Wednesday, 20 April 2016

No 11680, Wednesday 20 Apr 2016, Neyartha


ACROSS
1   Condemn adopting the inconsiderate firm's quick and intensive training (5,6) CRASH COURSE {C{RASH} {CO}URSE}
9   Learn to earn (7) REALISE [DD]
10 Criminal following American soldier and doctor with a stabilising appliance (6) GIMBAL {GI}{MB}{AL}
11 Lazy person with a bee in the 5,22,23 is murmuring (5) DRONE [MD]
12 Make up a story about a light sound in retreat for fuel (7) LIGNITE {LI{GNIT<=}E}
15 Run to substitute Charlie's Mexican dish with a starchy root (4) TARO TA(-c+r)RO
16 American uncle breaking bishop's seat beginning to get to an oil source (6,4) SESAME SEED {SE{SAM}E} {SEED}
18 Sees clergymen taking in religious instruction by Charlie (10) BISHOPRICS {BISHOP{RI}{C}S}
20 Shelled holy Israeli port (4) ACRE sACREd
23 Means to cook chile in the outskirts of Vellore (7) VEHICLE {Vel{CHILE*}lorE}
24 Revolutionary restrained wingless insect (5) EMMET sTEMMEd <=
26 Anagrammed iconic features for a doctor (6) MEDICO [T]
27 A teacup's contents could get blended with its aid (7) STIRRER [CD]
28 Buddy on lute's out of tune certainly (11) UNDOUBTEDLY*

DOWN
2   Shot doctor inured (6) RUINED*
3   Killed by a slip reportedly (4) SLEW (~slue)
4   Awareness of the company chant brought up by article on the English church (10) COGNISANCE {CO}{GNIS<=}{AN}{CE}
5   Lacking a crew to make mundane changes to accommodate a Pole (8) UNMANNED {N} in {MUNDANE}*
6   Scare resulting from the young actress's temperature going up (7) STARTLE STAR(+t)TLE(-t)
7   One getting a possibly once-in-a-lifetime shower? (5-2-2) BRIDE-TO-BE [CD]
8   Austrian leader taking out the oriental heavy fabric shows courage (6) VALOUR V(-e+a)ALOUR
13 Fuel with the retreating mob attached to a follower's Molotov cocktail (6,4) PETROL BOMB {PETROL} {BOM<=}{B}
14 Rejuvenated assembly in Paris? I abandoned the quest (9) ADVENTURE REjUVeNATED*
17 Copilot I dressed up as a party person (8) POLITICO*
19 Live from the south with Polish coverage of the unlicensed bar (7) SHEBEEN {SH{EB<=}EEN}
21 Became radicalised and smuggled a tool for surveillance (6) CAMERA [T]
22 No retweet of a main channel by the receiver (6) AERIAL Anno pending (Addendum - ArtERIAL - See comments)
25 Key found in the speaker's walkway (4) ISLE (~aisle)

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39 comments:

  1. Mahesh V20 April 2016 at 08:44

    Very good puzzle

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  2. Suresh20 April 2016 at 08:50

    Good one. Any theme?

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  3. Shrikanth20 April 2016 at 08:52

    22A - ARTERIAL minus RT

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    1. Deepak Gopinath20 April 2016 at 08:54

      Thanks Shrikanth. I am not a Twitter fan

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    2. Chaturvasi20 April 2016 at 08:57

      To know what an FL is, should one have used it?

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    3. Deepak Gopinath20 April 2016 at 09:00

      Definitely. I don't know what a retweet is as I haven't used it :-)

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    4. Srividya20 April 2016 at 09:07

      i believe it is to kinda forward somebody's tweet.. kinda spreading the word sorts.. like uhmm one is an apostle and the other...hmmm.. :)

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  4. Chaturvasi20 April 2016 at 08:54

    22d is prob deleting RT (retweet) from ARTERIAL (main channel, as in arterial road). Arterial is adj so I wonder if 'channel' is necessary at all.

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    1. Srividya20 April 2016 at 09:00

      ah seems more plausible :)

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    2. Deepak Gopinath20 April 2016 at 09:15

      ... ah se aaha thak ?

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    3. Padmanabhan20 April 2016 at 09:29

      ah se anaar- our son used to say in his nursery, starting the Hindi alphabet!

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  5. Srividya20 April 2016 at 08:59

    quite an intelligent xword today - is 22d Denial ? No as definition.. a main course being The Nile (hp indicator receiver) some lovely clues today...could fuel be the theme - we have petrol, lignite, vehicle, sesame seed...even stirrer...

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  6. Padmanabhan20 April 2016 at 09:33

    My best with Neyartha and I enjoyed it immensely. Just missed 2 letters- not words!
    24A- I took (Termite-TE) and got 'remit'. But I could not explain it,though it fitted in perfectly with crossings.

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  7. Padmanabhan20 April 2016 at 09:37

    If R & T are main, then isn't it supposed to be written as Re-Tweet? Otherwise it is difficult to pick R & T.

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    1. Shrikanth20 April 2016 at 10:12

      Paddy, RT is the way Retweet is referred to. So much so it has a taken a verbal form. Please RT means please forward the tweet. Main has nothing to do with it .. Main Channel is for Arterial .. So ARTERIAL - RT

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    2. Padmanabhan20 April 2016 at 12:03

      Thank you Shrikanth. I agree with Col. that we are not up to date. We are probably still in sms times!

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 April 2016 at 09:57

    11 Lazy person with a bee in the 5,22,23 is murmuring (5) DRONE [MD]
    "5,22,23"...is puzzling me! Could someone enlighten me please?

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    1. RameshJ20 April 2016 at 10:30

      Lazy person // with a bee // in the 5,22,23 // is murmuring (5) All lead to Drone

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 April 2016 at 10:43

      Thank you, Ramesh :)

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 April 2016 at 11:17

      Here is a copy paste from Free Dic.
      DRONE
      A land, sea, or air vehicle that is remotely or automatically controlled. See also remotely piloted vehicle; unmanned aerial vehicle.
      So, as for '5,22,23' I'll take it as 'UNMANNED ISLE AERIAL'
      I should have done this digging work before raising that doubt!
      Anyway, thanking Ramesh once again. :)

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    4. Col_Gopinath20 April 2016 at 11:40

      MB,
      5, 22, 23 is UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE which is a Drone

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 April 2016 at 11:44

      OK Sir :)

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 April 2016 at 13:15

      Sighting problems I believe! Or not paying much attention to correct clue numbers and subsequent solutions. I stand corrected, Sir,

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  9. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 April 2016 at 11:35

    Me murmuring about 11A definnition please ;-)

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 April 2016 at 11:48

      ...it needs to be highlighted.

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    2. Padmanabhan20 April 2016 at 12:06

      MB,
      Whole clue is the def. It is MD as Col. and ramesh at 10.30 have indicated.

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 April 2016 at 12:34

      My mistake. Thanks Paddy :)
      Never seen before... a clue with so many multiple definitions...4 in all !!

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    4. Vasant20 April 2016 at 21:44

      4 definitions with a plausible surface..great isn't it?

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  10. Ravoori20 April 2016 at 12:16

    Appeared quite simple even for a beginner like me. Could not figure out 19 down.

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  11. Padmanabhan20 April 2016 at 12:38

    Polish= Sheen
    Live = Be
    From the South- Reversal indicator( BE becoming EB)
    Covering is the indicator for inclusion
    SHE(EB)EN

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  12. Neeladri Rao Munagala20 April 2016 at 15:02

    Itched Words On Rush

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  13. Vasant20 April 2016 at 19:17

    Logging in late..heavy work in professional...
    Thoroughly enjoyed todays offering from Neyartha...some exquisite clues..a few in his typical trademark style

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  14. kats20 April 2016 at 21:03

    11 Across. Gentlemen, I still don't get the relevance of the digits. Dense

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  15. Padmanabhan20 April 2016 at 21:05

    Explained above in comments. Unmanned aerial vehicle- given by the numbered clues.

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  16. Vasant20 April 2016 at 21:47

    Had never seen a or heard about gimbal but the clue unerringly took me to it...nice animation on that..thanks Col..

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