Saturday 28 October 2017

No 12148, Saturday 28 Oct 2017, Arden

Across

9. Unusual move university makes way for Mike, an old student (7) ALUMNUS {UNUS(-u+M)AL}*
10. Every one's gone, belong at centre level (7) ECHELON {EaCH}{bELONg}
11. Countryman returned to old country without hesitation (7) NAMIBIA {MAN<=}{IBerIA}
12. One in space vehicle's killed (3,4) RAN OVER {R{AN} OVER}
13. Stillroom — takes time for show (9) PAGEANTRY {P{AGE}ANTRY}
15. Boredom in the open, nuisance tolerated (5) ENNUI (T)
16. John's unhappy with straight talk (7) CANDOUR {CAN}{DOUR}
19. It prevents the child bawling its head off after a respite (7) LULLABY {LULL}{bABY}
20. Talked about rules in code (5) MORSE Anno not clear {~MORES} See comments
21. Very cold beer rejected it's to do with the royal representative (9)  VICEREGAL {V}{ICE}{LAGER<=}
25. Will happen again on our cycles kept inside (7) REOCCUR {RE}{O{C}{C}UR}
26. Force on work group (7) FACTION {F}{ACTION}
28. A canoe moving around island — many islands here (7) OCEANIA {A+CANOE}* around {I}
29. Missing a length, in great difficulty (2,5) AT LARGE {A}+ {L} in {GREAT*}

Down

1. Captain Cook — one's gone to sleep (6) CATNAP {CAPTAiN}*
2. Spice in overturned stone cask (6) NUTMEG {{GEM}{TUN}}<=
3. Rolls up, just disregard (4) SNUB {BUNS<=}
4. A way to get computers connected diagonally (6) ASLANT {A}{S{LAN}T}
5. Hand gets frazzled making payment (8) DEFRAYAL DE{FRAY}AL} Frazzled=Fray or Frayed?
6. Head of Government's taken a risk reviewing voter's list (10) CHANCELLOR {CHANCE}{ROLL<=}
7. It's hot, set sail, go around the land (8) SLOVENIA {SAIL*} around {OVEN}
8. Grave crime to be hoarding gold amidst all the hostility (8) ENORMITY {EN{OR}MITY}
14. Youth rise to accept payment (10) ADOLESCENT {A{DOLE}SCENT}
16. State able to nab straying Romeo (8) CAMEROON {CA{ROMEO*}N}
17. Came closer in the end about missile storage (8) NARROWED {END}* around {ARROW}
18. It doesn't make a difference to a palindrome (8) REVERSAL (CD)
22. Able to take back robe (6) CAFTAN {C{AFT}AN}

23. Complaint it's in blood (6) GOITRE {GO{IT}RE}
24. Spread tentacles, set out with a knife (6) LANCET {TENtACLes}*

27. Share includes fifty in the group (4) CULT {CU{L}T}

Reference List
University=U, Mike=M, One=A, Hesitation=Er, One=An,John=Can,  Very=V, On=Re, Cycles=CC, Force=F, Island=I, Length=L
One=I, Way=St, Gold=Or, Fifty=L

Colour/Font Scheme
DefinitionSolutionComponent lettersEmbedded links, Anagram IndicatorC/C indicatorReversal IndicatorHidden word IndicatorLetter Pick indicatorDeletion IndicatorHomophone IndicatorMovement IndicatorPositional IndicatorSubstitution, IndicatorLink/Connector, Extraneous

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38 comments:

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    1. mores for rules and talked about being HP indicator?
      Sounds good.

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  2. KKR- If it's Saturday, it is Ramesh, not Col.!

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    1. Not an issue KKR Garu. It is very difficult to find out who has blogged without looking at the byline, as the Col follows the Saturday format when he (frequently?) stands in for me. To make matters worse, I, when I am pressed for time, use the regular-day blog format

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  3. Looked to be tough, but slowly one byone fell in place. But still I found NE corner difficult. Of course, could not get a few annos as usual.

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  4. 11A - Countryman - Is it in order? Having definition partly and the wordplay partly?

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    1. This is what wiki says-
      Occupied by both Spain and Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula lies in southwestern Europe. Its name is derived from its ancient inhabitants, whom the Greeks called Iberians. This name probably comes from the Ebro (Iberus), the peninsula's second longest river after the Tagus.

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    2. Iberia was a name given (hiberia) to Georgian kingdom in Caucasus. (Kartvelians). Not the Spanish peninsula.

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    3. Thank you Prasad. History is one of my weak points. Iberian peninsula is the nearest I could think of.

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  5. I think we had a few like this earlier.

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  6. It is a lift and separate clue.

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  7. I had the same doubt on 5D. Frazzled should be frayed.
    The puzzle flowed smoothly. Far easier offering. Thanks Arden and Ramesh for the usual wonderful blog

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  8. The MORSE code read: ...- - -...
    A young yuppie wanting to ward off his ENNUI during lunch time tried to solve a cryptic crossword.
    He RAN OVER the clues a couple of times. Having solved only a clue or two and seeing
    that his colleagues were watching him, he wished to avoid their SNUB.
    And that was the reason he sent the SOS to a friend who he knew was an expert.
    Having sent the message he wondered if one should be an ALUMNUS of Oxford or Cambridge to
    quickly solve the clues. Such persons were from a higher ECHELON.
    The ENORMITY of his predicament could have been avoided, if he, as an ADOLESCENT had been
    regular in attempting to solve the daily crossies. Had he done that he would now have belonged to a different CULT.
    To avoid embarrassment he went into a CATNAP and rose startled as he felt someone poking him with a LANCET.It was only a friend who woke him up to go back to work.
    He said he had to leave the crossword unfinished as he had hear a LULLABY which had put him to sleep.
    His friend later told him about our THCC and a REVERSAL of his skills were soon seen.

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    1. Thanks, Bhargav. I have come to enjoy your stories as much as I do The Hindu Crossword and the blog. Look forward to more of them.

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  9. Most of us have been through that,CGB! Shall we call it a collective autobiography?

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  10. IXL Solutions are up. Almost full reds in SW corner. May find myself at the bottom of the leaderboard:(

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  11. Don't worry as long as i am there behind (or under) you.
    Carnage for me. One in the NW as well.
    Still Iam trying to get a few annos.

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  12. Thank you Vasant.
    Registrar,Alumnus.
    complain- Is it sight-T?

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    1. Registrar:
      Stern=Rear
      Meat=gist
      Slaughter ultimately=R
      Gist+R inside Rear
      Alum
      U inside Alm(-s)

      Sigh is correct

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  13. I am coming across (informal- says Free dic.) alum for alumnus for the first time.
    Stern- I was trying to fit in strict. Missed the shipping terminology.
    Thank you Vasanth. All correct for you?

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    1. Happy for you. I am sure you will continue to be in the top ten. You are doing fine and pl. do keep it up.

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  14. + Vasant. I just checked and as expected :: ALL CORRECT. I was more or less confident after a re-check before : SUBMIT. I am mortally scared of that word as I hate submitting myself to a challenger.

    Today's ARDEN is fairly Ardenian. except for VICEREGAL & GOITRE . Will miss ARDEN until his appearance next week.

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    1. As for me I am constantly making submissions to adjudicating and appellate authorities.

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