Wednesday, 11 January 2017

No 11901, Wednesday 11 Jan 2017, Scintillator


ACROSS
1   Irritating wail outside a hotel (6) CRABBY {CR{A}{BB}Y}
4   Bumble  right when drunk and walk with a swagger (8) STRUTTER {STUTTER+R}* (Addendum - {R} in {STUTTER} - See comments)
9   Seller's promotion comprising exotic deal (6) PEDLAR {DEAL}* in {PR}
10 Curse having put asafoetida in servings (8) DISHINGS {DIS{HING}S}
12 Fan's vow in the future (8) IDOLATER {I DO}{LATER}
13 God with mace is a martinet (6) RAMROD {RAM}{ROD}
15 To ship furniture, we rented a container (4) EWER [T}
16 Kids facing entrance exam touring Assam's capital with some relatives (5-5) GREAT-AUNTS {GRE}{Assam}{T AUNTS}
19 Acclaimed American oddball in a university (10) ACADEMICAL {ACCLAIMED+A}*
20 Strong market? That's nonsense! (4) BULL [DD]
23 A vicar consumed a delicacy (6) CAVIAR*
25 Outline of some craters' crests visible near full moon (8) SCENARIO {Some}{Cr...r}{NEAR*}{IO} What is the AInd for ENAR? What is the role of FULL?
27 Registered nurse turned over (8) ENROLLED {EN}{ROLLED}
28 Clue in novel's central parts (6) NUCLEI*
29 Insect’s stinging poison — creepier in the extremes (8) SCORPION {POISON+Cr...eR}*
30 Physical driver steering my Zen ethic, primarily (6) ENZYME {MY+ZEN}*{Ethic}

DOWN
1   Set a limit to delta farmers' yield unpredictability (7) CAPRICE {CAP}{RICE}
2   Arabian dromedary overlooking a cluster of stars (9) ANDROMEDA [T]
3   With double acceleration, cross a line on two pivots (6) BIAXAL {BI}{A}{X}{A}{L}
5   Creator of Tom Sawyer has not a match (4) TWIN TWaIN
6   Sudden change in a pH value — at sixes and sevens? (8) UPHEAVAL*
7   Drift in male voice (5) TENOR [DD]
8   Cut short relaxation, that is, in lodges (7) RESIDES {RESt}{IDESt}
11 Enlist courtiers to regulate, dethroning other small chiefs (7) RECRUIT {CoURTIERs}*
14 Equate the remainder (7) BALANCE [DD]
17 Out-of-sync tune to come together in a different way (9) NEUTRALLY {TUNE}*{RALLY}
18 Game-changing collapse in hopeless movie (8) MEGAFLOP {GAME}*{FLOP}
19 Drona's students bend in front of king's son (7) ARCHERS {ARCH}{ER}{S}
21 Powerful and punchy one-liner? Not quite (7) LEONINE {ONE LINEr}*
22 Stylish act successively with no interruption (2,4) IN TURN {IN} {TURN}
24 Sign of 'Amazon' spelt without 'A' (5) VIRGO VIRaGO
26 Your tech members regularly reflecting on lead role (4) HERO {yOuR tEcH}<=

GRID

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41 comments:

  1. Chaturvasi11 January 2017 at 08:36

    Full moon = O. If it were new moon, the outline may not be visible and you might not see it as O.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath11 January 2017 at 08:52

      Then how do we get I?

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    2. Chaturvasi11 January 2017 at 09:10

      I didn't look at the clue and anno from THAT angle. I was only basking in the light of the full moon.

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    3. Chaturvasi11 January 2017 at 09:11

      IO = moon
      Often used in crosswords. I have used it sometimes.

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    4. Vasant11 January 2017 at 09:38

      CV Sir..Col has also given io=moon in his anno..his query was what was the anind of near which is given by Prasad(a2z_iima) as full

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    5. Chaturvasi11 January 2017 at 11:28

      OK

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  2. Chaturvasi11 January 2017 at 08:42

    Our friend Richard Lasardo sent me a link saying that may be of interest to Sloggers and Bloggers:
    ​http://phrontistery.info/longwords.html
    I visit it sometimes and it has some curious things for word lovers.

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  3. Vasant11 January 2017 at 09:01

    I thought this was a technically perfect puzzle...almost nil obtrusive connectors..Scintillator striving for perfection & succeding..
    Got Scenario only because of crossing..

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  4. Vasant11 January 2017 at 09:09

    25A:Anind of NEAR* looks doubtful..looks like visible..if so then FULL is superfluous

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    1. Chaturvasi11 January 2017 at 09:12

      IO = moon.

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    2. sree_sree11 January 2017 at 09:20

      FULL -> CRAMMED ->ARRANGED

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    3. Vasant11 January 2017 at 09:32

      Right Prasad..then visible is not required in cryptic meaning..perhaps required for surface

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  5. RameshJ11 January 2017 at 09:51

    Lots of constellations & a galaxy today?

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  6. Raghunath11 January 2017 at 10:50

    4A is it an indirect anagram?

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    1. RameshJ11 January 2017 at 11:28

      C/C clue with 'when drunk' acting as c/c indicator

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    2. Padmanabhan11 January 2017 at 12:21

      Anagram of a synonym. Does that make it an indirect anagram & a no no?

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    3. Raghunath11 January 2017 at 12:26

      Thanks Ramesh. It's Stutter drinking R. St(r)utter

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  7. Raghunath11 January 2017 at 10:53

    Imagining a camel over looking the sky above!

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  8. vdsprasad49@gmail.com11 January 2017 at 10:55

    What is the role of kids in 16A please?

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    1. Raghunath11 January 2017 at 11:04

      Kid: Taunt

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    2. vdsprasad49@gmail.com11 January 2017 at 11:46

      Thank you. I thought so but didn't find this meaning in dictionary.com. Probably it is there in other dics.

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    3. Vasant11 January 2017 at 11:51

      Its a pretty common slang..when we say you must be kidding..dont kid me

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    4. Padmanabhan11 January 2017 at 12:23

      For 'taunt' kid is given as a synonym. Pretty common, as Vasant says. But we tend to take kid as a noun.

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  9. Sujatha11 January 2017 at 12:46

    In 1A, bb = hotel as in bed & breakfast? What is the anno please?

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  10. Mukundala Balasubramanyam11 January 2017 at 12:49

    8Dn : Cut short relaxation, that is, in lodges (7) RESIDES {RESt}{IDES}
    What is 'IDES' for pl?

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  11. Padmanabhan11 January 2017 at 13:24

    Thanks MB & Raghu. I too had that doubt.
    But cutting short one letter of a 2 part word and making it one is a bit jarring.

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  12. Scintillator11 January 2017 at 14:34

    25A: 'Full' is anagrind, one of its meanings being 'drunk' (ref Chambers, and also common Indian slang, I guess?)

    The theme is of Zodiac signs, with one of them badly represented due to an oversight of mine.

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  13. Padmanabhan11 January 2017 at 14:45

    Thank you Scintillator.
    Ramesh was close enough to the theme.

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  14. Padmanabhan11 January 2017 at 14:48

    Yes, 'Full' is indeed a slang for being loaded. But, I think it is first time that it is being used as Anind. Once explained, it sounds logical enough.

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  15. Padmanabhan11 January 2017 at 14:57

    Bull (Taurus), Twin (Gemini), Leo, Virgo, Balance (Libra), Scorpio.
    That is 6 out of 12. Becomes 7 if Crab(by) is included.

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  16. RameshJ11 January 2017 at 15:43

    Archer? ( Sagittarius )

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  17. Padmanabhan11 January 2017 at 17:46

    I left out mine!

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  18. Scintillator11 January 2017 at 19:57

    RAMROD, CAPRICE and EWER being the other three. FISHINGS became DISHINGS as I was clueing, so maybe CAVIAR is okay as a substitute?

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  19. raju umamaheswar12 January 2017 at 05:13

    On a broader galactic spectrum, does ANDROMEDA qualify to be part of the theme?

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