Friday, 20 February 2015

No 11323, Friday 20 Feb 2015, Scintillator


As usual I am stumped by Scintillator.

ACROSS
1   Not completely familiar with going out, I believe, in gown (6) KIMONO Anno pending (Addendum - {K{IMO}NOwn} - See comments)
4   Two properties cut in half by popular liquidator (8) ASSASSIN {ASSets}{ASSets}{IN}
9   Government arresting soldier is concerning me (6) REGIME {RE}{GI}{ME}
10 Small pan manages small range of doable tasks (5,3) SKILL SET {SKILL {S}ET}
12 Relating to a part of meal by all means (2,6) OF COURSE [DD]
13 A team of three incited a riot to subjugate King (6) TROIKA {TROI{K}A*}
15 Recoiling of somewhat smooth and slippery beings (4) EELS kEELS<=
16 Article rejecting a clan (lineage)'s misguided loyalty (10) ALLEGIANCE {A}{C+LINEAGE}* C for clan? Anno not clear (Addendum - {A+CLan+LINEAGE}* - See comments)
19 Holy ceremony conducted by a palmist (3,7) LAY BAPTISM*
20 Eastern sport concerns picking up a certain ring (4) SUMO (~some}{SUM}{O}
23 Extremely trustworthy operations director meets new business head (6) TYCOON {Tr...hY}{COO}{N}
25 Private-corporation split? (4-4) (Addendum - HARA-KIRI - See comments)
27 What could make an estate cool, perhaps (8) RADIATOR [CD] ?
28 Was he defeated by Prince Baji Rao? (6) PESHWA {Pr...e}{ESHWA*}
29 A method to have hair on hide (4,4) LOCK AWAY {LOCK} {A}{WAY}
30 Guru's BSE index ultimately falling by 90% (6) SENSEI {SENSEx}{I} (Addendum - {SENSEx and 90% of that fallen X}- See comments)

DOWN
1   A profligate's over-drunk after grand entertainment (7) KARAOKE {K}{A}{RAKE+O}* (Addendum - {K}{A}{RA{O}KE} - See comments)
2   In a chattering bird, partly I see a friend with charm (9) MAGICALLY {MAGpie}{I}{C}{ALLY}
3   PK trashed bumpkin's make-believe aura (6) NIMBUS BUMpkIN'S*
5   Interest in alcoholic drink (4) SAKE [DD]
6   Disinclined to reacting sensitively (8) ALLERGIC [DD]
7   Tiramisu's high-density contents can make another dish (5) SUSHI [T]
8   That could be unbreakable lawsuit for a freak (7) NUTCASE {NUT}{CASE}
11 Set apart tardiest person? (7) ISOLATE {1}{SO}{LATE}
14 Female artists sadly sigh as he takes top off (7) GEISHAS {SIGH+AS+hE}*
17 Rather hot sunrise diffusedly encourages growth (9) NOURISHES {HOt+SUNRISE}*
18 Guess an artist's no coming back after goodbye (8) SAYONARA {SAY}{ON<=}{AR<=}{A}
19 Former area between two sides, belonging to sides (7) LATERAL {L}ATERA{L} Anno pending (Addendum - {LATE}{R}{A}{L} - See comments}
21 Art that's not half creative noted by friend in Paris (7) ORIGAMI {ORIGinal}{AMI}
22 Induce leader of eugenists to procure a man's sperm? (6) GAMETE {G{A}M}ET}{Eu...s}
24 College has rules overseeing digital software (5) CODEC {CODE}{C}
26 Sprouts, oats, yoghurt and _ - sources of protein (4) SOYA Acrostic

GRID

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51 comments:

  1. Chaturvasi20 February 2015 at 08:35

    19 Former area between two sides, belonging to sides (7) LATERAL {L}ATERA{L} Anno pending

    I think it's LATE (former) plus A (area) in R and L (sides)
    LATE R(A)L

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  2. Rengaswamy20 February 2015 at 08:35

    1 Not completely familiar with going out, I believe, in gown (6) KIMONO Anno pending
    not completely familiar = know(-n), with going out (-w) = kno I believe = IMO = in my opinion in = insert indicator K(IMO)NO

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  3. SandhyaP20 February 2015 at 08:37

    1 Not completely familiar with going out, I believe, in gown (6) KIMONO
    {KNO(-w)} +IMO (in my opinion)

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  4. Chaturvasi20 February 2015 at 08:38

    In 27a 'estate' is 'estate car'.
    This phrase 'estate car' has appeared in THC. I think I clued it.

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  5. SandhyaP20 February 2015 at 08:38

    16 Article rejecting a clan (lineage)'s misguided loyalty (10) ALLEGIANCE

    A CLAN LINEAGE (-an)

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  6. Rengaswamy20 February 2015 at 08:40

    16 Article rejecting a clan (lineage)'s misguided loyalty (10) ALLEGIANCE {A}{C+LINEAGE}* C for clan? Anno not clear

    {A Clan (-an) + lineage} = ALLEGIANCE

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    1. Deepak Gopinath20 February 2015 at 08:42

      Thanks again R&S, I missed out on that second L

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  7. Richard20 February 2015 at 08:43

    4A reminded me of how our friend Banta parsed ASS ASS I NATION - ek gadha, uske peechhe aur ek gadha, uske peechhe main, uske peechhe sara desh... :-)

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  8. SandhyaP20 February 2015 at 08:45

    25 Private-corporation split? (4-4) HARA-KIRI

    (A ritual form of suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials....Freedict)

    Corporation = abdomen

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    1. Deepak Gopinath20 February 2015 at 08:45

      As usual I am amazed Sandhya, Thanks.

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    2. SandhyaP20 February 2015 at 08:46

      Private - soldier - official

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    3. Deepak Gopinath20 February 2015 at 08:48

      Private here I think is used in the sense of 'One's own'. That is splitting one's own stomach

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    4. SandhyaP20 February 2015 at 08:52

      You are right Col!

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  9. SandhyaP20 February 2015 at 09:08

    1A Rengaswamy's anno is correct. You need to add (-n) to the annotation.

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  10. Shrikanth20 February 2015 at 09:42

    Was just able to do 40%. One day should pick up Scintillator's puzzle without knowing he has set and try it.

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  11. Shrikanth20 February 2015 at 09:43

    A Japanese theme. If only had I smelt it.

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  12. SandhyaP20 February 2015 at 09:52

    30 Guru's BSE index ultimately falling by 90% (6) SENSEI {SENSEx}{I}

    I didn't get the anno for I.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath20 February 2015 at 09:56

      I think I is from Index, but then the deletion indicator is wrongly placed

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    2. Shrikanth20 February 2015 at 09:57

      What is 90% doing in the clue?

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    3. Bhalchandra Pasupathy20 February 2015 at 09:57

      1 instead of 10, ie 90% gone

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    4. Shrikanth20 February 2015 at 10:01

      That explains the I then :)

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    5. Deepak Gopinath20 February 2015 at 10:11

      Had to be a Chequer to get that :-)

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    6. Raghunath20 February 2015 at 10:24

      I'm not clear about this?

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    7. Deepak Gopinath20 February 2015 at 10:25

      See my take on the Anno in the main post

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    8. Ramani20 February 2015 at 10:32

      Falling in 30 ac is doing double duty? For removing x as well as removing 90%?

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    9. Raghunath20 February 2015 at 10:35

      Got it but does the clue convey that exactly?

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    10. VMA Nair20 February 2015 at 10:37

      Sensex ultimately is X
      x= 10
      10-10*(90/100)= 1
      1= I
      so Sensex becomes sensei
      Clear Raghu? :-)

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    11. Raghunath20 February 2015 at 10:45

      Thanks. I got how X becomes 1, but was not clear whether the instruction was clear ;-). It is.

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    12. SandhyaP21 February 2015 at 07:32

      Thanks guys! :)

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  13. Shrikanth20 February 2015 at 09:56

    IMO, Skill Set is not a range of doable tasks. Its a range of abilities.

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  14. VMA Nair20 February 2015 at 10:44

    1   A profligate's over-drunk after grandentertainment (7) KARAOKE {K}{A}{RAKE+O}*

    K A RA (O) KE?
    I took drunk as insertion ind

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    1. Raghunath20 February 2015 at 10:48

      That's right. Otherwise like a couple of days back, becomes an indirect anagram

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    2. Anonymous20 February 2015 at 13:27

      If it is insertion ind, then Drinks/Drank would be better. Drunk is an adjective,

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    3. Raghunath20 February 2015 at 14:27

      Drunk is a past participle of 'drink' the verb

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    4. Raghunath20 February 2015 at 14:27

      ...also

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  15. Rengaswamy20 February 2015 at 11:19

    Scintillating crossword today. Could get only 3 at first glance. TROIKA, SOYA and TYCOON. Then I glanced at the blog to get the balance.

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  16. Srividya20 February 2015 at 11:28

    Arigato Scintillator...

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    1. Deepak Gopinath20 February 2015 at 11:36

      Srividya, you're taking over from The Battosai?

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  17. Deepak Gopinath20 February 2015 at 11:34

    Happy Birthday Exa

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  18. Padmanabhan20 February 2015 at 11:40

    Many happy returns of the day Exa. May you keep churning out endless CW's.

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  19. Padmanabhan20 February 2015 at 11:42

    How do Scintillator & Neyartha compare- on a toughness scale? This round I did better with Neyartha!

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    1. Unknown20 February 2015 at 13:10

      I can only say I am waiting for Incognito!

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  20. VMA Nair20 February 2015 at 11:50

    Wish you many many more happy returns of the day Exa bhai

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  21. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan20 February 2015 at 14:48

    Happy b'day Exa :)

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  22. Aakash Sridhar20 February 2015 at 20:04

    Thanks Col, Ajeesh, Lakshmi and Paddy :)

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