Tuesday, 17 November 2015

No 11551, Tuesday 17 Nov 2015, Scintillator


Totally flummoxed on the North Western front today, even after taking a walk. I've been electrocuted.

ACROSS
1   Check on model gulping last of bananas (6) (Addendum - RESIST {RE}{SI{b...aS}T} - See comments}
4   Choose what's rather expensive — that's exciting (8) ELECTRIC {ELECT}{RICh}
9   Install modern wire (6) (Addendum - INDUCT {IN}{DUCT} - See comments)
10 Silent mobile, one that can measure feelings, say (8) VIBRATOR [DD]
12 Puzzle? Don't be so tame! (8) (Addendum - BEWILDER {BE}{WILDER} - See comments)
13 Ask for a fee (6) CHARGE [E] [DD] - See comments
15 Come again gathering some power (4) (Addendum - WATT (~what) - See comments)
16 Right to intercept allowing assigned production (10) THROUGHPUT {TH{R}OUGH}{PUT}
19 Deviating from norm, I made out in an open place ... (10) CIRCUITOUS {CIRCU{I}{OUT*}S
20 ... with others turning up with limited collateral (2,2) ET AL {colLATEral}<=
23 Playing ping-pong delivers goods in this country (6) NIPPON {PINg-PONg}*
25 Inability to sleep in one ramshackle mansion (8) INSOMNIA {1}{MANSION*}
27 Ravishing beauty that's endless and intense (8) UNABATED {BEAUTy+AND}*
28 Pork pie, say, shows up in one oily paste (6) TAHINI {TAH<=}{IN}{1}
29 Am not amateurish to rummage wordbooks (8) THESAURI amATEURISH*
30 Article and a register similar in the US (6) ANALOG {AN}{A}{LOG}

DOWN
1   Illusory goal spanning a wide range (7) (Addendum - RAINBOW [CD] [DD] - See comments)
2   Swear at doc endlessly to prescribe aid for digestion (4,5) (Addendum - SODA WATER {SWEAR+AT+DOc}* - See comments)
3   Red tool that can cut green grass (6) (Addendum - SICKLE [CD] - See comments)
5   Face up and spread out (4) LAID <=
6   This is an old empire in California, gather ruins (8) CARTHAGE {CA}{GATHER*}
7   A revolver boomerangs for another (5) ROTOR <=>
8   I incur rental to hold it (7) CURRENT [T]
11 Bugbear has darling husband worried (3,4) PET HATE {PET} {H}{ATE}
14 Upright figures — they feature in newspapers (7) COLUMNS [DD]
17 Latent talent (9) POTENTIAL [CD] [DD] - See comments
18 Robots' vehicle followed by Hari for one (8) AUTOMATA {AUTO}{MATA}
19 Direct pipe carrying cold current is detached (7) CONDUCT {C}{ON}{DUCT} (Addendum - CONDU(-i+c)CT - See comments)
21 A princess constrained by extensive burdening (7) LOADING {LO{A}{DI}NG}
22 Deal with important concern (6) DOMAIN {DO}{MAIN}
24 Current stage? (5) PHASE [DD]
26 Drink and be a king (4) BEER {BE}{ER}
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62 comments:

  1. Shrikanth17 November 2015 at 08:37

    1A Resist

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  2. Shrikanth17 November 2015 at 08:37

    9A induct

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  3. Shrikanth17 November 2015 at 08:38

    12 bewilder

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  4. Shrikanth17 November 2015 at 08:38

    15A Watt

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  5. Shrikanth17 November 2015 at 08:39

    1D rainbow

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  6. Shrikanth17 November 2015 at 08:39

    2D Soda Water

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    1. Deepak Gopinath17 November 2015 at 08:45

      I wonder which doctor prescribes that?

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    2. Padmanabhan17 November 2015 at 09:14

      I filled in 'Soda Water' too. It is a quack remedy and I have heard it mentioned quite often (probably before antacids became common)

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    3. RameshJ17 November 2015 at 10:08

      That is how pepsi was originally sold. As a digestive

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  7. Shrikanth17 November 2015 at 08:41

    3D Sickle

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    1. Deepak Gopinath17 November 2015 at 08:46

      Anno?

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    2. Shrikanth17 November 2015 at 08:47

      Red tool - Hammer & Sickle . this also is a stretch

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    3. Deepak Gopinath17 November 2015 at 08:47

      Red symbol or Red tool!

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    4. Padmanabhan17 November 2015 at 09:33

      Symbol from the red flag which happens to be a tool, probably.Trying to justify what is filled in.

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  8. Deepak Gopinath17 November 2015 at 08:45

    Thanks Shrikanth

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  9. Shrikanth17 November 2015 at 08:46

    Chasing rainbows refers to chasing illusory goals. My guess is this comes from there

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  10. Deepak Gopinath17 November 2015 at 08:49

    No one else entering the two way discussion?

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  11. Shrikanth17 November 2015 at 08:49

    19A - answer needs to be highlighted

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    1. Deepak Gopinath17 November 2015 at 08:53

      Annotation for that

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    2. Vasant17 November 2015 at 09:03

      All I can think of: CIRCU (I)(TOU)* S; Circus for open Place?

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    3. Vasant17 November 2015 at 09:07

      Indeed: Circus(from Free Dictionary; 2nd definition): A roofless oval enclosure surrounded by tiers of seats that was used in antiquity for public spectacles.

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  12. Vasant17 November 2015 at 08:50

    Wow! Great Solving!

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  13. Ramani17 November 2015 at 08:52

    For me it is North East corner. :((

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  14. Padmanabhan17 November 2015 at 09:11

    27A- You have given the solution and still put a ?
    The def. is only'intense'. 'And' is part of the anagram fodder- {(beaut) (and){*

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    1. Deepak Gopinath17 November 2015 at 09:15

      Thanks Paddy, like I mentioned, I was electrocuted today!

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  15. Padmanabhan17 November 2015 at 09:24

    The pleasure of solving on paper on a rare dry morning rudely spoiled by devious clues- SE' SW/ NE/ NW corners! Managed about 50% and satisfied after visiting the blog.

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  16. Padmanabhan17 November 2015 at 09:27

    Circus as open space- Piccadilly circus' in London for one. Circus is commonly used as circles are in Bangalore.

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  17. Padmanabhan17 November 2015 at 09:29

    Circus from Free Dict.
    3. Chiefly British An open circular place where several streets intersect.

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  18. Raghunath17 November 2015 at 09:37

    Just recovering from the electric shock. I suppose some kind of theme's visible. Something to do with gadgets/ electricity/circuits?

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    1. Shrikanth17 November 2015 at 09:43

      Yeah. Electrical in general. Was never my fav subject in college

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  19. Padmanabhan17 November 2015 at 09:45

    Oh! I did it for 5 years in college.

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  20. Padmanabhan17 November 2015 at 09:48

    Resist, electric, induct, charge, watt, rotor, current,potential,phase- that makes it 9, enough for a shocking theme.

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  21. Anonymous17 November 2015 at 10:24

    If we stretch, we can add Vibrator ( a device ) and if only it was Nippo , then we could have had a battery brand :)

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  22. Suresh17 November 2015 at 11:17

    Believe it or not. At one time I used to have a huge crop of hair on my head and friends used to say that I could BE WILDER (Gene Wilder), if my hair was a different colour.

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  23. Padmanabhan17 November 2015 at 11:52

    I believe it!

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  24. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 November 2015 at 12:23

    I too !

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  25. British Subject17 November 2015 at 12:51

    Drink and be a king? When did ER become a man?

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  26. raju umamaheswar17 November 2015 at 16:41

    Seeing Nature's fury in Madras and else where in the TV, my heart goes out to ll those who are suffering the pralaya. Hope all our friends are safe and dry? My humble prayer to all those who have to face this for their safety !

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  27. PKPSwami17 November 2015 at 17:12

    Scintillating x'ie. Though I could manage to scrape thro'anno was not clear to me.(19a). 18d-what Hari signifies?16a- usage new(s) to me.5d-nice.19d- oscillating bet. conduit & conduct and at last settled for the right one. On the whole quite an enjoyable puzzle. Thanks Scintillarltor.

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  28. Aakash Sridhar17 November 2015 at 17:27

    The letters 'talent' are latent in potential .. Not sure if this is an intended bonus to 17D?..

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  29. Padmanabhan17 November 2015 at 18:04

    Raju,
    Thanks for your kind words. We can use anything now like a man clinging on to a log in the big bad sea. We are safe alright ( it was a near pralaya as you said) but not dry. Managing to be partially dry only today. I have not seen anything like this in decades here in Chennai.

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  30. Scintillator17 November 2015 at 18:49

    Hi all, A few DDs were intended today where the two definitions had different parts of speech.

    RAINBOW: Illusory goal // spanning a wide range (as in rainbow coalition)
    CHARGE: Ask for // a fee
    POTENTIAL: Latent // Talent

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  31. Scintillator17 November 2015 at 18:53

    SODA WATER: I never said doctors prescribe that! Not intended to be an &-lit :)
    SICKLE: Red=Communist (Free Dictionary)

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  32. Scintillator17 November 2015 at 19:08

    Also to clarify for PKPSwami,

    Direct pipe carrying cold current is detached (7)

    Definition: Direct (as in 'conducting' a show)
    pipe: CONDUIT
    carrying: Insertion indicator
    cold: C
    current is detached: remove 'I'

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  33. Padmanabhan17 November 2015 at 19:38

    Clarification for 9A- (Duct= Wire)?

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  34. Scintillator17 November 2015 at 22:11

    Freedic says duct is a pipe that carries something - if we take the skewing to be current, the definition is sound. Besides ductility is the ability of a metal to be stretched as a wire.

    Not the most precise def but will do the job for me.

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  35. Scintillator17 November 2015 at 22:12

    Please read 'something' instead of 'skewing'.

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  36. Srividya18 November 2015 at 14:09

    Very difficult...could not complete..several clues not done ... very challenging ,,,

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