Saturday, 17 December 2016

No 11880, Saturday 17 Dec 2016, Afterdark

ACROSS
1 Over in Singapore, engineer makes a puppet (6) STOOGE {S{TOO}G}{E}
4 Longing for China to collapse on force (6) ACHING {CHINA}*{G}
9 Time over; release (4)  EMIT {TIME}<=
10 In travel, carry a container for hunger (10) MOTIVATION {MOT{I}{VAT}ION}
11 Go for a walk on road, then run (6) STROLL {ST}{ROLL}
12 Salt takes prostitute's fee (8) TARTRATE {TART}{RATE}
13 Dances with lover with daughter composing a song (9) FANDANGOS {FAN}{D}{A SONG*}

15 Reportedly you left friend for a fowl (5) BIDDY {B(-u+I}DDY}
16 Boor seen at southern port (5) SWINE {S}{WINE}
18 Notes for masonry (9) STONEWORK Rev anag of {NOTES}
22 Break at 11.51, player's break in the middle (8) SIDELINE {SIDE}{LI}{N}{brEak}
23 Japanese emperor married on a weekend, held a party (6) MIKADO {M}{I}{weeK}{A}{DO}
25 Frauds give false promises to suppress trade union (10) IMPOSTURES {PROMISES}* around {TU}
26 Cross over to exit (4) DOOR {ROOD<=}
27 Settled on road during exigency (6)  NESTED {NE{ST}ED}
28 Take off when caught at border (6) ASCEND {AS}{C}{END}

DOWN
1 Art, amusement stores around an island (7) SUMATRA (T<=)
2 Somehow understood, nerds fly off to excel (5) OUTDO {UNDERSTOOD-NERDS}*
3 Orchestra's strategy is to avoid piano (7) GAMELAN {GAMEpLAN}
5 Secret believer has no name (6) COVERT {COnVERT}
6 Discussion on contest held in winter week later (9) INTERVIEW {(-w)INTER{VIE}(+W)}
7 Rejoiced in lodge building with a model (7) GLOATED {LODGE+A+T}*
8 Latest condition of model's heart... (5,2,3,3) STATE OF THE ART {STATE} {OF} {T}{HE ART}
14 ...primarily dicey and surgeon's report is critical (9) DANGEROUS {Dicey}{And}{SURGEON}*
17 American poet exposes wife's murderer (7) WHITMAN {W}{HITMAN}
19 Somehow made sense to eliminate Bill and opponents (7) NEMESES {{MADE SENSE}-{AD}}*
20 Communist party on return arrested warrant officer in a Californian city (7) REDWOOD {RED}{WO}{DO<=}
21 Selection of skirt, leggings and woman's dress (6) KIRTLE (T)

24 Pull ruler near line (5) KEDGE {K}{EDGE}

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19 comments:

  1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 December 2016 at 08:38

    Thanks AD. I enjoyed solving it.

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  2. Suresh17 December 2016 at 10:51

    I have a crib with 1D. Else good

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    1. Padmanabhan17 December 2016 at 11:53

      Yes, stores is odd. Should be some other word indicating reversal like back etc. would have been better.I was actually trying to fit an island in the middle of the word, taking around as the indicator.

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    2. VMA Nair17 December 2016 at 12:03

      I don't see any problem with indicators but it's not hidden completely.

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    3. Padmanabhan17 December 2016 at 12:20

      Why hidden? It is a reversal.

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    4. VMA Nair17 December 2016 at 12:21

      Stores supposed to be telescopic indicator and around reversal ind here

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    5. Suresh17 December 2016 at 12:24

      The problem is not stores. It is an open-ended telescopic. That is not good convention

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    6. Raghunath17 December 2016 at 12:40

      'Stores' means it's embedded, so how can we it open ended?

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    7. Suresh17 December 2016 at 12:46

      There are no letters before the last A of Sumatra. That is the problem. A telescopic clue should normally have the answer beginning and ending somewhere in the middle and not at the beginning or end of the fodder.

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    8. Suresh17 December 2016 at 12:49

      If instead of Art the word had been pop-art or some such word it would be okay.

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    9. Raghunath17 December 2016 at 13:45

      That's what I meant (that we can't leave it open ended)

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    10. Suresh17 December 2016 at 14:26

      Oh, Ok. I was wondering what that typo was intended to be

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  3. Srividya17 December 2016 at 11:19

    Q on 14a.. is report supposed to be the anagram indicator??

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    1. VMA Nair17 December 2016 at 12:14

      Think so but no idea how

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    2. RameshJ17 December 2016 at 15:46

      Port in computer terminology is to transform a program such that it can run on another system. Report can be taken as port again. So report as anag ind seems fine.

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    3. Srividya18 December 2016 at 08:42

      very obscure IMO.. :(

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  4. Padmanabhan17 December 2016 at 11:49

    Reportedly you gives U. Replacement of U with I (from a?)

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    1. VMA Nair17 December 2016 at 12:07

      A = one = I is indirect IMO and we have 3 instances of that usage. What's the role of in in 10A?

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  5. Vasant17 December 2016 at 14:18

    Even with all the supposed problems cited above, I enjoyed this.Liked in particular state of the art, stonework,sideline..
    Thanks AD.

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