Friday, 30 March 2018

No 12278, Friday 30 Mar 2018, Arden


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ACROSS
1   He may tell the referee (7-6) WHISTLE-BLOWER [C&DD]
10 Reading about allowing bill to pass — it's all gas (5) RADON {R}{AD}{ON}
11 Can I act it out as a strategist? (9) TACTICIAN*
12 It's hard thing to mutate a man's gene (9) MANGANESE*
13 Difficult time without right joint (5) MITRE {MIT{R}E*}
Mitre joint square.png
Public Domain, Link
14 Reference books have no sign of enunciation (7) DICTION DICTIONaries
16 Perhaps the bug has swallowed a drop of poison, check (7) INSPECT {INS{Po...n}ECT}
18 Openness, resolve and courage, are timeless (7) CANDOUR {AND+COURage}*
20 Sea creature had hair all over (7) MANATEE {MAN{ATE}E}
FL fig04.jpg
By U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey - Photo from U.S. Geological Fact Sheet 010-99; FS-010-99, Public Domain, Link
22 About to mediate — yes, no fighting (5) TRUCE {TRU{C}E}
24 Bitter shock, almost breaks down (9) ANGOSTURA {ANGO{STUn}RA}
Angostura aromatic bitters dD.jpg
By Didier Descouens - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
26 Material to be kept in pub party is set up (5,4) OLIVE DRAB {LIVE} in {BAR|{DO}<=
27 Stand to lose your head, Kolinsky! (5) EASEL wEASEL
28 This time, cards are different for festive season (13) CHRISTMASTIDE*

DOWN
2   Man's nice at heart, without dress, devoted to pleasure (7) HEDONIC {HE}{DON|}{nICe}
3   Crazy Romans in a principality (3,6) SAN MARINO*
4   Turner's husband brought in dead (5) LATHE {LAT{H}E}
5   Germ in cream, but I use (9) BACTERIUM*
6   Drug rise becomes imperious (5) OPIUM IMPeriOUs* [CA]
7   I slept off after the last missive (7) EPISTLE {thE}{I+SLEPT}*
8   Drugs given before surgery — intent is to send Charlie for initial test (13) PREMEDICATION PREMEDI(-t+c)CATION
9   Halt debenture, refuse in a clandestine manner (5-3-5) UNDER-THE-TABLE*
15 Deserter from country living in sewers (6,3) NORWAY RAT {NORWAY} {RAT}
Rattus norvegicus -Fairlands Valley Park, Stevenage, England-8.jpg
17 Growing old, making sense of change (9) SENESCENT {SENSE*}{CENT}
19 Sustain sharpness, flip the top (7) NOURISH (-s+n)NOURISH
21 Bound to use dusters (7) TRUSSED*
23 Some time left to bring up the gum (5) ELEMI [T<=]
25 Leading girl of the band at a sporting venue (5) GABBA {Girl}{ABBA}

GRID

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  1. Unknown30 March 2018 at 07:34

    11a tactician anagram of can I act it
    14a diction reference books dictionaries minus aries(sun sign)
    27a easel kolinsky is a weasel, losing the first letter

    3d San Marino anagram of Romans in
    a
    7d epistle e ( last letter of tbe) + I slept

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  2. Srinidhi30 March 2018 at 07:39

    Attempted a few.
    1 across: He may tell// the referee (7-6)
    Whistle-Blower DD. Very nice clue!
    8 Down: Drugs given before surgery — intent is to send Charlie for initial test (13)
    Premedication
    Intent is Premeditation remove t(initial Test) and put C(Charlie) for it
    14 across:Reference books have no sign of enunciation (7)
    Diction
    Reference books are Dictionaries. Remove aries(no sign)

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  3. Srinidhi30 March 2018 at 08:04

    My two more:
    18 across: Openness, resolve and courage, are timeless (7)
    Candour
    Anagram(resolve) and courage, remove age(timeless)
    26 across:Material to be kept in pub party is set up (5,4)
    Olive drab . Did not know this word; had to look it up.
    Live is IS. Put it inside reversal of(set up) Bar which is inn and party which is Do. Tough Clue.

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    1. Vasant30 March 2018 at 09:34

      I pointed out to Srinidhi that the anno of 26A is not entirely correct.

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao30 March 2018 at 12:20

      Did you tell her that LIVE is coming from be and not IS?

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    3. Vasant30 March 2018 at 12:55

      Yes that is what I told her

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  4. Jayalakshmi arumugam30 March 2018 at 08:12

    16ac inspect - p(drop of poison) in insect
    20ac manatee

    23dn Elemi reverse T
    9dn under the table (halt debenture) anagram
    21dn trussed (dusters) anagram

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  5. Poornima30 March 2018 at 08:37

    12a- MANGANESE = hard thing
    a man's gene anagram

    2828a- CHRISTMASTIDE= festive season
    this time cards anagram

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  6. Deepak Gopinath30 March 2018 at 08:39

    Today seems to be Ladies day :-)

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  7. Poornima30 March 2018 at 08:40

    4d = LATHE
    H(husband) in late(dead)
    19 d- NOURISH = Sustain
    Sourish= sharpness..- S+ N

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  8. Poornima30 March 2018 at 08:43

    17d- SENESCENT= growing old
    Sense anagram + cent (change)

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  9. Jayalakshmi arumugam30 March 2018 at 08:53

    20ac manatee - ate(had) in mane(hair)

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  10. Jayalakshmi arumugam30 March 2018 at 09:13

    25dn gabba G(girl)+ ABBA(music band)

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  11. Rakesh30 March 2018 at 09:45

    5d (cream+but+I)* BACTERIUM

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  12. earl30 March 2018 at 09:55

    2d he don ic

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  13. earl30 March 2018 at 09:56

    28a Christmastide

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  14. Rakesh30 March 2018 at 09:59

    15d NORWAY (country) RAT (deserter) - found in sewers

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  15. earl30 March 2018 at 10:02

    9a under the table Clandestine manner .From Halt debenture

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  16. Murali30 March 2018 at 10:02

    10A RADON Reading-R about allowing bill-AD to pass-ON — it's all gas (5)

    13A MITRE Difficult time without right joint (5) (time)* + r(ight)

    22 TRUCE About- (C ) to mediate — yes - (true,) no fighting (5) C in true.

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  17. Murali30 March 2018 at 10:10

    6D OPIUM Drug rise becomes imperious (5) (imperious - rise )*

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    1. Vasant30 March 2018 at 10:17

      It is a composite anagram (OPIUM+RISE)*=IMPERIOUS

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  18. Deepak Gopinath30 March 2018 at 10:12

    Last one 24A

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  19. Ganesan Pancharatnam30 March 2018 at 10:17

    27 easel (-w).from weasel a type of serbian weasel found in Pkolinsky

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  20. Deepak Gopinath30 March 2018 at 11:10

    Looks like people are struggling with the anno for 24A. It was the last one in for me as well.

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  21. B N Acharya30 March 2018 at 11:19

    24A Angostura; Angora-down(wool) containing stu (almost shock-stun)
    B N Acharya

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  22. B N Acharya30 March 2018 at 11:21

    24A Meaning bitter

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    1. Deepak Gopinath30 March 2018 at 11:49

      Angostura is actually 'bitters' and not 'bitter'

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    2. Deepak Gopinath30 March 2018 at 11:51

      Please see the following link

      Angostura Bitters

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao30 March 2018 at 12:18

      Angostura is BARK with a bitter taste.

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    4. Deepak Gopinath30 March 2018 at 12:34

      KKR it's not a bark. See this copy paste from the link I gave above

      The bitters were first produced in the town of Angostura (Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela) (hence the name), but do not contain angostura bark. The bottle is easily recognisable by its distinctive oversized label. 'Angostura' is Spanish for 'narrowing', the town of Angostura having been located at the first narrowing of the Orinoco River.

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao30 March 2018 at 12:52

      Yes Col. I agree it comes from the proprietary name.
      But the dictionaries define ANGOSTURA as bitter aromatic bark from certain trees. I felt bitter/aromatic are just adjectives.
      Am I missing something?

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    6. Deepak Gopinath30 March 2018 at 13:08

      If it's there in the dictionaries then that is right then. I always thought it is only bitters as I regularly add a few drops of it with my Gin

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    7. sree_sree30 March 2018 at 16:36

      bitter (n,british) is "alcohol flavoured with bitter plant extracts, used as an additive in cocktails or as a medicinal substance to promote appetite or digestion". angostura here is a bitter, in my understanding.

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    8. Deepak Gopinath30 March 2018 at 16:54

      You have defined Bitter. Look up Angostura

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    9. sree_sree30 March 2018 at 17:39

      angostura bitters noun, trademark a blend of gentian and herbs, used as a flavouring in cocktails and other alcoholic drinks, and some fruit juices.
      ETYMOLOGY: 1870s: named after Angostura, now called Ciudad Bolivar, a town in Venezuela where it was first made.

      Angostura bitters is a bitter

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    10. sree_sree30 March 2018 at 17:39

      http://www.alcademics.com/2011/03/the-history-and-production-of-angostura-bitters.html

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  23. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore30 March 2018 at 12:25

    14a: diction - {(dictionaries-aries(sign)}
    20a: manatee - {man(ate)e}
    27a: easel - (w)easel
    28a: christhmastide - (this time cards)*
    8d: premedication- pre+medi(-t+c)ation

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  24. Jayalakshmi arumugam30 March 2018 at 13:28

    26ac OLIVE DRAB
    Live (be) in
    Bar (pub) + do (party)reversed (set up)

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  25. Jayalakshmi arumugam30 March 2018 at 13:32

    7dn EPISTLE
    Last of the E+PISTLE (I slept)
    Missive is a letter

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  26. C.G. BHARGAV30 March 2018 at 20:12

    Betty bought a bit of butter but the butter was bitter so she bought some more butter to make the bitter butter better!!!

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    1. sree_sree30 March 2018 at 20:18

      are the bitters better bitter or bitter better (with) bitters. bitters bitter better or better bitters bitter.

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    2. Vasant30 March 2018 at 21:23

      I am totally bitter about this bitter feud..better make it better 😀😀

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  27. C.G. BHARGAV30 March 2018 at 20:40

    Bitte schon!

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  28. Padmanabhan30 March 2018 at 20:47

    one amendment to CGB-
    In stead ob 'some more butter',it is 'some better butter. Does it sound better?
    Prasad is making it bitter or bitier?!

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    1. Vasant30 March 2018 at 22:15

      The original tongue twister which we used to recite as kids( the other one being She sells sea shells on the sea shore) is as given by CGB Sir.

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    2. Deepak Gopinath31 March 2018 at 08:40

      ... and the shells that she sells are not real sea shells

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