Monday, 26 February 2018

No 12250, Monday 26 Feb 2018, Arden


Answer and Anno for 21D left for a first-time commenter till 10AM.

ACROSS
1   Border's secure, but it could kill (7) HEMLOCK {HEM}{LOCK}

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5   Say “NO ENTRY” into infamous paper (7) BAGASSE {BA{GAS}SE}
9   In panic he took the corner (5) NICHE [T]
10 European takes dead animal a flower (9) DANDELION {DAN{D}E}{LION}
DandelionFlower.jpg
By Greg Hume - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
11 Hop around layers, it's a caper (9) HORSEPLAY {HOP+LAYERS}*
12 Usual to be cut short by her (5) NORMA NORMAl
13 Fashion long gone, it's painful to see (4) STYE STYlE
15 Call to tally, it goes to a nobleman (8) VISCOUNT {VISit}{COUNT}
18 A girl asks a question, take time out for complaint (8) ADIPOSIS {A}{DI}{POSItS}
19 He was caught fiddling within one round (4) NERO [T]
22 Festival featuring oriental flower (5) ASTER eASTER

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24 Bill, by the way has come into the centre, it's an advantage (4,5) HEAD START {HE{AD}{ST}ART}
26 Starts driving old car, it's John the friar (9) DOMINICAN {Dr...g}{O}{MINI}{CAN}
27 Time to bequeath the material... (5) TWILL {T}{WILL}
28 ...as such a moist piece of leather (7) CHAMOIS [T]
29 Waste time in jail (7) DUNGEON {DUNG}{EON}

DOWN
1   Hard on empty stomach, you finally reach Island (6) HONSHU {H}{ON}{St...cH}{yoU}
2   Weapon set to be wasted (9) MACERATED {MACE}{RATED} Rated/Set? See comments
3   Fat and round, live with short sight (5) OBESE {O}{BE}{SEe}
4   Tease girl who likes a bit of leniency (3,6) KID GLOVES {KID} {G}{LOVES}
5   Exchange run out of booze (5) BANDY BrANDY
6   Novice could blow it under a shade (9) GREENHORN {GREEN}{HORN}
7   Perhaps risk taking athlete finally goes downhill (5) SKIER {RISK}* over {a...tE} &lit
8   Almost near, finally it's 9 (6) ENNEAD {EN{NEAr}D}
14 Evening prayer — exposed to an alien tongue... (9) ESPERANTO {vESPERs}{TO+AN}*
16 ...endured the stigma, prayed outside (9) SUSTAINED {SU{STAIN}ED}
17 American rights in local folklore (9) NARRATIVE {N{A}{RR}ATIVE}
20 Like a poet, mad, rabid and cold (6) BARDIC {RABID}*{C}
21 Dictator promoted, was nothing at school (6) ?T?L?N (Addendum - STALIN - {NIL}{AT}{S}<= - See comments))
23 Junction where parents come face to face in Florida (5) TAMPA {T}{AM}<>{PA}
24 Has rounded up hundred thousand horses (5) HACKS {HA{C}{K}S}
25 Material appreciates like money (5) SATIN {AS<=}{TIN}

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29 comments:

  1. sree_sree26 February 2018 at 08:40

    2d British SET: group (students) according to ability

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    1. sree_sree26 February 2018 at 08:44

      But the past tense is settled in my understanding.

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    2. sree_sree26 February 2018 at 08:59

      Sorry, typo, Setted is the past tense.

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    3. Padmanabhan26 February 2018 at 09:27

      As per my understanding 'set' is both present and past tense/

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    4. sree_sree26 February 2018 at 11:35

      not in this meaning of value/rate.

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  2. D.Chandrasekhar26 February 2018 at 08:42

    21D STALIN = Dictator ( NIL= nothing, AT, School ) <== from promoted

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    1. Deepak Gopinath26 February 2018 at 08:49

      Chandrasekhar since you have commented earlier please give a chance to other first-time commenters in future

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    2. D.Chandrasekhar26 February 2018 at 09:37

      Pardon me Sir. Won't happen again.

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  3. sree_sree26 February 2018 at 08:45

    17d typo in anno.

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  4. Poornima26 February 2018 at 08:48

    21D STALIN...NIL..AT..S(HOOL)..Promoted=going up

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  5. Satyen Nabar26 February 2018 at 08:55

    2D Set = to rate, value (Chambers). As in fix the value of at a certain amount, rate or point. (e.g he sets honour above all else, he rates honour above all else)

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  6. Chaturvasi26 February 2018 at 09:29

    "My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains/My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk" (Keats)

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  7. Padmanabhan26 February 2018 at 09:32

    9 as a def. was good and different.
    'NO' as a chemical was innovative and enjoyable.
    John/ can features fairly frequently in Arden puzzles.
    Easter-E=Aster with aster as def.- what is this type of clue called?

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  8. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore26 February 2018 at 10:45

    21d: stalin - nil(nothing)+at+s(chool)<=

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  9. raju umamaheswar26 February 2018 at 17:16

    18 across: Is referring to a girl as A DI kosher? Diana died long ago but crosswords have kept her alive and immortal ! can A Arden DI-late on this?

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    1. Vasant26 February 2018 at 19:20

      Half of Rajuisms are bouncers!

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 February 2018 at 19:49

      +1

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    3. raju umamaheswar26 February 2018 at 20:33

      Thanks for the rebound ! Redounds to my credit ?

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    4. C.G. BHARGAV26 February 2018 at 20:54

      I once told a debtor " Your cheque bounces like a rubber ball!!"

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    5. raju umamaheswar26 February 2018 at 20:59

      Did you have to engage a bouncer to recover your money ?

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    6. C.G. BHARGAV26 February 2018 at 21:01

      Ha ha. But when a customer asks me to reduce the price (Korainga), I say bou bou bou wow!!

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  10. Vasant26 February 2018 at 19:00

    Today's Guardian has a new setter: Vulcan!

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  11. C.G. BHARGAV26 February 2018 at 19:32

    Like THCC crosswords from Guardian are blogged in www.fifteensquared.net
    List of former bloggers includes Bhavan (Buzzer) Rishi(Gridman) and Shuchi ( www.crosswordunclued.com)

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  12. Padmanabhan26 February 2018 at 22:19

    Really?!

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