Tuesday, 6 March 2018

No 12257, Tuesday 06 Mar 2018, xChequer


Answer and anno for 24A left for a new commenter till 10AM

ACROSS
7   Resident, possibly having income abroad, departs for Norway (6) MEDICO {I(-n+d)DCOME}*
8   Guards in castle switching sides, son without escape route (8) LOOKOUTS {(-r+l)LOOK}{OUT}{S}
9   Cooler to join small groups for support (3,5) FAN CLUBS {FAN}{CLUB}{S}
10 High praise turning ugly, one losing name (6) EULOGY {UGLY+OnE}*
11 Soldier, rapper and rover (5) GIPSY {GI}{PSY}
12 Pictures came in rolls (6) CINEMA*
14 Groom kept this song for horse racing (3,5,2,5) THE SPORT OF KINGS*
17 The last to start coming through in style (6) METHOD Anno pending (Addendum - {M{(+e)ETH(-e)}OD} - See comments)
18 Language of love — music — cut off (5) SUOMI {O+MUSIc}*
22 Not many shout loudly and fuss (6) FURORE (~few roar) New learning for me. I've always been pronouncing it as (~fur oar) 
23 Welcome girl writing about boy (4-4) GLAD-HAND {G}{LAD}{HAND}
24 Artist entering high society seen first in line (8) ?T?A?G?T STRAIGHT (Addendum - {S}{T{RA}IGHT} )
25 Coarse variety keeps swelling in the middle (6) VULGAR {V{bULGe}AR}

DOWN
1   Prehistoric stones might seal cracks (9) MEGALITHS*
Stonehenge-Green.jpg
By Mactographer - Own work, Attribution, Link
2   Deliberate sound in field event (6) DISCUS (~discuss)
3   Arrive with cracking report at university (3,2) POP UP {POP}{UP}
4   Defeat on pitches when not reading them right? (4-4) TONE-DEAF* &lit
5   Boil okra for old husband, mixing cabbage (8) KOHLRABI {BOIL+(-o+h)HKRA}*
GreenKohlrabi.jpg
By Jonathunder - Own work, GFDL 1.2, Link
6   Point when one moves away from prehistoric period (5) STAGE SToneAGE
8   Faraway look? Hint: thus got diverted (4,2,7) LOST IN THOUGHT {LO}{HINT+THUS+GOT}*
13 Character primarily on a mega 'I' trip? (9) EGOMANIAC {Ch...r+ON+A+MEGA+I}* &lit
15 Problem child, completely left out of everything (3,5) SUM TOTAL {SUM} {TOT}{ALl}
16 Public broadcast of system override (8) OUTWEIGH {OUT}{WEIGH}(~way)
19 Sustained by foreign help, sunk South American currency gained (6) UPHELD U{HELP*}D Anno pending (Addendum - {HELP}* in {UsD} }
20 Rather silent with progress of time (5) QUITE QUI(+t)TE(-t)
21 Kind of blue-collared very unskilled worker (5) NAVVY {NAV{V}Y}

GRID

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20 comments:

  1. Raghunath6 March 2018 at 08:34

    17 The last to start coming through in style (6) METHOD

    THE : ETH in MOD

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  2. Bhavan6 March 2018 at 08:50

    Sustained by foreign help, sunk South American currency gained (6) UPHELD U{HELP*}D Anno pending

    sunk South American currency = USD - S = UD

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    1. Deepak Gopinath6 March 2018 at 08:51

      Thanks Bhavan. I got it just as your comment came in

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  3. C.G. BHARGAV6 March 2018 at 10:16

    I don't watch CINEMA often. Nor am I a member of FAN CLUBS. But of late I am quite stuck (6 to 630 pm) watching Tenali Rama.
    Maybe the king is indulging in THE SPORT OF KINGS. There is a FURORE as the king asks the savvy Rama ( Raja Guru eyes him as a NAVVY fit only to skivvy) to find and bring eight idiots.

    Rama is soon LOST IN THOUGHT. But then he has his own ingeneous METHOD...
    When Rama brings five, the Raja Guru, an EGOMANIAC asks a "STRAIGHT" question. What about the other three?
    One watches the STAGE with wonder.
    Rama introduces himself as the sixth...
    What next?

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    1. Padmanabhan6 March 2018 at 10:38

      Nice one CGB. Very neat.
      Eighth must be the king himself! But what about the 7th?

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    2. C.G. BHARGAV6 March 2018 at 10:44

      Raja Guru...

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  4. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore6 March 2018 at 10:27

    24a: straight - (artist*)+gh

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  5. Satyen Nabar6 March 2018 at 10:28

    24A STRAIGHT S + T{RA}IGHT

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    1. Chaturvasi6 March 2018 at 11:01

      Pray what is the def?

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    2. Satyen Nabar6 March 2018 at 11:10


      Artist=RA in
      High= Tight
      Society= S (seen first)
      Defn= In line

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    3. Chaturvasi6 March 2018 at 11:21

      Wonderful. I was taking 'in' as a connector and so wondered how line can be def. In line = straight works indeed. Only if we ask questions we get answers and become enlightened. It need not always have to be at Buddha level.

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  6. Raghunath6 March 2018 at 10:45

    Lot of clues to like. Well constructed ones.

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  7. Padmanabhan6 March 2018 at 16:56

    CV's comment about writing a clue for a word seems to have disappeared.

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  8. ranger6 March 2018 at 20:22

    Nice clues Bhala.

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  9. Vasant7 March 2018 at 17:01

    Did the puzzle today only-a day later. Extremely enjoyable.

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