IF SP can't crack a couple add a zero for me to make a 'score'!
      Very hard indeed- jumbo in hardness too.

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    4. Anonymous3 February 2015 at 09:07

      Got excited by getting 1D straightway and then it was hard labour. Gave it up at a point :(

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  5. Shrikanth3 February 2015 at 08:44

    A very neat one from Mac. But I felt there was an overdose of anagrams, full & partial

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  6. SandhyaP3 February 2015 at 08:46

    21 University teacher of journalism accepted extreme offer (9) {PR{OF}ESS}{O(-ffe)R}

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  7. Raghunath3 February 2015 at 08:46

    21 University teacher of journalism accepted extreme offer (9) PROFESSOR P{ROFFE*}SSOR Anno pending

    PR(OF)ESS O R

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  8. Raghunath3 February 2015 at 08:47

    21 University teacher of journalism accepted extreme offer (9) PROFESSOR P{ROFFE*}SSOR Anno pending

    PR(OF)ESS O(ffe) R. Just a doubt whether it should be 'extremes' for OR to come out of OFFER?

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    1. Anonymous3 February 2015 at 08:50

      I feel this clue is a bit iffy ... Few areas of concern . Is Journalism = Press ? If so the placement of accepted correct?

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    2. Padmanabhan3 February 2015 at 08:53

      Maybe you have a point. Extreme offer may indicate just R.

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    3. Raghunath3 February 2015 at 08:57

      From freedictionary.com. Journalism = 'the' press. I think the container ind is OK. But 'extreme' gives only 'one end point'

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    4. Aakash Sridhar3 February 2015 at 09:17

      I thought the container indicator was fine... But agree that it should be 'extremely/ extremes of'... IMO extreme offer couldn't give one end point either... 'Extreme of' perhaps ..

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    5. Anonymous3 February 2015 at 09:22

      I still have doubts about the container ind placement . My reading of this would OF + P (OR) RESS . Because I feel it suggests that journalism accepted extreme offer.

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    6. Raghunath3 February 2015 at 09:56

      Shrikanth,

      Then you should also have a doubt about this container ind here:

      1 No bit of information in mails or in messages (6) ?O?A?? (Addendum MORALS M(+or-i}ORALS

      'in' coming inside M ALS?

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    7. Anonymous3 February 2015 at 11:08

      But here , in is the container indicator. so no confusion

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    8. Raghunath3 February 2015 at 11:17

      Forget the rest and see this in isolation:

      (of) (journalism accepted) = ?

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    9. VMA Nair3 February 2015 at 11:23

      Of, press accepted = of accepted by press ? Not sure

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    10. Bhavan3 February 2015 at 11:52

      Very nice puzzle Mac.

      Ajeesh, I parsed it in a way similar to this:

      Rider, jacket clad ...

      which basically means the first word is inside the second

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    11. Unknown3 February 2015 at 12:22

      A clue I'd set a really long time back. In hindsight, I'm not convinced with 'extreme offer' either. Should have been 'extremes of offer' or something similar.
      But [X, Y accepted] for [X accepted by Y] seems fine to me
      Likewise, in 1D, it's [X, Y in] for [X, with Y inside], which works for me.

      Also, lots of anagrams, agreed. A result of not setting clues together, and not giving the grid much afterthought, either

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  9. Padmanabhan3 February 2015 at 08:50

    It is 'Hey'day! Extremely delighted to claim my samosa and that too before 8.30. Bit of a struggle on NW corner.
    Anagrams -yes, but I thought they were all handled neatly and interestingly.
    Thank you Mac.

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  10. Raghunath3 February 2015 at 09:02

    12 Allow one to lie, to disguise absence of love (7) ENTITLE {oNE+To+LIE+To}*

    Three 'Os' removed for one 'O'?

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  11. Anonymous3 February 2015 at 09:10

    Following the blog about Arden, Shuchi has now come up with a brilliant analysis of Buzzer's puzzles. Fantastic article ... http://www.crosswordunclued.com/2015/02/buzzer-trivia.html

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  12. Kishore3 February 2015 at 09:15

    Nice one, Mac. Time for the Mac-arena?

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  13. Prabhanjan3 February 2015 at 09:36

    Hot samosas today thanks to Mac

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  14. Sujatha3 February 2015 at 10:08

    Could someone please explain the annotation for 26A. I guessed it right. Year end = r. How does the rest of the answer come about?

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  15. Suresh3 February 2015 at 10:45

    Where is the anagram indicator in 1D?

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    1. VMA Nair3 February 2015 at 11:01

      No bit of information in mails=mals
      , or in = or inside = morals

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    2. Deepak Gopinath3 February 2015 at 11:02

      No anagram I goes out of MAILS and OR comes in. Though not at the same location

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    3. Suresh3 February 2015 at 11:33

      Of course!

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  16. Mukundala Balasubramanyam3 February 2015 at 11:53

    Nice one from Mac. A Samosa day to celebrate after coming back from Nellore, where I had no Net facility. Thanks, Mac. :-)))

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  17. Mukundala Balasubramanyam3 February 2015 at 11:59

    Now I shall try my hand at solving the 'wicked' jumbo Anneversary special of Sunday!

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  18. PKPSwami3 February 2015 at 12:37

    Nice one. Captivating clues.No out-of-currency usage.7d- relished the trickiness in the clue which involves American autumn.26a-equally nice.'entrap' for net.quite nice. Its a nice experience especially for people like me, the beginners. Thanks Mac.

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  19. PKPSwami3 February 2015 at 12:52

    Sorry.With nice repetitions it has become overnice.

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  20. Ramani3 February 2015 at 14:26

    Scored only 85% only :(

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  21. Aakash Sridhar3 February 2015 at 20:15

    Finally got time to actually try this... Enjoyable by all means...loved the acrostic in 11A..along with village, attract, football, defender and orphan .. Unable to pick a COD as such .. Too many good clues..

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    1. Aakash Sridhar3 February 2015 at 22:12

      After further consideration I'm happy to go with 11A as COD..

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