Monday, 18 July 2016

No 11754, Monday 18 Jul 2016, Spinner


ACROSS
1   A drug district — space that's largely stoned (8,4) ASTEROID BELT {A}{STEROID} {BELT}
10 Section of epic cryptic by Exa (5) PIECE {EPIC*}{E}
11 It can nurse on destruction/loss of treasure, basically (9) INSURANCE {It+CAN+NURSE}*
12 Clip hidden by dupatta-choli (6) ATTACH [T]
13 Collected CD having mix of love poems (8) COMPOSED {O+POEMS}* in {CD}
15 Saved penalty at the beginning by substitute, to get draw (9) PRESERVED {P}{RESERVE}{D}
16 Fledgelings have an advantage (4) EDGE [T]
20 English defenders' corners resulting in goals (4) ENDS {EN}{De...rS}
21 Advocate takes up second half of expert's broadcast (9) ADVERTISE {expERT} in {ADVISE}
24 Pressure's about making money at the start of business (8) COMMERCE {Ma...g}{Mo..y} in {COERCE}
26 Film on fish extremely elegant (6) CARPET {CARP}{El...nT}
28 Mobile roaming — it means moving from one area to another! (9) MIGRATION*
29 New form of energy mostly environment-friendly (5) GREEN ENERGy*
30 Fellow criminal to portray me differently (12) CONTEMPORARY {CON}{PORTRAY+ME}*

DOWN
2   Protected the elders' ground (9) SHELTERED*
3   Hesitation standing in the way of duty/work (8) EXERCISE {ER} in {EXCISE}
4   Drop-out appears before American University (4) OMIT {O}{MIT}
5   Figured out Spinner's Across clue (twelve-lettered) finally (10) DISCOVERED {DISC}{OVER}{cluE}{t...eD}
6   Extraordinary Portuguese guts forgotten by France, Wales, Croatia etc. (6) EUROPE PORtugUEsE*
7   Cast nets the other way, covering shelters (5) TENTS [T<=]
8   At the end, farmers beg for shower (5) SPRAY {f...rS}{PRAY}
9   Prepares to scan items at regular intervals (7) READIES {READ}{ItEmS}
14 Cover it up properly with some dress that's valuable (10) PRODUCTIVE {COVER+IT+UP+Dr..s}*
17 Setter's program gets appreciation after chief developers withdraw (9) DISAPPEAR {De...s}{I}{S}{APP}{EAR}
18 At heart, Joachim Loew unsettled by Spinner's greeting (7) WELCOME {joaChim+LOEW}*{ME
19 Holy man's row with religious head is more puzzling (8) STRANGER {ST}{RANGE}{Re...s}
22 Stay arrest on mother's intervention (6) REMAIN {MA} in {REIN}
23 Rock-strewn path on city's limit (5) STONY {ST}{ON}{citY}
25 Wise men note skill (5) MAGIC {MAGI}{C}
27 Break for short siesta (4) SNAP {S}{NAP}


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29 comments:

  1. Ramani18 July 2016 at 08:32

    Nice one Spinner. Thanks

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  2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao18 July 2016 at 08:37

    A week begins on a happy note!

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  3. Srividya18 July 2016 at 08:45

    Delightful Spinner :) asteroid belt was beautiful ... So also discover with use of spinner for disc ..wow really.. Quite inspired some of these clues today .. :)

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  4. Padmanabhan18 July 2016 at 08:47

    Loved today's spin. Thank you.
    Took a while to get to the 'asteroid belt', but once there enjoyed it.
    Needed the blog to get a few annos sorted out- like deletion from Portugese. Euro '16 continues.

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  5. Padmanabhan18 July 2016 at 08:50

    19D- I took it as ST R ANGER, with 'Row' for anger.

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  6. Suresh18 July 2016 at 08:51

    Enjoyable. How is E= Exa?

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    1. Padmanabhan18 July 2016 at 08:59

      Setter's liberty.

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    2. Bhavan18 July 2016 at 09:09

      It comes from maths, like the others - giga, tera, nano etc.

      Agree with the rest about it being an excellent puzzle.

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    3. Suresh18 July 2016 at 09:41

      Thanks, Bhavan. What is an Exa in maths. We Chartered accountants, with a few exceptions, only know sole arithmetic.

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    4. Bhavan18 July 2016 at 10:10

      Exa- is 10 raised to the power of 18.

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    5. Padmanabhan18 July 2016 at 10:19

      Thank you Bhavan. I did not know it until I saw your reply and out of curiosity googled it-
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_of_10

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    6. Suresh18 July 2016 at 10:47

      Wow! If you counted Warren Buffet's net worth in Japanese yen it would still not reach one exa.

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    7. Chaturvasi18 July 2016 at 11:23

      Our own Exa may be just a reversal of Axe as musical instrument.

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    8. Padmanabhan18 July 2016 at 11:42

      I was just wondering about his power!

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    9. Srivathsan18 July 2016 at 12:06

      Thanks, Bhavan for clarifying about Exa = E. And yes Suresh ji, it is indeed a big number, no Exa-ggeration.

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  7. Padmanabhan18 July 2016 at 08:58

    17D- ear from? I was trying to place 'Praise' for appreciation.

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  8. Vasant18 July 2016 at 09:03

    Football fever continues!The many references to the beautiful game & Euro 16..Enjoyable one Spinner!

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  9. Mukundala Balasubramanyam18 July 2016 at 09:15

    Very smooth, nice one Spinner!

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  10. PKPSwami18 July 2016 at 13:14

    wonderfully spun. Nicely woven. well-knit fabric. Enjoyed every inch.Thanks Spinner.

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  11. C.G. BHARGAV18 July 2016 at 18:30

    The MAGIC of Rajnikanth as Ranjith's Kabali is to be DISCOVERED soon.

    People in India, US, Malaysia, EUROPE and elsewhere are eager to WELCOME the movie
    with a red CARPET.

    Some crazy fans will EXERCISE their interest with a large scale MIGRATION to the
    theatres - to PITCH tents and remain SHELTERED to SPRAY milk on the cut-outs during
    the auspicious time.

    Some others would be GREEN with envy at those who managed the FDFS tickets.

    COMMERCE has PRESERVED the Super Star's image in silver coins.

    Die-hard fans may not remain COMPOSED sitting in the EDGE of their seats as the show
    unfolds itself.

    PRODUCTIVE work may be absent and DISAPPEAR on the opening days.

    Let us enjoy the movie, remain COMPOSED and not ATTACH too much importance
    to the movie and CONTEMPORARY look of the star which is to be admired.

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  12. Padmanabhan18 July 2016 at 21:02

    Great to have you back in action with a SUPER story.Thank you.

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  13. Aakash Sridhar18 July 2016 at 22:27

    Very enjoyable!

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  14. Srivathsan18 July 2016 at 23:08

    Thank you for the comments :)

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