Wednesday, 7 June 2017

No 12027, Wednesday 07 Jun 2017, xChequer


I'll tip my hat to anyone who says that he/she completed the CW today without help from Google.

ACROSS
7   Ruling queen on a bottled drink (6) REGINA {RE}{GIN}{A}
8   Snake, to wit, term yielding traitor, primarily (3-5) TWO-TIMER {TO+WIT+tERM}*
9   16 in England and a saint? Nonsense (4,4) JOHN BULL {JOHN} {BULL}
10 Pupils admitted in institute essentially (6) TUTEES [T]
11 Savages in reclaimed ghetto controlling area (5) MAULS {A} in {SLUM}<=
12 Blot on society, slander say, in retrospect (6) SMUDGE {S}{MUD}{EG<=}
14 Women's bash — they debate showers to celebrate new arrival (3,3,5,4) WET THE BABYS HEAD {W+BASH+THEY+DEBATE}*
17 Old ass without energy or wildcat? (6) OCELOT {O}{C{E}LOT}
18 Disciplinary power being very easily corrupted (5) ?E?A? (Addendum - VENAL  (-p+v)VENAL - See comments)
22 Iron fist ultimately used in state security (6) SAFETY {SA{FE}{fisT}Y}
23 No chance to act at West End in London (8) TURNDOWN {TURN}{DO}{W}{l...oN}
24 Sambar for one, very thoughtful (8) RUMINANT [DD]
25 New school books (6) NOVELS {NOVEL}{S}

DOWN
1   Explosive latent, blasting cap does this (9) DETONATES Anno pending (Addendum - {lATENT+DOES}* - See comments)
2   Full skirt, navy, stocked by finished length (6) DIRNDL {DI{RN}D}{L} With help from Google
3   Lawyer with guts, in fact (5) DATUM {DA}{TUM}
4   Dished inside out, toothy rogue, seen in Tom and Jerry for instance (3,5) HOT TODDY {Di..eD} in {TOOTHY}*
5   Golden tin periodically placed here? (8) FIFTIETH Anno pending [CD] - See comments
6   Throw one of this and die for this figure (5) SEVEN Anno pending [DD] - See comments
8   I know right and wrong to be ultimately baseless (4,2,5,2) TELL ME ABOUT IT {TO+BE+ULTIMATELy}*
13 Yes, a wall to be built on Mexico's border — why not? (3,2,4) MAY AS WELL {Me...o}{YES +A+WALL}*
15 Groom to help at home? Then one in couple normally set to row (8) THOLEPIN {TO+HOLE}*{IN} What's the role of 'Then one in'?
16 Anonymous underwriter tipped to cover extremely ordinary person (8) EVERYMAN EVER{o...rY}{MAN} Anno pending (Addendum - {VERY} in {NAME}<= - See comments)
19 Dine, raving over shelled ingredient in salad (6) ENDIVE {DINE}*{oVEr}
20 Done for retired neighbour, extremely urgent (5) KAPUT {PAK<=}{Ur..nT}
21 Get normal in prison (5) BRING {BRI{N}G}

GRID

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44 comments:

  1. Raghunath7 June 2017 at 08:33

    18 Disciplinary power being very easily corrupted (5) ?E?A? pVENAL

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  2. Raghunath7 June 2017 at 08:36

    5 Golden tin periodically placed here? (8) FIFTIETH Anno pending

    FIF(TIE)H

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  3. sree_sree7 June 2017 at 08:40

    5 tin atomic number is 50

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  4. Raghunath7 June 2017 at 08:41

    6 Throw one of this and die for this figure (5) SEVEN Anno pending

    1 + 6?

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    1. Padmanabhan7 June 2017 at 08:50

      'die'- a singular for dice?

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    2. Suresh7 June 2017 at 10:38

      Throw a seven means to die. I found it through google machan

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  5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao7 June 2017 at 08:44

    Why Google alone? I needed host of dictionaries too! Ha, ha!!

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  6. Bhavan7 June 2017 at 08:47

    1 Explosive latent, blasting cap does this (9) DETONATES Anno pending

    (l-)[ATENT + DOES]*

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    1. Deepak Gopinath7 June 2017 at 08:48

      Thanks Bhavan. DOES on double duty?

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    2. Raghunath7 June 2017 at 08:51

      Explosive is the anagrind

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    3. Vasant7 June 2017 at 09:05

      Semi & Lit since latent is not part of definition?

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    4. Balaji8 June 2017 at 05:18

      Not sure how latent fits into the definition.

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  7. Bhavan7 June 2017 at 08:48

    16 Anonymous underwriter tipped to cover extremely ordinary person (8) EVERYMAN EVER{o...rY}{MAN} Anno pending

    NAM(VERY)E <=

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    1. Deepak Gopinath7 June 2017 at 08:52

      I still don't get it! What is EMAN?

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    2. Padmanabhan7 June 2017 at 08:54

      It is 'nmae', I think.

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    3. Vasant7 June 2017 at 08:54

      Name=Anonymous underwriter?

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    4. Deepak Gopinath7 June 2017 at 08:55

      ... and what is NMAE?

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    5. Bhavan7 June 2017 at 08:55

      anonymous underwriter (as in an authority I think) = name
      tipped = reversed
      ordinary person = def

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    6. Raghunath7 June 2017 at 09:03

      The def needs to be changed in the anno. Sorry MB to steal your thunder!

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    7. Vasant7 June 2017 at 09:14

      Seems MB has gone to England to see the Champions Trophy live!Not very active here since the championship started😀

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    8. sree_sree7 June 2017 at 09:36

      anonymous=unknown=Y
      underwriteR = MAN as in bailsman/bondsman
      extremely = EVER

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  8. Bhavan7 June 2017 at 08:51

    6 Throw one of this and die for this figure (5) SEVEN Anno pending

    throw (or chuck)a seven
    1 informal Die.

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    1. sree_sree7 June 2017 at 09:31

      6 is it a ref to game of craps, where one gets out if he throws a seven before he hits a point?

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  9. Vasant7 June 2017 at 08:53

    Badly mauled by XChequer.
    Blatantly cheated to complete the grid & checked the anno. Thanks all for the annos

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  10. Col_Gopinath7 June 2017 at 09:16

    Today is the first Anniversary of no posts on Crossword Unclued 😁

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    1. Padmanabhan7 June 2017 at 09:23

      Not one to remember. I was myself wondering.

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    2. Vasant7 June 2017 at 09:59

      Badly miss the posts on CU

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  11. Suresh7 June 2017 at 10:41

    Phew! This took a lot of time and referencing.

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  12. Raghunath7 June 2017 at 11:18

    15 Groom to help at home? Then one in couple normally set to row (8) THOLEPIN {TO+HOLE}*{IN} What's the role of 'Then one in'?

    THOLEPIN around I(one) = TO+HELP+IN*

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  13. raju umamaheswar7 June 2017 at 13:12

    Col: You may as well doff your hat 99% atilt as I could solve mainly by instinct and then look for annotations. Just as well. One often hears of 'might as well' rather than 'may as well'. Just as well. Tell me about it . Is THOLEPIN's etymology from Kerala? Baby showers has been heard but do they wet the baby's head with hot toddy, without men in a women's bash? I have become a TUTEE now in cryptic crosswords thanks to this blog. Thanks to you, Exchequer .

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  14. Esha_iitm7 June 2017 at 14:33

    17A ass=clot?
    23A how to get turn do from act?
    25 s for school from?
    3D guts=tum? how?

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    1. Suresh7 June 2017 at 15:59

      Don't follow the question.
      Do means act
      S is a standard abbreviation for school. Like DPS etc.

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    2. sree_sree7 June 2017 at 17:47

      https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/205441/usage-of-tum-in-english-speaking-countries-other-than-the-uk

      Thght it would be interesting read on tummy

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  15. RameshJ7 June 2017 at 15:42

    Clot=Foolish Person=Ass
    For 23A I had it as : No=Defn, Chance=Turn etc
    Guts=Stomach=Tum

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    1. Deepak Gopinath7 June 2017 at 15:47

      23A Definition corrected
      25A S for School

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    2. Esha_iitm7 June 2017 at 18:20

      Thanks.
      I thought gut was intestine but even then if gut=stomach, guts should be tums right? S for school i didnt find in dictionary so asked

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  16. Balaji8 June 2017 at 05:20

    Mauled by this one... barely got half the grid... :-)

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