Saturday, 19 August 2017

No 12090, Saturday 19 Aug 2017, Aspartame


ACROSS
9   Performance money Mets guys, union squandered on repairing windows, maybe (9,6) OPERATING SYSTEM  {OPERA}{TIN}{METS+GuYS}*
10 Briefly release gas to control riot that has been created by Mexicans (7) BURRITO {BURp}*{RIOT}*
12 Passport and note Chinese people took out for United States citizen (7) IDAHOAN {ID}{A}{H{O}AN} Anno pending See comments 
13 Guys are not able to accept princess becoming a beggar woman (9) MENDICANT {MEN}{DI}{CANT}
14 Nine-voiced musical composition about a piece of wood (5) TENON <= Definition is a bit of a stretch
15 Prankster gets seduced by volunteers having note, becomes plaything (7) TIMPANI {T{IMP}A}{NI}
18 Change the appearance of steel railway trains (7) RESTYLE {STEEL+RY}
21 Racecourse has cottages inside (5) ASCOT [T]
23 Measure of canine velocity — a true function (9) CURVATURE {CUR}{V}{A+TRUE}*
25 It is required for us to listen to somewhat fathom all EU sanctions (7) MALLEUS [T]
26 Fancy piece of music (7) CAPRICE [DD]
29 Lineman? (9,6) TIGHTROPE WALKER [CD]

DOWN
1   Search for makeup aid (4) COMB [DD]
2   Abuse comedian lacking main content (4) JEER JEstER
3   Church built using barium and quartz (8) BASILICA {BA}{SILICA}
4   I'm about to consume starters of snack & drink (6) MIMOSA {IM<=}{saMOSA}
5   Often got retail dresses that are sparkling (8) AGLITTER {GoT+RETAIL}*
6   He reportedly is on par with resistance worker? On the contrary (6) TYRANT (~tie){TY}{R}{ANT} Par/Tie? Definition?
7   Lawyer at medieval competition audition (8) ATTORNEY {AT}{TORNEY}(~tourney)
8   Notable presenter almost admitted playing with entertainment leaders (8) EMINENCE {EM{IN}{ENtertainment}CEe}
11 Starts to use the experimental results in creating organs (5) UTERI Acrostic
15 Cooked meats for colleague (8) TEAMMATE {MEAT+MEAT}*
16 Setter's self-effacing diary entry — 'Study' (8) MYCOLOGY {MY}{CO{LOGY} {MY}{CO{LOG}Y} See comments
17 Cut thief gets is one-thirds of income upfront (8) INCISION {INcome}{C{IS}{1}ON}
19 Press to impeach government duty (5,3) STAMP TAX {STAMP} {TAX} Impeach /Tax? See comments
20 Mellow poem (5) LYRIC [DD]
22 Bush t-told convention... (6) TREATY (~ tree t)
24 ..."Right wings' coke usage to go up quickly" (6) ROCKET {COKE}* in {RighT}
27 Troublesome to clean street that's unclean (4) ICKY stICKY
28 It lets you buy our oriental designs (4) EURO {OUR+E}*
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28 comments:

  1. RameshJ19 August 2017 at 08:34

    Thanks Col for stepping in without notice and saving the day.

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  2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao19 August 2017 at 08:35

    19DN: Impeach = Charge = Tax

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    1. Sridhar V20 August 2017 at 09:42

      Isn't this two levels of indirection since it's not a direct synonym?

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  3. RameshJ19 August 2017 at 08:36

    12 Passport and note Chinese people took out for United States citizen (7) IDAHOAN {ID}AHOAN Anno pending

    Passport =ID
    note =A
    Chinese people =Han
    took =C/C nd
    out =O
    United States citizen=Defn

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  4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao19 August 2017 at 08:37

    6DN: Par = Tie as per Freedict.

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    1. Padmanabhan19 August 2017 at 08:55

      That is not Col.'s question. He is asking for def., which seems to be 'He' according to the clue. Is it justified? Or Tyrant is supposed to be 'contrary' to resistance worker?

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    2. sree_sree19 August 2017 at 09:08

      He is God in Judaism. Does On the contrary indicate tyrant!!

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    3. Vasant19 August 2017 at 09:11

      Par=tie is ok but def seems to be a stretch...opposite of resistance worker may not be tyrant

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    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao19 August 2017 at 18:24

      Tyrant also means Taskmaster. So, this may serve the contrary part.

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  5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao19 August 2017 at 08:40

    13AC: Is not WOMAN extraneous?

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    1. Padmanabhan19 August 2017 at 08:55

      Yes.

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    2. sree_sree19 August 2017 at 09:10

      The clue could have stopped at beggar but mandicant also means beggar man and beggar woman. Better surface reading.

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    3. raju umamaheswar19 August 2017 at 13:09

      Yes. Maybe, Aspartame likes mendicant women !

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  6. Vasant19 August 2017 at 08:53

    16D:I think there is a typo in anno
    MY +CO(LOG)Y

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  7. Vasant19 August 2017 at 08:56

    Found this quite tough..not helped by the two difficult long ones..one a single word CD for a fifteen letter answer..

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 August 2017 at 09:13

    +2

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  9. Mona Sogal19 August 2017 at 10:00

    Liked Burrito and euro very much :)

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  10. Vinayak19 August 2017 at 13:02

    15D: Typo in the answer. It should be TEAMMATE

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  11. raju umamaheswar19 August 2017 at 13:05

    Col: Correction of typo: TAM MATE and not TEAMATE.

    I liked OPERATING SYSTEM in its construction. TIGHTROPE WALKER is what Asparrame made us all to do , today ! Is he .by any chance, a distant cousin of the other deletions & additions expert compiler here ? I had Chinese noodles for LUnch on two days and could have done without one today ! Enough- UGH !

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  12. raju umamaheswar19 August 2017 at 13:07

    sorry TEAM MATE above . What does one call such repeating of typos while correcting ?

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    1. sree_sree19 August 2017 at 14:22

      I call it SPAUSE syndrome. Because we don't pause after space bar to correct autocorrect.

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao19 August 2017 at 20:32

      Raju,
      When characters jump without your permission, I call it CHARA-CHUTE!

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  13. Padmanabhan19 August 2017 at 13:37

    Raju- ism?

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