Thursday, 5 April 2018

No 12283, Thursday 05 Apr 2018, Anon


Answer and anno for 15A left for a first time commenter till 10 AM.

ACROSS
1   Valets protect, help woman (6) MAIDEN {M{AID}EN}
4   Oriental leaves amateur confused, in shock (6) TRAUMA AMATeUR*
9   Evergreen tree partly combustible (4) OMBU [T]
Museo Larreta ombú.jpg
10 Criticize a fight, be on standby (5,5) STICK ABOUT {STICK} {A}{BOUT}
11 Beer at dock for erratic duo (6) PORTER {PORT}{ERr...c}
12 Projection was reversed using tool (5,3) TENON SAW {TENON} {WAS<=}

Backsaw.jpeg

13 Pushes bears (9) SHOULDERS [DD}
15 Introduction of Republican to verse (5) ?R?E? (Addendum - PROEM {P{R}OEM} - See comments)
16 Introduce royal leader to expression of comedy (5) FARCE {FA{Ro..l}CE}
18 Pleasing friend with a plan (9) PALATABLE {PAL}{A}{TABLE}
22 Irregular ape on the radio (8) GUERILLA (~gorilla)
23 Reopen Curriculum Vitae (6) RESUME [DD]
25 Crushes, cooks last morsel (10) STEAMROLLS*
26 Rani wandering in Persia of today (4) IRAN*
27 Samurais’ reunions missing two Europeans somehow (6) RONINS ReuNIONS*
28 Love for single in ship’s company in Brazilian city (6) OSASCO {O}{S{A}S}{CO} 'for' is superfluous

DOWN
1   Gigantic extinct animal (7) MAMMOTH [DD]
2   Eskimo’s odd nous in Indian University (5) INUIT {I{NoUs}IT}
3   Saw to it that doctor rues in the end (7) ENSURED {EN{RUES*}D}
5   Get paid by head gardener for levelling (6) RAKING RAKIN{Ga...r} Anno pending
6   Region of South Africa city loses leader, characters of Shakespeare (5,4) URBAN AREA {dURBAN} {AREA} Area/Characters of Shakespeare?
7   Flatter grown-up by including one epitaph initially (7) ADULATE {ADUL{A}T}{Ep...h}
8   Former queen stumbles at this waterbody (8,5) VICTORIA FALLS {VICTORIA} {FALLS}

Victoriafälle.jpg
Public Domain, Link

14 Hesitant peacekeepers, blind, replace union leader with oriental (9) UNCERTAIN {UN}{C(-u+e)ERTAIN}
17 Sailor out-and-out landowner (7) ABUTTER {AB}{UTTER}
19 Detains at stalls (7) ARRESTS [DD]
20 Weird mogul overwhelms graduate with a backache (7) LUMBAGO {LUM{BA}GO*}
21 Currency on non-empty ground at home (6) FLORIN {FLoOR}{IN}
Gouden florijn.jpg
By Fruitpunchline - Own work, Public Domain, Link
24 Stumbles at edge in ship (5) SLIPS {S{LIP}S}

GRID

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29 comments:

  1. Suresh M S5 April 2018 at 08:34

    15 A
    Proem
    P(R)OEM
    Verse = poem and R

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  2. Ramki Krishnan5 April 2018 at 08:39

    5D: Get paid by head gardener for levelling (6)
    One possible interpretation is RAKE IN (get paid) + G, but there is no homophone ind or deletion indicator for E
    6D: Something like a letter bank clue? Not sure

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  3. Padmanabhan5 April 2018 at 09:05

    6D- Yes, it looks like pick A,R,E & A from Shakespeare. But no indication.

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    1. Vasant5 April 2018 at 09:26

      6D I took it as shakes=anagram indicator(-p)(losing leader of peare ) to get area

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    2. Ramki Krishnan5 April 2018 at 09:38

      Then "losing leader" is on double duty since it is already used to remove D from Durban.
      And eare* does not give area

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    3. Vasant5 April 2018 at 09:41

      You are right. I was trying to hard to reverse engineer a la Prasad!

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    4. sree_sree5 April 2018 at 13:03

      Vasant, Shakespeare was called bill.

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    5. Padmanabhan5 April 2018 at 13:08

      Short form of William.

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    6. Vasant5 April 2018 at 13:11

      So how does that become Area?

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    7. sree_sree5 April 2018 at 13:32

      Bill/cape, land. Area is the characteristic of land.

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    8. Vasant5 April 2018 at 14:05

      Phew!You have to equate Shakespeare=Bill=Cape=Land. Characteristic of Land=Area. Seems too tortuous!

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    9. manasy6 April 2018 at 10:41

      Tempest character Ariel somehow became area. witchcraft .

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  4. Padmanabhan5 April 2018 at 09:07

    Crisp brief clues - very much enjoyable.
    Loved CV- I mean 'Resume'.

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  5. C.G. BHARGAV5 April 2018 at 09:11

    A guy living in the URBAN AREA of Chennai happens to RESUME his coin collection.
    How did this happen?
    A one rupee silver coin of Queen VICTORIA FALLS in his hand and how!
    His uncle just back from IRAN gives him the coin together with a FLORIN and a purse containing 50,000 Rupees.
    Wow! This ENSURED his interest in British India coins (a step away from his MAMMOTH collection of RI coins).
    He buys himself a book by Fred Pridmore and the the TRAUMA begins. There should be no SLIPS in the comprehensive series. His friends and relatives have to ADULATE him in no UNCERTAIN terms.
    He is frequently seen in search of George VI, Victoria Empress and other such coins often shrugging his SHOULDERS at fakes.

    RI coins - Republic of India coins

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  6. Padmanabhan5 April 2018 at 09:16

    21D- Is 'Non empty' for removal of O?

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  7. sree_sree5 April 2018 at 10:32

    5d does paid->answered->acknowledge(d) work?

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    1. Vasant5 April 2018 at 13:13

      How does that become Rakin?

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    2. sree_sree5 April 2018 at 13:46

      Get/run/r
      Paid/answered/ak
      by/in

      But I think rake in for paid with get as homophone is better.

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    3. Vasant5 April 2018 at 14:03

      Too roundabout.

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    4. sree_sree5 April 2018 at 14:37

      agree. get has to be the homophone indicator.

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  8. sree_sree5 April 2018 at 14:38

    water fall isnt a water body. but the following chronicle is an interesting reading on the subject. http://www.tothevictoriafalls.com/vfpages/discovery/discfalls.html

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  9. Vasant5 April 2018 at 22:30

    5D & 6D are still unexplained. It would be nice to have Anon clarify these.

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    1. sree_sree6 April 2018 at 00:11

      Shake.Spear?? S^2?

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    2. Satyen Nabar6 April 2018 at 06:50

      Also in 15A, isn't Introduction on double duty? Both as definition and insertion ind.

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