Friday, 27 March 2015

No 11353, Friday 27 Mar 2015, Scintillator


ACROSS
1   Government and Indian army at sea once awhile (6) SENATE {SENA}{aTsEa}
4   UK's split? Cede grounds without harm (4,4) SCOT FREE [DD] (Addendum - SCOTland's FREE - See comments)
9   Dismal sight in cricket – Sri Lankan openers departing, nicking behind (6) EDGING slEDGING
10 Retailer, relinquishing ego to make love, thrusts hip (4,4) BOOK SHOP {BOOK S}{H(-i+o)OP} Not sure if this is right (Addendum - TUCK SHOP {TUCK S}{H(-i+o)OP} - See comments)
12 Models gently stroke waterbirds (8) PATTERNS {PAT}{TERNS}
13 Blemish? Partially whiten building material (6) MARBLE {MAR}{BLEach}
15 Banter inventor comes up with? (4) RAIL <=
16 Team leader has to study factories and equipment (10) TREADMILLS {Team}{READ}{MILLS}
19 Spruce clue by editing later in the day (10) CREPUSCULE*
20 That which is said to symbolise power (4) WATT (~what)
23 The Arabic history links to New England (6) ALBION {AL}{BIO}{N}
25 Killer with cheek to hide an offence (8) ASSASSIN {A}{S{SASS}IN}
27 Animal and I get cart moving (5,3) TIGER CAT*
28 Think of independent, drug-consuming partner (6) IDEATE {I}DEAT{E} Anno pending (Addendum - {I}{D{E}ATE} - See comments)
29 Shout comes to a stop as lecturer breaks glasses (8) CRYSTALS {CRY}{STAlLS}
30 Bush to withdraw hospital's licence (6) TICKET ThICKET

DOWN
1   Double agent for the land of Nod? (7) SLEEPER [C&DD]
2   Sound of horse and bird hours after sunset (5-4) NIGHT-TIME (~ neigh ?) Anno pending (Addendum - (~knight){NIGHT}-{TIME} - See comments)
3   Fallen nutritional contents coming up in tubular passage (6) TUNNEL [T<=]
5   Dull noise from a large swallow (4) C?O? (Addendum - CHUG [DD] - See comments)
6   Karate masters extremely disposed to fight (4,4) TAKE ARMS {TAKE AR+Ma...rS}*
7   Pshaw! Her Majesty's up, staging recovery from abuse (5) REHAB {RE}{HAB}<=
8   In the past, media clearly stated ... (7) EXPRESS {EX}{PRESS}
11 … where trains are following schedule (2,5) ON TRACK [DD]
14 Heavy material explosion around Alabama (7) BALLAST {B{AL}LAST}
17 Look, listen, comprehend answer for an usurer (4,5) LOAN SHARK {LO}{AN S}{HARK}
18 Caution exercised in releasing traitor and despot (8) AUTOCRAT {CAUTiOn}*{RAT}
19 Disorderly to a chic transformation (7) CHAOTIC*
21 Charlatan gently conceals different line of thought (7) TANGENT [T]
22 Leader of Ghana's arrested as well, near India's capital (6) GANDHI {G{AND}H}{I}
24 Featured regularly in book, geeky devil (5) BOGEY {BoOk GeEkY}
26 British head released from prison — on this? (4) BAIL {B}{jAIL} Semi&lit

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  1. SandhyaP27 March 2015 at 08:32

    Think of independent, drug-consuming partner (6) {I}{D{E}ATE}

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  2. Raghunath27 March 2015 at 08:34

    10 Retailer, relinquishing ego to make love, thrusts hip (4,4) BOOK SHOP {BOOK S}{H(-i+o)OP} Not sure if this is right
    Probably TUCK SHOP from TUCKS HIP

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    1. Raghunath27 March 2015 at 08:35

      TUCK = Thrust and replace O for I in hip

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 March 2015 at 08:45

      I go with Raghu. "..A tuck shop is a small, food-selling retailer.[1] It is a term principally used in the UK. " Source - Wiki

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 March 2015 at 08:55

      In that case 5D could be THUD meaning dull noise!?

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    4. Deepak Gopinath27 March 2015 at 08:56

      Then what is 5D?

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    5. Deepak Gopinath27 March 2015 at 08:56

      MB that won't suit 4A

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 March 2015 at 09:07

      Then 5D could be CLOP! Far fetched from surface reading!

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    7. Bhavan27 March 2015 at 09:09

      5 Dull noise from a large swallow (4) CHUG (DD)

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    8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 March 2015 at 09:16

      Wow!

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  3. SandhyaP27 March 2015 at 08:38

    Sound of horse and bird hours after sunset (5-4) {NIGH}{T}-{TIME} (~ neigh}
    T: bird
    Time: hours

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    1. Raghunath27 March 2015 at 08:41

      But Neigh does not sound like nigh? More like nay

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    2. SandhyaP27 March 2015 at 08:48

      You are right, but according to Cambridge dict, there seem to be 2 diif ways to pronounce it. Check the 1st pronunciation at this site:

      http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/british/neigh

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    3. Raghunath27 March 2015 at 08:53

      None of the four accents give nigh in that site.

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    4. Deepak Gopinath27 March 2015 at 08:55

      +1 for Raghu's 8:41

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    5. SandhyaP27 March 2015 at 09:27

      @Raghunath: There is a slight variation :P

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    6. Raghunath27 March 2015 at 09:29

      That's the problem with homophone clues. One should be absolutely sure of the pronunciation

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  4. Bhavan27 March 2015 at 09:10

    4 UK's split? Cede grounds without harm (4,4) SCOT FREE [DD]

    I think this is:

    UK's split = SCOTLAND'S FREE - LANDS (grounds)

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  5. SandhyaP27 March 2015 at 09:16

    25 Killer with cheek to hide an offence (8) ASSASSIN {A}{S{SASS}IN}

    Somebody, please explain how this container/containment indicator work.

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    1. SandhyaP27 March 2015 at 09:17

      Oops, I mean WORKS

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    2. Raghunath27 March 2015 at 09:26

      Maybe it should been "on the contrary" after offence.

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    3. SandhyaP27 March 2015 at 09:28

      Right!

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    4. Padmanabhan27 March 2015 at 15:39

      Will it be right here to say " an offence without cheek" - meaning a sin is outside 'cheek'. I always get tripped when coming across such clues (in stead of saying 'cheek' is within)

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  6. Padmanabhan27 March 2015 at 09:34

    No.of comments indicate that the World Cup is over- at least as far as India is concerned! Back to the board.

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  7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 March 2015 at 10:10

    Amidst all the hullabaloo of cricket match, I missed to raise a doubt reg one of the annos given in yesterday's CW.

    25 Three perfect scores — so, Tamil Nadu has good relations with other states (7) ENTENTE {tEN}{TEN}{TEn}

    What's the deletion ind for T N pl?

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    1. Padmanabhan27 March 2015 at 10:37

      MB,
      I do not think it is deletion- TN contains 'Entente' giving 3 perfect scores.

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    2. Padmanabhan27 March 2015 at 10:39

      In that case, 'Three perfect scores' becomes the def.

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 March 2015 at 10:43

      Thanks Paddy. I missed the containment ind 'has'. So it's Tamil Nadu has...etc!

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    4. VMA Nair27 March 2015 at 13:03

      If you want a deletion take - (minus ) :-)

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    5. Suresh27 March 2015 at 13:56

      I am inclined to feel that a deletion indicator for TN is required. As Ajeesh said - could be it, except that the word following is 'so' But then 'so' in baseball means strikeout. So could be the deletion indicator.

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 March 2015 at 14:07

      Feel both Ajeesh and Suresh garu are correct.

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    7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 March 2015 at 14:52

      Paddy too is right if "Three perfect scores" is treated as definition and the answer part carries 9 instead of 7 as enumeration!

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    8. ranger27 March 2015 at 18:18

      Three perfect scores - Ten ten ten
      TN - Tamil Nadu. Has- cont. ind. Good relations with other states: Def- Entente

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    9. VMA Nair27 March 2015 at 21:48

      Thanks sir .. Was this right ?In true fashion raised an issue — but they.. (9) NEUTRINOS
      AN issue and THEY ?

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  8. Deepak Gopinath27 March 2015 at 10:21

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  9. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 March 2015 at 11:05

    14D Feel definition part could be limited to 'Heavy Material', Sir.

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  10. Unknown27 March 2015 at 13:04

    Few good ones today. Thanks Scintillator!

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  11. Scintillator27 March 2015 at 14:20

    A few clarifications: 2D: NIGHT is the homophone of KNIGHT (horse, in chess). 'Bird' is rhyming slang for TIME, a prison sentence.

    25A, The wordplay works if we imagine a comma: 'With/having SASS to hide, A SIN'. Agree it is ambiguous though.

    The theme is of trains: RAIL, CHUG, BALLAST, BOGEY and a few more.

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  12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 March 2015 at 14:33

    20 That which is said to symbolise power (4) WATT (~what)

    My first instinct was to go for SEAT!

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  13. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 March 2015 at 19:20

    At last comments column has crossed the half century mark!

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