Friday 3 November 2017

No 12153, Friday 03 Nov 2017, Anon


ACROSS
1   Wild parties shut on the floor above (2,3,6) UP THE STAIRS*
9   Disregards cop, starts nicking minerals (7) IGNORES {IG}{Ni...g}{ORES}
10 Orders captured alien to basins (6) BIDETS {BID{ET}S}
11 Make a difference to poll (5) COUNT [DD]
12 Representation outside the law (7) STATUTE {STATU{T}E} T for the?
15 Smell initial odour emanating from gin (4) NOSE NOoSE
16 Doctor paves attic, delights (10) CAPTIVATES*
18 Performs with tools (10) IMPLEMENTS [DD]
20 Painter of Indian caste? Not quite (4) DALI DALIt
23 Salute Assistant Commissioner of state (7) ACCLAIM {AC}{CLAIM}
24 One monk’s tree (5) ILAMA {1}{LAMA}
26 Allows Government rhetorics (6) GRANTS {G}{RANTS}
27 Shorten a card game (7) ABRIDGE {A}{BRIDGE}
28 Those who go hungry traveling in boat somehow (11) STARVELINGS {S{TRAVELING*}S}

DOWN
2   Agreement on admitting one into party (6) PARITY {PAR{1}TY}
3   Is finally introduced into fiery mob (4) HOST {HO{iS}T}
4   Double agent (10) SUBSTITUTE [DD]
5   Remove source of carcinogen from habit-forming preservative (8) ADDITIVE ADDIcTIVE
6   Betrayer besieges Indian company with short taps (3-1-3) RAT-A-TAT {RA{TATA}T}
7   Maybe scions win in US State (9) WISCONSIN*
8   Suffers from Bedouin curse (6) INCURS [T]
13 Dissents, adopts children (5,5) TAKES ISSUE {TAKES} {ISSUE}
14 Draw out snake one valued (9) ASPIRATED {ASP}{1}{RATED}
17 European, oddly bleary, on ship (8) BERLINER {BlEaRy}{LINER}
19 Scavenger to bag rodent (4,3) PACK RAT {PACK} {RAT}
21 Adam initially has pupil’s prizes (6) AWARDS {Adam}{WARDS}
22 Lubricate, tamper with drilling equipment (3,3) OIL RIG {OIL} {RIG}
25 Starts bringing another rationalist into Italian city (4) BARI Acrostic

GRID

17 comments:

  1. While the last puzzle of Anon was KKKish, this certainly was gentle and enjoyable. Thanks Anon

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  2. He is neither a BERLINER nor did he study in the University of
    WISCONSIN. He has been ACCLAIM-ed as the best or one of the best outside the Met. Department, because he CAPTIVATES everyone with his accurate forecasts. Yes you can COUNT on him and one IGNORES his warnings at his own risk.

    One goes UP THE STAIRS if he warns that water might enter the ground floor areas in some places.

    He has not received any GRANTS from the Government to continue his work. Maybe he is role model to show that there is no SUBSTITUTE for hard work.

    Yes you know whom I am speaking about and he has good news for people in Chennai.
    He says: "Mighty show has come to an end. Rain abates and Radar shows massive clouds off Chennai coast like yesterday night - Nothing to worry, as they are either dissipating as it nears the coast or shifting up.

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    1. Good news for people of Chennai!Hope the rain abates.

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    2. Yes and then those who love Wordsworth will say...

      ....
      The plough boy is whooping ANON ANON

      There is joy in the mountains
      There is life in the fountains
      Small clouds are sailing
      Blue skies are prevailing
      The rain is over and gone.

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    3. Thank you CGB. I am one of the worst affected and I was about to go up the stairs, thankfully no need.
      Strange thata water starved Chennai people should say so soon- "Rain rain go away..."

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    4. Regarding rains in Chennai someone sent me this message:
      Story of mega city called
      Chennai


      Jan-Oct - Water scarcity
      Nov & Dec - Water scares city

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  3. 12A Chambers Dictionary lists t- or t' as N Eng dialect form of the. Don't know if that can be considered as abbrev t for the.

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  4. If we can determine in which context t stands for the, we nay use it. If we expect a solver to use o instead of of, in will-o-the-wisp, o is a contraction for of.

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  5. 15A- Noose from gin? One of the meanings given is trap for game. So is noose derived from that?

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    1. One of the meanings of GIN is NOOSE. From Chambers:
      gin2 noun 1 (also gin trap) a wire noose laid as a snare or trap for catching game.

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  6. Nice crossword.
    One question on 14D: For ASPIRATED, the def should be Drew out or Drawn out isn't it? How does "Draw out"fit?

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  7. Very nice.But I am doubtful whether dalit is an Indian caste.It is a group name for scheduled castes.

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