Tuesday, 5 July 2016

No 11744, Tuesday 05 Jul 2016, Lightning


ACROSS
1   One in two Lithium and Iron atoms could be lost in this period (4-4) HALF-LIFE {LI} or {FE} &lit
5   One trips when drunk with this? (6) SPIRIT {1+TRIPS}* &lit
9   Flamboyant play to inaugurate contest for starters (8) DRAMATIC {DRAMA}{To}{In...e}{Co...t}
10 Related to one tying the knot, free to enter unending dance party (6) BRIDAL {RID} in {BALl}
12 Shrink left out in German city (5) ESSEN lESSEN
13 Provide housing identification to chief officer (9) PRESIDENT {ID} in {PRESENT}
14 Trade mixer endlessly (6) BARTER Anno pending (Addendum - {BARTendER} - See comments)
16 Clients adjusted sketching instrument (7) STENCIL*
19 Hint of writing liquid left in second last page (7) INKLING {INK}{L}{IN}{paGe}
21 Obvious doctor’s client is losing heart (6) PATENT PATiENT
23 Top ranked anaesthetist? (6,3) NUMBER ONE [C&DD]
25 Fabric made from thick substance – hard (5) CLOTH {CLOT}{H}
26 Axe a district attorney in American country (6) CANADA {CAN}{A}{DA}
27 Engineer faster in music and poetry (4,4) FINE ARTS*
28 Men surely providing guarantee (6) ENSURE [T]
29 Marked final route for frenzied dash (8) STAMPEDE {STAMPED}{r..tE}

DOWN
1   Layer holding make-up did get concealed (6) HIDDEN {DID*} in {HEN}
2   Creditor at sea? (4,5) LOAN SHARK [CD]
3   Acquire list containing primary reference (5) LEARN {LEA{Re...e}N}
4   Past president appears in ad for swimming gear (7) FLIPPER {PP} in {FLIER}
6   Relevant ratio modified to get interpretation (9) PERTINENT INTERPrETatioN*
7   Go on horseback around German bank (5) RIDGE {RID{G}E}
8   One spreading rumours, say, unusually late (8) TELLTALE {TELL}{LATE*}
11 Chaos in dining room (4) MESS [DD]
15 Last batsman sore with pain (9) TAILENDER {AIL} in {TENDER}
17 Direction to go after criminal gathering (9) CONCOURSE {CON}{COURSE}
18 Top hotel in new place (8) PINNACLE {INN} in {PLACE*}
20 Light essentially short in luminosity (4) GLOW {liGht}{LOW}
21 Anticipate public relations announcement (7) PREDICT {PR}{EDICT}
22 Caught with speed that is unadulterated (6) CHASTE {C}{HASTE}
24 Disadvantage of minister at American country (5) MINUS {MIN}{US}
25 Elite engineer caught in crush (5) CREAM {E} in {CRAM}


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19 comments:

  1. RameshJ5 July 2016 at 08:31

    14a BART(end)ER

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  2. SandhyaP5 July 2016 at 08:31

    14 Trade mixer endlessly (6) BARTER
    BART(-end)ER

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  3. Chaturvasi5 July 2016 at 08:32

    (off topic: from yesterday)
    12 Ambassador's greatness (10) EXCELLENCY [DD]

    What is the noun form of 'excellent'? 'Excellency' is the title. Would 'greatness' give 'excellency'? Do we now use 'excellency' where we would normally and usually use 'excellence'?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath5 July 2016 at 08:33

      Can we say 'The student achieved excellency is Maths'

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    2. Chaturvasi5 July 2016 at 08:34

      I am not sure.

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    3. Chaturvasi5 July 2016 at 08:38

      Further research informs me that, as I guessed, at present 'excellency' is the title. The noun form of 'excellent' is 'excellence' but 'excellency' was used in the past centuries by writers such as Fielding.

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    4. Padmanabhan5 July 2016 at 09:11

      I had the same doubt yesterday and Free dic. gave it as alternate. Thanks to CV for the research. Informative.

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  4. Vasant5 July 2016 at 08:34

    Technology!Was travelling through remote parts of UP & Jharkhand but managed to solve through the IA version..Nice one as usual from Lightning

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    1. RameshJ5 July 2016 at 09:08

      Curious to know about the quality the net connectivity in those remote places. Do you get 3G? How frequently does the connection drop?

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    2. Vasant5 July 2016 at 11:09

      Surprisingly the 3G connection was quite good with hardly any signal loss(the condition of road though was abyssmal...especially the Jharkhand side)

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    3. RameshJ5 July 2016 at 22:52

      Thanks Vasant. Good to know that net is not a big issue. Hopefully one day roads too won't be a big issue

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  5. Ramani5 July 2016 at 08:38

    Lovely crossie - nice surfaces - Thanks Lightning!

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  6. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 July 2016 at 08:45

    Easy-going today!

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  7. Padmanabhan5 July 2016 at 09:12

    Yes, easy going and enjoyable too with some nice surfaces. Lightning for speed.

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 July 2016 at 13:26

    Smooth going! Enjoyable one from Lightning. My number one COD was NUMBER ONE!

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  9. Unknown5 July 2016 at 15:00

    In my opinion, some setters set it as a challenge, to solvers. It makes them difficult.

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  10. VMA Nair5 July 2016 at 15:31

    Nice crossword today. Thanks Lightning

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  11. maradnusro5 July 2016 at 15:44

    LIKE

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  12. Srividya5 July 2016 at 21:14

    Simple sweet one.. Bart(-end)er was really cool :)

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