Thursday, 26 February 2015

No 11328, Thursday 26 Feb 2015, Vulcan


Vulcan's saying a lot today.

ACROSS
6   Subject in a story, say (5) LIEGE {LI{EG}E}
7   He is a man showered with hate (8) ANATHEMA {A+MAN+HATE}* &lit
10 Emotional meet up before end of reunion for many (7) UMPTEEN {MEET+UP}*{r...oN}
11 Say, extremely gooey ingredient often used in rolls and cakes  essentially (3,4) EGG YOLK {EG}{Goo eY}{O}{roLls}{caKes} &lit
12 After starting to gel, Anne rejects the guy - goes through hell (7) GEHENNA {Gel}{E{HE}NNA<=}
13 Beginning of love, chat passionately for a long time with door locked (5,2) LATCH ON {L}{CHAT*} {ON} for a long time/on ?
14 Novel we can read, a power-packed literary work (3,3,5) WAR AND PEACE {WE+CAN+READ+A}* over Power
19 Tasted/drank a shot of liquor and fell down (7) SLIPPED {S{Li...r}IPPED}
21 Blade is used to deactivate (7) DISABLE*
23 Attack a sailor, say (7) ASSAULT (~a salt)
25 Separate from partner mainly with fear of being outed (4,3) TEAR OFF {parTner}{EAR OFF}*
26 Face with long hair (8) SIDEBURN {SIDE}{BURN}
27 Boy owning a large store (5) SALON {S{A}{L}ON}

DOWN
1   PS: We hope to get some entertainment (8) PEEPSHOW*
2   Humble act (6) DEMEAN [DD]
3   Nourished with special diet, an awesome mix (10) MAINTAINED {MAIN}{DIET+AN}*
4   Price is sounding reasonable (4) RATE (~ right) ? (Addendum - FARE (~ fair) - See comments)
5   Easy level (6) SMOOTH [DD]
6   Lobby to relax (6) LOUNGE [DD]
8   Eat perhaps, a late afternoon meal (4,3) HIGH TEA {EAT}*
9   King went down, admitting defeat (5) SKUNK {S{K}UNK} Not sure if the wordplay leads to this
13 Drink I have with Gin, tad intoxicating - it's killing (10) LAPIDATING {LAP}{I}{GIN+TAD}*
15 Catch to dismiss the opener, right start to the spell (7) RAPTURE (-c+r)RAPTURE
16 Involves brother in running miles (8) EMBROILS {EM{BRO}ILS*}
17 Typical university in America close to Cornell (5) USUAL {US{U}A}{c...eL}
18 Made a fence/wall to soundproof (6) DEAFEN [T]
20 Drive in silence for the most part (6) INSTIL {IN}{STILl}
22 Scattered boxes with envelopes on top (6) SPARSE {SPARS}{En...e}
24 Crisp letters from the best author (4) TAUT [T]

GRID

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22 comments:

  1. Shrikanth26 February 2015 at 08:34

    4a- FARE

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  2. SandhyaP26 February 2015 at 08:35

    4 Price is sounding reasonable (4) FARE (~fair)

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  3. Shrikanth26 February 2015 at 08:37

    Was not too convinced about 'goes through' in 12A and the placement of container indicator in 6A. But that's for nitpicking in an otherwise awesome puzzle. Day after day we get super crosswords in THC

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    1. Raghunath26 February 2015 at 08:50

      12 a is fine, I thought.

      A nice puzzle no doubt.

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    2. VMA Nair26 February 2015 at 09:38

      A, B in for B inside A kind clues always confuse me

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    3. Raghunath26 February 2015 at 10:07

      Yes, they are confusing. But this clue seems better than the SKUNK clue.

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    4. Aakash Sridhar26 February 2015 at 13:08

      Yeah .. The goes through bit looked fine to me.. However, if one had a problem with the placement of the reversal indicator, I would agree... 'Reject' is a transitive verb..

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  4. Chaturvasi26 February 2015 at 08:39

    He talked on and on.

    He talked for a long time - and for a long time.

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  5. Raghunath26 February 2015 at 08:53

    8 Eat perhaps, a late afternoon meal (4,3) HIGH TEA {EAT}*

    I think 'perhaps' is a part of the def, or else it's superfluous.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath26 February 2015 at 09:07

      Perhaps is the AIind

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    2. Shrikanth26 February 2015 at 09:14

      But it is a reverse anagram.

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    3. Padmanabhan26 February 2015 at 09:16

      'High' playing the part?

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    4. Raghunath26 February 2015 at 09:20

      I think it is a reverse anagram. So high is the ind.

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    5. VMA Nair26 February 2015 at 09:32

      How to identify a reverse anagram

      Reverse anagrams can be tricky. There is no strong indicator in the clue for a reverse anagram (the conventional anagram indicator is within the answer). Sometimes the setter will helpfully add a hint alongside the anagrammed word - "perhaps", "could be", etc. - to let you know that something unusual is going on.

      From crosswordunclued

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 February 2015 at 09:55

      You hit the nail on the head on behalf of Suchi ! It's nice of you, Ajeesh. :)

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  6. Raghunath26 February 2015 at 09:04

    Is O for 'often' a std abbreviation?

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  7. Padmanabhan26 February 2015 at 09:15

    I had also put in 'rate' half hardheartedly for 4D.
    Just a few short, including 'Skunk'. No clarity yet on this.

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  8. Chaturvasi26 February 2015 at 09:29

    The link at left bar is not updated as of now but Shuchi has updated her blog on 'Give annos to given clues'.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath26 February 2015 at 09:56

      It's the same link. She has done the updation on the same page

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  9. Chaturvasi26 February 2015 at 10:10

    Oh, is that why the date here is that of the original post?

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