Friday, 9 February 2018

No 12236, Friday 09 Feb 2018, Afterdark


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ACROSS
1   Adder is a snake laying egg on course frequently (6) ABACUS {A}{BoA}{CoUrSe}
4   Incoherent rants included in gloomy forecasting of weather phenomenon (3,3) ICE FOG FOrECastInG*
9   First man named Bill with mother's backing (4) ADAM {AD}{MA<=}
10 Study passage of current on particle starting off heat transmission (10) CONDUCTION {CON}{DUCT}{I}{iON}
11 Manage to live outside India in another country (6) BRUNEI {B{RUN}E}{I}
12 Easy discipline in cricket, not fast but crafty at the end (8) YIELDING (-f+y)YIELDING
13 Seriously, tennis player's double fault has no nip (9) EARNESTLY {TENniS+pLAYER}*
15 Points to facts (4) NEWS {N}{E}{W}{S}
16 Birds seen on local trains (4) EMUS [DD]
17 Persecuted reporters for leaking editorial outside (9) OPPRESSED {PRESS} in {OP-ED}
21 Information held on by old investigators to receive final evidence on mass murder (8) GENOCIDE {GEN}{O}{CID}{e...cE}
22 Odd not to have money to settle outstanding (6) UNPAID UNPAIreD
24 These days, Indian men are heartless in a way, without love. Nothing inside (4,6) ANNO DOMINI {INDIAN+MeN}* over {O} and{O}
25 Slender, small item is hollow (4) SLIM {SmalL}{IteM}
26 Say, fielder has no pressure moving to first slip from covers (6) LAYERS {pLAYER}{Slip}
27 Drink flowing around personnel department at noon in city (6) TEHRAN {TE{HR}A}{N}

DOWN
1   Country held by brigand or rationalist? (7) ANDORRA [T]
2   Manager to grant time-out at noon (5) ADMIN {ADMIt}{N}
3   Part of your chin smashed by brats (7) URCHINS [T]
5   Accountant applies justifications (6) CAUSES {CA}{USES}
6   Iron reacting with titanium somehow sends foul smell (9) FETIDNESS {FE}{T}{SENDS*}
7   Trained dogs run to find evidence (7) GROUNDS*
8   Destructive cyclone — Public address at press lacks source of reference (13) ENCYCLOPAEDIA {CYCLONE*}{PA}{mEDIA}
14 Primarily needing money, student coached yoga nearly as a branch of medicine (9) NEUROLOGY {Ne...g}{EURO}{L}{YOGa*}
16 Peter losing head over network being persistent (7) ETERNAL {pETER}{LAN<=}
18 Predictable defeat in second test (7) ROUTINE {ROUT}{IN}{tEst}
19 Printing about agitation lacking basis (7) EDITION sEDITION
20 At six, go and have curry intermittently to gain energy (6) VIGOUR {VI}{GO}{cUrRy}
23 Problem with marketing materials on beer, printed in half (5) POSER {POS}{beER}

GRID

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  1. Srinidhi9 February 2018 at 07:22

    Posting a few before going to school
    1 Across:Adder is a snake laying egg on course frequently (6) abacus
    a is a
    boa is snake
    laying egg is remove o from boa
    course frequently c(o)u(r)s(e)
    9 across First man named Bill with mother's backing (4) adam
    bill is ad
    ma is mother
    backing to reverse ma
    ad plus am
    10 across Study passage of current on particle starting off heat transmission (10) conduction
    study is con
    passage is duct
    particle is anion or cation?(i thought ion itself is particle, a charged particle) remove starting letters to get ion(?)- not sure of this
    11across Manage to live outside India in another country (6)brunei
    manage is run
    live is be
    i is india

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    1. Deepak Gopinath9 February 2018 at 07:34

      Well done Srinidhi. However in 10A you forgot to factor in Current = I. So the anno is

      {CON}{DUCT}{I}{(-i)ON}

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    2. Srinidhi9 February 2018 at 08:05

      Aha! That is so! Thanks Sir.

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    3. raju umamaheswar9 February 2018 at 11:45

      Srinidhi : YOu are a teacher, it is obvious. A newbie has to only see your comments to pick up the subject. Please do keep visiting ! God bless you !

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    4. Deepak Gopinath9 February 2018 at 12:29

      Raju, Srinidhi is Vasant's daughter and she is a student!!

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    5. Shrikanth9 February 2018 at 12:39

      Awww, that's lovely. Welcome Srinidhi

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    6. Vasant9 February 2018 at 12:55

      That's right.Srinidhi is in class XIth. Just started taking interest in crosswords. She likes to set clues more than solve them. This I think is one of the rare puzzles she has attempted solving.

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    7. raju umamaheswar9 February 2018 at 14:55

      Col & Vasant : I thought as much but didn't dare venture a guess ! Like father, like daughter. Catch em' young , eh ? Good start and I'm sure, she'll go [laces in her compiling craft. She should introduce cryptic crosswords in her school as a subject to teach many more youngsters ! Attagirl ! We need more lie you. I too started when I was in my college days and still learning--- from bright sparks like you ! God bless you !

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  2. Unknown9 February 2018 at 07:22

    9A A{DAM<=}
    1D ANDORRA - Acrostic

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  3. Unknown9 February 2018 at 07:29

    3D URCHINS- Acrostic

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  4. Srinidhi9 February 2018 at 07:30

    12across Easy discipline in cricket, not fast but crafty at the end (8)yielding
    discipline in cricket is fielding
    not fast is to remove f
    but craftY at the end is to put y in place of f to give yielding meaning easy(?)
    13across Seriously, tennis player's double fault has no nip (9) earnestly
    remove nip from tennis player and rearrange (double fault-why double?)
    15across Points to facts (4)news double def; I think clue would be fine without to that is Points facts(4)

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    1. Srinidhi9 February 2018 at 07:32

      15across correction not double definition points are N,E,W,S

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    2. Deepak Gopinath9 February 2018 at 07:38

      12A Yes to your query
      13A I suppose Double is there just for the surface reading

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    3. sree_sree9 February 2018 at 08:55

      13a my understanding, double fault is a nice (courtesy from setter) way of suggesting both consecutive servings (words) are faulty.

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    4. Shrikanth9 February 2018 at 11:31

      sree_sree, that was the original intent but anyway nip appeared in the same order. So contemplated and used double-fault as an error as it played well with the surface.

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  5. Srinidhi9 February 2018 at 07:33

    16 Birds seen on local trains (4) emus
    this is definitely a double def

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  6. Unknown9 February 2018 at 07:53

    10A Conduction CON{DUCT}{I}ON
    5D Causes CA{USES}
    6D Fetidness FE TI (SENDS anagram)

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  7. Unknown9 February 2018 at 08:07

    8D Encyclopaedia
    Cyclone anagram + PA + {MEDIA - M}

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  8. Jayalakshmi arumugam9 February 2018 at 08:10

    21ac Genocide
    Gen (information)Old+cid+evidencE
    28ac slim SmalL+Item
    26ac layers (p)layer (fielder)Slip
    27ac Tehran hrs in tea+Noon
    7dn grounds (dogs run)
    14dn neurology Needing+euro+yog (a)
    17dn eternal (p)eter+ nsl (lan)
    20dn vigour vi (six)go+ur (curry -intetmittently)

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  9. Unknown9 February 2018 at 08:12

    7d Grounds (dogs run anagram)

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  10. Unknown9 February 2018 at 08:23

    17 A OP{PRESS}ED

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  11. Jayalakshmi arumugam9 February 2018 at 08:30

    21ac Anno Domini
    indian +mn (man)o (love) o (nothing)

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  12. Jayalakshmi arumugam9 February 2018 at 08:37

    19dn edition (s)edition

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  13. KARTHIK9 February 2018 at 08:46

    18D - Defeat - Rout; in; second test = e; ROUTINE is the answer

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  14. KARTHIK9 February 2018 at 08:53

    23D) POSER; marketing materials = POS; beer printed in half = ER

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  15. KARTHIK9 February 2018 at 09:03

    22A) UNPAID - but don't know how

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    1. KARTHIK9 February 2018 at 09:06

      odd = unpaired; not to have money = re to be removed

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  16. Murali9 February 2018 at 09:03

    25A SLIM =slender s(Mal)l i(te)m

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  17. Murali9 February 2018 at 09:17

    18D ROUTINE = predictable defeat - rout + in + e (second of test)

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  18. Unknown9 February 2018 at 09:33

    26A: LAYERS=covers ( PLAYER = Fielder, -P from Pressure, S from first Slip)
    27A: TEHRAN ( TEA =drink around HR=pers...dep..t +N=noon)

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  19. Unknown9 February 2018 at 09:34

    18D ROUTINE = persistent (ROUT=defeat .IN, E from tEst)

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  20. Unknown9 February 2018 at 09:41

    4A : ICE FOG. ( anagram of ( forecasting - rants) )

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  21. Unknown9 February 2018 at 09:42

    Ooops
    4A: ICE FOG =weather phen...n

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  22. C.G. BHARGAV9 February 2018 at 10:07

    ANNO DOMINI 9.2.2018... TGIF!!

    Newcomers are delighted. NEWS is that the ADMIN of THCC has made Fridays very special for them.
    Thanks to him for doing a great UNPAID job. The ETERNAL ROUTINE of solving and posting the blog sharp at 0830 hours everyday!
    Newcomers EARNESTLY solving and posting solutions with annotations... No need for an ABACUS! A peep into an online ENCYCLOPAEDIA helps when some clues are found not YIELDING.
    The chances of solving a few clues may be SLIM.
    No woory because as they say ITS ALL IN THE GAME!!

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  23. Padmanabhan9 February 2018 at 11:03

    Nice to have CGB story after a break. Thank you CGB and thanks, of course, to Col.

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  24. Jayalakshmi arumugam9 February 2018 at 11:05

    14dn neurology Needing+euro+l(student)+
    yog(a)

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  25. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore9 February 2018 at 11:46

    9a: adam - ad(bill)+ ma <=
    10a: conduction- con(study)+duct (passage) + ion (current particle
    11a: brunei - run(manage) in be (to live) + i (India)
    12a: yielding - (-f+y)ielding
    15a: news (dd)
    21a: genocide - gen + o + cid(investigators) + e (......e)
    24a: anno domini - {indian + m(e)n + o + o}*
    25a: slim - s(mal)l + i(te)m
    27a: tehran - tea around hr(per.dept) with n(oon)

    1d: andorra - brigAND OR RAtio......
    2d: admin - admi(-t+n)
    3d: urchins - yoUR CHIN Smashed
    5d: causes - ca(acc...)+uses(applies)
    6d: fetidness - fe(iron) + ti (titanium) + sends*
    7d: grounds - {dogs run}*
    8d: encyclopaedia - (cyclone)*+ p+a + (-m)edia(press)
    14d: neurology: n(ending)+euro(money)+l(student)+yog(a)*
    16d: eternal - (p)eter+lan*(network)
    18d: routine - rout(defeat) in e(TeST)
    19d: edition - (s)edition
    20d: vigour - vi(six) + go + (.u.r.)

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  26. Padmanabhan9 February 2018 at 12:55

    Nicely done Dr.Krishnamurthy.
    A small correction in the anno for 10A. The anno given by you does not account for 'starting off' in the clue. See Col.'s comments above.

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  27. Chaturvasi9 February 2018 at 13:32

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  28. sree_sree9 February 2018 at 18:38

    22a role of settle?

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  29. Ramki Krishnan9 February 2018 at 18:51

    Nice grid AD, thanks! Liked ROUTINE, ABACUS, NEUROLOGY a lot.

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  30. Murali9 February 2018 at 22:51

    Please change the crossword number to 12236 in the title.

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