Tuesday, 19 July 2016

No 11755, Tuesday 19 Jul 2016, Exa


ACROSS
7   Feature hotshot in paper (5) FACET {F{ACE}T}
8   Decline a bet meant to be lost (9) ABATEMENT*
10 Information given by advertisement's wrong (6) ADVICE {AD}{VICE}
11 Take off an undergarment – go without it (8) TRAVESTY {TR{A}{VEST}Y}
12 Story about Nicolas penned (8) COVERAGE {C{OVER}AGE}
13 Famous writer's article on 'ego' broadcast (6) GOETHE {EGO*}{THE}
14 Clear out drawing books from the middle (7) CENTRAL {NT} in {CLEAR}*
16 Most affected by endless pain in abdomen (7) STOMACH {MOST}*{ACHe}
20 Correct wrong year (6) UPDATE [CD] (Addendum - {UP}{DATE} - A little birdie asked  me to correct this}
23 Difficult, at sixteen, to make a living (8) EXISTENT {aT+SIXTEEN}* How is A removed?
25 Huge mineral waste suppressed (8) COLOSSAL {CO{LOSS}AL}
26 Move over a box (6) CARTON {CART}{ON}
27 Support engineers for nice careers (9) REINFORCE {RE}{FOR+NICE}*
28 Make love, with hesitation, in film (5) LAYER {LAY}{ER}

DOWN
1   Collection of clothes with a fashionable border (8) WARDROBE {W}{A}{BORDER}*
2   Writer I shelter with regret (8) PENITENT {PEN}{I}{TENT}
3   I'll help a teetotaller fill ale (7) ABETTER {A}{BE{TT}ER}
4   Shirt tag removed at once (8) STRAIGHT*
5   Edges away from spoilt electrical unit (6) AMPERE hAMPEREd (Addendum - pAMPEREd - See comments)
6   Kidnap – can't criminal keep quiet about it? (6) SNATCH {S{CANT*}H}
9   Excellent bringing back a prize (4) MEGA {MEG}{A}<=
15 To state "no" is another way of expressing dislike (8) AVERSION {AVER}{IS+NO}*
17 Stuff husband took back home (8) MATERIAL {MATE}{LAIR<=}
18 Read and write down date as suggested (8) CONNOTED {CON}{NOTE}{D}
19 Put back a revolting flavour (7) REPLACE {PER<=}{LACE}
21 Motivate learner to pursue professional training (6) PROPEL {PRO}{PE}{L}
22 Flourish in a game by capturing bishop instead of rook (6) ABOUND {A}{(-r+b)BOUND}
24 Power cut in stadium causing irritation (4) ITCH pITCH

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29 comments:

  1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao19 July 2016 at 08:41

    Thanks Exa!

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  2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao19 July 2016 at 08:44

    AC 23 Difficult, at sixteen, to make a living (8) EXISTENT {aT+SIXTEEN}* How is A removed?
    Probably it was "to make out a living"?

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  3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 July 2016 at 08:44

    Lovely puzzle as ever from Exa!

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  4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao19 July 2016 at 08:47

    Down 5 Edges away from spoilt electrical unit (6) AMPERE hAMPEREd
    I think it should be pAMPEREd.

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  5. Vasant19 July 2016 at 09:10

    10 to the power of 18 entertaining puzzle..lovely clues all around

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  6. Padmanabhan19 July 2016 at 09:42

    Enjoyed solving it. Thank you Exa.

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  7. Padmanabhan19 July 2016 at 09:44

    24D- Pitch can be called a stadium?

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 July 2016 at 09:55


    Pitch (N)

    3. Sports A playing field. Also called wick

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pitch

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  9. Padmanabhan19 July 2016 at 10:00

    Yes MB, I understand pitch is a playing field. But a stadium is the building around it, isn't it? Or rather, the stadium is built around a pitch, as I understand it.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 July 2016 at 10:38

      Anybody to pitch in please?!

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    2. Chaturvasi19 July 2016 at 10:51

      I would think 'pitch' is only part of a stadium.
      Thesaurus lists or lists of synonyms are usually broad and give all words associated near and far with the given word. We might need to use discretion in selecting the word.
      Many clues in this puzzle are well done. I am merely answering a query.

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    3. Deepak Gopinath19 July 2016 at 15:33

      As per Chambers a stadium is ' a race course or sports ground' and Pitch is ' a place set apart for playing or practising a game.

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  10. Deepak Gopinath19 July 2016 at 10:09

    Anno to 20A also corrected

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  11. Srividya19 July 2016 at 10:21

    Nice puzzle from Exa... Simple sweet clues most but not in sync with some clue ing .. Wardrobe use of fashionable as indicator even if W A is ignored.. Def of mega .. No qualifier for Nicholas to lead to Cage.. But my delight is the use of drawing in CentrAl.. Lovely device to connote inclusion and fits so well with surface :)

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  12. Chaturvasi19 July 2016 at 10:48

    In 20a, how is 'up' = wrong?

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    1. Padmanabhan19 July 2016 at 13:24

      Same doubt here.

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    2. Aakash Sridhar19 July 2016 at 16:14

      Intended this in the sense of what's 'up'/what's 'wrong'

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    3. Padmanabhan19 July 2016 at 16:21

      Subject to correction, I was thinking that it meant 'What's happening?'

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    4. Col_Gopinath19 July 2016 at 19:34

      Don't think that will work Aakash

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    5. Aakash Sridhar19 July 2016 at 20:03

      I appreciate everyone's views on this, but I simply picked the usage up from chambers and freeidioms.

      According to them, there are two senses to what's up. One is what's wrong, and
      the other is the well-known what's happening.
      Another relation given is: something's "up" with him/ something's "wrong" with him.
      Does it work now?

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  13. Srivathsan19 July 2016 at 12:12

    Nice puzzle. Just one little clarification -

    3 I'll help a teetotaller fill ale (7)

    Does A fill B sufficiently indicate that A is inside B? I felt "I'll help a teetotaller filling ale" would be more apt from the cryptic grammar point of view.

    Mostly an entertaining puzzle, with the customary 'spirited' reference.

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  14. Padmanabhan19 July 2016 at 14:09

    Off track- about texting (read today)
    If Hamelet were to be around today, he might have texted-"2 B r nt 2 B, tht iz d ?"

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