Tuesday, 17 February 2015

No 11320, Tuesday 17 Feb 2015, Arden



ACROSS
1   Tissue for a cold rejected - nose receives care (8,6) ACHILLES TENDON {A}{CHILL}{ES {TEND}ON<=}
10 Handsome he's not, perhaps he's wandering (5) NOMAD hANDsOMe*
11 Right inside animal park, flower for a prophet (9) ZOROASTER {ZO{R}O}{ASTER}
12 Pushes hard into charities (7) THRUSTS {T{H}RUSTS}
13 Example of story book without top cover (7) EPITOME {EPIc}{TOME}
14 Family leaving Pakistan for some food (5) PASTA PAkiSTAn
16 Jumping to save a politician (9) SALTATORY {SALT}{A}{TORY}
19 Keen to return - nice to be transported when it's extremely cold (9) CRYOGENIC {CRY}{to return = GO back}{NICE*}
20 It could be below - below the shoulder (5) ELBOW*
22 Greatness sadly, as lacking in rulers (7) REGENTS GREaTNESs*
25 Collector finds it tougher to keep order (7) HOARDER {H{O}ARDER}
27 Current tiller of ground keeps the dirt away (3,6) OIL FILTER {I+TILLER+OF}*
28 A few Frenchmen involved in battle (5) SOMME {SO{M}ME}
29 Man staggered in drunk? It may be an exaggeration (14) AGGRANDISEMENT*

DOWN
2   Criminal may search, to avoid getting shot (6-3) CAMERA-SHY*
3   Flower in half the plants (5) INDUS INDUStries
4   Slothful girl at the dining table (4,5) LAZY SUSAN {LAZY} {SUSAN}
5   Material unearthed during regression (5) SERGE [T<=]
6   Expunge time - expunge time from order (9) ERADICATE {ERA}{DICtATE}
7   Same song, different ending (5) DITTO DITT(-y+o)O
8   By the end of autumn, Surrey becomes a conservatory (7) NURSERY {a...mN}{SURREY*}
9   Synchronised part of footwear (6) INSTEP {IN}{STEP}
15 Mole crosses river in a country (9) ARGENTINA {A{R}GENT}{IN}{A}
17 Hair shorn, perhaps to take one on (4,5) LOCK HORNS {LOCK} {SHORN}*
18 Arbitrator will summon bad characters (9) OMBUDSMAN*
19 Company switchboard in European city (7) CORDOBA {CO}{BOARD*}
21 Guardian giving direction to me (6) WARDEN {W}{ARDEN}
23 Not even grub for inmate of concentration camp (5) GULAG {GrUb}{LAG}
24 Satisfied, some guests ate double the amount (5) SATED [T]
26 State of a service lift (5) ASSAM {A}{SSAM<=}

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34 comments:

  1. Shrikanth17 February 2015 at 08:31

    One of the best crossies I have done. Flowed so smoothly that I didn't know it was over. Thanks Arden.

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  2. Anonymous17 February 2015 at 08:34

    Is Def OK in 2D ??

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    1. Deepak Gopinath17 February 2015 at 08:34

      Okay in my view

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    2. Anonymous17 February 2015 at 08:36

      OK, I felt that Camera Shy is an adjective, describing a person.

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    3. Chaturvasi17 February 2015 at 08:48

      You asked a question but too soon you're satisfied.
      As you have said in the latter Comment, 'camer-shy' is an adj.
      The def 'avoid getting shot' doesn't seem to lead to an adj but only a verb.
      I don't know how the clue can be revised as no quick-fix seems to be available.
      These Comments of mine are always made in the interests of crossword clueing techniques and to provoke healthy discussion on the art. Not to detract from the merit of the crossword itself.

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    4. Padmanabhan17 February 2015 at 08:54

      Does it matter if the def. is 'to avoid getting shot'?

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    5. Anonymous17 February 2015 at 08:56

      Its still an action and hence denotes a verb.

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    6. Raghunath17 February 2015 at 09:29

      I don't get what the clue means?

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    7. VMA Nair17 February 2015 at 09:42

      Surface reading is fine imo . Criminal is searching for a place to.... but POS is an issue

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    8. Raghunath17 February 2015 at 09:44

      POS?

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    9. Padmanabhan17 February 2015 at 09:46

      Anagram with criminal as anind leading to avoid being caught on camera- like you see the criminals covering their faces.

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    10. Aakash Sridhar17 February 2015 at 10:20

      Ajeesh means part of speech ..

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    11. ranger17 February 2015 at 10:37

      Unwilling to get shot, criminal may search?

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    12. Raghunath17 February 2015 at 10:45

      Probably the criminal is digging up hidden goods under police's threat?

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    13. Padmanabhan17 February 2015 at 11:48

      You are going under the surface in search of it (the surface)

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  3. Padmanabhan17 February 2015 at 08:45

    A small niggle in 19A-
    Keen is not explained in the anno. Is keen=go & back is go<=
    Rather 'Keen to go back=OG

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    1. Chaturvasi17 February 2015 at 08:50

      'keen' has the sense to mourn, cry, wail.
      A word that I first came across in college while reading the play 'The Riders to the Sea' by J M Synge.

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    2. Padmanabhan17 February 2015 at 08:53

      Does not 'keen' indicate 'ready to have a go'?

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    3. Deepak Gopinath17 February 2015 at 08:57

      That is one of the meanings of keen

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    4. Padmanabhan17 February 2015 at 08:57

      Ok, I get it now. keen is for cry. I did not know that.

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  4. Padmanabhan17 February 2015 at 08:47

    Could not do 1A & 5&9D. Otherwise it was nice and enjoyable. Had to stretch a bit.

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  5. Padmanabhan17 February 2015 at 08:51

    This is what I find for 'Tissue'

    1. (Biology) a part of an organism consisting of a large number of cells having a similar structure and function: connective tissue; nerve tissue.
    Does it lead to 'Tendon'?

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  6. Padmanabhan17 February 2015 at 08:55

    Sorry. Tendon def. is fibrous tissue.

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    1. Anonymous17 February 2015 at 09:02

      As an aside, the surface was too good in connecting Tissue and nose, it didn't even occur to me to look into what you have mentioned

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    2. Padmanabhan17 February 2015 at 09:12

      Exactly. Tissue & nose led me into a totally different direction and I came nowhere near a tendon until I saw it in the blog.

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  7. Arvind Ramaswamy17 February 2015 at 09:03

    Keen = cry is new for me . though i got the word i couldnt anno it properly. Feels great when i'm able to finish a grid before 8am :-) Thanks Arden... Loved it..

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  8. Srividya17 February 2015 at 09:07

    Very smooth crossword...tks Arden

    On 27A... I comes from current?

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  9. Padmanabhan17 February 2015 at 09:10

    Yes, you are right. I indicates current in electrical parlance just like V for voltage.

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  10. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 February 2015 at 09:39

    Slow but a satisfactory solve. Could at last crack an Arden puzzle! My COD is 2Dn for its deceptive word play! Overall an enjoyable brainteasing CW. Thank you Arden. :-)))

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  11. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 February 2015 at 11:14

    Liked DRUNK CRIMINAL CHARACTERS SWITCH GROUND SADLY as aninds!.

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  12. Abhay17 February 2015 at 13:05

    Very, very enjoyable puzzle with some fascinating wordplay. Thank you, Arden!

    I lost out on SALTATORY - I had rushed to put in SALVATORY as a homophone of "salve a Tory", with salve used in the sense of salvage(=save), and kept looking for the homphone indicator and definition! :)

    Thanks to DG for the blog.

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  13. manasy17 February 2015 at 13:53

    Keening used to be the customary loud wailing at the death of someone, just like you see in some rural Indian villages. We were taught it was Irish, but in wiki it is shown as existed elsewhere in the Britain.

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    1. raju umamaheswar17 February 2015 at 21:28

      Havenhaven't you heard hired Rudaalis:-) ? A similar funeral related word is wake or vigil

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  14. PKPSwami17 February 2015 at 17:07

    wonderful x'ie. Nice experience similar to the one we had from yesterday's. 1a - Though anno.is very clear I did it by drawing an analogy ie.from Achille's heels.Arden effectively facilitates us learn the ropes day by day.Thanks Arden.

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