Monday, 9 March 2015

No 11337, Monday 09 Mar 2015, Spinner


No googlies from Spinner today.

ACROSS
1   Include nonparticipant leader in debate on movie broadcast, as said before (5-9) ABOVE-MENTIONED {iN+DEBATE+ON+MOVIE}* (Addendum - {DEBATE+ON+MOVIE}* over {No..t} - See comments)
10 Cut fruit has promoted initial growth of tissues (5) ORGAN OR(+g)GAN(-g)e
11 Rookie’s final word has endless tone of mourning (9) LAMENTING {L}{AMEN}{TINGe}
12 Engineer converts solution, introducing current to remove Sulphur (8) CONTRIVE {CONVERT(-s+i}I}*
13 She then extracts partly unsaturated hydrocarbon (6) ETHENE [T]
15 Home inside plot bank disposed bluntly (5-5) POINT-BLANK {PO{IN}T-BLANK*}
16 Monkeys like taking training (4) APES {A{PE}S}
19 Leaf becomes soft with time (4) PAGE {P}{AGE}
20 India’s haste in non-belligerent rebellion (10) INSURGENCY {IN'S}{URGENCY}
23 Result as an added advantage to a team on the radio (6) ACCRUE {A}(~ crew)
25 Signed a railway official to set right daughter (8) ATTESTED {A}{TTE}{SET*}{D}
27 Drug primarily used with typical blend from medicinal trees (9) EUCALYPTI {E}{Used}{TYPICAL*}
28 A drape for small husband’s spiky tool (5) SHAWL {S}{H}{AWL}
29 Cunning champion clues conclusion to crossword like amateur (14) UNACCOMPLISHED {CHAMPION+CLUES}*{c...rD}

DOWN
2   Start part of play following request (9) BEGINNING {BEG}{INNING}
3   Appreciate review about new age English (8) VENERATE {VE{N}{ERA}T}{E}
4   Spiteful man takes beer before vicious elimination of International chief (10) MALEVOLENT {M}{ALE}{ViOLENT}
5   ‘Frozen’ song doesn’t feature Queen (4) NUMB NUMBer
6   Coal’s not starting to burn (6) IGNITE lIGNITE
7   Innocent citizen lacks a bit of tact (5) NAIVE NAtIVE
8   Doctors eat up time bypassing root of gallbladder with knives (7) DAGGERS {D{AG{Ga...r}E}RS}
9   Support to boot those overlooking exciting clue acrostic puzzle, at first (6) TOECAP Acrostic
14 Indian river’s court case is related to factories (10) INDUSTRIAL {INDUS}{TRIAL}
17 Put some marks for grammar’s sake (9) PUNCTUATE [CD]
18 Evolves after cutting public relations with monstrous females (8) OGRESSES prOGRESSES
19 Gold found under layer of tableland (7) PLATEAU {PLATE}{AU}
21 Sings song of praise, covered with sly arrangement (6) YODELS {Y{ODE}LS*}
22 Widespread entry of some lads into part of private area (6) PUBLIC {PUB{Lads}IC}
24 Drink on occasion not sin, perhaps (5) COCOA OCCAsiOn*
26 Useless pamphlets displaying unwanted messages (4) SPAM [T] &lit

GRID

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21 comments:

  1. Shrikanth9 March 2015 at 08:32

    But he takes a dig at us with 9D. For failing to spot his clue acrostic last time :)

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  2. Padmanabhan9 March 2015 at 09:02

    Well spun!

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  3. Padmanabhan9 March 2015 at 09:06

    Ethylene is more commonly known and so I filled in doubtfully and got it confirmed by Col.'s link.

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  4. Padmanabhan9 March 2015 at 09:07

    Stumbled with the cut fruit.

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2015 at 11:13

    99 run out! Couldn't get 17D Punctuate. Thanks Spinner for an enjoyable CW. :)

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    1. Richard9 March 2015 at 11:30

      Balu, that was one of the clues I cracked at first glance, while failing at a few other places.

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  6. Srividya9 March 2015 at 11:23

    Thank you...enjoyable crossword Spinner

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  7. Richard9 March 2015 at 11:34

    24D CACAO is said to be the original spelling. It began being wrongly spelled as COCOA and the latter version gradually attained acceptance over the years.

    That is what I had read in an authoritative book on the stuff. Maybe others can throw some light on this.

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    1. Richard9 March 2015 at 11:36

      Cocoa may have brought a smile on the Col's face...

      How is the little fellow?

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    2. Deepak Gopinath9 March 2015 at 16:02

      Going great guns as a confirmed bachelor!!

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    3. Richard9 March 2015 at 18:11

      It's time he is given a companion...

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  8. Srivathsan9 March 2015 at 11:47

    In 1 ac, the anagram fodder is 'debate on movie' , anagrind is 'broadcast' and Nonparticipant leader 'N' has to be included. That was the intended annotation.

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  9. PKPSwami9 March 2015 at 14:20

    Nice puzzle.wonderfully spun weft shuttled thro' sized warp to make magical fabric by the master weaver. Entertaining & engrossing type of x'ie. Thank you spinner auguring well the ensuing week days.

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  10. Deepak Gopinath9 March 2015 at 17:25

    Seen on Facebook

    After beating UAE, oil prices raised,
    Thank God Scotland is not in our group,
    Couldn't handle increase in Scotch Whiskey prices

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    1. Srividya10 March 2015 at 18:29

      lol DG...one would have thought oil prices would come down after this.. :) so if we win the cup would costs of all imports be higher?

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  11. Subbaraman9 March 2015 at 18:38

    Rather liked 12A
    14D - Technically Indus is a Pakistani river. Hence took some time to crack this clue.
    Frankly, was rather taken aback by 22D

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