Saturday, 3 March 2018

No 12255, Saturday 03 Mar 2018, Lightning

Answer and anno 16A for  left for a rookie commenter till 10 AM.
Added the theme & links to songs - See comments

Across

1. Plants wild shrub without watering hole (8) RHUBARBS {SHRUB*} around {BAR}
5. Compulsion from university to wear formal clothes (6) DURESS {D{U}RESS}
9. Instrument of devious, new international cartel (8) CLARINET {N+I+CARTEL}*
10. Upset animal moving ahead to attack (6) ASSAIL {ASS}{AIL}
12. Journey around Grand Canyon’s rim perhaps (5) RIDGE {RID{G}E}
13. Worried rookie to train hard for sporting event (9) TRIATHLON {L+TO+TRAIN+H}*
14. Indict // one under custody (6) CHARGE (DD)
16. Obscure and short movie on church ending all the way on top (7) E?L?P?E ECLIPSE {(+E){CLIP}SE(-e)} See comments

19. Regret from leaders of Rajasthan enforcing a code (7) REMORSE {Rajasthan}{Enforcing}{MORSE}
21. Mathematicians left replacing dead trees (6) ALDERS {A(-d+L)DERS}

23. Does hard worker run away with chief surgeon? (9) ANTELOPES {ANT}{ELOPE}{Surgeon}
25. Cash from first working day, easily emptied (5) MONEY {MON}{EasilY}

26. Cut short comedy with line that is very different (3,3) FAR CRY {FAR Ce}{RY}
27. Working attempt to arrest governor trying to escape (2,3,3) ON THE RUN {ON}{T{HE} RUN} Attempt = TRUN ?

28. Deadly to allow criminal smuggling heroin (6) LETHAL {LET}{H}{AL}
29. Approve a chapter on faith (8)  ACCREDIT {A}{C}{CREDIT}

Down

1. Log trimmed merely with string (6) RECORD {meREly}{CORD}
2. Segment of bonus and theme song (2,3,4) US AND THEM (T)

3. Assistant shelters saint out of consideration (5) ASIDE {A{S}IDE}
4. Pause from soldier tucking into dip (7) BREATHE {B{RE}ATHE}

6. Engineering student left worried and restless (9) UNSETTLED {E+STUDENT+L}*
7. Weak backing restrains one medium of communication (5) EMAIL {LAME<=} around {I}
8. Piece from thin strip of wood holds temperature with resistance (8) SPLINTER {SPLIN{T}E}{R}
11. Part I’m expecting somewhat for a moment (4) TIME (T)

15. River and mountain range, part of countryside (5,4) RURAL AREA {R}{URAL} {AREA}
17. Paired in role with boring person, reins ecstasy (9)  PARTNERED {PART}{NER{E}D}
18. Terrible fraud led movement (8) DREADFUL {FRAUD+LED*}
20. Display power in part (4) EXPO Anno not clear {EXPOnent} See comments
21. Element of deformed sine curve on the outside (7) ARSENIC {AR{SINE*}C}
22. Bird sounds like seal (6) CYGNET {~ SIGNET}
24. Sharp rings — old item used in fortune-telling (5) TAROT {TAR{O}T}
25. In retrospect, odd admitting expression of surprise getting old coin (5) MOHUR {M{OH}UR<=}


Reference List
University=U, New=N, International=I, Grand=G, Rookie=L(Learner), Hard=H, Left=L, Dead=D, Line=Ry, Working=On, Governor=HE, Criminal=Al, Heroin=H
Saint=S, Soldier=RE, Engineering=E, One=I, Temperature=T, Resistance=R, River=R, Ecstasy=E, Old=O

Colour/Font Scheme

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43 comments:

  1. Ramki Krishnan3 March 2018 at 08:35

    20D: Anno could be EXPO(-nent), power = exponent, in part => take only first half, def = display

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    1. sree_sree3 March 2018 at 08:44

      +1 "in part"->to some degree (extent)

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    2. Chaturvasi3 March 2018 at 09:01

      Not convincing.
      P in EXO (part of some words like exothermic
      Just fooling around. Only the setter can tell.

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    3. Unknown3 March 2018 at 10:08

      Exponent as in maths ... 2 to the power of 2

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    4. RameshJ3 March 2018 at 10:20

      I think Ramki's explanation is fine. Indicated the same in the solution

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    5. Suresh3 March 2018 at 10:40

      Don't like it if that is the explanation

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    6. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 March 2018 at 11:08

      +1

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    7. Vasant3 March 2018 at 11:35

      The cyclist is back!

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    8. Vasant3 March 2018 at 11:39

      Nice one Ramki!

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  2. sree_sree3 March 2018 at 08:39

    27d governor/lord/god ->THE

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  3. Chaturvasi3 March 2018 at 08:57

    27a actually
    governor - His Excellency - HE

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  4. Brajesh3 March 2018 at 09:01

    16a eclipse short movie is clip

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    1. Deepak Gopinath3 March 2018 at 09:07

      What about the rest?

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    2. Padmanabhan3 March 2018 at 09:18

      16A-Obscure-Def.
      Short film - clip
      Church- See,ending (E) all the way on top becomes 'ESE'.
      E(CLIP)SE

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    3. Padmanabhan3 March 2018 at 09:21

      Sorry Col. Missed seeing that it is intended for rookie commenters.

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    4. Vasant3 March 2018 at 11:38

      Nice one Paddy!

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam3 March 2018 at 13:41

      See = Church
      Saw = Proverb
      Seen = Any guesses? I have no idea :(

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    6. Vasant3 March 2018 at 14:09

      ~Scene

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  5. Chaturvasi3 March 2018 at 09:03

    27. Working attempt to arrest governor trying to escape (2,3,3) ON THE RUN {ON}{T{HE} RUN} Attempt = TRUN ?
    The setter may have misread it as TURN (attempt, as in "it's your turn now"

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  6. Padmanabhan3 March 2018 at 09:20

    Loved 23A- 'Does' reading differently in surface reading and cryptic.

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  7. Padmanabhan3 March 2018 at 09:27

    2D- Song to be indicated as def.- Pink Floyd.
    For those who are interested-
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Yayz5o-l0

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  8. JS3 March 2018 at 10:04

    And that's the theme too, I guess? Songs from Dark Side of the Moon.

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  9. RameshJ3 March 2018 at 10:40

    Re-posting my comment as the good Doctor's comment seems to have got deleted

    It was my turn to blog today & for once, I actually managed to blog. The fault of not spotting the theme should be laid at my door

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    1. Satyen Nabar3 March 2018 at 11:36

      Sorry, yes my comment listing all the songs got deleted inadvertently on cell. Possible effect of listening to 'Brain Damage' from Dark Side of the Moon while typing :)

      What a brilliant album!

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  10. Vasant3 March 2018 at 11:41

    Could never have fathomed the theme as haven't listened to Pink Floyd at all!

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  11. VP3 March 2018 at 11:53


    Apologies for the incorrect clue (27A). Did not catch it in the review.

    Reg: 20D, I had the anno pointed out by Ramki @ 8:35. I thought “in part” was a fair indicator for “half”. Will avoid this in future.

    Thanks all for the feedback and latching onto the theme. I can’t go a day of coding without listening to “The Dark Side of the Moon” :)

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    1. Padmanabhan3 March 2018 at 12:24

      Welcome VP after a long time. Enjoyed the CW today in spite of the above. Half of exponent (though I did not get it) looks okay to me.
      Thank you for the clarifications.

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    2. Vasant3 March 2018 at 12:54

      This was a high class puzzle despite 27A and despite me not having an inkling of the theme.

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    3. ranger3 March 2018 at 19:57

      +1 for the puzzle. Thanks VP for my favourite theme

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  12. raju umamaheswar3 March 2018 at 13:10

    23 across is the clue of my day. Does as antelopes is a favourite amongst the setters. This clue build up is unique which I have never seen before!

    Rhubarb is another word with multiple meanings. Pronounced In Hindi, it means a show of attitude -- Rob jamana ! On stage, kit means the indistinct noise of murmurs and conversations. It also means nonsense and heated dispute. A favourite word often usedin English Crosswords by compilers . I love this usage !

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  13. raju umamaheswar3 March 2018 at 13:13

    Pink Floyd's collection here is superb. One of my favourites. We don't need no education
    We don't need no thought control
    No dark sarcasm in the classroom
    Teachers leave them kids alone…

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  14. C.G. BHARGAV3 March 2018 at 14:51

    The father took his son ASIDE and said " If we don't exhibit a MOHUR in our collection at the EXPO, then what is the difference between US AND THEM?"
    The son (who was till then playing the CLARINET) looked at his father with REMORSE.
    "Take enough and more MONEY and search in the RURAL AREAS. Don't waste TIME. Be ON THE RUN! Our collection should ECLIPSE all others and create a RECORD.
    Get as many as you can!!"
    The son thought " Old man thinks money can buy anything. But who is to tell him that it may not be able to procure a mohur".

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    1. Padmanabhan3 March 2018 at 15:03

      Between us, this is a nice sounding story with a moral.

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  15. maradnusro3 March 2018 at 16:23

    Excellent puzzle. thanks

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