Friday, 12 January 2018

No 12213, Friday 12 Jan 2018, Phantom


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 ACROSS
8   Harry's sibling not one who follows Queen? (6) BOTHER BrOTHER R follows Q
9   Contacting individually through phone call (8) REACHING {R{EACH}ING}
10 Girlfriend's diamonds pinched (8) SQUEEZED {SQUEEZE}{D}
11 Practising lessons to extinguish fires (6) INGLES [T]
12 Points out a part of engine (6) PISTON*
13 Calculating runs is normal when chasing (8) COUNTING COU(-r+n)NTING
15 Elation about getting digital protection perhaps (7) TOENAIL*
17 Maiden over earlier at cricket ground leads to dismissal (7) REMOVAL {RE}{M}{OVAL}
20 Sign of European ace running out of luck (8) EVIDENCE {E}VIDENCE Anno pending
22 Son wearing a posh pullover that's impressive (6) AUGUST {A}{U}{GU{S}T<=}
23 Bird enthusiast follows quietly (6) PLOVER {P}{LOVER}
25 Excitement heightened beyond limits when allowed to vote (8) EIGHTEEN hEIGHTENEd*  &lit
26 Legal document requiring witness drafted (8) DESIGNED {DE{SIGN}ED}
27 Unpleasant persons shot fifty ousels on lake (6) LOUSES {L}{OUSElS}

DOWN
1   Doctor left in very old British war plane (8) MOSQUITO {MO}{S{QUIT}O}
2   Warned unruly teen to stay in line (10) THREATENED {THREA{TEEN*}D}
3   Defiant supporter joins religious school (6) BRAZEN {BRA}{ZEN}
4   Relationship manager rides on tube for work (7) PRODUCT {PRO}{DUCT}
5   Guy at hospital room about to get treatment for hands (8) MANICURE {MAN}{ICU}{RE}
6   Hoodlum's boat circling harbour (4) THUG {T{H}UG}
7   Reduced rates to enter bar for probationer … (6) INTERN {IN{TERms?}N} Anno pending See comments
14 … still fellow's often dull and pensive (10) THOUGHTFUL {THOUGH}T{F}{dUlL} T from? See comments
16 Blind girl on train mistreated (8) IGNORANT {G+ON+TRAIN}*
18 A news broadcast read loudly gets acknowledged (8) ANSWERED {A}{NEWS*}{RED}(~read)
19 Goal achieved by cricket side's superstars (7) LEGENDS {LEG{END}S}
21 Avalanche's roar over top of valley reverberated (6) VOLLEY {YELL}{O}{Va...y}<=
22 Pattern that's left out from gallery inadvertently (6) ARGYLE GALlERY*
24 Individual in armed forces stood up endlessly proud (4) VAIN {N{I}AVy}<=

GRID
Bhargav's Tale

What did the THUG upon REACHING the age of EIGHTEEN dare to do?
He THREATENED the "IGNORANT" father of the girl he was COURTING.
But he did not seem to BOTHER and the thug's threats were in VAIN.
The THOUGHTFUL father had informed the police and saw to the REMOVAL of the thug to the prison as an INTERN!!


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  1. Jacob Brahmakulam12 January 2018 at 07:29

    9A REACHING {R{EACH}ING}, contacting
    6D THUG {T{Harbour}UG} hoodlum
    5D MANICURE {MAN}{ICU}{RE} treatment for hands

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  2. Jacob Brahmakulam12 January 2018 at 07:34

    11A INGLES; fires (T)

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  3. Jacob Brahmakulam12 January 2018 at 07:40

    4D PRODUCT = work ={PRO}(relatiosship manager) {DUCT} (tube)

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  4. Jacob Brahmakulam12 January 2018 at 07:51

    13A COURTING =chasing R replacing N in COUNTING ( calculating)

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    1. Deepak Gopinath12 January 2018 at 08:01

      It's COUNTING with N replacing R (Runs is Normal) in COURTING

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  5. P. Venkatesan12 January 2018 at 07:52

    9a: REACHING [EACH(=individually) in RING (= phone call)].
    12a: PISTON [points*]
    23a: PLOVER [P (=quietly) LOVER (=enthusiast )
    26a: DESIGN [SIGN (=witness) in DEED (=legal document)]
    3d: BRA(=supporter)ZEN (=religious school).
    4d: PRO(=relationship manager)DUCT (=tube)
    6d: THUG [H(=h(-arbour)) inside
    TUG (=boat)]
    14d: THOUGHTFUL [THOUGHT (=still)F (=fellow)UL (=dUlL)]
    16d: IGNORANT [G(-IRL)ON TRAIN*]
    22D: ARGYLE [=gal(-l)ery*]
    24d: VAIN [I (=individual) in NAV (-Y)<=]

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    1. Deepak Gopinath12 January 2018 at 08:03

      Thought is not Still. Though is STILL

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    2. P. Venkatesan12 January 2018 at 08:18

      My understanding:
      Still = photo / image
      Image = perception / thought.
      If we annotate with 'though', then how to get 't'?

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    3. Raghunath12 January 2018 at 08:27

      Apologies. The clue has been framed wrongly. There's no accounting for T. Escaped scrutiny despite checking.

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  6. Jayalakshmi arumugam12 January 2018 at 07:55

    1ac bother - not one (both) queen er
    18dn answered - Anews + red (read)
    3dn brazen - support (bra) religious school (zen)
    15ac toenail - elation anagram

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    1. Deepak Gopinath12 January 2018 at 08:06

      Annotation for 18D to be indicated as {A}{NEWS*}{RED}(~read)

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    2. Shrikanth12 January 2018 at 08:33

      I parsed 1A as Brother minus R. Else sibling is not in play. Any thoughts?

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    3. Ramki Krishnan12 January 2018 at 08:47

      +1 Shrikanth.
      I also parsed it as BROTHER (sibling) - R (one following Queen, R follows Q)

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    4. sree_sree12 January 2018 at 08:58

      +2.

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    5. Vasant12 January 2018 at 09:44

      +3

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    6. Padmanabhan12 January 2018 at 09:55

      +4

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  7. Jacob Brahmakulam12 January 2018 at 07:56

    7D INTERN probationer {IN{RaTEs}*N}

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    1. Deepak Gopinath12 January 2018 at 08:05

      How will 'reduced' lead to removal of A nd E?

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    2. Jacob Brahmakulam12 January 2018 at 10:22

      TER beats me. On googling found TER is an abbreviation for TOTAL EXPENSE RATIO. The net rates will be reduced by this. Bit too far fetched to be correct.

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    3. sree_sree12 January 2018 at 12:05

      Yes. Stretching it for. In any case TER is the rate. So role of reduced? Answer is simple in my understanding.

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    4. Ramki Krishnan12 January 2018 at 12:58

      I took rates = TERM to get TER after reduction.
      TFD gives rates as the synonym for term

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    5. Padmanabhan12 January 2018 at 13:14

      What is the role of 'Bar' in the clue?

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    6. Raghunath12 January 2018 at 13:16

      That's what I had in mind. Thinking back, could have used something else to get TER, as it's difficult to derive Ter from reduction in rates.

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    7. Raghunath12 January 2018 at 13:18

      Refer http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/NMWdZ/PpdMZ/LmPbK/NeoaZ/MhMaZ/KfjpZ/OlfTK/search

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    8. Deepak Gopinath12 January 2018 at 14:50

      Paddy @1:14 Bar = Inn

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    9. Padmanabhan12 January 2018 at 15:17

      Thank you Col. Then it's only for the surface- just wondering if it would be part of wordplay.

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    10. Raghunath12 January 2018 at 15:28

      Paddy, the anno is TER inside INN so it is part of wp.

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    11. Padmanabhan12 January 2018 at 22:12

      Oh! How did I miss that. Thank you Raghu.

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  8. Brajesh12 January 2018 at 08:17

    12a piston from points

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  9. Jacob Brahmakulam12 January 2018 at 08:32

    10a SQUEEZED {SQUEEZE}{D} =pinched; squeeze=slang for girlfriend

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  10. Jacob Brahmakulam12 January 2018 at 08:36

    2D THREATENED= warned = {THREA{TEEN)*D}; thread,synonym of line

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  11. Brajesh12 January 2018 at 08:43

    5d manicure guy-man icu hospital room re -about

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  12. Jacob Brahmakulam12 January 2018 at 08:46

    1d MOSQUITO = british war plane {MO}{S{QUIT}O} ; MO= doctor left=QUIT OS = OS, old style? not sure

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  13. Brajesh12 January 2018 at 08:53

    Eighteen

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  14. Brajesh12 January 2018 at 08:55

    25aeighteen heightened minus h and d

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  15. Jacob Brahmakulam12 January 2018 at 08:56

    25D EIGHTEEN = allowed to vote - it is {hEIGHTENEd} with (E)xcitement promoted in order

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  16. Brajesh12 January 2018 at 09:00

    ,27 a louser?

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  17. Jacob Brahmakulam12 January 2018 at 09:02

    27A LOUSES unpleasant persons {L}{lOUSES}

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  18. Jacob Brahmakulam12 January 2018 at 09:08

    20A EVIDENCE = sign; {E--} {proVIDENCE} (luck)

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  19. Brajesh12 January 2018 at 09:11

    22a august?

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    1. Jacob Brahmakulam12 January 2018 at 09:46

      25A AUGUST = impressive {A}{U} {GU{S)T}. son=S posh=U TUG = pull over(indicator for reversal ?)

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    2. Vasant12 January 2018 at 10:30

      Over is the reversal indicator; Pull=tug

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  20. Brajesh12 January 2018 at 09:11

    22a august?

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  21. Jacob Brahmakulam12 January 2018 at 09:13

    19D LEGENDS =superstars {LEG{END}S} LEGS, plural of leg?

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  22. Balaji12 January 2018 at 09:18

    15A TOENAIL. {Elation}*

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  23. Murali12 January 2018 at 09:35

    17A. REMOVAL = dismissal, Maiden M earlier re cricket ground oval

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  24. Sarto Miranda12 January 2018 at 09:37

    27A LOUSES - Unpleasant persons [OUSELS-L]* on {L}ake

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  25. P. Venkatesan12 January 2018 at 09:54

    21d: VOLLEY (Avalanche)
    Top of valley = V
    Over = o
    Roar reverberated = (YELL <=) =LLEY

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  26. sree_sree12 January 2018 at 10:11

    Yell o v ≤- is final representation

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  27. Bhalchandra Pasupathy12 January 2018 at 13:29

    Very engaging puzzle today, lots of good clues, with western half being a class act. SQUEEZED, PLOVER and TOENAIL in particular were favourites. Wish some other word was chosen instead of Valley for 21d, rather close to the solution. Unfortunately we don't have a crossword editor, else the small lapse in 14d would easily have been picked up and corrected, this does happen occasionally despite proof reading

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  28. Raghunath12 January 2018 at 13:45

    Thanks, Bhala. On reading the annos for volley realised that it is a letter different from valley. However, one did not have to simply substitute O for A, to get volley, so from that view point I think it's alright. About the boob in THOUGHTFUL, cannot point the finger at anybody but myself.

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  29. raju umamaheswar12 January 2018 at 15:20

    Raghu : OOPS !! Boob in plural is boobs meaning you know what ! Booboo is a mistake ! Boohoo is what you will tell me !!
    Though , never mind being not thoughtful, as otherwise ,
    an excellent grid that thrilled me ! You can grin ear to ear !

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    1. Raghunath12 January 2018 at 15:31

      Fortunately there was only one lapse and not more ;-)

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  30. Padmanabhan12 January 2018 at 15:21

    Now I understand why I found it a little tougher than normal Phantom puzzles!

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  31. Padmanabhan12 January 2018 at 15:24

    I meant for Bhala's appreciation, but equally applies to Raju's comments as well.

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  32. sree_sree12 January 2018 at 17:08

    24d navy stood up is yvan, endlessly is yvan?

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  33. Deepak Gopinath12 January 2018 at 20:09

    Sorry for the delayed update of the blog

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  34. Vasant12 January 2018 at 20:57

    Nice tale once again by CGB. Anno of Evidence given by Jacob@9:08

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