Wednesday, 27 May 2015

No 11405, Wednesday 27 May 2015, Arden


Takes time to shift to Arden style from Buzzer style.

ACROSS
1   Cruelty I see in man (6) MALICE {MAL{I}{C}E}
4   Caused by extremely careful characters — it’s dead end (3,2,3) CUL DE SAC {CAUSED+Ca...uL}* What is the AInd? Though I'm still not convinced about it, see comments.
9   Poisonous gas is near ground (6) ARSINE*
10 Shadow boxing, say taken to higher level (8) DOGFIGHT {DOG}{FIGHT} Semi&lit
12 He's dispatched to keep shifting gear in service (8) SERGEANT {SE{GEAR*}NT}
13 By and large, Byrd goes out with a girl (6) ANGELA {by+ANd+LArGE}*
15 Press a number, and the country follows (6,6) FOURTH ESTATE {FOUR}{TH E}{STATE}
18 Wrong — vice versa, not right (12) CONSERVATIVE*
21 Tool setter's in the back (6) REAMER {REA{ME}R}
22 Herb's most uneasy inside car by day's end (8) COSTMARY {C{MOST*}AR}{daY}
24 Hold up group, it's on line (8) BANDITRY {BAND}{IT}{RY}
25 Self control not often lost in ancient text (6) SCROLL {SeLf+ContROL}*
26 Showed respect — blunt side used (8) CURTSIED {CURT}{SIDE*}
27 Big toe's well known (6) LEGEND {LEG}{END}

DOWN
1   Same feat reproduced in the old kitchen (4,4) MEAT SAFE* Used to be a standard item of furniture issued to us in all army houses.
2   Passion turned sour in glossy (8) LUSTROUS {LUST}{SOUR*}
3   For once, niceties exchanged with sweets (15) CONFECTIONERIES*
5   Not business voucher on top (4) UPON coUPON
6   The sure thing (8,7) DEFINITE ARTICLE &lit
7   Ring — It's gone, love lost sadly (6) SIGNET {ITS+GoNE}*
8   Sleep over, fight for breath getting up (6) CATNAP {CA}{TNAP<=}
11 Perhaps sent in, a quarter deep (7) INTENSE {SENT+IN}*{E}
14 Beginning shortly — Music festival's rising fame (7) STARDOM {STARt}{DOM Anno not clear (Addendum {STARt}{DOM<= - See comments)
16 Drink up — a warning overall (8) PINAFORE {PIN<=}{A}{FORE}
17 One round in shade — did something eco-friendly (8) RECYCLED {RE{CYCLE}D}
19 Spies in Langley have a local picking up what's spoken in Baghdad (6) ARABIC {A{RAB}IC}<=
20 He went into battle, loveless but composed (6) WAGNER {WA{GoNE}R}
23 Poetry doesn't start with language (4) ERSE vERSE

GRID

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24 comments:

  1. SandhyaP27 May 2015 at 08:33

    14 Beginning shortly — Music festival's rising fame (7) STARDOM {STARt}{DOM<-}

    A mod is a festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture

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    1. SandhyaP27 May 2015 at 08:34

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_%28Scotland%29

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  2. RameshJ27 May 2015 at 08:34

    4a Characters is the anagrind
    14d Mod is scottish musical festival. So STARt DOM<=

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  3. RameshJ27 May 2015 at 08:42

    Could not parse 8d. Where did CA come from?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath27 May 2015 at 08:50

      CA - Circa - Approximately - About - Over

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    2. RameshJ27 May 2015 at 09:08

      I get it that Over=Around & Around=Circa/Ca is the path, but to me it looks like using Tom & expecting the solver to fill in Tiger, ( Tom=Cat & Cat = Tiger )
      What do others think?

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    3. SandhyaP27 May 2015 at 09:14

      I'm also not convinced by this.

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  4. RameshJ27 May 2015 at 09:11

    We don't see clues like 20D often, where the definition is split on both ends & the wordplay is in the middle. Any other instance of this type of clue in THC?

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    1. Raghunath27 May 2015 at 09:24

      Today's 12a?

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    2. RameshJ27 May 2015 at 09:30

      That & 7A) He was Godless- in his heart composed (8) in http://thehinducrosswordcorner.blogspot.in/2015/04/no-11379-monday-27-apr-2015-arden.html

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 May 2015 at 10:03

    25A : Self control not often lost in ancient text (6) SCROLL {SeLf+ContROL}*

    What's the anind pl? Is it 'lost'?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath27 May 2015 at 10:09

      Yes

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 May 2015 at 10:22

      Thank you Sir. I find 'loose' as an anind in the list of anagram indicators and not 'lose'. Hence the confusion!

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    3. Aakash Sridhar27 May 2015 at 11:48

      'Lost' is an anagram signal in the 'confused' sense... Not the 'lose' sense...

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 May 2015 at 13:47

      Thank you, Aakash Sridhar. NOW no more 'confusion'! :)

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  6. Chaturvasi27 May 2015 at 10:13

    In 11208, xC's clue was
    14 Lost hope that fasting can create history (1,5,2,3,4)

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  7. Chaturvasi27 May 2015 at 10:46

    In another THC, Arden had
    18 Arbitrator will summon bad characters (9)

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  8. Chaturvasi27 May 2015 at 10:49

    I lost two different nostalgic Comments even as I was writing them on my iPad because my finger accidentally touched the glass surface somewhere.
    Nothing like the desktop, I say.

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  9. Chaturvasi27 May 2015 at 12:36

    I as a setter am intrigued by the preamble today.
    What is Arden style? What is Buzzer style? Does Gridman have his style?
    It wifi be nice if different volunteers try and write on any noticeable traits of THC setters.
    Style apart, many clues in recent crosswords have been wonderful.
    I as a setter have indeed clued EXPRESS man times yet B's recent clue for this was novel and
    refreshing.
    My honest opinion is that the standard of THC is good.
    It might bear some research and analysis with database of clues and solutions.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath27 May 2015 at 12:53

      In my opinion each setter has his inimicable style, I am unable to explain what it is, but something is there.

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  10. Chaturvasi27 May 2015 at 12:38

    Help.
    On iPad can I turn on this bloody sp suggestion? Do I go to the settings and do that? Any suggestion welcome.

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    1. Raghunath27 May 2015 at 13:37

      To turn auto correct off:

      1. Navigate to Settings -> General -> Keyboard

      2. Touch Auto-Correction -> OFF

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  11. Chaturvasi27 May 2015 at 13:57

    Thanks. I just now realise that i should have said "turn off". But you knew what i meant.

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