Wednesday 21 September 2016

No 11806, Wednesday 21 Sep 2016, The Phantom


ACROSS
8   Nothing new in scan about funny bone (6) SACRUM {SCAn}*{RUM}
9   Model of the mouth describes one's trap (8) ORIGINAL {1}{GIN} in {ORAL}
10 One present is lean wearing a casual shirt (8) ATTENDEE {A}{T{TEND}EE}
11 Worker cutting corners eager to succeed (6) MANAGE {MAN}{eAGEr}
12 Believe car doesn't have a reverse movement? (6) CREDIT {CaR}{TIDE<=}
13 Element from yellow container turned green without touching (8) NITROGEN {OR+TIN<=}{GreEN}
15 Engine is hot? Cool connecting rod (7) MACHINE {H}{IN} in {MACE}
17 Get expert to repair (7) PROCURE {PRO}{CURE}
20 Party's ally left out of strategy (8) CAMPAIGN {CAMP}{AlIGN}
22 Retiring media person to some extent compensated (6) REPAID [T<=]
23 Most healthy food I am backing is sausage (6) SALAMI {SALAd}{I'M<=}
25 Room's elevation altered by interchanging a line (8) LATITUDE (a<=>l)LATITUDE
26 Cleared grass around grasslands (8) RELEASED {RE{LEAS}ED}
27 Attractive woman bowled over gents at kerb (6) LOOKER {LOO}{KERbLOO for GENTS?

DOWN
1   Generally bad breath etc. brought up microorganisms (8) BACTERIA {BAd}{AIR+ETC<=}
2   Finished public relations exercises for goodwill (10) FRIENDSHIP {FINISHED+PR}*
3   In the middle of a film, director butts in (6) AMIDST {A}{MI{D}ST}
4   Narcotic is off limits being regulated by law (7) CODEINE {bEINg} in {CODE}
5   Rake flirts with a married heroine (4,4) FILM STAR {FLIRTS+A+M}*
6   Oven left in care of relatives (4) KILN {KI{L}N}
7   Junction/intersection creating jam (6) TANGLE {T}{ANGLE}
14 Take over job (10) OCCUPATION [DD]
16 Blowing nose, is it loud in the extreme? (8) NOISIEST*
18 ... restriction lifted stalks animal (8) REINDEER {REIN}{REED<=}
19 Add one new cryptic down clue (7) INCLUDE {1}{N}{D+CLUE}*
21 Perhaps maiden in a daze is bewildered (6) AMAZED {A+M+DAZE*}
22 Judge conducting trial extremely upset (6) RATTLE {TriaL} in {RATE}
24 Energy potentially required in an unknown quantity to reach Everest? (4) APEX {A}{PE}{X}

GRID

21 comments:

  1. +1 for 27AC.
    Loo, in general, is loo for gents or females.
    Probably, the intention is GENTS'

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    1. Attractive woman had John at kerb bowled over (6)

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    2. Seems better Col..more plausible surface

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    3. I did consider the clue the way Col put, but had a couple of issues:1) John was a giveaway and 2) "had" was extraneous. Attempt always is to use minimum of unwanted connectors.
      I don't see anything less plausible in the published clue.
      From http://www.crosswordunclued.com/2015/01/can-think-finally-see.html

      2. Bathroom

      'Can' is slang for toilet and matches other terms that mean the same - loo, gents, John, lav, to name a few popular ones.

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    4. Does that mean we can use Ladies, Men, Women, She, He, Hers, His, Rani, Raja and so on also for LOO?

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    5. Gents and ladies are certainly ised to represent loo. You will find this meaning in Chambers and other dictionaries.

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    6. Thanks Suresh, I stand corrected then, I never knew that it was there in Chambers. Apologies to The Phantom

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  2. Lovely puzzle from Mr. Walker
    Superb wp..imaginative cluing...thoroughly loved it
    Loved 25 A the most

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  3. Generally while filling in the solution one parses the clue in the mind & moves on..but today after getting the solutions I wrote the annos down as there I had lots of doubts on the annos...this helped cleared the doubtful ones like Machine..campaign..nitrogen

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    1. Yes, Vasant
      Many a time, this happened to me. I get the solution and then look around for justifying anno.

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    2. Whichever way it is, one solves , one settles score with the setter . He thinks forward, you think backward. The battle is won. he feels vanquished , you feel victorious. Parsing is to tsme the bucking horse !

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  4. 14DN Occupation is takeover and take over? In 21Dn, perhaps should be near 'daze', right? Why does generally remove last letter in 1D?

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    1. 14D - Take over is correct
      21D - Not necessarily in this case
      1D - Generally = For the most part

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    2. I think with that IN, perhaps should be after daze

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    3. Thank you. I think take over is occupy and not occupation....

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    4. I do think Esha has a point and that taking over is correct.

      21 Perhaps maiden in a daze is bewildered (6) AMAZED {A+M+DAZE*}
      Perhaps, M in A DAZE = perhaps (anagrind) A (M)DAZE = AMAZED*

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    5. Take over can also be a noun to mean occupation.

      I have recently completed the take over of my completed apartment in Bangalore.

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  5. I do remember that it took me rather a while to finish this one.. some clues remained elusive.. usually Phantom's xwords i could parse.. but this one hmmm.. looker, sacrum (new word) .. friendship was rather deceptive :)

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