Wednesday, 18 March 2015

No 11345, Wednesday 18 Mar 2015, Neyartha


Baby boom with Neyartha?

ACROSS
1   Pitches giving nightmares to bowlers? (11) FEATHERBEDS [CD]
9   Rana's right to go back with the auditor's key in the pandemonium (7) ANARCHY {ANAR<=}{CHY}(~key) What's the role of 'right'? (Addendum - {(-r)ANA(+r)R}{CHY(~key)} - See comments)
10 The Punjabi's saucer contains a capital ... (6) BISSAU [T]
11 ... snack made from silicon (5) CHIPS [DD]
12 Handle relatives from the east entering Rome in disguise (7) MONIKER {MO{NIK<=}ER*}
15 Take pleasure in getting a bishop to drive out the master in disguise (4) BASK (-m+b)BASK
16 Dog's nose inflamed? Yours truly gets an alarm indicator! (8,2) GOODNESS ME {DOGS+NOSE}* {ME}
18 Maritime border protectors sail with a gum-yielding herb to Germany (10) COASTGUARD {COAST}{GUAR}{D}
20 Inspection is inadequate, for the most part (4) SCAN SCANt
23 Find the traveller going around Ecuador (7) RECOVER {R{EC}OVER}
24 Talk about selected letters from the visitor (a teacher) (5) ORATE [T]
26 Upset about priest going back to the warden (6) JAILER {JA{ILE<=}R}
27 Stationery item with Mark's needed for the psychological test pattern (7) INKBLOT {INK}{BLOT}
28 Remarks that may belittle (11) DEPRECATORY [CD]

DOWN
2   Cut out for use without hesitation (6) EXCISE EXerCISE
3   Alcoholic sent up to take possession of the young leader's trinkets (4) TOYS {TO{Yo..g}S<=}
4   Remedy Biro formulated with decorative needlework from ... (10) EMBROIDERY*
5   ... a baby bed and a medieval steel helmet, reportedly (8) BASSINET (~bascinet)
6   One overcoming initial resistance of the fabric traders to American nursery needs (7) DIAPERS D(-r+1)IAPERS
7   Design support for a type of car (9) HATCHBACK {HATCH}{BACK}
8   Quarrel about going around Idaho for a rafting challenge (6) RAPIDS {RAP{ID}S<=}
13 Type of analysis done by chemists (10) VOLUMETRIC [CD]
14 Ousted Asian intervenes at sea and does something original (not the first to do it) (9) REINVENTS INTeRVENES*
17 Students inside the resort compound with an American baby buggy (8) STROLLER {STRO{LL}ER*}
19 Salt from an expert attached to the British gallery (7) ACETATE {ACE}{TATE}
21 Recalled discarding the French adaptation of a baby bed (6) CRADLE RECALleD*
22 Gold mining equipment on a chair for babies (6) ROCKER [DD]
25 Valley created by plates moving apart? (4) RIFT [CD]

GRID

6 comments:

  1. 9 Rana's right to go back with the auditor's key in the pandemonium (7) ANARCHY {ANAR<=}{CHY}(~key) What's the role of 'right'?

    (-r)ANA{+R}

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    1. Thanks Sandhya. However just 'Rana to go back...' would have worked equally well

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  2. Deepak,
    I think it's not just reversal. As SP's anno indicates, the letter R (right) in RANA moves from one end to another to become ANAR.

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  3. Having said that, now I see what you mean, Deepak.

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  4. 25d reminded me of my drive along the Great Rift Valley in Kenya

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  5. From yesterday's 11 to today's 5 hits ? Where's everyone?

    When the sun sheds its shyness here in NY and lifts the veil of mystique , I see only Strollers, featherbeds and cradles in the Stuyvesant Park, as Ayahs and moms ( and of course,dads on duty !) with kids, all dolled up and swathed in woolies !! A delight to watch them pass by !!

    Neyartha has regressed and recalled his childhood days today ?

    A cosy crossword today !!

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