Tuesday 13 September 2016

No 11801, Tuesday 13 Sep 2016, Skulldugger


BAKRID GREETINGS

ACROSS
1   Addled nut wanders into a territorial division (6) COUNTY {NUT}* in {COY} Are ADDLED and COY synonymous? See comments
4   Decrees to write information without sources (6) ENACTS {pEN}{fACTS}
9   Head cop to return for a bit (4) SPOT {SP}{TO<=}
10 At this great clue's heart such a mark (10) APOSTROPHE Def by example
11 Involuntarily fast luminary with extreme victory dance (6) STARVE {STAR}{Vi...y}{d..cE}
12 I'd left discreetly, oddly discreetly (8) SECRETLY diSCRETELY*
13 Agonisedly explodes after youth massacred by the right, say (9) ALONGSIDE AGONISEDLy*
15 Currency returned to den (4) LAIR <=
16 Meets the cost of a kind of bowler, say (4) PACE (~pays)
17 Alternative term given to books initially: shelf embellishments (9) ORNAMENTS {OR}{NAME}{NT}{Shelf}
21 Coppers turn at junction to look for gold, for instance (8) PROSPECT {COPPERS}*{T}
22 Doctor plagued heartlessly in the preceding period (4-2) LEAD-UP PLAgUED*
24 Do they take things up a notch? (10) ESCALATORS [CD]
25 Keen bird of prey has no alternative (4) RAPT RAPTor
26 Murder short lecturer with saw (6) SAYING SlAYING
27 A powerful faction's feature (6) ASPECT {A}{S{P}ECT}

DOWN
1   Excellent principal (7) CAPITAL [DD]
2   Complete goofball with no name (5) UTTER nUTTER
3   King beleaguered by dreadful valets on tour (7) TRAVELS {R} in {VALET}*
5   See, it's not going to happen with time for date (6) NOTICE {NO (-d+t)TICE}
6   Band together for group price, obtaining rebate ultimately (9) COOPERATE {COOP}{r...tE}{RATE}
7   She learns of the star child in hiding (7) SCHOLAR {S{CH}OLAR}
8   Indicators one faltered for a reason (13) CONSIDERATION*
14 Difficult scene that's creepy, cold, forsaken, but unavoidable (9) NECESSARY {SCENE*}{ScARY}
16 Frolicsome seraphs' expressions (7) PHRASES*
18 Arty loans Elsa odd reference books (7) ATLASES {ArTy}{LoAnS}{ElSa}
19 Blowhard's favourite instrument! (7) TRUMPET TRUM{PET} Anno pending (Addendum - [CD] - See comments)
20 Marine at sea to stay put (6) REMAIN*
23 Zorba, Greek, has to say "Yes" (5) AGREE [T]


13 comments:

  1. 19 Blowhard's favourite instrument! (7) TRUMPET

    I took it to be a CD - blow your own trumpet

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  2. Reg 1AC, addled is anagrind here. COY is intended perhaps in territorial, I am not sure.

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  3. Enjoyed Skull's offering. In 16a, I think 'say' is misplaced. So it seems to lead to 'pays' and not 'pace'

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  4. Lovely one from SD..
    The obvious COD, as the clue itself trumpets is apostrophe..

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  5. Col. got the apostrophe right this time! I did not, since I had filled in aggregate for 6D.

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  6. Skulldugger thanks for not making this a boring job :) - simple clues, decent finishes.. but I did have a few reservations .. coy=addled, is it right to say escalators take u up a notch?? level/floor perhaps.. on the whole a nice one

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  7. Apologies for 16ac. I initially had "Meets the cost of say, a kind of bowler" in my notes, but must have been careless when copying it out. For 1ac, I had : "Addled nut wanders into reserved province" in my submitted version, so I have no idea what happened there. Many a slip...

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    1. Oh, ok for 1AC.
      I was breaking my head and trying to justify Territorial = Localised = Reserved, ha ha!

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  8. Thank you for clearing up both the points.

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