Friday, 17 November 2017

No 12165, Friday 17 Nov 2017, Aspartame


ACROSS
1   Hair-straighteners? (6-7) HEEBIE JEEBIES [CD]
8   Drink in a vacation retreat (4) CAVA [T<=]
9   Hooks cool boy harshly for learning aid (10) SCHOOLBOOK {HOOKS+COOL+B}*
10 Looking back, not even one royal (excluding the king) is of direct descent (6) LINEAL Anno pending (Addendum - {NIL<=}{EArL) - See comments)
11 Oral examination on maybe, Kolkata's fire (8) VIVACITY {VIVA}{CITY}
12 New shiny hat is stuffed with many flowers (9) HYACINTHS {SHINY+HAT}* over {C}
14 Lures Asian out using insult (4) SLUR LUReS*
15 Consumer portion of Welsh dish that's lightly cooked (4) RARE RAREbit
16 Order to intercept ship near island — he is sent to fight (9) SWORDSMAN {S{WORD}S}{MAN}
20 Settler: one primarily securing territory (8) COLONIST [CD] (Addendum - {COLON}{1}{Se...g}{Te...y) - See comments)
21 Empty space for home appliance (6) VACUUM [DD]
23 What people wear during Halloween and kids contest (5,5) FANCY DRESS [DD]
24 Centre line seen during the world war (4) AXIS [DD]
25 Placing short container in front of plastic (13) THERMOSETTING {THERMOs}{SETTING}

DOWN
1   Starts to help every aged villager in love yearning painfully (7) HEAVILY Acrostic
2   Remove resistance without help (5) ERASE {E{R}ASE}
3   Inulins regulate regulator (7) INSULIN*
4   Those Jews vanish into religious organization (8,7) JEHOVAHS WITNESS This should have been JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
5   Grow yield (6) EVOLVE [DD]
6   I am to live with marines — it's said they are simpletons (9) IMBECILES {I'M}{BE}CILES Anno pending
7   Photographer to drive away over model acting up (7) SHOOTER {SHOO}{T}{RE<=}
13 Symbol of protection needs to impress (9) C?R?O?C?E (Addendum - CARTOUCHE - {CAR{TOUCH}E} - See comments)
15 Crowd-control law for cat? (4,3) RIOT ACT {CAT}* [RA]
17 Go back to inspect six rites being conducted (7) REVISIT {VI+RITES}*
18 A Chinese kingdom split by America? That's funny (7) AMUSING {A}{M{US}ING}
19 Knowledge is present in extremely weird mantra (6) WISDOM {We{IS}irD}{OM}
22 Raccoon fur is half-sold (5) COATI {COAT}{Is}

GRID

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29 comments:

  1. sree_sree17 November 2017 at 08:33

    10a not even one :nil-<
    Royal earl -r(king)




    Lineal

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  2. sree_sree17 November 2017 at 08:34

    6d seals HP.my understanding.

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  3. C.G. BHARGAV17 November 2017 at 08:38

    HP indicator it's said ... is there

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    1. sree_sree17 November 2017 at 08:43

      Ciles: British pronounce seals, American pronounce sails. My doubt

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  4. sree_sree17 November 2017 at 08:38

    13d protection ->care
    Impress ->touch

    Car(touch)e.

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    1. Padmanabhan17 November 2017 at 08:52

      Symbol is the def. or is it a DD?

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    2. sree_sree17 November 2017 at 09:04

      Symbol is def. DD, I am yet to master the grammar.

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    3. Padmanabhan17 November 2017 at 09:12

      If symbol of protection/ needs to impress both mean cartouche,it is a DD (2 def.'s)

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  5. sree_sree17 November 2017 at 08:41

    20d : colon
    One-piece>I
    Primarily Secure Territory ->ST

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  6. Padmanabhan17 November 2017 at 08:54

    1a & 4D were the last to fall. Had a good time solving.

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  7. Padmanabhan17 November 2017 at 08:57

    15A- consumer portion is rare?

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    1. sree_sree17 November 2017 at 09:03

      Portion->bit. Consumer of->take off
      Welsh dish->rarebit.

      Take bit off rarebit

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    2. Padmanabhan17 November 2017 at 09:05

      Thank you Prasad.
      A bit stretched?

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    3. C.G. BHARGAV17 November 2017 at 09:12

      The consumer portion of the welsh dish RAREBIT is RARE (short for Rabbit)

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    4. Padmanabhan17 November 2017 at 09:16

      ??

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    5. C.G. BHARGAV17 November 2017 at 09:19

      15 Consumer portion of Welsh dish // that's lightly cooked (4) RARE RAREbit

      Welsh rarebit or Welsh rabbit is a dish made with a savoury sauce of melted cheese and various other ingredients

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    6. C.G. BHARGAV17 November 2017 at 09:23

      Actually RAREBIT = RABBIT. So as Prasad has said BIT is to be removed from RAREBIT to get RARE (lightly cooked)

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    7. sree_sree17 November 2017 at 09:32

      initial take was consumer->head/front. Front portion of rarebit that means lightly cooked is rare.
      Which implies we need to select rare, not delete bit.

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    8. Padmanabhan17 November 2017 at 09:46

      Thank you CGB & Prasad.

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  8. C.G. BHARGAV17 November 2017 at 08:58

    You may get to know about how a VACUUM flask is made from THERMOSETTING plastics.
    A small write up about the SHOOTER R.S. Rathore.
    Something about HYACINTHS and other flowers.
    A picture showing the Superior Vena CAVA.
    Or the meaning of the RIOT ACT of 1714...
    How did man EVOLVE from the monkey with pictures!
    Maybe a few lines about the SWORDSMAN, The Tiger of Mysore, or any English COLONIST.
    Some of the above and many other RARE snippets, for example a picture of an Egyptian CARTOUCHE, you wouldn't find in a SCHOOLBOOK.
    The outer cover may not carry a picture of a child in a FANCY DRESS.
    Okay but what am I talking about?
    It is the children's magazine WISDOM which I often REVISIT !!

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  9. Vasant17 November 2017 at 15:33

    A tough one today; not helped by the two long ones heebie-jeebies and Jehovah's witness..the first one a CD for a relatively unkown phrase and the second could get only after ample crossings. Also could get to solve the puzzle only now.

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  10. raju umamaheswar17 November 2017 at 17:00

    IS hyacinth a flower or a weed that infests all lakes like in Ukkadam which proliferates ?
    IN Kenya they used expertise and try to eradicate it out of the Kisumu's Lake Victoria to no avail ! I believe there is a breed of fish that feeds on them well, These weeds flourish due to foul effluents. Bangalore beware !

    Heebie- jeebies is a clever hair straightener but alas, not useful to damsels, likr Kangan Ranaut for whom Hrithik Roshan was the cause !

    Is Vacuum by itself a home appliance without the word Cleaner ? It is ok to use it as a verb.

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    1. sree_sree17 November 2017 at 17:22

      vacuum has come to mean vacuum cleaner too. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/vacuum
      wtaer-hyacinth is a invasive plant.(lake victoria)

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  11. samskritpearls.blogspot.com17 November 2017 at 18:05

    Wisdom is not knowledge

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  12. Ramani17 November 2017 at 18:21

    Knowing that boss is a fool is knowledge but not telling it openly is wisdom

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