Friday 18 November 2016

No 11855, Friday 18 Nov 2016, Afterdark


ACROSS
9   A black girl gathering scrap, to gain central area's contract (7) ABRIDGE {A}{B}{{RID}{G}{arEas}
10 Fitting an arrow is no ordinary chore primarily, Lord! (7) NOCKING {NO}{Chore}{KING} What's the role of ordinary? Or is it N from No and O for Ordinary? (Addendum - {No}{Or...y}{Ch..e}{KING} - See comments)
11 Fools crossing over pits (7) ABYSSES {A{BY}SSES}
12 LG takes a rupee, remodels set that's biggest (7) LARGEST {L{A}{R}G}{SET*}
13 Facial feature bruised badly, nose bleeds intermittently (9) SIDEBURNS {BRUISED*}{NoSe}
15 Plant, small measure including eggs' primarily invigorating (5) MOOLI {M{OO}L}{In...g} Should this have had an Indian identifier See comments
16 Cheated leader to go, last character to supervise fall (7) DWINDLE (-s+d)DWINDLE Last character and D? (Addendum - (s)(+d)DWINDLE(-d) - See comments)
19 Us, characters without brain, nasty essentially to be the head (7) SETTERS {naSty}{lETTERS}
20 Contract upgraded concealing malfunction (3,2) ACT UP [T]
21 Finding daughter is absent, son takes over to appeal (9) SEDUCTION (-d+s)SEDUCTION
25 Mostly allergy is terrible (7) LARGELY*
26 Extensive PR issued; is deceitful (7) EVASIVE prEVASIVE (Correction - pErVASIVE - See comments)
28 Article returned; has wrong ideas on spirits (7) NAIADES {AN<=}{IDEAS*}
29 Gamble with money in part of church (7) CHANCEL {CHANCE}{L}

DOWN
1   Parties demand to include graduate in place of beginner on Sunday (6) CABALS {CA(-l+ba)BAL}{S}
2   Filmed perhaps, adult film without cut at last around end of January (1-5) X-RAYED {X-RAtED} around {j...rY}
3   Customs without origin lead to poems (4) ODES mODES
4   Landlord to an extent collects nothing but rent primarily (6) LESSOR {LESS}{O}{Rent}
5   In the existing circumstances, to tour New York including Los Angeles in return is a test (8) ANALYSIS {N{LA<=}Y} in {AS IS}
6   Without colour, it's pain almost, sentimental without a point (10) ACHROMATIC {ACHe}{ROMAnTIC}
7   Trying to design more sites to eliminate spam primarily (8) TIRESOME {MORE+SITEs}*
8   Priest somehow gets leave for self-serving thoughts (3,5) EGO TRIPS {GO} in {PRIEST}*
14 Live at empty docks, lying over used drapes and sheets (10) BEDSPREADS {BE}{DockS}{DRAPES*}
16 Speaking slowly on arthouses' essential value (8) DRAWLING {vaLue} in {DRAWING}
17 Blend in, otherwise exit without drama avoiding odd characters (8) INTERMIX {IN}{TE{dRaMa}IX*}
18 Writer to test first (8) ESSAYIST {ESSAY}{1ST}
22 Say, actress Judi while crossing road gets wet (6) DRENCH {D{R}ENCH}
23 It is stupidity for princess to wear nothing as it is cold outside (6) IDIOCY {I{DI}{O}CY}
24 Gratineed legumes retaining thorn (6) NEEDLE [T]
27 First man should chop off woman's head (4) ADAM mADAM


27 comments:

  1. 16 CHEATED -> SWINDLED -> -S WINDLED ->DWINDLE

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    1. me too thought so.. anyway PR is not together..is it okay to remove it like that?

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    2. I do not like it when P& R are not together. It may be Ok but not something I liked

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  3. Simple and elegant.. AD does it again.. have to say i kinda dont like 17d.. a bit involved but 6d rather sweet... Mooli was last to fall .. maybe AD is having hot hot mooli paranthas today...sadly dont get that mooli easily here in singapore :( its the perfect season for it now ..

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  4. 15 Plant, small measure including eggs' primarily invigorating (5) MOOLI {M{OO}L}{In...g} Should this have had an Indian identifier.

    From chambers: Mooli: a long white carrot-shaped root that tastes similar to a radish.

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    1. It is of Japanese origin, it seems.

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    2. I meant Chambers does not give any source for the word so the def should be OK

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  5. Quite an easy one from AD..couldnt anno dwindle at all..the anno by a2z seems ok..took extensive = pervasive as pointed out by KKR..

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  6. 19a- 'Without brains' to indicate removal of first letter- okay? Or brain stands for head?

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    1. A couple of years back there was a discussion where in CV said that it (brains) does not mean the top.

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  7. Nock for the notch in arraow was new to me. I learned that it applies to the notch in the bow as well.

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  8. 12A Is R a valid abbr for Rupee?

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    1. hmm..should not be ideally.. Rs or INR.. but theres a puzzle today that had Queen as R instead of the usual :( maybe coz they didnt want her to hesitate hee hee

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    2. In Indian banking circles, Rupee is shortened as Re and Rupees as Rs.

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  9. A crossword becomes too crosswordy when you use same tools again and again.

    5+ without s 4 primarily 2 essentially to start with :)

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  10. Good point. Good surfaces make CW's interesting and enjoyable.

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  11. NAIADES ? I always thought that it is spelt without an E ! But here we are dealing with a deletion and addition expert !

    MOOLI: Redolent of the sambhar cooking in the neighbour's house! Some vegetables like mooli are best smelt but not tasted except when cooked !

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