Tuesday, 27 October 2015

No 11535, Tuesday 27 Oct 2015, Afterdark


ACROSS
9   Primarily red is the separating colour given to a novice (7) RECRUIT {Red}{ECRU}{Is}{The}
10 Again opt for extract from free lecture (7) REELECT [T]
11 Dance with steno wildly on the disc (3-4) ONE-STEP {ONE-ST*}{EP}
12 In midst of penalty, goalies oddly are most composed (7) COOLEST {gOaLiEs}* in {COST}
13 Son's custody fight to retain child primarily looks frightening (9) SCARECROW {S}{CARE}{Child}{ROW}
15 Painful narrative somewhat related to a bone (5) ULNAR [T]
16 Senseless native ditches mother (7) IDIOTIC IDIOmaTIC
19 Excessive usurpation; angrily left PTA (7) RUINOUS USURpatION*
20 Ridiculous rents are demanding (5) STERN*
21 Negligent one in Paris; mild fun goes wrong (9) UNMINDFUL {UN}{MILD+FUN}*
25 Religious teachers construct music hall, to keep out corrupt intentions primarily (7) MULLAHS {MUSic+HALL}*
26 DNA extracted from Red Indians can be from one of us (7) INSIDER {REd+InDIaNS}*
28 Clinic issues saline essentially to get new hormone (7) INSULIN {clINic}{isSUes}{saLIne}{N}
29 Position of Noel's complicated with internal pain of no origin (7) ECHELON {aCHE} in {NOEL}*

DOWN
1   Army spot or ambush? (6) TROOPS*
2   Clumsy Mackenzie spills ink and gets inflammation on the skin (6) ECZEMA MACkEnZiE*
3   Please dress (4) SUIT [DD]
4   Mostly keep taking acceptable pills first for shock (6) STUPOR {ST{U}{Pi..s}ORe}
5   Injured social worker looks out, hides behind political leader in a competition between traders (5,3) PRICE WAR {Po...l}{soCIAl+WoRkER}*
6   Right growth is needed for change (10) REVOLUTION {R}{EVOLUTION}
7   Southerners leave ship in a shock; right away comes to this place (8) HEREUNTO sOUTHERNErs*
8   Reading into idols reaching heights (8) STATURES {STATU{R}ES}
14 Unnecessary to get tense for money, can stretch (10) EXTENDABLE EX(-p+t)TENDABLE
16 Sleeplessness in nights; some obsessively meander near illegal alcohol sources (8) INSOMNIA Acrostic
17 I develop details as a dreamer (8) IDEALIST {I}{DETAILS*}
18 Hurt missing Bravo, took cocaine in travelling (8) CRUISING (-b+c)CRUISING
22 Mathew Hayden out of the way, loses his head, takes a single but no runs scored (6) MAIDEN {MAthew+(-h+i)IayDEN}
23 Hug female instead of child, primarily in a state of confusion (6) FUDDLE (-c+f)FUDDLE
24 Lion's X-ray when developed missed one old organ (6) LARYNX {LioN+X-RAY}*
27 Leading small offices, home offices found in this London district (4) SOHO Acrostic

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31 comments:

  1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 October 2015 at 08:34

    Lovely puzzle! Thanks for the samosas, Afterdark. :-)))

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  2. Vasant27 October 2015 at 08:35

    Like yesterday's puzzle, simple & njoyable...lots of deletion +anagram type of clues...

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  3. Suresh27 October 2015 at 08:52

    Overuse of the same device in the crossword makes it tedious.

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  4. Ramani27 October 2015 at 09:02

    Enjoyed solving Afterdark. Thanks for the samosas! :)))

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  5. Raghunath27 October 2015 at 09:05

    in 12A 'goalies oddly' would mean G A I S in COST?

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  6. Padmanabhan27 October 2015 at 09:33

    I had the same trouble. Then I remembered oddly was also used to mean evenly once before (just meaning alt. letters) and then I headed for my samosas! I was struggling to fit in 'Calmest'.
    SE corner was the last to fall. Ditto for deletion clues.

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  7. Padmanabhan27 October 2015 at 09:34

    Satisfying part is that I used no external devices to complete.

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    1. Chaturvasi27 October 2015 at 09:58

      You must have had enough internal devices at work, I presume.

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    2. Padmanabhan27 October 2015 at 10:07

      Not good enough if it is just for a day.

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  8. Chaturvasi27 October 2015 at 09:57

    I think the convention is oddly in a five-letter word would mean letters 1,3,5.
    'Evenly' letters 2 4.
    'Regularly' could be either.

    Having said that, I am not sure if I have followed this rule scrupulously. I ust have but I may have lapsed. Don't remember. Must check my clue database but that is not that easy!

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    1. Suresh27 October 2015 at 10:20

      I do not remember your having slipped up on this rule CV.

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  9. Chaturvasi27 October 2015 at 10:34

    Thanks, Suresh.
    Friends,
    After all, I managed to search for the terms 'regularly' and 'oddly'.
    Search results:
    Name woman playing regularly (6)
    Dance with strange beat regularly (5)
    Guerrilla inrush note mentioned regularly (9)
    Steal attention from Goel oddly after stupa falls (7)
    Proportion provided by real tailor, oddly (5)

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 October 2015 at 12:55

      SHElyn
      RUMba
      ......... ?
      UPSTAGE (STUPA)*{ge}
      ratio From 'real tailor'

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    2. RameshJ27 October 2015 at 14:20

      EVE pLaYiNg
      ...
      IN SURGE NoTe

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    3. Padmanabhan27 October 2015 at 14:43

      That's lovely. Thank you Ramesh. I stopped with surge. Could not proceed further.

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 October 2015 at 15:04

      Thank you Ramesh. :)

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  10. maradnusro27 October 2015 at 11:43

    Lovely puzzle. Enjoyed solving fully.

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  11. PKPSwami27 October 2015 at 12:17

    Had a fairytale round thanks resourceful clues.We could raise the edifice brick by brick.9a we never thought of the hidden colour.19a - fall w/i the definition?5d - far-fetched.11 a - needed just one step. All told quite an enjoyable puzzle. Thanks AD.

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  12. Padmanabhan27 October 2015 at 12:20

    Now we await AD's point of view on 'oddly'.

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    1. Shrikanth27 October 2015 at 18:49

      I more came from the angle of irregularly which means oddly. Strictly speaking picking odd letters for oddly and even letters for evenly, though used predominantly in cluing and also acceptable, in plain English it doesn't sound correct.

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    2. Shrikanth27 October 2015 at 18:52

      Chambers gives irregular, periodic as synonyms for odd

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  13. C.G. BHARGAV27 October 2015 at 12:26

    In a seven letter word, can the first,fourth and seventh letters be clued as regularly?

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    1. Suresh27 October 2015 at 12:33

      Yes, in my opinion. I have seen it in some Guardian crossword too

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    2. Chaturvasi27 October 2015 at 12:37

      In other words, as long as the interval between picked letters is the same to the entire length of the given word.

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  14. Padmanabhan27 October 2015 at 12:42

    ...word/ phrase?

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  15. Padmanabhan27 October 2015 at 13:16

    Thank you Suresh. Exactly what I wanted.

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  16. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 October 2015 at 13:35

    As today everyone is discussing about usage of ODDLY-REGULARLY-EVENLY etc, etc, I thought of coming up with an ODD tale.

    There was once a man named Odd. People made fun of him because of his name. So he decided to keep his gravestone blank when he died.
    Now when people pass by the burial site, they point and say, "That's odd."

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  17. Padmanabhan27 October 2015 at 14:44

    Even that is odd!

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  18. Unknown27 October 2015 at 19:13

    Good clues.. Tried first time..

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