Monday, 19 October 2015

No 11529, Monday 19 Oct 2015, Vulcan


Growing old :-(

ACROSS
1   Is hesitant to work with opposition (10) ANTITHESIS*
9   I yell loudly and confront (7) EYEBALL ( ~ I bawl)
10 Princess ain't going gaga over lover (7) INFANTA {AINT}* over {FAN}
11 Porosity potentially is same in all directions (8) ISOTROPY*
12 Peculiar bowl, extremely old first of all (6) ODDISH {OlD}{DISH}
13 Poor English editor in New York (5) NEEDY {N{E}{ED}Y}
14 Let social structures change (9) OSCILLATE*
17 Cop associates with small-time thieves - no shame (9) DISHONOUR {DI}{S}{HO{NO}UR}
20 Agree to join a rival (5) MATCH [DD]
22 Outstanding guy impresses in audition (6) P??T? (Addendum - PRINTS (~prince) - See comments)
23 Approval to punish (8) SANCTION [DD]
25 Undermine State's reorganisation (5-2) SHAKE-UP {SHAKE}-{UP}
26 Bad time to buy new dress (7) BANDAGE {BA{N}D}{AGE}
27 Prophet starting to spread a theory so ludicrous (10) SOOTHSAYER {Sp...d}{A+THEORY+SO}*

DOWN
1   Strange name given to a plant (7) ANEMONE {NAME*}{ONE}
2   Yes, for the most part, a tart prepared may be served from this (3,4) TEA TRAY {YEs+A+TART}*
3   Lens fixed to the pole (9) TELEPHOTO*
4   The villian's inherent feature (4) EVIL [T] &lit
5   Atheist from popular field disturbed (7) INFIDEL {IN}{FIELD*}
6   Fashion designer stepped down (8) RESIGNED*
7   Girl consumes a drink, develops sore throat (6) ANGINA {AN{GIN}A}
8   Run a little (4) DASH [DD]
15 Palms burn - a scar, cut and a boil (9) CARANUBAS {Correction - CARNAUBAS - See comments){BURN+A+SCAr+A}*
16 Trained, and hence, improved (8) ENHANCED*
18 Rise in IRA special recruits (6) S???A? (Addendum - SPIRAL {SP{IRA}L} - See comments)
19 He got no break, ever busy (2,3,2) ON THE GO*
20 Make fun of a desire to show up with an accent (7) MOCKERY Anno pending (Addendum - MOCKNEY {MOCK}{NEY<=} - See comments)
21 Fine song in which one could get lost (4,3) THIN AIR {THIN} {AIR}
22 Dish almost done (4) PAST PASTa
24 Small vase with a stain (4) SPOT {S}{POT}

GRID

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19 comments:

  1. Raghunath19 October 2015 at 08:33

    20 Make fun of a desire to show up with an accent (7) MOCKERY Anno pending

    MOCK NEY<- From thefreedic: 3. (Languages) an affected cockney accent

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  2. Raghunath19 October 2015 at 08:36

    22 Outstanding guy impresses in audition (6) ???T? PRINTS?

    18 Rise in IRA special recruits (6) S???A? SP(IRA)L? SPL: Special?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath19 October 2015 at 08:41

      Can it be PRINTS (~prince) ??

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    2. Suresh19 October 2015 at 10:46

      It should be Impresses outstranding guy in audition perhaps

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    3. Raghunath19 October 2015 at 11:53

      During audition outstanding guy impresses?

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    4. Suresh19 October 2015 at 13:36

      SP is special and L is recruit

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    5. Col_Gopinath19 October 2015 at 14:12

      I don't think so. Recruits is the indicator for IRA to go into SPL

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    6. Suresh19 October 2015 at 14:19

      I concede your point there. I had seen iRA special as equal to Special IRA loosely speaking.

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  3. Raghunath19 October 2015 at 08:43

    Does PRINCE sound PRINTS? If so then HP ind is wrongly placed

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  4. Chaturvasi19 October 2015 at 08:44

    I knew and experienced 'angina' as heart pain.
    Didn't know 'sore throat' mentioned in clue.
    On looking up, I feel it would be more correct to say it is pain during a severe attack of sore throat, not 'sore throat' per se.

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    1. Raghunath19 October 2015 at 08:47

      I filled that ans last as I knew only one meaning of Angina. Thefreedic gives it also as: 2. A condition, such as severe sore throat,

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    2. jaggu19 October 2015 at 17:10

      The only condition called Angina that I know and come across in the throat or thereabouts is a condition called "lLudwig's Angina,which is an infection of the floor of mouth,usually following tooth infectionLeft untreated,It Can spread backwards and produce life threatening blockage of the upper respiratory tract

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  5. Raghunath19 October 2015 at 08:51

    Plenty of anagrams thrown in some very nice clue. Liked 1 and 27A.

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  6. Sujatha19 October 2015 at 11:39

    15D caranubas doesn't sit with sanction of 23A.
    Also, what gives Di in 17A? I guessed the answer and parsed it to be small = s, time = hour, and no. Couldn't get the reference for Di. Stuck at 18D and 22A as well.
    Thanks.

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    1. RameshJ19 October 2015 at 11:53

      15D has a typo. Carnaubas should be the answer. 17A Cop=DI ( Detective Inspector)

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    2. Deepak Gopinath19 October 2015 at 12:59

      Typo corrected

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  7. Vasant19 October 2015 at 20:47

    Had a peculiarly hectic day at work...could solve in only in late evening...most of the clues were except for 4 for which I had to struggle...missed out two..mockney & carnaubas...enjoyed reading the blog & the comments thereafter...

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