Monday, 12 February 2018

No 12238, Monday 12 Feb 2018, Scintillator


Answer and Anno for 11D left for a rookie commenter till 10 AM.
No clue as to what 6D is.

ACROSS
1   Valuable information about the past (6) GOLDEN {G{OLD}EN}
4   Synthesizing molten cobalt in a lab (8) ANABOLIC {CO+IN+A+LAB}*
9   Foolish people without time to buy properties (6) ASSETS {ASSE{T}S}
10 High quality tee shirt possibly cut (3-5) TOP-NOTCH {TOP}{NOTCH}
12 In revolt, have to handle gangster causing disruption (8) UPHEAVAL {UP}{HAVE*}{AL}
13 Police finding hard to let go of motorcycle (6) COPPER ChOPPER
15 Show the way in cycle advert (4) LEAD [T]
16 Malicious instructions causing registry and chip failures (5,5) LOGIC BOMBS {LOG}{IC} {BOMBS}
19 One helps the seer cop it indirectly with courage (5,5) OPTIC NERVE {COP+IT}* {NERVE}
20 Press is raving over new leaders (4) IRON Acrostic
23 Little money to get cabbage often, fella! (6) NICKEL {NICK}{fElLa}
25 Being caterer, cooked high-class stuffs (8) CREATURE {CATERER}* over {U}
27 Barrel to feed a hybrid giant horse (8) BANGTAIL {B{A}{GIANT*}L}
28 Accommodate late notice by heartless landlord (6) OBLIGE {OB}{LIeGE}
29 Handle nonsense putting an end upfront (8) STOPCOCK {COCK}<=>{STOP}
30 Relatives those are sugar-free? Gems! (6) UNCLES carbUNCLES

DOWN
1   Gentle introduction to ghost — "Ra, Ra!" (7) GRADUAL {Gh..t}{RA DUAL}
2   To give in and fall in love (4,5) LOSE HEART [DD]
3   Frame in nurse role going overboard (6) ENTRAP {EN}{PART<=}
5   Leaving home after nine, working light (4) NEON {NinE}{ON}
6   Bribe amount reported is nonsense (8) B?N?O?B? (Addendum - BUNCOMBE (~bung come) - Se comments)
7   Some dispute leads to turnover slacking off (3-2) LET-UP [T<=]
8   Fellow host serves to entertain right groups (7) COHORTS {CO}{HOST*} over {R}
11 I could be putting glory ahead of facts (7) ?A?O?E? (Addendum - HALOGEN {HALO}{GEN} - See comments)
14 Siemens, the Italian, extremely gentle (7) SILVERY {S}{IL}{VERY}
17 Erratic miracle the essence of doubt, fake pastor finally arrested (9) MERCURIAL {p...oR} in {MIRACLE+doUbt}*
18 Hundred entering to choose international college promoting diversity (8) ECLECTIC {E{C}LECT}{I}{C}
19 I'm excited with bonus that's comprehensive (7) OMNIBUS {IM+BONUS}*
21 Poor people resented being lost when that leader died (7) NEEDERS RESENtED
22 Duplicate vehicle's good in Paris (6) CARBON {CAR}{BON}
24 Part of poem with stock phrases on love (5) CANTO {CANT}{O}
26 Element 0/100? (4) ZINC {ZIN}{C} Zin/0 ?

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  1. C.G. BHARGAV12 February 2018 at 08:39

    6 down
    BUNCOMBE hp BUNKUM

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    1. Deepak Gopinath12 February 2018 at 08:42

      Thanks Bhargav

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    2. Deepak Gopinath12 February 2018 at 08:45

      ...but Buncombe is a variant spellin of Bunkum. How is it related to Bribe amount?

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    3. sree_sree12 February 2018 at 09:06

      Bun scottish bribe. Amount=come (to) be

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    4. Raghunath12 February 2018 at 09:14

      I don't think the def can be two words added together

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    5. Raghunath12 February 2018 at 09:15

      The def is then probably nonsense.

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    6. Raghunath12 February 2018 at 09:46

      Bribe: BUNG from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/bung
      Amount as put by sree_sree COME (TO) BE. So the def is nonsense.

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    7. Deepak Gopinath12 February 2018 at 09:53

      How does the G get deleted from BUNG

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    8. Raghunath12 February 2018 at 10:11

      BUNG COME ~ buncombe.
      from https://www.thefreedictionary.com/bunkum
      bun·kum also bun·combe (bŭng′kəm)

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  2. C.G. BHARGAV12 February 2018 at 08:52

    That is what I am still thinking...

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  3. Raghunath12 February 2018 at 08:53

    26 Element 0/100? (4) ZINC {ZIN}{C} Zin/0 ?

    Is it Zero in hundred: Z in C?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath12 February 2018 at 08:59

      0/100 will be 0 'over' 100 and not 'in' 100

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    2. Padmanabhan12 February 2018 at 09:04

      It has to be Z in C, but why 'in' for over has to be explained.

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    3. Raghunath12 February 2018 at 09:05

      5/100 could be interpreted as 5 out of 100, or 100 containing 5, or 5 in 100?

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    4. Padmanabhan12 February 2018 at 09:10

      Stretching?

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao12 February 2018 at 09:24

      I took it as similar to 1/100 i.e., one in hundred.

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    6. sree_sree12 February 2018 at 09:29

      Technically one in every hundred.

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  4. Deepak Gopinath12 February 2018 at 09:01

    Of late a number of comments are going into the spam folder. In case anyone finds their comment not getting published please send me an SMS or email. Yesterday 3 comments from Venkatesan and one from Cryptella went into the spam folder

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  5. Padmanabhan12 February 2018 at 09:06

    3D- 'En' from?

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    1. Raghunath12 February 2018 at 09:10

      enrolled nurse. Most of the times it would be in http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/

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    2. Raghunath12 February 2018 at 09:11

      I mean abbreviations

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    3. Padmanabhan12 February 2018 at 09:16

      Thank you Raghu. I have faltered on this earlier also.

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  6. Padmanabhan12 February 2018 at 09:08

    Chopper as a helicopter is common, but a motorcycle was new. On checking I found it to be a custom made one.

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  7. P. Venkatesan12 February 2018 at 10:00

    11d: {halo}{gen}
    glory = halo
    Facts = gen
    Definition: I (Scintillator, author)
    Halogen is a scintillator - a metal that fluoresces)

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  8. Raghunath12 February 2018 at 10:15

    Reminded one of the Chemistry lab with so many elements and related words today

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  9. C.G. BHARGAV12 February 2018 at 10:42

    A TOP-NOTCH student with bountiful ASSETS,
    Her very appearance created UPHEAVAL and sweats!
    One with a SILVERY tongue,
    Got a LEAD after he sung;
    But GRADUAL UNCLES received only threats.

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  10. RameshJ12 February 2018 at 10:54

    Chemical elements is the theme today (as Raghu @10:15 said)

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  11. Padmanabhan12 February 2018 at 11:12

    Golden,Copper,Lead,Iron,Nickel,Neon,halogen, Silvery,Mercurial,Carbon,Zinc- just short of a dozen. To round it up, we may include Anabolic.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao12 February 2018 at 14:19

      It's Elementary, My Dear Watson

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    2. Padmanabhan12 February 2018 at 14:22

      Thank you Mr.Holmes.

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    3. C.G. BHARGAV12 February 2018 at 15:01

      The COHORTS who arrived in an OMNIBUS were big-wigs. None can ENTRAP them. To OBLIGE you have to pay COPPER. Elementary?
      Wait, they have passed their elementary of course and the know that if SILVERY things are taken care of the GOLDEN will be automatically taken care of. Their ASSETS are distributed among UNCLES and other relatives. Their rise has been MERCURIAL amd not GRADUAL. But there seems to be a LET UP. Let us not LOSE HEART. Let us wait for a change or maybe an UPHEAVAL.

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  12. Padmanabhan12 February 2018 at 11:20

    CV had put up a note on Sunday CW which I note no one has noticed. Hence I copy paste it here for those who may be interested-
    Col, please let me repeat this as the last one was posted too late in the day. If anyone wishes to receive a complimentary copy of my trans in Eng if a long short story of Viyavan, pl send request to chaturvasi yahoo com . Copies will be sent by publisher on Monday to those who have already done so.

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  13. Padmanabhan12 February 2018 at 11:20

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  14. C.G. BHARGAV12 February 2018 at 11:32

    To view a SILVERY COPPER-NICKEL coin in his pocket,
    A mumismatist removed NEON and put a HALOGEN lamp in its socket.
    But a LEAD coin with GOLDEN plating,
    To determine its age needed CARBON dating!
    But the MERCURIAL guy settled for an IRON piece for his locket!!

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  15. Padmanabhan12 February 2018 at 11:59

    2nd instalment is more interesting than the first. 3rd one coming?

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  16. C.G. BHARGAV12 February 2018 at 12:23

    Last one:
    To write CANTO after canto and be hectic,
    One has to have knowledge ECLECTIC,
    And the OPTIC NERVE
    Should serve with verve,
    Finally without BUNCOMBE the lines ought to be metric!!

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  17. Padmanabhan12 February 2018 at 12:45

    Wow!
    Something interesting for our nerve optic
    and imparting knowledge eclectic.

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    1. Vasant12 February 2018 at 12:55

      Nice rhyme Paddy to complement the 3rd story

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