Saturday, 15 April 2017

No 11982, Saturday 15 Apr 2017, The Phantom

ACROSS

8   Caught one at leg-gully (6) CANYON {C}{ANY}{ON}
9   Strange reaction after one becomes chemically unreactive matter (5,3) INERT GAS {I}{STRANGE}*
10 A missing supplement found in measure of sugar (8) DEXTROSE {D{EXTRa}OSE}
11 I love to eat after one (6) IODINE {I}{O}{DINE}
12 What redneck's harbouring is ill-will (6) HATRED (T)
13 Leaving out a form of exercise? (8) SKIPPING (DD)
15 Nothing paid for with permission (7) ALLOWED {ALL}{OWED}
17 Enraged, in other words provoked (7) ANGERED {ENRAGED*}
20 Bottle of jam (8) PRESERVE (DD)
22 Excellent lodges being regularly chosen for meeting (6) PLENUM {PL{bEiNg}UM}
23 Carpet currently not available, I felt a tad upset (6) TATAMI {{I}{MAT}{A}{Tad}}<=
25 Being courteous European carries Italian lady's coat (8) POLITELY {POL{IT}E}{LadY}
26 Travellers by trains often accommodated by brokers? (8) TOURISTS {TOU{tRaInS}TS}
27 Common sense, idiot possesses perhaps? Just the opposite! (6) SANITY {SA{NIT}Y}

DOWN

1   Opening batsman at sea, beaten by delivery in this game? (8) BASEBALL {Batsman}{SEA*}{BALL}
2   Cryptic from earliest "Times" found in setter's grave! (10) MYSTERIOUS {MY}{S{Times}ERIOUS}
3   Modern path to progress (6) INROAD {IN}{ROAD}
4   Complaint got from seaside resorts (7) DISEASE {SEASIDE}*
5   Mockery of judgement to include right for crooked leader (8) DERISION {DE(-c+R}ISION}
6   Con missing the last piece of jewellery (4) STUD {STUDy}
7   About a gunner at heart working for artillery (6) CANNON {C}{A}{guNNer}{ON}
14 Avoiding pressure can girl hide, at no time returning? (10) PREVENTING {P}{NEVER<=}{TIN}{G}
16 The oldest ateliers were different (8) EARLIEST{ATELIERS}*
18 Oriental character gets fair treatment (8) EQUALITY {E}{QUALITY}
19 Fairly loud base during audition creates disturbance (7) TEMPEST ? (Addendum - {TE{MP}{E}ST} - See comments)
21 Warrant for arresting leader of mutiny (6) REASON {tREASON}
22 Oil's processed in Philippines to get wax (6) POLISH {P{OILS*}H}
24 A worry when men fall out of line (4) AWRY {A}{WorRY}

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30 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath15 April 2017 at 08:42

    How is TAM = Felt in 23A

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  2. Padmanabhan15 April 2017 at 08:55

    19D- I had 'Test' for audition, but could not parse EMP (from loud base?)

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 April 2017 at 09:28

      I am not sure. But it might be T[EMP]EST where EMP stands for electromagnetic pulse.

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  3. Padmanabhan15 April 2017 at 08:58

    Enjoyed the lovely surface for 1D.

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  4. VMA Nair15 April 2017 at 10:58

    Nice puzzle, Phantom ji!

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    1. Vasant15 April 2017 at 16:51

      Never in his wildest dreams Mr Walker would have thought someone will address him with the G word😀

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    2. Raghunath15 April 2017 at 17:23

      and the Phantom's alter ego was knighted yesterday by Dr.X!

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  5. raju umamaheswar15 April 2017 at 11:05

    Why only 5 appearances ? On a Saturday?

    A new take on I for Iodine ! 16 across: ALL OWED = nothing paid is cute ! similarly,ANGERED is a favourite amongst compilers as it has variants in DERANGE< ENRAGED. Again , CON = study is a CON -decoy clue as mostly a solver thinks of CON as = cheating

    All in all, an excellent piece of creation from Phantom.

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  6. Padmanabhan15 April 2017 at 11:21

    'I' enjoyed. Yes, Allowed, skipping, baseball were good too.

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  7. raju umamaheswar15 April 2017 at 11:24



    PS: 21 across: A small niggle: Where is the indicator for dropping T from treason for warrant= REASON? Why leader of mutiny? Again, INROAD- 3 down: doesn't it mean encroaching or raiding?So why progress?

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 April 2017 at 11:36

      Arresting (stopping) is the deletion Ind.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 April 2017 at 11:39

      In mutiny = treason t is the leader hence t dropped.

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    3. Satyen Nabar15 April 2017 at 11:41

      Hi Raju! Ref--Chambers http://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=inroad&title=thes

      inroad
      n
      advance, progress, encroachment, foray, impingement, incursion, intrusion, trespassing, invasion, irruption, onslaught, attack, assault, offensive, charge, raid, sally, sortie, trespass

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    4. raju umamaheswar15 April 2017 at 12:27

      Thanks, Doc !
      MB: How T is the leader in Mutiny? isn't it M? Again, Mutiny+ Treason . Isn't it too much of a stretch?

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    5. Padmanabhan15 April 2017 at 12:32

      One of the meanings given for treason (Free Dic.) is mutiny. So, I guess it should be okay.

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 April 2017 at 12:53

      My mistake. The post should have been....Mutiny = Treason...In treason t is the leader etc...! :)

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  8. Vasant15 April 2017 at 12:08

    Lovely puzzle!
    Thanks Mr. Walker for the entertainment
    BTW, got to read a strip of Phantom comics which appears in Mumbai Mirror daily. I think it is now being written by Lee Falk's son.
    Anybody still reading them?

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  9. Padmanabhan15 April 2017 at 12:26

    I see the series appearing in Deccan Chronicle- all editions (available free on line if you are interested). Sometimes I peep in.

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    1. Vasant15 April 2017 at 13:37

      Shall certainly take a look..
      Also DC has a cryptic crossword..a tad easy I thought

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    2. Padmanabhan15 April 2017 at 14:22

      Not a cryptic- a quick one which follows the one that appears in TH but a few months behind.

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  10. Padmanabhan15 April 2017 at 12:28

    Would 'walker' or someone else clear EMP of Tempest? Or is KKR right?

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    1. Raghunath15 April 2017 at 14:48

      Paddy,

      You are right about "test"= audition. You know when in doubt with my puzzles refer http://chambers.co.uk/ most of the times for abbreviations used. In the clue you can now find out the words for which abbrs are used and refer.

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    2. Deepak Gopinath15 April 2017 at 15:50

      Anno for Fairly loud base = MPE or EMP is still not clear

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    3. Raghunath15 April 2017 at 15:57

      Check MP and E in http://chambers.co.uk/

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    4. Esha_iitm15 April 2017 at 17:00

      Isn't MP (Mezzo Piano) fairly soft and not fairly loud? I had same doubts about 21D also. Otherwise liked the puzzle.

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    5. Raghunath15 April 2017 at 17:11

      Check comment @ 2.48 and 3.57. What's the doubt re 21D?

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    6. Satyen Nabar15 April 2017 at 17:13

      Hi!

      mp = mezzo piano which is somewhat louder than piano but softer than forte hence fairly loud (or moderately soft, either being correct)

      e = base as in the the mathematical constant e which is the base of all natural logarithms also known as the Euler's number

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    7. Raghunath15 April 2017 at 17:16

      I mean why discuss when the source referred to is given? MP is there in http://chambers.co.uk/ as is E= base

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    8. Raghunath15 April 2017 at 17:18

      to make it easy: http://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=mp&title=21st, gives

      1 Member of Parliament. 2 Eng Metropolitan Police. 3 a Military Police; b military police officer. 3 mounted police.

      mp abbreviation 1 (also m.p.) melting point. 2 music mezzo piano, fairly loud.

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