Friday, 11 August 2017

No 12083, Friday 11 Aug 2017, Scintillator


ACROSS
1   Plan to get second child? At last, wife and myself must come together (6) SCHEME {S}{CH}{wifE}{ME}
4   Second-best servant not showing up for work (8) STOPPAGE {S}{TOP}{PAGE} Is the definition apt?
9   Enquired about doctor's missing charger (6) EQUINE ENQUIrEd*
10 Sacrifice, I think, will protect millions behind time (8) IMMOLATE {IM{M}O}{LATE} Is this definition correct?
12 They like to box her gifts properly (8) FIGHTERS*
13 Second half of Hobbit's plot following a format (6) BITMAP {hobBIT}{MAP}
15 Relaxed face (4) DIAL [DD?] Anno pending (Addendum - LAID<= - See comments)
16 Authorities ran us ragged with cases (10) ASSURANCES {RAN+US+CASES}*
19 Well-planned at times, shifting for neutral in sync (10) SYSTEMATIC {AT+TIMES}* in {SYnC}*
20 Enemies of church expelled from army (4) FOES FOrcES
23 Mom logged out of chatroom after babble with partner (6) COHORT CHaTROOm*
25 British author with a passion largely hidden for nation (8) SLOVAKIA {S{LOVe}AKI}{A}
27 One needing to score? (8) NINETEEN [CD] Needing or Needed?
28 Partners exude sedative stuff (6) SNOOZE {SN}{OOZE}
29 Humming inside, discover your game (8) S?S?R?U? (Addendum - SUSURRUSS - {SUS{UR}{RU}S} - See comments)
30 Horse-rider, engineer ... and a cheat (6) JOCKEY [MD]

DOWN
1   Gathered feed has to be bundled (7) SHEAFED*
2   Attractive figure that can keep time (9) HOURGLASS [DD]
3   Small, brightly-coloured salamander reported south of Michigan (6) MINUTE {MI}{NUTE}(~newt)
5   Life sentence (4) TIME [DD]
6   Near the middle, in favour of side to hit back (8) PROXIMAL {PRO}{XI}{LAM<=}
7   Let's not smell a rat, evoking a sense of danger (5) ALARM {sMelL+A+RAt}*
8   Previous lover vacates (i.e., gets lost) and provides relief (7) EXEMPTS {EX}{EMPTieS}
11 Turn on the waterworks and mix salt, a form of salt (7) CRYSTAL {CRY}{SALT}*
14 On corruption, bail due to be heard (7) AUDIBLE*
17 Steady mechanism to attain record employment (9) CLOCKWORK {CLOCK}{WORK}
18 On surgery, find hidden gland (8) SECRETOR {SECRET}{OR}
19 Tennis players against displacing drug in little time (7) SECONDS {SE(-e+con)CONDS}
21 He plays shot that's elegant (7) SHAPELY*
22 Rendition at vesper's no good delivery, all the same (4,2) EVEN SO {VESpErs+NO}* No good=PRS? (Addendum - EVENSOng - See comments)
24 Manual workers (5) HANDS [DD]
26 List of Shogun emperors overthrown midway (4) MENU [T<=]

GRID

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23 comments:

  1. Ramki Krishnan11 August 2017 at 08:32

    29A: SUSURRUS (U R - you are + RU (Rugby Union - game) in SUSS (discover)

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  2. Ramki Krishnan11 August 2017 at 08:36

    22D: I think the anno is:
    Vesper = EVENSONG
    No good delivered => remove NG
    def = all the same

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    1. Ramki Krishnan11 August 2017 at 08:37

      Correction: Rendition at vesper => EVENSONG (vesper is archaic term for evening)

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    2. Deepak Gopinath11 August 2017 at 09:01

      Thank you again

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  3. Bhavan11 August 2017 at 08:36

    15 Relaxed face (4) DIAL [DD?] Anno pending

    Relaxed = LAID back

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  4. Vasant11 August 2017 at 08:48

    Scintillating tribute to father time

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  5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 August 2017 at 08:59

    Sorry for the beyond time appearance.
    Barring 29AC, almost all clues fell without much difficulty.
    Thanks Scintillator!

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  6. sree_sree11 August 2017 at 09:07

    27a one is in need of nineteen to score. Needing: is in need of

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    1. Raghunath11 August 2017 at 09:19

      Just wondering about the 'to' before score. Does it make it a verb, or can we consider it as 'leading to'?
      would 'of' instead of 'to'have been better? (say like a batsman in need of score)

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    2. sree_sree11 August 2017 at 09:23

      One needs nineteen to (become) 20.

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    3. Raghunath11 August 2017 at 09:56

      Not sure about that.

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  7. Raghunath11 August 2017 at 09:23

    STOPPAGE and SYSTEMATIC could also form part of the theme?

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  8. Satyen Nabar11 August 2017 at 09:31

    10A Immolate (OED)

    kill or offer as a sacrifice, especially by burning.
    "Chinese kings would immolate vast numbers of animals"
    synonyms: sacrifice, offer up, offer as a sacrifice, kill as a sacrifice; kill, slaughter, burn

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    1. Col_Gopinath11 August 2017 at 12:35

      Immolate by itself would not mean sacrifice it could be one of the means to carry out a sacrifice.

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    2. Raghunath11 August 2017 at 13:30

      from Chambers

      2 literary to give up (something highly prized or valued)

      From https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/thesaurus/immolate
      sacrifice, offer up, offer as a sacrifice, kill as a sacrifice
      kill, slaughter, burn

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  9. ranger11 August 2017 at 10:28

    Clue in today's Guardian puzzle by Paul: In season, blossoming(9)
    'Blossoming' is the definition and also part of wordplay. Is it kosher?
    What do others think?

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    1. Satyen Nabar11 August 2017 at 10:35

      Hi... is it Sprouting?

      Out in spring. It's &lit then I think, so fine

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    2. Raghunath11 August 2017 at 11:08

      That's right.

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  10. Vasant11 August 2017 at 10:38

    Sprouting?
    Out(blossom) inside spring(season)?
    If this is the intended logic, at first glance I'd say not kosher..

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  11. raju umamaheswar11 August 2017 at 14:53

    Scintillator has failed to titillate me today. Too many tricky ones . Jackeys may not appreciate being likened to cheats. What is the engineer doing in this clue ?

    Assurances =authorities?

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