Friday, 14 July 2017

No 12059, Friday 14 Jul 2017, The Phantom


Struggled through this today. Still have some Annos pending.

ACROSS
1   Panted with rapidity, losing energy after first half of game (6) GASPED {GAme}{SPeED}
5   General with abdominal pain admitted in hospital (8) CATHOLIC {AT}{H} in {COLIC} This defintion is new to me
9   Procedure to cut circle in a roof to accommodate chimney reviewed (7) FORMULA {A}{LUM}{ROoF}<= Had to Google for the Chimney.
10 Very impatient, beginning to break into run to get transport (6) RAVISH {V}{Im..t} in {RASH} Is this defintion acceptable? Run/Rash?
11 Shed didn’t open till son’s unlocked it (6) SLOUGH  Anno pending (Addendum - (-p+s)SLOUGH - See comments)
12 Generally being short-tempered is a source of adverse reaction (8) ALLERGEN GENERALLy*
13 Leisure activities at home setter's devised (9) INTERESTS {IN}{SETTERS}*
15 Upset, spending hours in slum (3,2) GET TO GhETTO
17 A ball that’s reversed declared as wide (5) BROAD {A}{ORB}<={D}
19 Leader of octet charters transport for band (9) ORCHESTRA {Oc..t}{CHARTERS}*
22 Men going out often leaving their divisions (8) CHAPTERS {CHAPS} over {ThEiR}
23 Last batsman about to depart trapped for zero (6) NAUGHT {b...aN}{cAUGHT}
25 Aisle designed with degree of convenience, perhaps (6) LADIES {AISLE+D}*
26 Shops for latest designs (7) INFORMS {IN}{FORMS}
27 Apprentices of Spanish origin seen during performances (8) STUDENTS {DE} in {STUNTS}
28 Nurse got tip in advance to attend (6) LISTEN {LIST}{EN}

DOWN
2   Nasty ULFA militant enslaved women (5) AWFUL {W} in {ULFA}*
3   Each gas generates odour (7) PERFUME {PER}{FUME}
4   Girl expressing dislike during meeting with lover not showing affection (8) DAUGHTER {DA{UGH}TE}{loveR} Reverse engineered anno
5   Strict care is exercised to promote tea's qualities (15) CHARACTERISTICS {CHA}{STRICT+CARE+IS}*
6   Kick out everyone turning bad when in power (6) THRILL THR{ILL} Anno pending (Addendum - THR(-all+ill)ILL - See comments)
7   Notice with regret lines of the face (7) OBVERSE  {OB}{VERSE} Anno for OB not clear See comments
8   Inert cop's roused by official (9) INSPECTOR*
14 Way to lay another road (5-4) NORTH-EAST {ANOTHER}*{ST}
16 Obliged to fill Hydrogen in container — fuel that saves energy (8) THANKFUL {T{H}ANK}{FUeL}
18 Building ideal houses, parks as claimed (7) APPLIED {PP} in {IDEAL}*
20 Without question rust is damaging for jets (7) SQUIRTS {RUST+IS}* around {Q}
21 Dull seminar by speaker (6) LESSEN (~lesson)
24 Punish having crossed limits of speed (5) HASTE cHASTEn

GRID

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35 comments:

  1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao14 July 2017 at 08:35

    7DN: OB= Obituary notice

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    1. Padmanabhan14 July 2017 at 09:12

      Right. But normal short form is 'Obit'.

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    2. Deepak Gopinath14 July 2017 at 10:27

      Chambers has this

      ob. abbreviation 1 on tombstones, etc: obiit (Latin), he or she died. 2 obiter (Latin), by the way; in passing.

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  2. sree_sree14 July 2017 at 08:35

    11a S(-P)LOUGH

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  3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao14 July 2017 at 08:36

    10AC: Run - rash acceptable as per Chambers

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    1. Padmanabhan14 July 2017 at 09:11

      Free dic. gives-
      'Archaic-to seize and carry away by force'
      as one of the meanings.

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  4. Chaturvasi14 July 2017 at 08:40

    Kick - THRILL
    out everyone - remove ALL
    turning bad - include ILL
    when in power (6) - THRALL ( as in one being in someone else's thrall)
    --- Not sure if the operations come out clearly and logically in wordplay

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    1. Vasant14 July 2017 at 10:13

      I took this the other way: THR(-all)(+ILL)

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    2. Vasant14 July 2017 at 10:16

      Ooops..I think you also intended the same way

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  5. Padmanabhan14 July 2017 at 09:15

    12A- Short- tempered is used nicely and it misleads us (as intended?)

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  6. Padmanabhan14 July 2017 at 09:17

    17A- Orb?

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    1. Vasant14 July 2017 at 10:13

      ball=ORB

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    2. Padmanabhan14 July 2017 at 12:59

      Thank you.I guessed it from the anno. But I can't understand how. 'orb' can be short for orbit, but ball?

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    3. Raghunath14 July 2017 at 13:57

      Paddy, When in doubt as I've said earlier check http://chambers.co.uk/. http://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=orb&title=thes:

      orb
      n
      ball, sphere, globe, circle, ring, mound, round, globule, spherule

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    4. Padmanabhan14 July 2017 at 14:03

      Thank you Raghu. My mistake..

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  7. Mona Sogal14 July 2017 at 10:01

    Loved the use of short-tempered. :). Some very good clues ...

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam14 July 2017 at 12:54

    Challenging one with a good mix of easy and hard clues. Overall a satisfactory solve! Thanks Phantom.

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  9. Padmanabhan14 July 2017 at 13:04

    Long time, no hear MB. No cricket also?

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  10. raju umamaheswar14 July 2017 at 15:02

    11 across: . Shed didn’t open till son’s unlocked it. SLOUGH= SHED -- GRANTED. Where does PLOUGH figure? Son for S - granted.Where is the indicator for replacing P by S ? '' didn't open'' ? some one shed some light , please 1

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    1. Padmanabhan14 July 2017 at 15:18

      'till' for plough.

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    2. raju umamaheswar14 July 2017 at 15:29

      Thanks, Paddy, until you clarified ,I missed till= plough; still the clue could have been clearer with a better definition for 'didn't open'.

      I did complete without any reference to the comments and hence my comments ae merely academic.

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  11. Esha_iitm14 July 2017 at 15:07

    Went OK but cudnt finish
    5A in hospital is AT H?
    11 son unlocked it means put S in front - why?
    23 last batsman - N not OK? and naught is US spelling na?

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    1. Raghunath14 July 2017 at 15:42

      5a: at prep 1 used to indicate position or place: in, within, on, near, etc • from http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/NMWdZ/PpdMZ/LmPbK/NeoaZ/MhMaZ/KfjpZ/OlfTK/search
      23a: naught see in http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/NMWdZ/PpdMZ/LmPbK/NeoaZ/MhMaZ/KfjpZ/OlfTK/search
      11. Unlock means opens. There is already 'open' used before 'till' hence unlock to avoid repeat of 'open'

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    2. sree_sree14 July 2017 at 18:13

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital

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    3. Raghunath14 July 2017 at 19:19

      And http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/NMWdZ/PpdMZ/LmPbK/NeoaZ/MhMaZ/KfjpZ/OlfTK/search

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  12. Esha_iitm14 July 2017 at 15:10

    6d also.. Dic says thrall means slavery, clue says in power, antonyms?!!

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    1. Raghunath14 July 2017 at 15:46

      See CV @ 840 and also check http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/

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  13. raju umamaheswar14 July 2017 at 15:11

    23 Last batsman about to depart trapped for zero (6) N from last of batsma(n) about to depart=(G)o ? OK.If (C) aught for about to depart , is C for circa= about? where and how does AUGHT figure in to bring NAUGHT for zero? This is not cricket !!

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  14. Padmanabhan14 July 2017 at 15:21

    Trapped is caught. N replacing C (Circa/about)

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  15. Padmanabhan14 July 2017 at 15:22

    On checking, I found that naught is a variant of nought. Naughty?

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